Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: NIA Special Court Orders Confiscation Of Property Of Pro-Khalistani Terrorist Landa
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The NIA Special Court, New Delhi has ordered the confiscation of the property of absconding pro-Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias Landa in village Kirian, Tarn Taran, Punjab. The gangster-turned-terrorist, who is learnt to be living in Canada since 2017, is the mastermind in several cases of terrorism, including the 2022 RPG attacks on the Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters and the Sarhali police station in Punjab, among other cases of terror attacks in India: National Investigation Agency
Today, a meeting between the office bearers of Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP, and Congress was held. The meeting was held to oversee the preparations and to decide the agenda of the INDIA alliance meeting, which is the third in row after Patna and Bengaluru.
The Supreme Court posted the hearing in October of the appeals of CBI challenging grant of bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad Yadav in the fodder scam cases of Jharkhand, as reported by news agency ANI.
Supreme Court refused to pass an order on Tamil Nadu's plea to release 24,000 cusecs of Cauvery water, saying it does not possess expertise on the matter, as reported by PTI.
Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji's judicial custody was extended till August 28, in the alleged money laundering case, as reported by ANI. Special Court for MP/MLA, Chennai instructs the jail authorities to produce Balaji on the said date for a physical hearing.
Supreme Court allows Delhi government’s application seeking to amend its plea where it challenged the validity of the Centre's May 19 Services Ordinance, to now challenge the Government of NCTD (Amendment) Act, 2023, passed by both Houses of Parliament and President has given assent, as reported by ANI. The Act gives the central government control over bureaucrats in the Delhi government.
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren moved the Supreme Court against summons by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money laundering case, as reported by news agency ANI.
Ten people were injured after a bus overturned on NH65 near Totacharla village of Penuganchiprolu Mandal in Andhra Pradesh's NTR district, as reported by news agency ANI. The injured were shifted to the hospital, Janardhan, ACP Nandigama said.
Russia's defence ministry says a Ukrainian attack on Crimea involving 42 drones has been thwarted, as reported by the news agency AFP.
An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hit Telangana's Warangal at around 4:43 am, National Center for Seismology said.
Background
Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Hello and welcome to Breaking News Live Blog. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Greece on Friday, first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 40 years. Modi's visit to Greece comes on the invitation of his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis. On Friday, NCP chief Sharad Pawar will hold a rally in Maharashtra's Kolhapur, reported news agency PTI.
PM Modi's Visit To Greece
Following his three-day visit to South Africa to attend the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reached the ancient city of Athens in Greece. PM visited the European country on the invitation of his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis, marking it as a first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 40 years. During his visit, Modi will meet Greece President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
“Contacts between our two civilizations stretch back over two millennia. In modern times, our ties have been strengthened by shared values of democracy, rule of law and pluralism. Cooperation in diverse sectors such as trade and investment, defence, and cultural and people-to-people contacts have been bringing our two countries closer,” Modi said in his departure statement on Tuesday.
“I look forward to my visit to Greece opening a new chapter in our multifacted relationship,” he added.
India’s Ambassador to Greece, Rudrendra Tandon also looked forward to Modi’s visit saying it will give a new “impetus” to their close bilateral relationship.
"I cannot pre-judge the discussions between the two prime ministers, but certainly the fact that this visit is taking place is the result of a thinking at the highest political levels to bring a new lens to an otherwise very good relationship,” Tandon told PTI in an interview.
Sharad Pawar To Hold Rally In Kolhapur
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Friday will hold a public rally in Maharashtra's Kolhapur, a week ahead of the meeting of Opposition's INDIA alliance in Mumbai, reported PTI. The NCP patriarch has been holding rallies in different parts of the state after his nephew, Ajit Pawar turned rebel against the party, resulting in a vertical solit, and joined hands with the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government last month, swearing-in as the Deputy Chief Minister. On August 17, the senior Pawar held a rally in Beed district, the home turf of NCP (Ajit Pawar group) leader and cabinet minister Dhananjay Munde.
Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said, “Sharad Pawar will address his next public rally in Kolhapur on Friday (August 25). He will also address rallies in Jalgaon and Pune districts.” He, however, did not provide the dates for rallies in Jalgaon and Pune districts.
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