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Prominent rationalist Prabir Ghosh dies at 78
Prominent rationalist Prabir Ghosh, who has penned several Bengali books debunking superstitious practices, died here on Friday due to old age-related ailments, his family. The president of Bharatiya Bigyan O Juktibadi Samity (Indian Science and Rationalist Association) died at his residence in Dumdum locality in north Kolkata.
For the Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-election in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party appointed Harpal Singh Cheema, a minister in the Punjab government, as election in-charge.
"Gradually it will be known who was behind it. Police and administration are probing the matter": Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on recent incidents of violence in Nalanda and Rohtas, as per ANI.
They (Congress) say democracy is in danger. But, I say the idea of dynasty and autocracy by one family is in danger: Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi
KT Ramees, who is an accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate and sent to judicial custody by the PMLA court, ANI reported.
Railway Protection Force conducts flag march at Rishra railway station in Hooghly district following an incident of stone pelting on April 4, ANI reported.
"On the PM's order, India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has come forward to save Adani and give him a clean chit. This proves that there is something hidden that the govt doesn't want to come to light...Rahul Gandhi is resolute to say against corruption, misdeeds, and misgovernance, of this ruling government": Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury told ANI
Jharkhand | Enforcement Directorate has recovered explosives meant for blasting from a mining site, which is being investigated by the agency, during a fresh inspection. The local inquiry revealed that illegal mining was being carried out at the site during the night. Fresh marks of the wheels of heavy vehicles and equipment connecting the mining site to the main roads were also visible. ED has written to Sahibganj police to take necessary action in this regard, ANI reported.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) demolishes "illegally built" film studios in the Madh-Marve area of Mumbai, ANI reported.
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu meets party president, Mallikarjun Kharge and party general secretary in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh
UP: Ghaziabad police have arrested Samar Singh, the absconding accused in Bhojpuri actress Akanksha Dubey's alleged suicide case from Ghaziabad, ANI reported.
A case was registered under Sec 306 of IPC against two persons namely, Samar Singh, who is associated with Bhojpuri films, and Sanjay Singh, by the actress' mother.
A cyber-criminal namely Dilwar Hussain has been nabbed from Jamtara in Jharkhand for cheating innocent people on the pretext of giving customer care support service for a popular app. The money trail of more than Rs 12 lakhs has been unearthed & eight accounts have been frozen. The complainant in the case was duped of Rs 3.20 lakhs: Delhi Police said, as per ANI.
Swati Maliwal, Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women conducted a surprise check in a public toilet opposite GB Pant hospital in Daryaganj and seized 50 litres of acid lying in open there last night. Officials of MCD were summoned for further inquiry, ANI reported.
Telangana BJP president & MP Bandi Sanjay released from Karimnagar jail after he was granted bail in the SSC paper leak case, ANI reported.
China retaliates for Taiwan president's US visit by sanctioning Reagan library and Hudson Institute think tank, reports AP
Angry mob attacked police personnel during a raid at the residence of an accused in Dimaha village in Bihar's Naugachia last night. Villagers alleged that police assaulted the accused's wife and child, ANI reported.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said no one had thought that Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad would start speaking such a low-level language against Rahul Gandhi.
He said the BJP leaders are tired because Gandhi has not shied away from raising the voice of people despite so many attacks. “That is why, a task has been given to these leaders who left the Congress. The ideology they had sworn to fight throughout their lives, today they have stood with the same fascist ideology at the behest of BJP leaders,” Gehlot said.
Launching a sharp attack on Gandhi and the Congress, Scindia alleged the party has been left with no ideology, except the one of a "traitor who works against the country".
He attacked the Congress for giving Gandhi a "special treatment" following his conviction in a defamation case. He accused the party of pressuring the judiciary and doing everything possible to stay relevant.
Scindia, who was once considered close to Gandhi, left the Congress following differences with the leadership and joined the BJP in 2020.
Similarly, Azad, who quit the Congress last year, said Gandhi was the primary reason why he and many others were not in the Congress today and claimed that one had to be "spineless" to remain in the grand old party. (PTI)
“My son took wrong decision…”: AK Antony on his son Anil joining BJP, as quoted by ANI
The Israeli army announces before dawn Friday that it is carrying out strikes "in Lebanon", from where more than 30 rockets were fired at Israel the previous day.
Violent explosions in Tyre in southern Lebanon, AFP reported.
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Mansukh Mandaviya To Chair State Health Ministers' Meet Today
On Friday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will convene a high-level virtual conference with state health ministers to discuss the alarming rise of Covid cases in India. Officials from the Empowered Group and the National Technical Advisory Committee on Immunisation will also attend the conference, according to the news agency.
According to the morning bulletin issued by the Centre on Thursday, India registered 5,335 new Covid cases in the preceding 24 hours, the highest daily total in 195 days. With 13 deaths confirmed on Wednesday, the death toll has increased to 5,30,929 people. Karnataka and Maharashtra each recorded two deaths, while Kerala and Punjab each reported one fatality. Kerala supplied a reconciliation figure of seven for fatalities within its borders.
On Wednesday, Delhi's Covid positivity rate exceeded 25%, with 509 fresh cases recorded. The positivity rate was pegged at 26.54%, with no new deaths. On Tuesday, Delhi recorded 521 cases, the highest daily rise since August 27 last year.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah To Visit Uttar Pradesh Today
During his day-long visit to Uttar Pradesh on Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch over Rs 4,567 crore in development projects and a music college, news agency ANI reported.
The Home Minister will begin his day on Friday with the launch of the Kaushambi Festival-2023 and the laying of the foundation stone for several development projects at an event held at Fasaiya Gram Sabha in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district.
In the evening, Shah would lay the foundation stone for Hariharpur Sangeet Mahavidyalaya and launch other development projects totalling 4,567 crore in the Namdarpur region of Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh.
Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, is also slated to visit Hariharpur hamlet in Azamgarh, where the Home Minister will lay the groundwork for the music college.
During his visit to the area in August last year, Yogi Adityanath pledged that a music college connected with Bhatkhande University, Lucknow, would be created.
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