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A fire broke out in a godown in Mumbai's Sewri area, 5 fire engines reached the spot on receiving info & controlled the fire. 8 people were injured & have been admitted to the nearest hospital for treatment.
Government schools in Delhi to be closed on December 3, in view of preparations for the December 4 MCD elections.
On the last day of campaigning for the Delhi Municipal Corporation elections, the Congress accused Arvind Kejriwal of keeping silent on issues related to Dalits and minorities.
Describing Arvind Kejriwal as BJP's ally and anti-Dalit minority.
BJP appoints former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, Sunil Jakhar as members of its national executive: Party statement
Former Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill appointed as national spokesperson of BJP.
A passenger, sitting on a corner seat, onboard Neelanchal Express(Delhi-Kanpur)died when an iron rod being used in a railway track work entered the train by damaging the window&pierced his neck. The train was stopped at Aligarh Jn & body was handed over to GRP. Investigation underway: Railways.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chairs the meeting of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence, on Defence Shipyards, at Mumbai.
SC refuses to entertain plea seeking stay on Delhi MCD polls scheduled for December 4, PTI reported.
'Goldy Brar has been detained in America,' says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann
Tarn Taran Police in a joint search operation with BSF have recovered a Hexacopter drone equipped with modern technology & packets containing heroin weighing 5Kgs from fields near the India-Pakistan border: DGP Punjab Police said.
Two minors arrested for raping a 13-year-old girl on Nov 30 at a school in Matunga. The victim and accused minor boys are students of 8th standard. A case under Section 376 (D) of the IPC and under the POCSO Act has been registered: Matunga police informed, as reported by ANI.
Supreme Court sets aside the Kerala High Court order granting anticipatory bail to four persons in connection with the 1994 ISRO espionage case relating to the alleged framing of scientist Nambi Narayanan, ANI reported.
India records single-day rise of 275 new COVID-19 cases, count of active infections declines from 4,767 to 4,672: Union Health Ministry
The Bihar police have arrested 7 people for having a liquor party in the custody of the Excise Dept, informed SDPO, Paliganj, Patna.
Rupee rises 18 paise to 81.08 against US dollar in early trade
An inquiry found that jailed Delhi minister Satyendar Jain met with co-accused in a money laundering case as well as family members in Tihar Jail where he "misused" his position to receive VIP treatment, official sources said on Thursday.
In its report, the inquiry committee formed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) VK Saxena also claimed "collusion" between Jain and then Director-General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel over "VIP treatment" to the minister in jail.
Delhi government sources, however, claimed that the L-G had no power to set up this committee. The committee and its report are illegal and the L-G should realise that India has a Constitution and he is bound by the same, they said.
No immediate reaction was available from Goel on the findings of the report.
Jain, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case on May 31, was being provided with various services in the jail by five inmates and other prison staff, a copy of the report revealed.
Two of the inmates -- Rinku who was seen in a purported video giving a massage to Jain in his cell and Manish who provided fruits and outside food to Jain -- are accused under the POCSO Act for raping minors, it said.
According to the report, Rinku told the committee members that he had no training in massage or physiotherapy and worked as a supplier of mare for 'Ghudchadi' ceremonies in weddings.
Saxena formed the enquiry committee comprising the principal secretaries of Home, Law and Vigilance departments after the ED claimed in a city court that Jain was being provided with "special facilities" inside Tihar Jail.
The committee has also recommended "departmental proceedings" against Goel for "extending VIP treatment" to Jain. Goel was transferred after jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar accused him of taking money. Tihar Jail Superintendent Ajit Kumar has been suspended.
"...in violation of prison rules, Jain frequently held court in his room with co-accused in the money laundering case in which he was arrested. These co-accused included Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain, apart from Sanjay Gupta and Raman Bhuraria, who are accused in other cases filed by the ED," said the report.
The committee also found that Jain's wife and other family members "frequently" met him at "restricted places" in jail in "blatant violation" of the rules and with the "collusion" of senior prison officials, including Goel and Kumar.
The report cited eight meetings Jain had with his wife and other family members at Tihar from September 16 to October 13.
It was also claimed in the report that Goel met Jain in his cell for about 50 minutes on October 6 while Kumar met the minister for 15 minutes on September 12.
Jail officials also "pressurised" inmates to provide "special services" to Jain, the report said citing their statements.
The minister allegedly used the jail account cards of other inmates to buy fruits, food and other items of personal use. The cards were recharged by the warden and other inmates, the committee claimed in the report.
Several purported videos of Jain meeting visitors and the jail superintendent, eating fruits and vegetables and getting massages in his prison cell have gone viral, giving ammunition to the BJP to attack the AAP. It has also demanded Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sack Jain from his post. PTI
Congress party's Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Jahanara village in Madhya Pradesh.
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 1 arrested absconding terrorist Harpreet Singh when he arrived from Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.
An associate of Lakhbir Singh Rode, a Pakistan-based, self-styled Chief of the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF), Harpreet was one of the conspirators of the December 2021 Ludhiana Court Building blast along with Rode. One dead and many injured in the blast, the agency stated.
United States - "In the last 2 years when the world was going through crisis, India has always been there as a solution provider. Like during COVID all of this & more points that India is already ready to take its place at the global top table," Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said at the UN press briefing, as quoted by ANI.
"India is ready to take its place at the global top tables as a country that is willing to bring solutions to the table. One of the central tenets of our foreign policy is human-centric & that will remain the same," she added.
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Govt To Launch Fourth Tranche Of Bharat Bond ETF
The government will launch the fourth tranche of Bharat Bond ETF, India's first corporate bond exchange-traded fund, from Friday.
The new fund offer of the ETF will open on December 2 and close for subscription on December 8, Edelweiss Mutual Fund, which manages the fund, said in a statement on Thursday.
The funds raised would be utilised for undertaking capital expenditures by central public sector enterprises (CPSEs).
This new Bharat Bond ETF and Bharat Bond Fund of Fund (FOF) series will mature in April 2033.
Through the launch of this new series in the fourth tranche, the government proposes to raise an initial amount of Rs 1,000 crore with a green shoe option of Rs 4,000 crore.
In December last year, the government had launched the third tranche with a base issue size of Rs 1,000 crore. It was over-subscribed 6.2 times with bids worth Rs 6,200 crore coming in.
First Sylhet-Silchar Festival Celebrating Close Indo-Bangla Cultural Ties To Begin
The first Sylhet-Silchar Festival celebrating the close cultural ties between the neighbouring regions of India and Bangladesh will begin in Assam's Barak Valley on Friday, officials said.
Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Minister A K Abdul Momen will lead a delegation of around 75 members, which will include ministers, businessmen and cultural icons, to attend the two-day event, the neighbouring country's Assistant High Commissioner in Assam, Ruhul Amin, told PTI.
The festival, which aims at boosting bilateral relations between the two nations, is being organised by India Foundation under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Culture in association with the Bangladesh Foundation for Regional Studies.
The event will commemorate 75 years of India's Independence and 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's liberation from Pakistan, he said.
Silchar MP Rajdeep Roy, a key member of the organising committee, said that the event in the city will showcase the cuisine, arts, crafts, culture and local produce of the two regions which share close cultural ties.
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