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Supreme Court reserves its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the Central government’s Electoral Bond scheme which allows for anonymous funding to political parties.
Students stage a protest on the premises of IIT-BHU in Varanasi against the alleged molestation of a female student.
The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer Nawal Kishore Meena and his associate Babulal Meena for accepting a bribe of Rs 15 lakhs.
Enforcement Directorate summons Rajasthan Congress Chief Govind Singh Dotasara's son in paper leak case. Govind Singh Dotasra was raided by ED last week, reported ANI while citing sources.
"Indigenously built multi-role Light Combat Helicopter 'Prachand' designed for mountainous terrain successfully achieved its targets with potent armaments during day & night firing in Gajraj Corps. The cutting edge tech & weapon systems on this tailor-made platform enhance the Indian Army's precision, speed & firepower capabilities," says Indian Army.
District-North 24 Parganas, West Bengal | The troops of ICP Petrapole, 145 Battalion BSF, thwarted a gold smuggling attempt and apprehended a truck driver with 60 gold biscuits while being smuggled from Bangladesh to India. The estimated weight of gold biscuits is 6.998 Kg with a value of approximately Rs 4.33 crores.
A partially burnt body of a second-year medical student of the Forensic and Medicine department was found in the campus of Jharkhand's Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). SSP Ranchi told ANI that further investigation into the matter is underway.
Tamil Nadu Police detained more than 100 members of CPI(M) who were staging a protest against Governor RN Ravi who will be coming to Madurai today.
A fire broke out in open crop stubble storage area near Saiyanwala village of Firozpur in Punjab. Nirmal Kumar of Faridkot Fire Station said, "The fire broke out due to heat, early morning today. Looking at the facts that there is a village nearby and more stubble is stored here, one fire engine will be stationed here as a measure of precaution."
TMC MP Mahua Moitra arrived at the Parliament in Delhi on Thursday. She is appearing before the Parliament Ethics Committee in connection with the 'cash for query' charge against her.
Kerala government moves a writ petition in the Supreme Court against Governor Arif Mohammed Khan for inaction on his part regarding eight Bills passed by the state legislature and presented to him for his assent under Article 200 of the Constitution. The petition says three Bills have been pending before the Governor for more than 2 years.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) today. He will hold a road show, along with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh today.
Siliguri: When asked about the ration scam case, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose says, "Not a time to discuss scams. I have come to the north Bengal for the welfare of the people here. An important meeting is going to take place in the Darjeeling Raj Bhawan..."
Telangana | Income Tax Department conducting raids in Hyderabad and other places. Searches are underway at 10 places including the premises of Congress leader Parijatha Narasimha Reddy.
The Enforcement Directorate has launched a raid at the residence of Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand in the Civil Lines area of Delhi. Searches started early this morning. Raids are underway at 9 premises linked to him. Further details awaited.
The Secretary of State Antony J Blinken will travel to New Delhi to participate in the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, joined by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J Austin III. The delegation will meet with Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar, Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, and other senior Indian officials to discuss both bilateral and global concerns and developments in the Indo-Pacific: US Department of State
Overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in Noida stands at 397, in the 'Very Poor' category as per SAFAR-India.
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Cash-For-Query Case: Mahua Moitra To Appear Before Ethics Panel Today
TMC MP Mahua Moitra shared a copy of her letter to the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on Wednesday, ahead of her appearance before the panel investigating the cash-for-query allegations levelled against her.
Moitra will appear before the panel on November 2 after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla alleging she took bribes from businessman Darshan Hiranandani to target the Adani Group.
Moitra stated on X, "Since the Ethics Committee deemed it fit to release my summons to the media, I believe it is important that I also release my letter to the Committee before my "hearing" tomorrow".
Moitra stated in the letter that she will appear before the panel on November 2 and will "demolish" the cash-for-query complaint filed against her.
In the letter, she stated that parliamentary committees do not have criminal jurisdiction and emphasised the importance of involving law enforcement in such cases.
Rahul Gandhi To Visit Telangana's Kaleswaram Irrigation Project Today:
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would visit the Kaleswaram project in Telangana on Thursday and inspect the damage at the Medigadda barrage of the project recently, news agency PTI report.
According to Congress sources, permission was granted for his helicopter to land at the Medigadda barrage's helipad, according to the report. During his ongoing election campaign in Telangana, Gandhi accused the Kaleswaram project of corruption.
Rahul Gandhi displayed a mock 'Kaleswaram ATM' prepared by his party at a public meeting in the state today.
Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang To Be Cremated On Nov 2:
News agency PTI reported that an official announcement on Tuesday said that former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's cremation would take place here on Thursday, just days after the acclaimed reform-minded economist died unexpectedly.
Li, 68, died of a heart attack on October 27 in Shanghai, just months after stepping down as a challenger to Chinese President Xi Jinping a decade ago.
According to state media, he was in Shanghai for rest after retiring from active politics in March of this year.
"The remains of Comrade Li Keqiang will be cremated in Beijing on Thursday," according to the official Xinhua news agency.
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