Breaking News Live: Centre Extends Covid-Related Restrictions Across India Till November 30
Breaking News LIVE, October 28, 2021: This LIVE blog brings to you the latest breaking news from across India and the world. Keep refreshing the page to find the latest updates.
Ahead of the upcoming festive season, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday extended the existing Covid-related restrictions across the country till November 30.
"In exercise of the powers, conferred under Section 10(2)(1) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the undersigned hereby directs that the order of the MHA, dated 28th September, 2021, to ensure compliance with the prompt and effective containment measures for Covid-19, as conveyed vide Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), dated 21st September, 2021, will remain in force up to the 30th November, 2021," the MHA order read.
Kiran Gosavi, arrested by Pune City Police on charges of cheating, has been sent to police custody for 8 days by a city court Gosavi is a witness in drugs-on-cruise case involving actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan.
Karnataka HC restrains police from taking action against Dream11 gaming app founder Bhavit Sheth & Harsh Jain, according to new amendment made by Karnataka Govt in last Assembly session which restricts online games
Ministry of Home Affairs extends COVID-19 restrictions across the country till November 30 to prevent any further spread of the pandemic
Stock markets lost further ground in the final hour of trading on Thursday as Nifty slipped below 17900. Sensex was down 1,054.62 points or 1.72% to trade at 60088.71.
Russia reported 40,096 new cases and 1,159 fatalities, as Moscow shuts down non-essential services for 11 days to combat the surge in COVID19 infections: AFP
BJP's Manish Bhanushali, a witness in drugs on cruise ship case, has been summoned for questioning: Mumbai Police
South Africa's Quinton de Kock declared himself available for the rest of T20 World Cup. Sitting out South Africa's 2nd T20 World Cup match against West Indies for "personal reasons", the wicket-keeper provided a statement today, released by Cricket South Africa, said ICC.
Quinton de Kock's statement read, "I'd like to start by saying sorry to my teammates & the fans back home...For those who don't know, I come from a mixed-race family. My half-sisters are Coloured and my stepmom is Black. For me, Black lives have mattered since I was born."
He further said, "I was raised to understand that we all have rights, and they are important...I felt like my rights were taken away when I was told what we had to do in the way that we were told."
Singapore's Covid-19 daily case count surged above 5,000 for the first time due to an unusual spike within a few hours, which health ministry officials are looking into.
A total of 5,324 new cases were detected as of 12 p.m. Wednesday, with 4,651 in the community and 661 in the migrant-worker dormitories, the Ministry of Health said in its daily status report. There are 66 critically ill patients who are intubated in intensive-care units, and 76 unstable and under close monitoring.
"The infection numbers are unusually high today, mostly due to many Covid-positive cases detected by the testing laboratories within a few hours in the afternoon," the release said. "MOH is looking into this unusual surge in cases within a relatively short window, and closely monitoring the trends for the next few days."
Three people have died after being hit by a dumper truck at Bahadurgarh.
Mumbai Crime Branch files a plea before Esplanade Court for issuing a non-bailable warrant against ex-Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. He's untraceable in an extortion case against him & Crime Branch is looking for him. Court to hear the matter on Oct 29: Crime Branch Officer
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Pope Francis on October 30 during his European visit commencing later this week, a Catholic Bishops' body in Kerala said on Wednesday.
In a statement, the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) President Cardinal George Alencherry said they have come to know from official sources that the "meeting between His Holiness Pope Francis and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will take place on Saturday, October 30".
Describing it as a "historic meeting, the Cardinal said it will "add more energy and warmth to the relations between our country and the Vatican and the Catholic Church".
He also wished "all success" to the Prime Minister for all his events in Rome and Italy.
Modi will be travelling to Rome and Glasgow from October 29 to November 2 to attend the 16th G-20 Summit and the World Leaders' Summit of COP-26 respectively, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said.
President Ram Nath Kovind will embark on a three-day visit to Gujarat on Thursday. According to a press release issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President of India will visit Gujarat on October 28 and will be there till October 30. The PTI news agency, citing a state government spokesperson, said that Kovind will be interacting with judges of the Gujarat high court over “high tea” at the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar this evening.
President Kovind will be inaugurating a housing scheme project for the economically weaker section (EWS) of the society in the Bhavnagar district on October 29, according to his office.
Mumbai Police has deputed police officers for enquiry into complaints of alleged extortion against NCB officers including zonal director Sameer Wankhede in the drugs bust case involving Aryan Khan, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
Police are conducting inquiry into four complaints, filed by independent witness in the NCB case Prabhakar Sail, lawyers Sudha Dwivedi and Kanishka Jain, and Nitin Deshmukh, he said.
All the complaints have been clubbed together. On Tuesday and Wednesday, police recorded Sail's statement.
Dilip Sawant, Additional Commissioner of Police (South Region) will supervise the enquiry and DCP Hemrajsingh Bagul will assist him as supervisory officer.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Milind Khetle, Police Inspector Ajay Sawant, Assistant PI Shrikant Karkar and Sub Inspector Prakash Gawali will be part of the enquiry team.
The order of enquiry was issued by Vishwas Nangre Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order).
Maharashtra | Kiran Gosavi (NCB witness in the drugs-on-cruise matter) has been detained: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 18th ASEAN-India Summit on Thursday via video conferencing. As per the official release, the East Asia Summit is the premier leaders-led forum in the Indo-Pacific. Since its inception in 2005, it has played a significant role in the strategic and geopolitical evolution of East Asia.
Apart from the 10 ASEAN member states, East Asia Summit includes India, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Russia, the release said.
Background
Breaking News LIVE, October 28, 2021: Hello and Welcome to ABP News LIVE Blog!Around 11 crore people who have taken the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine have not got themselves jabbed with the second dose even after the expiry of the prescribed interval between two doses, according to government data shared by PTI.
The data showed that over 3.92 crore beneficiaries are more than six weeks overdue for their second Covid dose, around 1.57 crore are up to four to six weeks late, and more than 1.50 crore are up to two to four weeks overdue for their second shot of either Covishield or Covaxin.
Also, over 3.38 crore people are up to two weeks overdue to becoming fully vaccinated.
This issue was discussed in a meeting chaired by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya with health ministers and representatives of all states and Union territories on Wednesday. They were asked to focus on such beneficiaries who are overdue for their second dose, official sources said.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday drew parallels between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and German dictator Adolf Hitler and alleged that BJP is destroying India just like Hitler destroyed Germany.
Taking to Twitter, the Congress leader said, "The final phase of the election has arrived. Now everyone in BJP will say "Hinduism is in danger, vote for BJP to save it." BJP does the same thing Hitler used to do. BJP is destroying India just like Hitler destroyed Germany."
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