Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: PM Modi Concludes Three-Day Rome Visit, Leaves For Glasgow Ahead Of COP26
Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS, October 31, 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.
New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) The CBI Sunday made its first arrest in the bribery case involving former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh as it took an alleged middleman into custody, officials said.
The agency arrested Santosh Jagtap from Thane Sunday morning, they said, adding he has been evading the probe even after the issuance of non-bailable warrants against him last month.
The CBI had raided the premises of Jagtap, an alleged middleman, in August and also recovered Rs 9 lakh, they said.
Air Quality Index (AQI) of Sonipat was in 'severe' category, Ghaziabad, Hisar, Jind, Panipat & Kurukshetra (all in Haryana), Meerut (UP) & 3 other cities stood in 'very poor' category while AQI in 36 cities was in 'poor' category at 4 pm today: Central Pollution Control Board
PM Narendra Modi meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of G20 Summit in Rome, Italy
Earthquake of 4.3 magnitude occurred in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra at 6:48 pm today: National Center for Seismology
West Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee will visit Tripura in December and address a big rally at Swami Vivekananda Stadium: TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee in Agartala
Agartala: West Bengal BJP leader Rajib Banerjee joins TMC in the presence of party's general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
Immediately after returning to the country after attending the G20 Summit and COP26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a review meeting with districts having low vaccination coverage, on 3rd November at 12 noon via video conferencing: PMO
Rajya Sabha bypolls | Polling for one seat each from Maharashtra, West Bengal and Kerala to be held on 29th November.
Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar breaks down while talking about Puneeth Rajkumar
BJP leader Rajib Banerjee to join TMC today during TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's public meeting in Tripura, reports ANI.
National Unity Day has unique importance. Today's National Unity Day is a day of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav...After independence, while leaving, Britishers had conspired to divide into several pieces. Sardar Patel foiled that conspiracy & resolved to make 'akhand Bharat': HM Shah
The Centre plans to develop 75 lighthouses as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of India's Independence, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal said on Saturday.
Inaugurating the Valiazheekal lighthouse near here, the Union Minister said in a release that it is India's first pentagon shaped light house built at a cost of Rs 10 crore. It is also the second tallest in Kerala and has a lift facility, he added.
The Prime Minister had asked to develop 75 lighthouses in the country during the Amrit Mahotsav, he said.
According to the release, the Centre focuses on developing the coastal region as well as the overall growth of the country.
The Union Minister also said he will take up adequate proposals from Kerala to develop tourism as well as help fishermen and the local people in the area.
Kolkata Police will take strict action against anybody found bursting firecrackers in violation of the Calcutta HIgh Court's ban on sale and use of all kinds of fireworks during Diwali and Chhath Puja, a senior official said on Saturday.
Kolkata Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra held a meeting during the day with all deputy commissioners and other senior officers of the force and directed them to ensure that the ban is strictly implemented.
"There will be tight surveillance throughout the city, and we would take strict action as per the law against the violators, the official said.
The Calcutta High Court had on Friday ordered a ban on the sale and use of all firecrackers during Diwali, Chhath Puja and other festivities to check air pollution amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary.
The Gurugram administration and the Uttar Pradesh government have allowed the bursting of green crackers for two hours on Diwali, if the air quality that day stays in the moderate zone (AQI between 100-200) or better.
The Delhi government on September 15 banned the storage, sale, and use of all kinds of crackers on Diwali.
Though an order by the Gurugram deputy commissioner mentioned that bursting of crackers will be allowed between 8 pm and 10 pm, the Uttar Pradesh government order did not specify the hours.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah pays floral tribute at Statue of Unity in Kevadia, on the occasion of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jayanti today
Taking note of the spike in Coronavirus cases in some parts of the country, the Biplab Deb government has issued fresh guidelines, making COVID-19 tests mandatory for people wanting to enter Tripura from any state that has more than one district with over five percent positivity rate. In an official order, the government said that people coming from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, West Bengal, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland would have to undergo sample test at Tripura’s entry point if they fail to produce COVID-negative report not older than 48 hours.
“Negative test report for COVID-19 done by RTPCR or True NAT or CBNAAT, 48 hours prior to the journey, is required for entry into the state through the airport, railway stations from those states of the country where more than one district have positivity rate of 5% or more, as on 26.10.2021," a notification issued on Friday by Directorate of Family Welfare and Preventive Medicines said.
The state has recorded as many as 84,449 Covid-19 cases and 813 deaths thus far.
PM Modi will be travelling to Glasgow in the United Kingdom to attend the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is beginning on October 31
Background
Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS, October 31, 2021: Hello and Welcome to ABP News LIVE Blog! Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for Glasgow from Rome today to attend COP26, the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
He will also participate in the high-level segment of COP26 titled 'World Leaders' Summit' from November 1 to 2.
The COP26 will take place from October 31 to November 12 at the Scottish city of Glasgow where the world leaders and negotiators will deliberate actions to reduce carbon emissions to restrict the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The Taliban called on the United States and other countries on Saturday to recognise their government in Afghanistan, saying that a failure to do so and the continued freezing of Afghan funds abroad would lead to problems not only for the country but for the world.
No country has formally recognised the Taliban government since the insurgents took over the country in August, while billions of dollars in Afghan assets and funds abroad have also been frozen, even as the country faces severe economic and humanitarian crises.
"Our message to America is, if unrecognition continues, Afghan problems continue, it is the problem of the region and could turn into a problem for the world," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told journalists at a news conference on Saturday.
He said the reason the Taliban and the United States went to war last time was also that the two did not have formal diplomatic ties.
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