https://twitter.com/TimesNow/status/1298289267056156672?s=20 Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case is now also being probed by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). The Enforcement Directorate (ED) wrote a letter to the NCB after finding evidences that drugs were supplied to the late actor and his girlfriend, Rhea Chakraborty. Now, Vikas Singh, the lawyer of Sushant’s father KK Singh, has responded to the latest development in the case. Speaking to Pinkvilla, Vikas said, “Sushant was a fitness freak, someone who believed in yoga and meditation. He never did hard drugs or had such a clandestine lifestyle and consumption.” Vikas added that Rhea may have been giving…
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MP Sanjay Jadhav tendered his resignation in a letter addressed to party chief and Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, reports said. The Lok Sabha MP from Parbhani reportedly claimed that the Shiv Sena “was being sidelined in his home constituency,” News18 reported. “I have been a worker of the Shiv Sena under Balasaheb (Thackeray)… if I cannot for people, what is the point in remaining an MP,” reports quotedthe letter as saying. The report added that the party hasn’t replied to the letter yet. Jadhav also reportedly claimed “that party activists were being systematically sidelined” by members of the Shiv…
https://twitter.com/Dev_Fadnavis/status/1298588159953874944?s=20 The Maharashtra police resorted to attacking student activists belonging to Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad for protesting against the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government demanding a 30 per cent waiver of fees. According to reports, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena activists staged a protest in Dhule city of Maharashtra in front of Minister Abdul Sattar’s car demanding a 30 per cent waiver of tuition fees. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena activists wanted to meet Minister Abdul Sattar for urging a fee waiver and also present other demands. However, the Maharashtra police launched an all-out attack against the student activists and…
Retired Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho was released from confinement after spending five months detained in Paraguay for entering the country with a false passport. Paraguayan judge Gustavo Amarilla handed down a suspended sentence of two years in prison for Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto de Assis Moreira, and granted their release. The brothers also will need to pay a fine of 200,000 between the 2 of them. Both were arrested last March for possession and use of false Paraguayan passports with which they entered the country to conduct business activities. The retired soccer star was earlier released from a high-security…
Apple is poised to open an online store for the first time in the fast-growing smartphone market of India next month, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, taking advantage of a relaxation of once-strict prohibitions against foreign direct retail. The online store will be ready for operations just ahead of the festive Dussehra-Diwali spending season, according to the person, who asked not to be named discussing confidential plans. The iPhone maker, which lobbied New Delhi for years to get around regulations that force companies such as Apple to source 30 percent of components locally, had originally planned…
Chennai girl who went pursue higher studies in London has been kidnapped by Bangladeshi gang. The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has registered an FIR in connection with a case relating to the abduction of a girl from Chennai in London by Bangladeshi nationals. The case was initially registered by the Chennai Crime branch in May this year on the complaint of a Chennai-based businessman who alleged that her daughter who was studying in London was abducted by Bangladeshi nationals. The case was later handed over to the NIA following Union Home Ministry’s order. The father alleged that she was radicalised…
Abu Yusuf, the ISIS terrorist nabbed by Delhi police on August 22, said that he was planning a major terror attack as a retaliation to the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The mother of the terrorist has, however, negated this claim, saying that his terrorist activities had nothing to do with the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan. ABU Yusuf’s mother claimed that the Bhoomi Poojan of Ram temple had just happened a few days ago, while Abu Yusuf alias Mustaqeem had been preparing to make explosives for the last three years at his home in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh. Kahkaksha, the…
The Delhi Police on Tuesday formally arrested ex-JNU student Sharjeel Imam under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in connection with the Delhi riots. Imam will be presented before a Delhi court tomorrow in the matter. Sharjeel Imam was lodged in the Guwahati Central Jail for allegedly delivering inflammatory speeches during an anti-CAA protest last year. He was brought to Delhi on Sunday by the Special Cell of Delhi Police on a production warrant. Sharjeel Imam has been booked under various sections including 124-A (Sedition), 153(A) (Promoting enmity), 153-A (promoting enmity, Hatred between different communities), 153-B (Assertion prejudicial to national integration)…
The Supreme Court Tuesday granted half-hour to activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan, convicted for contempt, to ‘think over’ hi Supreme s stand of not expressing regret over his tweets against the judiciary. The top court granted another opportunity to Bhushan after Attorney General K K Venugopal sought forgiveness for the activist-lawyer. “He (Bhushan) should withdraw all statements and apologize ,” said the highest lawman when the bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra sought his views on the ‘defiant’ statement of Bhushan. He has refused to supply an apology to the Supreme Court for his two tweets against the judiciary, saying what he…
Despite growing protests by students demanding the cancellation or postponement of NEET and JEE exams this year in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Testing Agency has maintained that the examinations will be held on the previously scheduled dates. The Joint Entrance Examination (Main) and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) will be conducted in September as scheduled, officials said on Tuesday, amid a growing chorus for postponing the crucial tests in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a bid to address the concern of students and parents, the NTA announced a slew of measures the body will be taking…