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KEJRIWAL WALKS OUT OF JAIL, BUT WINGS CLIPPED

AAP national convener and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday stepped out of Tihar jail where he was lodged since late March after Supreme Court granted him bail in the CBI case in connection with the alleged excise policy scam.

'20 riots: 10 acquitted for lack of evidence

A Delhi court has acquitted 10 persons accused in a 2020 rioting case linked to an FIR registered at Gokulpuri.

No achievement in getting bail as trial will continue: BJP

THE Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that Arvind Kejriwal may have got a bail in the excise policy case but has lost the moral right to continue as the Chief Minister of Delhi.

RAGHAVULU LEADS THE RACE TO SUCCEED YECHURY

THE demise of Sitaram Yechury has triggered speculations on the next CPM general secretary.

Sebi sees no NSE co-location scam

IN a dramatic volte-face, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday threw out its own case against the NSE and its past management led by then CEO Chitra Ramakrishna and vice-chairman Ravi Narain in the co-location case, citing lack of evidence.

Traffic out of gear as heavy rains pound Delhi-NCR

COMMUTERS faced a hard time as rain lashed the national capital and its adjoining areas, causing severe water logging in several parts of the city, paralysing the normal life.

Govt removes minimum export price from onion and basmati

AHEAD of the Haryana and Maharashtra elections, the Centre has decided to remove the Minimum Export Price (MEP) condition on export of onion and basmati with immediate effect.

FY LUSION IESTA

Set ina warm, welcoming atmosphere, Chef Sanjeev Kapoor’s latest restaurant presents a fusion of traditional Indian flavours and contemporary culinary innovation, all while remaining true to its neighbourhood roots

Filming Truth on Trial

Nan atmosphere of surveillance and censorship, much remains unspoken. Documentary films, in particular, inhabit a liminal space between the present and the truth, possessing the unique power to unveil unmediated realities with striking force.

South Asian Jr Athletics C'ship: Gold harvest for Indian team

THE Indian contingent exceeded all expectations and were in brilliant form on Thursday as they reaped a harvest of as many as 19 medals, nine of them being gold on the second day of the fourth edition of South Asian Junior Athletics Championship held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai.

IPL PLAYERS HIGHLY UNDERPAID

The league’s media rights may have skyrocketed since its inception but salary cap hasn’t grown proportionately. Swaroop Swaminathan captures the story through numbers

Pvt sector must step up infra investment: DFS secy

India needs to spend 8-10% of gross domestic product on infrastructure for sustaining high single-digit growth rate over next couple of decades, said a senior finance ministry official.

PM e-drive: Electric 2W buyers can get subsidy of ₹10K in 1st yr, ₹5K in 2nd yr

UNDER the ‘PM Electric Drive Revolution in innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM e-drive) scheme, which will be rolled out soon, electric two-wheeler buyers can avail a maximum subsidy of up to ₹10,000 in the first year and ₹5,000 in the second year.

Fuel prices may fall if crude remains low: Official

Oil marketing companies (oMCs) may consider reducing petrol and diesel prices domestically if international crude prices remain low for an extended period, according to a senior official from the Petroleum Ministry.

Mkt rally makes investors richer by ₹6.5L cr

Optimism is fuelled by US inflation in August falling to three-year low of 2.5% which sparked rate cut hopes

Myanmar residents flee deadly floods on makeshift rafts, boats

CARRYING children on their backs or rowing the elderly on makeshift rafts through rising waters on Thursday, thousands of Myanmar residents fled severe flooding triggered by the deadly Typhoon Yagi.

Marvelling Singapore's skyscrapers, Pope bats for fair wages for migrants

POPE Francis on Thursday praised Singapore’s economic strength as a testament to human ingenuity but urged the city-state to look after the weakest, too, especially foreign workers, as he opened the final leg of his tour through some of Asia’s poorest countries in one of the world’s richest.

Russian attack leaves 18,000 with no gas, water supply

THE key eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk is without a drinking water supply or natural gas for cooking and heating, authorities said on Thursday, as the Russian army’s attritional slog across the Donetsk region lays waste to public infrastructure and forces civilians to flee their homes.

UNICEF horrified by Malaysian child sex abuse

402 children rescued from charity homes in 2 states where they were harmed physically

34 killed in Israeli strikes on UN school in Gaza

ISRAElI airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a UN school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, hospital officials said. A UN official said six staffers were among the dead.

HISTORY MADE WITH FIRST CIVILIAN SPACEWALK

A tech billionaire performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth on Thursday, a high-risk endeavor reserved for professional astronauts —until now.

Struggle not limited to Art 370, but for solving K-issue, says Er Rashid

Baramulla MP Er rashid, released on interim bail from Tihar jail by Delhi court, arrived in Srinagar on Thursday. Wearing a black band on his left arm and visibly overcome by emotions, he kissed the ground at Srinagar airport.

MVA scrambles to defuse Maha tension over 163 Assembly seats

AHEAD of maharashtra assembly elections, the Opposition alliance maha Vikas aghadi (mVa) has ironed out differences over 125 seats while the remaining 163 seats remain contentious among the allies.

Muslim panel seeks sealing of mosque's 'illegal' part in HP

A day after hindu outfits held a massive protest against the “illegal mosque” in Sanjauli area of Shimla, office-bearers of the local muslim welfare committee submitted a memorandum to the municipal commissioner urging him to seal the unauthorized portion of the structure and offered to demolish it once the court delivered a verdict on the matter.

3 nabbed for thrashing two Army officers, raping woman

MP cops say 10 teams formed to arrest 3 other suspects on the run

6 cr seniors covered under Ayushman Bharat

WITH the Union Cabinet approving health insurance coverage to those aged 70 years and above, irrespective of their income, the Centre’s flagship scheme said Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), has now become much bigger. It will now cover 6 crore senior citizens and around 4.5 crore families.

Missile tests stacked, conventional & N-weaponry to be inducted soon

THE armed forces are due for a major upgrade in their missile inventory as the services and manufacturers have chalked out an array of tests for missiles, including strategic deterrence—the nuclear-capable and conventional ones—in different categories.

Dhankhar takes a jibe at Rahul, says Indians must act as ambassadors abroad

IN an oblique reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said that every Indian abroad should act as an ambassador for the nation.

China ties complex, but 75% of issues sorted: Jaishankar

INDIA’S relationship with China is very complex, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Geneva on Thursday.

Putin proposes bilateral talks with Modi in Oct as Doval meets Russian Prez

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin on Thursday proposed to hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 22 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan when National Security Advisor Ajit Doval called on him in St Petersburg, Russian officials said.