New Delhi: NIA has said that the Popular Front has links with many international organizations involved in carrying out terrorist activities in India. The NIA stated this in the affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court in defense of the investigation being conducted under the UAPA in the Palakkad RSS leader A Srinivasan’s murder case. The affidavit was filed in a petition filed by the accused Karamana Ashraf Moulvi against the NIA investigation.

The NIA says that there is a conspiracy behind Srinivasan’s murder and that the Popular Front’s method is to eliminate those who stand in the way of its agenda of overthrowing the democratically elected government. The Popular Front has prepared a list of those who are obstructed.

Srinivasan was the only one killed in that list. Therefore, the NIA requested the Supreme Court to dismiss the petition of Karamana Ashraf Maulvi and the issues related to Srinivasan’s murder fall under the purview of UAPA.

The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a liquor case. Kejriwal’s petition challenging the ED’s arrest was left to a larger bench and the bail was granted.

The order came from a bench of Justices Sanjeev Khanna and Dipankar Dutta. Kejriwal’s plea has been referred to a larger bench to examine whether an arrest is warranted under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Interim bail has been granted considering the imprisonment so far.

The court also said that a larger bench can review the interim bail order. At the same time, Kejriwal will remain in jail as he has been arrested by the CBI under the Prevention of Corruption Act in connection with the liquor policy. Kejriwal was arrested by the CBI on June 25.

Mumbai: Due to the heavy rains that have lashed across Mumbai since yesterday, many parts of the city have become waterlogged. Moreover, the waterlogged railway tracks due to heavy rains throughout the night have also severely affected local train services. It disrupted most local train services since morning. Many local trains have been cancelled.

Also many major roads in the city were hit by traffic jams. Local train services between Khadavli and Titwala in the Kalyan-Kasara section were disrupted on Sunday. The weather department responded that heavy rain will continue this week.

Srinagar: In an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam, six people, including a senior Hizbul Mujahideen commander, were killed by the army. Two jawans martyred. Clashes took place at two places in Kulgam. Later there was a terrorist attack in Rajouri too.

  The first firing took place in Modergam village of Kulgam. On Saturday afternoon, the terrorists opened fire on the soldiers who came for security inspection in the area. The dead bodies of two terrorists were recovered from here. The army confirmed the death of Hizbul Mujahideen senior commander Farooq Ahmed. The army said the search is on.

  Army killed four terrorists in an encounter in Chinnigam. Yawar Basheer, Zahid Ahmed Dar, Tauheed Ahmed Rather and Shakeel Ahmed Vanila have been identified. There are indications that more terrorists have been killed.

  Lance Naik Pradeep Nain and Havildar Rajkumar were killed in the encounter. Terrorists fired at army camp in Rajouri. The army then retaliated. One soldier was injured in the encounter. The army is continuing to search the area to find the terrorists who opened fire. On the 26th of last month, firing took place for more than six hours in Doda district of Kashmir. Six security personnel were injured in the June 11 encounter.

New Delhi: The Food Safety and Quality Authority of India (FSSAI) has announced that the licenses of 111 curry masala companies, including those in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, have been canceled last month. They were also asked to stop the production immediately. Kerala and Tamil Nadu have the highest number of license cancellations. It is also noteworthy that most of the licenses of small companies were removed.

Products from popular brands MDH and Everest were banned by Singapore and Hong Kong following the discovery of the carcinogenic pesticide ethylene oxide. Following this, the FSSAI authorities had collected samples of curry spices from all regions of the country since April. Four thousand samples have been collected so far and the testing of half of them has been completed. It is known that more products are likely to be banned after the rest of the tests are completed.

The ban also includes products of popular brands like Everest, MDH, Catch and Badshah. Many companies in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh are under the agency’s watch. The poison was found in the powders of turmeric, chilli, black pepper, coriander and cinnamon. Manufacturers have tried to reduce manufacturing costs and increase volume by adding starch, baking powder, artificial colors and coloring chemicals to curry spices. According to FSSAI, there has been a fall in quality and food safety. With complaints of adulteration rampant, the FSSAI recently said it would increase the permissible pesticide dosage by 10 times to curb it.