Chennai: Fire broke out in a fireworks shop in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, killing five people and seriously burning ten people. The accident took place in Azhakuchira village near Usilampatti in the Madurai district.
Many of the injured are reported to be in critical condition. The firecracker factory was completely gutted in the explosion. It is reported that the firecracker factory caught fire while the workers were working.
The police and fire brigade reached the spot after getting the information. The cause of the explosion is not clear.
Srinagar: The police arrested five people who were involved in terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The terrorists were working under the cover of Islahi Falahi Relief Trust with a terrorist organization Tehreek-e-Mujahideen, in Jammu and Kasmir. They were arrested in a joint raid conducted by the Army and the Kashmir Police.
The team was led by Bilal Ahmad Dhar a native of Cheerkot, police said. Grenades and guns have been found in their possession. The accused has tried to recruit youths for terrorist groups and distributed the money coming from Pakistan as terror funding through the account belonging to the organization, police added.
New Delhi: The central government has directed the channels to include contents with the national interest. The central government has also directed that topics of public interest should be telecasted. It is also suggested that a 30-minute program slot should be allotted for this purpose. The Union Cabinet has approved the proposals put forward by the Union Ministry of Information and Communications regarding channel uplinking and down-linking guidelines.
This order deals mainly with four subjects. Three of them are technical subjects. These instructions deal with the issue of permission related to the provision of live coverage and the use of technical equipment, including DSNG. As part of the last proposal, it is specified that the contents dealing with social issues and national issues should be aired for half an hour daily.
London: London High Court verdict to extradite Nirav Modi, the accused in Punjab National Bank financial fraud case to India. The court rejected Nirav’s appeal against deportation in the case. Nirav Modi is currently in the Wandsworth Jail in South East London. Last February, Nirav filed an appeal in the London High Court against the deportation. The case against Nirav Modi is for defrauding a loan of 13,000 crores from Punjab National Bank.
He left the country after the investigation started. In 2019, Nirav Modi was arrested in Britain. But Nirav Modi filed an appeal citing that extradition to India would affect his mental health. The London court said India maintains good relations with Britain and believes in India’s assurances that Nirav Modi will be given the necessary medical care in Mumbai jail.
Palakkad: Big ganja hunt at Olavakod railway station in Palakkad. Railway police arrested two Odisha natives with 9.6 kg ganja. They have been questioned. Ganja worth Rs. 5 lakh in the market was seized.
New Delhi: Kerala filed a counter affidavit against the petition filed by the Nagaland government in the Supreme Court in the lottery case. Kerala pointed out that the Nagaland government’s decision to sell the lottery to a private agency was illegal. Lottery agencies have limited interference in the market. In the affidavit, Kerala stated that it only did to control the violation of the law and that the state can regulate the paper lotteries by law and there is no violation of federal principles in this. Meanwhile, the Nagaland government approached the Supreme Court against the High Court ruling that the Kerala government has the authority to regulate non-state lotteries.
Kathmandu: Earthquake on India-Nepal border. A magnitude of 6.3 was recorded on the Richter scale. There were further movements in North India as well. The earthquake occurred around 1.58 am on Wednesday. Nepal is the epicenter of the earthquake. 6 people died after a house collapsed in Nepal’s Doti district due to the earthquake.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km. This is what caused earthquake tremors in Delhi as well. Earthquakes were reported in Noida, Ghaziabad, and Gurugram.
There was an earthquake in Nepal at around 8.52 pm on Tuesday. It recorded a magnitude of 4.9. It was followed by an earthquake with a magnitude above 6 on Wednesday morning.
New Delhi: Justice DY Chandrachud took charge as the 50th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. President Draupadi Murmu administered the oath at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Chandrachud’s tenure as Chief Justice will be for two years. Justice DY Chandrachud became the Chief Justice after establishing his personality as a Supreme Court judge. Justice Chandrachud succeeded Justice U U Lalit, who was the Chief Justice for only 74 days. The tenure of Justice DY Chandrachud is from today to 10 November 2024.
Justice DY Chandrachud will become one of the longest-serving Chief Justices in the history of the Supreme Court. Justice Chandrachud’s father YV Chandrachud was the 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He and Justice KG Balakrishnan have been sitting as Chief Justices for more than two years before this.
Chandrachud, who was the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court, took charge as a Supreme Court judge on 13 May 2016. He has been instrumental in virtualizing court hearings and telecasting the proceedings of the Constitution Bench live. The decision to allow women to enter Sabarimala was by a Constitution Bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud. Justice Chandrachud was also on the bench that gave the verdict in the Ayodhya case. Justice Chandrachud has also issued a historic judgment granting permanent commissions to women in the army.
The dissenting judgment written in disagreement with the majority judgment in the Aadhaar case was also noteworthy. It was Chandrachud’s bench that ruled that unmarried people also have the right to abortion. Justice Chandrachud took charge as the Chief Justice when many important cases including the Citizenship Amendment Act, the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, and the Sabarimala case were being considered by the Supreme Court.
Kochi: Governor Arif Muhammad Khan’s lawyers have resigned. The resignation comes after he appeared in the High Court on Tuesday on the university issue. Advocate Jayjibabu, who was the Legal Advisor and Standing Consul in the Governor’s High Court, Adv. Vijaya Lakshmi has resigned. Both have sent their resignations to the Governor.
Meanwhile, High Court judge Justice AK Jayashankar Nambiar criticized Arif Mohammad Khan while explaining the powers of the Governor. Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar said that the Governor’s discretionary powers are limited. He was speaking at a seminar organized by the High Court Unit of the Indian Association of Lawyers (IAL).
Justice then said that the Governor cannot act without the help and advice of the Government and the Cabinet. The IAL seminar was on the Powers of the Governor under the Constitution. A discussion was also held as a part of the seminar based on the day-to-day processes of the Constitution and the discussions that took place in the Constituent Assembly.
Kozhikode: Police seized more than 1 kg of gold which was tried to be smuggled through Karipur airport. Muhammad Muhiuddin (30), a native of Malappuram Melmuri, was arrested. He tried to smuggle 1.006 kg of gold mixed in 4 capsules inside his body. Gold worth Rs 52 lakh in the domestic market was seized.
