New Delhi: Two persons, including a farmer leader, have been arrested in connection with the Red Fort riots. The accused were nabbed from Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi Police said. Mohinder Singh, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir United Kisan Front, and Mandeep Singh, a native of Jammu, were arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch. The arrest was made with the help of Jammu and Kashmir police.

The two are accused of being active participants in the Red Fort clashes and participating in the conspiracy. The arrest of Jaspreet Singh, who had climbed the dome of the Red Fort, was recorded yesterday.

Meanwhile, actor Deep Sidhu, the main accused in police custody, will be produced in Patiala House court. The farmers’ strike has entered its 90th day. The farmers said the strike would continue till the agricultural laws were withdrawn.

Bangaluru: Another blast at a quarry in Karnataka. Six people were killed in the blast. The accident took place at a private quarry in Chikballapur. One person was injured in the midnight blast. The gelatin sticks used for the blast were being transported in a vehicle. Six people were killed in a similar blast in Shivamogga district last month. Illegal explosions at quarries and other security arrangements were found to be the cause of the accident.

Dehradun: The government has announced that 136 people have gone missing after floods triggered by an avalanche in Chamoli, dead Uttarakhand.

At the end of the search, only 60 bodies were found. The rescue operation was led by a team comprising of State and National Disaster Management Force, Army, Navy, Air Force, ITBP, local police, and paramilitary personnel.

The Alaknanda River and its tributaries were struck by flood on February 7 after a part of the Nanda Devi iceberg collapsed.
Workers in NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugarh and Rishi Ganga hydropower project workers were the main victims.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notices to Future Retail Limited and others on Amazon’s plea. Those who receive notice within three weeks must reply. Amazon’s plea will then be heard within five weeks. The petition is against the order to maintain the status quo issued by the Delhi High Court.

A bench of Justices RF Nariman and BR Gawai will hear the case. A reply has been sought from Kishore Biyani and others. The Supreme Court has ruled that the National Company Law Tribunal proceedings will proceed but will not issue a final verdict.
Amazon had approached the Delhi High Court last month. Future Retail – The petition seeks action against Future Retail Group for non-compliance with the Singapore International Arbitration Center’s order not to proceed with the Reliance deal. But the Delhi High Court’s order was to maintain the status quo.

Puducherry: With the loss of the majority in the confidence vote, the V.Narayanaswamy-led Congress government lost power in Puducherry. In the 33-member assembly, the ruling party’s strength was reduced to 12 members. With this, the government lost its majority, the speaker said. The opposition currently has 14 members in the House. The total membership of the Assembly has been reduced to 26. Two of the five Congress MLAs who resigned in January are ministers. One of them later joined the BJP.
The crisis in the government began last January with the resignation of six MLAs from the Congress-led coalition government. A DMK MLA later resigned. With this, the membership of the Congress was reduced to 9 and the membership of the Government to 12.

Mumbai: Bombay High Court grants bail to poet Varavara Rao in Bhima Koregaon case. Varavara Rao, 80, has been granted six months’ bail based on his health condition.

There have been a lot of health issues over the last few months. He is being treated at Nanavati Hospital. Therefore, Varavara Rao had sought bail in the case.

The court, which considered the bail application, pointed out that there had been some human rights violations in health matters. He was therefore granted bail stating that he could not be sent back to jail under the present circumstances. The court said he could apply for an extension of bail after six months.