After India summoned a senior U.S. diplomat to lodge a protest over remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Washington on Wednesday burdened that it encourages honest, clear, well timed authorized processes and “we don’t think anyone should object to that”. “We continue to follow these actions closely, including the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal,” U.S. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller mentioned.
Two killed after anti-CAA assembly in Meghalaya
Two individuals had been killed in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district on Wednesday following a gathering organised by an area organisation towards the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) of 2019. Police mentioned the our bodies of the 2 individuals — each non-tribals — had been discovered at Ichamati and Dalda beneath the Shella Assembly constituency. Both locations are near the State’s border with Bangladesh. The district’s Superintendent of Police, Rituraj Ravi, instructed journalists that the autopsy was but to be completed. “Additional police teams from Shillong have been sent to the site,” he mentioned.
IPL-17 : MI vs SRH | Records go for a six as SRH outshines MI in run fest
Travis Head performed a gem of an innings, Abhishek Sharma was beautiful and Heinrich Klaasen flamboyant because the trio customary Sunrisers Hyderabad’s spectacular 31-run win towards Mumbai Indians in a high-scoring IPL league match at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium right here on Wednesday night time.
Priest may give CAA eligibility certificates, says authorities helpline
An area priest could situation an “eligibility certificate” beneath the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019 to validate the faith of an applicant, in keeping with a response obtained by The Hindu via the Union Ministry of Home Affairs’ CAA helpline. The certificates, a compulsory doc, is to be enclosed together with an affidavit and different paperwork that the candidates are to add on the CAA portal. “The reasons for which applicant wishes to acquire Indian citizenship” should even be acknowledged.
Congress publicizes 14 extra candidates for Lok Sabha polls
The Congress on Wednesday introduced out a recent checklist of 14 candidates from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh for the Lok Sabha elections. Some of those had been cleared by the Central Election Committee (CEC) of the occasion earlier within the night. Sources mentioned the CEC had mentioned round 18 names and most had been cleared. In Uttar Pradesh, the occasion named Dolly Sharma from Ghaziabad, Virendra Chowdhury from Maharajganj, Nakul Dubey from Sitapur and Shivram Valmiki from Bulandshahr.
₹50 lakh stolen from van carrying money to ATM in Kerala
In a brazen daylight theft, ₹50 lakh was stolen from a van that was taking the cash to fill money merchandising machines, at Uppala in Kasaragod in Kerala on Wednesday .The incident occurred outdoors an ATM of the Axis Bank round 2 p.m. The van concerned within the incident belongs to a personal company, Secure Valley. Notably, it arrived on the location with out safety personnel. The police apprehended the driving force and seized the van.
Nirmala Sitharaman decides towards contesting Lok Sabha polls
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has determined towards contesting the Lok Sabha election, she mentioned on Wednesday, citing the shortage of “money to contest” the ballot and her lack of ability to fulfill the “winnability criteria” in southern States comparable to Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu that she may have thought-about battling from. The Minister, in her second time period within the Rajya Sabha, had been sounded out by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime brass to think about a Lok Sabha candidature within the upcoming election, together with a few of her Upper House cupboard colleagues comparable to Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Environment and Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav.
Government notifies revised wages beneath the MGNREGS
The Union authorities on Wednesday notified the revised wages beneath the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), with a number of States reporting a hike in wages by 8 to 10%. The hike ranged from ₹7 in Uttar Pradesh (2023- ₹230 – to 2024 charge of ₹237) to ₹34 hike in Goa (2023 wages ₹322 to 2024 wages ₹356). Significant leap in wages have been reported by Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Goa, the place the hikes assorted from 8% to 10.5%. Bihar follows intently behind, the place the wages have been revised by ₹17.
Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt convicted in false drug seizure case
A court docket in Gujarat on Wednesday convicted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a medication seizure case courting again to 1996. The court docket is anticipated to pronounce the quantum of punishment on Thursday. The periods court docket in Palanpur held Bhatt responsible of falsely implicating a Rajasthan-based lawyer, Sumer Singh Rajpurohit, by claiming that police had seized medicine from a lodge room in Palanpur the place the lawyer was staying. The case was lodged when Bhatt was the district Superintendent of Police.
‘Close your eyes, feel my presence’: Arvind Kejriwal’s spouse reads out his message to individuals
Sunita Kejriwal, the spouse of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, posted a video message on the CM’s X account on Wednesday, the place she relayed a message from her husband: “While my body is in jail, my spirit is with the people of Delhi.” “Close your eyes, and you will feel my presence around you,” Ms. Kejriwal mentioned, relaying her husband’s message along with her eyes closed and palms folded. While remanding Mr. Kejriwal in Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody, a court docket in New Delhi had allowed him to fulfill his spouse and legal professionals between 6 p.m. and seven p.m. each day.
Solution can’t be discovered on battlefield, says Jaishankar on Russia-Ukraine battle
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on March 27 mentioned India’s place within the Russia-Ukraine battle has been {that a} resolution can’t be discovered on the battlefield and New Delhi needs to discover a approach of bringing this battle to an finish. Responding to a query on India’s place on the Russia-Ukraine battle throughout his interplay with the Indian diaspora within the Malaysian capital, Mr. Jaishankar mentioned that there are “no winners of a conflict”. “We took the position from the start, that you’re not going to get a solution to this conflict on the battlefield,” he mentioned.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday introduced the candidature of Navneet Rana for the reserved Amravati Lok Sabha seat in its seventh checklist of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Ms. Rana, an impartial MP and the incumbent legislator of the Amravati Lok Sabha seat, is a supporter of the BJP alongside along with her husband Ravi Rana, who’s the present MLA from Badnera (in Amravati). The announcement now paves the best way for Ms. Rana to formally be a part of the BJP and contest on the Scheduled Caste (SC) reserved seat.
Rameshwaram Cafe blast: NIA conducts simultaneous raids in Shivamogga and Tamil Nadu
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing Bengaluru’s The Rameshwaram Cafe blast case, performed simultaneous raids and questioned a number of suspects in Shivamogga, Karnataka, Chennai, and Ramanathapuram districts in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday (March 27). NIA sleuths on Wednesday raided the residences of Mussavir Hussain Shazib and Abdul Matheen Taha in Thirthahalli. The duo are accused within the 2020 Al Hind IS module case registered in Suddaguntepalya and have been absconding since. They are additionally mentioned to be the kingpins of the Thirthahalli module and accused within the Mangaluru cooker blast of November 2022. Given the similarity within the timer and detonator units within the IEDs utilized in The Rameshwaram Cafe blast and the cooker blast, businesses have suspected the position of the identical module.
Woman stripped, paraded and overwhelmed up in M.P. village; 4 ladies held
Four ladies had been arrested for allegedly beating up, stripping and parading a 30-year-old girl over a dispute at a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, police mentioned on Wednesday. A video of the purported incident that occurred in the course of the Holi celebrations additionally surfaced on social media. “On Monday, four women forcibly pulled the victim out of her house, beat her up and humiliated her by stripping her naked in public at Bachhora village of Gautampura police station area,” Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sunil Mehta mentioned.