Tuesday 29 September 2020

LIVE updates: Those against farm bills are against farmers, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate online eight sewage treatment plants (STPs) set up at different places in Uttarakhand under the Namami Gange project today.

The Delhi High Court will pronounce today its order on the CBI and ED pleas seeking early hearing on their appeals challenging the acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case.

Oil and gas pipeline infrastructure service provider Likhitha Infrastructure has fixed price band of Rs 117-120 per share for its IPO, which will open today.

The Bombay High Court will hear bail plea of Rhea Chakraborty and other five accused in a drug case filed by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Republican incumbent President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden are all set to share the stage for the first time on Tuesday night when they will be going head-to-head in the first of the three presidential debates.

Dubbed as the "Super Bowl of American Democracy", Trump, 74, and Biden, 77, would respond to questions on their track record, the Supreme Court, economy, race and violence in cities and integrity of the elections.

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01:50 PM 
Delhi Jal Board issues notices to central govt depts over pending bills of Rs 6,811 cr
Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman Raghav Chadha said the DJB has issued notices to several central government departments, including Railways and Delhi Police, and municipal corporations asking them to clear dues amounting to Rs 6,811 crore within 30 days.
 
Addressing a press conference, Chadha said the notices were also issued to the Central Public Works Department and the Delhi Development Authority between September 1 and September 15. He said the Covid-19 pandemic has hit the economy hard and governments across the country were facing financial challenges.
 
"Is it imperative that these outstanding dues are paid so that the DJB can deal with the financial challenges," he said.
 
01:40 PM 
Karnataka govt yet to take a decision on reopening schools: Education Minister
The Karnataka government on Tuesday sought to assure parents of students that it was not in a hurry to reopen schools in the state and said there was no need for them to panic. The government said it was not mulling resumption of schools in the near future.
 
Addressing reporters here, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar said, "Let there be no panic. The state government has not yet taken a call on reopening the schools. There is no thought on starting them in the near future."
 
The minister's statement comes as the reports emerged that he was seeking the opinion of other ministers and MLAs about reopening schools, which are not conducting regular classes due to coronavirus scare since the lockdown was clamped in the state.
 
01:21 PM 
Hathras rape case: Under the SC/ST Act, the rape victim's family has been given the financial support of Rs 10 lakh, in total, says Hathras DM
01:17 PM 
While assisting victims of terrorism, we shouldn't lose sight of their right to get justice for crimes against them
While assisting victims of terrorism, we shouldn't lose sight of their right to get justice for crimes against them. Victims of 2008 Mumbai & 2016 Pathankot terror attacks are yet to get justice: MEA Secy (East) at Ministerial meeting of group of friends of victims of terrorism.

It's due to unwillingness & non-cooperative attitude of a particular country. It is important that we must work towards redressing deficiencies in the international efforts to ensure that perpetrators of terrorism are bought to justice: Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), MEA

01:14 PM 
Our report had ruled out poisoning in Sushant Singh Rajput death case: Kalina FSL
The Kalina Forensic Science Laboratory in Mumbai on Tuesday said that its report in July on the death of Sushant Singh Rajput had ruled our any kind of poison or organic poisoning.
 
"Our report had ruled out any kind of poison or organic poisoning," Kalina FSL said. The lab had submitted the report on Sushant Singh Rajput's death to the Mumbai Police in June.
 
This comes as a panel of doctors from All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), re-evaluating Sushant Singh Rajput's post-mortem and viscera reports submitted their findings to the Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday.
 
Dr Sudhir Gupta, chairman of AIIMS' Forensic Medical Board, had yesterday said that there is a need to look into some legal aspects for a logical conclusion.
 
"AIIMS and CBI are in agreement on the Sushant Singh Rajput death case but more deliberations are needed. There is a need to look into some legal aspects for a logical legal conclusion in due course of time. It will be totally conclusive," Gupta told ANI.
 
On September 7, ANI reported that the AIIMS forensic team had conducted viscera test to check for poisoning in Rajput's death.
01:09 PM 
Environment Ministers of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan to meet on Oct 1 over stubble-burning issue: Union minister Prakash Javadekar
12:51 PM 
SC permits Iltija Mufti, her uncle to meet their mother Mehbooba Mufti in detention
12:50 PM 
Some people are opposing farm bills just for the sake of opposition. They are not with farmers, nor with youth nor with jawans: PM Modi
12:50 PM 
Some people are opposing farm reform bills as yet another source of earning black money has been closed for them: PM Modi
12:47 PM 
Those opposing farm bills are against farmers, they want middlemen to flourish, says PM at inauguration of mega projects in Uttarakhand

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