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A team of Bihar Police, probing Sushant Singh Rajput death case, recorded director Rumi Jaffery's statement in Mumbai on Saturday, 1 August. "During Sushant's last days, Rumi Jaffery was close to Sushant and Rhea Chakraborty. So, we have recorded his statement," an officer, from Bihar Police team, said. However, the police officials said they could not reveal any details regarding the progress of the case just yet. Asian News International tweeted the news Maharashtra: Bihar Police team probing #SushantSinghRajputDeathCase leave from the residence of director Rumi Jaffery in Mumbai. An officer of Bihar Police team says,"During Sushant's last days,Rumi Jaffery was close to Sushant & Rhea Chakraborty. So,we've recorded his statement" pic.twitter.com/s4Gn5W62WU — ANI (@ANI) August 1, 2020 According to the Mumbai Police, statements of 41 people, including filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, film critic Rajeev Masand , director-producer Sanjay Leela B

New Delhi : The Delhi Police has questioned former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Umar Khalid in connection with an alleged conspiracy behind the February riots in the northeastern parts of the city, officials said on Saturday. "Khalid was questioned by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on Friday in connection with an alleged conspiracy behind the riots. His mobile phone was also seized by the police," a senior officer of the force said. Earlier, Khalid was booked under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the case. In the FIR, the police had claimed that the communal clashes were the result of a "premeditated conspiracy", which was allegedly hatched by Khalid and two others. Khalid had allegedly given provocative speeches at two different places and appealed to people to come out on the streets and block roads during the visit of US President Donald Trump to spread the propaganda at the international level about how

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the Attorney General's view on GST compensation was sought after consultation with the states and a meeting of the GST Council would be held to discuss the legal opinion. The finance minister was responding to a question on apprehensions raised by certain states about the reported AG opinion on GST compensation. "This matter was discussed in the GST Council meeting when it met last time. Members expressed their views on the matter and it was decided that legal opinion should be taken from AG," Sitharaman told reporters. The GST Council, chaired by the Union finance minister and comprising state counterparts, had in March decided to seek views from the AG, who is the chief legal officer of the government, on the legality of market borrowing by the Council to make good the shortfall in the compensation fund. "The opinion has come...we will hold an exclusive GST Council meeting on the issue of compensa

The new National Education Policy (NEP) has found good words from most shades of the political spectrum. It has been praised for having a bold vision, and most importantly, making life of a child much easier with interdisciplinary flexibility, study breaks and a greater opportunity to learn in own’s mother tongue or regional language. https://twitter.com/khushsundar/status/1288672658473639937?s=20 Two groups, however, are not pleased. The Communists and the Islamists. These two have been somewhat entwined by their motive to usurp India’s rooted culture and traditions with their monolithic, extra-national ideologies, or their minimal contribution to the national good. They sense grave danger to one of the last bastions in which they wield disproportionate influence: academics. It is also the tool which Communists and Islamists have used to distort history, subvert Hindu civilisational knowledge and manipulate the software of this nation, its young minds. 1. Left fears losing Fort Ac

The Indian Army is preparing to maintain its current strength of troops, tanks and other weaponry in all key areas in eastern Ladakh in the harsh winter months as a resolution to the border row with China in the mountainous region shows no signs of early resolution, people familiar with the developments said on Saturday. They said the Indian Air Force (IAF) will also remain on high alert in the forward air bases along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) while the Navy will maintain its aggressive deployment in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) to keep up pressure on China. The Indian Army is making elaborate preparations for the long haul in eastern Ladakh even as it awaits confirmation from the Chinese military for the fifth round of military talks which was earlier expected to take place this week, they said. They said the top military and strategic brass reviewed the overall situation along the LAC in eastern Ladakh and elsewhere on Saturday, adding Army chief Gen MM Naravane has been r

New Delhi:  GST collections in July fell to Rs 87,422 crore from Rs 90,917 crore in June, according to a Finance Ministry statement. However, July collections are higher than Rs 62,009 crore in May and Rs 32,294 crore in April. "The gross GST revenue collected in the month of July 2020 is Rs 87,422 crore of which CGST is Rs 16,147crore, SGST is Rs 21,418 crore, IGST is Rs 42,592 crore (including Rs 20,324 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is Rs 7,265 crore," a finance ministry statement said. The revenues for the month are 86 percent of the GST revenues in the same month last year. The ministry further said although the June collections were higher than that in July, however, it is important to note that during the previous month, a large number of taxpayers also paid taxes pertaining to February, March, and April 2020 on account of the relief provided due to COVID-19. It may also be noted that the taxpayers with turnover less than Rs 5 crore continue to enjoy

Chandigarh : In a major crackdown as spurious liquor claimed 86 lives in three districts of Punjab, police on Saturday arrested 17 more people in over 100 raids from parts of the state, officials said. On Friday, police had nabbed eight people after deaths were reported due to the consumption of spurious liquor in Amritsar, Gurdaspur's Batala and Tarn Taran. So far, 25 arrests have been made in the case, the officials added. According to them, 63 people have died in Tarn Taran, 12 in Amritsar and 11 in Batala after drinking spurious liquor. The tragedy has been unfolding since Wednesday evening in the three Punjab districts. An excise official said though reports of the chemical analysis of the material seized in police raids are yet to arrive, a superficial check showed that the material was denatured spirit, generally used in the paint or hardware industry. Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta in a statement said the raiding parties seized large quantities of 'lahan

08:16 (IST) Coronavirus in Odisha LATEST Updates Odisha allows private labs to conduct COVID-19 tests In a bid to augment the testing facilities, Odisha government on Saturday allowed private hospitals, nursing homes and laboratories to conduct COVID-19 tests through Rapid Antigen and RT-PCR methods, a notification issued by the health and family welfare department reports PTI .  08:07 (IST) Coronavirus in Delhi LATEST Updates Second round of sero survey begins in Delhi, extended till 7 Aug A fresh sero-prevalence survey began on Saturday for a comprehensive assessment of the COVID-19 situation in Delhi, but due not many samples could be collected due to the Eid holiday, reports PTI. Hence it has been decided to extend the survey till Friday, an official said. 08:02 (IST) Coronavirus in Assam LATEST Updates Assam's COVID-19 toll breaches 100-mark Three more COVID-19 patients died in Assam on Saturday, taking the toll to 101, while 1,457 new positive cases pushed th

23:42 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Jharkhand Latest Updates Jharkhand's case count up by 738 to 12,104 738 new COVID-19 cases reported in Jharkhand take the total number of cases to 12,104 including 7,477, active cases, 4,513 recovered and discharged cases and 114 deaths, reports ANI quoting state health department. 23:34 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Telangana Latest Updates Telangana minister orders probe into complaints of over-charging by pvt hospitals   Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender on Saturday directed that an inquiry by a committee of senior officials be held into complaints of private hospitals charging exorbitant fees for COVID-19 treatment. He said steps should be taken to ensure that fees, as decided by the government, is implemented and report on vacant beds in hospitals is communicated to the government promptly, an official release said. He also directed that tough action be taken against hospitals which did not follow the regulations. Offi

Over the years, the city of Kota has transitioned from being an industrial nerve centre to the country’s best-known hub of coaching centres for all kinds of competitive and other exams. But COVID-19 has brought the city to a screeching halt. Kota was once known for its flourishing manufacturing units. But its economy suffered greatly after the closure of its biggest unit JK Synthetics in 1997, which rendered 5,000 people jobless. Other units like Oriental Power cables, Rajasthan metals and Samtel Group soon followed suit. With the shutdown of government-owned Instrumentation Ltd in 2017 came the final blow. The company’s once bustling colony now lies abandoned, a forlorn reminder of Kota’s industrial past. Livelihood issues Beena, a resident of Kota who runs a student's hotel, says life has come full circle from the city's days as a manufacturing centre. “When JK Synthetics closed, there were no jobs. In much the same way, Kota’s economy is in tatters once more,” she said.