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1. Sheena Bora Murder Case: Peter Mukerjea May Have Conspired and Abducted Her, Indrani in Court
Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, has claimed that she had “strong reasons to believe” that her husband Peter Mukerjea, a co-accused, “may have conspired and abducted” her daughter Sheena in 2012.
This is the first time in two years since Indrani and Peter, the founders of INX Network were arrested in the murder case, that Indrani has placed the blame of the alleged disappearance of Sheena, her daughter, on Peter.
On Wednesday, Indrani submitted a two-page handwritten application to the special CBI court seeking the call data records of Peter’s BPL mobile number.
Source: The Indian Express
2. Hardik Patel: Sex Video Fake… Even If I Was in It, Can't a 23-Yr-Old Have Girlfriends?
It was only a day after the surfacing of an alleged sex video, in which the man shown was purported to be Hardik Patel, that the Patidar leader arrived in Sarbhan village of Bharuch for a campaign with residents of 10 villages. He was put at ease immediately as women supporters welcomed him with tilak, after which he delivered a confident, 33-minute speech, in which he urged voters to “overthrow the Hitlershahi BJP”.
Although 23 and too young to contest, Hardik has been the target of three video campaigns and the centre of attention: TV channels kept calling him for a live debate while supporters kept inviting him to rallies. He was confident enough to launch his campaign from Sarbhan, whose 40 percent ST population outnumbers Patidars, “because Hardik Patel is no longer a leader only of the Patels. He is a leader of all communities.”
Source: The Indian Express
3. Judge Who Handed Death to Rajiv Gandhi Killers Writes to Sonia: Show Magnanimity
The judge who headed the three-member Supreme Court bench that confirmed the punishment to the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case has written a letter to the former Prime Minister’s wife and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, requesting her to “show magnanimity” and convey her willingness for the remission of sentences of those who have been in jail since 1991.
In the letter dated 18 October, Justice (retd) KT Thomas pointed out that a decision to grant remission by the Tamil Nadu government in 2014 was opposed by the Centre – the matter is pending before the Supreme Court.
Source: The Indian Express
4. Pakistan Not Weak, It Won't Allow India to Take PoK: Farooq Abdullah
After his “PoK belongs to Pakistan” remark last week, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday made another controversial statement saying Pakistan was “not weak to allow India to take that part of Jammu and Kashmir under its occupation”.
Addressing party workers in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the former chief minister said, “How long shall we keep saying that (PoK) is our part? It (PoK) is not their father’s share. That (PoK) is Pakistan and this (J-K) is India.”
He said 70 years have “passed, but they (India) could not get it (PoK)”.
Source: Hindustan Times
5. Delhi Air Pollution: As Capital Chokes, AAP Govt Sits on Rs 829 Crore Green Fund
At a time when Delhi’s pollution levels have triggered a public health emergency, the Arvind Kejriwal government is sitting on an unutilised “green tax” worth hundreds of crores of rupees meant for augmenting public transport.
The Delhi government spent only Rs 93 lakh of the Rs 829 crore it collected as ‘environment compensation charge’ from goods vehicles entering the city, documents accessed by Hindustan Times show.
The amount was collected between 6 November 2015 and 1 November 2017. The Supreme Court had directed the Delhi government in 2015 that all money collected from cess levied on goods vehicles must be spent on roads, public transport, and cycle tracks.
Source: Hindustan Times
6. Rajasthan Conversion Bill Returned by Centre
The Religious Freedom Bill passed by the Rajasthan Assembly in 2008, aimed at banning forcible religious conversions, was returned by the Union government as it deviated from the national policy.
The Rajasthan government informed the high court on Tuesday that the Bill was pending with the Centre.
According to the Union Home Ministry, the Bill was sent back for “further clarifications.”
The State government has said that it reminded the Centre in June to clear the pending Bill.
Source: The Hindu
7. Pradyumn’s Dad's Finger at Minister
The father of murdered Class 2 student Pradyuman Thakur alleged on Wednesday that a Haryana minister tried to stop him from demanding a CBI probe into the 8 September knife attack on his son.
Minister Rao Narbir Singh, who handles public works in the BJP-ruled state, said the allegation was "baseless".
Varun Thakur's claim came exactly a week after the CBI accused a Class 11 boy of slitting Pradyuman's throat inside a toilet in Gurgaon's Ryan International School to get exams and a parent-teacher meeting deferred.
Source: The Telegraph
8. SC/ST Promotion Quota Verdict Under Supreme Court Lens
The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to examine if there was a need to reconsider its decade-old constitution bench judgment making it virtually impossible for the Centre and states to provide reservation in promotion for SCs and STs in government employment.
Within 24 hours of a two-judge bench making a reference on the need for reconsideration of the 2006 judgment in M Nagaraj case to Chief Justice Dipak Misra under Article 145(3) of the Constitution, a three-judge bench of the CJI and Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan agreed to place the matter before a five-judge bench to examine the bunch of petitions filed by some states and SC/ST employees' associations.
Source: Times of India
9. Regional Connectivity Scheme Phase II: Massive Ramp-Up in Air Links to North East, Jammu and Kashmir
Moving to step up air connectivity to remote and strategic locations in the North-East and Jammu & Kashmir, the government has identified 24 airports and helipads, including nine in Arunachal Pradesh which borders China, for the second phase of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS).
Of the 24 airports and helipads identified by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, nine are in Arunachal Pradesh, five each in Assam and Manipur, two in Jammu & Kashmir and one each in Meghalaya, Tripura and Sikkim. The window for air operators to bid for routes under the second phase of RCS started on 24 August, four days before Indian and Chinese troops disengaged at Doklam to end a border standoff that lasted more than two months.
Source: The Indian Express