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Thane BJP Vice-President Dies in Car Accident
Thane BJP Vice-President Gurunath Lasne died on Monday evening after his car was hit by a speeding private bus near Saravali village in Bhiwandi. The driver of the bus is absconding. A case has been registered and police have started investigation.
Tripura Police Register Case Against a Person for Slandering Manik Sarkar
Tripura Police have registered a complaint against a person for allegedly slandering former chief minister Manik Sarkar in a social media post.
A West Agartala police station official said a general diary was registered on 21 August against the person for allegedly slandering Sarkar, a CPI-M Politburo member.
Advocate Kaushik Roy Debbarma had lodged the general diary with the police station, PTI reported.
BCCI Elections Will Be Conducted by End of November
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai said that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) elections will be held in next 90 days now that the Constitution has been adopted.
''BCCI elections will happen in 90 days and that's the deadline we have given ourselves. The moment the new body takes over, the COA will leave. We would do exactly what Justice Vikramjit Sen did (handover reins to DDCA's elected body)," Rai told mediapersons here today.
Rai's announcement effectively means that BCCI AGM-cum-elections will be held in the last week of November.
Delhi HC Reserves Order on Industrialist Neerja Singal's Plea
Delhi High Court reserved order on bail plea of Bhushan Steel Limited's promoter and Managing Director, Neeraj Singal, ANI reported.
Singal approached the HC against after his arrest by Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) on 8 August.