Five people have been arrested in the Kanjhawala incident in Delhi where a 20-year-old woman was killed after her scooty was allegedly hit by a car and she was dragged for a few kilometres on Sunday, informed Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer District) Harendra K Singh on Monday.
“As per our investigation, it was a fatal accident. All five persons who were present in the car have been arrested. They will be produced before the court today. The postmortem of the deceased woman will be conducted through a board of doctors,” DCP told ANI.
Meanwhile, the deceased’s mother told ANI, “I had a conversation with her at around 9 pm, and she said she will return by 3-4 am. She used to work as an event planner for weddings. In the morning, I got a call from the police and was informed about the accident. I was taken to the police station and was made to wait.”
“When my brother arrived at Police Station, he was told about the death of my daughter. My brother told me about it,” said the mother of the deceased.
!1 New UpdateClick here for latest updates
Travellers from high-risk nations to mandatorily upload RT-PCR report on Air Suvidha before arrival in India: Mansukh Mandaviya
International travellers from high-risk countries have to mandatorily upload their RT-PCR report on Air Suvidha before arrival in India. We are randomly testing 2% of all international passengers arriving at all airports for COVID-19: Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya
Subhasish Panda takes charge as vice chairman of the Delhi Development Authority
India makes Negative Covid report compulsory for passengers transiting through China, HK, Japan, S-Korea, Singapore and Thailand
Negative Covid report compulsory for passengers transiting through China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand, before landing at any Indian airport: Health Ministry
EU parliament chief starts ‘urgent’ process to lift two MEPs’ immunity amid corruption scandal linked to Qatar
IMF chief warns 2023 will be “tougher” than last year
International Monetary Fund chief Georgieva warned that 2023 will be “tougher” than last year due to the slowing of the economies of the US, EU, and China.
Delhi woman death by car: MHA seeks report from Delhi Police
Ministry of Home Affairs under the direction of Union Home Minister Amit Shah has sought a detailed report from Delhi Police Commissioner on the Kanjhawla incident. Special Commissioner in Delhi Police Shalini Singh has been asked to submit the detailed report to MHA: Sources
Indian civil aviation authorities plan to recommend Thai Smile passengers involved in brawls to no-fly list
Strike kills 63 Russian troops in eastern Ukraine: Moscow
Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Monday that 63 Russian servicemen had been killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on their temporary accommodation in the town of Makiivka, in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
Zomato co-founder, chief technology officer Gunjan Patidar resigns
- “Gunjan Patidar was one of the first few employees of Zomato and built the core tech systems for the Company. Over the last ten plus years, he also nurtured a stellar tech leadership team that is capable of taking on the mantle of leading the tech function going forward. His contribution to building Zomato has been invaluable,” the company said in a release.
Dabur India completes acquisition of 51% in Badshah Masala
- The company said Badshah Masala has become a subsidiary of Dabur India
Parliament’s Budget Session to start from Jan 31, Union Budget to be presented on Feb 1
- The Budget Session of Parliament is likely to begin on January 31 and is expected to conclude on April 6 with a recess in between, ANI quoted government sources.
- The session will start with an address by President Droupadi Murmu to the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the Central Hall of Parliament.
- This will be the first address to the two Houses of Parliament by President Murmu since her elevation to the top post in August last year.
- The Economic Survey will also be tabled in both Houses on the first day of the budget session, the sources said.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to present the Union Budget in Parliament on February 1 and the first part of the session is expected to continue till February 10, the sources said.
RBI 2022 list: SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank remain systemically important banks: RBI
Budget 2023: Govt likely to announce incentives worth Rs 20,000 cr for manufacturing of electrolyzers, reports ET Now
According to the news agency, it will be a part of the second phase of Green Hydrogen policy.
We’ll set an example by taking strictest action to prevent repeat of such incidents.
– Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora on Kanjhawla case
Our job is to prescribe rules for the safe and trusted functioning of the internet. Our intention is to ensure growth in the gaming sector. We want more and more online gaming intermediaries but we do not want them to allow wagering on the outcome of their games.
– MoS MeitY
Teams of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) along with Delhi police reaches the crime spot in the Sultanpuri area to collect evidence
The first batch of Agniveers for Brigade of The Guards reported at Guards Regimental Center
Mandatory pre-dept RT-PCR testing to be conducted for passengers in int’l flights from six countries: MoHFW
"Mandatory pre-departure RT-PCR testing (to be conducted within 72 hrs prior to undertaking the journey) introduced… https://t.co/6ovgXDaohn
— ANI (@ANI) 1672657015000
Kanjhawala case update
Woman dragged for nearly 12 km by car in Delhi’s Kanjhawla, 5 accused charged with culpable homicide: Police. It said more charges could be added against accused based on post-mortem report of the woman. “Accused will be taken to scene of crime in Delhi’s Kanjhawla, timeline to be established on basis of CCTV footage, digital evidence,” PTI quoted the Police as saying.
MeitY made Nodal Ministry for online gaming: Gazette notification
Rupee update
Rupee falls 14 paise to close at 82.75 (provisional) against US dollar.
Market update
Sensex rises 327.05 points to end at 61,167.79; Nifty climbs 92.15 points to 18,197.45
Govt proposes self regulation, mandatory players’ verification and additional due diligence for online gaming cos: Meity notice
Cash circulation in market almost doubled since 2016 demonetisation: RBI data
Reports PTI
Kanjhawala death case update
Delhi’s Rohini court sends accused Manoj Mittal, Deepak Khanna, Amit Khanna, Krishan and Mithun to three days of police remand.
Govt to release consultation paper on online gaming today
MoS MeitY Rajeev Chandrasekhar to brief at 3:45 pm today.
Indian Coast Guard personnel carry out search near Okha area to prevent terrorism activities
#WATCH | Armed with light machine guns and made in India Amogh carbines, Indian Coast Guard personnel carry out ext… https://t.co/B47ic9D4CR
— ANI (@ANI) 1672651596000
It’s an unfortunate incident that a group of men dragged a woman under their car and she died. I appeal that all the accused should be given stringent punishment & be hanged. It’s rarest of rare crimes.
– Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Khanjawala hit and run case
Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica open for viewing by public of Pope Benedict XVI’s body lying in state
Ratan Tata expresses grief over RK Krishnakumar’s demise
Words cannot describe the deep sense of loss I feel on the passing of my friend and colleague Mr. R. K. Krishnakuma… https://t.co/W7u9PiAQWC
— Ratan N. Tata (@RNTata2000) 1672647946000
NCW demands Sultanpuri accident victim’s post mortem
The NCW on Monday sought a post mortem of the Sultanpuri accident victim to find out whether she was sexually assaulted. It said an FIR under relevant sections must be invoked if the allegations levelled by the victim’s mother are found to be true. A 20-year-old woman riding scooter was dragged under a car for several kilometres after allegedly being hit by it in outer Delhi’s Sultanpuri on Sunday, according to police. The National Commission for Women in a statement said the woman’s mother has alleged that the men raped her daughter and that is why her body was found naked.
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to take vote of confidence on 10 January 2023. A letter has been sent by PM on this regard to include it in the schedule for the day: Parliament Secretariat spokesperson Rojnath Pandey.
Sultanpuri Accident: Locals block road demanding swift, stern punishment for culprits
Scores of people gathered outside the Sultanpuri Police Station Monday and blocked traffic demanding punishment for the men who dragged a woman under their car for kilometres. They alleged that police were treating the incident as an accident case. The woman riding a scooter was dragged under a car being hit by it in outer Delhi’s Sultanpuri area Sunday night. She was reportedly dragged for about four kilometres and was found naked by police, an event which gave rise to speculations that the woman may have been raped too by the occupants of the car.
Want unity in country, strengthening of federal structure: Mamata Banerjee.
Helicopters collide over Australian beach, passengers hurt
Two helicopters collided Monday afternoon over an Australian beach and passengers in one of the aircraft were injured, police said. The other helicopter managed to land safely, Queensland state police said in a statement. Thirteen patients were being assessed for injuries, Queensland Ambulance Service said. Authorities didn’t immediately confirm the conditions of the passengers or if there were fatalities. One helicopter was left upside down on a sandbar at the water’s edge with debris strewn around the area near the Seaworld theme park at Main Beach, a northern beach on the Gold Coast, a popular tourist destination in Queensland state.
Canards spread against TMC govt unprecedented across India: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
Woman dies after being dragged under car in Delhi’s Kanjhawala, 5 arrested
Five people have been arrested in the Kanjhawala incident in Delhi where a 20-year-old woman was killed after her scooty was allegedly hit by a car and she was dragged for a few kilometres on Sunday, informed Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer District) Harendra K Singh on Monday. “As per our investigation, it was a fatal accident. All five persons who were present in the car have been arrested. They will be produced before the court today. The postmortem of the deceased woman will be conducted through a board of doctors,” DCP told ANI.
We will procure 1,500 e-buses in 2023 and by 2025, 80 per cent of buses on Delhi’s roads will run on electric: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Kanjhawla incident rarest of rare crime, extremely shameful. Accused should be given strictest punishment: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
Amit Shah to attend two rallies in Bengal this month
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled for a single-day visit to West Bengal this month during which he will attend two political rallies. State BJP sources said that the Union Minister is slated to reach Kolkata either on January 17 morning or the night before. On January 17, he is slated to attend the two rallies, the first at Arambagh in Hooghly district and the second at Mathurapur in South 24 Parganas.
Rescuers in Vietnam try to save boy trapped in concrete pile
Rescuers in Vietnam were desperately trying to free a 10-year boy on Monday two days after he fell into the narrow open shaft of a concrete pile at a construction site on New Year’s Eve. Ly Hao Nam was heard crying for help shortly after he fell into the pile on Saturday morning, but rescuers received no response from him on Monday as they lowered a camera down to try to locate his position in the 35-metre long support pillar. The calamity occurred at a bridge construction site in the Mekong delta province where the boy had been searching with friends for scrap iron.
Pak will default if it doesn’t enter IMF programme, warns Imran Khan
Lashing out at the incumbent Pakistan governments economic policies, former Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned that the country will default if it does not enter into a programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Khan, before coming into power in 2018, had been a severe critic of approaching the IMF and other countries for loans. In November 2015, he said: “I will prefer death over a begging bowl!”, Geo News reported. Addressing PTI workers and supporters on Sunday via video link, Khan said: “We have no other option but to enter the IMF programme.”
Parliament cannot be left aloof on issue of such critical importance for country: Justice Nagarathna of SC on demonetisation.
Justice B V Nagarathna of SC says scrapping of Rs 500, Rs 1,000 series notes had to be done through legislation, not through notification.
Demonetisation: Justice B V Nagarathna differs from Justice B R Gavai’s judgment on point of Centre’s powers under section 26(2) of RBI Act.
SC to pronounce verdict on pleas challenging Centre’s demonetisation policy
Supreme Court holds that demonetisation cannot be struck down on the grounds of proportionality. A 5-J constitution bench of SC rejects challenge by 58 petitions to the Union government’s 2016 decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes saying the decision, being Executive’s Economic Policy, cannot be reversed. The decision-making process is not flawed, it said. The pleas have challenged the Centre’s move of November 8, 2016. The apex court had reserved its judgments on the batch of 58 petitions on December 7. Earlier, it had asked the Centre and Reserve Bank of India to place before it the records pertaining to the 2016 demonetisation decision in a sealed envelope.
Three of family killed in duplex fire in Ahmedabad
A couple and their eight-year-old son were killed in a fire that broke out in a bedroom of their duplex house in Ahmedabad on Monday morning, a fire official said. The victims were in the bedroom located on the first floor of the house when the blaze erupted at around 5 am, divisional fire officer Om Jadeja said. “The cause of the fire is not yet clear and a forensic team has been engaged to ascertain it. We cannot rule out the possibility of suicide. It is also possible that the family was using fire to keep the room warm and got trapped when the blaze erupted,” he said.
Shallow fog envelops Delhi, minimum temperature dips
Shallow fog enveloped Delhi on Monday with the minimum temperature dipping to 8 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. However, the Air Quality Index in the national capital was recorded at 239 under the “poor” category. “For the next three days, surface wind speed (calm to 12 km/h) and temperature (saximum 19-18 degrees Celsius; minimum 6-4 degrees) are likely to worsen the air quality. Mixing layer height is likely to be 1.0 km that helps dilution of pollutants,” said System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research.
Child killed, 4 others injured in IED blast in Dangri village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district: ADGP-Jammu Mukesh Singh
New Zealand wins toss, elects to bat against Pakistan
New Zealand captain Tim Southee won the toss and elected to bat in the second test against Pakistan on Monday. New Zealand had made a strong bid to chase down 138 in the last hour of the first test of the two-match series last Friday after Pakistan captain Babar Azam made a daring declaration before poor visibility halted the Black Caps at 61-1 in the eighth over to draw the game. Pakistan added an extra fast bowler for the second test in hope a little grass left on the wicket would suit their seamers early on, as they left out leftarm spinner Nauman Ali and Mohammad Wasim.
S&P Global India manufacturing PMI rose to 57.8 in December from November’s 55.7
Hero MotoCorp sold 40.58 lakh units in first 3 quarters of FY22, up 8% year-on-year
NCC received five new orders aggregating Rs 3,601 crore in December
Price as on 02 Jan, 2023 10:18 AM, Click on company names for their live prices.
Centre initiates anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Vitamin-A Palmitate originating in or exported from China, EU and Switzerland
Price as on 02 Jan, 2023 10:06 AM, Click on company names for their live prices.
Canara Bank says MD & CEO LV Prabhakar retired on December 31, 2022, on attaining the age of superannuation
Four injured in explosion in Dangri village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district: Sources.
10 killed, 8 hurt in Kabul military airport blast
At least 10 people were killed and eight others seriously injured in an explosion that rocked the Kabul military airport on Sunday. Abdul Nafee Takkur, a spokesman for the Taliban interior ministry, said an explosion caused injuries close to the airport’s main gate in Kabul. No one has taken responsibility for the attack., even as the regional affiliate of the Islamic State group – known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province – has increased its attacks since the Taliban takeover in 2021. Targets have included Taliban patrols and members of Afghanistan’s Shia minority.
Resident doctors of Maharashtra go on strike from today
The resident doctors said that several of their demands incl creating new posts for senior residents, DA as per 7th pay commission, payment of covid service arrears not fulfilled by govt.
Lucknow schools to function from 10 am to 2 pm amid cold wave
In view of severe cold conditions in Uttar Pradesh, all recognised schools in Lucknow will function between 10 am and 2 pm from Monday till January 10 for classes 1 to 8, as per a district magistrate order. The step has been taken in view of the student’s interests and health, the order said. “On the order of the district magistrate, all recognised schools are to open from 10 am till 2 pm for class 1 to class 8 in view of the cold wave in the state, from January 2 to January 10,” read the official notice issued on January 1 under the Uttar Pradesh’s Basic Education Department.
