Highlights: SK Mishra given extension of one more year as ED director

The Centre on Thursday extended the tenure of the Enforcement Directorate’s director Sanjay Kumar Mishra for another year, which officials described as a step to ensure continuity in the agency so that crucial money laundering cases can be taken to the logical end.

Former civil servant CV Ananda Bose has been appointed as the West Bengal governor.

Centre moves the Supreme Court, seeking review of the Nov 11 order granting remission to six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Centre says it didn’t get the chance to argue the case and that the SC order is legally flawed.

The Uttarakhand-Nepal border will remain sealed for three days from midnight Thursday due to elections in the neighbouring country, PTI reported.

Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh among BJP’s star campaigners for Delhi civic poll.

Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday that Indian nationals will no longer be required to submit a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) to obtain a visa, a decision expected to benefit workers seeking employment in the West Asian country.

Delhi court has extended the police custody of Shraddha murder accused Aftab Poonawala for the next five days.

Ahead of the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and his wife and party candidate Dimple Yadav on Thursday met with his uncle and PSPL chief Shivpal Singh Yadav, PTI reported.

A fast track court in Varanasi hearing plea of Anjuman Intezamia Masjid committee (AIMC) challenging the maintainability of Adi Visheshwar Virajman case on Thursday rejected the plea of AIMC ruling that the suit seeking ban on the entry of Muslims on the Gyanvapi premises and possession over the premises to worship the ‘Shivling like structure’ found there, was maintainable in the court of law.

In Delhi murder case, Police seek extended custody of accused Aaftab Poonawala to take him to Himachal’s Parvati Valley and forest areas in Delhi.

Aftab Poonawala, accused of murdering girlfriend Shraddha Walkar, will be produced in Delhi court through video link at 4 pm. 

An application for the appearance of accused Aftab Poonawala through video conferencing was allowed, due to the security and sensitivity of the case. Now he is to be produced before court through video conference.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Asia-Pacific is no one’s backyard and should not become an arena for big power contest and no attempt to wage a new cold war will ever be allowed by the people or by our times, state media reported on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Operations of public sector banks (PSBs) may be impacted as bank union AIBEA has given a strike call for Saturday to oppose incessant outsourcing of jobs.

Although the officers are not part of the strike, there may be some impact on cash deposit and withdrawal, clearing of cheques etc, PTI reported.

Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and two co-accused were denied bail in the alleged money laundering case by a Delhi court on Thursday.

A 100-feet high flagpole bearing the Tricolour, was installed at the Naval Dockyard near Gateway of India, Mumbai on Thursday. 

Meta Platforms has appointed Sandhya Devanathan as India head. She has been with Meta since 2016, reported Reuters.

Self-styled godman Shraddhananda, who is serving life sentence for the murder of his wife Shakereh Namazi, has moved the Supreme Court seeking released from prison. 

China’s daily Covid cases surged again as top cities struggle to get persistent outbreaks under control without deploying the one-size-fits-all Covid Zero restrictions that Beijing has said must be avoided.

Nationwide, there were 23,132 new cases for Wednesday, the highest since April and nearing the all-time high reached during the worst of Shanghai’s massive outbreak earlier this year.

Elgar Parishad case: SC to hear on Friday plea of activist Gautam Navlakha, who is yet to be shifted to house arrest despite court orders.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in poll-bound Gujarat on Friday, the CM’s office said on Thursday.

The portals of the Lord Ayappa temple at Sabrimala in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district opened on Wednesday for devotees for the annual Mandalam-Makaravilakku festivals, marking the beginning of the two-month long annual pilgrimage season.

The Chief priest (Melsanthi) opened the sanctum sanctorum of the temple priest in the presence of the thantri of the temple, and lit the lamp at the hill shrine today .

Chinese President Xi Jinping left on Thursday for the Thai capital of Bangkok, where he will attend a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grouping of nations, the official news agency Xinhua said

India on Thursday reported 635 fresh cases of Covid-19, whereas the number of active cases within the nation dipped to 7,175 in the last 24 hours.

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das chaired meetings with Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of public sector banks and certain private sector banks on Wednesday.

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Maharashtra | Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, along with party leaders and workers resumes ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Patur in Akola.

US: Republicans win 218 seats needed to control House, securing slim majority that will complicate party’s ability to govern, reports AP.

“Let us make no mistake. Terrorism continues to be one of Pakistan’s foremost problems. Our armed forces & police have valiantly fought the scourge. No words are enough to condemn terrorists’ attack on a police van in Lakki Marwat. My thoughts and prayers are with bereaved families,” Sharif tweeted.