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In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP has promised a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 2,700/quintal for wheat and Rs 3,100/quintal for paddy in its election manifesto; also, LPG cylinders at Rs.450 for beneficiaries under its ‘Ladli Bahna’ scheme.
An earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale struck northern Delhi on Saturday at 3.36 pm. However, no damage to property or injury to people was reported during the tremor.
In Rajasthan’s Dausa district, a four-year-old girl child was lured and raped by a Sub-inspector named Bhupendra Singh attached to the Rahuwas police station. Villagers thrashed the SI and held protests outside the station.
The Delhi Government’s Health Department has published an advisory on pollution telling people to avoid morning and late evening walks and exercising outdoors during severe AQI days.
The Center has prepared a draft bill to replace the Cable TV Network Act to regulate the broadcasting sector. Some of the proposed features of the bill include appointing a Broadcast Advisory Council, Age-gating content, and provisions to penalize offenders.
A head-on collision between two buses on the Chennai-Bengaluru national highway killed at least five people while injuring 60 others. The accident occurred around 4 am on Saturday when a SETC bus hit the median and collided with an Omnibus.
ED provisionally attached assets worth Rs.50 crores of Pawan Munjal, Executive Chairman of Hero MotoCorp. The probe agency is investigating Munjal over a money laundering charge against him.
On Friday, the Rupee touched its record low of Rs. 83..48 against the dollar. Intervention by RBI, which purportedly sold around $ 1 billion, helped Indian currency cut losses.
In Chennai’s Kothwal Chavadi, a 39-year-old man frustrated that god didn’t answer his repeated prayers threw a petrol bomb at a temple. The man was drunk when subdued and taken into custody.
