CBI files charge sheet in Dhanbad judge murder case

The CBI has filed the charge sheet against auto-rickshaw driver Lakhan Verma and his accomplice Rahul Verma. They are both in judicial custody. The case was handed over to the CBI by the Jharkhand government.

New Delhi: The CBI has filed a charge sheet against two accused in the case of the alleged murder of Dhanbad Judge Uttam Anand, who was mowed down by an auto-rickshaw on July 28. 

Meanwhile, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday (October 21) will launch a song and an audiovisual film to celebrate the milestone of administering 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses. As per an official release, Union Minister Mandaviya will launch a song and an audiovisual film at Red Fort in the national capital. 

Taking the improved COVID-19 situation in view, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday (October 20) lifted the night curfew between 11 PM to 6 AM. The state reported 11 fresh cases on Wednesday and there are 112 active cases, a senior health official said, adding that 16,87,048 patients have recovered from the virus till now.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was on her way to Agra to meet the family members of a man who died in police custody, was stopped at the Lucknow-Agra expressway on Wednesday (October 20).
They said the Congress general secretary was stopped as the Agra district magistrate had requested not to allow any political personality to go there following the man's death.

A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court in Mumbai rejected the bail plea of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan. The order was passed around 2:45 PM and the star kid will remain in the Arthur Road Jail. Aryan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in the Mumbai cruise ship drugs case earlier this month.

In other news, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kushinagar International Airport and launched various development projects there during his visit to the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. The Prime Minister also took part in an event marking Abhidhamma Day at the Mahaparinirvana Temple in Kushinagar.

The Supreme Court also heard the matter pertaining to the October 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri. The apex court pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government for delay in recording statements of witnesses before a judicial magistrate.

20 October 2021

22:53 IST

Pilgrimage to the Himalayan temples of Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri resumed on Wednesday (October 20) with the weather clearing up across Uttarakhand. The pilgrimage to Badrinath, however, could not resume as the Pipalkoti-Joshimath-Badrinath stretch of the national highway remained blocked at several places due to landslides, Chardham Devasthanam Board Media incharge Harish Gaud said. (PTI)

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday (October 20) seized white powder material, suspected to be talc mixed with narcotics during raids conducted at a godown in Delhi in connection with the seizure of 3,000 kilograms of drugs at Gujarat`s Mundra Port. The NIA informed that the white powder material was seized with the help of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) Division. (ANI)