Highlights: SC grants protection to Teesta Setalvad from arrest

The three-judge Supreme Court bench has put a stay on Gujarat high court order referring to ‘immediate surrender’ of Mumbai-based activist Teesta Setalvad's in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots case. Read more

Three persons were arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl under Pithoria police station limits in Jharkhand's Ranchi, officials said on Saturday.

According to the Superintendent of Police (SP) Ranchi Naushad Alam, one of the accused has been identified as Subhash Oraon.

During the investigation, the victim in her complaint alleged that the incident took place while she was returning from a fair (mela) with her sister," said the SP.

Manipur chief minister Biren Singh on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to Manipur said, “We can't stop anyone. But the timing - it has been 40 days. Why did he not come earlier? He is a Congress leader but in what capacity was he making the visit? I don't think the timing was right. He seemed to have come with a political agenda. He came & then there was an incident in the market & BJP office was attacked. Did he come for the situation in the state or for political mileage? I don't support the manner in which he came.”

Earlier on Thursday, Rahul Gandhi visited relief camps in Churachandpur district, and at Moirang in Bishnupur district a day after.

Supreme Court on Friday in an urgent hearing referred Mumbai-based activist Teesta Setalvad's bail plea to a three-judge bench and said she should have been given some time by the Gujarat high court before she could surrender.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday postponed state visit to Germany because of unrest in France, news agency AP reported citing German authorities. 

Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Saturday seized two plastic bottles containing arround 1.5 kg of Heroin near the village- Rao ke Uttar, district Ferozepur in Punjab, ANI reported. The drugs were discreetly floated from Pakistan to India in the River Satluj.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a public gathering in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol said, “The earlier governments were insensitive & disrespectful towards tribal society & the poor...when it came to making a tribal woman the President, we saw the behaviour of many parties...When the Central Tribal University was opened in Shahdol division, they named it after their family, while the Shivraj government named Chhindwada University after the revolutionary Raja Shankar Shah. We named the lines of the Patal Pani Station after Tantia Mama.” (ANI)

Himachal Pradesh minister and Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh on Saturday said, "...We have said that whenever Uniform Civil Code comes, we will support it. Congress party has always contributed towards taking unity and integrity forward. But the burning issues at present in the country - Manipur has been burning for over a month and is on the verge of civil war. But no action has been taken against the CM...BJP doesn't speak of the real burning issues in the country and starts a new debate to mislead people." (ANI)

Gross GST revenue collected in the month of June 2023 is ₹1,61,497 crore which recorded 12% year-on-year growth, according to a statement from Ministry of Finance on Saturday.

Manipur BJP president A Sharda Devi said on Saturday that she appreciates Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to the violence-hit state. However, she said that the focus should be on resolving the situation and restoring peace. ANI quoted her as saying, “The issue should not be politicised.”

The Badrinath national highway in Uttarakhand has been again shut on Saturday due to landslide after it reopened for traffic on Friday morning.

The Gujarat High Court on Saturday rejected the regular bail plea of social activist Teesta Setalvad and directed her to surrender immediately in a case pertaining to the alleged fabrication of evidence to frame innocent people in 2002 post-Godhra riots cases.

Parliamentary Affairs minister Pralhad Joshi took to Twitter on Saturday to announce that the Monsoon Session for the year will commence from July 20 and that it will continue till August 11.

"Monsoon Session, 2023 of Parliament will commence from 20th July and continue till 11th August. Urge all parties to contribute towards productive discussions on Legislative Business and other items during the Monsoon Session," Pralhad Joshi's tweet read.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress, said, “Today over 25,000 cooperative sectors are working in the fisheries sector. This is improving the lives of our fishermen and improving their earning capacity. Inland fisheries have also seen a growth of 2 times in the last 9 years.”

A Chinese military delegation visited the Britain and France from June 24 to Saturday to discuss the development of bilateral defence relations, China's Ministry of Defence said on Saturday, reported Reuters.

A transformer at the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank exploded causing fire on Friday. A cloud of smoke erupted from an electrical fire and covered the Burbank lot. Fortunately, the fire was immediately put out by the firefighters and no casualties were reported. 

Maharashtra police authorities on Saturday said that tyre burst was the main cause behind the fatal bus accident in which 25 people were killed and eight others were injured in Buldhana district.

Bihar Education Minister and senior RJD leader Chandra Shekhar's elder brother Ram Chandra Prasad Yadav joined the BJP on Friday night.

West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose is likely to visit the violence-hit areas of Dinhata in Cooch Behar district on Saturday, where a man was killed during an incident of firing on June 27 ahead of the panchayat elections, reported PTI.

25 bus passengers were charred to death after the vehicle caught fire on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district on Saturday, reported PTI citing officials.

US President Joe Biden on Friday announced new measures to provide student loan relief to Americans and condemned the US Supreme Court for blocking a plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in debt that was popular with his voters.

Thousands of passengers are stranded alongside the Prithvi Highway in Nepal as the Narayanghat-Mugling road section was blocked due to a landslide on Friday.