Highlights: CCI's ₹1,337.76 cr penalty on Google for 'abusing dominant position' in Android mobile ecosystem

During the last 6 months, as part of the efforts for prison reforms, as many as 3600 mobile phones have been recovered from various jails across Punjab, said jails minister Harjot Singh Bains on Thursday. Read more

The Competition Commission of India on Thursday imposed a fine of ₹1,337.76 crore on tech giant Google for 'abusing its dominant position' in multiple markets in the android mobile device ecosystem. Read more

CCI's ₹1,337.76 cr penalty on Google for 'abusing dominant position' in markets in Android mobile ecosystem

Goa excise commissioner Narayan M Gad on Thursday dismissed a complaint that sought cancellation of the liquor licence of Silly Souls Bar and Restaurant in Assagao, ruling that there was a procedural lapse in the process of issuing and renewing the bar’s excise licence but these did not warrant cancellation of its licence. Read more

Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Thursday that not just the future of Shiv Sena but the democracy in India is at stake. His remarks come as he is fighting a legal battle to claim the legacy of his late father and Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray.

Supreme Court grants bail to man in a 2017 Gurugram murder cases, wherein he had allegedly killed a seven-year-old schoolmate when he was 16. The juvenile justice board had on Monday (October 17) held that he must be tried as an adult in the case.

Maharashtra government at its state cabinet meeting on Thursday decided to withdraw all social and political criminal cases with no loss of life or damage to public property till June 30, 2022.

Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a call for urgent hearing of a plea challenging the blanket ban on firecrackers in Delhi. The apex court bench said, “Let people breathe clean air…spend your money on sweets.” Read more.

Explosion in an illegal firecracker factory in the Banmore Police Station area in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh killed 3. One is missing, 7 have also been injured. People also suspected to be buried under debris, says IG Chambal range, Rajesh Chawla.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres on Thursday launched the Mission LiFE movement in Gujarat's Kevadia. On the occasion, Modi said the mission of LiFE is based on the mantra that every small action counts. Read full story

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the Lifestyle for Environment – Mission LiFE – at the Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar in Gujarat's Kevadia.

“During PM Modi's leadership as CM of Gujarat, the state became Asia's first state to begin a separate climate change department in 2009. It is under him that so many solar plants have been installed in the state,” Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel hails the prime minister at the launch of ‘Mission LiFE’.

PM Modi and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrive for the Global launch of 'Mission Life' at Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar. EAM S Jaishankar & CM Bhupendra Patel also present at the event.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred 61km SE of Surat, Gujarat, India today at around 10.26 am. The depth of the earthquake was 7 km below the ground, stated National Center for Seismology.

Supreme Court dismisses a plea by TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya challenging his arrest in connection with the West Bengal teacher's appointment scam case.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations at the Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar, Kevadia.

A flight attendant of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has reportedly gone missing after arriving in Toronto last week. Read full story

India sees marginal rise in daily Covid tally with 2,141 fresh infections; active caseload at 25,510

Maharashtra ATS arrested PFI Panvel secretary & 2 other members of the banned organisation after they received information of their meeting in Panvel. Anti-Terrorism Squad is further probing the said crime.

The giant dome of the Jakarta Islamic Centre Grand Mosque in Indonesia collapsed on Wednesday after a major fire broke out.

The Ahmedabad metro Phase-II agreement backed by French Development Agency's financing of over Rs1700 crores was signed here on Wednesday.

Phase II, which is a crucial clean mobility project, will expand the metro towards Gandhinagar, said the French envoy in a tweet.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch Mission LiFE in Gujarat's Kevadia today. PM will participate in the 10th Heads of Missions Conference in Kevadia. PM will also lay the foundation stone of multiple development initiatives worth over Rs. 1970 crores in Vyara, Tapi.

People in Sector 100 of Noida in Uttar Pradesh took out a candle protest march after a seven-month-old child was mauled to death by a stray dog at an apartment building in the city.

Heavy rains across Bengaluru on Wednesday night lead to a wall collapse near the Majestic that resulted in damaging several four-wheelers parked on the road. Incessant rain battered Bengaluru, with downpours resulting in waterlogging in several parts of the city through the day.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert in the city.