Highlights of the day: Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio calls on PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday inaugurate the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya, which will showcase the contributions of all PMs of India. 

“At 11 AM tomorrow, April 14, the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya will be inaugurated which will showcase the contributions of all our PMs. This programme is taking place when India is marking Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. I would urge everyone to visit the museum,” Modi tweeted. 

Fire breaks out in a scrap material factory near Hiranandani park, Patlipada, Thane (west) on Wednesday. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) said that no casualties or injuries have been reported so far and the dousing operation is underway. 

The Joe Biden administration will extend the mask requirement for public transit across the United States for two weeks, news agency AP reported on Wednesday. The order was initially set to expire on April 18. 

Prime Minister Modi condoled the loss of lives in the Deoghar ropeway accident. 

“Over the course of 3 days, you (rescue personnel) worked round the clock, completed a difficult operation and saved lives of several citizens. Entire country has appreciated your efforts. Though we're sad that the lives of some people couldn't be saved,” Modi said. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently interacting with the personnel responsible for the Deoghar rescue operation in Jharkhand. 

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren said on Wednesday that he had no conversation with Union home minister Amit Shah over the Deoghar ropeway accident. 

Karnataka on Wednesday added 55 new Covid-19 cases, which pushed the caseload to 39,46,176. No deaths were seen and the toll remain unchanged at 40,057. 

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday took over five cases against former Mumbai Police commissioner Parambir Singh from Maharashtra Police. 

In March, the Supreme Court had transferred the probe against Singh to the CBI. 

Workers of the Youth Congress on Wednesday staged a protest outside Union home minister Amit Shah's residence against Karnataka panchayat raj minister KS Eshwarappa's alleged involvement in the suicide of contractor Santosh Patil. 

Earlier in the day, the Udupi Police booked Eshwarappa for abetting the suicide of Patil. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday interact with personnel of the air force, the army, NDRF, ITBP, local administration and civil society who were involved with rescue operations at Deoghar ropeway accident in Jharkhand, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) tweeted. 

At least three people died and 63 others were rescued after the 766-metre cableway connecting to a pilgrimage site on Trikut hills developed a snag on Sunday, leading to a collision between two cars. 

The Girgaum metropolitan magistrate court on Wednesday sent advocate Gunratan Sadavarte to judicial custody till April 26. Sadavarte was arrested for allegedly instigating employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to riot outside Silver Oak, the Malabar Hill residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar last week.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya and other party leaders were detained on Wednesday after they were stopped from visiting the affected areas in violence-hit Karauli in Rajasthan. 

The Mumbai Police have arrested one more person in connection with the protest outside NCP chief Sharad Pawar's house last week, an official told news agency PTI on Wednesday. With this, the total number of arrests have climbed to 115. 

Karnataka rural development and panchayat raj minister KS Eshwarappa, who has been booked by the Udupi police for abetting the suicide of contractor Santosh Patil, said on Wednesday that he will not step down from the post. 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday attached eight properties belonging to Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

Malik, the 62-year-old senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is presently in judicial custody. He was arrested on February 23 by the ED in connection with a money laundering case against fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and some of his close aides.

Akbaruddin Owaisi, the AIMIM leader, was acquitted in 2012 hate speech case by a special sessions court in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The court said that the the prosecution failed to produce proper evidences for the same. 

The court also directed Akbaruddin Owaisi not to make any controversial speeches in future, keeping the national integrity in view. 

BJP delegation-led by party MP Tejasvi Surya breaks into sloganeering and protest against CM Ashok Gehlot after not being allowed to visit violence-hit Karauli district.

BJP’s Kirit Somaiya gets pre-arrest bail in case over alleged misappropriation of funds to preserve INS Vikrant.

SC issues notice to Karnataka, Tamil Nadu on a plea seeking either quashing or transfer of second FIR from Bangalore to Madurai, in connection with threatening of judges of Karnataka High Court who pronounced hijab verdict (ANI)

Uttarakhand hate speech case: Supreme Court asks state government to file status report over speeches made at Dharam Sansad, news agency ANI reports.

SC agrees to list for hearing a plea of Maharashtra minister & NCP leader Nawab Malik filed against an order of Bombay High Court which had rejected his interim application seeking immediate release in a case of money laundering being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate.

BJP chief JP Nadda forms a 5-member facts-finding committee to visit the place of rape and murder of a minor girl at Hanskhali, Nadia in West Bengal. The committee will submit its report at the earliest, as per the order.

Maharashtra's social justice minister and NCP leader Dhananjay Munde admitted to Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai after he suffered a minor heart attack.