Breaking news: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, BSP leader SC Mishra not allowed for Lakhimpur

Two private telecom operators blocked their internet services in Lakhimpur Kheri.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and BSP general secretary SC Mishra who attempted to leave for Lakhimpur Kheri were not allowed to leave Lucknow for Lakhimpur Kheri.

Heavy police force outside their respective residences in Lucknow.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday arrived in Lucknow and will leave for Lakhimpur Kheri on October 4 at 8am. 

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that the Lakhimpur incident is unfortunate and added that action will be taken against those responsible. 

The Delhi Police have arrested four sharpshooters of slain gangster Jitender Gogi’s gang, who allegedly arrived in Delhi to kill the leader of their rival gang Tillu Tajpuriya, officials privy of the matter told news agency PTI on Sunday. Read more

MoS Home Ajay Mishra Teni also said on Sunday that farmers were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri after car lost balance from stone pelting. 

MoS Home Ajay Mishra Teni told news agency ANI on Sunday that his son was not present at the spot of the Lakhimpur incident, adding “If my son would've been there, he wouldn't have come out alive.”

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday said that eight people have died in the Lakhimpur incident so far. Of these, four were protesting farmers. Read more

Union environment minister Bhupendra Yadav said on Sunday that the Centre received constructive cooperation from four northern states- Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the issue of stubble burning. Read more

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan, Arbaz Seth Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha have been remanded to NCB custody till Monday in connection with the Mumbai cruise party raid case. The next hearing will be held on Monday afternoon. Read more

The Narcotics Control Bureau on Sunday evening brought Aryan Khan, Arbaz Seth Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha to Esplanade Court for remand. The three were arrested in connection with the raid at a party at a cruise off the Mumbai coast on Saturday night. 

The Tamil Nadu government said on Sunday that 90% of people who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the state in the last two months, did not even get a single vaccine dose against the viral disease, according to news agency PTI. Read more

On Sunday, a small plane crashed into a vacant, two-story office building in a Milan suburb, news agency AP reported citing local reports. All six people aboard were killed.

The Congress said on Sunday that the previous night’s raid conducted by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on a cruise ship in Mumbai and the ensuing action taken is an attempt to divert attention from the ‘real issue’ seizure of drugs at the Mundra port in Gujarat. Read more

The Taliban said on Sunday that an explosion was reported outside a mosque in the Kabul which killed a number of civilians, according to news agency AFP. 

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan has been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday after it carried out a raid at a Goa-bound cruise ship in Mumbai. 

The Rashtriya Janata Dal announced on Sunday that it will contest in Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seats, which will go into bypolls in Bihar on October 30. 

Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, is being taken to JJ Hospital in Mumbai for a medical check up. Aryan Khan along with seven others, has been detained under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday night busted a rave party at a cruise ship in Mumbai. 

The National Centre for Seismology said on Sunday that an earthquake of 4.1 magnitude hit Singhbhum district in Jharkhand at around 2.22 pm. 

Tropical cyclone Shaheen approached the coast of Oman on Sunday, lashing the sultanate with high winds and rain. Authorities have delayed flights to and from the capital city of Muscat, and residents have been urged to evacuate coastal areas. 

BJP leader Priyanka Tibrewal on Sunday accepted her defeat in the Bhabanipur bypolls and said that she congratulated TMC supremo and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, is ahead by 58,832 votes. 

Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, is leading by more than 56,000 votes as only two rounds of counting are left in the Bhabanipur bypolls. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Priyanka Tibrewal has secured 26,320 votes so far. 

More than 1,500 Taliban supporters attended a rally on Sunday in a vast field to the north of Kabul, in a show of strength as they consolidate their rule of Afghanistan.

North Korea denounced a closed-door UN Security Council meeting that found recent missile tests by the secretive nation were a violation of the UN resolution, saying it’s an encroachment on the country’s sovereignty.

On the basis of specific information, the officials of NCB Mumbai conducted a raid on Cordelia cruise which was bound from Mumbai to Goa on October 2. During the operation, all suspects as per the information were searched various drugs like MDMA/ Ecstasy, Cocaine, MD (Mephedrone) and charas has been recovered. A total of 08 persons including 02 females have been apprehended and their role being investigated in relation to the said recovery. NCB Mumbai has registered Crime no. Cr 94/21 in this matter. Further investigation is underway.

NCB officials have said that they are questioning Aryan Khan for now. The eight persons will be produced before the magistrate court at 2 pm.