Dera Sacha Sauda chief walks out of jail on 20-day parole
Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Wednesday walked out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak after he was granted a 20-day parole. During his temporary release period, Singh will stay at the Dera ashram in Barnawa in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat. He came out of jail under tight security this morning after his release on parole, an official said. Read here for more details.
Sonam Wangchuk detained again after release, indefinite fast continues
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and 150 Ladakhis were again detained after they were released by the Delhi Police late Tuesday night, even as their indefinite fast continue at the police stations, officials said on Wednesday. Wangchuk and other detained Ladakhis were allowed to go on Tuesday night but they were adamant to march towards the central part of Delhi, therefore, they were detained again, a senior police officer told PTI. Wangchuk has been kept at the Bawana police station along with few others while others have been kept at Narela Industrial Area, Alipur and Kanjhawala police stations, he added.
Iran says attack on Israel is over as fears grow of wider regional conflict
Iran said early on Wednesday that its missile attack on Israel was over barring further provocation, while Israel and the US promised to retaliate against Tehran as fears of a wider war intensified. Washington said it would work with longtime ally Israel to make sure Iran faced “severe consequences” for Tuesday’s attack, which Israel said involved more than 180 ballistic missiles.
Kolkata rape murder case: CBI grills Sandip Ghosh, police officer Abhijit Mondal
The CBI on Tuesday questioned Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of the RG Kar hospital, and suspended police officer Abhijit Mondal at a correctional home here in connection with its probe into the alleged rape-murder of a doctor at the health facility, an official said. The sleuths of the central agency interrogated Ghosh and Mondal at the Presidency Correctional Home where the two have been lodged, he said.
Concerned about anything that happens between Iran, Israel, says EAM Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that India is concerned over the escalating conflict in the Middle East, as tensions between Israel and Iran risk developing into a full-scale war.
