India

Lucknow, Sep 22 (PTI) The administration in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district on Tuesday demolished 20 shops worth around Rs 1.40 crore belonging to gangster Khan Mubarak, an official said.

As many as 35 cases are registered against Mubarak in various districts of the state. The action at a complex in Hansvar market has been initiated under the Gangsters Act, according to the official.

Properties of Khan worth over Rs 3 crore had been seized earlier.

New Delhi, Sep 23 (PTI) Rajya Sabha on Wednesday bid farewell to 11 of its members who will retire in November this year.

When the House met, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu mentioned that 11 MPs from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will be retiring in November.

They include Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav, BSP's Veer Singh and Raj Babbar of Congress.

Mumbai, Sep 23 (PTI) The civic-run King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday began phase II and III trials of the Oxford Covishield vaccine for COVID-19, an official said.

The hospital, located in Parel area, on Tuesday got the approval of the Maharashtra ethics committee for conducting the vaccine trials.

KEM Hospital Dean Dr Hemant Deshmukh told PTI that the hospital has started screening volunteers for the trials.

The medical facility will be conducting the trials on 100 volunteers, he said.

New Delhi, Sep 23 (PTI) Parliament on Wednesday approved three key labour reform bills that will remove impediments for winding up of companies and allow firing of staff without government permission in firms with up to 300 workers.

Amid boycott by opposition parties including Congress and Left over suspension of eight MPs, Rajya Sabha passed by voice vote the three remaining labour codes on industrial relations, social security and occupational safety.

Kanpur: Online classes have their own crucial disadvantages. During the school's Viva, the voice problem remained a cause of concern for the students. 

Talking to the students it comes to be patently clear that sometimes mobile set starts hanging, faces bad networking, restricts unmistakable voice or mic fitted into the set develops sudden snags.

Due to all these reasons, the little students start panicking and promptly solicit repetition of the questions. However, they do not instantly realise the annoyance caused to the teacher.

Chandigarh, Sep 22 (PTI) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the BJP's oldest ally, on Tuesday announced road blockades across Punjab on September 25 to protest against the contentious farm Bills passed by Parliament.

Rajya Sabha passed the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 during the day. It had cleared the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 on Sunday.

The Bills had been passed by Lok Sabha last week.

New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) In one of the most productive days in its history, Rajya Sabha on Tuesday in a matter of three and half hours passed seven key bills including one that removes cereals, pulses and onion from the essential commodities list and another that abolishes penalty for certain offences by companies.

New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) High Courts across the country are witnessing a substantial increase in abortion cases, a new report released on Tuesday said.

'Assessing the Judiciary's Role in Access to Safe Abortion- II' report analysed cases seeking permission of termination of pregnancy from the High Courts between May 2019 and August 2020.

The report was released by Pratigya, a network of over 100 individuals and organisations working towards protecting and advancing women's rights and their access to safe abortion care in India.

Kanpur: Atheists talk about themselves all the time while we talk more about the mishaps occurring owing to plying of the e-rickshaws on as many as six designated routes in the city areas. But strangely enough, where is this mode of transport not available?

According to an estimate, there were running as many as 40 thousand rickshaws on the six routes. Oddly, only a figure of 15thousand is holding the license for running this light rickshaw. What is more surprising for us is that about 20% minor drivers are also plying this rickshaw that almost reduced the paddle rickshaw.

Srinagar, 22 Sep 2020: An unidentified Kashmiri was killed on Tuesday by Indian security forces in Budgam district of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.