DH Evening Brief: Violence erupts again in Bengal; Gujarat HC quashes order to show Modi's PG degree, fines Kejriwal

Ruckus re-erupted on day two in the Shibpur area of West Bengal’s Howrah, a day after mobsters clashed when a Ram Navami procession made its way on Thursday evening. Police force squads have been deployed in large numbers to bring the situation under control. Angry protesters vandalised roadside stalls, and pelted stones, as locals locked gates of apartments to stay safe within.

. The Gujarat High Court alloweda petition moved by Gujarat University (GU) challenging direction of Central Information Commission (CIC) asking thevarsity to provide post graduatedegreeof Prime Minister NarendraModiunder Right to Information Act (RTI) to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

. A 19-year-old woman was abducted by a gang of four persons from Koramangala and was gang-raped in a moving car for more than four hours. The police swung into action and have arrested four persons involved in the crime. Sathish, Vijay, Sridhar and Kiran, aged between 22 and 26 years were nabbed after the incident. All four are residents of Ejipura and surrounding areas. They work in different private firms as office boys and others.

. The government on Friday came out with Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 which seeks to boost the country's exports to $2 trillion by 2030 by shifting from incentives to remission and entitlement based regime.

. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma dared his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to call him corrupt when the latter is on a Guwahati tour on Sunday. Sarma, on Friday, also threatened to file a defamation case against the Delhi Chief Minister.

. A Delhi court on Friday dismissed a bail plea of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case lodged by the CBI. Special Judge M K Nagpal dismissed Sisodia's plea.

. Congress leader Navjot SinghSidhuis likely to be released from the Patiala jail on April 1, said his counsel HPS Varma on Friday. The 59-year-old was serving a one-year sentence in a 1988 road rage case.

. Election officials on Friday intercepted and checked Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's car when he was on his way to a temple in Chikkaballapura district.The Model Code of Conduct is in force in the State, which goes to polls on May 10.

. The Delhi government is keeping an eye on the spurt in Covid-19 cases in the national capital and is "prepared to face any eventuality", Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday. Only three deaths have been reported over the last four-five days. In all three patients, co-morbidities were "very severe" and it has been assessed that the fatality was due to co-morbidities and perhaps Covid was "incidental", but one can't say that, he said.

. A transgender who chooses to be a woman by undergoing gender reassignment surgery can seek relief under the Domestic Violence Act, the Bombay High Court has ruled upholding a lower court order directing a man to pay maintenance to his estranged wife, who was initially a transgender person.

DH Evening Brief: Violence erupts again in Bengal; Gujarat HC quashes order to show Modi's PG degree, fines Kejriwal

Violence erupts again in Bengal’s Howrah

Gujarat HC quashes CIC direction to provide Modi's PG degree to Delhi CM, imposes Rs 25,000 fine on Kejriwal

Woman at Bengaluru park dragged into car, gang-raped through the night

India unveils Foreign Trade Policy 2023, targets $2 trillion in exports by 2030

Himanta Biswa Sarma threatens to lodge defamation suit against Kejriwal

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