Latest News Today Live: Soren is facing money laundering charges linked to illegal possession of 8.36 acres of land.Latest News Today Live: Six months after he was arrested on money laundering charges, former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren was released from jail after the Jharkhand HC granted him bail on Friday. In his first statement after his release, Soren claimed that he had been falsely implicated, forced to spend five months in jail. Soren is facing money laundering charges linked to illegal possession of 8.36 acres of land. Soren was arrested on January 31 after he resigned from his post.
At a time when the country has been rocked by the NEET debacle, the Opposition was expected to raise the demand for a discussion on the issue today. However, LS was adjourned till Monday and RS till 2 pm today. The Opposition MPs had decided to move adjournment motions in both Houses earlier today. Addressing the Parliament on Thursday, President Murmu had ensured a fair probe into the case.
Meanwhile, heavy rains lashed Delhi today morning, leading the the collapse of a portion of the roof of Delhi Airport’s Terminal 1, killing 1 person and injuring eight others. The Safdarjung base station has recorded 228.1 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours till 8.30 am today.
On the International front, the first general election debate, comprising US President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump has concluded. Both hit back at issues like Russia-Ukraine war and Israel and Hamas.
Heman Soren's release has been a shot in the arm for the JJM. Congress MLA from Barkagaon, Amba Prasad, said, "Hemant Soren Ji has come out of jail and we as a team are stronger now. Elections coming after 3-4 months... we are very positive that we will come up as a government again."
In NEET exam paper leak case, CBI has arrested Dr Ehsaan Ul Haq, Principal of Oasis School and Vice Principal Imtiaz Alam from Hazaribagh. Haq was the city coordinator for NTA and Alam was the City coordinator for NTA, CBI sources told ANI.
Here's what Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde saisd on the 'Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin' scheme:
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsVIDEO | Here's what Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde (@mieknathshinde) said on the announcement of 'Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin' scheme for women.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 28, 2024
"For women... we have started the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme. Under this scheme, Rs 1,500 per month will be transferred… pic.twitter.com/JVkG37Qepu
Releasing a white paper on the Polavaram Project, Andhra Pradesh CM Nara Chandrababu Naidu said, "Polavaram is a central government project. The YSRCP called for reverse tendering for the Polavaram project on the day he assumed charge...The cofferdam and diaphragm walls were damaged...Until the diaphragm wall is completed, we cannot construct the ECRF. Gap 1 was washed away for 150 meters due to the Godavari floods... No compensations were paid to the victims...International experts from the USA will check the project in the first week of July..."
After being released on bail, former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren said the voice of leaders, social workers, and scribes was being silenced.
He also said, “I was kept behind bars for 5 months…We are seeing how the judicial process is taking years not just days or months…Today, it is a message for the whole country that how a conspiracy was hatched against us…The fight we started and the resolutions we made, we will work to fulfil them.”
On his bail, former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren says, "I was kept behind bars for 5 months...We are seeing how the judicial process is taking years not just days or months...Today, it is a message for the whole country that how a conspiracy was hatched against us...The fight we started and the resolutions we made, we will work to fulfil them."
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js#watch | Ranchi | On his bail, former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren says, "I was kept behind bars for 5 months...We are seeing how the judicial process is taking years not just days or months...Today, it is a message for the whole country that how a conspiracy was hatched against… pic.twitter.com/6dVkrGvotg
— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2024
Former CM, Hemant Soren, was arrested on January 31 in the case, shortly after resigning from his post and appointing loyalist and state transport minister Champai Soren to fill his shoes.
The ED had been investigating various cases in Jharkhand, including the alleged illegal sale and purchase of an Army plot in Ranchi. It was during the investigation into this case that the name of a former revenue sub-inspector of Bargaain Circle Office, Bhanu Pratap Prasad, came up.
The ED claimed that Prasad, who was eventually arrested, was part of a syndicate involved in acquiring properties illegally, through force as well as by falsifying government records.
Several original land records were recovered from him, and his phone contained an image of an 8.36-acre land parcel which was allegedly in Soren’s illegal possession.
Former Jharkhand CM & JMM leader Hemant Soren released on bail from Birsa Munda jail in Ranchi. He was granted bail by the Jharkhand HC in a land scam case.
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js#watch | Former Jharkhand CM & JMM leader Hemant Soren released on bail from Birsa Munda jail in Ranchi
— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2024
He was granted bail by Jharkhand HC in a land scam case. pic.twitter.com/uyuCsSP7NT
The southwest monsoon is continuously advancing in Rajasthan where moderate to heavy rainfall was recorded at many places in the last 24 hours, as per the MeT data.
The Meteorological Department has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall in many places in the coming days.
The monsoon advanced in other parts of south-western and eastern Rajasthan on Friday. Currently, the northern line of the monsoon is passing through Jaisalmer and Churu.
In the last 24 hours, ending at 8.30 am on Friday, moderate to heavy rainfall with thunder has been recorded in some parts of the Jodhpur division of western Rajasthan and many parts of Bharatpur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Kota and Jaipur divisions of eastern Rajasthan.
The highest rainfall has been recorded in Marwar Junction, Pali in western Rajasthan at 72 mm and Masuda, Ajmer in eastern Rajasthan at 91.5 mm.
Three vehicles were buried in the sludge after flooding in the Chamiyana area of Shimla.
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js#watch | Himachal Pradesh: Three vehicles were buried in sludge in the aftermath of the flood in the Chamiyana area of Shimla. pic.twitter.com/DaZCgxJHNr
— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2024
Iranians started voting on Friday for a new president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, choosing from a tightly controlled group of four candidates loyal to the supreme leader at a time of growing public frustration.
State television showed queues inside polling stations in several cities. More than 61 million Iranians are eligible to vote. Polls were due to close at 6 p.m. (1430 GMT), but are usually extended as late as midnight.
As many as 13 pilgrims, including seven women, were killed and four others seriously injured on Friday after the van they were travelling in crashed into a truck parked on the side of the Bengaluru-Pune National Highway 48 in Karnataka’s Haveri.
Once the Rajya Sabha met again at 2 pm, Sudhanshu Trivedi of the BJP continued to speak on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address amid protests by opposition members demanding a discussion on paper leaks.
Rahul Gandhi said, “…We wanted to give a joint message to the students of India, on behalf of the Opposition and Government, that we consider this an important issue. So, we thought that to respect students we will have a discussion on NEET today, a dedicated discussion…”
The Panchmahal district Sessions Court in Godhra on Friday heard the remand application filed by the Central Bureau of investigation (CBI), seeking four days remand of four of the five arrested accused in the alleged case of malpractice in the NEET-UG exam, held at Jay Jalaram School in Godhra’s Parvadi village, Gujarat, on May 5.
An order in the case is expected on Saturday.
A halting performance from Biden and a relatively steady and measured delivery by Trump left Democrats deeply concerned about Biden’s prospects. Personal attacks overshadowed discussions of policy during the debate, with the candidates sparring over who had a better golf game, their respective cognitive abilities and their legal problems.
Almost two weeks after schools in Gujarat reopened after summer vacations, private school management associations on Thursday said they would conduct classes in tents after several schools without Building Use (BU) and fire safety permits remained sealed across the state amid a crackdown.
It was the first time a sitting President and a former President had ever debated. Former President Donald Trump and sitting President Joe Biden were engaged in a war of words over abortion, immigration, foreign policy, inflation and more. US President Joe Biden delivered a shaky, halting performance with a hoarse voice, during the debate hosted by CNN.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was on Friday granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court in an alleged money laundering case linked to illegal possession of 8.36 acres of land. Soren, who has no other cases pending against him, is likely to walk out of jail.
Delhi Ministers will hold an emergency meeting regarding waterlogging and rain in the Delhi secretariat today at 2pm. All ministers and senior officials of Delhi government will attend the emergency meeting.
India Meteorological Department issues advisory saying that a moderate to intense spell of rain is likely to continue in Delhi for the next couple of hours.
Several areas of the capital were left waterlogged amid incessant showers.
The total rainfall till 0830 hrs IST was recorded at 153.7 mm over Safdarjung and 93 mm over Palam airport.
The Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjar took to X to inform that he was personally monitoring the roof collapse incident at T1. “First responders are working at site. Also advised the airlines to assist all affected passengers at T1. The injured have been evacuated to hospital.
Rescue operations are still ongoing,” he wrote in the post.
At least one person died and eight others were injured after a portion of the roof at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Airport Terminal-1 collapsed on cars early on Friday.
All flight departures from terminal were also temporarily suspended.
This comes on a day when the national capital has been witnessing incessant rains with the Safdarjung base station seeing 228.1 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours till 8.30 am today.
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