Quicktakes — Pashupati Acrylon MD ends life

NEW DELHI, July 31: Leading Delhi-based industrialist Mukesh Jain, managing director of Pashupati Acrylon Industries, shot himself dead on ...

NEW DELHI, July 31: Leading Delhi-based industrialist Mukesh Jain, managing director of Pashupati Acrylon Industries, shot himself dead on Thursday morning at his New Friends Colony residence. Jain had been kidnapped in 1993 and released after the family reportedly paid several crores of rupees to his abductors. Jain, 41, is survived by his wife Shruti, a daughter and a son. Sources said Jain locked himself in the bathroom and shot himself in the head with his pistol.

MLA abducted

AGARTALA: Outlawed tribal insurgents abducted a legislator and two of his bodyguards and killed three security personnel in an ambush in Tripura on Thursday. Police said National Liberation Front of Tripura activists picked up tribal MLA Debobrata Koloi while he was asleep. Cops surrenderNEW DELHI: Nine Delhi policemen, including an ACP, facing arrest warrants in the March 31 Connaught Place shootout case in which two businessmen were gunned down, on Thursday surrendered before a city court.

Cyclone Montha: Schools closed, fishing activities suspended in Andhra, Odisha

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A severe cyclonic storm, named Montha, is expected to make landfall along India's east coast between Odisha and Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The Indian Meteorological Department has issued warnings for heavy rain and rough seas, with the potential for extremely heavy rain in certain areas.

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