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UNI NEWS DIGEST AT 1500 HRS, OCT 21, 2026

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New DElhi: PM Modi pays tribute to fallen police personnel on Police Commemoration Day Kharge blames BJP for fresh bloodshed in Manipur, demands accountability from Modi and Shah
CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka withdraw plea against judicial custody from Delhi HC
PANChkula; Haryana Police verify 45,000 criminals, detain 14 gangsters; 28,000 recruitments planned by 2030: DGP Singhal
Chandigarh:CBI registers fresh FIR in Punjab anti-drug activist's murder, takes over probe hours after Amit Shah's visit
J&K: Two killed, 15 injured in Udhampur road accident
IMD forecasts rain in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi on Oct 24-25; Bay of Bengal system may intensify, very heavy rainfall warning for TN
Jammu:J&K: 17 passengers injured as bus skids off road in Udhampur district
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Delhi HC Questions CJP Leaders Over Peace Bond Breach, Plea Withdrawn

21 Oct 2026 | 10:18 PM

New Delhi, Oct 21(UNI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka over their alleged breach of a peace bond and attempt to enter Jantar Mantar without permission, while advising them to pursue the statutory remedy against their continued custody before approaching the High Court.

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Rahul Gandhi Links Rubio’s Mumbai Visit to Epstein Photograph Featuring Hardeep Puri, Questions BJP-RSS Workers

21 Oct 2026 | 9:52 PM

New Delhi, Oct 21 (UNI) Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday drew a political link between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Mumbai and the US Department of Justice releasing a photograph featuring Jeffrey Epstein and union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, asking BJP and RSS workers whom they believed was being blackmailed.

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SC pauses CMRL-Exalogic probe for a week, asks Kerala HC to hear Pinarayi Vijayan’s appeal

21 Oct 2026 | 8:57 PM

Parmod Kumar

New Delhi, Oct 21 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday put on hold for a week the investigation into alleged irregularities in financial transactions between Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) and Exalogic Solutions Private Limited, enabling former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others to pursue their appeal before a division bench of the Kerala High Court against a single-judge order directing registration of an FIR and consequent investigation.

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Delhi: Much relief for Chhatarpur from monsoon water-logging, Rs 26 cr plan sanctioned to end misery

21 Oct 2026 | 8:03 PM

New Delhi, Oct 21 (UNI) Since several years, residents of Delhi’s Sultanpur, Gadaipur village, Jaunapur village and nearby areas have faced water-logging in the monsoons, and had to wade through flooded roads. Now to provide much-needed relief, the Delhi Government has granted administrative approval and expenditure sanction of Rs 25.60 crore to instal a modern drainage network.

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CAQM invokes GRAP-I measures across Delhi-NCR as AQI enters 'Poor' category

21 Oct 2026 | 7:51 PM

Agraj Pratap Singh
New Delhi, October 21 (UNI) The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Wednesday invoked Stage-I measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across Delhi-NCR after the national capital's Air Quality Index (AQI) entered the 'poor' category.

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