Akshay Shinde in police custody. File Pic/Navneet Barate
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Latest News LIVE Updates: Govt hikes minimum wage rates for workers up to Rs 1,035 per day
The Union government on Thursday announced a hike in minimum wage rates for workers up to Rs 1,035 a day by revising variable dearness allowance.
This adjustment is aimed at helping workers cope with the rising cost of living, a labour ministry statement said. After revision, minimum wage rates in area `A` for workers in construction, sweeping, cleaning, loading & unloading for unskilled work will be Rs 783 a day (Rs 20,358 per month): PTI
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Latest News LIVE Updates: Ram temple chief priest seeks `complete ban` on `prasad` prepared by external agencies
Amid a row over the alleged presence of animal fat in Tirupati laddoos, the chief priest of Ram temple on Thursday questioned the purity of ghee being sold nationwide and said `prasad` should be prepared under supervision of temple priests only. Acharya Satyendra Das also demanded a "complete ban" on prasad prepared by external agencies in all prominent temples and monasteries. "The controversy over the alleged use of fat and meat in Tirupati Balaji`s prasad is escalating across the country. Both seers and devotees are expressing anger and demanding an investigation," he said: PTI
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Latest News LIVE Updates: ED attaches assets of YouTuber Elvish Yadav, Fazilpuriya in PMLA case
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has attached assets worth more than Rs 52 lakh of YouTuber Siddharth Yadav alias Elvish Yadav, his friend and singer Rahul Yadav alias Fazilpuriya and a company as part of a money laundering investigation. A provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been issued to attach an agricultural land in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh and some bank deposits of the three entities, the ED said in a statement: PTI
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Latest News LIVE Updates: ECI team arrives in Maharashtra to review assembly poll preparations
An Election Commission of India team led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar arrived in Mumbai on Thursday on a two-day visit to review preparations for the Maharashtra assembly polls. Kumar along with election commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu as well as senior officials from the apex poll body arrived here late evening. On Friday and Saturday, the ECI will meet representatives of political parties, enforcement agencies, nodal officers of Central paramilitary forces, special police nodal officers, chief election officer, state chief secretary, DGP, administrative secretaries and senior police personnel, a release said: PTI