Union Home Minister Amit&nbsp;Shah on Friday accused opposition parties of spreading misinformation about the new citizenship law and inciting&nbsp;communal riots. Speaking at a rally in Bhubaneswar, Shah said people should come out and ask those fomenting&nbsp;trouble to explain which clause of the Citizenship (Amendment)&nbsp;Act talked about snatching citizenship of people. He went on to add that&nbsp;no Indian Muslim will lose citizenship because&nbsp;of the new law.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday accused opposition parties of spreading misinformation about the new citizenship law and inciting communal riots. Speaking at a rally in Bhubaneswar, Shah said people should come out and ask those fomenting trouble to explain which clause of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act talked about snatching citizenship of people. He went on to add that no Indian Muslim will lose citizenship because of the new law.

BSP chief Mayawati has asked the six MLAs, who won on her party ticket but later merged with the Congress, to vote against the Gehlot govt in the Trust vote. The BSP on Thursday issued a whip to the party leaders, warning them that they will face action if they defy the order. Earlier in the day, the six MLAs were allowed to participate in the vote after the Supreme Court left the decision to a single judge bench in Rajasthan, which is hearing the matter. The top court refused to allow the petition by a BJP MLA for a temporary freeze on the merger. Mayawati had last month said that she was looking to teach chief minister Ashok Gehlot a "a lesson" for "theft of MLAs"

The Independence Day celebrations at Red Fort will see many firsts this time amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The ceremony has been scaled down and there will be fewer guests at the rampart, the Hindustan Times has reported. Photojournalists covering the event have been tested for Covid-19. Police personnel involved in security have been quarantined for 14 days, while those frisking guests at the gates will be donning PPE kits. The guests list this year has been trimmed to about 140 from over 800 last year. The guests will include cabinet ministers, senior bureaucrats and Supreme Court judges. No spouses have been invited.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday became the fourth-longest serving Prime Minister of India surpassing Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure. He is now also the longest-serving non-Congress Prime Minister. "PM Modi is now the longest serving Indian PM of non-Congress origin. Vajpayee ji served for 2,268 days in all his terms combined. On Thursday, PM Modi surpassed this tenure," the BJP said. Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Manmohan Singh - all from the Congress - are the three longest serving Prime Ministers in that order.

Probably drawing some lessons from his rivalry with his brother after the death of their father, Reliance Industries boss Mukesh Ambani is setting up a &lsquo;family council&rsquo; to implement a collective governance structure to manage the family&rsquo;s sprawling business empire as part of the group&rsquo;s succession-planning process, the Hindustan Times has reported. The council will provide equal representation to all family members, including the three Ambani siblings&mdash;Akash, Isha and Anant&mdash;who are expected to take over the reins of Reliance Industries. Ambani, who is now world's fourth richest man, is aiming to complete the succession planning process by the end of next year, the report added.

To counter BJP's move to bring in a No-Confidence Motion in the Rajasthan Assembly, chief minister Ashok Gehlot has declared that he will seek a Trust Vote. If the Chief Minister moves a Confidence Motion, it will supersede the no-confidence motion moved by any other member, according to the rules. With return of the rebel MLAs who had walked out with Sachin Pilot, Gehlot enjoys the support of 125 MLAs in the House of 200. BJP has 72. The BJP&nbsp;had on Friday said that the Gehlot govt has been saved by patch and will crack under its own contradictions.&nbsp;The Chief Minister, at the height of his clash with Pilot, had accused him of conspiring with the BJP to bribe MLAs to cross over and bring his government down.

BJP MP Varun Gandhi plans to table a private member's bill in Parliament to make it compulsory for all adults to be registered as organ donors, in a bid to promote cadaver organ donation, though people will be free to opt out. The private member's bill proposes to make it compulsory for a citizen turning above 18 years of age to be registered as an organ donor unless an objection notice is filed by the person. According to data from the Organ Retrieval Banking Organisation, only 22,500 people have registered for organ donation after death since 2010. India has a shortage of organ donors and there is a huge gap that persists between demand and supply of organs. There is a need of 2,00,000 kidneys, 50,000 hearts and 50,000 livers for transplantation every year. It has been observed that organ donation in India is largely from living donors and the rate of organ donation from deceased persons is very low at 0.8 per million population as compared to more than 30% in other countries.

The global death count due to the&nbsp;Covid-19 pandemic on Thursday crossed the 7,50,000 mark, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University tally.
In over 8 months of its existence, the&nbsp;virus has infected over 20 million people globally.
US that accounts for almost&nbsp;22% of the total fatalities remains the world's worst-affected nation.
The death count in the US is over 166,000, followed by Brazil and Mexico that have 1,04,201 and 54,666 deaths respectively.
With 47,033 deaths, India stands at fourth position in the global death tally.&nbsp;

The Congress in Rajasthan is ready to put up a united front in the state assembly which begins on Friday with Sachin&nbsp;Pilot and 18 other rebel MLAs&nbsp;having returned to the party fold. Pilot and&nbsp; MLAs&nbsp;from his camp attended the Congress Legislature&nbsp;Party held at Chief Minister Ashok&nbsp;Gehlot's&nbsp;residence. The chief minister, who has several times said that everything is 'forgiven and forgotten', addressed the MLAs&nbsp;and said that he could have proved his majority even without the dissident MLAs&nbsp;but that would not have given him happiness.&nbsp;

In a big push for ease of doing business in the country and massive relief for taxpayers, PM Modi launched India's first taxpayers' charter on Thursday. Move is being hailed by taxpayers and India Inc as it aims to ease compliance. PM Modi said the charter to 'honour the honest taxpayer'. It includes major reforms like faceless assessment which aims to end overreach by officials. Watch the day's biggest headlines with Vikram Chandra.
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The Delhi Commission for Women rescued a 2 and a half month-old girl who was trafficked and sold multiple times and arrested 5 people in connection with the case.&nbsp;DCW&nbsp;and Delhi Police raided several places on Wednesday night and rescued the child. The Commission had&nbsp;received information that the child was sold by her own father for 40,000 rupees. The father was made to accompany the DCW team during the raids. The DCW&nbsp;and Delhi Police team had to search various locations before they finally rescued the infant on Thursday morning. The girl had been trafficked several times since her father sold her to a woman in Jafrabad

A month after Sachin Pilot&rsquo;s rebellion against the Congress plunged the Ashok Gehlot government in a crisis, the Rajasthan Chief Minister on Thursday met Sachin Pilot along with the rebel Cong MLAs at his residence in Jaipur. Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot posed for photos in their first public appearance together after weeks of name calling and personal attacks. MLAs loyal to both Gehlot and Pilot were also at the CM's residence for a legislature party meet ahead of the Assembly session on Friday. The legislators were seen raising slogans of "Congress zindabad", "Sonia Gandhi zindabad", "Rahul Gandhi zindabad". Reports say Gehlot personally invited Pilot, along with rebel MLAs for legislature party meet.

PTI:&nbsp;Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said the role of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) behind the Tuesday night violence in parts of Bengaluru, had come to light and investigation will go deep into it and their connections.
The Minister said, four people associated with SDPI have been arrested in this regard and investigation is under way.
"K G Halli and D J Halli are peaceful since yesterday and there have been no untoward incidents...as the investigation is progressing new information is coming out. I cannot share with you everything, but in the days to come I will share before the media," Bommai said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, as per the information gathered so far and video footage, most importantly the role of SDPI is coming to light. We are collecting more information regarding it, we are investigating deeply in this regard.
"Already, several SDPI office-bearers have been arrested. Muzammil Pasha, the SDPI district secretary is the main (person), also Firoz, Afraz Pasha and Shaik Adil, all of them are from SDPI. Their role is completely being investigated and they have been arrested," he added.
Three people were killed after police opened fire to quell a mob that went on a rampage in a city locality on Tuesday night over an inflammatory social media post allegedly put out by a Congress legislator's relative.
Pulakeshi Nagar MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthys residence and a police station at D J Halli were among those targeted by the angry mob.
The house of the MLA, who was not at home at the time, was allegedly set on fire.
The rioters also torched many police and private vehicles, badly damaged the house and looted the belongings of MLA Murthy and those of his sister.
An ATM was smashed into pieces.
After the arson and violence, the entire DJ Halli resembled a war zone.
Nearly 140 people have been arrested so far, in connection with the incident.
Bommai said, through some video footage it has come to light that SDPI workers had come from neighbouring areas of K G Halli and D J Halli, and it is being investigated.
"The investigation will look into who are behind the incident, its links with other such incidents in the past. We will go deep into it and will not rest until we break through this conspiracy," he said.
Officials are also gathering details on cases against the SDPI in Mysuru, Mangaluru and other places, Bommai said, adding that all angles at the local level are also being looked into like rivalry between and within political parties.
"Everything that might have led to this incident, we will investigate. Whoever is at fault or have supported it, we will take action even if it is an elected representative," he added.
Assuring people of security, the Home Minister said, police have worked putting their life at risk, with COVID on one side and such incidents on the other.
"I appeal to people not to fear and cooperate in maintaining peace and order," he added.
The SDPI on Wednesday had denied its role in the violence and had blamed police inaction.
The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced that a district magistrate would conduct an inquiry into the violence.
The government has also decided to recover losses caused to public property during the violence from the rioters.
Meanwhile, Muzamil Pasha and others have been named as one of the many accused in the FIR.
The police registered at least five FIRs in connection with the incident -- two in Devara Jeevanahalli (DJ Halli) and three in Kadugondanahalli (KG Halli) stations.
Besides Pasha, police have named Afnan, Syed Masood, Ayaz and Allabaksh in the first FIR at DJ Halli. The second FIR has three names and 'other 200 persons.' The police in their FIR charged the rioters with barging into the two police stations with an intention to kill the policeman there and kill the Pulakeshinagar MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy's nephew whose alleged inflammatory post in social media enraged a section of the society.
Meanwhile, a contingent of the Rapid Action Force conducted a flag march in the riot-affected areas.

PTI:&nbsp;A court here on Thursday framed charges against former Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese, Franco Mulakkal, in the case relating to rape of a nun in Kerala.
The Additional Sessions Court Judge read out to Mulakkal, who was present in the court, the charges under various sections of the IPC including the punishment for offence for rape as it commenced trial proceedings in the sensational case.
The accused denied the charges against him.
The case was posted for September 16 for the victim's examination.
He has been charged under various sections of IPC including 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 377 (Unnatural Sex), 376 (c)(a) Sexual intercourse by person in authority 376(2)(k) (indulging in sexual intercourse by exhorting authority), and 506 (criminal intimidation).
Last week, the Bishop was granted bail by the Court with stringent conditions and directed him to be present on the dates of hearing of the case.
The Supreme Court had directed Mulakkal to face trial as it dismissed his plea seeking discharge in the rape case lodged against him by the nun belonging to a congregation under Jalandhar diocese, saying there was no merit in his petition.
Mulakkal, in his plea had challenged the July 7 Kerala High Court order, dismissing his discharge plea in the rape case filed by the nun. The High Court had asked the deposed Bishop of Jalandhar diocese to stand for trial in the rape case.
The senior priest of the Roman Catholic Church had filed the revision petition following the dismissal of his discharge plea by a trial court in March this year.
The rape case against the Bishop was registered by police in Kottayam district.
In her complaint to the police in June 2018, the nun had alleged that she was subjected to sexual abuse by the bishop during the period between 2014 and 2016.
The bishop was arrested by the Special Investigation team.&nbsp;

Here are the key features of the 'Transparent Taxation' platform launched by the Prime Minister:
Taxpayer's appeals to be randomly allotted&nbsp;to any officer in the country
No physical interface, no need to visit income tax office
Taxpayer Charter' to provide a transparent and taxpayer-friendly tax regime
Every communication with the IT Department will now carry a unique document identification number
Faceless assessment and taxpayer charter are applicable starting today
Appeals will become faceless from September 25
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The Taxpayer Charter launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi promises to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of income taxpayers and to reduce the cost of compliance with tax laws.
"The taxpayer charter is an important step in India's development," Prime Minister Modi&nbsp;said.
The charter lists out the income tax department's commitments to the taxpayer as well as what the department expects from them. The IT department expects taxpayers to be honest, informed and keep accurate records. It also expects taxpayer to respond in time and pay dues as per law in a timely manner.

The health ministry on Tursday said that the Centre has given more than 1.28 crore PPE kits and over 10.83 crore hydroxychloroquine tablets to the states, union territories and central institutions, free of cost since March. It added that over 3 crore N95 masks have also been distributed. Further a total of 22,533 "Make in India" ventilators have also been delivered to various states, union territories and central institutions by the centre, the ministry stated.

New Delhi, PTI: Drug firm Zydus Cadila on Thursday said it has launched Remdesivir in India under the brand name Remdac. Remdesivir is used to treat patients suffering from severe symptoms of Covid-19.
Priced at Rs 2,800 per 100 mg vial, Remdac is the most economical Remdesivir brand in India, Zydus Cadila has said.
The company said the drug will be made available across India through the group's strong distribution chain reaching out to government and private hospitals treating Covid-19 patients.
&ldquo;Remdac is the most affordable drug as we would like to enable patients to have access to this critical drug in the treatment of Covid-19,&rdquo; Cadila Healthcare Managing Director Dr Sharvil Patel said.
Through the course of this pandemic, the company&rsquo;s efforts have been focused on supporting people in this healthcare crisis, whether it is through developing vaccines, ramping up production and distribution of critical drugs and therapies, making diagnostic tests available or exploring new treatment options, Patel added.
In June this year, Zydus had entered into a non-exclusive agreement with Gilead Sciences Inc to manufacture and sell Remdesivir, the investigational drug, which has been issued an emergency use authorisation by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to treat patients suffering from severe symptoms of Covid-19.
The active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for the drug has been developed and manufactured at the group's API manufacturing facilities in Gujarat.
Zydus Cadila's vaccine candidate ZyCov-D is now in phase II of the clinical trials.
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With an aim to make tax system seamless, painless and faceless, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched 'Transparent Taxation - Honoring the Honest' platform.
Three main features of the platform are faceless assessment, faceless appeal and tax payers' charter, the PM announced.&nbsp;Faceless assessment, taxpayer charter starts from today, while faceless appeal will begin from September 25.
"Right now, the tax department of the city we live in handles everything. Now this will end. With technology, matters of scrutiny will be assigned to IT department officials randomly. Algorithms will decide who will handle the case," the Prime Minister said. Apart from issues related to taxation, appeals will also be faceless, he added.

Ram Janmabhoomi trust head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das has tested positive for coronavirus. He was on stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the temple ground-breaking ceremony in Ayodhya last week. UP CM Yogi Adityanath, who had also shared the stage with Nritya Das, has taken details of the health status on the Mandir Trust head's health. The CM's office informed that the CM has spoken to Mathura DM and Dr Naresh Trehan of Medanta Hospital and has directed immediate medical attention for him at the hospital.

The Indian Council of Medical Research has said that more than 8.3 lakh samples were tested on Wednesday, which the highest for a single day since the outbreak. A total of nearly 2.7 crore samples have been tested so far for the the novel coronavirus in the country, the ICMR added. Starting from less than 100 tests per day, India has seen a multiple fold increase in a few months. The government has adopted the test-track-treat strategy for early detection and containment of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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