News Dabba for 24 September 2024: Five stories for a balanced news diet

Indie Journal brings you the daily updates that the internet is talking about through various news websites. Here's a glance through some of the National and International news updates, from the Opposition questioning police version of Badlapur alleged encounter, big setback for Siddaramaiah in court, to Israel' attacks on dozens more sites in southern Lebanon.

Opposition questions police version of Badlapur alleged encounter, Hindustan Times

The Maharashtra government will hand over the probe into the encounter killing of the Badlapur sexual assault accused, Akshay Shinde, to the Crime Investigation Department (CID), Hindustan Times reports. The opposition, meanwhile, has questioned the police's version of the alleged encounter. Shinde, 24, who was arrested for sexually assaulting two minor girls at a school in Badlapur, was shot dead on Monday night by the police after he allegedly snatched a pistol from police personnel and fired at them. Read the full report here.

NDTV on big setback for Siddaramaiah in court

NDTV reports that the Karnataka High Court has dismissed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's challenge to Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot's decision to sanction his prosecution in the alleged MUDA land scam case. A bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna said the Governor "did apply his mind in abundance" and that the order (sanctioning prosecution) "does not suffer from non-application of mind..." "There is no fault in the Governor's actions. The facts narrated need investigation. The petition is dismissed," the court said, as per the report. The court subsequently also dismissed a plea by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the Chief Minister, to stay its order for two weeks. The judge said he could not stay his own order. Read the full report here.

Myanmar anti-coup forces target Mandalay in struggle to oust military, Al Jazeera reports

Myanmar’s second-biggest city is beginning to feel like a city under siege, Al Jazeera reports. But while armed groups might be at the gates of Mandalay, most residents do not consider them the enemy. The report says that while Myanmar’s borderlands, home to many of the country’s ethnic minorities, have been ravaged by conflict for decades, the mostly Bamar areas in the heart of the country had not seen conflict since World War II. That all changed when the military overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government in 2021, plunging the country into a political crisis and civil war. Read the full report here.

Indian Express on Malayalam actor Mukesh arrested, released on bail on rape charges

Actor-legislator M Mukesh was formally arrested Tuesday on rape charges but released on bail later on the back of an anticipatory bail he secured from an Ernakulam court earlier this month. Indian Express reports that the development came hours after the Kerala High Court denied anticipatory bail to fellow actor and former Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) general secretary Siddique on similar allegations. In her complaint, a former woman actor in the Malayalam film industry had alleged that Mukesh had raped her in 2010 at his flat in Kochi promising a membership in the actors’ association AMMA. The same woman had complained against another actor Edavela Babu, also a prominent figure in AMMA. The report mentions that all three allegations came against the backdrop of the Hema Committee report on the working conditions of women professionals in the industry. Read the full report here.

Israel strikes dozens more sites in southern Lebanon as thousands flee homes: BBC

Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah continued overnight as thousands of people continue to flee their homes in southern Lebanon, BBC reports.  On Monday, Lebanon's health ministry said at least 492 people were killed - the deadliest day of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict since 2006. Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets towards northern Israel this morning - most were intercepted but there has been some damage to buildings, the IDF says. Fears of an all-out regional conflict in the Middle East have grown since a series of exploding device attacks on Hezbollah members, the report says. Read the full report here.