New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: At Jagran English, we try to focus on all the top news to provide our readers a brief insight of what’s happening around the world and provide them a 360-degree coverage on all genres including politics, business, India, world, sports, and entertainment.

Today we will have a special focus on the Panchayat polls in Uttarakhand which started yesterday. The elections be held in three phases in 12 districts of the state and the results will be announced on October 21.

Apart from it, we cover all the important news of the day to help our readers stay updated, well informed and have a brief idea of what’s happening around the world.

Here are the Highlights of October 7:

4:05 pm: Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, Chief of the Air Staff, called on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi, today.

4:01 pm: Manipur: In a separate incident, troops of Assam Rifles in an operation recovered huge amount of Contraband Drugs worth Rs 28 Crores near Moreh in Tengnoupal district on 5th October

4:00 pm:  Troops of Assam Rifles, recovered Brown Sugar worth Rs 1.23 Cr near Khudengthabi Check-Post in Tengnoupal district on 5th October.

3:50 pm: Lahore High Court has accepted application of Jamaat-ud-Dawah Chief Hafiz Saeed challenging his arrest in terror financing cases, two-member bench of the Lahore HC, after hearing the arguments, has sought detailed report from the Pak's Punjab govt&Counter Terrorism Dept on Oct28

3:40 pm: Mumbai: Congress-NCP release joint manifesto for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections on October 21

3:30 pm: Deputy Superintendent of Police DS Vaghela: The security guards must have stopped them from entering into the area illegally. A case has been registered and investigation is on. We will nab the accused in a short period.

3:15 pm: 2019 Nobel Prize for Medicine has been awarded jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”

3:00 pm: NK Saste, Senior Police Inspector, Vashi GRP: He used to live alone&his neighbour knew nothing about him.We identified him through documents found at his residence & came to know that his family resides in Rajasthan.We've contacted his son who is also nominee of his fixed deposit

2:20 pm: Lawyer Shantanu Singha, who has filed a complaint against Beliaghata 33 Pally Durga Puja pandal committee for playing recording of 'Azaan', says,"No Muslim will appreciate 'Azaan' being played every 5 minutes. This is completely political." Tell me how playing azaan in a puja pandal will help promote communal harmony? I have filed this complaint as an individual. It'll be hurt if Gita is recited from a mosque, similarly, I am hurt that 'Azaan' is being played at a Durga puja pandal.

2:00 pm: Kolkata's Beliaghata 33 Pally Durga puja pandal plays recording of 'Azaan', a Hindu mantra and church bells, to promote communal harmony.

1:40 pm: Mumbai: Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized the private Jet and cars of Housing Development and Infrastructure (HDIL) promoters Rakesh and Sarang Wadhawan in PMC bank case, last week

1:30 pm: Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Shiromani Akali Dal on PMC bank matter: It is a cooperative bank but it is governed by RBI (Reserve Bank of India) only. All its formats are decided by RBI and the responsibility lies on RBI. We have not given our money to someone walking on the streets. We have given our money to the govt. RBI (Reserve Bank of India) is responsible & it must return our money

1:20 pm: Mumbai: A fixed deposit of Rs 8.77 lakhs & around Rs 1.5 lakhs of cash (mostly coins) recovered by police from the residence of a beggar Burju Chandra Azad in Govandi, who died in an accident while trying to cross a railway track.

1:10 pm: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh leaves from Delhi for Paris on a three day visit to France. He shall attend the Annual Defence Dialogue and the Induction Ceremony of .

1:00 pm: Mumbai Police: Section 144 (prohibition on gathering of more than 4 people) is still in effect in police jurisdiction till tomorrow morning, but police is ensuring that local residents' movement is unhindered in Aarey area.

12:45 pm: With the help of Pak Army and ISI, terrorist organisations-- LeT, Hizbul Mujahideen and JeM have distributed responsibilities to carry out terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, other parts of India and for political and police killings

12:30 pm: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar: I will advise that don't burst firecrackers,and I am confident that children themselves will ask parents to not buy firecrackers, but if someone wants to then buy green firecrackers,its a historic initiative of Dr. Harsh Vardhan ji

12:15 pm: Union Min P Javadekar: Since 2006,air quality in Delhi has been deteriorating rapidly.But till 2014,neither it was talked about nor much work was done to improve it. In 2015,PM started Air Quality Index.113 AQI monitoring stations present in Delhi/NCR&29 more to be installed soon. BS6-compliant vehicles will be coming in Delhi in April 2020. BS6 petrol/diesel is already available in Delhi/NCR. It will lead to great reduction in air pollution from vehicles

12:10 pm: Ragavulu, Zonal Secretary: We have given strike notice under the law. CM has suspended about 50,000 employees who were on strike. This is injustice and against the rule. KCR (Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao ) has not given us jobs nor has he established TSRTC

12:08 pm: Ragavulu, Zonal Secretary, Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) Employee Union on strike over their demand for merger of TSRTC with the government: We submitted our demands on 3rd September to the management, it had been a month and no negotiation was held.

12:03 pm: Mumbai Police during house search has recovered a fixed deposit of Rs 8.77 lakhs and around Rs 1.5 lakhs of cash from the residence of a deceased beggar Birju Chandra Azad in Govandi. Azad had died in an accident while trying to cross a railway track, on October 4.

11:58 am: Dehradun: Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Senior Congress leader Harish Rawat admitted to hospital after he complained of chest pain.

11:45 am: Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performs 'kanya pujan' on the occasion of at Gorakhnath Temple.

11:35 am: Gujarat: Miscreants attacked security guards with swords & sticks at Kandla Special Economic Zone Entry Gate in Kutch, allegedly after they were denied entry.

11:28 am: Tarun Tejpal sexual assault case: Hearing adjourned till October 21 by Goa's Mapusa Court as the victim was not present in court today.

11:10 am: Jammu and Kashmir: Local youth participate in a recruitment rally organised by Police & Indian Army in Samba district of Jammu.

10:40 am: Supreme Court asks the State of Maharashtra not to cut any further trees in Aarey and maintain the status quo. Matter to be taken up by the Forest Bench of the Supreme Court on October 21.

10:35 am: Justice Mishra inquires if all the persons arrested or detained for protesting against the felling of trees have been released or not. "If they have not been released, release them immediately on furnishing personal bond"

10:32 am: Justice Mishra says that no more trees be cut now and status quo be maintained. Felling of trees should be halted for now and adds that survival rate of the saplings be analysed. Mehta: "No further cutting is required anymore. We are all concerned about the ecological impact"

10:28 am: SG Tushar Mehta, representing the State of Maharashtra, suggests that the case be taken up by the Environment Bench when the Court reopens after Dussehra break. Mehta: There is nothing more to be cut now and SC later can decide on the legality or illegality of the trees cut.

10:25 am: Supreme Court hearing case: Justice Arun Mishra asks 'tell us whether it() was an eco-sensitive zone or not. It was a no development zone not an eco-sensitive zone. This is what we get, show us the documents'

10:20 am: Supreme Court hearing case: Justice Arun Mishra asks 'tell us whether it was an eco-sensitive zone or not'

10:15 am: Bihar: Chandan Kumar, brother of RJD leader, shot dead at his residence by unknown assailants in Nalanda. Nilesh Kumar, SP Nalanda, says, “The incident took place last night. The victim was a student and had no criminal record. Investigation underway.”

10:10 am: Special Supreme Court bench begins hearing in Mumbai tree felling case

10:00 am: Mumbai's matter: 29 protesters were released from Thane jail after bail was granted to them yesterday. They were arrested from Aarey on charges of disturbing public order & obstructing govt officials from performing their duties.

9:30 am: Asia Pacific Group (APG) of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has concluded that Pakistan has not taken sufficient measures to fully implement UNSCR 1267 obligations against 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed&other terrorists associated with LeT, JuD among other terror groups. Pakistan should adequately identify, assess and understand its ML (Money Laundering)/TF (Terror Financing) risks including transnational risks and risks associated with terrorist groups operating in Pakistan.

8:45 am: Haryana: The international ‘nagar kirtan’ (religious procession) that commenced from Nankana Sahib, to celebrate 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, arrived at Neem Sahib Gurudwara in Kaithal today.

8:30 am: Growing intolerance against free speech in UK worrying: Lord Indarjit Singh

8:25 am: Himachal Pradesh: Traffic movement affected on Manali-Leh Highway between Rani Nallah & Rohtang Pass, after snowfall in the area today. All routine buses on Keylong-Manali route have been stopped.

8:20 am: Himachal Pradesh: Higher reaches of Lahaul-Spiti and Kullu districts received snowfall today.

8:15 am: Gujarat: Many cars damaged after a bridge collapsed near Malanka village in Junagadh in Gujarat yesterday. No casualties reported. More details awaited.

8:05 am: Kozhikode Rural SP: We have managed to find the presence of Jolly (wife of one of the victims) at every location where deaths happened. Also, she forged documents to get properties in her favour".

8:00 am: Kerala: Three persons, including the main accused Jolly (wife of one of the victims) have been arrested in connection with the deaths of six members of a family over a period of 14 years in Koodathai village of Kozhikode district.

7:30 am: Barmer: An RTI activist who was arrested along with 2 members of his family by police after fight among them over a land dispute, died y'day in police custody. SP Barmer says,'Entire staff of the police station has been posted to Police Lines&probe is on

7:20 am: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on liquor ban: Personally I support liquor ban, it was banned once but it failed&ban was removed. Liquor has been banned in Gujarat since independence but it's Gujarat where consumption of liquor is the highest,ghar-ghar mein sharab pi jaati hai. This is the condition of Gandhi's Gujarat. There is no point of a ban until some stringent arrangements are put in place.

 

7:15 am: AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi in Pune: Congress has weakened, strength can't be infused into it even if the best calcium injection of the world is administered to it. They're going downwards now, no one can pick them up because they themselves aren't ready to put up a fight.

7:10 am: Maharahstra:BJP leader Ravindra Kharat,3 members of his family&his son's friend, died after being attacked by unidentified miscreants in Bhusawal, Jalgaon. Police say,'Miscreants fired at deceased people&attacked them with knives outside their house,3 arrested, probe on.'

7:05 am: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu in Cuttack,Odisha: Simply because of competition,& temptation for TRPs, media should not go for sensationalization, there has to be sense in what you propagate. Media should introspect seriously & see to it that they all adhere to standards. Media has an important role to play in democracy,instances of fake&paid news, they're disturbing, few people are bringing bad name to journalistic community. I would like to caution everybody to see that we live by our value system&ethics. 

 

7:00 am: Jammu and Kashmir: A 10-member delegation of PDP which was to meet party chief Mehbooba Mufti tomorrow in Srinagar, has deferred its meeting.