Top news of the day: July 31, 2022
The HinduShiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut taken into custody by ED after day-long raids The Enforcement Directorate conducted a search at Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut’s residence in Mumbai in connection with a money laundering case and after nine hours of quizzing, the agency took the Shiv Sena MP and Uddhav Thackeray loyalist into custody, sources said. “The money is not mine.” Asked further if anybody was conspiring against him, he said, “You will get to know when the time comes.” Madhya Pradesh police file FIR against Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury over President remark on BJP neta’s complaint The FIR registered at Dindori police station under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including promoting enmity between different groups, has been sent to Parliament House police station in Delhi for action, police said. Indian aviation sector ‘absolutely safe’; foreign carriers that came to India reported 15 tech snags in last 16 days: DGCA chief Against the backdrop of a spate of technical snags suffered by Indian airlines in recent weeks and aviation watchdong DGCA curtailing operations of SpiceJet, DGCA’s chief Arun Kumar stressed that there is no need to panic as none of the events that have been reported/discussed had the potential to cause havoc. Nancy Pelosi confirms trip to Asia, but no mention of Taiwan The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said in a statement she is leading a congressional delegation to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan to discuss trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, security, and “democratic governance.” Bin Laden family donated ₹9.6 crore to Prince Charles charity: report Although there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by the Saudi family members, the revelation increases scrutiny on the 73-year-old prince’s charity organisations, which have been rocked by allegations of criminal wrong doing.