EV Subsidies News Highlights: Centre cracks down on 4 more EV companies

-- With Mizoram slated to go to polls later this year, the Election Commission (EC) held a meeting with officials in Aizawl on Friday to review the preparedness.

-- Various heads and nodal officers of central agencies were present at the meeting, which was chaired by Deputy Election Commissioner Dharmendra Sharma.

-- Supporters of the Kurmi tribe attacked the convoy of state minister Birbaha Hansda in Jhargram.

-- Stones were pelted on the convoy of the minister after TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee's convoy passed from the area.

-- Further details are awaited.

-- Tokyo Olympics gold medallist and three-time world champion grappler Risako Kawai of Japan has come out in support of the protesting Indian wrestlers in their fight against former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

-- Top Indian grapplers, including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik have been protesting at the iconic Jantar Mantar here demanding the arrest of Brij Bhushan, who has been accused of sexual harassment of seven women athletes, including a minor.

-- "I hope it will be an environment where Indian athletes can practice with peace of mind," Kawai wrote retweeting a BBC News video on the wrestlers' protest. Kawai, who won the 57kg women's freestyle gold in Tokyo, is the first high-profile international wrestler to come out in support of the protesting Indian wrestlers.

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-- After Hero Electric & Okinawa, Government to take action against more electric vehicle (EV) companies

-- Ministry of Heavy Industries to recover subsidies from 4 other companies including Benling, Ampere, and Amo Mobility

-- The EV companies were issued notices to return the wrongly claimed subsidies and explain why they should not be debarred from FAME

Army & Assam Rifles have intensified domination across Manipur. Both teams in Imphal East & Churachandpur prevented firing incidents between the two communities. Armed miscreants fired & ran towards higher reaches. No casualties. Operations underway: Indian Army

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate a day-long conclave on 'Nine years of Seva, Sushasan, Garib Kalyan' (service, good governance and welfare of poor) organised by Doordarshan on Saturday.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur will be the guest of honour at the conference that will feature panel discussions on three themes – India Surging Ahead, Jan, Jan ka Vishwas (peoples’ confidence) and Yuva Shakti: Galvanising India.

Former Delhi minister & AAP leader Satyendar Jain's treatment is underway in ICU after he had a blood clot in his brain due to an injury on his head. His condition is stable as of now; further treatment is underway. Hospital has constituted a medical board of four doctors for his treatment: LNJP Hospital Sources to ANI

-- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has moved the Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for Yasin Malik (chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front) in a terror funding case.

-- A Trial Court had sentenced him to life imprisonment last year.

-- Russia is ready to supply Somalia's army with military equipment in its war against terrorism, Russia's foreign minister said Friday.

-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the offer after talks with his Somali counterpart Abshir Omar Jama in Moscow.

-- Russia's top diplomat said Moscow reaffirmed its readiness to meet the material needs of the Somalian army in its fight against extremists that remain on Somalian territory including al-Shabaab and al-Qaeda.

-- The offer further underscores Russia's growing interest in the African continent upstaging the west in countries facing conflict.

-- In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint the following High Court judges as the chief justices of High Courts:

-- Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala appointed as Chief Justice of Madras High Court

-- Ramesh Deokinandan appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court