6.Uttar Pradesh boy found dead after 20-hour rescue operation from borewell
The four-year-old boy, who had fallen into a borewell in the Budhaura village, was brought out dead on Thursday morning. The boy had fallen into the borewell on Wednesday. He was brought out of the borewell, after a 20-hour operation, but the doctors at the spot pronounced him dead. A massive rescue operation had been launched to rescue the boy from the open 30-foot borewell.
7. Visually challenged people attempt world record
As many as 50 visually challenged persons from Chennai on Wednesday attempted the UNICO Book Of World Records by weaving 50 chairs in six hours, ahead of International Day of Disabled Persons on Thursday. UNICO Charitable Trust and Indian Blind Welfare Trust jointly organised the world record.
8. Soldier commits suicide in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district
An army man shot himself with his service rifle on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district. Police sources said soldier Chandra Patil of 62 headquarters shot himself with his service rifle in the Zawoora village of Shopian district. Police said an FIR has been lodged in this incident. Investigations have started to ascertain the reason as to why the soldier took the extreme step.
9. ED officials raid homes of PFI leaders in Kerala
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided the premises of PFI chairman O M Abdul Salam and its national secretary Nasaruddin Elamaram in Kerala as part of a money laundering case probe, official sources said. The searches are being conducted in Malappuram and Thiruvananthapuram districts of the state, they said. The action is being carried out under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
10. Experts caution taxpayers, professionals on fake GST bills
A nationwide crackdown against the use of fake GST bills that led to arrest of over 90 people, including three chartered accountants, sent shockwaves among the errant professionals and taxpayers, prompting tax experts to warn them not to play with the legal provisions as tax authorities now have access to tax data in real-time basis to catch such frauds.
