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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has alerted the Mumbai Police and shared information about a "dangerous man" who is said to have been trained in Pakistan, China and Hong Kong, according to sources.

Delhi Police on Monday released all the 36 AAP leaders who were detained while protesting against the arrest of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the CBI in the liquor policy case.

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed pleas challenging the Centre's Agnipath scheme, saying that it was introduced in national interest and to make sure that the armed forces are well equipped.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday said that they arrested Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for alleged irregularities in framing and implementation of the excise policy as he gave "evasive replies" and "did not co-operate in the investigation".

Sisodia, who reached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters at Lodhi Road in south Delhi at around 11.10 a.m. after visiting the Rajghat for prayers, was questioned for over eight hours before being arrested.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief Arun Kumar has described the Air India urination incident as "unfortunate", and said that there were efforts to cover it up which was not needed.

The Central government has told the Supreme Court that the PIL challenging the extension of tenure of Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) Sanjay Kumar Mishra has been filed with the intention of protecting Congress leaders who are facing money laundering charges.

The Delhi Police on Sunday detained around 50 AAP leaders, including Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and MLAs Saurabh Bharadwaj and Gopal Rai, who were staging a protest near the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Headquarters here.

The police identified the accused as Rajesh, and said that he first brutally stabbed his wife, and then killed his two sons, aged five years and the second was four months old. He then slit his wrist in a bid to commit suicide.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday began questioning Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy scam, and was confronting him with evidence.

"No one was hurt in the incident. The fire was brought under control by 11 a.m. The cause of fire is yet to be known. A short circuit might have caused it," said a fire official.

Amid speculation of getting arrested by the CBI in the alleged excise policy scam, Delhi deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday said that he does not care if he has to stay in jail for a few months.

Ahead of the questioning of Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy scam by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday alleged that its leaders were being put under 'house arrest'.

The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested two radicalised youths, who were planning to cross the border and get weapons training in Pakistan, an officer said on Saturday.

"Control oil and you control nations", former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once said. Today, it could be argued that to control lithium - white oil as it were - is to control nations, Marina Yue Zhang wrote for the Lowy Institute.

"A lot has changed since I visited India last time. India is indeed developing. I and PM Modi have similar ideas. We have been cooperative; we have been discussing matters. I am pleased that India has the presidency of G20 this year," he added.

Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud on Saturday said incidents of suicides of students from marginalised communities are becoming common and research shows that most such students are from Dalit and Adivasi communities.

Saturday's development comes after the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the PWD to carry out work to make a pedestrian pathway at "Jheel ka Piao" on Mathura Road, ITO, even if it called for demolishing a portion of the temple and the mosque.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in India on Saturday on a two-day visit during which he is scheduled to discuss a range of bilateral and geo-political issues including new technologies, clean energy and trade and investment.

In the afternoon, Shah will attend the Kisan Mazdoor function, organised on the occasion of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Jayanti, in Patna, and will hold a meeting with Bihar BJP leaders in the late evening.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the 41st edition of PRAGATI and reviewed nine key infrastructure projects spread across 13 states having cumulative worth of over Rs 41,500 crore.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Election Commission decision recognising the Eknath Shinde faction as the official Shiv Sena and granted it the party name and symbol but agreed to entertain a plea by Uddhav Thackeray challenging it.

The Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) was held in Beijing on Wednesday where both sides discussed the proposal of disengagement in the remaining border areas.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Election Commission decision recognising the Eknath Shinde faction as the official Shiv Sena and granted it the party name and symbol but agreed to entertain a plea by Uddhav Thackeray challenging it.

When 28-year-old Shelly Oberoi joined Aap Aadmi Party (AAP) as an activist in 2013, little did she know that one day she would be heading the Municipal Corporation of Delhi as the Mayor.