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21:36 Uddhav's brother Jaidev shares stage with Shinde
Jaidev Thackeray, the elder brother of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, on Wednesday evening shared the stage with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at the rebel faction's Dussehra rally at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai.
Jaidev Thackeray's estranged wife Smita was also present at the MMRDA ground in BKC, the rally site in suburban Mumbai, along with Nihar, the son of late Bindumadhav Thackeray, Uddhav Thackeray's eldest brother.
Champa Singh Thapa, a trusted aide of the late Bal Thackeray who served the Shiv Sena founder for 27 years, was also present at the event.
Talking to reporters, Smita Thackeray said she was invited to the rally by Shinde, who heads the rebel faction of the Shiv Sena.
Jaidev Thackeray, son of Bal Thackeray, said to share an uneasy relationship with his younger brother Uddhav Thackeray.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led faction has organised its own Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park in central Mumbai.
Both Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray claim their faction is the 'real' Shiv Sena.
Shinde's rebellion against Uddhav Thackeray's leadership had led to the collapse to the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in June. -- PTI
IMAGE: Balasaheb Thackeray's son Jaidev Thackeray comes to show his support and shares the stage with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde during Dussehra rally at BKC ground in Mumbai on Wednesday. Photograph: ANI Photo
20:39 Prez skips Dussehra celebrations at Red Fort
President Droupadi Murmu skipped the Dussehra celebrations held at the Red Fort ground today due to 'unforeseen circumstances', said the president of the Luv Kush Ramlila Committee.
Telugu actor Prabhas and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal attended the Dusherra celebrations.
"Yesterday, we received a letter stating that President Droupadi Murmu cannot attend the function due to unforeseen circumstances. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and actor Prabhas will attend Dusherra celebrations today", said Arjun Kumar, president, Luv Kush Ramlila Committee.
Effigies of Raavan, Kumbh Karan, and Meghnaad have been installed in Delhi's Red Fort ground.
However, President Murmu tweeted and sent her Dussehra wishes to the countrymen.
"Hearty congratulations to all the countrymen on the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami. This festival of Dussehra signifies the victory of morality over immorality, truth over untruth and good shadow over evil. I wish that this festival brings happiness, peace and prosperity in the lives of all the countrymen," she tweeted.
After two years of low-key celebrations due to Covid-19, Delhi's famous Luv Kush Ramlila committee is ready again to celebrate Dussehra with all the customary pomp and glory this year.
Sharing details, Kumar said that, unlike in previous years, nine effigies have been raised for the grand finale.
He said the committee wanted darkness and negativity to lose and more and more people to know about Indian culture, especially children.
The committee has also kept environmental issues in mind while planning the event.
"We have also thought of the environment. We don't want the air, in which every citizen of Delhi lives, to become polluted. So, this time there will be crackers used. All the effigies will be made of grass and paper only. We will instead use the cracker sounds of previous functions to give the audience the experience of crackers," said Kumar.
Kumar said the Ram Lila organised by his committee had also drawn a huge response.
"Many big names took part in this year's Ram Leela. But some major names were Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Chaubey, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Delhi Minister Vijender Gupta," said Kumar. -- ANI
18:43 No terror link found to murder of DG Lohia
Additional Director General of Police Mukesh Singh on Wednesday said that no terror angle has emerged during the investigation in the murder case of Director General (DG) of Prisons H K Lohia.
Lohia was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a house in the Udaywala area of Jammu on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday and the police had arrested the suspected accused Yasir Ahmed for his killing.
Ahmed was the househelp of DG prisons who had been working at Lohia's house for nearly six months and he was reported to be 'quite aggressive' and 'under depression' as per some documentary evidence that was seized by the police reflecting his mental state.
"In the initial investigation into the incident of Lohia's death, it has come to fore that one domestic helper Yasir Ahmed, resident of Ramban is the main accused," ADGP Mukesh Singh informed on Tuesday, adding that the CCTV footage collected from the incident spot showed him running after committing the crime.
"The interrogation with the accused is still underway, his disclosures in the matter are being corroborated with the field investigation," Singh said, adding that accused Ahmed has confessed to his crime.
J-K DGP Dilbag Singh said on Tuesday that Lohia had been staying at his friend's place for the past few days when Ahmed attacked him in the room (on the pretext of helping with some ailment) when the two were together.
DGP Dilbag Singh said that the accused latched the door from inside and attacked Lohia several times with a sharp weapon, and also tried to suffocate him.
The accused was apprehended by the Jammu and Kashmir Police following a major manhunt launched throughout the night. -- ANI
IMAGE: Family members pay tribute to Jammu and Kashmir Director General (Prisons) Hemant K Lohia, who was found murdered late on Monday, at District Police Line in Jammu, on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. Photograph: PTI Photo
18:36 Not disgruntled, will prepare to fight 2024 poll from Parli: Pankaja Munde
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pankaja Munde on Wednesday said she was not disgruntled over not getting any post, and would start preparations for contesting the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections from Parli.
Munde, daughter of BJP stalwart late Gopinath Munde, was speaking at her customary Dussehra rally at Sawargaon Ghat in Beed district.
"Struggle is part of everyone's life. Even Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj had to struggle. Late Gopinath Munde had to struggle throughout his entire political career. He got into government for only four and a half years," she said.
She was carrying forward the legacy of Jan Sangh ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya, Pankaja further said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda had seen the crowds at her earlier Dussehra rallies and asked her to work for these people, she said.
"People think their leader should get something and there is nothing wrong with that. I am not holding any post since 2019 Assembly polls but I am not disgruntled," the former state minister said.
She, however, made it clear that she wanted to contest again from Parli, where her estranged cousin and Nationalist Congress Party leader Dhananjay Munde had defeated her last time.
"But the party organisation is above any person. I am not disgruntled with anyone. I shall start preparations for 2024 polls if the party gave me a ticket," she said.
She changed herself as much as she could, and now it was the turn of those who wanted her to change, she said.
Munde was a cabinet minister in the Devendra Fadnavis-led government in the state between 2014 and 2019.
But she did not make it to the cabinet when the BJP came to power again this June in alliance with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction. -- PTI
17:46 Amit Shah pauses speech during azaan
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday briefly stopped his speech during a rally in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir as 'azaan' or Muslim call to prayer was going on from a nearby mosque.
Five minutes into his about half-an-hour speech at Showkat Ali stadium in this North Kashmir district, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader paused and asked those on the stage 'if something was going on at a mosque'?
When someone on the stage told him that 'azaan' was going on, Shah stopped his speech, attracting a huge round of applause and chanting of slogans in his favour from the gathering.
After a brief moment, he said the call for prayer has now stopped and asked if he would continue his speech.
"Should I start or not? Say it loudly, should I start," he asked and then went on with his speech.
Earlier, soon after his arrival, Shah started his speech much to the delight of the people who had been waiting for hours since early morning.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitender Singh, who were also present on the stage, did not address the gathering. -- PTI
17:08 Sonia offers Dussehra prayers at Karnataka temple
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday offered Dussehra prayers at the Bheemanakolli temple in Begur village of HD Kote Assembly segment in Karnataka.
She prayed to the presiding deity at the old temple in the village near Nagrahole forest reserve in the morning.
The Congress leader was accompanied by village panchayat members and local MLA Anil Kumar C Gandhi is in Mysuru to take part in the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra and will walk with the other yatris in Mandya district, from where it will commence on Thursday after a two-day break for Dussehra. -- PTI
IMAGE: Congress president Sonia Gandhi offers prayers at the Bheemanakolli Temple on the occasion of Dussehra, in Mysuru district, Wednesday, October 5, 2022. Photograph: PTI Photo
16:57 Caller threatens Ambani family members; probe on
An unidentified person called up Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital in south Mumbai on Wednesday and threatened to blow it up, a police official said.
"The caller also issued threats in the name of some members of Ambani family," he said.
The person called up the hospital's landline number at 12.57 pm from an unknown number, the official said.
An FIR has been registered at D B Marg police station against the unidentified person and an investigation is on into the matter, he added.
In August this year, a jeweller was arrested after he allegedly calling up the hospital and threatened to kill industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his family members.
In February 2021, a sports utility vehicle (SUV) laden with explosives was found near Ambani's south Mumbai residence 'Antilia'.
Later, some people, including the then-police officer Sachin Waze, were arrested in connection with the incident. -- PTI
16:19 3 get Chemistry Nobel for attaching molecules
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 to Carolyn R Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K Barry Sharpless.
Bertozzi from Stanford University, US; Meldal from University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Sharpless from Scripps Research, US have been awarded 'for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry'.
'The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry,' the official Twitter feed of the Nobel Prize said in a tweet.
'Barry Sharpless has just become the fifth individual to be awarded two Nobel Prizes. He follows in the footsteps of double #NobelPrize laureates John Bardeen, Marie Sklodowska Curie, Linus Pauling and Frederick Sanger. Sharpless was awarded the chemistry prize in 2001 and 2022,' The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 is about making difficult processes easier.
Barry Sharpless and Morten Meldal have laid the foundation for a functional form of chemistry -- click chemistry -- in which molecular building blocks snap together quickly and efficiently.
Carolyn Bertozzi has taken click chemistry to a new dimension and started utilising it in living organisms.
Chemists have long been driven by the desire to build increasingly complicated molecules.
In pharmaceutical research, this has often involved artificially recreating natural molecules with medicinal properties.
This has led to many admirable molecular constructions, but these are generally time consuming and very expensive to produce.
"This year's Prize in Chemistry deals with not overcomplicating matters, instead working with what is easy and simple. Functional molecules can be built even by taking a straightforward route," says Johan Aqvist, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. -- ANI
14:48 Mulayam remains critical, on life-saving drugs
Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav continues to be in the Intensive Care Unit of Medanta hospital in Gurugram and his condition remains critical, the hospital said.
He is being administered life-saving drugs, it added.
'Mulayam Singh ji is still critical and on life saving drugs, he is being treated in the ICU Medanta hospital, Gurugram, by a comprehensive team of specialists,' the hospital said in a health bulletin tweeted by the Samajwadi Party's (SP) official handle.
Yadav, 82, was admitted to the hospital on Sunday.
The SP patron has been under treatment at Medanta since August 22.
He had also been admitted to the facility in July, sources said. -- PTI
14:26 Record-setter mountaineer killed in avalanche
Ace mountaineer Savita Kanswal, who had set a national record by climbing Mount Everest and Mount Makalu within a span of 15 days, was among those killed in the avalanche at Draupadi ka Danda-II in Uttarkashi district.
Principal of the Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) Col Amit Bisht confirmed her death on Wednesday.
Her body is among the four bodies retrieved so far.
A 41-member team of mountaineers was returning after climbing the peak when they were hit by the avalanche on Tuesday.
Kanswal worked as an instructor at NIM and had accompanied the team of trainee climbers to Draupadi Ka Danda-II.
As the news of her demise broke, there was an outpouring of grief in her Lonthru village in the district.
Kanswal had set a national record by climbing Mount Everest and Mount Makalu within a span of 15 days earlier this year.
She had quickly carved a niche for herself in the world of mountaineering despite being relatively new to the field, Col Bisht said.
Kanswal had done her basic, advance, search and rescue and mountaineering instructor's courses from the NIM in 2013 and had been working as an instructor at the institute since 2018.
Col Bisht said Kanswal was one of the best instructors at the institute. Born to Radheshyam Kanswal and Kamleshwari Devi, she was the youngest of four sisters.
Kanswal, who had humble origins, was ambitious and had the courage and resolve to fulfil her dreams, Col Bisht added. -- PTI
13:48 TRS renamed as Bharat Rashtra Samiti
Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has been renamed as 'Bharat Rashtra Samiti' (BRS).
The decision to rechristen TRS to BRS has been taken in the General body meeting.
A resolution has been passed by TRS General Body.
Party workers celebrate the decision. -- ANI
13:41 Won't allow screening of Adipurush: VHP
The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Wednesday raised objections to the portrayal of Lord Ram, Lakshman and Ravana in the teaser of Adipurush, claiming that it 'ridiculed Hindu society'.
The organisation also warned that the film would not be allowed to be screened in theatres.
Ajay Sharma, Prachar Pramukh of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) Sambhal unit, told reporters here that the way in which Lord Ram, Ravana and Lakshman had been portrayed in Adipurush was a mockery of Hinduism.
"The values of Hindu society have been ridiculed. Hindu society will not tolerate this," he said.
Adipurush, a big budget adaptation of the Ramayana, is fronted by Baahubali star Prabhas, who features as Lord Ram.
It is scheduled to release next year. Sharma said the way Ravana had been depicted was not in line with the Ramayana and related religious scriptures.
"The VHP will not allow this film to be screened in theatres," he added.
Expressing his displeasure at the Central Board of Film Certification, the VHP leader said the board was working in an arbitrary and irresponsible manner.
"If the board is not able to perform its duties, then the government should dissolve it," he said.
A 1.46-minute teaser of the film, directed by Om Raut, was launched on Sunday in Ayodhya. And the blowback was immediate with hashtags like #BoycottAdipurush and #BanAdipurush gaining speed.
The multilingual period saga sees Saif Ali Khan play the role of a 10-headed demon king called Lankesh.
With a beard, fierce eyes and a buzz cut, this Lankesh seems barbarism personified and many called out the filmmakers for the apparent Islamisation of Ravana.
The portrayal of Hanuman, with a beard, without a moustache and dressed in leather, also attracted criticism.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said the film attacked the sentiments of Hindus, while Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra warned that legal action would be taken if scenes showing Hindu religious figures in the 'wrong' way were not removed. -- PTI
13:32 Search ops resume to trace mountaineers in avalanche-hit Uttarakhand peak
Six mountaineers with minor injuries were brought to a helipad on Wednesday from Draupadi Ka Danda peak in Uttarkashi district as search operations resumed to trace climbers missing after a massive avalanche hit the area at a height of 17,000 feet.
A 41-member team of mountaineers was returning after climbing the peak when they were hit by the avalanche on Tuesday.
Twenty-eight trainees from the Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) were part of the team.
The list of trainees issued by the Uttarakhand Police includes those from West Bengal, Delhi, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Assam, Haryana, Gujarat, Hmachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
An official here said the six mountaineers were brought to the Matli helipad and have 'normal' injuries. They are being given first aid, the official said.
Search and rescue operations resumed on Wednesday with four ITBP jawans dispatched in Cheetah and ALH helicopters to Dokrani Glacier in search of the missing mountaineers.
According to NIM Principal Colonel Amit Bisht, 10 bodies were spotted on Tuesday out of which four were recovered.
Rescue operations had to be halted due to darkness and inclement weather on Tuesday.
The avalanche struck at about 8.45 am on Tuesday when the team of trainee mountaineers and instructors from NIM was returning after summitting, Colonel Bisht had said.
The team members got stuck in crevasses following the avalanche, he had said. -- PTI
12:27 Amit Shah reviews security situation in J-K
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation in the Union territory, officials said.
They said Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Director IB, DGs of various central armed police forces, police and army officials were present in the meeting.
Shah is scheduled to address a public rally at Showkat Ali Stadium in Baramulla district before returning to Srinagar.
He will lay foundation stone for several development projects and also inaugurate some projects which have been completed. -- PTI
12:08
Buses carrying supporters of Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) arrive at the MMRDA ground in Mumbai for the Dussehra rally. -- ANI
12:04
Supporters of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) started arriving at Shivaji Park in Mumbai for the Dussehra rally. -- ANI
11:25 Mehbooba Mufti says she is under house arrest
People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday claimed that she has been placed under house arrest to prevent her from visiting north Kashmir's Pattan town.
'While HM (Home Minister) is going around Kashmir beating drums of normalcy, I am under house arrest for simply wanting to visit Pattan for a worker's wedding,' she tweeted.
'If an ex CM's fundamental rights can be suspended so easily, one can't even imagine the plight of a commoner,' she added.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to address a public rally in Baramulla town later today. -- PTI
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11:14 Fire in Agra private hospital; owner, 2 kids killed
A hospital owner and his two teenaged children were killed after a fire broke out in a private hospital in Agra due to a short circuit early Wednesday, the police said.
While the patients were safely moved out of the hospital, the owner, who stayed along with his family on the first floor of the building, was trapped inside.
Superintendent of police, City Vikas Kumar said, the blaze erupted around 5:30 am on the first floor of the building in Naripura locality.
"The owner of the private hospital and his family resided on the first floor, while the hospital operated from the ground floor. Three people were killed in the incident, while two are being treated at the hospital and are out of danger," Kumar said.
Chief medical officer of Agra, Arun Shrivastava said three people were killed during the course of treatment in hospital.
They include the owner of the hospital Rajan (45), his daughter Shalu (17)and his son Rishi (14), the CMO said. -- PTI
10:50 Technical snag affects service on Delhi Metro's Blue line
Services have been affected on the Delhi Metro's Blue line on Wednesday due to a technical snag, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation officials said.
"Blue Line Update: Delay in services from Dwarka Sector 21 to Noida Electronic City/Vaishali. Normal service on all other lines," the DMRC tweeted around 7.15 am to alert commuters.
The metro services on the line have been affected due to a technical glitch, sources at DMRC said.
The line connects Dwarka Sector 21 in Delhi with Noida Electronic City, and also branches off to Vaishali from Yamuna Bank station. -- PTI
10:38 Bhagwat seeks new population policy for all
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said India should have a population policy prepared after comprehensive thought and be applicable to all communities equally.
Speaking at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Dussehra rally in Nagpur, Bhagwat said community-based population imbalance is an important subject and should not be ignored.
Population imbalances lead to changes in geographical boundaries, he said.
The new population policy should be applicable to all communities equally to strike a balance, he said.
There has to be a balance among the communities in this country, he added.
Pointing out at China's One family one child policy, Bhagwat said, "While we are trying to control the population, we should see what happened in China. That country went for the one child policy and now it is getting older. With 57 crore youth population in India, we will remain a young nation for next 30 years," Bhagwat said.
"However, what will happen to India after 50 years? Will we have enough food to feed the population," he added.
Bhagwat also stressed on people starting their own businesses and not relying solely on government jobs.
"All government jobs put together, only 30 per cent population will be covered. Rest of the population will have to start their own businesses to create more employment," he said. -- PTI
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09:41 Markets closed for Dussehra holiday
Equity, forex, bullion and commodity markets will remain closed on Wednesday on account of the Dussehra festival. -- PTI
09:28 Modi greets people on Dussehra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted people on Vijayadashami, also known as Dussehra, and said the festival is symbolic of victory.
In a tweet, he wished courage, restraint and positive energy to everyone on this auspicious occasion.
The prime minister will be inaugurating the AIIMS in Bilaspur and also attend Kullu Dussehra celebrations in Himachal Pradesh. -- PTI
09:06 5 killed as car rams into Mumbai sea link crash site
At least five people have been reported dead after a speeding car rammed into an accident site on the Bandra-Worli sea link in Mumbai in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
Earlier according to reports, over 10 people sustained injuries in the incident when an ambulance and a car and some other vehicles were parked on the side of the road, preparing to take victims of an earlier accident to a hospital.
A car being driven at a high speed came and crashed into the ambulance and three more vehicles as well as the car that was involved in the previous crash.
The police rushed to the spot after receiving information and relief and rescue operations are underway.
The police rushed the injured to the hospital with the help of local people,
The condition of many is very critical.
The road from Bandra to Worli has been closed.
Further details are awaited. -- ANI
08:51 3 Jaish terrorists among 4 ultras killed in J-K
Four militants were killed in two separate encounters with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Wednesday, the police said.
Three Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed in the Drach area of Shopian, while a Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist was killed in the Moolu area of the south Kashmir district, the police said.
"Three local #terrorists linked with proscribed #terror outfit JeM killed in #encounter at Drach #Shopian," additional director general of police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said on Twitter.
He said a local terrorist of the proscribed outfit LeT was killed in an encounter in Moolu.
In the Drach operation, two of the three killed terrorists were identified as Hanan Bin Yaqoob and Jamshed, Kumar said.
They were involved in the killing of Special Police Officer Javed Dar on October 2 at Pinglana in Pulwama and a migrant labourer from West Bengal on September 24 in the district, he said. -- PTI
08:17 Biden plans to celebrate Diwali at White House
US President Joe Biden has plans to celebrate Diwali at the White House this year, his spokesperson said.
Details and nature of preparations have not been revealed yet.
"Yes, he has plans to celebrate Diwali just like he did last year," White House press secretary Karen Jean-Pierre told reporters at her daily news conference in Washington, DC.
"We don't have a date to share with you at this time but it is an event that he thinks is very important as he sees a partnership with India as well as Indian Americans in this country," Jean-Pierre said in response to a question.
Meanwhile, Maryland Governor Lawrence Hogan has declared October as Hindu heritage month.
Beginning with the Bush administration, Diwali is being celebrated at the White House every year. -- PTI
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01:09 Two families fight over Navratri festival feast in Indore, 2 hurt
Two families were engaged in a scuffle over organising a bhandara or public feast to mark the conclusion of the Navratri festival at a temple near the Indore airport, the police said on Tuesday.
A case was registered at the Aerodrome police station after one of the families lodged a complaint.
"Vikram Raikwar (30) and his younger brother Shubham, both residents of Aradhna Nagar, were planning the feast on the temple premises. However, Balkishan Verma, Mohan Verma and Atul, all residents of nearby Amrakunj Colony, arrived at the spot and raised an objection," the police officer Sanjay Shukla said.
As per the complaint lodged by Vikram Raikwar, all three accused were in an inebriated condition and attacked him and Atul.
A case was registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. -- PTI
00:56 Elon Musk offers to proceed with Twitter buyout deal: Report
In a surprise turn of events in the Twitter buyout saga, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reportedly offered to proceed with his $44 billion purchase of the microblogging website.
Musk is proposing to continue with $54.20 per share to buy Twitter, Reuters news agency reported citing Bloomberg News.
After the news broke, Twitter's share price increased to 12.7 per cent before trading was stopped for the second time.
On the contrary, Tesla's shares dropped by about 3 per cent.
The Reuters report said the Tesla chief made the proposal in a letter to Twitter.
Musk has been locked in a bitter legal battle with Twitter since announcing in July this year that he was pulling the plug on his $44 billion purchase of the company following a complex, and months-long courtship.
Musk had cancelled the deal, claiming that he was misled by Twitter concerning the number of bot accounts on its platform.
These allegations were forthrightly rejected by the company.
The latest report on the Twitter buyout deal comes ahead of the Delaware Court hearing on October 17, where the two sides are expected to clash over the multi-billion dollar buyout deal.
"This is a clear sign that Musk recognized heading into Delaware Court that the chances of winning vs. Twitter board was highly unlikely and this $44 billion deal was going to be completed one way or another," Reuters quoted Wedbush analyst Dan Ives as saying.
Earlier, Twitter had sought an order directing Tesla CEO to complete deal at $54.20 per share. -- ANI
Salman Rushdie
00:22 Rushdie among bookie favourites in UK to win Nobel
Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of Booker Prize-winning Midnight's Children, who is recovering after being stabbed in New York in August, is tipped among the bookmakers' as the favourites in the UK to win this year's Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday.
The Guardian' newspaper analysed the betting odds to find that the lowest odds for Rushdie winning were 13/2 on Tuesday afternoon.
If the 75-year-old celebrated British American novelist wins, he will become the first Indian-born writer to win the prestigious honour since Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel for Gitanjali' in 1913.
The prize worth 10-million Swedish krona, conferred by the Nobel committee on the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction, is to be announced on Thursday.
Rushdie's prolific body of literary works includes the controversial The Satanic Verses', which led to a fatwa from the former supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini.
The attack on New York-based Rushdie on August 12 came 33 years after the religious edict calling on Muslims to assassinate the author over the allegedly blasphemous novel.
Hadi Matar, 24, has been charged with one count of second-degree attempted murder and one count of second-degree assault and has pleaded not guilty to both charges. -- PTI
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