00:00 Welcome to National Headlines
00:20 Let's start with the Times of India
00:22 EED makes first arrests in Covid hospital scam, Raoud aid and doctor held
00:31 The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested businessman Sujit Patkar, a close friend of
00:37 UBT Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raud, and Dr Kishore Bisure in a money laundering case linked to
00:43 BMC's Covid field hospital scam.
00:46 These are the first arrests in connection with the scam.
00:50 Next let's move to Indian Express.
00:53 No question of UCC modalities at this stage, Union Law Minister.
00:59 With over four years having passed since the 21st Law Commission issued a consultation
01:04 paper on reform of family law, the government Thursday said views were being sought afresh
01:09 on the Uniform Civil Code by the 22nd Law Commission given its relevance and importance.
01:16 Next let's move to the Hindu.
01:18 Sonia Gandhi urges PM to discuss Manipur situation in Parliament.
01:23 Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra
01:29 Modi to have a discussion on Manipur in the House, the party's leader in the Lok Sabha,
01:35 Adhiranjan Choudhury, said on Thursday.
01:38 Gandhi put across her demand during a brief conversation she had with Mr Modi just before
01:44 the House proceedings started.
01:46 Sources claimed that the Prime Minister had spoken to Gandhi to inquire about her well-being
01:51 after Tuesday's incident when a plane she was on developed a technical snag and made
01:56 an emergency landing.
01:59 Next let's move to economic times.
02:02 Protest against trials exemption to Vinesh, Bajrang reaches IOA doors.
02:08 Several junior wrestlers and their families, demanding fair Asian Games trials, carried
02:13 their protests to the doors of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Thursday and vowed not
02:19 to leave till the exemption given to Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Fogart is withdrawn.
02:24 The inexplicable delay by the IOA ad hoc panel in announcing the selection criteria and the
02:30 subsequent exemption granted to Bajrang and Vinesh had infuriated the wrestling fraternity
02:35 which termed the decision as unfair.
02:39 Members from training centres in Rohtak, Narela, Hisar and Delhi, along many senior
02:44 citizens including women, gathered at the Olympic Bhavan and urged IOA Secretary General
02:50 Kalyan Chaubey to ensure fair trial.
02:54 The IOA official after a round of meeting with his colleagues met the protesters and
02:58 assured them support.
03:01 Next let's move to the telegraph.
03:03 Heavy rains continue in Goa, low-lying areas face flood-like situation, IMD issues orange
03:10 alert.
03:11 "Goa continued to receive heavy rainfall on Friday with several of its low-lying areas
03:16 facing flood-like situation and the weather department issuing an orange alert till 24th
03:22 July," officials said on Friday.
03:25 The control rooms of both districts North Goa and South Goa are working round the clock
03:30 to monitor the situation, a senior state administration official said.
03:36 Finally let's move to the Hindustan Times.
03:40 Delhi Court Grants Bail to XWFI Chief A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to
03:46 former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and official Vinod Tomar in the alleged sexual
03:51 harassment case filed by six women wrestlers, after the Delhi police submitted that it neither
03:57 opposed nor supported their application.
04:00 Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal granted the bail while
04:05 also imposing the conditions that they would not travel out of the country without prior
04:10 permission from the court.
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