Today’s Top Stories: Ajit Pawar’s Dispute with IPS Officer, Criminal Cases Against Ministers, and More

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is seen in a viral video engaged in a tense conversation with Deputy SP Anjali Krishna. The video reveals Pawar allegedly ordering her to stop illegal sand mining. The incident happened on September 1st when a local person called Pawar and put Anjali Krishna on the line. When she asked him to call her back to confirm his identity, Pawar reacted strongly. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) reported that around 47% of the country’s ministers, 302 out of 643, are facing criminal charges. These include serious offenses like murder and crimes against women. The Telugu Desam Party has the most ministers facing criminal cases. The weather department has issued a heavy rainfall alert for Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, warning of serious weather conditions, floods, and landslides. Additional news items cover the clean chit given to Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah in a land allocation case, the new policy in West Bengal for redeveloping industrial land into housing and real estate, India’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine war at the UN, the US’s imposition of a 15% baseline tariff on Japanese goods, and another earthquake in Afghanistan.