August 19, 2020: Top headlines of the day

Supreme Court orders CBI inquiry into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, furore over Priyanka’s non-Gandhi Congress president remark, heavy rains batter the National Capital Region, and more in today’s news wrap. Do scroll through:

Sushant Singh Rajput death case: SC orders CBI probe

The court, pronouncing its verdict, rejected the plea filed by Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty who had sought the transfer of an FIR lodged against her in Patna for allegedly abetting the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput to Mumbai. Read More

Twitter in a tizzy over CBI probe into Sushant's death

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. Here is how netizens reacted to this development on Twitter. Read More

A timeline of the Sushant Singh Rajput death case

In its August 19, 2020 order for a CBI probe into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the Supreme Court observed that Sushant was a ‘talented’ actor who ‘died well before his full potential could be realised’. Read More

Congress responds to ‘year-old’ Priyanka Gandhi comment on non-Gandhi president

She made this statement in an interview in the book India Tomorrow: Conversations with the Next Generation of Political Leaders, which has been authored by Pradeep Chibber and Harsh Shah. Read More

Coronavirus outbreak: India records over 1,000 deaths in a day

As many as 1,092 fatalities were recorded due to COVID-19 in a single day in India, taking the country's overall death count to 52,889. Read More

Cabinet approves proposal for leasing out Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram airports

Adani Enterprises had won the rights to run six airports -- Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati -- through PPP model after a competitive bidding process in February 2019. Read More

Delhi rains halt traffic, submerge cars as residents share viral images

Rains continued to flood roads well into the afternoon, causing major traffic disruptions during rush hour and also causing damage to property and flooding inside homes. Read More

Is Dream11 a Chinese firm? Know about company, founder, investors, brand ambassadors like MS Dhoni

Dream11 on Tuesday had bagged the title sponsorship right for the IPL 2020 for Rs 222 crore. Read More

SC ruling on Sushant Singh a conspiracy against Mumbai cops: Shiv Sena

The apex court judgement, while observing that the Mumbai Police did not err in the probe in any manner, also said it was wrong to create hurdles in the way of the Bihar Police team investigating the case in Mumbai. Read More

We won't be doing ‘Mankads’ while I'm Delhi Capitals coach - Ricky Ponting to R Ashwin

Ashwin, who has joined DC this season, dismissed Rajasthan Royals' Jos Buttler by running him out at the non-striker's end before delivering the ball - a perfectly legal form of dismissal - while playing for Kings XI Punjab. Read More

Democrats formally nominate Joe Biden as US presidential candidate

Democrats in the United States nominated Joe Biden as their 2020 presidential candidate, designating formally the former vice president and Washington veteran as the party’s pick to take on Republican President and candidate Donald Trump in the elections to be held on 3 November. Read More

Internet Explorer is dead as Microsoft kills off 25-year-old browser

In a blog post, Microsoft explained that the Microsoft Teams web app will no longer support Internet Explorer 11 – the most recent and final iteration of the browser - from November 30, 2020. Read More

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