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Will Vijay Mallya be extradited soon? Here s what Centre told SC
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is taking all efforts to extradite fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, accused in bank loan default case of over Rs 9,000 crore involving his defunct Kingfisher Airlines from United Kingdom, but the process is being delayed to some legal issues involved in the matter. A bench of Justices U U Lalit and Ashok Bhushan posted the matter for further hearing on March 15, after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta sought some time to file report on the status of extradition of Mallya.
UK Police Can Question People on Park Benches in Lockdown, Home Secretary Says
The UK Home Secretary today indicated she backed police officers checking cars and quizzing people sitting on park benches under some circumstances as they enforce new lockdown measures in England.
Police forces, including the Met Police, have said they are taking a stricter approach to enforcing the tougher CCP virus curbs as England entered a third national lockdown.
Some people raised concerns over suggestions by Nottinghamshire’s head of police that drivers could be questioned as to whether their passengers were family members.
Quizzed on this during her rounds with the media this morning, Home Secretary Priti Patel did not distance herself from the approach, saying that it was consistent with the approach taken during last year’s spring lockdown.
Thailand seafood market cluster grows to more 1,000 cases
From journalist Angie Puranasamriddhi in Bangkok
A shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, Thailand is closed and surrounded with barbed wire on December 20. Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul/AP
At least 427 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed on Monday from a Covid-19 cluster stemming from a seafood market outside of Bangkok, Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, the spokesperson of the center for Thailand’s Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said Tuesday.
The cluster from the Samut Sakhon province has grown to more than 1,000 in a few days, mostly among migrant workers.
Train travel between Samut Sakhon province and Bangkok has been suspended until January 3. Foreigners are currently prevented from entering or leaving Samut Sakhon.
Over 1,500 lorries are stranded in Kent and the number is set to grow as Tesco warns of fruit and vegetable shortages over Christmas apayne@businessinsider.com (Adam Payne)
More than 1,500 lorries were stranded in Kent, England on Tuesday morning.
The number was far higher than what Boris Johnson claimed on Monday and it is set to get bigger.
Britain s borders are in crisis after France banned all UK travellers including hauliers from entering.
It has quickly led to a pile up of HGVs in Britain, with the UK government providing food and toilet facilities to lorry drivers stuck on England s motorway waiting for the Channel crossing to re-open.