News18 Afternoon Digest: Death Sentence to 15 SDPI-PFI Activists in Ranjith Sreenivasan Murder Case And Other Top Stories

Hello, readers! In today’s afternoon digest, News18 brings to you the latest updates on Ranjith Sreenivasan murder case, Indian Navy’s anti-piracy operation and other stories.

Ranjith Sreenivasan Murder: Kerala Court Awards Death Sentence to 15 SDPI-PFI Activists

The Alappuzha court in Kerala handed over a death sentence to all the 15 PFI activists, who were convicted of murdering of RSS activist Ranjith Sreenivasan. READ MORE

Hemant Soren May Record Statement on Tomorrow, Sec 144 Imposed Around His Ranchi Residence | Updates

Amid claims that Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren is absconding, Section 144 of CrPc has been imposed within a 100-meter radius of Soren’s residence, Raj Bhavan and the Enforcement Directorate office in Ranchi. READ MORE

In 2nd Anti-Piracy Op, Indian Navy’s INS Sumitra Rescues 19 Pakistani Crew Members From Somali Pirates

In yet another daring operation in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Navy’s warship, INS Sumitra, rescued 19 Pakistani crew members onboard an Iran-flagged fishing vessel, Al Naeemi, from armed Somalian pirates. READ MORE

Neel Acharya, Indian Student Studying US’ Indiana, Found Dead One Day after He Was Reported Missing

Neel Acharya, an Indian student studying at Purdue University, who was missing since Sunday was confirmed dead by authorities in the US state of Indiana. READ MORE

Hrithik Roshan Charges Rs 85 Crores For Fighter, Deepika Padukone Gets Paid Rs 20 Crores: Report

Hrithik Roshan has emerged as the highest paid Bollywood actor after the release of Fighter, a new report has claimed. The actor has headlined the Siddharth Anand film which released last week. Hrithik was seen playing a pilot in the Indian Airforce. The film has already surpassed the Rs 100 crore mark at the box office. While the film continues to run in cinemas, a new report has claimed that Hrithik has charged a whopping Rs 85 crores. READ MORE

India vs England, 2nd Test: A Playing XI Headache for the Hosts

Not long after the defeat to England in the Hyderabad Test, there was more bad news in store for the Indian cricket team as KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja were ruled out of the second Test due to quadriceps and hamstring injuries respectively. In absence of Virat Kohli, Rahul did the heavy lifting in the middle-order in the series opener and Jadeja continued with his all-round show as he picked five wickets in the game and scored a crucial 87 in the first innings. READ MORE