Hong Kong's Apple Daily announces closure by Saturday
The Hindu
Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily will print its final edition 'no later than Saturday', its board confirmed Wednesday, after police froze its accounts and arrested staff usi
Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper will print its final edition 'no later than Saturday', its board confirmed Wednesday, after police froze its accounts and arrested staff using a new national security law. Alos read | "Due to the current circumstances prevailing in Hong Kong, Apple Daily in its print form will come to an end no later than the last edition on Saturday 26 June 2021 and the digital version will no longer be accessible no later than 11:59pm on Saturday 26 June 2021," the paper's board said in a brief statement.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












