Highlights: Security forces cordon off area in J&K where Army truck was attacked

Delhi on Thursday recorded 1,603 fresh Covid-19 cases, a slight decline from the earlier tally of 1,767 cases on Wednesday. Read more

Rashtriya Lok Janta Dal president Upendra Kushwaha meets Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Security forces secure the area where an Army truck was attacked by terrorists in Poonch dist, J&K. 5 personnel of Rashtriya Rifles deployed in this area lost their lives

Army says terrorists may have thrown grenades at the truck which led to the vehicle catching fire.

A juvenile was apprehended for allegedly stabbing a class 8 student of a government co-ed school in the Kalkaji area on 19th April. A case has been registered at PS Kalkaji under the relevant sections of IPC and a search is underway to arrest other associates of the accused, according to Delhi Police

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh governments sign an agreement for the settlement of an inter-state boundary dispute in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

At least five soldiers were killed after an Indian Army vehicle caught fire on Thursday at around 3.15 pm in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, according to the defence spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand. Read more

At least five soldiers were killed after an Indian Army vehicle caught fire on Thursday at around 3.15 pm in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, according to the defence spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indian-army-truck-catches-fire-in-j-k-s-poonch-casualties-feared-101681987185484.html

A special court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad pronounced its verdict on Thursday in the case related to the Naroda Gam massacre of 11 Muslims during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Haridwar will hear the defamation case against Rahul Gandhi on Friday, said counsel of the complainant.

Arun Bhadoria, lawyer for complainant RSS worker Kamal Bhadoria, said the case has been transferred from the court of Judicial magistrate second class to the court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM).

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar is in New York and will be meeting with UN General Secretary on the Sudan crisis, said MEA spokesperson.

Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will visit India this May for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Goa.

Radical Sikh leader Amritpal Singh's wife Kirandeep Kaur has been stopped by the Punjab Police at Shri Guru Ram Dass International Airport as she was trying to board a flight to London, Punjab police sources said. Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Global Buddhist Summit in Delhi said “The world is suffering from war and unrest today, centuries ago Buddha had given a solution for this. India has not given ‘Yuddha’ to the world but ‘Buddha.’ ”

“The path of Buddha is the path of future and sustainability,” Modi further said according to ANI.

A special court here in Gujarat is likely to pronounce its judgment on Thursday in the 2002 Naroda Gam massacre of 11 members of the Muslim community during communal riots in which former BJP MLA Maya Kodnani and ex-Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi are among the accused, ANI reported.

The Surat sessions court on Thursday rejected Rahul Gandhi's appeal seeking a stay and suspension of the lower court order which convicted him in the 2019 defamation case and sentenced him to two years in jail. Read more

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India reported over 12,000 Covid-19 infections on Thursday, an increase of nearly 2,000 compared to yesterday. As many as 12,591 cases were registered, the daily Covid report shared by the government showed. Read more

A body of a 30-year-old man was found in a sack near the road in East Delhi's Kalyanpuri area on Tuesday night, ANI reported. The body was sent for postmortem and further investigation is underway.

Apple CEO Tim Cook will inaugurate the tech giant's retail store, Apple Saket, in New Delhi on Thursday which will be second in the country after the one in Mumbai that was opened two days back. 

At least 78 people were killed in a stampede in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as hundreds gathered in a school to receive $9 per person in aid, Reuters reported on Thursday citing the official media of the Houthi movement and witnesses.

The stampede took place during the distribution of charitable donations by merchants in the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.