Breaking highlights: Delhi sees 2,136 new Covid-19 cases, 10 more deaths; positivity rate touches 15

Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. Read More

Actor Ranveer Singh has been called for questioning by the Mumbai Police in connection with the case filed against him over his nude photoshoot. Read More

Three people including a man and his son died after inhaling toxic gases in a well on his farm in Sagar district on Thursday, said police. Read More

Bihar's newly sworn-in deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and some other Opposition leaders in the national capital on Friday and reportedly discussed prevailing political situation in the country and the recent developments in his state. Read More

Retail inflation softens to 6.71 per cent in July from 7.01 per cent in June, says Government data.

A Go First flight, carrying 92 passengers, from Bengaluru to Malé (Maldives) had an emergency landing today at 12pm at Coimbatore airport after the engine overheat warning bell rang, an hour after the takeoff. All passengers safely disembarked, says Go First spokesperson in statement.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday claimed Bihar’s law and order situation has deteriorated within two days of the return of what it called Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)’s “jungle raj”. Read More

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday the decision to leave the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was taken keeping in mind “people's wish”, while he recalled how nobody benefitted from the saffron party even during elections. Read More

Ex JD(U) leader and diplomat Pavan Varma resigned from Trinamool Congress days after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar returned to the grand alliance.

About 2,000 live cartridges have been recovered in east Delhi days ahead of Independence Day celebrations.

Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation for the year 2022 has been awarded to 151 Police personnel, reported ANI.

Supreme Court gives one-week extension to the demolition date of Supertech twin towers. Instead of August 21, the towers will be demolished on August 28. The Court gave an additional one week buffer till September 4 to take into account any marginal delay due to weather conditions.

Australian economist Sean Turnell who was detained in Myanmar pleaded not guilty in closed court.

India recorded 16,561 fresh infections and 49 related deaths on Thursday, according to health ministry data.

A migrant labourer from Bihar was killed by terrorists on the intervening night of August 11-12, said police. The migrant labourer was identified as Mohd Amrez of Madhepura Bihar.

Union home minister Amit Shah will on Friday inaugurate the National Conference of Rural Cooperative Banks. The one-day long conference has been organised by the ministry of cooperation and the National Federation of State Cooperative Banks. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the international community to force the Russian army to leave the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after multiple strikes hit the plant's compound.

Six people were killed on Thursday evening after a car rammed into an auto rickshaw and motorbike near Dali village of Sojitra tehsil of Anand district of Gujarat, news agency ANI reported early Friday citing the police. According to the police, four people on the auto-rickshaw and two on the bike died on the spot and the car's driver was under treatment at a hospital.