Highlights: Delhi reports 1,652 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths; positivity rate drops to 9.92%

A police constable and a Pakistani terrorist were injured during a weapon recovery action in Arnia sector near the International Border at Toph village in Jammu & Kashmir on Wednesday.

BilkisBano’s statement: “Today, I can say only this - how can justice for any woman end like this? I trusted the highest courts in our land. I trusted the system. Give me back my right to live without fear and in peace. Please ensure that my family and I are kept safe.”

Delhi on Wednesday reported 1,652  new Covid-19 cases and eight related fatalities, the positivity rate dropped to 9.92%, according to the health department's latest bulletin.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar meets RJD’s Lalu Prasad Yadav after formation of new government in state, Tejashwi in attendance.

Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 1,800 fresh coronavirus cases, more than half of them from Mumbai and a steep jump from 836 a day ago, while six more patients succumbed to the infection in the state, the health department said.

Hours after the Union home ministry said on Wednesday that Rohingya refugees in New Delhi would be held at a detention centre and then deported, contradicting Hardeep Singh Puri's earlier statement promising flats and security to members of the Muslim minority, the union housing and urban affairs minister tweeted the MHA release underlining the “correct position”.

More than 35,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported to WHO, from 92 countries and territories, with 12 deaths. Almost 7,500 cases were reported last week, a 20% increase over the previous week, which was also 20% more than the week before: WHO DG Dr Tedros Adhanom

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi.

In a major setback to the opposition Congress, which aims at returning to power in Himachal in the upcoming assembly elections, two of its MLAs Pawan Kajal and Lakhwinder Singh Rana joined the BJP on Wednesday.

In view of the rising Covid-19 cases in several parts of the country, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday made it mandatory for passengers to follow protocols and have their masks on inside the aircraft.

A large fire that broke out in a railway arch in Southwark, central London on Wednesday, which prompted the evacuation of several buildings and the suspension of train services to the area, is now under control, Reuters reported.

The Allahabad high court will resume the hearing in the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex case on August 30, news agency ANI reported. 

The Union home ministry (MHA) on Wednesday clarified that the Centre has not given any directions to provide EWS flats to Rohingya illegal migrants at Bakkarwala in New Delhi.

Journalist Rana Ayyub moved Delhi High Court on Wednesday against the attachment of funds by Enforcement Directorate, ANI reported. 

A senior leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday hit out at the Narendra Modi-led central government for its decision to provide accommodation to Rohingya refugees in the national capital. 

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Mortal remains of Lance Naik Chandrashekhar, recovered after 38 years from Siachen glacier brought to his home in Haldwani, Uttarakhand

The jawan had gone missing in an Avalanche on May 29, 1984, during operation Meghdoot.

The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has included former chief ministers BS Yediyurappa, and Sarbananda Sonowal in the party's top decision-making body in a major organizational revamp.

“It has been 75 years of independence. In these 75 years, we achieved a lot, India gained a lot but there's anger, a question among people that several small nations who attained independence after us, surpassed us...Why did India lag behind? Every citizen is asking this,” says Delhi CM.

Kejriwal announces national mission of 'Make India No.1'; free healthcare, education in focus.We have to make India the number 1 nation in the world once again. We have to make India great again. We are beginning a national mission called 'Make India No.1' today. Every citizen of this country, 130 cr people have to be connected to this mission: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

CBI on Wednesday morning grilled arrested Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal's accountant at their temporary camp office as a part of its ongoing investigation into an alleged cattle smuggling scam, a senior officer of the agency told PTI.

A dispute between neighbours over parking of a motorcycle here took a violent turn with both sides attacking each other with bricks and sticks, leaving one person dead and 11 others injured, police told news agency PTI on Wednesday.

The Consumer Prices Index rose 10.1% in July from a year earlier after a 9.4% gain the month before, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday. The reading was higher than expected by both the BOE and private-sector economists.

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AIADMK leadership issue: Madras High Court orders status quo as of June 23, rendering July 11 General Council, which 'expelled' O Panneerselvam and picked K Palaniswami as interim chief, invalid.

The US and other nations in the world may not appreciate India buying Russian oil, but they have accepted it as New Delhi has not been defensive about its stand but made them realise the obligation the government has to its people amidst "unreasonably high" oil and gas prices, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said.