Highlights: Mumbai Police grilling barber from Virar in threat message case

India on Saturday supplied a fresh batch of medical supplies to Afghanistan as part of its humanitarian assistance.

Delhi police today busted an Instant Loan application & Extortion racket which uploaded data to servers based in China, Hongkong. Involvement of Chinese nationals has been identified. Money being routed to China through Cryptocurrencies: DCP KPS Malhotra

Mumbai Police grilling barber from Virar in '26/11-like terrorist attack' threat message case.

Sec 144 promulgated in all districts of Assam where state level recruitment for class III & IV posts is to be held on August 21, 28 and September 11: Assam Police

The deep depression has moved North Westwards, now lies on top of Jharkhand. It will weaken gradually. Under its influence, western Odisha districts may see heavy to very heavy rainfall where it still hovers: HR Biswas, Director IMD on deep depression.

Calcutta HC grants interim bail to Jamtara MLA Irfan Ansari along with MLA Khijri, Rajesh Kachhap & MLA from Kolebira, Naman Bixal. The Jharkhand MLAs had been nabbed in Howrah, West Bengal with over 50 lakhs in cash with them in person.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates state BJP office, 'Panch Kamal' in Panchkula in presence of Haryana CM Manohar lal Khattar and state Home Minister, Anil Vij.

Indonesia has confirmed its first monkeypox infection, the health ministry said on Saturday.

TMC's Anubrata Mondal to stay in jail till August 24 in cattle smuggling case, reports PTI.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets the ITBP personnel who were injured in bus accident on 16th August in Pahalgam, J&K, at AIIMS Trauma Center in Delhi.

Anurag Thakur hits back, says Manish Sisodia is accused no. 1 in Delhi liquor 'scam' but Arvind Kejriwal is kingpin.

Fresh flood threat looms over northern Odisha as many parts in the region were pounded by heavy rain on Friday night, following which many rivers might have swollen, a senior official said. The state is already reeling under flood in the Mahanadi river system with around 4 lakh people marooned in 500 villages.

With the number of pending cases nearing the 5-crore mark, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said if a judge disposes of 50 cases, 100 new litigations are filed as people are more aware now and approach courts to settle disputes.

Day after CBI raid, Manish Sisodia defends Delhi excise policy, says 'corruption is not BJP's problem, Arvind Kejriwal is'

Two devotees were killed and seven others injured in a stampede-like situation at the famous Bankey Bihari temple here during Janmashtami celebrations in the early hours of Saturday, officials said.

"Prima facie, the cause of death is suffocation due to a heavy rush during the 'mangala aarti'," District Magistrate Navneet Singh Chahal said.

A top IMF delegation will visit Colombo next week for discussions on finalising a staff-level agreement with the government in the “near term,” the Washington-based lender has said, indicating that a bailout package would require "adequate assurances" from creditors that debt sustainability will be restored.

Sri Lanka is in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis that has led to severe shortages of fuel and other essentials.

Five persons including two babies died in wall collapse and five others injured in various parts of Odisha as the deep depression that crossed Odisha coast on Friday evening brought huge rainfall to almost all the parts.

Just two days after the mysterious weapon-loaded boat recovered from Raigad, the Mumbai police on Saturday received a threat message, warning of a 26/11-like terrorist attack, people familiar with the matter informed.

Himachal Pradesh | Chakki bridge in Kangra district collapsed today, says ADM Kangra, Rohit Rathore. Heavy rainfall is likely in Kangra, Chamba, Bilaspur, Sirmaur, and Mandi districts today.

As many as 153 'Govindas' or Dahi Handi participants were injured while forming human pyramids during Krishna Janmashtami celebrations in Mumbai, while 64 suffered injuries in Thane city, civic officials said on Saturday. In Mumbai, while most of the injured persons were discharged after treatment, 23 others were admitted to hospitals and their condition is stable, they said.
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has asserted that it is preparing a strategy to strengthen itself as an alternative to the BJD and BJP in Odisha. The party said the state workers' conference would be held in the state on Sunday, PTI reported.

India records 13,272 new Covid cases, 2,482 fewer than yesterday; 36 deaths in 24 hours

Mainland China reported 2,354 new coronavirus cases for Aug 19 of which 639 were symptomatic and 1,715 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.

That compared with 2,804 new cases a day earlier - 603 symptomatic and 2,201 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.

A cloudburst occurred in Raipur block in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand in the early hours of Saturday.

The cloudburst was reported by locals at 2.45 am on Saturday in Sarkhet village in Raipur block. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team rushed to the spot after getting information.

"All the people stuck in the village were rescued while some took shelter in a resort nearby," said SDRF.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said the state has the most favourable environment for industries in the entire country.

Dhami participated in the inauguration programme of Gold Plus Glass Factory, Thithola in Roorkee on Friday.