LIVE: IAF fighter jet crashes in Rajasthan’s Barmer, both pilots dead

Defence minister Rajnath Singh spoke to IAF chief and inquired about the MiG-21 crash in Barmer, Rajasthan. He has been apprised of the matter by the Air Chief, said reports.

A fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force crashed in the Baytoo area of Rajasthan’s Barmer district. Local collector Lok Bandu said both the pilots have died in the crash.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the FIDE 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai in the presence of Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, five-times chess champion Viswanathan Anand and several others at a dazzling ceremony at the sprawling Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium.

Five dead, 25 injured in Russian strikes on central Ukraine, reports AFP citing the governor.

After being sacked as a minister in the Bengal cabinet, Partha Chatterjee suspended from the Trinamool Congress. He was also removed from all party posts. Read here

Dhanbad Additional Session Judge Uttam Anand death case | Special CBI court Dhanbad convicts both accused Rahul Kumar Verma and Lakhan Kumar Verma under sections 302, 201 and 34 IPC. Hearing on quantum of sentence will be on August 6.

I have removed Partha Chatterjee as a minister. My party takes strict action. There are many planning going on behind it, but I don't want to go into details, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Partha Chatterjee, accused in the West Bengal SSC recruitment scam, relieved of his duties as Minister in Charge of his Departments with effect from July 28. An order was issued by the state government in this regard.

National Commission for Women (NCW) sends a notice to Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to appear before it in person and to tender a written explanation for his "Rashtrapatni" remarks. The hearing is scheduled for August 3 at 11:30am.

A call from an unknown caller regarding a bomb threat received at Ranchi airport. A thorough security check was done and nothing suspicious found. The call is declared a hoax: KL Agarwal, director, Ranchi airport

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates and lays the foundation stone of multiple projects of Sabar Dairy at Gadhoda Chowki, Sabarkantha, to boost the rural economy, support local farmers and milk producers.

In every way, Congress party has been attempting to undermine a tribal. self-made, successful leader. We, from the BJP demand, the Congress party to apologise to the nation: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Cong MP Adhir Chowdhury's 'Rashtrapatni' remark

Heavy rainfall in Shimla, 'orange alert' issued for heavy rains till tomorrow.

Three more Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for the week - AAP's Sushil Gupta and Sandeep Pathak, and independent Ajit Bhuyan.

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi calls an urgent meeting of senior party leaders in the CPP office; party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also called.

BJP MPs protesting against Congress party at Parliament House.

Supreme Court agrees to hear pleas against Mumbai's Aarey forest tree felling tomorrow.

India continues upward trend with 20,557 new cases; 44 deaths in 24 hours.

Amarnath Yatra suspended again due to bad weather, heavy rains.

Online streaming platform Netflix suffered a brief outage across all devices, the company officials told Reuters. Read more

₹28 crore cash, 5 kg gold found at Arpita Mukherjee's house after ED's 18-hour raid.

Iraqi protesters penetrate capital's high-security Green Zone, reports AFP News Agency citing security source.

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai in a late-night address to the media on Wednesday said that the culprits involved in the killing of state BJP Yuva morcha worker Praveen Nettaru will be nabbed soon. Read more

Europe and the Americas have been affected the most by the monkeypox outbreak, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.