Breaking news: Tamil Nadu records 509 new Covid cases, 1 more death

Four cattle have died due to the lumpy skin disease in Maharashtra's Thane district so far. An official told news agency PTI on Wednesday that there are a total of 27 epicentres of the disease in the district and a total of 104 cattle were affected due to the infection and four of these animals died.

Tamil Nadu on Wednesday recorded 509 new Covid cases and one more death, which pushed the caseload and death toll to 35,78,317 and 38,041 respectively, according to the state health department's bulletin. 

A major drug haul in Thiruvananthapuram. 23kg heroin worth Rs.150 crore seized from two persons in Balaramapuram on the outskirts of the capital. The arrested were identified as Ramesh and Santosh. They later told Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials that they procured the contraband from Africa. Officials said this is largest seizure in recent times in the state.

New York's attorney general is suing former President Donald Trump and his three eldest children, alleging business fraud. Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, is suing Donald Trump over alleged corporate fraud involving some of his most valued assets, including properties in Manhattan, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. Trump’s three eldest children, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump, were also named as defendants, along with two longtime company executives, Allen Weisselberg and Jeffrey McConney, according to AP reports.

Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets' of body's charter, with 'brutal, needless war' in Ukraine: Joe Biden at UN.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and Delhi chief minister said Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit's move to withdraw his order summoning a special session of the Assembly amounted to an attack on the democracy.

Special CBI court in Kolkata rejects bail plea of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and remands him in connection with its probe in school jobs scam. The court sends three others related to the same case to judicial custody till October 5, PTI reports.

Two persons died and three others were injured after a wall on Dombivli Railway premises in Mumbai collapsed on Wednesday. The injured have been taken to a hospital.

During their meeting on Thursday at 10 Janpath in Delhi, Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi told Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot that she will not be taking any sides in the upcoming election for the next party president. She is said to have made the same point to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor when he met her two days ago to discuss his candidature for the party president's post.

Comedian Raju Srivastava, 58, died early on Wednesday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi. Read full report here

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga met in New Delhi to discuss border issues between both states and agreed to form a regional committee to resolve the long pending boundary dispute.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Rishi Kamlesh Agarwal, former promoter and chairman and managing director of ABG Shipyard in connection with the Rs22,800-crore loan default by the company.

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan was on Thursday remanded in police custody for five more days by a court in the Delhi Waqf Board case.

Amid opposition Congress' protest and walkout, Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed the "anti-conversion bill", passed by the Legislative Council last week with minor amendments, seeking to replace the ordinance that was in place to give effect to the bill.

He was our family's pillar...All big leaders, including PM called, CM Yogi is in touch daily. Postmortem being conducted as he was unconscious when brought in (at AIIMS Delhi) & no one was there by his side, MLC was made at that time: Mridul Srivastav, Raju Srivastav's nephew was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

A Delhi court on Wednesday reserved its order till tomorrow on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to forfeit fixed deposit and initiate legal proceedings against businessman Robert Vadra for violating terms and conditions imposed by the court on travelling abroad.

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot arrives at 10 Janpath to meet Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi.

DGCA extends restriction of SpiceJet flights to 50% of its summer schedule till October 29. The regulator imposed the restriction on July 26 for a period of eight weeks.

Funeral of comedian Raju Srivastav will be held tomorrow, September 22, at Nigambodh Ghat in Delhi, his family confirmed to news agency ANI.

Mortal remains of comedian Raju Srivastava being taken out of AIIMS, where he passed away after being admitted there for over a month.

Jacqueline Fernandez’s designer Leepakshi Ellawadi reached EOW office in Delhi in connection with the conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar money laundering case, ANI reported.

First-time job seekers are joining the organised sector in large numbers following their education and new jobs in the sector are largely going to the youth of the country, the Union labour and employment ministry said in an official statement on Tuesday.

“Filing cases and arresting Opposition leaders seems flagship project of Centre,” NCP chief Sharad Pawar was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

Contest should take place, it is good for internal democracy: Ashok Gehlot on prospective AICC presidential contest with Shashi Tharoor

Uttar Pradesh Assembly observes a 2-minute silence to pay respect to comedian Raju Srivastava who passed away today at the age of 58 years.

No criminality has been found following an investigation into the taped conversations of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia with a range of politicians, industrialists and government officials, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Sachin Pilot joined Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra as it entered Ernakulam district on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech on Wednesday was a worrying escalation and the threats he made in it must be taken seriously, British foreign office minister Gillian Keegan told Sky News.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had signed a decree on partial mobilisation beginning on Wednesday, saying he was defending Russian territories and that the West wanted to destroy the country, news agency Reuters reported.

In a televised address, Putin said his aim was to "liberate" east Ukraine's Donbas region, and that most people in the region did not want to return to what he called the "yoke" of Ukraine.

Maharashtra | Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackrey faction) has approached the Bombay High Court seeking permission for holding Dussehra rally at Mumbai's Shivaji Park as BMC has not decided on their application. Court to hear the matter on 27th September.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh offered his condolences ‘to the family and fans of the late comedian in this time of sorrow’ and tweeted, “Very sad to hear the demise of famous comedian Raju Srivastava ji. May God give place to the departed soul at his feet.”

Comedian Raju Srivastava died in Delhi on Wednesday at the age of 58. As per news agency ANI, his family confirmed his death. Raju was admitted to AIIMS Delhi on August 10 after he experienced chest pain and collapsed while working out at the gym.

Read more

Read details here

A Madhya Pradesh Congress leader's alleged objectionable remarks about the Brahmin community have triggered a controversy with the BJP threatening to prevent Rahul Gandhi's ongoing 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from entering the state if the leader is not expelled from the party. 

However, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee media cell chairman KK Mishra, to whom the objectionable remarks have been attributed, claimed his comments have been "twisted" by the ruling party as they are rattled by the huge response Gandhi's mass contact drive was getting across the country.

India's daily Covid-19 witnessed a spike of 4,510 fresh infections - as against 4,043 a day ago. The total number of active cases is now at 46,216.

Delhi | At 1:51am, an unknown speeding truck mowed downc & injured 2 persons who were sleeping on the road divider, while crossing DTC Depot Redlight in Seemapuri. Two people died on the spot, one was declared brought dead & the fourth died during initial treatment: Police

High alert in Kerala after two shutters of Parambikulam dam developed snags and opened on their own. People living on the banks of rivers near the dam alerted and people living in low lying areas evacuated.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, along with party leaders and workers, resumes 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' on its 14th day from Kochi, reports ANI.

A man was taken to hospital unconscious after apparently setting himself on fire near the office of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday, local media said.

Twitter Inc will question Elon Musk under oath in Delaware next week as part of the litigation in the billionaire's bid to walk away from his $44 billion deal for the social media company.

Read more

There will be increased consequences if Russia were to annex parts of Ukraine, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday, as Moscow-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions planned to hold referendums on joining Russia.

"We have made clear that there will be increased consequences. We have ... a number of tools," the official said.