BREAKING highlights: Encounter underway in J&K, police and security forces on the job

An encounter has begun at Tangpawa area of Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir, police tweeted on Sunday. Cops and security forces are on the job, the tweet added.

Schools in several regions of Uttar Pradesh, including capital Lucknow, Noida, Ghaziabad, Kanpur and Agra, will remain closed tomorrow due to continuous rainfall. The order is applicable for all government, and private schools of all boards. Read more.

A house collapsed near the Lahori gate of Delhi. Around three to four people are suspected to be trapped in debris, according to Delhi fire service.

AAP leader and minister in the Delhi government, Rajendra Pal Gautam, resigned amid row over his presence at an event on Ashoka Vijaya Dashmi where thousands of attendees took oath boycotting Hindu deities.

BJP released names of its candidates for the upcoming by-election in Assembly constituencies in Bihar and Odisha. The by-elections are scheduled for Gopalganj and Mokama constituency in Bihar and Dhamnagar in Odisha.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Ahmedabad. He will be going to Modhera to take part in various programmes.

Bihar environment minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav claimed that a senior party abused him and his sister for asking about the meeting schedule. Tej Pratap said he has an audio recording of the incident and he'll post it on social media, reported ANI.

Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant on Sunday said that the Uddhav camp has submitted three symbols – 'trishul', 'mashaal' & 'rising sun' – to the ECI as a preference after the poll body froze the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol in its interim order.

Veteran Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav is quite critical today and is on life-saving drugs, ANI reported quoting the medical director of Medanta Hospital, Gurugram, where the former UP chief minister is admitted.

“He is being treated in the ICU of the hospital by a comprehensive team of specialists,” Dr Sanjeev Gupta said, as quoted by ANI.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won his second Formula One world championship after closest rival Charles Leclerc was handed a five-second post-race penalty.

Iran's state-run television was hacked by protesters on Saturday during a live broadcast, disrupting coverage to display an anti-government message amid ongoing unrest across the country.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today offered prayers at Guwahati's Kamakhya temple during his three-day visit to northeast.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday chaired 70th plenary session of North Eastern Council, in Guwahati. 

Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Sunday dismissed Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's allegation that Prashant Kishor once wanted JD(U) to merge with the Congress. Read more

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest in all 40 Assembly seats in the 2023 elections: Mizoram BJP president Vanlalhmuaka in Aizwal.

Five people were electrocuted on Sunday morning in Bahraich district after they came into contact with a high-tension wire during a procession.

India logs 2,756 fresh Covid infections in last 24 hours, active caseload below 30k-mark.

An explosion Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine and hitting a towering symbol of Russian power in the region. Read more here

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi resumes 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from Tiptur in Tumkur district.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will declare Modhera, a village in the Mehsana district of Gujarat as India's first solar-powered village on Sunday. According to the Gujarat government, over 1000 solar panels have been installed on the village houses, generating electricity round the clock for the villagers.