Breaking highlights: Manohar Khattar thanks Goa CM, MHA for CBI move in Sonali Phogat's death

Haryana chief minister and BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday thanked his Goa counterpart Pramod Sawant for recommending CBI inquiry and Union home ministry for sanctioning the probe into Sonali Phogat's death as per the wishes of her daughter and the “public sentiment of the people of Haryana”.

Delhi logs 63 new Covid cases on Monday, and one fatality. The case positivity rate of the national capital is at 1.83 per cent, according to health bulletin data.

Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has made his return to social media, with a message to the country's cricket team for their victory over Pakistan to win their sixth Asia Cup title in Dubai. The commitment and teamwork shown by the #SriLankan team have been remarkable," Rajapaksa, who returned to Colombo from Thailand on September 2 tweeted on Sunday.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi walks through Kazhakkoottam in Kerala during day five of the grand old party's ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.

Indian Railways has “written off” ₹71.86 crore spent as additional Kisan Rail subsidy, news agency PTI reported on Monday. The move came after food processing ministry refused to bear excess cost, PTI reported citing documents.

Retail inflation in August rose by 7 per cent from 6.7 per cent in July, Centre said on Monday.

Union home ministry on Monday recommended CBI probe into the death of BJP leader and actor Sonai Phogat, PTI reported citing officials. Read more.

As many as four coaches of Visakhapatnam-Jagdalpur passenger train derailed near Chatriput area in Koraput district. No injuries or casualties have been reported.

Anjuman Intezamia Committee, which represents Muslim side, to move Allahabad high court in Gyanvapi case.

Single-bench district judge AK Vishvesh of Varanasi Court rejects Anjuman Committee's plea challenging Hindu worshippers' plea in Gyanvapi mosque hearing on Monday. The judge said that the case is maintainable and will be heard. Read more.

Ahead of Gyanvapi mosque verdict, alert has been issued in sensitive regions of Uttar Pradesh amid appeals for peace.

Ukrainian armed forces said on Monday they had recaptured more than 20 settlements in the past 24 hours amid a large counter-offensive.

"In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian armed forces drove the enemy away from more than 20 settlements" and are regaining "full control over them", the Ukrainian army said in its daily briefing.

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India is rapidly moving towards jointness of the three services of the armed forces and effort is to have common logistic nodes so that resources of one service can be seamlessly made available to the other, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured that 100% of animals would be vaccinated against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis in India by 2025.

We are giving the Sonali Phogat case to the CBI. It is because we have been receiving consistent demands from Haryana and her family that it should be handed over to the CBI. I will be writing to the Union Home minister in this regard later today: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant says.

ED issues fresh summons to Maneka Gambhir, sister-in-law of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, for questioning in a money laundering case after it was found the agency "erroneously" issued her a notice for appearance at 12:30 am instead of 12:30 pm on Monday, sources said, reports PTI

“Wars aren't fought between militaries alone, they remain a whole nation endeavor. Wars test national resilience and stretch the nation's resources and capacities. Ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has already passed the half-year mark is an apt example,” says Army chief Gen Manoj Pande.

Assam | Police arrested two suspected terrorists linked with Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in Morigaon district. The arrested suspected terrorists have been identified as Musadik Hussain and Ikramul Islam: Aparna N, Superintendent of Police of Morigaon.

The rupee depreciated by 10 paise to 79.67 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday, even as the equity market opened on a positive note.

India reported more than 5,200 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours - against 5,076 infections a day ago. The number of active cases dropped to 47,176 on Monday.

NIA raids at around 50 locations in north India on “organised terror gangs” involved in narco-terrorism, smuggling of arms, inter-gang rivalry and other illegal activities.

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Mumbai's Versova Police arrested a 58-year-old self-styled godman on charges of rape. The accused had allegedly raped the victim several times since 2019 when she was a minor. Police registered a case against the accused based on the statement of the victim. Further probe on: Police

Four undertrial prisoners, who escaped from jail, were allegedly killed by a mob in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district, police said.