Highlights: Baby Rani Maurya, Dilip Ghosh appointed BJP vice president

Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the ongoing bilateral cooperation initiatives and regional situation with Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.

Canadians began voting in the country’s 44th Federal elections on Monday, following a 36-day campaign.

While the Liberal Party of Canada had 31.9% vote share, which translate to 148 seats, their rivals, the Conservative Party of Canada had 31.4% vote share or 125 seats, according to tracking website 338 Canada.

Also, CBC’s poll tracker gives Trudeau's ruling party a 57% chance of forming a minority Government but just 17% for a majority.

BJP on Monday appointed former Uttarakhand governor Baby Rani Maurya and party's former West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh as the vice president of the party.

Bharatiya Janata Party (JP) has appointed MP Sukanta Majumdar its West Bengal unit president, a party statement quoting national president JP Nadda read.

The US has planned to ease travel restrictions and the passengers must now either be fully vaccinated or test negative for Covid-19 within three days of flight, reports AP.

Following an infiltration attempt at the Line of Control, mobile internet has been suspended in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir. Operations underway after a group of infiltrators sneaked in Uri. 

A British High Commission spokesperson said, “The UK is committed to opening up international travel again as soon as is practicable and this announcement is a further step to enable people to travel more freely again, in a safe and sustainable way, while protecting public health. We are engaging with the Government of India to explore how we could expand UK recognition of vaccine certification to people vaccinated by a relevant public health body in India.”

Head of IMD, Kolkata, Sanjib Bandyopadhyay said that the intensity of the rains will start slowing down from tomorrow in Kolkata and the situation will improve, reports ANI. 

The White House has confirmed that US President Joe Biden would participate in a bilateral meeting with PM Modi on September 24, reports ANI. 

Five people have been killed in a shooting with police in Almaty, Kazakhstan, reports AFP.

Due to a cyclonic circulation that is likely to form over east-central and adjoining northeast of Bay of Bengal on September 25, the IMD has predicted fresh spell of heavy rains in Odisha from September 26. Also, 12 districts have been issued yellow alert, reports ANI. 

Union agriculture minister Narendra Tomar said that the protesting farmers unions didn't present their proposal even after 11 rounds of talks, reports ANI. 

The Covid-19 curfew in Uttarakhand have been extended till 6am on October 5 from 6am September 21, reports ANI. 

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said he would visit the protesting farmers at Delhi border, to express his solidarity. He also said that the Union government must take back anti farmers law.

Congress fielded Rajani Patel in the Rajya Sabha by-election from Maharashtra, reports ANI. 

The Aam Aadmi Party's Himachal Pradesh in-charge Ratnesh Gupta said that the party would contest from all 68 seats for the state assembly elections in 2022, reports ANI.

A Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Monday granted bail to businessman Raj Kundra and his Information Technology (IT) Head Ryan Thorpe on a surety of ₹50,000. Mumbai Crime branch had arrested actress Shilpa Shetty's husband Kundra in July and filed a charge-sheet against him last week.

Himachal Pradesh government has ordered all schools, except residential schools, to stay shut till September 25 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, reports ANI. 

Punjab's deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that a formal cabinet meeting has been scheduled for 8pm today, reports ANI. 

Delhi HC stays the proceedings in trial court against Gautam Gambhir and his foundation in the case related to the alleged illegal stocking of Covid-19 medicines, reports PTI. 

The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was found safe for children aged five to 11 after clinical trials, reports AFP citing the two companies. The vaccine makers also said they would seek regulatory approval shortly in the US, EU and around the world “as soon as possible.”

India's Covid-19 vaccine export under the Vaccine Maitri initiative from October.

Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that peace and tranquility in border areas is essential for the development of ties with China, reports ANI. “Development of India-China relationship can only be based on ‘three mutuals’-mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interests,” he said.

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said that the Congress or the foreign agents in the country are the sponsors of the protests by farmers in Delhi borders and other areas, reports ANI. 

Two bodies have been recovered after three people went missing during Ganapati immersion at Versova beach in Mumbai yesterday while the search continued for the third, reports ANI. 

Initially five children drowned and locals had saved two and the search operations were continuing since yesterday for the remaining three.