Breaking: CID summons Suvendu Adhikari in connection with ex-bodyguard's death

The West Bengal Crime Investigation Department (CID) summoned Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday in connection with the death of his former bodyguard Subhabrata Chakraborty. 

Taliban and opposition forces battled on Saturday to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the Islamist group, with both sides claiming to have the upper hand without producing conclusive evidence. Read more

The Himachal Pradesh government announced on Saturday that schools in the state will remain closed till September 14 in view of the Covid-19 situation.  "Teaching and non-teaching staff shall continue to attend the school. For residential schools, SOPs developed by Education Department will be followed to contain Covid-19," urban development minister Suresh Bhardwaj said. 

Maharashtra on Saturday added 4,130 fresh Covid-19 cases, while the state’s active case count saw a jump, taking it tally to 52,025 from 50,466 on Friday. Mumbai, for the fourth day, has reported over 400 fresh cases with 413 new infections. Read more

More than 680 million doses of vaccine against Covid-19 have been administered in India till now. 

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan also said that the Kerala government will continue with the night curfew and Sunday lockdowns across the state. 

Kerala's daily tally of Covid-19 remained below the 30,000-mark for a second consecutive day as 29,682 were reported in the last 24 hours. 

Bihar water resources development minister Sanjay Kumar Jha on Saturday said the state government is continuously monitoring the flood situation and relief, rescue work is underway with full readiness. Read more

Muhyiddin Yassin, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, has now been appointed as the country's Covid-19 recovery council. Yassin was ousted last month amid raging anger over his government's handling of the pandemic. 

Qatar’s ambassador to Afghanistan said a technical team was able to reopen the Kabul airport to receive aid and that civilian flights will operate from the airport soon, according to Al-Jazeera on Saturday. Read more

The national capital on Saturday reported 55 new Covid-19 cases and 63 more discharges, taking the caseload and total recoveries to 1,437,929 and 1,412,493 respectively, according to the health department's bulletin. No deaths were recorded on Saturday and the toll stands at 25,082. 

In West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered another setback as its MLA from Kaliaganj, Soumen Roy, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in presence of state minister and party leader Partha Chatterjee in Kolkata. 

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Saturday that the supply of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has increased in the state, adding the government will inoculate 500,000 people daily in September.  

A fire broke out at a factory in Uttarakhand's Dehradun on Saturday and the fire dousing operations are underway. According to news agency ANI, the police reached the spot on time and took stock of the situation. "Fire service and police personnel are on the spot to douse the fire that broke out at M/s Khurana Brothers (Lisa Factory) in Laltappad industrial area of Dehradun," the Uttarakhand Police tweeted. 

This week US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was asked whether Taliban was the enemy, the Joe Biden aide said that it was hard to put on a label on it, partly because we (US) are yet to see what they will be now that they are in complete control of Afghanistan. Read More

The Election Commission decides to hold bye-elections in 3 assembly constituencies, including West Bengal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit the United States at the end of September, according to a report by Hindustan Times' sister website Livehindustan. Read More

As many as 24 out of 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh do not have a single case of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), news agency ANI reported on Saturday citing the chief medical officer (CMO). Read More

An inter-state child trafficking gang busted and 4 people arrested. One child, stolen by them on 31st Aug, recovered from Telangana & reunited with his mother. The child was sold at ₹3.5 lakh.

Two of the 4 accused hail from Mumbai, while the other two belong to Telangana.

20 leaders of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) will speak at Mahapanchyat in Muzaffarnagar tomorrow. We will also hold discussions on govt's decision of selling big organizations and how to stop it. Large number of people attend the meeting: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait.

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday felicitated Olympic champion Mirabai Chanu here for bringing laurels to the country in weightlifting.

Restrictions on assembly of people remained in force in most parts of Kashmir Valley after the death of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani while mobile Internet services were suspended on Saturday morning after being restored the previous night, officials said.

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha won votes of confidence in Parliament on Saturday, helping to steady his government after it had come under intense criticism for bungling its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

As Taliban fighters entered Kabul on the evening of August 15, executives at Afghanistan's biggest independent TV network had a tough decision to make: stay on-air or go dark.

The national capital on Saturday recorded a minimum temperature of 26.1 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year, the India Meteorological Department said.