Breaking news: 1 dead, 6 injured in mysterious blast in J&K's Kupwara district

One girl died while six other members of the family were injured after a  mysterious blast occurred in a house in Taratpora, Handwara area of Kupwara district of north Kashmir. Police said they are verifying the cause of the blast and have started an investigation. More details awaited. 

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will be on a three-day visit to Jammu from October 1, his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir since August 5, 2019, when the Centre revoked Article 370 and 35A. Speaking to news agency PTI, a sangh functionary said that the three day visit of Bhagwat is a routine tour.

During a recent meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), the director of the National Centre for Disease Control, Dr Sujit Kumar Singh suggested that all gates of Delhi Metro stations should be opened in order to reduce congestion for passengers, PTI reported. Read more

Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel, who took charge of the top post just a few days back, inducted 24 new ministers into his cabinet on Thursday, a year ahead of the assembly elections in the state. No ministers from former CM Vijay Rupani’s ministry have been included in Patel's cabinet. Read more

The World Bank has decided to discontinue 'Doing Business' reports after data irregularities were found in the 2018 and 2020 reports, news agency Reuters reported on Thursday. 

Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel will also be the state's home minister while Kanubhai Desai has been appointed as the new finance minister. 

Officials of Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) carried out searches at 28 locations linked to former AIADMK minister KC Veeramani on charges of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Read more

Kerala's daily tally of the coronavirus disease went up again on Thursday as 22,182 new cases and 178 more deaths were recorded. 

Union finance minister Sitharaman also said on Thursday that along with the National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NACRL), the Centre is also setting up an India Debt Resolution Company Limited. 

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday that the Union cabinet has approved a government guarantee of ₹30,600 crores for security receipts issued by the National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NACRL). 

The NARCL will pay up to 15% of the agreed value for the loans in cash and the remaining 85 per cent would be government-guaranteed security receipts.

The ministry of external affairs said on Thursday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the first in-person Quad leaders' summit in Washington on September 24. The next day (September 25), Modi will address the UN general debate of the UN General Assembly at its 76th session. The MEA also said that the Prime Minister will hold a bilateral meeting with United States President Joe Biden. 

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Sufiyan, who was chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s election agent in the Nandigram assembly election in East Midnapore in April, was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for more than four hours on Thursday in connection with post-poll violence in the district. Read more

Security sources told news agency Xinhua on Thursday that a civilian and a soldier were killed, while three members of paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces were injured in separate attacks by terrorists of the Islamic State in Iraq. 

The Union defence ministry said on Thursday that it has constituted a high-level expert committee, under the chairmanship of former MP Baijayant Panda, for a comprehensive review of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in order to make it more relevant in changing times. Former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra will be members of the committee. 

Haryana education minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar announced on Thursday that schools for classes 1-3 will reopen in the state from September 20, adding, that students will have to get a written consent from their parents. “They will have the option of attending the classes either offline or online,” Gujjar said. 

A total of 24 ministers have been sworn in the new cabinet, in the presence of Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel and former chief minister Vijay Rupani.

The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on Friday, which among other things may review tax rate of over four-dozen items and extend till December 31, tax concessions on 11 Covid drugs.

Rajendra Trivedi, Jitu Vaghani, Rushikesh Patel, Purnesh Modi, Raghavji Patel sworn in Gujarat ministers.

We will be giving 300 units of electricity for free within 24 hours of our election to power. Electricity will be given for 24 hours in Uttar Pradesh: AAP leader and Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in Lucknow months ahead of state Assembly elections in 2022.

The head of the United Nations called Thursday for “immediate, rapid and large-scale” cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming and avert climate disaster.

The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index was up 0.13% at 17,541.85 by 0440 GMT, having earlier hit a peak of 17,576.9. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was 0.15% higher at 58,813.62 after touching a record high of 58,908.18.

Clash erupts between supporters of AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu minister KC Veeramani outside his residence in Vellore following Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) searches at the minister's premises.

Fire breaks out in a factory near Bhau Industrial Estate at Nanded Phata; one body recovered, fire fighting underway.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says 'several dozen' people in his circle have coronavirus, reports AFP.