Fire breaks out in Delhi's Dabri area; 14 fire tenders at spot

Fire has broken out in a cardboard go-down in Delhi's Dabri area. As many as 14 fire tenders are currently at the spot, and operations are underway to bring the situation under control, news agency ANI reported.

The villagers of Shankar Bigha in Patna's Gaya have constructed a temporary bridge across a seasonal stream to reach a polling booth to cast their vote in the local body elections slated on September 29, news agency ANI reported.

As per the order, usage of air conditioner in hotels will not be allowed. Also, indoor stadiums and swimming pools can be opened for persons who are vaccinated with both doses of ovud-19 vaccine.

As many as 29 Delhi Police officers have been transferred, news agency ANI reported on Saturday. The list includes Jasmeet Singh, DCP, Central District, Ingit Pratap Singh, DCP South West Dist and Rajeev Ranjan, DCP Outer North District - who all have been transferred and posted as DCPs in the Special Cell.

The West Bengal government has decided to cancel the leaves of all state government employees till October 5 due to very heavy rainfall alert from deep depression in the Bay of Bengal, ANI reported citing the government.

As many as 13 teams - with 24 sub-teams, and five teams have been deployed by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, respectively, in view of cyclone alert, said NDRF director-general Satya Pradhan.

According to a report by the Associated Press, a witness has said that the Taliban have hanged a dead body from a crane in the main square of Herat city in western Afghanistan. Wazir Ahmad Seddiqi, who runs a pharmacy on the side of the square, told AP that as many as four bodies were brought to the square, while three were moved to other squares of Herat city to be hanged.

Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday took to Twitter to mention that going forward, he will meet all ministers, MLAs and other political office bearers at his office “every Tuesday from 11.30 am to 2.30 pm” and a cabinet meeting will take place every Tuesday at 3.00 pm. “I’ve also directed all the officers not to leave the office till the cabinet is going on,” his Twitter post read.

Maharashtra government on Saturday decided to reopen cinema theatres and auditoriums from October 22 onwards. The decision was made by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Speaking at the National Defence College Convocation ceremony, Union defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that there is “growing realisation” now for what “India has been voicing for long” pertaining to Pakistan's “active support” to “violent radical and terror groups."

The Punjab cabinet expansion will take place on Sepetmber 26 (Sunday) at 4.30pm. 

Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi  on Saturday arrived at Governor Banwarilal Purohit's residence as the list of for the new Punjab cabinet has been finalised. The oath-taking ceremony for the new ministers is likely to take place Sunday, sources told news agency PTI.

India has recorded 33,624,419 cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) since the beginning of the pandemic last year, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare on Saturday. Of these, 32,876,319 patients have recovered, 446,658 have died and the active cases stand at 301,442, the health ministry data shows. Read more

Three fishermen from Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district were seriously injured after they were allegedly attacked by a group of Sri Lankan fishers off Kodiakarai coast early on Saturday.

The Quad countries—the United States, Japan, India and Australia—said on Friday that they will pledge more than 1.2 billion doses of the vaccines against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) globally. Read more

India's daily tally of the coronavirus disease saw a fall on Saturday as 29,616 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Over 28,000 patients recovered in the same period and the total number of recoveries has climbed to 32,876,319. As many as 290 deaths due to the viral disease were reported on Saturday. 

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra minister Anil Parab for Tuesday, in connection with a money laundering case, news agency ANI reported on Saturday. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) aspirants who cleared the civil service examination and also wished those who were not able to get through, saying “India is full of diverse opportunities waiting to be explored.” Read more

Entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were, are and will always be an integral and inalienable part of the country, said India at UNGA.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale struck near Campbell Bay in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday night, as per the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). Read more

Union home minister Amit Shah, who is also the first minister of co-operation of India, will on Saturday address the first-ever National Cooperative Conference in Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Friday, adding, millions of people linked to these collective bodies around the world will join the programme virtually. Read more

Cinema halls and auditoriums in Karnataka will be allowed to operate at 100% capacity from October 1, months after being run at half capacity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the state government said.