The Delhi Police asked commuters to plan their peak-hour travel carefully after traffic snarls in several places due to waterlogging and uprooting of trees following rainfall on Monday.

The national capital's residents woke up to a pleasant morning after rainfall in several areas of the city. The weather department said trace rain -- between 0.01 and 0.04 mm -- was recorded in Delhi.

In a post on X, the police said traffic was affected on both carriageways of National Highway 48 from Dhaula Kuan towards Mahipalpur and vice-versa due to waterlogging.

8:29 PM

Top actors should break silence, express solidarity with affected women, says Radhika

Top actors should break their silence on the Justice Hema Committee report, and express solidarity with actresses who have been treated unfairly in the film industry, actress Radhika Sarathkumar said here on Monday.

Their statement endorsing support to the women in the Malayalam film industry who have been wronged would raise the hopes of actresses who faced harassment, she said.

The Hema committee report had made shocking revelations on sexual harassment, casting couch practices and lobbying in the Malayalam film industry.

8:29 PM

Congress questions Centre's ‘silence' on drone attacks in Manipur

The Congress on Monday wondered why the central government is mum on the use of drones in militant attacks that left two persons dead and nine others injured in a village in Manipur's Imphal West district.

If bombs are dropped with the help of drones, it is a question of national security since the Raj Bhavan and the chief minister's residence might not be safe, Congress Legislature Party leader O Ibobi Singh told a press conference.

"The state government has learnt about the unfortunate incident of attack on unarmed Koutruk villagers using drone, bombs and sophisticated weapons,” a Home Department statement said on Sunday.

6:37 PM

Membership drive is about expanding the family, not just numbers: PM Modi

This very membership drive isn't just a ritual. It's an expansion of our family... It isn't a game of numbers. It doesn't matter the numbers we achieve. This membership drive is an ideological and emotional movement, said PM Modi.

6:36 PM

PM Modi recalls BJP's history of protest and perseverance

At the launch of BJP's Sanghatan Parva, Sadasyata Abhiyan 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets emotional, " Our party workers used to protest against the those in power for the issues of people. So they kept going to and coming out of jail. 50 years ago, People of Jan Sangh were doing 'Satyagraha' in Ahmedabad and so many people were jailed just for agitating. One of the women workers who went to jail, spent a month in jail with her 9-month-old baby. That's how BJP reached here...and those people who committed this crime...they had so much greed for power."

6:36 PM

PM Modi urges BJP members to make border villages fortress for party

PM Modi receives his BJP membership certificate from party president JP Nadda at 'Sadasyata Abhiyan' event at party headquarters in Delhi.

5:58 PM

Congress releases list of six candidates, fields J-K Cong chief Tariq Hameed Karra from Central Shalteng

The Congress party has released a list of six candidates for the upcoming elections, with a notable inclusion being Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra, who will contest from Central Shalteng. Other key candidates include Mumtaz Khan for Reasi, Bhupender Jamwal for Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Iftkar Ahmed for Rajouri (ST), Shabir Ahmad Khan for Thannamandi (ST), and Mohd Shahnawaz Choudhary for Surankote (ST).

5:58 PM

Amit Shah hails BJP's democratic Sadasyata Abhiyan

At the launch of BJP's Sanghatan Parva, Sadasyata Abhiyan 2024, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, "As JP Nadda told us, ours is the biggest party of the world but it is also a unique party. No other political party in India runs its Sadasyata Abhiyan democratically every 6 years. BJP is the only party political that has kept this tradition intact and taken it forward."

5:30 PM

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan challenges in court his arrest in money laundering case

5:30 PM

BJP only democratically-run party, follows its constitution in functioning: Nadda at membership drive launch

5:16 PM

Firing outside AP Dhillon's Canada house, gangster claims responsibility

Shots fired outside Punjabi singer AP Dhillon's house in Canada, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's group claims responsibility.

4:57 PM

Some sort of restraint expected from those holding high offices, says SC

Some sort of restraint is expected when somebody is holding a high office, the Supreme Court said on Monday while hearing a plea seeking transfer of the trial in the 2015 cash-for-vote case, in which Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is an accused, to Bhopal. While hearing the matter on August 29, the apex court had voiced strong displeasure over Reddy's comments on the top court granting bail to rival Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha in cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. On August 30, the Telangana chief minister had claimed his remarks were taken out of context and expressed "unconditional regret".

4:53 PM

SC forms committee to negotiate with farmers at Shambhu Border

The top court formed a high-powered committee to address the concerns of farmers protesting at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana. The committee, chaired by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Nawab Singh, has been tasked with facilitating a peaceful resolution to the ongoing impasse, reported LiveLaw. Read here for more details.

4:48 PM

Israeli labour court orders an end to general strike over hostage crisis, siding with government

An Israeli labour court has ruled that a general strike called over the Gaza hostage crisis must end. The court sided with the government in its ruling on Monday, saying the strike was politically motivated.

CBI arrests ex-RG Kar Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh over 'financial misconduct'.

"Another round of 'Sadasyata Abhiyan' is beginning today. From Bharatiya Jana Sangh till now, we have made all possible efforts to being a new political culture in the country. The organisation or political party through which people gives power, that unit, that organisation, that party... if it doesn't follow democratic values, if internal democracy doesn't live in it, then situation arises which is faced by several other political parties today," said PM Modi while addressing BJP's 'Sadasyata Abhiyan' in Delhi.

Shots fired outside Punjabi singer AP Dhillon's house in Canada, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's group claims responsibility.

The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Arvind Kejriwal aide Bibhav Kumar in AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal assault case.

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday stated that the Cabinet has approved an allocation of Rs 2,817 crore for the digital agriculture mission.

AAP lawmaker Amanatullah Khan was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate today in connection with alleged irregularities in appointments to the Delhi Waqf Board and leasing of its properties.

Netflix's head of content has been summoned on Sept 3 by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting over the 'IC814' web series content row, news agency ANI reported today.

The Congress today hit out at the Centre after it stated that it is committed to extending social security benefits to gig workers, saying it has "finally awoken" to the need for a comprehensive national law for such workers' welfare and that it is welcome to borrow from its policy on this urgent issue.

At least 10 more people were killed as torrential rain lashed Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, leading to flooding and waterlogging in several areas. Multiple trains have been diverted due to heavy rains and waterlogging over tracks at multiple locations on the South Central Railway network, while more than 100 trains have been cancelled so far. Thousands of people were evacuated by national and state disaster response forces from flooded areas to relief camps.

President Droupadi Murmu is visiting Maharashtra for three days beginning Monday to attend various programs. She will grace the golden jubilee celebration of Shri Warana Women Co-operative Group at Warananagar, Kolhapur, on Monday, the Rashtrapati Bhavan stated. On September 3, the President will address the 21st convocation of Symbiosis International (Deemed University) at Pune. On the same day, she will grace the centenary year function of the Maharashtra Legislative Council in Mumbai. The President will inaugurate the Buddha Vihar at Udgir, Latur, on September 4. She will also address a gathering of beneficiaries of Shasan Aplya Dari' and Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojna' of the Maharashtra government at Udgir, the statement added.

Eighth accused has been arrested in the mob lynching incident where a migrant worker from West Bengal was allegedly beaten to death in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri district over suspicions that he had eaten beef, police said. The eighth accused was arrested on Sunday. Earlier, the police increased security in the area to prevent further unrest or any untoward incident. Badhra Deputy Supretindent of Police (DSP) Bharat Bhushan told ANI that both SSB and state police personnel have been deployed in the district and are closely monitoring social media posts.

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