LIVE: 9 die after getting trapped near Telangana hydroelectric plant fire

Sushant Singh Rajput's cook, who is among the key witnesses, was questioned by the CBI officers today. Stay tuned for LIVE updates

2:25 PM

Concession cannot be applied to any other temple or for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations: SC

2:15 PM

Yogi govt claims drastic decline in crime in Uttar Pradesh

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has released comparative figures of various crimes in the first seven months of the current year to substantiate its claim of a 'drastic' reduction in crime.
 

The Home department officials said that the crime rate had drastically gone down since 2017 as the state government had taken strict action against criminals.
 

According to the figures shared by the state home department, incidents of rape had drastically come down since the formation of the BJP government in the state in March 2017.

2:02 PM

Delhi CM hands over Rs 1 cr cheque to family of sanitation work who died of Covid-19

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met the family members of a sanitation worker who recently died of Covid-19, and handed over a cheque of Rs 1 crore as an ex-gratia to them.
 

Talking to reporters during his visit in North Delhi's Majnu Ka Tilla area, Kejriwal said that sanitation worker Raju contracted the infection when he was on Covid-19 duty and died while serving the people of Delhi.
 

"We are proud of such 'corona warriors' who are sacrificing their lives while saving the citizens of Delhi," he said.

1:19 PM

Rajya Sabha bypoll on Amar Singh's seat on September 11.

1:14 PM

Kamath committee recommendations will be out by September 6: RBI governor

11:53 AM

Amazon removes shirts with derogatory references to Kamala Harris

Online retail giant Amazon has removed shirts from its platform that featured derogatory references to Kamala Harris, the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee.

 

"All sellers must follow our selling guidelines and those who do not will be subject to action including potential removal of their account. We are working to remove these products," an Amazon spokesperson told reporters, according to The Hill.

 

As per the report, Harris has incurred some personal attacks ever since Joe Biden selected her as his running mate.

 

Biden has officially accepted the Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party.

11:51 AM

Israel launches airstrikes on Hamas targets after rockets fired from Gaza

Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed near the Israeli security fence late Thursday, and Israel carried out airstrikes on targets linked to the territory's Hamas rulers, the Israeli military said.

 

There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. The military said it struck a concrete manufacturing site used for underground infrastructure and tunnel construction, belonging to the Hamas terror organization.

 

Tensions have risen in recent days as groups affiliated with Gaza's militant Hamas rulers have launched incendiary balloons across the frontier, igniting farmland inside Israel. Read on...

11:01 AM

Rupee surges 10 paise to 74.92 against US dollar in early trade

10:58 AM

Uddhav Thackeray orders formation of panel over NEP implementation

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday directed the authorities to set up a committee of experts to discuss implementation of the Centre's new National Education Policy (NEP). Speaking during a meeting, Thackeray said the NEP has several new concepts, for which the state government will have to amend the existing laws.

 

"The need of the hour is to have a discussion with researchers, education experts to discuss the policy, which has only been announced so far," a statement by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) quoted him as saying. The state government has to see what changes can be accepted and what laws need to be amended, he added.

10:41 AM

Biden praises Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris in his nomination acceptance speech

Democratic Party's presidential nominee Joe Biden praised his Indian-American running mate Kamala Harris during his nomination acceptance speech, describing the California senator as a "powerful voice" in the US and said her "story is the American story."

 

Harris, 55, scripted history in US politics as she became the first Indian-American and Black woman to get a major party's vice presidential nomination on the third day of the virtual Democratic National Convention on Wednesday.

 

"It will be the work of the next president to restore the promise of America to everyone. And I am not going to have to do it alone. I will have a great vice president at my side," Biden, 77, said in his acceptance speech on Thursday.

10:40 AM

Crowd-funding initiative helps save banyan tree in Goa

A crowd-funding initiative by nature lovers and local organisations has saved over a 100- year-old banyan tree near Arambol beach in North Goa, which had gotten uprooted due to incessant rains earlier this month.

 

A popular hang-out spot in the area, foreigners and locals would frequently have their yoga sessions under the tree.

 

Incessant rainfall had hit the coastal state on August 5, uprooting the tree, which had crashed on the road side.

 

Heartbroken locals and nature lovers launched an online crowd-funding campaign to re-root the tree.

9:53 AM

Puducherry: Fire broke out at a boat manufacturing factory near Coconut Harbour earlier this morning

9:49 AM

Sensex jumps 263.99 pts to 38,484.38 in opening session; Nifty rises 82.40 pts to 11,394.60

9:40 AM

20 workers fall ill after gas leak in private agro products unit in Andhra Pradesh

At least 20 workers, majority of them women, fell sick after a leak of ammonium gas late on Thursday night in a dairy belonging to a private agro products firm in Putalapattu constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

 

While three of the victims were shifted to Ruia Hospital in temple town of Tirupati, five were admitted to the CMC hospital in Vellore in neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

 

The others were undergoing treatment in the government hospital in Chittoor, police said.

9:32 AM

A team of CBI arrived in Mumbai yesterday to investigate Sushant Singh Rajput case