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Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolts Jammu-Kashmir
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg on Saturday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported. The quake occured at around 8:36 am with its depth registered at 129 km. According to NCS, its epicentre was found at Latitude: 35.46 and Longitude: 73.32, respectively.
We could have shown real truth of Kejriwal's governance to K'taka minister: Cong's Sandeep Dikshit
As the war of words between the AAP and the Congress over 'mohalla clinics' in Delhi hots up, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Saturday said he could have shown the real truth of Arvind Kejriwal's governance to visiting Karnataka minister Dinesh Gundu Rao.
Dikshit's remarks come in the wake of Rao calling the mohalla clinics run by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) "overhyped" and that he was left "disappointed" after a visit to one such facility.
Taking to social media, Dikshit tweeted, Wish you'd met us also Dinesh Gundu Rao - would have shown real truth of Arvind Kejriwal's education, health, finance, environment, water, roads, buses, infra, rampant corruption. Perhaps you could have conveyed this to his new drum beaters in Congress.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolts Jammu-Kashmir
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg on Saturday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported.
The quake occured at around 8:36 am with its depth registered at 129 km.
According to NCS, its epicentre was found at Latitude: 35.46 and Longitude: 73.32, respectively.
"Earthquake of Magnitude:5.2, Occurred on 05-08-2023, 08:36:01 IST, Lat: 35.46 & Long: 73.32, Depth: 129 Km, Location: 184 km NNW of Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir," the NCS tweeted.
No reports of casualties or material damage were reported.
Prosecutors ask judge to issue protective order after Trump post appearing to promise revenge
The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington to step in after he released a post online that appeared to promise revenge on anyone who goes after him.
Prosecutors asked US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan to issue a protective order in the case a day after Trump pleaded not guilty to charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss and block the peaceful transition of power. The order - which is different from a so-called gag order - would limit what information Trump and his legal team could share publicly about the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith.
Such protective orders are common in criminal cases, but prosecutors said it's particularly important in this case because Trump has issued public statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys, and others associated with legal matters pending against him."
Three killed in fresh violence in Manipur
Three persons including a father-son duo were killed by militants in Manipur's Bishnupur district late night on Friday, police said.
The three were gunned down while they were sleeping and later slashed with swords at Kwakta in the district, police said on Saturday morning, adding that the assailants came from Churachandpur.
"The three used to stay in a relief camp but had moved to their residences in Kwakta on Friday after the situation had improved," police said.
Soon after the incident, an irate mob gathered at Kwakta and wanted to head towards Churachandpur but was stopped by security personnel, police said.
Heavy rain lashes parts of Delhi, more rains likely
Parts of the national capital and its nearby areas witnessed heavy rainfall early on Saturday morning. The heavy rainfall led to waterlogging on roads near Badarpur metro station in Delhi. Earlier, on Friday evening, traffic was affected due to rain in several parts of Delhi.
General strike cripples normal life in Manipur's Imphal Valley
The 24-hour general strike called by the co-ordinating committee of 27 assembly constituencies in Manipur on Saturday paralysed normal life in Imphal Valley, with markets and business establishments remaining shut in almost all localities.
Public transport stayed off the road and only a few private vehicles were seen plying on the streets.
Schools also remained closed due to the strike from midnight.
The hill districts, however, have largely been unaffected by the strike, which was called by the committee to demand an emergency assembly session to discuss various issues.
Donald Trump calls on Supreme Court to "intercede" in legal fights
A day after being arraigned for the third time, former United States President Donald Trump on Friday called on the Supreme Court to "intercede" citing the time and cost spent on several legal battles, CNN reported.
"My political opponent has hit me with a barrage of weak lawsuits, including DA, AG, and others, which require massive amounts of my time and money to adjudicate," Trump stated on Truth Social.
"Resources that would have gone into Ads and Rallies, will now have to be spent fighting these Radical Left Thugs in numerous courts throughout the Country. I am leading in all Polls, including against Crooked Joe, but this is not a level playing field. It is Election Interference, & the Supreme Court must intercede," Trump added.
Heavy rainfall creates waterlogging near Badarpur Metro Station
After relief from Islamabad High Court, Pakistan trial court summons Imran Khan today
After Islamabad High Court set aside a trial court verdict in the Toshakhana case, a district and sessions court in Pakistan's federal capital has summoned the former prime minister Imran Khan in his personal capacity on Saturday, Geo News reported.
The trial court in Islamabad resumed hearing the Toshakhana reference filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman on Friday.
In his short order, IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq instructed the local court to decide the matter again after hearing the case, Geo News reported.
Case filed against NCC cadet who whacked juniors during physical training session in Maharashtra
ASI resumes work on scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Saturday resumed its scientific survey work at the Gyanvapi mosque here to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple. Government counsel Rajesh Mishra, who accompanied the ASI survey team during the day-long exercise a day before, on Saturday said the team started work in the morning and it would end at 5 pm.
Portion of Gangotri highway in Uttarakhand caves in following landslide, traffic diverted
A portion of Gangotri National Highway caved in due to a landslide near the Forest Department office at Lisa Depot in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi disrupting vehicular movement on Saturday. According to officials, a stretch of around 60 meters has caved in and the area is close to an airstrip said to be strategically important.
NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after weeks of silence
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft was back chatting it up Friday after flight controllers corrected a mistake that had led to weeks of silence. Hurtling ever deeper into interstellar space billions of miles away, Voyager 2 stopped communicating two weeks ago. Controllers sent the wrong command to the 46-year-old spacecraft and tilted its antenna away from Earth. On Wednesday, NASA's Deep Space Network sent a new command in hopes of repointing the antenna, using the highest powered transmitter at the huge radio dish antenna in Australia. Voyager 2's antenna needed to be shifted a mere 2 per cent.
Manipur cabinet asks Governor to summon Assembly on Aug 21
Amid the Opposition's demand for imposition of President's Rule in light of ethnic strife and violence that has ripped Manipur apart for the better part of three months now, the state Cabinet on Friday recommended that Governor Anusuiya Uikey summon a session of the Assembly on August 21. The Northeast state has been in the throes of violence, claiming over 100 lives so far and displacing thousands of people. Clashes broke out between Metei and Kuki communities on May 3 days after the Manipur High Court asked the state government to consider adding the former, the majority community in the state, to the list of Scheduled Tribes.
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First Published: Aug 05 2023 | 7:34 AM IST
