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11:52 AM

Delhi records minimum temperature of 21.6 degree C

Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 21.6 degree Celsius, a notch above the season's average, on Monday morning.The relative humidity at 8.30 am stood at 75 per cent. A generally cloudy sky with light rain or drizzle accompanied with gusty winds has been forecasted.

11:47 AM

PM Modi greets people on seventh day of Chaitra Navratri

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wished the people on the seventh day of the ongoing Chaitra Navratri festival.

11:13 AM

33 people killed in Afghanistan after heavy rains set off flash floods

 At least 33 people have died and 27  injured in three days after heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman said Sunday. Flash floods have affected the capital, Kabul, and many provinces. More than 600 houses were either damaged or destroyed while around 200 livestock died.

11:08 AM

Salman Khan's security cover augmented

Following firing of gunshots by two men yesterday, security has been beefed up outside actor Salman Khan's residence in Galaxy Apartments in Bandra, Mumbai.

10:56 AM

Delhi news update: Cab driver killed in road-rage incident near Red Fort

A 36-year-old cab driver was killed while a beggar was shot at in an alleged road-rage incident near the Red Fort, police said here on Monday.

Police said they received an information from the LNJP Hospital at 1:50 am on Monday that Mohammad Sakib, a resident of Zakir Nagar was admitted there after receiving gunshot wounds along with a teenager named Luv Khush (15), a resident of Palwal.

10:26 AM

Liquor policy case update: BRS leader K Kavitha being taken from Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court after hearing

10:18 AM

Liquor policy case update: Delhi court sends BRS leader K Kavitha to judicial custody till April 23

K Kavitha has been sent to the judicial custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation till April 23.

10:08 AM

Liquor policy case update: BRS leader K Kavitha produced in court

The BRS MLC's CBI custody end today. Kavitha had been sent to the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation for three days till April 15. She was previously in judicial custody, in Delhi's Tihar Jail, till April 23 in a related money laundering case.

9:54 AM

World can't afford more war, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

At the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which was convened after Iranian drone and missile strikes on Israel, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday said the 'Middle East' was on the brink, adding that neither the region nor the world can afford more war. "We have a shared responsibility to work for peace. Regional--and indeed global--peace and security are being undermined by the hour. Neither the region nor the world can afford more war," Guterres stated.

9:50 AM

Trump's hush money trial begins today with jury selection

In the first criminal trial of a former American president, the hush money trial of Donald Trump begins today with jury selection.  As part of an alleged effort to keep salacious — and, he says, bogus — stories about his sex life from emerging during his 2016 campaign, Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. It is also the first of Trump's four indictments to go to trial. 

9:45 AM

Two dead in Muzaffarnagar roof collapse incident, 18 people rescued

Police officials have rescued 18 people while one person being seriously injured, ADG, Meerut zone, Dhruva Kant Thakur said. Two persons were killed in the incident and one is feared to be trapped under the debris. Rescue operations are ongoing.

9:42 AM

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar speaks to Israeli counterpart on hostilities with Iran

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday held a discussion with his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz, and shared India's concerns over the situation arising out of the Iran-Israel hostilities. In a telephonic conversation, he held talks on the regional conflict and also 'agreed to stay in touch'.

9:34 AM

Punjab CM Mann to meet AAP Kejriwal in Tihar Jail today

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is scheduled to meet AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail today at around 12 noon, said the Aam Aadmi Party. Kejriwal is presently lodged in Tihar jail after he was arrested by ED in the Delhi liquor policy case.

9:21 AM

News update: Man who opened fire outside Salman's house suspected to be from Gurugram

One of the two men seen in a CCTV footage opening fire outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's house in Mumbai is suspected to be from Gurugram, news agency PTI reported citing sources. Two men fired four rounds outside Bandra's Galaxy Apartments, where Khan resides, around 5 am and fled. An FIR has been file against "unidentified persons" under IPC section 307 (attempt to murder) and the Arms Act, a police official said. 

8:48 AM

Supreme Court to hear CM Kejriwal’s petition against ED arrest today

The top court will on Monday hear Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the excise policy case. Earlier in April, the Delhi High Court upheld his arrest by the probe agency.