Bangladesh crisis updates: Sheikh Hasina lands at Hindon airport in India after resignation

Bangladesh news updates: Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka after resigning as prime minister amid Bangladesh's violent protests fueled by unemployment. Protestors had stormed the Gono Bhaban.

12:43 PM

EAM Jaishankar to inaugurate first BIMSTEC Business Summit in Delhi

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will inaugurate the first BIMSTEC Business Summit here which aims to foster greater regional collaboration through robust trade and investment relations among the members of the seven-nation grouping. The summit will be hosted by the Ministry of External Affairs in association with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) from August 6-8, the MEA said in a statement on Monday.

12:24 PM

SC takes suo motu cognisance of UPSC aspirants' deaths, issues notice to Centre and Delhi government

Supreme Court said that nocoaching institute should be allowed to operate unless they comply with safety norms.

12:10 PM

NDRF team rescues 26 villagers stranded in flood waters in Jharkhand's Garhwa

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Monday rescued 26 villagers stranded in flood waters in Jharkhand's Garhwa district, officials said. Twenty-six persons of six families were stranded in flood waters of Sone river near Hariharpur police outpost since Sunday evening. "The NDRF team rescued 26 persons trapped in floods in Sone river near Hariharpur this morning around 7.30 am. As soon as information reached us, we sent an NDRF rescue team and they were evacuated," Garhwa Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar Pandey said.

11:48 AM

Kerala landslides: Environment minister admonishes Kerala government for tragedy

Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav attributed the Wayanad incident to unauthorized mining operations and unlawful settlements on Monday. He asserted that these illicit activities were occurring with the tacit approval of the Kerala state government.

11:36 AM

Rameshwaram Cafe blast update: NIA conducts spot inspection along with two accused

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today brought two accused arrested in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast to the spot for inspection as part of its investigation into the incident that occurred on March 1, police sources said. During the course of its investigation into the Cafe blast, the NIA has conducted extensive searches at more than 29 locations across the country. "A team of NIA probing the Rameshwaram Cafe blast came here this morning at the Cafe for spot inspection along with two of the accused as part of their internal investigation into the case," a police source said.

11:03 AM

News update: SC rules that LG is not bound to act on aid and advice of Delhi govt to nominate aldermen to MCD

10:59 AM

Delhi registers minimum temperature of 26 degress Celsius, light rain likely during day

Delhiites woke up to a humid morning on Monday with the minimum temperature settling at 26 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The relative humidity was recorded at 82 per cent at 8:30 am.

 

10:46 AM

Bihar: Nine Kanwariyas electrocuted to death, two injured

At least nine Kanwar Yatra pilgrims were electrocuted to death and two others sustained injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in came in contact with a high-tension overhead wire in Bihar's Vaishali district, a senior official said on Monday. The incident took place in Sultanpur village in Industrial police station area around 11.15 pm on Sunday.

10:30 AM

Article 370 abrogation anniversary: Security stepped up in J-K

The security grid in Jammu and Kashmir has been put on an alert in view of the fifth anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, with all security forces instructed to avoid movement of convoys on Monday. In a message to all security agencies, police have advised them to observe a "dry day" with no movement of security convoys on August 5. The advisory also said there should be no movement of convoys of Amarnath pilgrims between various base camps.

10:07 AM

Himachal Pradesh Floods: Search operations underway in Rampur

9:49 AM

Bangladesh protesters plan 'Long March to Dhaka' after nearly 100 killed in anti-govt demonstrations

Bangladesh braced for another tense day as protestors asked the general public to join a "Long March to Dhaka" on Monday, a day after nearly 100 people died in fierce clashes between demonstrators demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation and the ruling party supporters in different parts of the country.

9:38 AM

Army opens fire on suspected infiltrators along LoC in J-K, search operations underway

Army troops opened fire after noticing the movement of two groups of infiltrators along the Line of Control (LoC) in Akhnoor and Sunderbani sectors of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Monday, officials said. Though there was no exchange of fire, a massive search operation is underway in both areas to ensure that there is no infiltration from across the border, they said.

9:37 AM

Over 2,500 people staying in relief camps in Kerala's landslide-hit Wayanad

Over 2,500 people, including 599 children and six pregnant women, whose lives have been shattered by deadly landslides, are staying in various relief camps in Kerala's Wayanad, according to authorities on Monday. According to the latest official figures released by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), a total of 16 rescue camps are there in Meppadi and other village panchayats in the hill district where the landslide-hit people are staying.

8:59 AM

Bangladesh news update: Indians in Bangladesh asked to take 'extreme caution' as violent clashes kill 98

The clashes broke out Sunday morning when protesters attending the non-cooperation programme under the banner of the Students Against Discrimination with the one-point demand of the government's resignation over a job quota system faced opposition from the supporters of the Awami League, Chhatra League, and Jubo League activists.