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11:10 PM

Clock Tower at Lal Chowk in Srinagar lit up in Tricolour ahead of Independence Day

8:34 PM

Central Reserve Force (CRPF) got 33 Gallantry Medals

Central Reserve Force (CRPF) got 33 Gallantry Medals on Independence Day that includes 20 Medals for gallantry in five operations  conducted in Jammu and kashmir while 13 Medals were conferred on the Bravehearts who displayed gallant action in four operations in LWE infested areas. Two bravehearts were also awarded with the Police Medal for gallantry (Posthumous): CRPF

7:14 PM

I join my fellow citizens in paying grateful tribute to the known and unknown freedom fighters: Murmu

7:09 PM

My heartiest greetings to all on our 77th Independence Day: Prez Murmu

4:58 PM

Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January- July 2023 were 88,194,000: DGCA

Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January- July 2023 were 88,194,000 as against 66,954,000 during the corresponding period of previous year thereby registering annual growth of 31.72 per cent and monthly growth of 24.68 per cent, according to DGCA.

2:49 PM

We will boycott Governor's Independence Day tea party over his pro-NEET stand, says TN CM Stalin

Staunchly denouncing Governor R N Ravi's pro-NEET stand, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday said his government would boycott the tea party to be hosted by him on Independence Day.

Two days ago, Ravi had said that he would never give assent to the Tamil Nadu Assembly Bill to exempt the state from the purview of the national test "if he had the power to do so". The Governor's statement has shocked students and young people., Chief Minister Stalin said, condemning Ravi's words.

 

2:28 PM

Thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance found buried in ground at Cambodian school

Cambodian authorities have temporarily closed a high school where thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance from the country's nearly three decades of civil war have been unearthed.

The ordnance was found at the school in the northeastern province of Kratie after deminers were invited to search for buried landmines on the campus before a new building was constructed, Chheang Heng, the provincial deputy chief for education. More than 1,000 students study at Queen Kossamak high school.

1:56 PM

8 people booked over inflammatory social media post in UP's Bareilly

Eight people have been booked for allegedly making an inflammatory post and spreading it on social media in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.

Superintendent of Police (Rural) Raj Kumar Agarwal said a video clipping of Muharram, along with objectionable remarks, was posted on 'X', formerly known as Twitter, by a person identified as Nazim Raza. It was made viral by seven others with the intention to trigger communal disturbance, the police said

1:38 PM

Chandrayaan-3 undergoes another orbit reduction manoeuvre, gets closer to Moon's surface

Chandrayaan-3 ventured closer to the lunar surface on Monday with another successful maneuver of the spacecraft by ISRO, the national space agency said.

The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency said the spacecraft has now achieved a "near-circular orbit" around the Moon.

1:09 PM

Mobile internet service restored in Haryana's Nuh two weeks after violence

Mobile internet service has been restored in Nuh district of Haryana, two weeks after it was suspended following communal clashes that claimed six lives, police said on Monday.

According to the police, the service was restored Sunday midnight.

12:51 PM

MP: Vande Bharat train window damaged as man throws stones; arrested

A glass window of the Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express train was damaged after a person threw stones at it in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, an official said on Monday.

The incident took place at around 10 am on Sunday near Banmore railway station and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has arrested a man in this connection, he said.

 

12:30 PM

Will prosecute deposed Prez Bazoum for 'high treason', says Niger's coup

Niger's mutinous soldiers say they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and undermining state security, hours after they said they were open to dialogue with West African nations to resolve the mounting regional crisis.

The announcement on state television on Sunday night, by spokesman Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, said the military regime had gathered the necessary evidence to prosecute before competent national and international authorities the ousted president and his local and foreign accomplices for high treason and for undermining the internal and external security of Niger.

12:12 PM

Rain wreaks havoc in Uttarakhand's Maldevta, defence building collapses

The defence college building in Uttarakhand's Maldevta collapsed on Monday as torrential rains pounded the state, flooding major rivers and their tributaries and causing landslides along the national highways to Badrinath, Kedarnath and Gangotri shrines, officials said.

Several people are feared to be buried in landslides triggered by heavy rains in the state.

11:49 AM

Himachal Pradesh: 16 killed in Shimla landslides, Solan cloudburst

At least 16 people were killed in two landslides in Shimla and a cloudburst in Solan as rain wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh on Monday.

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said nine bodies have been pulled out of the debris from a Shiv temple in the Summer Hill area that collapsed and the other site in the Fagli area where several houses were buried under mud and slush.

10:46 AM

Landslide results in temple building collapsing in Shimla amid heavy rains, people feared trapped in debris

A temple reportedly collapsed due to a massive landslide in Shimla's Summer Hill earlier today. Several people are feared trapped under the debris, PTI has reported.

10:38 AM

Internet services restored in Haryana's Nuh, two weeks after violence hit the district

In what may be called a return to normalcy, internet services in Haryana's Nuh district were restored. Earlier, six people, including two home guards and a cleric,  had died in the July 31 clashes that erupted in Nuh and later spread to adjoining the district of Gurugram.

10:26 AM

Badrinath highway in Chamoli blocked due to falling debris, vehicles buried

Badrinath National Highway in Pipalkoti area in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district has been blocked due to debris triggered by a landslide, following intermittent rainfall. Several vehicles have also been buried under the debris.

Chamoli District Magistrate, Himanshu Khurana told ANI that "Due to heavy debris falling from the mountain in Pipalkoti, many vehicles were buried under the debris and the roads have been closed."

10:01 AM

Glasses on door of Asaduddin Owaisi's Delhi house found broken, police probe on

Two glasses on the door of AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi's Delhi residence have been found broken, police said on Monday.

A senior police officer said that no stone or any other such thing was found in the vicinity of the broken glasses.

9:32 AM

Himachal Solan cloudburst toll rises to 7; CM Sukhu condoles deaths

The death toll in the cloudburst at Jadon village in Himachal Pradesh's Solan has risen to seven with the recovery of two more bodies on Monday morning, officials said.

The incident of cloudburst was reported at Jadon village of Kandaghat subdivision in Solan district of the state, Siddhartha Acharya, Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Kandaghat said.

9:17 AM

Estimated loss worth over Rs 7,000 cr in Himachal Pradesh since onset of monsoon

Himachal Pradesh has been the worst affected state in the country due to the floods and landslides with officials announcing a staggering loss of Rs 7020.28 crore due to the monsoon's devastating impact on Sunday.

The monsoon season commenced in Himachal Pradesh on June 24. According to the officials, the monsoon's toll stands at 257 lives lost due to a range of causes.

9:17 AM

Tourists urged to avoid Maui as hotels prepare to take in evacuees, first responders

Hawaii officials urged tourists to avoid travelling to Maui as many hotels prepared to house evacuees and first responders on the island that faces a long recovery from the wildfire that demolished a historic town and killed more than 90 people.

About 46,000 residents and visitors have flown out of Kahului Airport in West Maui since the devastation in Lahaina became clear Wednesday, according to the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

 

9:16 AM

Congress leader Randeep Surjewala demands wider consultations on 3 bills replacing criminal laws

Congress leader Randeep Surjewala on Sunday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of "misleading" Parliament and the people of the country about the three new bills introduced in the Lok Sabha that seek to overhaul the country's criminal justice system and demanded a wider consultations on the proposed legislations involving legal experts and public.

Surjewala claimed that without any prior intimation or public consultation or inviting suggestions from legal experts, jurists, criminologists, and other stakeholders, the Modi government introduced the three bills from its "black magic hat" on August 11.