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2 min read Last Updated : Aug 05 2023 | 11:13 PM IST
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At least three persons were killed and 24 others injured when a bus fell into a river from a bridge in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Saturday night, police said.
The accident took place at Giridih Dumri Road around 8.40 pm when the bus fell into the Barakar river while on way to Giridih from Ranchi, Giridih Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Anil Kumar told PTI.
"More details cannot be assessed right now as rescue and relief operations are being carried," the official said.
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A staff member of BJP MP Ramesh Bind's office was injured after three men allegedly thrashed him and vandalised the premises on Saturday, police said.
An FIR has been registered against the three accused, who fled the spot after the attack, they said.
Tauseef Saroj, Vishal and Satyam reached the office of Ramesh Bind, BJP MP from Bhadohi, in the Thanipur area here and had an altercation with computer operator Pradeep Bind (27). The trio thrashed Pradeep, who was seriously injured, and vandalised the office, said Inspector (crime) Vinod Yadav.
After receiving information about the incident, police reached the spot and took Pradeep to the hospital. An FIR has been lodged against the accused, he said.
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The National Investigation Agency Saturday said it made a major arrest in a case linked to an ISIS terror module, nabbing a suspect who was allegedly involved in the fabrication of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
A spokesperson for the federal agency said Aakif Ateeque Nachan was also wanted for arranging a hideout for two other terror operatives in Maharashtra.
He is the sixth accused to be arrested in the case.
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There was a fresh spell of rain in the national capital on Saturday morning with the maximum temperature settling at 33.5 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average, the India Meteorological Department said.
The minimum temperature settled at 25.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average, the IMD added.
The weather department forecast generally cloudy skies with light rainfall on Sunday. It said the maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 33 and 27 degrees Celsius respectively.
7:07 PM
Copparam Shreyas Hareesh, a 13-year-old prodigy from Bengaluru, succumbed to injuries that he had suffered following a crash in the third round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the Madras International Circuit, here on Saturday.
Following the tragic incident, promoter of the event, Madras Motor Sports Club, cancelled the remaining races scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
Born on July 26, 2010, Shreyas, a student of Kensri School in Bengaluru, was being hailed as a rising star, as he had won several races at the National level, including four in a row, competing in the rookie category of the Petronas TVS One-Make Championship this season.
7:06 PM
Delhi is gearing up for the fourth edition of Van Mahotsav, a tree plantation drive aimed at increasing green cover and combating pollution.
The event will be held at the Polo Ground of Delhi University in the Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency on Sunday, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said.
This year's Van Mahotsav is set to be observed across all seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi, with active participation from Paryavaran Mitras, resident welfare associations (RWAs), and eco clubs, the minister said in a statement.
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said his government has decided to hike the stipend of junior doctors in the state.
As per the decision, MBBS students will get Rs 15,900 per month in place of Rs 12,600, while first-year postgraduate (PG) students will get Rs 67,500 per month, up from the current Rs 53,550.
Similarly, the stipend of second-year PG students will be hiked to Rs 71,450 per month from Rs 56,700 and third-year PG students will get Rs 74,600 per month in place of Rs 59,220, officials said.
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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi on Saturday and discussed multiple issues concerning the state, including the losses due to heavy rains last month.
Sukhu informed Kharge about the devastation caused by floods and heavy rains in the state as well as the relief and rescue operations carried out by the state government.
He also told the Congress chief about the evacuation of tourists from Chandertaal at an altitude of 4,300 metres in Spiti, by his ministers.
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The National Investigation Agency has moved the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court seeking transfer of proceedings in the case involving threat calls to Union minister Nitin Gadkari to the special NIA court in Mumbai.
Earlier, District and Additional Session (NIA) Judge J P Zapate had ruled on July 18 that while the federal agency would take over the probe into the case, proceedings would continue to be held at the Nagpur NIA court.
An HC bench of justices Vinay Joshi and Valmiki SA Menezes on Friday issued notices to respondents.
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Nepal's Foreign Minister NP Saud on Saturday sought the help of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to locate the Nepalese pilgrims who went missing after a flash flood swept away the hotel they were staying in near the Kedarnath temple area.
Saud on Saturday called Uttarakhand Chief Minister Dhami and formally requested him for the urgent search and rescue of the Nepalese pilgrims who went missing in the landslides that have occurred in Gauri Kund of Rudraprayag district since Thursday night following incessant rain, according to the minister's secretariat.
A total of 19 pilgrims went missing in the landslide that hit Gauri Kund, out of which 11 are Nepal citizens.
So far, seven bodies have been recovered of which three are Nepalese.
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The Enforcement Directorate has taken possession of four villas and 6.75 acres of land in Kerala's Munnar district as part of a money laundering investigation against the banned Popular Front of India. The assets are worth a total Rs 2.53 crore (book value) and belong to Munnar Villa Vista Pvt Ltd. They were provisionally attached by the federal probe agency on January 7 and the adjudicating authority of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) confirmed it on June 30, the ED said in a statement on Saturday.
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AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday wondered how things will pan out after the Archaeological Survey of India reports are made public after the investigation and hoped that the floodgates for a "thousand Babris" (Babri Masjid) will not be opened. The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the Allahabad High Court order allowing the ASI to conduct a scientific survey at the Gyanvapi mosque complex to determine if the 17th century structure was built upon a pre-existing temple, notwithstanding the assertion by the Muslim side that the exercise will "reopen wounds of the past".
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Indian farmers have planted 28.3 million hectares (69.9 million acres) with summer-sown rice, according to the farm ministry's latest data, up 3.28% from the same period last year, as robust monsoon rains encouraged the expansion of acreage. Higher rice planting in India, the world's second-biggest producer of the grain, will ease concerns about lower output of the staple. India late last month ordered a halt to its largest rice export category a move that will roughly halve shipments by the world's largest exporter of the grain.
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India has logged 77 fresh Covid-19 cases while the active cases were recorded at 1,553, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday.
The country's death toll has been recorded at 5,31,918, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The infection tally has been recorded at 4.49 crore (4,49,95,933) and the national recovery rate has reached 98.81 per cent, according to the ministry website.
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With Hepatitis B' and Hepatitis C' emerging as a major health problem in the state, Odisha government declared them as notifiable diseases with immediate effect.
In a statement on Friday, the state health and family welfare department asked all healthcare facilities to take immediate steps for notification of Hepatitis (Hepatitis-B and Hepatitis-C) cases at the earliest.
"In exercise of the powers conferred under Section (2) (1) of the Epidemic Disease Act-1897, the government prescribed in the notification that all healthcare providers (Govt/Private/ NGO sector) where diagnosis, tests and treatment of patients is undertaken shall have to take adequate steps for timely notification of Hepatitis-B and Hepatitis-C diseases (screened or confirmed) to the district surveillance officers and state surveillance officer," the notification said.
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As many as 50 people have been arrested for indulging in stone pelting and arson during TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu's tour of the district, police said on Saturday.
Also, 200 others involved in the riots are likely to be arrested as police are watching the footage to identify those who indulged in the violence.
At least 20 police personnel and several supporters of the opposition TDP as well as the ruling YSRCP were injured in stone pelting and arson during Chandrababu Naidu's tour of the district on Friday.
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Security forces launched a massive search operation on Saturday to trace a group of terrorists who killed three Army personnel during an encounter a day earlier in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, officials said.
Friday's encounter between security personnel and the terrorists occurred in the higher reaches of the Halan forest area of Kulgam in south Kashmir.
The gunfight ensued after the terrorists fired upon a security forces party, which had erected a tent in the area as part of an area domination exercise, the officials said.
In the exchange of fire, three Army personnel were injured. They died later during treatment.
The terrorists subsequently decamped with some weapons, the officials said.
11:22 AM
Hitting out at the Biden administration, former United States President Donald Trump on Friday said that he wears the indictments as a "badge of honour" and he needs just one more to "close out" the upcoming presidential elections, New York Post reported.
He was delivering a speech at the annual Alabama GOP dinner in Montgomery on Friday.
Trump said that the growing list of charges he faces has only helped his campaign and said he considers each indictment a "truly great badge of honour."
"It's not going to make any impact, because every time they file an indictment we go way up in the polls," New York Post quoted Trump, the front-running Republican presidential candidate, saying to the crowd.
"We need one more indictment to close out this election," he joked, to cheers. "One more indictment and this election is closed out, nobody has even a chance."
10:59 AM
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.
10:47 AM
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took to Twitter to post his congratulations on the completion of four years of the revocation of Article 370 and 35-A in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Congratulations to all on the completion of 4 years of the abolition of Article 370 and 35-A, which have been the father and nurturer of separatism, terrorism, familism and misrule in Jammu and Kashmir for decades and have been a blot on our national unity and integrity!" Yogi tweeted in Hindi.
The chief minister further praised the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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First Published: Aug 05 2023 | 7:34 AM IST
