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4:58 PM

Air India Mumbai-Jodhpur flight aborts takeoff due to 'operational reasons'

Air India flight from Mumbai to Jodhpur aborted takeoff and returned to the bay on Friday due to "operational" reasons. Alternative arrangements were made to fly the passengers to their destination, Tata-owned Air India said in a statement, without sharing further details.

4:43 PM

Kolkata Metro projects to be unveiled by PM planned during my tenure as rail minister: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has decided to skip the inauguration of three new metro routes in the city by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, asserted that the projects were planned and sanctioned during her tenure as railway minister. The PM will visit West Bengal on Friday evening to unveil Rs 5,200-crore worth infrastructure projects, including three crucial metro stretches, and address a public rally.

4:12 PM

More aid needed to save 130,000 Palestinian children, says Plan International UK

Far more aid required to tackle the malnutrition threatening the lives of 130,000 Palestinian children, a children’s charity has warned. Plan International UK said in reaction to the IPC’s report that the famine was an “entirely man-made hunger catastrophe that is killing Gazan children every day.”

 

3:56 PM

MCD to 100% implement SC order on stray dogs, says Delhi mayor

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will work “with full strength” to implement the Supreme Court’s directions on stray dogs in the national capital region, Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh said. “We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision and will implement it 100 per cent. The MCD will work on this order with full strength,” Singh said. 

 

3:53 PM

Aadhaar valid for voter roll revision: SC to Election Commission

Bihar voters disputing their exclusion from the electoral roll ahead of this year’s election may use Aadhaar as proof of residence, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, instructing the Election Commission to include the government-issued ID in its list of 11 accepted documents.

3:26 PM

Man nabbed while climbing Puri Jagannath temple Puri

A man was nabbed by security personnel while climbing the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple here on Friday, police said. Superintendent of Police, Puri, Pinak Mishra, said that the man was identified as Manoj Singh, a resident of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh. He entered the temple wearing a dhoti and attempted to climb the temple, the SP said. The man was spotted climbing the temple by the Jagannath Temple Police (JTP) and taken to the Singhadwar Police station.

3:15 PM

J-K LG orders dismissal of 2 govt employees over alleged terror links

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday terminated the services of two government employees in the Union Territory over their alleged involvement in terror activities, officials said. The sacked employees were identified as Siyad Ahmad Khan, an assistant stockman in the Sheep Husbandry Department residing in the Keran area, and Khurshid Ahmad Rather, a school teacher from the Karnah area -- both in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.

3:14 PM

Beaten with sticks by men, Zimbabwean student dies after 8 days

A 22-year-old student from Zimbabwe, who was allegedly attacked by a mob with sticks on August 13, has died from his injuries, police said on Friday.

2:41 PM

Kokilaben Ambani, mother of Mukesh and Anil Ambani, hospitalised

Kokilaben Ambani, mother of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and Reliance ADA Group chief Anil Ambani was on Friday hospitalised at the H N Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai.

2:00 PM

ED raids Karnataka MLA in online gaming case

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted multiple searches at the premises linked to Karnataka Congress MLA KC Veerendra Pappy and some others as part of an online gaming and betting-linked money laundering case, official sources said.

Pappy is a legislator from the Chitradurga assembly seat.

1:15 PM

No right to rest until India reaches the pinnacle, says Home Minister Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership India's economy has moved up sharply, and called upon the people of the country to put in their utmost effort to take it to the top in every field in the world. He, however, expressed regret that Kerala "remains" where it was 11 years ago, and blamed the "stagnation" caused by Communist ideology as holding back the southern state.

1:10 PM

20-year-old man held for trying to scale Parliament wall in early morning security breach

In a security breach, a 20-year-old man attempted to scale a wall of Parliament on Friday morning but was caught by security personnel and handed over to police, police said. The man, identified as Rama, hails from Uttar Pradesh and appears to be "mentally incoherent", they said.

1:03 PM

After terrorists killed our citizens in Pahalgam, I fulfilled my promise made to avenge attack: PM Modi

"16,000 pucca houses given in Bihar's Magadh region today, we are committed to provide such dwellings to every poor family in country," says PM Modi. 

1:01 PM

Stray dogs in Delhi-NCR: SC modifies direction, says canines be released after sterilisation

The Supreme Court on Friday modified its August 11 direction prohibiting release of stray dogs from dog shelters in Delhi-NCR, and said the picked up canines should be sterilised, vaccinated and released back in the same area.