Breaking News, Latest Updates August 10 | Highlights

Ganga Prasad, Governor of Sikkim to discharge the functions of the Governor of Manipur, in addition to his own duties, during the absence on leave of Dr Najma A Heptulla, Governor of Manipur: Rashtrapati Bhavan. Brig (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd), Governor of Arunachal Pradesh to discharge the functions of the Governor of Mizoram, in addition to his own duties, during the absence on leave of Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati, Governor of Mizoram: Rashtrapati Bhavan

20 children in 2 schools of Ludhiana, found to be positive for #COVID19: Deputy Commissioner VK Sharma

CBSE issues notification on the online submission of LOC in respect of regular candidates of Class X and XII for the Compartment/Improvement Examination. Optional and Compartment Examinations for the candidates for classes Xth and XIIth have been scheduled from 25th August.

WFI temporarily suspends Vinesh Phogat, further course of action to be decided after her response

Maharashtra Government allows reopening of schools for classes 5th to 8th in rural areas and classes 8th to 12th in urban areas from August 17. District and local authorities to take a final call after reviewing the situation

Bombay High Court has cancelled the Class 11 Common Entrance Test scheduled for 21st August. The court has asked the State to complete the admission process within 6 weeks

Tokyo 2020 silver medalist wrestler Ravi Dahiya felicitated by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Delhi Police clarifies that it seeks three-day custody of Vineet and Deepak Singh and urges Delhi Court to send the other four accused including Ashwani Upadhyay to 14-day judicial custody.

CM has instructed Water Resources Dept to reserve the required amount of drinking water in the reservoirs till September 30 and release the remaining amount of water with immediate effect to save the standing crop of the farmers as the state faces a drought situation: Gujarat CMO

Delhi: Opposition MPs created ruckus, raised slogans of 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan', demanding withdrawal of the three farm laws, in Rajya Sabha earlier today.

Delhi Police seeks three-day custody of Ashwani Upadhyay and others, in connection with inflammatory sloganeering near Jantar Mantar. Ashwani Upadhyay and others involved in yesterday’s incident to be arrested. Delhi Police is handling the matter as per law and any communal disharmony will not be tolerated, said Delhi Police.

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat applauded gold medalist javelin thrower Subedar Neeraj Chopra and complimented him for his performance in Tokyo Olympics that brought laurels to the nation.

Punjab has reported suspected deaths due to Oxygen shortage: Sources

Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah held the 36th meeting of Committee of Parliament on Official Langauge today.

Punjab CM Capt. Amarinder Singh meets Sonia Gandhi in Janpath in Delhi. The former chief minister of Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat is also present.

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar inspects door-to-door vaccination of bedridden patients 

"We started this from Sunday in ward number 199 & so far we've vaccinated 26 such patients out of 178. We're trying to complete the vaccination of all such patients in coming weeks," she says

Caseload and positivity trend was found to be more than 10. Some districts indicated an increasing trend of positivity rate - Malappuram, Kozhikode, Pathanamthitta. 80% of cases were found to be positive for Delta variant, like other states: Dr SK Singh, NCDC Director

Enforcement Directorate has arrested Popular Finance managing director Thomas Daniel, his daughter and company's CEO Rinu Mariam, in a money laundering scam case in Kerala

President Ram Nath Kovind will host the Indian Contingent of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 over a ‘High Tea’ on August 14, 2021 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre.

Haryana Government announces free bus travel for women and children up to 15 years of age on the festival of Raksha Bandhan.

In a security advisory, Indian Embassy in Afghanistan has advised Indians to make 'immediate' travel arrangements to return to India; 'strongly advised' Indian companies 'immediately withdraw' their Indian employees out of project sites in Afghanistan.

READ MORE: India asks its nationals to leave war-ravaged Afghanistan on special flight from Mazar-e-Sharif today

Leaders and representatives of several organisations along with Chairman of Trustees of Jagannath Temple, Mecheda & West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari met Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at Raj Bhawan in Kolkata, today to seek a change in the date of 'Khela Hobe Divas'.

Jammu and Kashmir: As part of 75 years of Independence, the Indian Army installed a 100 feet tall Tricolour in Gulmarg today

Supreme Court in its judgment today slapped a fine of Rs 1 Lakh each on BJP & Congress and Rs 5 Lakh on NCP and CPM for failing to comply with the Court's earlier directions on making criminal antecedents of election candidates public, during Bihar polls.

As floodwaters submerged large tracts of land people have been shifted to flood shelters. "Around 400 people have been shifted here & more people are likely to come. Our area was submerged in floodwater," says Sapna, a local.

Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah later today in Delhi. 

Five civilians were injured in a grenade attack on security personnel at Hari Singh High Street in Srinagar today in Jammu and Kashmir

I think both the governments (Assam and Mizoram) are now talking and definitely, both sides will work for peace and tranquility: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma 

4 people killed, 21 injured after a mini truck falls into a deep ditch in Barwani, injured admitted to a local hospital

Delhi: FIR filed & murder case registered at Hari Nagar Police station in connection with matter where a Tihar jail inmate, gangster Ankit Gujar was found dead at jail no.3 earlier this month. FIR also names Tihar Dy Jailer Narendra Meena. Gujar's family has accused him of murder

Preetham Gowda is my young friend. He spoke in excitement. No politics was discussed with Deve Gowda. I met all officer bearers of Hassan. There should be no need for doubt. I'll take my party workers & MLAs in confidence & protect their interests: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai

Tamil Nadu Budget session to start on August 13; to last till September 21

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai held a meeting with senior Police officers today in Bengaluru. Various issues, including the fight against narcotics and drugs, crime, and others were discussed.

If the Centre did not use the Pegasus spyware, it should probe whether any other foreign government snooped on Indian politicians, bureaucrats, judges & journalists: NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik

SAARC General-Secretary Esala Ruwan Weerakoon meets EAM Jaishankar

Bihar: Patna's Gandhi Ghat submerged due to rise in water-level

Ashwani Upadhyay, Vinod Sharma, Deepak Singh, Vinit Kranti, Preet Singh, Deepak have formally arrested

Army hoists tallest national flag in Jammu and Kashmir today 

Govt of India approves vaccine manufacturing facility for producing Covaxin

PM Narendra Modi conveys his greetings on 'World Lion Day'

Terrorists attacked CRPF Road opening party in Shopian district

Britain to relax some COVID-19 travel restrictions for COP26

Canada to extend ban on arriving passenger flights from India till September 21

J&K govt constructing an international Rugby ground in Srinagar

US President Joe Biden speaks with Japan PM Yoshihide Suga