Breaking News, October 7

A man here on Friday allegedly set a married woman on fire for rejecting his love and then attempted to kill himself, police said. The woman, who was married for 12 years, had some disputes with her husband and stayed at her parents' home for three months, they said.

Maharashtra Highway Police has fixed a top speed limit of 120 km per hour for the under-construction Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Mahamarg (highway). Two-wheelers, auto rickshaws and quadricycles would not be allowed on the highway, said a notification issued on October 4.

India and the UK are carrying out intensive discussions for a free trade agreement as both sides are keen to conclude it at the earliest, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday amid indication that the previously-set Diwali deadline for the ambitious deal could be difficult to meet. The MEA's comments came in the backdrop of UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman expressing reservations over the proposed pact on the grounds that it could increase immigration to the UK and go against the goals of Brexit.

 President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday designed to allay European concerns that US intelligence agencies are illegally spying on them. It promises strengthened safeguards against data collection abuses and creates a forum for legal challenges.

The murder case of a woman whose body was found stuffed in a gunny bag in Nehru Nagar has been solved with the arrest of three women, a Mumbai police official said on Friday.

Nine people were held in Gangtok for attempting to show black flags to Union Home Minister Amit Shah who was on a day-long visit to Sikkim, police said.

The people of Gujarat will teach the Aam Aadmi Party a lesson in the upcoming Assembly polls in the state due to the mass conversion event reportedly attended by a minister in Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal government, the Bharatiya Janata Party said on Friday.

Customs officials here on Friday said they seized gold worth over Rs four crore at the Hyderabad International Airport in two incidents.

A leopard, which fell into a well of a house, was rescued by wildlife officials and local people through hours-long mission at Puthiyidam in this high-range district on Friday. As the veterinarian and tranquilising experts were away in Idukki as part of another official commitment, the rescue mission of the leopard got delayed for some hours, but it was successfully pulled out from the nearly 30 ft-deep well by the evening.

Hundreds of enthusiastic youngsters, mostly from Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, thronged the Army Agniveer recruitment rally which commenced here on Friday, officials said. The rally, being organised by Army Recruiting Office, Jammu, at Jorawar Stadium, Sunjuwan, will continue till October 22, the officials said.

Singapore is resuming normal lifestyle post-COVID by lifting all vaccination-differentiated and virus spread control measures from October 10, with restrictions no longer in place for dining in, nightlife establishments and events with more than 500 participants.

Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav continues to be in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Medanta hospital in Gurugram and his condition remains critical, the hospital said on Friday.

Around 450 people were rescued from the Mal River in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district after eight people were swept away and several others went missing due to flash floods in the waterbody during idol immersion of Goddess Durga.

Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) Ashish Bhatia has ordered a probe into the incident in which some police personnel publicly flogged a few Muslim community members accused of hurling stones at garba dance event participants in Kheda district, officials said. Kapadvanj Deputy Superintendent of Police V N Solanki has been asked to conduct the inquiry and submit a report, sources in the state home department said on Friday.

Seven members of a family, including four children, were killed on Friday when a major fire engulfed a five-storey building in a crowded market area of Pakistan's Punjab province.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a three-day northeast tour, starting Friday, during which he will inaugurate a dairy conclave in Sikkim and meet BJP leaders there, followed by a slew of programs in Assam.

Girl set ablaze in Dumka: In yet another horrific crime against woman in Jharkhand’s Dumka, a married man set a girl ablaze as she refused his marriage proposal. 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday launched fresh raids in connection with its money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy, official sources said.

Congress President Election: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has favoured limiting the term of office for state presidents in the party and called for Congress to be revived and re-energised to take on BJP in the 2024 general elections.

Veteran actor Arun Bali passes away at the age of 79 years in Mumbai. The actor was last seen in Aamir Khan-Kareena Kapoor starrer Laal Singh Chaddha. 

Arun Bali made his TV debut in the year 1989 with Doosra Kewal. He is known for his roles in films like '3 Idiots', 'Kedarnath', 'Panipat' among many other films. He gained fame after he was featured in the Hindi serial, Kumkum Pyaara Sa Bandhan.

An attacker with a large kitchen knife killed two people and wounded six others in stabbings along the Las Vegas Strip before being arrested Thursday, police said.

Three people were hospitalized in critical condition and another three were in stable condition, according to Las Vegas police who said they began receiving 911 calls about the stabbings around 11:40 am on the north end of the Strip.

A hybrid terrorist affiliated with the proscribed terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has been apprehended, said Shopian police on Thursday (October 6). The police also recovered arms and ammunition including a 9 mm Pistol from his possession. 

'Bagh Savari' festival was celebrated in fervour on Thursday, the day after the conclusion of the annual nine-day 'Brahmotsavam' celebrations, in Tirumala, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.

The Varanasi court will pronounce its verdict on the plea filed by Hindu petitioners seeking carbon dating of the ‘Shivling’ claimed to be found inside the Gyanvapi Mosque on Friday.