Breaking News, September 16 | Highlights

The engine of a goods train derailed in Sonbhadra early on Monday, disrupting rail traffic for hours after debris from a nearby hill fell on the tracks due to heavy rains, railway officials said. No casualty has been reported so far and train traffic was restored after the tracks were cleared of the debris, they said.

Around 3 am on Monday, the goods train travelling from Chunar to Chopan in the Sonbhadra district hit the debris near Brahmababa bridge and its engine got derailed, a railway official said.

India on Monday rebuked Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei's statement as unacceptable. Khamenei had said, "We cannot consider ourselves to be Muslims if we are oblivious to the suffering that a Muslim is enduring in Myanmar, Gaza and India."

On One Nation, One Election, Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said, "This is very much needed and it should have happened earlier but it is happening now, for this, I thank the Government of India."

Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) candidate from Pulwama Assembly seat, Mohammad Iqbal Sofi joins National Conference in the presence of National Conference chief, Omar Abdullah.

Five people were arrested in Bhubaneswar on Monday after a purported video of their reckless driving went viral on social media, police said. The two vehicles seen in the video were also seized, they said. The action was taken by the special squad and personnel of the Laxmisagar police station, they added.

The Congress will chair the parliamentary standing committees on external affairs, agriculture, and rural development in the Lok Sabha and education in the Rajya Sabha, party sources said on Monday, with talks between the government and the opposition over the panels' chairship concluding.

The body of a 35-year-old man with his head severed was found on the terrace of a shopping complex in Maharashtra's Thane city on Monday morning, police said. The headless body of Somnath Sadgir, a security supervisor, was found on the terrace of the complex in the Kapurbawdi area and has been sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, an official said.

Manipur Home Department released an order lifting the suspension of internet and mobile data services, including VSATs and VPN services, in Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bisnupur, and Kakching districts, which was earlier extended till September 20.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday directed the DGP to investigate the allegation of a job aspirant that a woman constable searched her private parts before she entered an examination hall in Nalbari during the test for filling up Group III posts. He also said the director general of police informed him of another incident in North Lakhimpur, where "cheating material" was recovered from a woman candidate during the exam.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday directed the DGP to investigate the allegation of a job aspirant that a woman constable searched her private parts before she entered an examination hall in Nalbari during the test for filling up Group III posts. He also said the director general of police informed him of another incident in North Lakhimpur, where "cheating material" was recovered from a woman candidate during the exam.

Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra legislative council Ambadas Danve on Monday claimed that the state government has failed to fulfil the promises it had made for the development of Marathwada on the Hyderabad Liberation Day last year. Addressing the media here, the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader alleged that the state government had not released even 5 per cent of the funds it had announced for the region earlier.

A man allegedly ended his life by hanging himself after strangling his wife to death in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, police said on Monday. SHO of Sultana Police Station Bhagwan Ram said Rajesh Kumar (30) and Manju (28) got married a couple of years ago and used to quarrel often. They had shifted to a rented accommodation three days ago.

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Monday said it has put the ball in BJP's court by demanding early elections in Delhi in November, and now it is up to the opposition party to decide whether it was prepared to face CM Arvind Kejriwal. Kejriwal will tender his resignation as chief minister on Tuesday and the process to choose his replacement will start after that, Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said, adding that there has been no discussion on who the next chief minister will be.

Tension prevailed in Katipalla town and BC road in Dakshina Kannada district on Monday after incidents of stone-pelting on two places of worship and clashes between two groups, police said. The incidents of stone pelting at Katipalla town in Mangaluru taulk took place on late Sunday night, but due to quick action, the situation came under control and no untoward incidents were reported in the area. Window panes of the place of worship were shattered, they said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with beneficiaries of the 'PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijlee Yojna' in Vavol area of Gujarat capital Gandhinagar. He arrived at Shalin-2 society at around 10 am and interacted with people from several households who have installed solar panels on rooftops as part of the ambitious Central government scheme launched on February 29 with an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore.

Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal on Monday continued with their cease work, stating that they wouldremain steadfast in their resolve to pursue justice for the medic raped and murdered at the RG Kar hospital. The doctors continued their sit-in outside Swasthya Bhawan, the headquarters of the Health department, for the eight day and the cease work for the 36th day and vowed to continue it till their demands - the removal of Kolkata Police Commissioner and senior state health officials are met.

A 47-year-old woman was killed after the scooter on which she was riding pillion met with an accident involving a car at Sasthamcotta near here, police said on Monday. The accused driver Ajmal (27), who went absconding, was taken into custody from the district on Monday morning, police said. According to the FIR, the incident happened at 4.30 pm on Sunday at Annorkkavu junction near Sasthamcotta.

A 23-year-old labourer was arrested in Ambernath in Thane district for allegedly bludgeoning his employer to death, a police official said on Monday. Saleem Yakub Sheikh hammered labour contractor Abdul Rehman (52) to death on Sunday following an argument after the former's daily wages were reduced from the promised Rs 1,000 to Rs 700, Ambernath police station senior inspector Ashok Bhagat said.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday left for Gandhinagar in Gujarat to participate in the 4th Global RE-Invest Renewable Energy Investors Meet and Expo. According to official sources, Naidu, who left for Gandhinagar this morning from Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad, is expected to return here this evening. The CM, as one of the keynote speakers, will pitch for investments in the state’s untapped green energy sector.

A man was booked in Bhiwandi in Thane for abetment of suicide after a 16-year-old boy hanged himself, a police official said on Monday. The accused has been identified as vada pav seller Kunal Chowdhary, the Narpoli police station official said. "On September 11, deceased Gaurav Jha went to Chowdhary's shop to buy vada pav. He asked the teen to drop some items at his house, which the boy refused. Chowdhary slapped him. Insulted, the boy hanged himself in his house some time later," Senior Inspector Bharat Kamath said.

A man was allegedly shot dead on Sunday night over a suspected dispute regarding a property in Noida's Sector 142 area, police said. Sector 142 police station in-charge inspector Pushpraj Singh said Navendra Jha was shot at near Sector 137 metro station around 7 pm. He was admitted to Felix Hospital, where he died during treatment. The body has been sent for post-mortem.