Hritika Mitra

As Diwali usually falls in the month of October or November, the more than 900 families living around the bird sanctuary took the decision to save the birds and not scare them off by bursting crackers.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar also met President Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

Broader markets also advanced with the BSE MidCap gaining 227.43 points or 0.70 percent and BSE SmallCap by 452.11 points or 1.18 percent.

Thackeray, along with top leaders of the Sena (UBT), went to Mumbra to visit the razed shakha but had to face resistance from workers of the chief minister’s Shiv Sena, who raised slogans and showed him black flags.

Eight fire vehicles were rushed to the spot to control the blaze which was suspected to have broken out due to a short-circuit, a fire official said.

The trust was roped in by the Rajasthan government and the Jaipur Municipal Corporation in 2016 to manage the gaushala located near Jaipur.

Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) chairman Devendra Kumar Shukla said the decisions were taken to discourage farmers from stubble burning and harming the environment.

The accused were allegedly linked to the banned terror outfit ISIS and working to overthrow the elected government through "violent terror jihad" and establish 'Sharia'.

A total of Rs 2.23 lakh in cash was seized from the accused, police said.

According to Assam Riffles officials, the market value of the seized heroin is estimated at Rs 18.30 crore and the unaccounted cash was in the Indian currency notes.

The Western Railway, in a statement, said it has taken special measures given the rush during the festive season, such as operating special trains from Surat and Udhna and deploying personnel from the Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force for security and crowd management.

Earlier, at least 157 people were killed and over 150 others injured when a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake, the worst since 2015, struck Nepal.

The event was also attended by Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BJP state chief VD Sharma.

The intensity of the earthquake was 3.2 on Richter scale while thre tremors were felt at 10.33 pm.

Earlier, the Delhi traffic police issued an advisory suggesting that high volume of traffic is expected on the roads during Dhanteras and Diwali and advised commuters to take public transport.

Earlier, Pawar met NCP chief Sharad Pawar in Pune, prompting speculation in state political circles.

Local residents in large numbers gheraoed the Rahuwas police station shouting slogans against the police. BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena also went to the spot.

SC also said that the Governor of Punjab is 'playing with fire' by deflecting the course of bills passed by a duly elected Assembly. It ordered the Governor to decide on the bills forwarded for his assent after being passed by the state legislature.

The Bombay High Court also formed a three member committee to moniter and provide suggestions to the working bodies in order to curb pollution levels in the country.