Breaking News, January 6 | HIGHLIGHTS

A 32-year-old woman allegedly hanged herself on account of harassment by the husband and in-laws for dowry in Ulve area of Navi Mumbai, police said on Saturday.

Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Saturday inaugurated a 20-bed maternity ward here, and asserted that the AAP-led dispensation is committed to providing the best healthcare facilities to the people of the city.

Thane crime branch has arrested three more persons for allegedly supplying drugs at the New Year's Eve rave party, which was busted by the police, taking the number of arrests so far to five, a senior official said on Saturday.

The High Court of Karnataka has imposed a cost of Rs one lakh on a Bengaluru school for not allowing over 50 students to attend classes for not submitting an undertaking and paying a fine of Rs 10,000 for having "indulged in behaviour that goes against the ethos of the school."

 The body of a history-sheeter with an injury mark was recovered by the police in a village here on Saturday, officials said.

Three people have been arrested for robbing a shopkeeper here, police said on Saturday. According to police, the three accused are drug addicts and they carried out the robbery to fund their addiction.

The Mumbai police on Saturday arrested two Nigerian men and seized cocaine worth Rs 9 crore in the western suburb of Saki Naka, an official said. Officials on patrolling duty intercepted Daniel Naymack (38) when he was found wandering suspiciously near Hansa Industrial Estate, the official said.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday announced that no Republic Day parade in the state will be held at grounds having synthetic tracks. The chief minister said that as per this decision, the Republic Day function slated to be held at a stadium in Ludhiana will be now be held at the Punjab Agricultural University ground in the same city.

At least two schools designated as polling centres were set on fire by unknown arsonists in Bangladesh on Saturday as the country prepares to go for general elections on January 7.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has accepted the resignation of DCW chief Swati Maliwal, who is among the AAP's candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, and forwarded it to the lieutenant governor, officials said on Saturday. Maliwal will file her nomination papers for the elections here on Monday, they said.

Less than a fortnight after joining the ruling YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh in the presence of its chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, former Indian cricketer Ambati Rayudu announced his decision to quit the party on Saturday. Making the announcement, Rayudu said he wanted to stay out of politics 'for a little while'.

India has recorded a single-day rise of 774 COVID-19 cases while the number of active cases stands at 4,187, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. Two deaths -- one each from Tamil Nadu and Gujarat -- were reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.

The panel on 'One Nation, One Election' led by former president Ram Nath Kovind has invited suggestions from the public "for making appropriate changes in the existing legal administrative framework to enable simultaneous elections in the country". In a public notice, the high-level committee said the suggestions received by January 15 would be taken up for consideration.

A 25-year-old woman was seriously injured when she was allegedly stabbed by her cousin for rejecting his marriage proposal in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday. Gyan Prakash (26), who is the son of the woman's maternal uncle, is on the run, they said.

An offence has been registered against a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA for allegedly slapping an on-duty police constable in Maharashtra's Pune city, police said on Saturday. A video of the incident that occurred on Friday surfaced on social media, in which Sunil Kamble, the legislator from Pune Cantonment constituency, hit an on-duty constable at Sassoon General Hospital.

A fire that broke out in a forest area in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has spread to the Indian side and security forces are on alert to thwart any infiltration bid under the cover of the blaze, officials said on Saturday. The fire has spread to the forest area along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, they said.

Jharkhand's tableau showcasing the production of the famed tasar silk in the Santhal Pargana region was selected for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, an official said on Saturday. Jharkhand is among 16 states and Union Territories the tableaux of which have been selected for the January 26 parade, he said.

The Congress on Saturday cited a media report, which claimed that 30-35 per cent of the MSMEs in the stainless steel sector in Gujarat have shut shop, to attack the government over what it said was a "massive flood" of imports from China.

Four people died and as many were injured in Jaisalmer when a speeding car hit two pedestrians before colliding with a stationary pickup van, police said on Saturday. Four people, including the driver, were travelling in the car. Shortly before the accident, one of the occupants of the car had uploaded on his social media account a video of the four consuming alcohol in the vehicle, they said.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday attached a residential house here in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a weapons seizure case, officials said. The house is located in Khan Colony in the city's Chanapora area and belongs to Mushtaq Ahmad, they said.

Members of the Alliance Committee of Congress party will hold a meeting with leaders of various states on January 7, 8 and 9 to discuss the issue of alliance.

The Defence Minister will visit Haridwar today to attend the foundation stone laying ceremony of ‘Gurukulam Evam Acharyakulam’ at Swami Darshananand Gurukul Mahavidyalay.

Maharashtra: Actor Randeep Hooda flagged off the Swatantraveer Sawarkar Mukti Shatabdi Yatra from Yerwada Central Jail in Pune.

"We are conducting more tests," he said.

"All 21 crew of MV Lila Norfolk have been rescued and are safe. Indian Naval forces are investigating the suspected vessels in the area," the Indian Navy said.

Five people died in a road accident in Balanagar Chowrasta in Mahabubnagar. A speeding lorry hit an autorickshaw that had six passengers onboard.