Breaking News, July 23 | Highlights

CM Pushkar Singh Dhami today inaugurated 29 schemes over Rs 50.62 crores & laid the foundation stone of 36 schemes over Rs 128.63 crores in the Udham Singh Nagar collectorate premises: Uttarakhand Chief Minister's Office.

Sri Lanka beat India by 3 wickets (DLS Method) in 39 overs in the third ODI in Colombo.

PM Narendra Modi will be sharing his message at the Ashadha Purnima-Dhamma Chakra Day program tomorrow morning, he tweets.

Around 80-85 people are missing. Out of them, 33 bodies have been recovered. Many are still trapped under debris. NDRF, local agencies & others are undertaking rescue operations: Maharashtra Urban Development & PWD Minister Eknath Shinde on landslides in Talai village of Raigad.

Indian Army's bike rally reached Kargil War Memorial in Drass, Kargil today to commemorate Kargil Vijay Diwas in Ladakh. The bike rally was flagged off from Udhampur, Jammu, and Kashmir yesterday.

India’s cumulative COVID vaccination has exceeded 42.75 crores till 7 pm today. Nearly 39 lakh doses have been administered today, said the Government of India.

Manipur records 1,284 new cases, 15 deaths and 1,725 recoveries today; active cases rise to 9,939.

US Secretary of State, Antony J Blinken will visit India on July 27 and July 28. This is his first visit to the country after assuming charge as US Secretary of State. He will meet EAM S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on July 28.

A flood-like situation arises in Guntur as water levels rose at the Pulichintala project in Andhra Pradesh.

Karnataka reports 1,705 new cases, 30 deaths, and 2,243 recoveries today; active caseload at 24,127.

Mumbai reports 374 new Covid cases, 482 recoveries, and 8 deaths in the past 24 hours. 

Normal life is affected due to incessant rainfall in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh.

Many areas in Rajasthan's Jhalawar were inundated, following heavy rainfall in the region.

A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has rescued 221 persons from Mirgaon village in Patan of Satara district amid heavy rainfall in the region.

Kerala reports 17,518 new cases, 132 deaths and 11,067 recoveries today; Test positivity rate is at 13.63%: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on COVID19 situation.

To avoid the possibility of the COVID third wave, we are speeding up vaccination. If we get an adequate number of vaccines from the Centre, at the pace of vaccination carried out in the state, 60% of Kerala's population can be vaccinated, said CM Pinarayi Vijayan.

The Indian contingent led by flagbearers boxer MC Mary Kom & men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh enters the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.

The Indian Air Force's Mi-17 helicopters rescued two persons stranded in inundated areas of coastal Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra on Friday, said a defense release.

Eight teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed from Bhubaneswar to carry out flood rescue operations in Pune, Goa &  Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.

West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee calls on Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at Raj Bhawan in Kolkata. "The two deliberated for an hour traversing issues and emphasizing constitutional institutions need to be in sync to subserve larger public interest," the Governor tweets.

Himachal Pradesh government permits to reopen schools including residential and partially residential schools for Classes 10, 11, and 12 from August 2, adhering to COVID appropriate behaviour. Students of Class 5 & Class 8 to be allowed to visit schools for doubt clearance.

Gates of Votehole dam in Belur taluk of Hassan opened to release water following heavy rains across Malnad & Hassan districts in Karnataka.

One AK rifle recovered from the killed terrorists is the same snatched from a TA soldier in the Khusipora terror attack on 26th November last year, say Kashmir Zone Police.

Delhi reports 58 new cases, 1 death, and 69 recoveries in the past 24 hours; active caseload at 573 and positivity rate at 0.09%.

Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant wrote to MoS Home Nityanand Rai requesting deployment of additional NDRF teams for rescue & relief works in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri & Kolhapur.

Karnataka HC quashes UP Police's notice sent to Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari under Section 41A of CrPC in connection with a video related to assault on an elderly man in Ghaziabad Court allows police to record his statement via virtual mode or by visiting his office/home.

Union Youth Affairs & Sports Minister Anurag Thakur interacting with sports personalities to cheer athletes ahead of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. Olympics medallists Yogeshwar Dutt & Karnam Malleswari & MoS Sports Nisith Pramanik are also present at the event.

Second time in two days, DRDO successfully tests Akash-NG Missile in Balasore.

Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya called on President Ram Nath Kovind

Delhi: Sub-divisional Magistrate (Patel Nagar) issues order to close Tilak Nagar markets

A tourist from Ghaziabad died after coming in contact with a live wire in a tent resort in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district, police said on Friday.  A group of five people had come to Jaisalmer and booked a tent resort in Sam Sand Dunes area on Thursday. Nishant Surana (30) came in contact a live wire in the night leading to his death, police said.  The body would be handed over to his family after post-mortem, they said

Piyush Goyal calls opposition party meet at 12:15 pm over Santanu Sen paper snatching incident

We've two agenda items: Citizen's data privacy & security and cybersecurity: Shashi Tharoor

With the addition of 305 coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 5,41,960, an official said on Friday. These cases were reported on Thursday, he said. As the virus claimed the lives of 10 persons, the fatality count in the district rose to 10,944.

Thane's COVID-19 mortality rate is 2.01 per cent at present, he added. In neighboring Palghar district, the case count has gone up to 1,28,999, while the death toll is 3,094, another official said.

Amit Shah to begin his two-day visit to Meghalaya from tomorrow

Navjot Sidhu to take charge as PPCC Chief today

Delhi: Security tightened at Janata Mantar, Singhu Border

Maharashtra: Landslide reported in Kalai village

Jammu and Kashmir: A drone was shot down in Kanachak area