Breaking News, July 24 | HIGHLIGHTS

The Allahabad High Court on Monday refused to stay the imprisonment sentence of former MP Afzal Ansari passed by a Ghazipur court in a 2007 Gangsters Act case.
The court of Justice Raj Beer Singh, however, granted him bail on the appeal filed by him against the judgement.

 Rajya Sabha proceedings were on Monday rocked by the opposition uproar over Manipur violence and suspension of AAP MP Sanjay Singh from the House for the remainder of the Monsoon session.
When the Upper House of Parliament reassembled at 3 pm, having been adjourned three times earlier in the day, following heated exchanges between Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and TMC's Derek O'Brien over the issue of party affiliations of those submitting notices on the Manipur issue and suspension of Singh, noisy scenes resumed as Deputy Chairman Harivansh asked the AAP MP to leave the House.

 The Bombay High Court on Monday issued notice to two alleged conmen who had posed as CBI officers and duped Bollywood filmmaker Rakesh Roshan on his plea seeking the return of Rs 20 lakh of the total Rs 50 lakh he had paid the duo.

The Delhi High Court Monday asked a trial court to decide within a month a fresh bail plea by Shahrukh Pathan, who was seen in newspaper photographs pointing a gun at a policeman during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
The counsel for Pathan sought to withdraw his pending bail application from the high court and to approach the trial court for seeking the relief as there is a considerable change in the situation.

The rupee gained 15 paise to close at 81.83 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, as a sharp jump in India's forex reserves boosted investor sentiments.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 82 against the US dollar and moved in a range of 81.82 to 82.04 in day trade.

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan appeared before the Supreme Court here on Monday which barred the authorities from arresting him till August 9 in a case linked to the murder of a prominent lawyer in Quetta.
A three-member bench led by Justice Yahya Afridi issued the directives while hearing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief's plea seeking to quash the case, the Dawn newspaper reported.

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Monday amid unrelenting protests by opposition members for a statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Manipur situation, even as Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured the House the government will discuss the issue. As the Lok Sabha reconvened at 2:30 pm after an earlier adjournment, sloganeering from the opposition benches continued and Speaker Om Birla tried to calm them down.

Fire breaks out in a factory in Delhi's Libaspur area. Several fire tenders on the spot. Further details awaited

5 people of a family dead after a car falls into a water canal in Uttar Pradesh's Etah.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, along with minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, visits RO plants in Mayapuri area. 

BJP MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar meets Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Congress leader Rajendra Singh Gudha was not allowed to enter the Rajasthan Assembly today after being removed as a minister in Ashok Gehlot's cabinet.

SC directs Delhi govt to provide Rs 415 crore for RRTS project in two months.

ISRO to launch PSLV-C56 with six co-passenger satellites on July 30.

Leaders of opposition parties protest opposite Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Parliament complex demanding Prime Minister's statement on Manipur.

Yes Bank shares on Monday witnessed heavy sell-off pressure at higher levels in morning trade on the bourses after the private lender reported a 10 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 343 crore in the June quarter.

Japanese police said on Monday that they have arrested a man on suspicion of slashing three people on a train in western Japan.

BJP leaders stage protest against Ashok Gehlot government over the alleged atrocities on Dalits in Rajasthan.

Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway blocked due to rain-triggered landslide in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand.

Heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh's Chamoli district washes away a portion of Badrinath National Highway.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath holds 'Janta Darbar' in Gorakhpur. 

 Delhi: The water level of Yamuna River was recorded at 206.56 m  (7:00 am) at the Old Yamuna Bridge (Loha Pul).

J-K: Fresh batch of Amarnath Yatris leave from Pantha Chowk base camp in Srinagar. 

Varanasi: ASI survey begins at Gyanvapi mosque complex.

 Delhi: Devotees offer prayers at Gauri-Shankar temple in Chandni Chowk, on the third Monday of 'Sawan' month.

Delhi: Yamuna continues to overflow. The water level crossed the danger mark on Sunday.

MP: 'Bhasma Aarti' performed at Shree Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain, on the third Monday of 'Sawan' month.

Varanasi: ASI to conduct a survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex today.