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Six people died and seven were injured when two vehicles skidded off roads and rolled down gorges in Poonch and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.

The Narcotics section of the Crime Branch of Delhi Police has busted two drug trafficking networks that were operating in the city and arrested three persons, including one African national, an official said on Saturday.

Police in Karnataka on Saturday arrested a 26-year-man on charges of killing his mother for not buying him a mobile phone.

Hyderabad-based Pharmaceuticals firm Biological E Ltd (BE) on Saturday announced that its Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax has been cleared by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) as a heterologous Covid-19 booster for 18 plus population after their primary vaccination with two doses of Covishield and Covaxin.

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 1,357 new coronavirus infections and one pandemic-related death, the state health department said. The state had recorded 1,134 new infections and three deaths the day before. This is the third consecutive day when the state reported more than 1,000 cases.

Eight students of a government upper primary school here in Alappuzha district were admitted to a hospital nearby on Saturday after they complained of uneasiness due to a suspected case of food poisoning. Police said a few students went to the government hospital on Friday evening itself while others reached today.

The Uttar Pradesh Police has booked over 800 people, arrested 18 and detained as many for questioning in connection with rioting and violence in Kanpur, officials said on Saturday.

India will contest for re-election to International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council, Ministry of Communications said in a statement on Saturday. New Delhi has also underlined its firm commitment to the UN telecom body's goals and vision for a connected society, and enabling ICTs to achieve Sustainable Development Goals-2030, the statement quoted Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan as saying.

A 46-year old BJP worker, who was injured in a clash between the ruling party and CPI (M) supporters in South Tripura district succumbed to his injuries at GBP hospital here on Saturday, police said.

The Uttar Pradesh Police Saturday booked 500 people for rioting and violence in Kanpur that left 40 injured, official said, as an uneasy calm prevailed in the affected areas this morning.

Mizoram Police arrested a 25-year old woman wanted by the DRI at Lengpui airport here, an officer said. Acting on specific input, the police arrested the woman, a resident of Bawngkawn neighbourhood in Aizawl upon her arrival at the airport from Kolkata on Friday.

The Patna circle of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has dug up remnants of brick walls, which officials believe could be at least 2,000-year-old, at the site of a pond rejuvenation work in Kumrahar area.

The Karnataka High Court has stayed the proceedings in the FIR filed against businessman Balaji Pothraj and his father filed by actress Chythra Hallikeri. The actress had filed the complaint against her husband, father in law and a bank manager for allegedly forging her signature and using her bank account without her knowledge.

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati Saturday attacked the state government over the violence and stone-pelting in Kanpur, asking the BJP dispensation to take action against the culprits "by rising above religion, caste and party politics".

Seven persons, including three women and as many children, were killed and 15 others were injured in two separate road accidents in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa and Singrauli districts, police said on Saturday.

The Deputy Commissioner of Deoghar Manjunath Bhajantri and the Circle Officer of Manoharpur appeared before the High Court of Jharkhand and tendered an apology in a land case.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that the textbook review committee has been "disbanded" as its designated work was completed, and the government is open for further revision if there are any objectionable content.

A man stabbed and critically injured three people inside a Southern California hospital emergency ward on Friday and remained inside as police tried to talk him into surrendering, authorities said. The man walked into Encino Hospital Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley shortly before 4 p.m.

A teenage girl who visited a pub here five days ago for a daytime party was allegedly gang-raped by five people, including three juveniles, police said on Friday. The father of the 17-year-old girl lodged a police complaint on May 31 stating that she might have been molested but she could not disclose what happened as she was in a state of shock, they said.

A self-styled commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit was killed while three soldiers and a civilian were injured in an overnight encounter in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday.