Breaking News, August 9

A three-year-old girl, hospitalised after being thrashed allegedly by her father, died here on Tuesday, police said. The girl was hit with a ladle for not coming out of the washroom. Also, the man allegedly banged her against the floor in their house on Saturday. The injured girl was admitted to a hospital where she died today, said the police.

Delhi Police has arrested a man for allegedly duping a Gurudwara Granthi (priest) on the pretext of providing him Kirtan opportunity in the United States, an official said on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Sanjay Yadav, was arrested from Indore.

Three persons, including two brothers, travelling on two scooters were injured when a tree fell on them on Pokhran Road in Thane on Tuesday, officials said.

Two drug addicts were arrested and four minor boys detained in connection with the killing of a food delivery man in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, police said on Tuesday. The motive of the accused was to rob the food and money the victim, Sunil Verma (20), was carrying on the July 29 night, a police officer said.

 Mario Fiorentini, Italy's most decorated resistance fighter against fascist and Nazi forces during World War II, died Tuesday in a Rome hospital. He was 103. The Rome chapter of the National Partisans Association of Italy announced his death. Fiorentini commanded a group of partisans, the term that Italians who fought the regime of dictator Benito Mussolini and then Italy's German Nazi occupiers used to refer to themselves.

A 25-year-old man was arrested by the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) police in Palghar district on Tuesday for an alleged murder. An unidentified man fatally wounded Mohammad Saddam Hussain Yunus Mansuri on Chandansar road on August 5, said a police official.

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested an alleged terrorists with Islamic State links who was planning a terror attack on Independence Day, an official said here. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the police arrested Sabauddin Azmi, a member of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM, after questioning him at its Lucknow headquarters, Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said in a statement.

Five people were injured when a bus hit a temple on the side of a road in the western suburb of Goregaon here on Tuesday, police said. The incident took place in Santosh Nagar locality in the afternoon, an official said.

Members of two communities hurled stones at each other in a fracas over the use of sound system during a Muharram procession here on Tuesday.

Three school girl students were killed and one seriously injured after a speeding truck mowed them down in Ranchi's Bundu area on Tuesday, police said. The girls, in the age group of 11 and 13 years, were returning from their school Bhaskar Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Bundu, in the afternoon when the incident took place on Tata-Ranchi National Highway-33 under Bundu police station area, police said.

Himachal Pradesh recorded 360 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the tally to 3,05,743, while three more deaths pushed the fatality count to 4,160, officials said. The three deaths were reported in Kangra, Mandi and Sirmaur districts, they said.

In a unique initiative to celebrate the 75th year of India's independence, a remote village in Maharashtra's Latur district has set up 16 loudspeakers to relay patriotic songs. Latur district collector Prithviraj BP appreciated the initiative undertaken by Nagtirthwadi village and shared a video of it on social media.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav here on Tuesday alleged that people may lose their right to vote if the BJP is allowed to become stronger as he accused the ruling party of undermining the country’s democratic institutions and the Constitution. He said there are some countries where "no voting takes place" and in sweeping remarks questioned the electoral system in China and Russia.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Tuesday expressed "grave objection" over "deliberately misleading" and "baseless" allegations levelled by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia against his predecessor Anil Baijal amid the excise policy row. Saxena also advised Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to ensure his colleagues refrain from such "petty behaviour", the Raj Niwas said on Twitter.

A week ahead of the Independence Day, heavy exchange of fire between the Assam Rifles and the militants took place in Arunachal Pradesh along the India-Myanmar border on Tuesday, injuring a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), officials said. Tuesday's incident took place days after militant outfits, including the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) called for a boycott of the Independence Day celebrations.

BJP president JP Nadda on Tuesday flagged off a batch of one lakh tricolours to be distributed in the west Delhi constituency of party MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, under the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday talked to Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari about an elevated road to be built in Jodhpur. He said the work on the road has been handed over to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Honda Motor have joined hands to set up battery swapping stations for electric vehicles at the state-owned oil firm's petrol pumps. HPCL and Honda Power Pack Energy India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co Ltd (Honda), launched their first 'e:swap' station at HPCL's petrol pump in Bengaluru on August 6, the state-owned firm said in a statement on Tuesday.

Hundreds of people with national flags gathered at the Red Fort on Tuesday to take part in the 'Tiranga Yatra' which will pass through eight locations that were visited by Mahatma Gandhi here during the freedom struggle. The yatra was flagged off by Union minister Jitendra Singh, MP Prakash Javadekar and senior BJP leader Vijay Goel.

Taking a conciliatory stance, the ruling LDF in Kerala said it was not going to adopt a confrontational or adversarial approach in connection with several of the state government's ordinances getting lapsed as Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan refusing to sign them owing to paucity of time to peruse them. LDF convener E P Jayarajan told reporters here that the "Left front government was not going to take a confrontational or adversarial approach."

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday hoisted the 500th national flag installed by his government, and said everybody should take a pledge to make India the number one country in the world. He said many countries that got independence after India have "surpassed us".

The Delhi Police on Sunday found the dead body of a Zomato rider outside Tughlakabad Metro station on the Delhi-Faridabad Highway. It is suspected that he got involved in an accident that led him to death. His head was reportedly crushed. According to the police, they received information regarding the dead body on Sunday night at 11.56 pm.

A 37-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to 10 months in jail in Singapore for his role in a scam that used voicemails to gain access to the WhatsApp accounts of the victims to cheat individuals on their contact list. Arivalagan Muthusamy was sentenced on Monday after he pleaded guilty to three charges under the Computer Misuse Act.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a woman police naik from Maharashtra's Raigad district for allegedly demanding bribe from a person accused in a robbery case, the ACB said on Tuesday. Kunjan Dharmesh Jadhav (32), who was attached to Mangaon police station in Raigad, allegedly demanded Rs one lakh from the person to help him out of the case.

Several ordinances, including the Kerala Lokayukta (Amendment) Ordinance, issued by the LDF government lapsed on August 8 as Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan had not signed them owing to paucity of time to go through them, sources said. The governor has not signed the ordinances which were to expire on August 8 and hence, they have lapsed, they said.

Members of both houses of Parliament and state legislature, belonging to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), converged here on Tuesday to attend a meeting at his official residence, amid speculations of a major political move by the veteran leader, senior party functionaries said. The meeting is scheduled to commence at 11 AM. While the outcome will be known once the meeting is over, more than one of the prospective attendees denied the party’s ties with the BJP having worsened to an extent to call for a realignment.

People will now be able see the newly renovated British-era "Phansi Ghar" (execution room) on the Delhi Assembly premises which is set to be inaugurated by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday. The chief minister will also unveil a 'Corona Warriors Memorial' on the premises during the event, an official invite said. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel and his deputy Rakhi Birla will also attend the event, it stated.

A city jeweller has allegedly received an extortion call and voice messages through an international Whatsapp number by an unknown caller demanding Rs 10 lakh and threat to his life if money not paid, police said. An FIR has been registered at Sector 14 police station, they said. The complaint was filed by Ajay Gupta, who runs a Ashirwad Jewellers shop in Sector 14 market, police said.