Breaking News, August 22

Patna District Magistrate ordered the imposition of Section 144 for the next 3 days in the region. 

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which hits the half-year mark this week, has already killed some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers, a general said, and the fighting Monday showed no signs that the war is abating. At a veteran's event, Ukraine's military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said Ukraine's children need to be taken care of because “their father went to the front line and, perhaps, is one of those almost 9,000 heroes who died.”

A 22 year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing gold, silver and cash cumulatively valued at Rs 47 lakh from his employer's home in Khar in Mumbai, a police official said on Monday.

A top court in Pakistan on Monday decided to initiate contempt proceedings against former prime minister Imran Khan for his controversial remarks against a female sessions court judge at a rally here.

A manager of a private hospital here has been booked for allegedly raping and thrashing his 23-year-old colleague, police said on Monday. The incident took place when the woman, a receptionist at the same hospital, was pulling a night shift on Saturday.

Nearly 800 people were arrested and narcotics worth more than Rs 5.58 crore were seized in raids conducted under a state-wide drive against hookah bars and narcotic smugglers, police said on Monday.

A catamaran with a Brazilian national as its captain was searched at Mumbai's domestic cruise terminus on Monday evening as part of the alert along the state's coast after an abandoned boat with AK-56s and ammunition was found off the Raigad coast some days ago, a police official said. There was nothing suspicious in the catamaran and the captain had all requisite permissions with him, the official said.

The BJP in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday slammed the NC, PDP and others for raking up the issue of “inclusion of non-local voters” in the revised electoral rolls in the Union Territory and alleged they were spreading propaganda to disturb the peace.

Russia's top counterintelligence agency on Monday blamed Ukrainian spy agencies have organised the killing of the daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologue.

Shalom Cohen, a prominent rabbi and spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas political party, has died. He was 91. Cohen was born in Jerusalem to a prestigious religious rabbi and headed a Jewish seminary before joining the newly formed Shas party in the 1980s. He was an outspoken critic of modern Israeli society, including Israel's national anthem.

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio Monday said that despite resource crunch, the state government with the support of Khelo India Mission of the Centre is making all efforts to develop sports infrastructure in every district.

The Maharashtra State Women Commission (MSWC) on Monday demanded strict action against tantriks and self-proclaimed godmen after incidents of superstitious practices involving women and children were reported from different cities in the state.

The body of a 17-year-old rape victim was recovered from a canal here, police said on Monday. Police said the body was seen floating in the Indira Canal near Kazipur Behta village located on the Sitapur border on Saturday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held a meeting with civil society members at a conclave on Monday where the plans for the party's upcoming "Bharat Jodo Yatra" from Kanyakumari to Kashmir were shared and deliberated upon.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his deputy Manish Sisodia should be given the Bharat Ratna for improving standard of education in Delhi schools, but is being hounded by the Central government due to political motives.

The flood situation in several northern Odisha districts was alarming on Monday, as the swollen Subarnekha river inundated low-lying areas and left people in over 100 villages marooned, officials said.

Chief Justice N V Ramana on Monday said he has set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear the legal issue concerning the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and National Capital Territory government over control of services in Delhi. The CJI said a bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud will hear the dispute between the Centre and the Delhi government.

Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Monday said his party will hold protests, including going on hunger strike, outside all constitutional institutions of the country if any non-locals were enrolled as voters in Jammu and Kashmir. The former minister, who was an ally of the BJP till 2018, distanced himself from a meeting convened by National Conference president Farooq Abdullah to discuss the issue of non-local voters, saying the effort was not a serious as it was being held publicly.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) legal team on Monday filed a pre-arrest bail plea in a terror case against its chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad High Court. PTI lawyer Faisal Chaudhry and Babar Awan filed the plea on the former PM's behalf, who maintained in the plea that he is ready to appear before the court whenever summoned.

SC says it is passing the order to facilitate revocation of suspension of AIFF by FIFA and holding of Under-17 FIFA World Cup in India as well as allowing participation of teams from India in international events.

After paying homage and meditating on September 7 at the Sriperumbudur memorial, the site of assassination of his father Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would launch the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Kanyakumari, a party leader said on Monday. Significantly, this is the first visit of Rahul Gandhi to the Sriperumbudur memorial.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy will spend a busy day in the national capital on Monday meeting President Draupadi Murmu, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi among others.

The NSCN(IM) has said that it would not forego the demand for a separate flag and ‘Yehzabo’ (constitution) in any circumstance to achieve a final solution to the vexed Naga political issue. The Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM), which is holding peace talks with the government for over two decades, said it attaches great importance to the Naga flag and constitution as part of the solution.

An encounter broke out between miscreants and police in Ghaziabad on Sunday night. The incident occurred in Muradnagar area of Ghaziabad where some miscreants attempted to flee during police checking.

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will embark on a two-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat from today. Kejriwal will be accompanied by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is facing a CBI probe in connection with the AAP government's previous excise policy.

A private school principal has been arrested for allegedly molesting a Class 11 student, a police official said on Sunday. The principal had summoned the girl to the student earlier in the day telling her that she had to fill a form. Accordingly, the 17-year-old visited the school with her Aadhaar card even though it was a holiday.

A person has been booked for allegedly vandalising a deity's idol at a small temple in Northwest Delhi's Mahendra Park area, police said on Sunday. The locals accessed a video which showed a man with a rod near the temple where the idol of Hanuman was damaged.
Some shops in the vicinity were also vandalised, they said. Police said they suspect that the man vandalised the idol and the shops in a drunken stupor and the locals confirmed that he was an addict.

A 20-year-old woman died after allegedly jumping off the roof of an apartment building in New Delhi, police said on Sunday. She was identified as Ayushi, a resident of the Dhobi Ghat area here. The police said the incident took place around 9 pm on Saturday. "A call was received about a body found outside Yamuna Apartments in the North Avenue area. Preliminary enquiry revealed that she had jumped off the roof of the building as her bag, shoes and mobile phone were found on the roof," Amrutha Guguloth, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi), said.