Breaking News, October 14 | Highlights

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant met LG of J& K Manoj Sinha

Mumbai: Western Railway to use drone cameras to monitor stations, yards & tracks

Himachal: One person died, 14 injured in a collision between a bus and a truck

Amid Durga Puja festivities, a moderate quake, measuring 3.3 on the Richter Scale, occurred in eastern Assam bordering Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, but no loss of life and damage to property was reported. The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said that the tremors were felt in Assam's Lakhimpur district and adjoining Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday noon.

The quake occurred at a depth of 10 km from the surface

India gets re-elected to UN Human Rights Council for 6th term with overwhelming majority.

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage crosses the 97 crore mark

SS Sandhu directs officials to arrange GPS-based wristbands for the mountaineers and trekkers

Amid Punjab political crisis, Harish Rawat today met Navjot Singh Sidhu and later told the media that a big decision will be taken over the political tussle in Punjab tomorrow. 

Special NDPS Court rejects bail plea of Armaan Kohli

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari writes to PM Modi

Charanjit Singh Channi arrives at former CM Captain Amarinder Singh's farmhouse

PIA announces suspension of flights from Kabul

SIT in in Lakhimpur Kheri recreate crime scene

Assam welcomes the extension of BSF’s operational jurisdiction

Death toll rises to 46 in fire that engulfed a 13-storey building in Taiwan

Bombay High Court rejects Shiv Sena leader Anandrao Adsul  in his plea seeking quashing of summons issued by Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering case.

Wada police arrested a man in Maharashtra's Palghar for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman on the pretext of marriage.

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami performs 'Kanya Pujan' on the occasion of Navami- the ninth day of Navratri, in Dehradun.

Women today are serving the armed forces across the world. Women soldiers' training in Indian Army has been hard and it has helped them in good strength to perform their tasks in various terrains: CDS Bipin Rawat at SCO-International Webinar on ‘Role of Women in the Armed Forces’.

The annual rate of inflation is 10.66% (Provisional) for September 2021 (over Sep 2020) as compared to 1.32% in September 2020. The high rate of inflation in September 2021 is primarily due to rise in prices of mineral oils, basic metals, non-food articles crude petroleum and natural gas.

Seeing the disappointment against the BJP government, (it seems) that people of Uttar Pradesh can make our party win 400 seats in upcoming 2022 polls. Our party's aim is to remove BJP govt: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Kanpur Dehat district.

Goa: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at the airport in Panaji. He will lay the foundation stone of the National Forensic Sciences University in Dharbandora, Goa.

ost-Dassehra, the Pune Airport will remain shut for all flights from October 16-29 for carrying out repairs and maintenance works, followed by a partial closure till November 30, officials said here on Thursday. The full closure for two weeks is to facilitate the runway resurfacing work to be taken up by Indian Air Force which manages the airport.

An announcement issued by the IAF and Pune Airport said the runway will remain completely closed for executing runway resurfacing, followed by a 12-hour closure daily from October 30 to November 30 for installation of AFLS on the runway. The maintenance was scheduled for April but was postponed to Oct-Nov, which is likely to hit the Dassehra-Diwali holiday crowds as domestic flight operations and tourism are picking up.

Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane called on Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa and discussed enhancing existing defence cooperation between India and Sri Lanka: Indian Army.

"COVID situation is better in Delhi. In my view, we should permit Chhath Puja following all the COVID protocol," writes Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to Delhi L-G Anil Baijal over Chhath celebration in the National Capital.

As part of the ongoing Indo-US Defence Cooperation, the Joint Military Training Exercise “Ex Yudh Abhyas 2021” will be conducted at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska (USA) from 15 to 29 October: Ministry of Defence.

Sensex jumps 307 points in the opening trade, currently at 61,044.15; Nifty at 18,261.15.

Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya arrives to meet former Prime Minister & Congress leader Dr Manmohan Singh at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi. Singh was admitted to AIIMS Delhi, on Wednesday.

Delhi: Devotees offer prayers at Kalkaji Temple in view of Navami, the ninth day of Navaratri. "People are following SOPs. Temple management has prohibited the entry of devotees inside the temple, in view of COVID. I've offered prayers from outside," says Kirti Gupta, a devotee. 

Maharashtra: Pune city police issued a Lookout Notice against Kiran Gosai. The notice prevents him from flying outside the country, says Pune City Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta. Gosai is a witness in the Cruise ship raid case, according to Narcotics Control Bureau.

Delhi: An NGO serves food to the needy in an air-conditioned facility for Rs 10/person near Maujpur- Babarpur metro station. "The initiative aims to provide relief to people affected by COVID. Charge of Rs 10 is to ensure that food is not wasted," NGO founder Kiran Verma says.

300 students from Jammu and Kashmir, who have been selected to attend various higher education courses at Mewar University in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh, were given a warm send-off by Indian Army at a ceremony in Srinagar on Wednesday. 

Punjab: Farmers were seen burning crop residue at Deon village in Bathinda district on Wednesday. A farmer said, "We don't want to burn stubble but alternate measures are very costly and not economically viable. Penalizing farmers without providing a viable option won't work."

Karnataka: BTM Layout, HSR Layout, Anugraha Layout, and Madiwala localities flooded due to overflowing of Madiwala lake caused by heavy rainfall in Bengaluru.

Odisha: A Durga Puja organising committee has prepared 1 lakh pieces of laddu for distribution among devotees in Bhubaneswar. "Volunteers will go door-to-door to distribute laddus as 'prasada'," Devasis Jena, member of Old Station Bazaar Puja Committee, said on Wednesday.