Breaking News October 6 | HIGHLIGHTS

COVID-19: Goa reported 97 new cases, 0 deaths, and 72 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Active cases 772.

More than 40 lakh COVID vaccine doses were administered today, taking India’s vaccination coverage to 92.60 crores: Union Health Ministry.

Packed in 1000 vehicles, Uttarakhand Congress workers led by party leader Harish Rawat to go to violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri from Ramnagar tomorrow, Rawat says.

A person died and other suffered injuries after a wall collapsed in the Ambernath area of Thane earlier today due to rain. Rescue operation is underway: Thane Municipal Corporation.

Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of Lakhimpur Kheri violence. A bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli will hear the matter tomorrow.

Jammu and Kashmir: Mata Vaishno Devi Temple in Katra illuminated on eve of Navratri.

NIA says it has taken up the investigation in the seizure of 2988.21 kgs of heroin at Mundra Port, Gujarat disguised as consignment of ‘semi-processed talc stones’ originating from Afghanistan which had arrived from Bandar Abbas Port, Iran.

From India, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R Sherman is going to Pakistan but there is no hyphenation in it. US is pretty clear that they have a special relationship and partnership with India: Sources.

MUDRA Toolbox is a pioneering initiative undertaken by ICMR Neuro-Cognitive Tool Box (ICMR-NCTB) consortium to transform India’s dementia and mild cognitive impairment research and clinical practices: ICMR. 

We applaud India's decision to resume vaccine exports. It was really a country that the world depended on. India had come to everybody's rescue early on and hopefully, we all came to India's rescue to help them: US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R Sherman at India Ideas Summit.

Cruise ship party case: NCB Mumbai team raided international cruise terminal Green Gate Mumbai and Cordelia Cruise ship and intercepted 8 persons on the spot along with various drugs like cocaine, charas, MDMA, says NCB Deputy Director-General Gyaneshwar Singh in Mumbai. 

'Maha Vikas Aghadi' (NCP-Congress-Shiv Sena alliance) calls for a statewide bandh on October 11 against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident: Maharashtra Minister and NCP leader Jayant Patil.

Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum has been appointed as the new director-general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the military's media affairs wing announced on Wednesday: Pakistan media.

Bihar: A large number of people took holy dip in the river Falgu and performed 'Pind Daan' in Gaya on the last day of Pitru Paksha.

Two persons have been arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Mumbai crime branch. Police seized 5 kg of heroin worth Rs 15 crores from the Dongri area of Mumbai. Both accused belongs to Rajasthan: Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale.

We have received approval from the government for the visit of Rahul Gandhi-led delegation: Lakhimpur Kheri DM Dr Arvind Kumar Chaurasiya.

2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis".

Uttarakhand Govt issues SOP for Char Dham Yatra; registration and e-pass will be mandatory for 'darshan' in the four dhams. Along with this, it's necessary for devotees to have either both the doses of COVID-19 vaccine or negative COVID report not older than 72 hours.

 A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) head constable ended his life by consuming poison allegedly due to harassment by in-laws in the Miranpur area here, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place on Tuesday when Manoj Kumar of Khedi Sarai village consumed poison and filmed his suicide wherein he blamed his in-laws for his taking the extreme step, they said.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu's proposed visit to Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh has been cancelled in view of some by-elections in the state and imposition of the Model Code, an official in the Vice President Secretariat said on Wednesday.

One Lok Sabha and three assembly seats in the state would go for bypoll on October 30. Bypolls are being held in three Lok Sab

Three people including two children died due to a fire caused by domestic gas leakage at a house in Delhi's Anand Parbat area on Tuesday. The probe is underway.

Former Wayanad district chief PV Balachandran resigned from Congress on Tuesday alleging that the "party has lost its direction."