Breaking News October 7 | Highlights

Troops fired upon in self-defence in which one person died. But the driver of the vehicle managed to escape from the spot. Identification & credentials of the deceased person are being verified. Probe underway: Jammu & Kashmir Police

#WATCH | No quarantine for Indian travellers to UK fully vaccinated with Covishield or another UK-approved vaccine from October 11: Alex Ellis, British High Commissioner to India

Reportedly Bike borne militant fired some shots towards naka party of CRPF in Rooh Monghal area of Anantnag district. No loss of life or injury reported.

Reportedly Grenade attack at Baripora safa kadal area of eidgah in Srinagar. No causalities reported. 

Govt permits Bharat Biotech to send 10 lakh doses of Covaxin to Iran under Vaccine Maitri programme: Official sources.

India to issue fresh tourist visas to foreigners coming to country in chartered flights from October 15: MHA

We strongly condemn such attacks. We are worried about the cross border terrorism and are discussing the issue at various platforms: MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on recent terrorist attacks in Jammu & Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh Police to introduce a new register to keep details & particulars of persons involved in criminal cases regarding drugs and psychotropics & to allow police to monitor drug trafficking and trade more effectively: Himachal Pradesh Police

8.36 lakh hospital beds available for coronavirus patients, nearly one million additional isolation beds in dedicated care centres

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents”

71 per cent of India's adult population have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 27 per cent have got both doses: Govt.

Russia to invite Taliban to international talks in Moscow October 20, reports AFP News Agency quoting agencies

Sensex rallies 488.10 pts to end at 59,677.83; Nifty surges 144.35 pts to 17,790.35

Ministry of Railways has extended its #COVID19 guidelines for six months or till further instructions, "Not wearing masks on railway premises & in trains can attract a fine of up to Rs 500," the new order reads

Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs a security meeting with NSA Ajit Doval, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, and the Intelligence Bureau chief Arvind Kumar in his North Block office in Delhi

Terrorists open fire in Srinagar's Eidgah area in Jammu and Kashmir. As per the report, 2 people were killed.

Mumbai's Siddhivinayak temple will be reopened from today(October 7) for the devotees, said Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple Trust. Adesh Bandekar, President of Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple Trust, said, "All the devotees will be allowed inside the temple only through pre-booking QR codes on Shree Siddhivinayak Temple Trust app," adding that only 250 devotees will be issued QR codes every hour for darshan.

One person died and the other got seriously injured after a wall collapsed in the Ambernath area of Thane in Maharashtra on Wednesday.

Two persons were rescued from Debris, as per Thane Municipal Corporation.

At least 15 were killed after an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck the northern part of  Pakistan, AFP quotes Disaster Management officials as saying.

The tremor was registered at 22.01 GMT today, 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) northeast of the city of Balochistan's Harnai.