Breaking News, September 5

The Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed its “Jan Ashirwad Yatra" was attacked in Neemuch district on Tuesday evening and alleged vehicles which were part of the march were vandalized by Congress supporters.

A 14-year-old boy who was bitten by a dog over a month ago and hid the incident from his parents died of rabies here, police said on Tuesday. Shahvaz, a student of class 8, died on Monday evening when he was being brought back to Ghaziabad from Bulandshahr, where he was taken for treatment after his condition deteriorated, they said.

A four-year-old girl was mauled to death and an elderly woman injured in separate leopard attacks in Uttarakhand's Pauri district on Tuesday, Forest Department officials said. The two incidents took place in Dhikal and Markhola villages, they said.

The rupee plunged by 33 paise to close at 83.04 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, tracking a strong American currency and higher crude oil prices.

Ten people were arrested for partially tonsuring and parading a woman and her paramour at Lepakshi village in Andhra Pradesh’s Sri Satyasai district recently for allegedly having an extramarital affair, a police official said on Tuesday.

The Indian Army on Tuesday began the process to procure 170 Armoured Recovery Vehicles (ARVs) to enhance its operational capabilities. The ARVs will be procured under the framework of the 'Make in India' and 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' (self-reliant India) initiatives, officials said.

Commuters had a harrowing time on Tuesday as they spent hours stuck up in jam-packed traffic on different stretches in central Delhi due to carcade rehearsal by city police for the G20 Summit. Outer Ring Road near Indraprastha Park, C-Hexagon and Sardar Patel Marg were among the road stretches that saw heavy congestion. The vehicles were stuck on these road stretches for several kilometres.

The Reserve Bank is planning to extend wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for transactions for interbank borrowing or call money market, sources said on Tuesday. The pilot in the wholesale segment, known as the Digital Rupee -Wholesale (e₹-W), was launched on November 1, 2022, with the use case being limited to the settlement of secondary market transactions in government securities.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said in a recent action, it has seized gold bullion and jewellery worth Rs 2.12 crore in Punjab as part of a money-laundering probe linked to an alleged tender scam involving former state minister and Congress leader Bharat Bhushan Ashu.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has detained and sent to jail five people in Kerala for their alleged involvement in international "hawala" dealings to the tune of more than Rs 300 crore.

Around 2,000 bottles of banned cough syrup Phensedyl were seized and three people were arrested on Tuesday in West Bengal's Nadia district which borders Bangladesh, police said.

A special Gangster Act court on Tuesday sentenced 23 accused to 10 years in jail in connection with the 2020 killing of eight police personnel, including Deputy Superintendent of Police Devendra Mishra, in an ambush by Vikas Dubey-led gang in Bikru village, a senior police official said here.