Breaking News, September 6 | HIGHLIGHTS

A clash broke out on Friday between two communities over a cattle-related dispute in Phulwarisharif area of Patna, police said. The incident took place around 2.30 pm following which police conducted a flag march and took into custody 28 people, they said.

“Police had seized a truck carrying 38 cattle heads three-four days ago. These were kept inside a cowshed and the administration was investigating the matter. Today, we got information that a minor clash between members of two communities took place in the area, as some people were illegally getting the cattle released from the cowshed.

Roadways bus hit the Max loader vehicle leading to 12 casualties while over a dozen were injured. The death count is likely to rise.

Prime accused of the RG Kar Medical College Case, Sanjay Roy has been sent to judicial custody by the Sealdah court till Sepetember 20. 

Cracks similar to those in Joshimath have appeared on the walls and ceilings of houses in more than two dozen villages of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand's Kumaon region, sending residents in a state of alarm. 

Locals attributed land subsidence, which had aggravated with time, to large-scale soapstone mining in the area and excavated ditches being left untreated by contractors, who often violated mining norms by blasting and using heavy machinery for digging.

Union Minister Amit Shah promised Rs 18,000 annual support to women under the 'Ma Samman Scheme' in its manifesto for J-K assembly elections.

Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah released party manifesto for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. 

The rupee gained 2 paise to close at 83.95 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday amid a weak greenback in overseas markets.However, negative domestic markets, rise in crude oil prices, and outflow of foreign capital capped sharp gains, forex traders said.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Friday claimed that the BJP-ruled Centre was fielding independent candidates against him in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections in a bid to silence him.

Farmers protesting against the alleged delay in implementation of Punjab's new agriculture policy ended their strike on Friday, a day after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann assured them that a draft of the policy would be shared with them by September 30.

Security personnel have recovered six improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by Naxalites in a forest in Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district, police said on Friday. A team of the district police who was out patrolling on Thursday recovered three IEDs weighing 4 kg each and three more weighing 3 kg each in the forest of Madgaon under the Dhanora police station limits, said Anil Vishwakarma, the sub-divisional officer of police, Farasgaon.

AAP held a protest near the BJP headquarters on DDU Marg on Friday against the arrest of party MLA Amanatullah Khan and other workers. The protesters, assembled near the old AAP office on DDU Marg, were prevented from marching towards the BJP headquarters by police.

At least 172 cases of malnourished children have been identified among Sahariya tribals in Baran district within two weeks, officials said. The children from Shahabad-Kishanganj area were admitted to government-run Malnourishment Treatment Centres (MTCs), with 25 of them discharged after treatment, they said, adding that they remain under monitoring.

Former BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar joined the BJP in the presence of senior party leaders on Friday.

He resigned from Rajya Sabha and his resignation has been accepted by Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia are set to join the Congress on Friday ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, sources said. "Both Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat will join the party on Friday. Whether one of them will contest or both would contest would become clear soon," the sources said.

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the collegium of the Himachal Pradesh High Court to reconsider the names of two senior-most district and sessions judges for elevation as judges of the high court. The apex court observed that the high court chief justice could not individually reconsider a recommendation and it could only be done by a high court collegium, acting collectively.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre and the state government on a plea of Rashtriya Janata Dal against a Patna High Court order setting aside the amended reservation laws in Bihar that had led to raising of quotas for Dalits, tribals and backward classes from 50 per cent to 65 percent.

Senior TMC leader Derek O'Brien on Friday questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) regarding the status of the charge-sheet in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case. "When is CBI filing a charge-sheet in the RG Kar hospital rape and murder case and putting the accused on trial? When?" he posted on X.

Suspected militants launched a fresh bomb attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district on Friday morning damaging at least two structures, police said.

People's Conference president Sajad Gani Lone is likely to fight from two assembly segments of Kupwara district. In the 2014 Assembly polls, PC chief Sajad Gani Lone won the Handwara seat with a margin of 5,423 votes.

In a major reshuffle within the police establishment, the Maharashtra government on Thursday transferred nearly two dozen officers, including Superintendents of Police (SP), Deputy Commissioner-rank officers, and IPS probationers. According to the transfer orders issued by the state home department, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Raj Tilak Roshan has been reassigned as the Assistant Inspector General (Law and Order) at the Maharashtra police headquarters in Mumbai. Meanwhile, IPS officer Tejaswi Satpute, who previously served as a DCP in Mumbai, has been transferred to Pune city.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday (September 5) lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee government for “failing to send” the technical report along with a recently-passed anti-rape Bill which is necessary to give assent to the legislation, an official said. He claimed that it has been a regular practice of the state not to send technical reports along with Bills and then blame the governor's office for not clearing them.

There is some uncertainty among market investors and followers regarding whether the Indian stock market will be open on Friday, September 6, due to Ganesh Chaturthi, which is observed on September 6 and 7 this year. Despite the celebrations, the Indian equity benchmarks will remain open on Friday. Investors who are unsure about the market holiday schedule are encouraged to check the list of stock market holidays for 2024 on the BSE or NSE websites for confirmation.

A massive fire broke out in a building on Friday in Mumbai. The incident occurred in the Times Tower building located in Lower Parel West, Mumbai. The Brihanmumbai Mumbai Corporation (BMC) reported that at least nine fire tenders were immediately dispatched to the scene, and firefighting operations are currently underway.