Latest News LIVE Updates: 213 roads closed in HP, Met issues 'yellow' alert for heavy rain till Aug 19
Landslides and flash floods triggered by rains led to the closure of 213 roads in Himachal Pradesh with the local meteorological office issuing a 'yellow' warning for more heavy rainfall in isolated parts of the state till August 19. According to the officials, 110 people were killed in rain-related incidents and the state suffered losses of about Rs 1,004 crore between June 27 and August 12. The Public Works Department (PWD) suffered maximum losses to the tune of Rs 437 crore. Road opening operations are underway and officials have been asked to ensure that apples and other fruits and vegetables reach the market, PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh told PTI on Tuesday.

Latest News LIVE Updates: 213 roads closed in HP, Met issues 'yellow' alert for heavy rain till Aug 19
Landslides and flash floods triggered by rains led to the closure of 213 roads in Himachal Pradesh with the local meteorological office issuing a 'yellow' warning for more heavy rainfall in isolated parts of the state till August 19. According to the officials, 110 people were killed in rain-related incidents and the state suffered losses of about Rs 1,004 crore between June 27 and August 12. The Public Works Department (PWD) suffered maximum losses to the tune of Rs 437 crore. Road opening operations are underway and officials have been asked to ensure that apples and other fruits and vegetables reach the market, PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh told PTI on Tuesday.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Doctors' associations to continue strike as demands remain unmet
The Federation of Resident Doctors' Associations (FORDA) on Tuesday said it will continue its strike for a law to ensure the safety of healthcare workers, launched in the wake of the murder of a Kolkata medic. In a post on X the doctor's body wrote, "No assurance on the Central Healthcare Protection Act--no call off-- our demands remain incomplete." "We will continue the strike until they are fully accepted," it added. Resident doctors of government hospitals across the country went on an indefinite strike on Monday to protest against the gruesome killing of a female doctor at the RG Kar Medical College, paralysing elective services including OPDs and non-emergency surgeries.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Doctors' associations to continue strike as demands remain unmet
The Federation of Resident Doctors' Associations (FORDA) on Tuesday said it will continue its strike for a law to ensure the safety of healthcare workers, launched in the wake of the murder of a Kolkata medic. In a post on X the doctor's body wrote, "No assurance on the Central Healthcare Protection Act--no call off-- our demands remain incomplete." "We will continue the strike until they are fully accepted," it added. Resident doctors of government hospitals across the country went on an indefinite strike on Monday to protest against the gruesome killing of a female doctor at the RG Kar Medical College, paralysing elective services including OPDs and non-emergency surgeries.

Latest News LIVE Updates: ED seizes cash, documents after searches in KIADB case
Digital devices, Rs 1.5 crore in cash and documents were seized following searches carried out in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged fraud in land acquired by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) for projects like the Hubli airport and IIT-Dharwad, the ED said on Tuesday. The raids were carried out on August 9-10 at a dozen premises in Bengaluru and Dharwad, including at the KIADB head office in Bengaluru and zonal office in Dharwad.

Latest News LIVE Updates: ED seizes cash, documents after searches in KIADB case
Digital devices, Rs 1.5 crore in cash and documents were seized following searches carried out in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged fraud in land acquired by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) for projects like the Hubli airport and IIT-Dharwad, the ED said on Tuesday. The raids were carried out on August 9-10 at a dozen premises in Bengaluru and Dharwad, including at the KIADB head office in Bengaluru and zonal office in Dharwad.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Backed by advanced surveillance, soldiers maintain 24x7 vigil along LoC in J-K's Rajouri
Backed by advanced surveillance equipment, soldiers of the Indian Army brave inhospitable terrain and harsh weather conditions to maintain round-the-clock vigilance along the Line of Control to thwart cross-border infiltration in the Rajouri-Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. Facing the threat of BAT (Border Action Team) attacks and continuous efforts by Pakistan to infiltrate terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, these brave soldiers put their lives on the line to protect the nation's borders, they said. (PTI)

Latest News LIVE Updates: Backed by advanced surveillance, soldiers maintain 24x7 vigil along LoC in J-K's Rajouri
Backed by advanced surveillance equipment, soldiers of the Indian Army brave inhospitable terrain and harsh weather conditions to maintain round-the-clock vigilance along the Line of Control to thwart cross-border infiltration in the Rajouri-Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. Facing the threat of BAT (Border Action Team) attacks and continuous efforts by Pakistan to infiltrate terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, these brave soldiers put their lives on the line to protect the nation's borders, they said. (PTI)

Latest News LIVE Updates: West Bengal Medical Council requests its doctors to call off strike
The West Bengal Medical Council on Tuesday requested all the doctors under it to call off their current strike and join the workplace as soon as possible keeping in mind the health of the common people. Doctors, in different parts of the country, are holding protests over the sexual assault and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.

Latest News LIVE Updates: West Bengal Medical Council requests its doctors to call off strike
The West Bengal Medical Council on Tuesday requested all the doctors under it to call off their current strike and join the workplace as soon as possible keeping in mind the health of the common people. Doctors, in different parts of the country, are holding protests over the sexual assault and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.

Latest News LIVE Updates: CBI takes over probe into woman doctor's rape-murder in medical college in Kolkata
The CBI on Tuesday took over the investigation in the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run medical college in Kolkata, officials said. The agency swiftly completed all the formalities within hours of the Calcutta High Court order directing the state police to hand over the case documents to the central probe agency. A team of CBI officials from Delhi along with forensic scientists and medical experts will visit Kolkata on Wednesday, they said.

Latest News LIVE Updates: CBI takes over probe into woman doctor's rape-murder in medical college in Kolkata
The CBI on Tuesday took over the investigation in the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run medical college in Kolkata, officials said. The agency swiftly completed all the formalities within hours of the Calcutta High Court order directing the state police to hand over the case documents to the central probe agency. A team of CBI officials from Delhi along with forensic scientists and medical experts will visit Kolkata on Wednesday, they said.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Marathas should unite, our goal is to get quota in OBC category, says Jarange
Activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday said the goal of his agitation was to get reservation for the Maratha community in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, and the Marathas should unite for this purpose. The coming Maharashtra assembly elections were a "unique opportunity", he said at the conclusion of the Maratha Janjagruti peace rally here. "Our aim is to get reservation in the OBC category. Only reservation will help us grow big. Our children miss the opportunity of becoming (government) officers by just one per cent marks. We do not even get promotions," he said.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Marathas should unite, our goal is to get quota in OBC category, says Jarange
Activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday said the goal of his agitation was to get reservation for the Maratha community in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, and the Marathas should unite for this purpose. The coming Maharashtra assembly elections were a "unique opportunity", he said at the conclusion of the Maratha Janjagruti peace rally here. "Our aim is to get reservation in the OBC category. Only reservation will help us grow big. Our children miss the opportunity of becoming (government) officers by just one per cent marks. We do not even get promotions," he said.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Kamala Harris is a 'third-rate phoney candidate' &amp; 'more incompetent' than Biden, Trump tells Musk
Donald Trump has described his Democratic presidential rival Kamala Harris as a "third-rate phoney candidate" and "more incompetent" than her boss President Joe Biden, amidst indications that she has erased some of his polling advantage in only three weeks as a candidate. In a much-anticipated audio-only interview with billionaire tech magnate Elon Musk on Monday on his social media platform X which was delayed by more than 40 minutes due to technical difficulties, the 78-year-old former president said, "She is a radical left lunatic," as he alleged that "she wants to be more Trump than Trump".

Latest News LIVE Updates: Kamala Harris is a 'third-rate phoney candidate' &amp; 'more incompetent' than Biden, Trump tells Musk
Donald Trump has described his Democratic presidential rival Kamala Harris as a "third-rate phoney candidate" and "more incompetent" than her boss President Joe Biden, amidst indications that she has erased some of his polling advantage in only three weeks as a candidate. In a much-anticipated audio-only interview with billionaire tech magnate Elon Musk on Monday on his social media platform X which was delayed by more than 40 minutes due to technical difficulties, the 78-year-old former president said, "She is a radical left lunatic," as he alleged that "she wants to be more Trump than Trump".

Latest News LIVE Updates: Hyderabad: Superintendent, inspector of GST booked by CBI in bribery case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday registered a case against two officers of the GST Commissionerate of Hyderabad on the allegations of bribery, the agency said in a release: ANI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Hyderabad: Superintendent, inspector of GST booked by CBI in bribery case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday registered a case against two officers of the GST Commissionerate of Hyderabad on the allegations of bribery, the agency said in a release: ANI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Pradhan writes to Majhi seeking amendment to Odisha Universities Act
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written a letter to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi seeking rectification of the discrepancies in the Odisha University (Amendment) Act 2020 brought by the previous BJD government. The Naveen Patnaik government had earlier amended the original Act, which not only created conflict in the provisions of the UGC Act but also diluted the interest of educational institutions and their autonomy, Pradhan alleged: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Pradhan writes to Majhi seeking amendment to Odisha Universities Act
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written a letter to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi seeking rectification of the discrepancies in the Odisha University (Amendment) Act 2020 brought by the previous BJD government. The Naveen Patnaik government had earlier amended the original Act, which not only created conflict in the provisions of the UGC Act but also diluted the interest of educational institutions and their autonomy, Pradhan alleged: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: 750-metre-long tricolour displayed on world's highest railway bridge on Chenab River
As the nation gears up for the celebration of Independence Day, a Tiranga Rally was taken out with a 750-metre-long tricolour on the world's highest railway bridge on the Chenab River in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday: ANI

Latest News LIVE Updates: 750-metre-long tricolour displayed on world's highest railway bridge on Chenab River
As the nation gears up for the celebration of Independence Day, a Tiranga Rally was taken out with a 750-metre-long tricolour on the world's highest railway bridge on the Chenab River in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday: ANI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Wildfire in Athens northern suburbs in Greece, one killed. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/photo/in-photos-wildfire-in-athens-northern-suburbs-in-greece-one-killed-101778" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">See pics...</a>

Latest News LIVE Updates: Wildfire in Athens northern suburbs in Greece, one killed. See pics...

Latest News LIVE Updates: Land-for-jobs 'scam': Delhi court to consider ED charge sheet against Lalu, Tejashwi on Aug 17
A Delhi court on August 17 is likely to decide on whether to take cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet, filed by the Enforcement Directorate against former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his son Tejashwi Yadav and eight others in the alleged land-for-jobs scam. Special Judge Vishal Gogne posted the matter for the next date, noting that the documents were voluminous: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Land-for-jobs 'scam': Delhi court to consider ED charge sheet against Lalu, Tejashwi on Aug 17
A Delhi court on August 17 is likely to decide on whether to take cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet, filed by the Enforcement Directorate against former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his son Tejashwi Yadav and eight others in the alleged land-for-jobs scam. Special Judge Vishal Gogne posted the matter for the next date, noting that the documents were voluminous: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Youth must come forward and strive to make India a developed nation by 2047: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched the BJP's 'Tiranga Yatra' in Ahmedabad and called upon youth to come forward and strive to make India a developed nation by 2047: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Youth must come forward and strive to make India a developed nation by 2047: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched the BJP's 'Tiranga Yatra' in Ahmedabad and called upon youth to come forward and strive to make India a developed nation by 2047: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: 3 arrested for trying to smuggle sugar to Bangladesh
Three persons were arrested from near the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district for allegedly trying to smuggle 1,000 kg of sugar to the neighbouring country, officials said on Tuesday. Acting on inputs received, the BSF personnel posted in Gasuapara area of the district intercepted a pick-up truck loaded with sugar near the international border on Monday and apprehended three persons, they said: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: 3 arrested for trying to smuggle sugar to Bangladesh
Three persons were arrested from near the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district for allegedly trying to smuggle 1,000 kg of sugar to the neighbouring country, officials said on Tuesday. Acting on inputs received, the BSF personnel posted in Gasuapara area of the district intercepted a pick-up truck loaded with sugar near the international border on Monday and apprehended three persons, they said: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Money laundering charges framed against TMC MP Saket Gokhale: ED
A special PMLA court in Ahmedabad has framed criminal charges, under the anti-money laundering law, against TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale on Tuesday, the Enforcement Directorate said. The money laundering case against Gokhale stems from a Gujarat Police FIR in connection with alleged misuse of money he had collected through crowd-funding: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Money laundering charges framed against TMC MP Saket Gokhale: ED
A special PMLA court in Ahmedabad has framed criminal charges, under the anti-money laundering law, against TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale on Tuesday, the Enforcement Directorate said. The money laundering case against Gokhale stems from a Gujarat Police FIR in connection with alleged misuse of money he had collected through crowd-funding: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Karnataka govt. to seek to vacate court stay against implementation of Chamundeshwari Act
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the state government will seek to vacate the stay by the High Court against the implementation of the Chamundeshwari Kshetra Development Authority Act of 2024: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Karnataka govt. to seek to vacate court stay against implementation of Chamundeshwari Act
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the state government will seek to vacate the stay by the High Court against the implementation of the Chamundeshwari Kshetra Development Authority Act of 2024: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Special service medals for Latur SP, four other cops
Latur Superintendent of Police Somay Munde and four other police officials or personnel in the district have been awarded special service medals for serving in Naxal-affected regions, a release said here on Tuesday. Ahead of Independence Day, state director general of police awards the medal to officers and personnel who have served in Naxal-affected regions of Maharashtra for two years or more: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Special service medals for Latur SP, four other cops
Latur Superintendent of Police Somay Munde and four other police officials or personnel in the district have been awarded special service medals for serving in Naxal-affected regions, a release said here on Tuesday. Ahead of Independence Day, state director general of police awards the medal to officers and personnel who have served in Naxal-affected regions of Maharashtra for two years or more: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Jaffer Sadiq's brother arrested by ED for money laundering, remanded to custody
Brother of expelled DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq, Mohammed Saleem, has been arrested by the ED in a money laundering case, the agency said on Tuesday. He was remanded to judicial custody by a local court. He was arrested on Monday evening, Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials said: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Jaffer Sadiq's brother arrested by ED for money laundering, remanded to custody
Brother of expelled DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq, Mohammed Saleem, has been arrested by the ED in a money laundering case, the agency said on Tuesday. He was remanded to judicial custody by a local court. He was arrested on Monday evening, Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials said: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Mayawati demands strict action in Bihar Dalit rape-murder cases
BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday expressed deep concern over two recent incidents of rape and murder involving Dalit girls in Bihar and demanded strict action against culprits. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister took to social media to raise her concern over the incidents, emphasising the need for the Bihar government to pay special attention to the safety and respect of Dalits: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Mayawati demands strict action in Bihar Dalit rape-murder cases
BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday expressed deep concern over two recent incidents of rape and murder involving Dalit girls in Bihar and demanded strict action against culprits. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister took to social media to raise her concern over the incidents, emphasising the need for the Bihar government to pay special attention to the safety and respect of Dalits: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Demonstration in Agartala over rape, murder of Kolkata doctor
Doctors and students of Agartala Government Medical College staged a demonstration on Tuesday, demanding exemplary punishment for the guilty in the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Demonstration in Agartala over rape, murder of Kolkata doctor
Doctors and students of Agartala Government Medical College staged a demonstration on Tuesday, demanding exemplary punishment for the guilty in the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Doctors protest against Kolkata rape-murder case in parts of country. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/photo/in-photos-doctors-protest-against-kolkata-rape-and-murder-case-in-parts-of-country-101775" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">See pics...</a>

Latest News LIVE Updates: Doctors protest against Kolkata rape-murder case in parts of country. See pics...

Latest News LIVE Updates: Odisha doctor booked for 'raping' two patients at government hospital
A doctor has been booked for allegedly raping two women patients at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here, police said on Tuesday. The alleged incident took place on Sunday when the women had come to the cardiology department of the premier government hospital for an echocardiogram test: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Odisha doctor booked for 'raping' two patients at government hospital
A doctor has been booked for allegedly raping two women patients at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here, police said on Tuesday. The alleged incident took place on Sunday when the women had come to the cardiology department of the premier government hospital for an echocardiogram test: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Delhi Police conducts mock drills with short-range weapons ahead of Independence Day
Over 600 Delhi Police personnel of the northeast district on Tuesday practised firing with short-range weapons at the police shooting range here ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, officials said: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Delhi Police conducts mock drills with short-range weapons ahead of Independence Day
Over 600 Delhi Police personnel of the northeast district on Tuesday practised firing with short-range weapons at the police shooting range here ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, officials said: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: GRP constable foils man's suicide bid at railway station in Thane district
An alert constable of the Government Railway Police (GRP) foiled a 40-year-old man's attempt to commit suicide at a railway station in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Tuesday. Constable Sandeep Kachru Shewale was on night patrolling duty at the Kalyan railway station on August 10 when he spotted a man placing his head under a stationary express train on the railway track, senior inspector Pandhari Kande: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: GRP constable foils man's suicide bid at railway station in Thane district
An alert constable of the Government Railway Police (GRP) foiled a 40-year-old man's attempt to commit suicide at a railway station in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Tuesday. Constable Sandeep Kachru Shewale was on night patrolling duty at the Kalyan railway station on August 10 when he spotted a man placing his head under a stationary express train on the railway track, senior inspector Pandhari Kande: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: NIA raids aide of Naxal leader Sanjay Deepak Rao in Kerala, seizes incriminating material
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids on Tuesday at the residence of a key aide of Naxal cadre Sanjay Deepak Rao in Kerala's Ernakulam district, seizing several incriminating digital devices and documents: ANI

Latest News LIVE Updates: NIA raids aide of Naxal leader Sanjay Deepak Rao in Kerala, seizes incriminating material
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids on Tuesday at the residence of a key aide of Naxal cadre Sanjay Deepak Rao in Kerala's Ernakulam district, seizing several incriminating digital devices and documents: ANI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina faces murder charges Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others, including two senior ministers of her cabinet and the sacked police chief, would face trial on murder charges, court officials said on Tuesday: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina faces murder chargesBangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others, including two senior ministers of her cabinet and the sacked police chief, would face trial on murder charges, court officials said on Tuesday: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Women panchayat representatives, Lakhpati Didis to be special guests at I-Day celebrations
Around 400 women representatives from Panchayati Raj Institutions have been invited as special guests to the 78th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj said in a statement on Tuesday: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Women panchayat representatives, Lakhpati Didis to be special guests at I-Day celebrations
Around 400 women representatives from Panchayati Raj Institutions have been invited as special guests to the 78th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj said in a statement on Tuesday: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: NGT forms panel to find whether trees illegally felled for UP Kanwar road
The National Green Tribunal has formed a four-member joint panel to look into the allegations of illegal felling of trees for the construction of two lanes of 111-km Kanwar route in Uttar Pradesh. It also asked the state's chief secretary to ensure that there was no illegal felling of trees: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: NGT forms panel to find whether trees illegally felled for UP Kanwar road
The National Green Tribunal has formed a four-member joint panel to look into the allegations of illegal felling of trees for the construction of two lanes of 111-km Kanwar route in Uttar Pradesh. It also asked the state's chief secretary to ensure that there was no illegal felling of trees: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: 2021 Pune woman death: Father moves HC seeking to be heard
The father of a 23-year-old woman who fell to death from a Pune building has moved the Bombay High Court seeking to be heard before any order is passed on a plea demanding a police probe into the death, allegedly linked to a Maharashtra minister. The woman fell from the balcony of her house in February 2021 and was declared dead at the hospital: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: 2021 Pune woman death: Father moves HC seeking to be heard
The father of a 23-year-old woman who fell to death from a Pune building has moved the Bombay High Court seeking to be heard before any order is passed on a plea demanding a police probe into the death, allegedly linked to a Maharashtra minister. The woman fell from the balcony of her house in February 2021 and was declared dead at the hospital: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walks out of jail on 21-day furlough Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Tuesday walked out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak after he was granted a 21-day furlough: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walks out of jail on 21-day furloughDera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Tuesday walked out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak after he was granted a 21-day furlough: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: BJP's Jagdambika Pal to head joint panel on Waqf bill
Senior BJP Lok Sabha member Jagdambika Pal was on Tuesday named chairperson of the joint committee of Parliament, which will examine the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill. A Lok Sabha notification said Speaker Om Birla appointed Pal as the head of the 31-member committee: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: BJP's Jagdambika Pal to head joint panel on Waqf bill
Senior BJP Lok Sabha member Jagdambika Pal was on Tuesday named chairperson of the joint committee of Parliament, which will examine the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill. A Lok Sabha notification said Speaker Om Birla appointed Pal as the head of the 31-member committee: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Kolkata doctor rape-murder: UP doctors'?? body writes to Union health minister as protests continue
A doctors' association in Uttar Pradesh has written to Union Health Minister J P Nadda, pressing for security measures at medical institutions, even as medicos on Tuesday continued protests in the state over the brutal rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Kolkata doctor rape-murder: UP doctors'?? body writes to Union health minister as protests continue
A doctors' association in Uttar Pradesh has written to Union Health Minister J P Nadda, pressing for security measures at medical institutions, even as medicos on Tuesday continued protests in the state over the brutal rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: MCD demolition drive in Bhalswa Dairy deferred amid protests
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Tuesday deferred a demolition drive in Bhalswa Dairy submitting in the high court that it will not launch the exercise till August 16, when the next hearing the matter is due: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: MCD demolition drive in Bhalswa Dairy deferred amid protests
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Tuesday deferred a demolition drive in Bhalswa Dairy submitting in the high court that it will not launch the exercise till August 16, when the next hearing the matter is due: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Air India Express starts six new daily flights
Air India Express has launched six new daily flights, including from Chennai and Kolkata, as the airline strengthens its domestic network. While three new flights have been launched from Chennai, two services have been started from Kolkata and one on the Guwahati-Jaipur route. The services commenced from August 12: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Air India Express starts six new daily flights
Air India Express has launched six new daily flights, including from Chennai and Kolkata, as the airline strengthens its domestic network. While three new flights have been launched from Chennai, two services have been started from Kolkata and one on the Guwahati-Jaipur route. The services commenced from August 12: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Delhi Police arrests three for printing, supplying fake Indian currency
Three men were arrested for producing and supplying fake Indian currency notes in the Dwarka area of southwest Delhi, police said on Tuesday: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Delhi Police arrests three for printing, supplying fake Indian currency
Three men were arrested for producing and supplying fake Indian currency notes in the Dwarka area of southwest Delhi, police said on Tuesday: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Landslides in Kerala indicate climate change cannot be ignored: UDF opposition
The Congress-led UDF opposition on Tuesday said the recent landslides in Wayanad and Kozhikode districts of Kerala indicate that climate change can no longer be ignored, and suggested the implementation of an early warning system to mitigate the impact of natural disasters in the future: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Landslides in Kerala indicate climate change cannot be ignored: UDF opposition
The Congress-led UDF opposition on Tuesday said the recent landslides in Wayanad and Kozhikode districts of Kerala indicate that climate change can no longer be ignored, and suggested the implementation of an early warning system to mitigate the impact of natural disasters in the future: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Watch video | Uncontrolled bus crashes into multiple vehicles in Bengaluru. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/watch-video-uncontrolled-bus-crashes-into-multiple-vehicles-in-bengaluru-video-goes-viral-23375019" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Latest News LIVE Updates: Watch video | Uncontrolled bus crashes into multiple vehicles in Bengaluru. Read more...

Latest News LIVE Updates: Bengal govt urges agitating doctors to resume work to normalise healthcare services
Stating that healthcare services have been affected due to the ongoing ceasework by junior doctors over the last few days, the West Bengal government on Tuesday appealed to them to resume work and restore normalcy for the welfare of the common people: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Bengal govt urges agitating doctors to resume work to normalise healthcare services
Stating that healthcare services have been affected due to the ongoing ceasework by junior doctors over the last few days, the West Bengal government on Tuesday appealed to them to resume work and restore normalcy for the welfare of the common people: PTI

Latest News LIVE Updates: Congress to protest on Aug 22 demanding SEBI chief's resignation, JPC probe. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/hindenburg-report-congress-announces-nationwide-protest-on-aug-22-for-sebi-chief-resignation-jpc-probe-23375046" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Latest News LIVE Updates: Congress to protest on Aug 22 demanding SEBI chief's resignation, JPC probe. Read more...

Latest News LIVE Updates: Delhi AIIMS warns resident doctors against protest on campus AIIMS Delhi has warned its protesting resident doctors against holding any demonstration on or around the hospital campus stating it was in violation of High Court directions and amounts to contempt of court. The Delhi AIIMS' Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) Monday went on an indefinite strike, suspending all elective and non-essential services including OPDs and wards to protest the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Delhi AIIMS warns resident doctors against protest on campusAIIMS Delhi has warned its protesting resident doctors against holding any demonstration on or around the hospital campus stating it was in violation of High Court directions and amounts to contempt of court. The Delhi AIIMS' Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) Monday went on an indefinite strike, suspending all elective and non-essential services including OPDs and wards to protest the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Bus loses control, collides with multiple vehicles in Bengaluru; biker injured in mishap&nbsp;
A driver of a bus lost control of the vehicle, leading to a multiple vehicle collision on the Hebbal flyover in North Bengaluru. The video of the incident went viral on Tuesday after it was captured in CCTV. Three motorcycles and two cars have been impacted in the collision. One of the motorcyclists has sustained serious injuries and has been hospitalised.&nbsp;
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A Volvo bus driver lost control and collided with multiple vehicles on the Hebbal flyover in North Bengaluru. The incident, recorded by CCTV, involved three motorcycles and two cars. One of the motorcyclists sustained serious injuries and has been hospitalized. Source: X&hellip; <a href="https://t.co/Y7EVlztY9R">pic.twitter.com/Y7EVlztY9R</a>
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Latest News LIVE Updates: Bus loses control, collides with multiple vehicles in Bengaluru; biker injured in mishap&nbsp;
A driver of a bus lost control of the vehicle, leading to a multiple vehicle collision on the Hebbal flyover in North Bengaluru. The video of the incident went viral on Tuesday after it was captured in CCTV. Three motorcycles and two cars have been impacted in the collision. One of the motorcyclists has sustained serious injuries and has been hospitalised.&nbsp;

A Volvo bus driver lost control and collided with multiple vehicles on the Hebbal flyover in North Bengaluru.The incident, recorded by CCTV, involved three motorcycles and two cars. One of the motorcyclists sustained serious injuries and has been hospitalized.Source: X&hellip; pic.twitter.com/Y7EVlztY9R
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Latest News LIVE Updates: 'CM Arvind Kejriwal's direction for minister Atishi to hoist national flag on Independence Day invalid'
Amid uncertainty over who will hoist the national flag during the official&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/photo/in-photos-delhi-govt-to-ensure-best-educational-facilities-for-the-poor-96678/4" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Delhi government&nbsp;</a>function on Independence Day, the General Administration Department (GAD) said Tuesday CM Arvind Kejriwal, who is in jail in a corruption case, cannot authorise minister Atishi to do so on his behalf. GAD Minister Gopal Rai on Monday directed the department to make arrangements for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/atishi-to-hoist-national-flag-at-delhi-govts-independence-day-event-arvind-kejriwal-to-lg-23372765" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Atishi&nbsp;</a>to unfurl the flag as per the CM "desires".

Latest News LIVE Updates: 'CM Arvind Kejriwal's direction for minister Atishi to hoist national flag on Independence Day invalid'
Amid uncertainty over who will hoist the national flag during the official&nbsp;Delhi government&nbsp;function on Independence Day, the General Administration Department (GAD) said Tuesday CM Arvind Kejriwal, who is in jail in a corruption case, cannot authorise minister Atishi to do so on his behalf. GAD Minister Gopal Rai on Monday directed the department to make arrangements for&nbsp;Atishi&nbsp;to unfurl the flag as per the CM "desires".

Latest News LIVE Updates: J-K: Security tightened on Jammu-Srinagar Highway ahead of Independence Day
Authorities have tightened security, including checking of vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway, ahead of the 78th Independence Day. Security personnel were seen carrying out security checks for the safe and smooth conduct of the celebrations.

Latest News LIVE Updates: J-K: Security tightened on Jammu-Srinagar Highway ahead of Independence Day
Authorities have tightened security, including checking of vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway, ahead of the 78th Independence Day. Security personnel were seen carrying out security checks for the safe and smooth conduct of the celebrations.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Pakistani intruder shot dead by BSF along Punjab border A suspected Pakistani intruder trying to infiltrate into India from the Punjab border was shot dead by the BSF amid an ongoing "high alert" ahead of Independence Day. A Border Security Force (BSF) spokesperson said the man was spotted "surreptitiously" crossing the international boundary in the Dal village of Tarn Taran district around 8:30 pm on Monday and approaching the border fence.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Pakistani intruder shot dead by BSF along Punjab borderA suspected Pakistani intruder trying to infiltrate into India from the Punjab border was shot dead by the BSF amid an ongoing "high alert" ahead of Independence Day. A Border Security Force (BSF) spokesperson said the man was spotted "surreptitiously" crossing the international boundary in the Dal village of Tarn Taran district around 8:30 pm on Monday and approaching the border fence.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Kolkata medic's rape-murder: Maharashtra resident doctors begin indefinite strike
Resident doctors in Maharashtra started an indefinite strike on Tuesday morning in support of the nationwide protests by their colleagues against the rape-murder of a post-graduate trainee at a medical college in Kolkata. All elective services in hospitals across the state have been halted, but emergency services will continue uninterrupted, Maharashtra State Association of Residential Doctors (Central-MARD) president Dr Pratik Debaje told PTI.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Kolkata medic's rape-murder: Maharashtra resident doctors begin indefinite strike
Resident doctors in Maharashtra started an indefinite strike on Tuesday morning in support of the nationwide protests by their colleagues against the rape-murder of a post-graduate trainee at a medical college in Kolkata. All elective services in hospitals across the state have been halted, but emergency services will continue uninterrupted, Maharashtra State Association of Residential Doctors (Central-MARD) president Dr Pratik Debaje told PTI.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Sadhguru says atrocities on Bangladeshi minorities must be documented 'in as much detail as possible'&nbsp;
In a post on X, spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev has said that the atrocities committed on the minorities of Bangladesh must be documented. "Immediate halt to despicable atrocities in #Bangladesh is paramount, but documenting these atrocities in as much detail as possible is equally important. The national borders that were drawn in recent times are not absolute. The cultural ties and the civilizational connect is far more important. Bharat should not be bound just by border logic but by broader realities of a civilization that is older than 75 years," he wrote.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Sadhguru says atrocities on Bangladeshi minorities must be documented 'in as much detail as possible'&nbsp;
In a post on X, spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev has said that the atrocities committed on the minorities of Bangladesh must be documented. "Immediate halt to despicable atrocities in #Bangladesh is paramount, but documenting these atrocities in as much detail as possible is equally important. The national borders that were drawn in recent times are not absolute. The cultural ties and the civilizational connect is far more important. Bharat should not be bound just by border logic but by broader realities of a civilization that is older than 75 years," he wrote.

Latest News LIVE Updates: DRDO successfully test fires&nbsp; Made-in-India Man-Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile&nbsp;
DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) successfully test-fired the Made-in-India Man-Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile (MP-ATGM) at the field firing range in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, recently, its DRDO officials said, according to news agency ANI.

Latest News LIVE Updates: DRDO successfully test fires&nbsp; Made-in-India Man-Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile&nbsp;
DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) successfully test-fired the Made-in-India Man-Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile (MP-ATGM) at the field firing range in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, recently, its DRDO officials said, according to news agency ANI.

Latest News LIVE Updates: SC closes contempt proceedings against Ramdev, Patanjali Ayurveda in misleading ads case
"The court has closed the contempt proceedings based on the undertakings given by Ramdev, Balkrishna and Patanjali Ayurved Ltd," advocate Gautam Talukdar, who represented the yoga guru, Balkrishna and the firm, said. On May 14, the apex court had reserved its order on the contempt notice. The apex court is hearing a plea filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) alleging a smear campaign against the COVID-19 vaccination drive and modern systems of medicine.
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Latest News LIVE Updates: SC closes contempt proceedings against Ramdev, Patanjali Ayurveda in misleading ads case
"The court has closed the contempt proceedings based on the undertakings given by Ramdev, Balkrishna and Patanjali Ayurved Ltd," advocate Gautam Talukdar, who represented the yoga guru, Balkrishna and the firm, said. On May 14, the apex court had reserved its order on the contempt notice. The apex court is hearing a plea filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) alleging a smear campaign against the COVID-19 vaccination drive and modern systems of medicine.
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Latest News LIVE Updates: Hours after the Calcutta High Court's direction, the CBI on Tuesday took over the investigation into the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run medical college in the West Bengal capital. We are closing the LIVE blog now

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