Army Jawan Pushpendra Singh lost his life during an infiltration bid by terrorists in Tangdhar Sector of Kupwara district. The bid was foiled. Check the ANI tweet below:
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13 Aug, 20:22 (IST)
"16 people have died so far in Himachal Pradesh due to heavy rains. All the schools in the State would remain closed tomorrow" said Jai Ram Thakur, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister. Check the ANI tweet below:
13 Aug, 14:20 (IST)
Muzaffarpur: Three cops at Shaheed Khudiram Bose Central Jail, where Muzaffarpur Shelter Home case accused Brajesh Thakur is lodged, have been suspended. In a surprise check on Saturday, 2 pages were seized from Thakur which had mobile numbers of 40 persons, including a Bihar Minister.
13 Aug, 13:52 (IST)
Mortal remains of former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee being taken from Belle Vue Clinic to Calcutta High Court where he had worked as an advocate.
13 Aug, 12:55 (IST)
Pakistan today released 30 Indian prisoners, including 27 fishermen, from jail as a goodwill gesture ahead of the country’s Independence Day tomorrow.
13 Aug, 11:45 (IST)
Father Sony Verghese and Father Jaise K George, accused of sexually abusing a married woman, surrender in court on Monday. The duo was asked to surrender by August 13 by the Supreme Court.
13 Aug, 11:17 (IST)
MK Alagiri on Monday revolted against DMK working president and his brother MK Stalin, days after the death of his father and party president M Karunanidhi.
13 Aug, 11:08 (IST)
A landslide occurred in Banala area in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi on National Highway-3 this monring following heavy rains.
13 Aug, 09:53 (IST)
A level II fire has broken out in a godown in Parel. 12 fire tenders are present on the spot. More details awaited.
13 Aug, 09:42 (IST)
A BJP delegation comprising Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and BJP leaders Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Bhupender Yadav & Anil Baluni will meet Law Commission Chairman Justice BS Chauhan at 11 am today over the issue of Simultaneous Elections.
13 Aug, 09:09 (IST)
Former Lok Sabha Speaker and a central committee member of the CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee passed away in Kolkata due to a mild cardiac arrest. He was 89-year-old and breathed his last in Kolkata.
13 Aug, 09:00 (IST)
Himachal Pradesh: National Highway 3 (Chandigarh -Manali) is blocked due to a landslide near Mandi town. Road clearing operation is underway.
13 Aug, 08:48 (IST)
Badrinath National Highway is closed since last night at Lambgarh after heavy rain brought down debris onto the road. Road clearing operation is underway in Uttarakhand.
50 years after American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the eerie lunar surface of the moon, India will be landing a rover on the terrestrial body in a bid to collect data on its topography, mineralogy and exosphere.
The fourth victim in the Bhopal hostel rapes case has revealed chilling details of the trauma which she went through over the last six months. In her statement before the Indore police, the 23-year-old said she was raped on numerous occasions since January.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who visited the flood-wrecked Kerala on Sunday, announced an immediate relief of Rs 100 crores to the state government. Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, calling the Kerala floods as "unprecedented", said that the floods have caused huge damage in India's southern state. The External Affairs minister, in some relief to those affected by floods, added that passports damaged on account of floods, shall be replaced free of charge.
Some big developments that are expected to happen today are:
All schools in Mandi district, both govt and private schools, to remain closed today due to heavy rainfall in the region. 15 people have got injured in a stampede at Garibnath Temple in Muzaffarpur, this morning. The situation is now under control.
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