The Kerala government has decided to organise a farewell on August 26 to express its love and gratitude towards the various defence forces who helped in relief and rescue operations in the state
Andhra Pradesh: A school teacher was beaten up & paraded naked through the streets of Eluru town in West Godavari district for allegedly sexually harassing one his female students. A case was registered & teacher was arrested by the police.
2000 additional state buses will be functional locally from August 25 to August 27 on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan: Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation.
The two main opposition parties in Pakistan, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), are likely to field a joint candidate for the upcoming presidential election in the country next month.
Mumbai Fire: 2 persons died in the fire accident that broke out in Crystal Tower in Parel area earlier today. KEM Hospital Dean says,"Total 16 were brought to hospital, of which 2 were brought dead; 1 is a senior citizen lady & other is a male, condition of others stable."
A Level-2 fire has broken out in Crystal Tower near Hindmata Cinema in Parel area. Ten firefighting tenders have rushed to the spot. More details awaited.
Mumbai gets heavy rainfall and it is expected that the city will get heavy to moderate rains in the next 48 hours. Mumbai local trains are reportedly running late.
Trouble mounts for Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, as two petitions were filed in Varanasi and Kanpur courts separately to register sedition case against the Congress leader for hugging Pakistani Army chief General Javed Qamar Bajwa. Sidhu hugged the Pak Army Chief during the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan on August 18.
According to an AP report, Facebook has removed more than 650 pages, groups and accounts linked to Russia and Iran intending to disrupt US election.
The Centre on Tuesday appointed new Governors for 7 states - Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Tripura, Sikkim and Meghalaya.
Some big developments that are expected to happen today are:
A case has been registered against Namdev Bhagat, a Shiv Sena corporator on Tuesday for allegedly molesting a 19-year-old student in Navi Mumbai. Shabir Ahmad Bhat, who is affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was shot dead by terrorists at around 2:30 am today at his home in Pulwama's Rakh-e-litter.
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