External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Delhi earlier today after completing a three-nation visit to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.
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Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, August 5, 2018: Sushma Swaraj Arrives in Delhi After Her Three-Nation Visit
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05 Aug, 22:50 (IST)
State Coordinator of NRC, Prateek Hajela said that people, whose names have not been mentioned in Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft, will not be "jailed or deported".
05 Aug, 21:30 (IST)
Heavy rainfall is expected in next 48 hours in Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Tehri, Chamoli & Nainital. All schools from class 1 to 12 in Dehradun will be shut on August 6.
05 Aug, 21:28 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi.
05 Aug, 21:27 (IST)
UIDAI condemns vested interests for misusing Google's "inadvertent" act as an opportunity to spread rumours against Aadhaar
05 Aug, 14:53 (IST)
PV Sindhu lost to Spain's Carolina Marin in the finals of the Badminton World Championship 2018. In a repeat of the 2016 Olympic finals for Women in Badminton, Carolina Marin managed to beat the Indian shuttler by 21-19,21-10 to claim gold. Sindhu, will have to be content with silver, against the 2016 Olympic final opponent, yet again.
05 Aug, 12:17 (IST)
Four people have drowned in Yamuna river near Alipur. Bodies of two people have been recovered, search for others is underway. Check the ANI tweet below:
05 Aug, 09:01 (IST)
Two people reportedly injured after a cloud burst near Karnaprayag. SDRF team has left for the spot. Check the ANI tweet below:
05 Aug, 08:34 (IST)
Venezuelan President Maduro says he escaped an ‘assassination’ attempt using an explosive-laden drone, and accuses neighboring Colombia and unidentified ‘financiers’ in the USA for the attack. Check the tweet below:
The Mumbai Police on Saturday informed that they had given a ‘Police Clearance Certificate’ to fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi in 2017 as no criminal antecedents were found against him that time. In its release on Saturday, the Mumbai Police said that they have ordered an inquiry "into the matter of issuance of police verification report (PVR)" to Choksi when he obtained the passport here in 2015.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during the protest led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) over Muzaffarpur shelter home rapes case. While speaking at the protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, Gandhi asked the chief minister to take action against the people responsible. The Congress president said, “We have gathered here for the women of our country, and we stand with them. If Nitish ji is really feeling ashamed then he should take immediate action.”
Indian Cricket team collapsed early on day four as some brilliant bowling by English all-rounder Ben Stokes and an equally impressive captainship by Joe Root handed England a win in the Birmingham Test. India started the day with Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik at the crease. The visitors needed another 84 runs to script a massive victory but they were jolted with Karthik departing soon and when Ben Stokes got the prized scalp of Kohli in addition to Mohammed Shami in one over, the writing was on the wall for India. Stokes got the last batsman Hardik Pandya caught at slip as India fell short by 31 runs to hand England the 1-0 lead in the series.
Indian women's singles star P.V. Sindhu overcame Japanese second seed Akane Yamaguchi in straight games in China on Saturday to march into the second consecutive final of the Badminton World Championships. Third seed Sindhu, a three-time World Championships medallist, prevailed 21-16, 24-22 in 55 minutes over Yamaguchi in a semi-final to set up the title clash against Spanish seventh seed and two-time former world champion Carolina Marin.
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