Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, August 6, 2018: RK Dhawan, Senior Congress Leader, Dies at 81

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06 Aug, 20:39 (IST)

Senior Congress leader RK Dhawan died at the age of 81.

06 Aug, 18:51 (IST)

As per the latest health update by Chennai's Kauvery Hospital, former Tamil Nadu CM and DMK Chief M Karunanidhi's medical condition has seen a decline.

As per the press release, Karunanidhi's vital organs' functioning remains a challenge considering his age-related health issues. How he responds to the medical treatments in the next 24 hours will determine the future course of action.

06 Aug, 18:24 (IST)

Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018. The Bill was approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday.

06 Aug, 17:06 (IST)

Indra Nooyi will step down as PepsiCo CEO on October 3. She will be replaced by PepsiCo president Ramon Laguarta.

06 Aug, 16:43 (IST)

Kerala: Two RSS workers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a CPI(M) worker, who was stabbed to death last night in Kasaragod district.

06 Aug, 16:31 (IST)

MEA seeks Mehul Choksi's extradition as India-Antigua sign extradition treaty.

06 Aug, 16:13 (IST)

Opposition's candidate CM Ramesh wins Public Accounts Committee (PAC) election in Rajya Sabha.

06 Aug, 14:35 (IST)

Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah to meet Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis & Maharashtra MPs today at 7 pm over the issue of Maratha reservation issue.

06 Aug, 13:53 (IST)

Mumbai: Former Deputy CM of Maharashtra Chhagan Bhujbal has been admitted to Jaslok Hospital over his health condition. More details awaited.

06 Aug, 13:14 (IST)

JD(U) MP Harivansh will be the candidate of NDA for Rajya Sabha deputy chairman: Sources.

06 Aug, 12:54 (IST)

Jammu & Kashmir: A low-intensity explosion occurred at a school in Doda, earlier today, principal of the school and another staff member injured. FIR registered under the Explosive Substance Act, FSL team from Jammu rushed to the spot.

06 Aug, 12:31 (IST)

Chhattisgarh: 14 Naxals killed in an encounter with security forces near Sukma's Konta and Golapalli police station limits, 16 weapons recovered.

06 Aug, 12:07 (IST)

Elections to the post of deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha to be held on August 9: Vice President and Rajya Sabha speaker M Venkaiah Naidu.

06 Aug, 11:04 (IST)

SC says the petitions challenging Article 35A's validity will be listed before a 3-judge bench in the week starting August 27 and that bench would determine whether the matter is required to be referred to a 5-judge bench.

06 Aug, 10:47 (IST)

Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck Nicobar islands region at 10 am today.

06 Aug, 10:30 (IST)

Muzaffarpur Shelter Home incident: CBI has taken all documents and evidence from local police and administration. CBI is getting in touch with TISS team who audited the shelter home in Muzaffarpur.

06 Aug, 10:11 (IST)

Himachal Pradesh: State highway 10 (Theog- Hatkoti) blocked due to the landslide near Nihari in Shimla district.


Two days after tech giant Google owned up to the default inclusion of old Aadhaar helpline number in mobile phones, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Sunday condemned the vested interests for misusing Google's 'inadvertent' act as an opportunity to spread rumours against Aadhaar. The UIDAI emphasised that a number stored in the contact list cannot steal data from a mobile phone.

An earthquake measuring 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia on Sunday.

Chandrayaan-2, India's second lunar mission has been postponed for the second time in a year. The launch which was earlier scheduled for April was later postponed to October and now even further.

Some big developments that are expected to happen today are:

Kerala: CPI (M) worker stabbed to death allegedly by BJP workers, according to an ANI report. Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging the validity of Article 35A which empowers J&K state's legislature to define 'permanent residents' of the state and provide special rights to them.

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