Maharashtra: In a video, a miscreant's birthday was seen being celebrated at police station in Bhandup. Police PRO says, "Inquiry being done&report will be submitted to senior officers. In one of his 2 cases, he was acquitted by court and in other, summary report was filed. No case against him."
Indian Army: A group of terrorists attempted to infiltrate from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) at 0220 hrs today in Machhal Sector. The bid was foiled by our alert troops. One soldier was martyred in the operation.
Assam: Water level of rivers at danger level-Brahmaputra at Neamatighat (Jorhat)&Dhubri, Desang at Nangamuraghat(Sivasagar); Jia Bharali at NT Rd Xing(Sonitpur), Puthimari at NH Rd Xing (Kamrup); Beki at Rd Bridge(Barpeta)&Kushiara at Karimganj (Karimganj).
Uttar Pradesh: First batch of Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian Attack Helicopters arrive at Indian Air Force's Hindon Airbase in Ghaziabad. They are the first four of the 22 choppers ordered by India from The US.
Maharashtra: IAF Mi-17 helicopter rescues 9 people, stranded atop a building in Kalyan, today. They were rescued and dropped at Mumbai airport. (Video Source: Indian Air Force).
Maharashtra: IAF Mi-17 helicopter rescues 9 people, stranded atop a building in Kalyan, today. They were rescued and dropped at Mumbai airport. (Video Source: Indian Air Force).
MoS Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, on Mahalaxmi Express rescue operation: Under guidance of PM, NDRF has made such advancement in its resources that it works successfully in any part of country when a situation arises. 900 people were saved today due to effective management of PM & HM.
Finance Ministry: GST Council has decided to reduce GST rate on Electrical Vehicles from 12% to 5% and on EV Chargers from 18% to 5% from 1st August 2019. GST Council also approved exemption from GST on hiring of Electric Buses by local authorities.
At least four people were killed, 20 others were wounded in a car bomb explosion in Ab Band district, in Afghanistan's Ghazni Province, early on Saturday morning: TOLONews.
New Delhi, July 27: An exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces is underway in Jammu and Kashmir. According to a tweet by ANI, the fierce gunfight is underway at Bona Bazaar area of Shopian. Meanwhile, Mumbai has been lashed by rains since Friday but the impact was nowhere close to the monsoon fury of July 26, 2005, when the city received 944 mm rainfall in a
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In Karnataka, the new Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said he would hold a floor test to prove his majority in the state Assembly on Monday (July 29).
"At the cabinet meeting held soon after I took oath as Chief Minister, I decided to go for floor test in the Assembly on Monday at 10 a.m., to prove majority," the 75-year-old Yediyurappa said at a press conference in the state secretariat.
On Friday, Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj took a dig at Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan for making objectionable comment against Lok Sabha Deputy Chairman Rama Devi. Swaraj said Khan suffers from "mental perversion" and deserves a stringent punishment to preserve the dignity. "Azam Khan is known for making such statements which prove that he suffers from mental perversion. The statement that he made while addressing a lady Chairperson crossed all limits of decency. He deserves a stringent punishment to preserve the dignity and decorum of the House," Swaraj said in a tweet.
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