Highlights: TMC councilor’s son killed after a truck turned fell on car

Son of a Trinamool Congress civic ward councilor was killed after a truck turned on its side and fell on a car which was being driven by the victim in Kolkata late on Saturday night.

The victim was identified as Ramkinkar Ram, 38, son of Ram Pyare Ram, TMC councilor of civic ward number 79 in Kolkata.

Haryana govt to write to Goa seeking a CBI probe into the death of Sonali Phogat after her family met with the CM in this regard: Haryana CMO.

The release of 11 men jailed in the gangrape case of Bilkis Bano has riled up the civil society. In a letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Saturday, more than 130 former civil servants expressed their displeasure over the release of the rapists as they requested him to rectify this "horrendously wrong decision".

Twenty-four people riding on a tractor-trolley fell into the Garra river after the driver lost control of the vehicle and it fell off the bridge here on Saturday, officials said.

The incident occurred in the Pali police station area on Saturday.

UPA legislators have reached the residence of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren.

BJP leader and social media influencer Sonali Phogat was given recreational drug methamphetamine by accused at Curlies beach shack restaurant, said the Goa Police on Saturday.

Mumbai on Saturday recorded 625 new cases of coronavirus and three fatalities that raised the tally of infections to 11,42,708 and toll to 19,684, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak out after media reports claimed that residents of Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district have recorded videos showing China's PLA personnel and machinery carrying out construction work near Hadigara-Delta 6 in Chaglagam.

Prime minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the pedestrian-only Atal Bridge over the Sabarmati river in Gujarat's Ahmedabad.

An IndiGo aircraft (6E 65) from Chennai was delayed by six hours on Saturday after a drunk man who wanted to stop his family from leaving the country made a false bomb threat to the Dubai-bound private carrier. Read more

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren is seen taking a boat ride near Latratu dam in Khunti district along with JMM & Congress MLAs.

Some members of G-23 group held a meeting at Ghulam Nabi Azad's home in Delhi on Saturday.

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will hold a meeting on Sunday to approve the schedule of the election for the next Congress president.

Women activists of the Thane-Palghar unit of the Nationalist Congress Party on Saturday held a protest against the release of 11 convicts by the Gujarat government in the Bilkis Bano case.

Union Home minister Amit Shah inaugurated the office of National Investigation Agency (NIA)  in Raipur. CM Bhupesh Baghel was also present there.

Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday hit out at the BJP-led central government amid reports that Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has sought a report from the chief secretary over a delay of more than two years in acting on a CVC report on an inquiry into construction of additional classrooms in government schools.

Two buses, carrying Jharkhand MLAs, left from CM Hemant Soren's residence earlier this afternoon after a meeting of the UPA legislators.

After a 30-hour-long search operation, a team of the Indian Army tracked and rescued a Hungarian national from Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district who had lost his way in Umasila Pass in the Himalayan ranges while trekking.

Union home minister Amit Shah has arrived at Raipur airport to inaugurate the office building of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the city.

Jharkhand Congress legislative party meeting will be held at 8:30 pm today. Party's Incharge for the state, Avinash Pande will preside over the meeting, ANI reports.

Legislators of the ruling coalation in Jharkhand were on Saturday being shifted to a guest house in Khunti district, neighbouring capital Ranchi. According to reports, the MLAs were led by chief minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren in two buses. The development took place after a meeting of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) at the residence of the chief minister.

“The situation in Congress party is clear since a long time... I feel that Ghulam Nabi ji Azad ho chuke hai,” says Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on the resignation of Ghulam Nabi Azad, in Gwalior.

Accused aides of BJP leader Sonali Phogat - Sukhwinder Singh and Sudhir Sangwan - have been sent to 10-day police custody.

Retired Justice Arumughaswamy commission, appointed to probe J Jayalalithaa’s death, submits its 590-page report to Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin.

Justice UU Lalit takes oath as 49th Chief Justice of India, succeeds CJI NV Ramana.

Anjuna Police detain a drug peddler who had supplied drugs to accused Sukhwinder Singh, ANI reported.

Two accused - Sukhwinder Singh & Sudhir Sangwan - were arrested by the Police yesterday.

India logs 9,520 new Covid-19 cases and 41 deaths in the last 24 hours, including four deaths reconciled by Kerala. Active caseload in the country dropped below the 90k-mark and currently stands at 87,311, the Union health ministry data showed.

Total Covid-19 cases in India: 44,398,696

 

Amid the political crisis in Jharkhand, a third meeting of UPA legislators on the second consecutive day has been called at CM Hemant Soren's residence today at 11am.

Licensing unit of Delhi police rejects permission to stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui to perform his show scheduled for August 28th in the national capital. This comes after the central district police wrote a report to the unit stating that "the show will affect communal harmony in the area."

A fire broke out in a PVC waste dumpsite near Nangloi in Delhi's Kamruddin Nagar. “We received a fire call at 11:50pm (Aug 26)… the fire is contained, won't spread further. 13 fire tenders on the spot. Main aim is to not let it spread to residential areas. No casualties yet,” the DFS divisional officer said.