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A massive fire broke out at a wooden factory in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district.
A lawyer was allegedly shot dead by unknown assailants inside his chamber at a court in UP's Ghaziabad. More details are awaited, as reported by PTI.
A 93-year-old priest, Mahant Siyaram Das Maharaj, of Bhuriya Mahadev Baba Dham was murdered in Diggi town of Rajasthan's Tonk district sparking outrage and protests, as reported by news agency IANS. The police said he was murdered on Tuesday night.
The locals found the body on Wednesday when they went to the temple to worship, and soon a crowd gathered there.
People staged a protest outside the temple demanding the arrest of the killers. On receiving this information, Superintendent of Police Rajarshi Raj Verma reached the spot. As per locals, the priest used to worship the ancient Bhuriya Mahadev Baba Dham in Diggi for the past 50 years. He lived alone in the temple.
Lok Sabha's Privileges Panel adopted a resolution that recommended revocation of suspension of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, reports PTI.
Morena SP Shailendra Chouhan told ANI, "Five labourers died in the boiler of a cherry factory in Morena. Their bodies have been sent for postmortem. Police personnel are present at the spot," as quoted by ANI.
A teenage girl has been shot dead in Punjab's Ajnala village allegedly by a youth who was stalking her for the past few months, police on Wednesday, as reported by news agency PTI. One of the two accomplices of the main accused Dalbir Singh has been arrested, they said.
On Tuesday evening, the three accused forcibly entered the house of the 15-year-old girl's aunt and started asking her whereabouts, a police official said.
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan to remain behind bars after extension in judicial remand in cipher case till September 13, as reported by Pakistan's Geo News.
Former Corporater of Shiv Sena (UBT) Upendra Sawant joined Shiv Sena in the presence of CM Eknath Shinde. Sawant is a former Corporater of Vikroli Kannamwar Nagar area of Mumbai and was close to Sanjay Raut and his brother Sunil Raut.
A fire broke out in a shopping mall in Pathapatnam, of Srikakulam district due to an electrical short circuit, as reported by ANI. Fire engines have reached the spot to put out the fire. Details awaited.
Four people died in a fire in the Purnanagar area of Pimpri-Chinchwad of Pune district on Wednesday, as reported by news agency ANI. Fire gutted an electric hardware shop on the ground floor of a residential building around 5 am today. Details awaited: PCMC (Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation) Fire Department
On 29th August on specific information regarding the presence of a concealed consignment of narcotics ahead of the Border Fence, a search operation was conducted by BSF troops in the bordering area near Village - Dostpur, Dist - Gurdaspur, as per news agency ANI.
During the search, troops recovered 6 packets of narcotics suspected to be Heroin (Gross weight - appx 6.3 Kg) and one packet of suspected Opium (appx. 70 grams concealed inside a 12-volt battery and kept in the vicinity of IB, ahead of border fencing.
Australians is set to vote on October 14 on whether they want to change the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people, as per news agency Reuters. It is being seen as a defining moment in the struggle for Indigenous rights in the country.
Two men were injured after a gas canister from a portable stove exploded in a restaurant in the downtown area of Japan's Tokyo, according to local police.
The incident was reported at around 4:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday in a restaurant located on the first floor of a five-story building in the Shinsen district of Shibuya Ward, said the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
Canada has detected its first case of coronavirus infection from the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant of Omicron, health officials said on Tuesday, as reported by news agency Reuters.
The variant has been detected in a person in British Columbia who had not travelled outside the Pacific province.
A drone attack on Pskov city in northwestern Russia has reportedly damaged four heavy transport planes early on Wednesday. "The defence ministry is repelling a drone attack in Pskov's airport," Regional Governor Mikhail Vedernikov wrote on social media, posting a video of a massive fire.
"I arrived on the site at the very start of the incident. According to preliminary information, there have been no casualties. The scope of damage is now being assessed," Vedernikov later wrote on his Telegram channel. An unconfirmed Russian media report says four Ilyushin 76 transport planes were damaged at the airport, the BBC reported.
Pskov is more than 600km (372 miles) away from Ukraine, close to the border with Estonia.
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Breaking News Live: Hello and welcome to breaking news live blog, please follow this space for all the latest updates and breaking news from India and around the world. The Karnataka government will on Wednesday launch 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme, offering monthly aid of Rs 2,000 each to about 1.1 crore women heads of family at a public function in Mysuru. The event will be attended by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi.
"As many as 1.1 crore women heads of households will be given Rs 2,000 every month," Karnataka Chief Minister Siddararamaiah told reporters in Mysuru, his home district. The government has earmarked Rs 17,500 crore for 'Gruha Lakshmi' programme in the current financial year.
'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme is one of the five pre-poll 'guarantees' of the Congress, which ousted the BJP from power in the Assembly elections held in May.
India Allows Export Of Non-Basmati Rice To Singapore
On Tuesday, India allowed the export of non-Basmati rice to Singapore to meet the food requirements. "India and Singapore enjoy a very close strategic partnership, characterized by shared interests, close economic ties and strong people to people connect, said the MEA in a statement. The Singaporean authorities had been in close contact with Indian authorities to seek exemption from the country's ban on export of non-basmati rice, Singapore Food Agency said on Friday.
"Singapore Food Agency (SFA) is working closely with importers to increase the import of different varieties of rice from various sources. Singapore is also in close contact with the Indian authorities to seek exemption from the ban," it said in a statement.
India Registers Strong Protest Over China Map
India registered a strong protest through diplomatic channels with Beijing on Tuesday over China's "standard map” of 2023 which lays claim on Indian terrirories of Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin region, apart from Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea.
In response to media queries on the matter, External Affairs Ministry's Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi Monday said, "We have today lodged a strong protest through diplomatic channels with the Chinese side on the so-called 2023 "standard map” of China that lays claim to India’s territory."
"We reject these claims as they have no basis. Such steps by the Chinese side only complicate the resolution of the boundary question,” he added.
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