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Breaking News Highlights: Hello and welcome to Breaking News live blog. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world.Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah To Meet PM Modi Today For The First Time Since Assuming OfficeKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a few Union Ministers in New Delhi on Thursday.        This will be his first meeting with the Prime Minister, after the Congress formed the government in the state under his leadership, following victory in the Assembly polls in May.              Siddaramaiah will meet Modi at 11 am on August 3 and hold talks, the Chief Minister's Office said in a statement. On the same day, he will meet Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, it said.On Wednesday, the Chief Minister along with state Congress leaders and Ministers met the party leadership in New Delhi to strategise on a plan of action for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi were part of the meeting where Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar, apart from AICC general secretary in-charge for Karnataka Randeep Surjewala were present.Manipur: 35 Kuki-Zo People Killed In violence To Be Buried TodayBodies of 35 Kuki-Zo community people who died in the ethnic strife in Manipur will be laid to rest at Lamka town in Churachandpur district on Thursday. The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF), an organisation of the Kuki-Zo community, is organising the burial programme at the Tuibong peace ground. The ITLF said in a statement that its Chairman Pa Gin Haokip will give a farewell speech on the occasion. More than 160 people lost their lives and several hundreds were injured since the ethnic clashes broke out in Manipur on May 3, after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. 

03/08/2023 22:52:14

One Dead After Lift Collapses In Noida Society

One person was killed after a lift collapsed in Sector 137 in Uttar Pradesh's Noida, reports PTI. More details are awaited. 

03/08/2023 22:48:27

Islamic State Announces Death Of Leader Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi

The Islamic State group says its recent leader Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi has been killed in clashes with another jihadist organization in northwest Syria, reports AFP. 

03/08/2023 21:27:39

SSB Jawan Suspended Over Illegal Crossing Of Pakistani National Seema Haider Into India From Nepal: Report

Seema Suraksha Bal suspends jawan pending final inquiry, for alleged dereliction of duty in properly checking a passenger bus through which Pakistani national Seema Haider entered into the country and reached Greater Noida near Delhi, reports PTI quoting sources.

03/08/2023 21:25:20

FIR Against Karnataka BJP MLA Over Objectionable Remark Against Mallikarjun Kharge

An FIR was registered against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and former Karnataka home minister Araga Jnanendra on Thursday for objectionable remark against Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. The FIR has been registered at Ashoknagar Police Station in Kalaburagi

03/08/2023 20:51:32

PM Modi Holds Meeting With Bihar NDA MPs: Report

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a meeting with groups of Bihar NDA MPs at the Annexe Parliament building, reports ANI quoting sources. 

03/08/2023 20:49:19

PM Modi Accepts South African President's Invitation For BRICS Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepts South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's invitation for BRICS Summit being hosted by South Africa on August 22-24. "Pleased to speak with President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. Reviewed progress in bilateral cooperation as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of our diplomatic relations. Look forward to participating in the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg later this month," tweets Modi. 

03/08/2023 18:53:24

Workers Feared Trapped As Part Of Under-Construction Underpass Collapses In Gurugram

A part of an under-construction underpass in Gurugram's Dhanwapur has collapsed and several workers are feared trapped. SHO Pradeep Kumar says, "...We have received information about some labourers being trapped under the debris. A rescue operation is underway..."

03/08/2023 18:06:28

Wrestler Bajrang Punia Summoned By Delhi Court Over Defamation Case By Wrestling Coach

Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia has been summoned by Delhi's Patiala House Court in a defamation case filed by wrestling coach Naresh Dahiya. The Court summoned Punia as an accused on September 6. In his criminal defamation complaint, Dahiya stated that during the protest at Jantar Mantar on May 10, Bajrang Punia made defamatory remarks against him in a press conference. 

 

 

 

03/08/2023 12:52:51

NSS VP, several others booked for protest march in Kerala over Assembly Speaker's remarks

The Kerala police lodged a case against thousands of members of NSS, an influential Nair community organisation, and its Vice President for allegedly gathering unlawfully before a temple here in protest against Speaker A N Shamseer's remarks about a Hindu deity. The case was lodged at Cantonment police station against Nair Service Society (NSS) VP Sangeeth Kumar and thousand other identifiable persons of the organisation for the offences of unlawful assembly, rioting and obstructing public way under the IPC and various provisions of the Kerala Police Act.

03/08/2023 12:34:21

No restrictive thought process should be brought to Maha political system

"If they (girl students) were allowed to come in burqa in the past, so suddenly why they (college administration) have taken this call we have to look at it. But, I feel, as far as Maharashtra is concerned, we are of progressive thought process. So, no such restrictive thought process should be brought in our political system in Maharashtra," says NCP leader Rohit Pawar on an incident of a college in Mumbai stopping girl students wearing burqa from entering the premises.

03/08/2023 12:25:04

Karnataka CM meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah meets PM Narendra Modi in Delhi. 

03/08/2023 11:00:40

Will abide by the orders of the court: Samajwadi Party MP Dr ST Hasan on Gyanvapi verdict

Samajwadi Party MP Dr ST Hasan on Allahabad HC allowing ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex, "We will abide by the orders of the court....".

"Today our country needs communal harmony & national integration. No statement should be made which creates differences between people in the country," Hasan says on UP CM Yogi Adityanath's statement on Gyanvapi.

03/08/2023 10:57:30

Confident that the truth will come out: UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Gyanvapi mosque verdict

I welcome this verdict. I am confident that the truth will come out after the ASI survey and Gyanvapi issue will be resolved: UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Allahabad HC allowing ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex. 

03/08/2023 10:53:27

Allahabad HC has said that the ASI can start its survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex

Allahabad HC has said that the ASI can start its survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. Sessions court order was was upheld by HC, according to Vishnu Shankar Jain who is representing the Hindu side in Gyanvapi survey case.

 

03/08/2023 10:45:20

Allahabad HC allows ASI to conduct survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex

Allahabad High Court allows the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi.

03/08/2023 09:18:31

2 dead, 1 injured after water tank collapses in Bengaluru

Two people died and one person was seriously injured in a water tank collapse near Shivajinagar last night. Case registered in Commercial Street police station: Dr Bheemashankar S. Guled, Deputy Commissioner of Police, East division, Bengaluru City reported by ANI as saying. 

03/08/2023 08:52:03

8 Maoist group members arrested in Telangana's Tippapuram forest

Eight people belonging to a banned Maoist group were arrested on August 2 following a combing operation conducted by police in the Tippapuram forest area of ​​Charla mandal of Bhadradri Kothagudem district of Telangana.

03/08/2023 08:37:35

Security force deployed in Gurugram after violence in district

Security forces remain deployed in several parts of Haryana's Gurugram after recent violence in the district.

03/08/2023 08:18:03

Speeding cars hits several bikers

A speeding car hit several bike riders in Haryana's Panchkula Wednesday night.

03/08/2023 08:07:52

Morning in Haryana's Nuh after curfew imposed in district

Morning in Haryana's Nuh after curfew has been imposed in the district following clashes between two groups.

03/08/2023 08:02:41

Earthquake of 4.3 magnitude hits Andaman Islands

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck the Andaman Islands at 4:17 am today: National Center for Seismology

03/08/2023 07:47:31

Breaking News Live: Mizoram Police Seizes Heroin Worth Rs 1.24 Crore In Champhai District

Battalion of Mizoram range under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East), recovered 15 cases of Heroin No 4 worth over Rs 1.24 crore in the general area Zote, Champhai on August 1, as reported by the news agency ANI. The recovered consignment has been handed over to Excise and Narcotics Dept Champhai for further legal proceedings: HQ IGAR (East).