News Highlights: Two dead, three injured after balloon gas cylinder explodes in Madhya Pradesh

Two persons were killed and three others injured after a cylinder being used for filling gas in balloons exploded at a fair in Chhindwara city of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, police said.

The incident occurred in Subhash Nagar locality, they said.

Ibrahim Chacha, who was filling gas in balloons from the cylinder and selling them, died on the spot after the explosion, while another person, identified as Tajuddin Ansari, breathed his last while being taken to a hospital, additional superintendent of police Sanjeev Uikey said. (PTI)

. Militants on Sunday hurled a grenade towards the residence of a sarpanch in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir but there was no casualty in the explosion, officials said.

At about 9:55 PM, militants threw a grenade towards the residence of sarpanch Narinder Kour at Shakwara in Kreeri area of the north Kashmir district, they said.

No loss of life or injury was reported in the explosion, the officials said. (PTI)

. After about two days of the income tax portal being unavailable, Infosys late on Sunday said emergency maintenance on the website has concluded and it is now live.

. There are allegations of scams against many people. They should be punished after investigation, no matter which party they belong to. They were being arrested after they joined BJP from TMC: West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on arrest of BJP's Shyama Prasad Mukherjee in Bankura.

. A new catfish species has been identified from the Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh and has been named after a forest officer in the frontier state.

. Fahim Nazir Shah is walking to Delhi from Srinagar, hoping that his around 815-km journey will get the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he will get an opportunity to meet him.

. The Mizoram government said on Sunday that it has filed a case against personnel of the Assam Police for allegedly "stealing" construction materials from a project site near the border between the two Northeastern states.

. The Assam government alleged on Sunday that Mizoram officials entered its territory in Hailakandi and started constructing a bridge, in a fresh escalation between the two Northeastern states.

. Former West Bengal Minister & BJP leader Shyama Prasad Mukherjee has been arrested for alleged misappropriation of funds during his tenure as chairman in Bishnupur Municipality: Bankura SP Dhritiman Sarkar

A court in the district today sent him to 4-day police custody (ANI)

. Police on Sunday invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against four persons out of ten arrested so far for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans during a Muharram event in Ujjain of Madhya Pradesh, a senior police officer said.

The development comes a day after some right-wing organisations and religious leaders clad in saffron staged demonstrations, torched effigies of Pakistan, and demanded tough action by the police against those people who had raised pro-Pakistan slogans in the Geeta Colony area on the night of August 19. (PTI)

. The Assam government alleged on Sunday that Mizoram officials entered its territory in Hailakandi and started constructing a bridge, in a fresh escalation between the two Northeastern states.

. The Madras High Court has come down heavily on the way the political representation of southern states, especially Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, was reduced in Lok Sabha since 1967 on the basis of their populationafter both the states “successfully implemented” birth control measures.

. Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus services to Tamil Nadu will resume from tomorrow. Around 250 buses will be operated to different destinations: KSRTC

Bus services to Tamil Nadu were stopped on April 27 this year due to Covid restrictions. (ANI)

. Haryana's Home and Health MinisterAnilVijwas on Sunday admitted to the PGIMER here as his oxygen levels dipped.

The 68-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader earlier could not attend the state Assembly's monsoon session on health grounds.

He was admitted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here on Sunday evening, hospital sources said. (PTI)

. PunjabSchool Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Sunday said the state government has renamed ten schools after the Olympic medal-winning hockey team players from the state.

Singla said Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has given approval to rename schools after the names of various players fromPunjabwho were part of the Indian men hockey team squad which won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

The minister said the Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS), Mithapur, Jalandhar has been named after hockey team captain Manpreet Singh. He said the school will now be known as Olympian Manpreet Singh Government Senior Secondary School, Mithapur. (PTI)

. Hakim passed away earlier this morning in Kalaburagi.

. On a day when the entire country is celebrating 'Raksha Bandhan', there are some villages in the state where the festival is considered taboo for various reasons.

. Four shops were gutted in a major fire at Bhiwandi town in Maharashtra's Thane district in the early hours of Sunday, civic officials said. However, nobody was injured in the incident that occurred in Bazarpeth area, they said.

"The fire broke out at one of the shops, located on the ground floor of a residential building, around 3.30 am and spread to other adjoining units," an official of the Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation's fire brigade said. (PTI)

. DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh will felicitate the armed forces personnel who participated in this year's Olympics at Tokyo at the Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune on Monday.

"All the armed forces personnel, who represented India in the recently-concluded Tokyo Olympics, including gold medalist javelin thrower Subedar Neeraj Chopra, are likely to be present on the occasion," theDefenceMinistry's statement said. (PTI)

. "Recent developments in our volatile neighbourhood & the way Sikhs & Hindus are going through a harrowing time are precisely why it was necessary to enact the Citizenship Amendment Act," the Union Minister said in a tweet.

. Indian startups received about $6.5 billion in funding in the April-June 2021 quarter, while 11 of them entered the coveted unicorn club, a report by Nasscom-PGA Labs said.

. The Ministry of Finance has "summoned" Infosys MD & CEO Salil Parekh to explain to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman why glitches on the Income Tax portal has not been resolved even after over two months of its launch.

. They will give their 'aashirwad' in due time. If they really want to work, then they should provide COVID vaccines for people: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar

. Petrol price in Delhi was cut to Rs 101.64 a litre and diesel to Rs 89.07 per litre, according to a price notification of state-run oil companies.

The reduction came as international oil prices tumbled to their lowest level since May, after the US Federal Reserve signalled it was set to start tapering asset purchases within months, hurting commodities and lifting the dollar.

The price cut in diesel is the fourth since August 18, when the reduction cycle began. All four reductions have been of 20 paise per litre each.

. Scattered to fairly widespread rain over the region till today, 22nd and reduce thereafter. Isolated heavy rainfall is also very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh on 22nd August, 2021.

. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar ties rakhis to trees in Patna on Raksha Bandhan to spread awareness on environmental conservation. "Since 2012, we've been observing Rakshabandhan as 'Vriksh Raksha Diwas' (Tree Protection Day). People should save trees, just like they save people," he says

. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will also interact with the budding sportsmen of Army Sports Institute (ASI) and troops during his visit in which he will be accompanied by Army Chief Gen Manoj M Naravane

. BJP leader La. Ganesan has been appointed as the governor of Manipur, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement on Sunday.

. "An infant has also landed in a special IAF flight to India without a passport," an evacuation co-ordinating official told ANI.

. Kalyan Singh's mortal remains are at his residence. They'll then be taken to Vidhan Sabha where people will be able to pay last respects till 1 pm. The mortal remains will then be kept at BJP office till 2:30 pm. . His mortal remains will be taken to Aligarh where people will be able to pay last respects at the stadium. From there they will be taken to Atrauli. He'll be cremated tomorrow at banks of river Ganga in Narora: Awanish Awasthi, Addl Chief Secy,Home Dept, UP govt

. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the demise of BJP veteran Kalyan Singh on Saturday and said it was an "irreparable loss" for the society and the saffron party.

. Israel struck Gaza on Saturday after clashes between its troops and Palestinians protesters on the border left dozens injured, including an Israeli policeman and a 13-year-old Palestinian boy who were both critically wounded.

. Expressing deep pain at the death of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that coming generations will remain forever grateful to him for his contributions towards India's "cultural regeneration".

. A swath of the US East Coast, including New York City, was under alert Saturday, as storm Henri was upgraded to what could be the first hurricane in 30 years to hit New England.

News Highlights: Two dead, three injured after balloon gas cylinder explodes in Madhya Pradesh

Two dead, three injured as balloon gas cylinder explodes in MP's Chhindwara

Grenade attack by militants in Baramulla

Income tax portal live after emergency maintenance, says Infosys

West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh says Shyama Prasad Mukherjee arrested for joining BJP from TMC

New catfish species identified in Arunachal Pradesh's Siang river; named after forest officer

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