News highlights: Pakistan to open trade route with India because of devastating floods, food price hike

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Clashes erupt after Iraqi Shiite cleric resigns, 3 dead

An influential Shiite cleric announced on Monday he would resign from Iraqi politics, prompting hundreds of his angry followers to storm the government palace and sparking clashes with security forces in which at least five protesters were killed.

Congress now just a party of brother-sister: J P Nadda

"Why did Congress, the oldest political party, keep getting smaller? Why has it been weakening? Because they did not integrate local aspirations with national aspirations,"BJP chief JP Nadda said in Guwahati.

"Those who were with Congress for 20-40 years left the party because they are now neither national nor regional. Now it is just a party of dynasty, of the brother-sister,"he added.

After Gandhi it is Modi who has understood people's sentiments: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the only leader after Mahatma Gandhi who understood the sentiments of the masses, asserting he directly connects with people who in turn trust him.

Speaking at the release of the book, The Architect of the New BJP: How Narendra Modi Transformed the Party, Singh heaped praise on the prime minister's governance and organisational capabilities and said he has no parallel in contemporary politics.

PM tweets about devastation of Pak floods

HC stays local body elections in Puducherry

A division bench of the Madras High Court on Monday directed the Puducherry government to maintain status-quo ante on holding elections to the local bodies in the Union Territory.

The bench of Justices M Duraiswamy and Sundar Mohan granted the injunction while passing interim orders on a petition from R Siva, DMK MLA and Leader of the Opposition in the Puducherry Assembly. The interim order followed production of a sealed cover to the bench by the Election Commission.

Earlier, senior counsel P Wilson, representing Siva, argued that the reservations granted for OBC and ST in 2019 were withdrawn by the Puducherry government without any reasons.

Thackeray faction has no right to organise Shivaji Park Dussehra rally, says Shinde group functionary

Former Thane mayor and a spokesperson for the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena Naresh Mhaske on Monday slammed the Uddhav Thackeray group for seeking permission from authorities for its annual Dussehra rally at Mumbai's Shivaji Park. He said the Thackeray faction had forgotten the principles and ideology of founder late Bal Thackeray and, therefore, had no right to organise the rally.

PIL filed against 'increasing assets of Mamata Banerjee'

A PIL was filed in Calcutta High Court by petitioner Arijit Majumdar against the increasing assets of the family members of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee after 2011. He demanded an investigation by the CBI, ED and IT department

Pakistan to resume trade (open trade route) with India

Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail announced, "We will open trade route with India because of this flood andfood price hike". (ANI)

The special CBI court has convictedformer JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Anil Kumar Sahni in LTC scam case

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Shiv Sena to hold Dessehra rally in Mumbai

"Shiv Sena's Dussehra rally will be held at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. Shiv Sainiks from all over Maharashtrawill reach for this rally. We don't know whether we will get permission for the rally,"party chief Uddhav Thackeray said.

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait attends a farmers 'mahapanchayat', outside the collector's office in Bikaner

Reliance to invest Rs 75,000 cr in petrochemicals, textile business, says Mukesh Ambani

Jio to launch 5G by Diwali, aims to cover entire country by 2023, says Mukesh Ambani

Delhi Assembly Session adjourned for the day; to resume Tuesday at 11 am

Mamata takes dig at BJP, says 'those who preached of Beti Bachao released those involved in Bilkis Bano case'

Construction of Vizhinjam port can't be halted, says Kerala HC

The Adani Ports, which is constructing the port in Thiruvananthapuram, had on August 25 moved the court seeking protection from protesters

Delhi Assembly Session adjourned again till 2 pm

Delhi Assembly Session resumes

G7 demands unimpeded access for IAEA at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant

AAP MLAs protest in Delhi Assembly Session against massive corruption by L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena

The MLAs disrupted the session alleging the L-G of a Rs 1,400 crore corruption charge.

"There should be an ED raid against L-G. Till the time the investigation goes on, he has no right to continue in the post of LG. He should be removed from the post of Lieutenant Governor," said AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak

Delhi Assembly further adjourned till 1 pm

Fuel prices getting expensive as BJP spent over Rs 6,000 crore in toppling govts, alleges Kejriwal at Delhi Assembly

Confidence motion needed to show every AAP MLA is honest, says Kejriwal at Delhi Assembly

The Delhi CM added that Operation Lotus failed in Delhi unlike in MP, Goa, Maharashtra etc.

AAP alleges LG Vinai Kumar Saxena of Rs 1,400 crore scam

Mumbai Police record actor Ranveer Singh's statement in nude photo-shoot case

SC issues notice to UP govt on bail plea of journalist Siddique Kappan

Delhi Assembly adjourned following disruption from ruling party; to resume at 12:30 pm

2 women, child killed as house collapses due to rain in Dehradun

Three people, including a child, were buried alive under the rubble of a house that collapsed on Monday due to heavy rains in Dehradun's Rajpur area.

According to the police, the incident took place near Kat Bungalow Rajpur Road where a child and two women were reported buried under the rubble of the house.

A State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team was on the spot to pull out the bodies, they said.

Delhi CM Kejriwal tables confidence motion in Delhi Assembly to prove 'Operation Lotus' failed

Will find BJP's name on top if you google 'world's most corrupt political party', says AAP's Rajesh Gupta

All the tax money is going to Operation Lotus, alleges Kejriwal

"Through Operation Lotus, BJP is luring Opposition MLAs to join their party," said the AAP national convenor.

Even Britishers never put tax on basic commodities, Kejriwal on BJP

Opposition MLAs marshalled out of Delhi Assembly

Arvind Kejriwal to bring Confidence Motion in Delhi Legislative Assembly

Supreme Court begins hearing plea challenging Karnataka High Court's judgement upholding ban on Hijab in educational institutions

The Apex Court says it will not accept a plea seeking adjournment as an early hearing was sought; Court issues notice to Karnataka Govt on the plea

Mortal remains of Jharkhand girl burnt to death taken for cremation

AAP's manifesto promised 500 new schools in Delhi, but they never came up, alleges BJP

Senior citizen killed, another hurt after speeding car hit them in Delhi

India reports 7,591 fresh Covid -19 cases and 9,206 recoveries in the last 24 hours

Kerala: Three bodies found after a landslide hit Kudayathoor village in Thodupuzha

NASA's mega moon rocket ready for liftoff ahead of Artemis mission

Launch teams at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida spent a final full day of preparations ahead of Monday's planned liftoff of NASA's giant next-generation rocket on its debut test flight, kicking off the agency's Artemis moon-to-Mars program 50 years after the end of Apollo.

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