News highlights: Rahul Gandhi meets Delhi Congress leaders ahead of civic polls

Congress leaderRahulGandhimet his party's Delhi unit leaders on Tuesday and discussed organisational issues and preparations for municipal polls slated for early next year.

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. The BJP on Tuesday lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his attack on the government over the renovation of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial, alleging that his party did not even construct a washroom at the site but is now doing politics over the exercise undertaken by the Modi dispensation.

Hitting out at Gandhi, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh said the Congress leader should explain as to what his party did for the famous memorial, which commemorates the sacrifice of hundreds of unarmed civilians killed by the British forces in 1919, during its rule for decades

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. Hailing Pranab Mukherjee as a visionary and statesman, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that during the former president's outstanding public life, his administrative skills and acumen always shone through various responsibilities that he shouldered.

In a message that was read out at the first Pranab Mukherjee Memorial Lecture on Tuesday to mark the first death anniversary of the former president, Modi said that blessed with unparalleled intellectual capabilities, Bharat Ratna Mukherjee made remarkable contributions to the nation's progress.

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. At least 17 people, including a soldier and aid worker, were killed in the latest attacks by Islamic State-aligned jihadists in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, security and militia sources said Tuesday.

Hundreds of fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed the town of Rann on the border with Cameroon on Monday, pushing troops out of a base and occupying the town for several hours.

The attack prompted a mass exodus of residents towards Cameroon before ground troops reclaimed the town with aerial support.

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. Several schools in the national capital are set to reopen tomorrow after prolonged closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic while many have chosen to adopt a wait-and-watch approach and will be calling students only after a few weeks.

Following a marked improvement in the Covid situation in the national capital, the Delhi government on Friday had announced that schools for classes 9 to 12, colleges and coaching institutions would reopen from September 1.

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. Kazakhstan's defence minister resigned on Tuesday after several explosions at an arms depot in the south of the Central Asian country last week killed 15 servicemen, the president's office said.

The blasts occurred at a defence ministry ammunitions depot in the southern Jambyl region on Thursday, leaving dozens injured and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,000 people from nearby villages. (AFP)

. CBI Court pronounces jail sentences of 7 years each to 8 convicts in connection with 2012 Madhya Pradesh Police recruitment test. They have also been penalised with Rs 10,000 each.

. Indian Navy today signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limiter for the supply of the first indigenous comprehensive Naval Anti Drone System (NADS) with both hard-kill and soft kill capabilities.

. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release a special commemorative coin of Rs 125 and will also address the gathering, on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada tomorrow, via video conferencing

. Three Naxals were arrested and two others surrendered before police in Dantewada and Bijapur districts under the Bastar division of Chhattiisgarh, officials said on Tuesday. Two of the three Naxals were arrested in Bijapur and another one was nabbed in the Dantewada district, police said. (PTI)

. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the demolition of two 40-floor towers built by real estate company Supertech in one of its housing projects in Noida. Read more

. Speaker of Puducherry Assembly Embalam R Selvam was admitted to a hospital here on Tuesday following 'mild' heart attack. Assembly sources said Selvam was admitted to Indira Gandhi government general hospital. With Selvam admitted to the hospital, the day's proceedings of the ongoing budget session were conducted by Deputy Speaker P Rajavelu. Selvam had developed chest pain before coming to the Assembly and was admitted to the hospital. (PTI)

. Indian shooter Singhraj Adhana won the bronze medal in men's 10m air pistol SH1 final at the Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday. Read more

. Karnataka Cooperation Minister S T Somasekhar said that Dasara may be held in a normal manner, if experts feel that it is feasible. He saida decision will taken at a high power committee, scheduled to be chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, on September 3. The Covid-19 situation over the past one month will be studied and a decision will be taken on its basis. The statement on Dasara, by Somasekhar, comes following the lifting of weekend curfew in Mysuru.

. Fans attending the US Open on Monday confronted long lines at the main gate's security checkpoint, forcing some ticket holders to wait in the heat for up to two hours to gain entry.

News highlights: Rahul Gandhi meets Delhi Congress leaders ahead of civic polls

Rahul meets Delhi Congress leaders ahead of civic polls

BJP slams Rahul for criticising Jallianwala Bagh memorial renovation

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Pranab Mukherjee made remarkable contributions to nation's progress: PM Modi

17 people killed in Nigeria jihadist attacks

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