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Sensex rises 226.47 pts to end at 55,555.79; Nifty advances 45.95 pts to 16,496.45

A portion of the Bhalswa landfill site in northwest Delhi collapsed on Monday and several shanties located nearby were reported to have been buried under the debris. However, no casualty has been reported so far, officials said.

The Indian Army cleared the way for the promotion of five women officers to Colonel rank, post completion of 26 years of reckonable service.

At least 21 people died and 20 others were reported missing after severe floods hit Humphreys County in the US state of Tennessee on August 21, authorities said.

If animals, trees can be counted, so can people; caste census will be historic pro-poor measure: RJD's Tejashwi Yadav

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal inaugurates India's first smog tower at Connaught Place

Dehradun | 5-day Monsoon session of Uttarakhand Assembly commences today. MLAs will be seated in two groups - out of the 71 MLAs, 40 will sit in the main area of the Assembly while 31 will sit in room 107, to ensure social distancing amid the COVID19 pandemic

One person was killed and three others injured when the bike they were riding hit a police vehicle head-on in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district.

Twice resolutions have been passed in Bihar Assembly for caste census in the state. With such a census we can get data that can help in preparing relevant benefit schemes for people from different sections of society: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav in Delhi

India reports 25,072 new COVID-19 cases, 44,157 recoveries and 389 deaths in the last 24 hrs, as per Health Ministry

National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has warned of a third COVID-19 wave peak in October in its recent report to Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

Sensex rallies 411.04 pts to 55,740.36 in opening session; Nifty surges 109.35 pts to 16,559.85

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to meet PM over caste-based census today "I'm part of the delegation led by Nitish Kumar Ji that will meet PM today. On the issue of caste-based census, whatever decision the PM takes should be acceptable to us," says Bihar minister and BJP leader Janak Ram

50,75,51,399 samples tested up to 22nd August 2021 for COVID-19. Of these, 12,95,160 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands did not record any new COVID-19 case in the last 24 hours, a health official said on Monday.

With the addition of 196 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 5,49,596, an official said on Monday.

146 people evacuated from Afghanistan arrive in Delhi on various flights. One of them Sunil says, "We left on Aug 14. A US Embassy's flight took us to Qatar where we stayed at Army base. US Embassy spoke with Indian Embassy after which people from Indian Embassy came to take us"