LIVE News Updates: Chandrababu unhurt as 2 convoy vehicles involved in accident

Two vehicles in former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's convoy were involved in an accident on Saturday in Telangana's Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, but he escaped unhurt.

The incident occurred near Dandu Malkapuram in Choutuppal mandal on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway when Naidu was on his way to Hyderabad from Vijayawada.

The driver of an escort vehicle applied the brakes when a cow came in front of the convoy, due to which a vehicle carrying NSG personnel rammed into a jammer vehicle. The vehicle's front portion was damaged but no one was injured.

Naidu's car was following the vehicle involved in the accident. He was left standing on the road for about 15 minutes.

A spare vehicle was arranged for the National Security Guard (NSG) personnel, after which the convoy resumed its journey.

The Telugu Desam Party chief has 'Z Plus' security in both the Telugu states and is guarded by the elite NSG.

An inmate serving a life imprisonment in the district jail here died due to heart attack, police said on Saturday.

Jaichand, a resident of Malpur village in Sikandrabad area here, was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and was in the district jail since June, 2015, they said.

The inmate complained of chest pain at around 11.30 am on Saturday morning and was rushed to the jail hospital, from where he was referred to the district hospital, police said.

Highest spike of 6,692 new COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, tally 2,59,765, active cases 59,963; toll rises to 3,843 with 81 more deaths: Health bulletin

Rajasthan on Saturday reported eight deaths due to COVID-19 and 718 fresh cases of infection, taking the total number of fatalities and positive cases in the state to 1,116 and 88,515 respectively.

Three persons died in Jaipur, two in Alwar, and one each in Dausa, Nagaur and Sikar while the maximum positive cases 136 were reported from Jaipur, according to official figures.

Other cases were reported from Kota (103), Ajmer (77), Alwar (75), Jodhpur (52), Jhalawar and Bikaner (26 each), Jhunjhunu (22), Jaisalmer and Tonk (20 each), Sawaimadhopur (19), Pali (16), Chittorgarh (14), Nagaur and Bundi (13 each), Dholpur (10), Bharatpur, Churu, Bhilwara and Ganganagar (8 each), Barmer (7), Banswara, Sirohi and Udaipur (5 each).

A total of 71,990 COVID-19 patients have been recovered so far and the number of active cases at present is 15,409.

The Indian Railways will start conducting examinations for 1.4 lakh posts for which it received applications, from December 15 this year, officials said on Saturday.

"We have invited some applications for recruitment in various categories for 1.4 lakh posts. These were notified during the pre-Covid period," Railways CEO V K Yadav said at a virtual press conference.

The national transporter received 2.42 crore applications for 1.4 lakh vacancies, the CEO added.

"Scrutiny of these applications was completed but due to Covid-19 pandemic, a computer-based examination cannot be completed," Yadav said.

"Railways has decided to start exams for all three categories of vacancies from December 15. A detailed schedule will be announced very soon," Yadav added.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday ended his week-long self-quarantine after testing negative for COVID-19.

The Chief Minister had quarantined himself after coming in contact with two MLAs who had later tested coronavirus positive.

He came in contact with the legislators in the Vidhan Sabha on August 28 during a one-day session of the House.

Amarinder Singh, who presided over a virtual high-level meeting of Ministers, Congress MLAs and senior officials, said during the interaction that he had got himself tested and was found negative.

This was the third time the Chief Minister had got himself tested for coronavirus since the outbreak of the pandemic

Tamil Nadu reported 5,870 new COVID-19 cases, 5,859 discharges and 61 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 51,583, discharges to 3,98,366 and death toll to 7,748: State Health Department.

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Saturday recorded its highest single-day spike of 213 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 8,686, official data showed.

The number of active coronavirus cases reached 1,299, up from 1,188 on Friday, 1,163 on Thursday, 1,114 on Wednesday, 1,067 on Tuesday, 1,055 on Monday and 1,009 on Sunday, according to data released by the Uttar Pradesh Health Department for a 24-hour period.

The district's death toll stands at 46. On the brighter side, the mortality rate among positive patients continued to decline and reached 0.52 per cent on Saturday, one of the lowest in the state, data showed.

Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament commencing on September 14, an in-house four-day COVID-19 testing camp was started on Saturday for officials and other staff deployed at the complex to ensure minimum health risks during the period.

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A 38-year-old man was arrested for allegedly duping several women on the pretext of marriage, police said on Saturday.

His four bank accounts containing cheated amount of Rs 4.5 lakh have been frozen, they said.

The matter came to light when a woman lodged a complaint against him at Kotla Mubarakpur police station.

According to her complaint, the accused, posing as a British citizen, approached her on a matrimony site.

The Director of New Delhi Municipal Council's (NDMC) COVID-19 cell and three other employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, a senior official said on Saturday.

"The COVID-19 cases are again coming to the NDMC headquarter. Four employees have tested positive," a senior official told IANS on the condition of anonymity.

Besides the Director of COVID-19 cell, three others include an education officer, a regular muster roll worker in the secretary's establishment branch and a helper of the vigilance department have also tested positive.

According to the official, as many as 150 employees have contracted the virus in the last few months, some employees are still in the hospital, while eight people have succumbed to the disease.

Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik Chakraborty has been remanded to 7 day custody in drug link case. They have been given NCB custody till September 9.

Showik is learnt to have bought drugs from some peddlers who have been arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau. The peddlers have confirmed to selling drugs to Showik.

The NCB is likely to summon Rhea Chakraborty in the case on the basis on the what's app chat between Showik and the actress though the chat does not really clarify for whom is she asking for the drugs.

A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, visited his flat in suburban Bandra again on Saturday as part of its investigation, an official said.

In the last two weeks, the central probe agency had visited the flat at least two times to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the actor's death, among other things, he said.

"The probe team along with forensic experts reached the late actor's flat in Mont Blanc Apartments around 11.30 am," the official said.

Four men died and three others were injured after an SUV fell into a nullah in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district, police said on Saturday.

The accident took place near Kharogala on Sangla-Chhitkul link road when the vehicle was going from Raksham to Sangla, they said.

Three men died on the spot while one succumbed to injuries on the way to a community health centre (CHC) in Sangla, police said.

Two days before the commencement of Telangana state legislature session, Finance Minister T Harish Rao has tested positive for COVID-19.

The minister took to Twitter on Saturday to declare that he is infected with Covid. He, however, said he was "fine".

"On getting initial symptoms of coronavirus, I got the test done and the report came back positive. My health is fine," tweeted Harish Rao.

The minister, who is nephew of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, requested all those who came in contact with him in the last few days to isolate themselves and get COVID test done.

Narcotics Control Bureau seeks 7-day custody of Showik Chakraborty & Samuel Miranda, also seeks judicial custody of Kaizen Ibrahim Showik Chakraborty & Samuel Miranda are being presented before the Esplanade Court, in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput death case, reports ANI.

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Former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has been admitted to a hospital here following blood pressure issues, a senior AGP leader said on Saturday.

The 67-year-old Mahanta was admitted to a private hospital late on Friday night from where he was shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of another hospital, said the Asom Gana Parishad leader.

Quoting Mahanta's son, the party leader said the two- time former chief minister was stable and his health parameters showed no cause for concern on Saturday.

At least 12 worshippers, including a child, succumbed to their injuries after six air conditioners exploded in a mosque on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka.

The blast took place at the mosque in Narayanganj river port town at around 9 pm on Friday.

While 11 worshippers died during treatment on Saturday, a minor boy succumbed to his injuries on Friday, said Dr Samantha Lal Sen, chief of state-run Dhaka Medical College Hospital's burn unit -- National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

He said 25 others are now being treated at the unit, but their condition are "very critical as the burn caused more than 90 per cent damage to their bodies.

Fire officials suspect accumulated gas from a leaked pipe line caused a fire that might have triggered the AC explosion.

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Pakistani troops engaged in firing and intense mortar shelling in three sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday in violation of a ceasefire agreement, a defence spokesman said.

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Seven workers were killed and as many others injured on Saturday when a bus carrying them rammed into a truck on the outskirts of Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, police said.

Telangana posted 2,511 fresh coronavirus cases and 11 related deaths, taking the total infection count in the state to 1.38 lakh.

The half burnt body of a Dalit man was found at a village under Gauriganj police station, police said Saturday.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday extended greetings on Teachers' Day, saying it is a day to thank all the teachers who have been working tirelessly through the hardship of the pandemic to prevent academic disruption.

Two low-intensity earthquakes were experienced in Palghar district of Maharashtra, an official said on Saturday.

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Punjab Police and security agencies in neighbouring states have launched a manhunt after a carjacking incident at gunpoint by three men in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, police said on Saturday.

Three motorcycle-borne miscreants stopped a white-coloured Verna car near the Bariar bypass, fired shots into the air and snatched the vehicle on Friday evening, a senior police official told IANS.

He, however, ruled out the possibility of a terror angle to the incident even though the whole district has been put on high alert.

The Director General of Police in Punjab in a letter to his counterparts in Jammu and Himachal Pradesh asked them to step up the security.

Security agencies were taking the incident seriously in view of two major terrorist strikes in the area in recent years.

Terrorists from Pakistan had attacked the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Punjab's Pathankot in 2016 and Dinanagar town in neighbouring Gurdaspur district in 2015.