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Fire in four shops at British-era Crawford Market in South Mumbai; no report of injury: BMC official

As Goa prepares for arrival of the south-west monsoon, the IMD has forecast heavy rainfall along with high speed winds in isolated places in North and South Goa districts.

The coastal state experienced pre-monsoon showers earlier this week.

The local office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said heavy rains along with high speed winds are likely to occur at isolated places over North and South Goa on Thursday and Friday.

As a precaution, the Goa government shuts down beaches, popular with tourists, for swimming and water sports during the monsoon (from June to September) each year as the sea during this period tends to be extremely rough and choppy.

Pakistan would do well to recall that they have a debt problem which covers 90% of their GDP. As far as India goes, our stimulus package is as large as the GDP of Pakistan: Anurag Srivastava, MEA on Pakistan PM Imran Khan's offer to help India in cash transfer programme

A three-year-old boy falls in a drain in Mumbai's Ghatkopar; search and rescue operation underway with the help of Indian Navy and NDRF divers

Ten hand grenades, along with one AK-47 rifle with 2 magazines and 60 live cartridges were seized from them, they have been identified as Aamir Hussain Wani and Wasim Hassan Wani: Punjab Police

Amulya Leona, a young woman who was charged with sedition for raising "Pakistan zindabad" slogans in Bengaluru, has been granted bail. The court had denied her bail on Wednesday, saying she might abscond. But her lawyers had been pursuing another way of getting her out of jail where she has spent nearly four months, reported NDTV

India's reforms, being acknowledged by rating agencies, are critical elements for higher growth next year, says CEA

Southwest monsoon arrives in Maharashtra with rains lashing some coastal parts of the state, says India Meteorological Department (IMD) official.

Sensex plunges 708.68 points to end at 33,538.37; Nifty tanks 214.15 points to 9,902

Southwest monsoon has set in over Odisha today. Widespread rainfall expected over south & coastal Odisha districts and heavy to very heavy rainfall expected in Koraput, Malkangiri, in the next 24 hours: HR Biswas, Director of IMD Bhubaneswar

The Delhi High Court has said that the AAP government and the municipal corporations in the ntional capital have taken adequate steps to ensure safety of 'safai karamchaaris' during the COVID-19 pandemic.

China and India are properly handling and taking actions to ease the situation at the border based on the "consensus" reached recently during their diplomatic and military level talks, a senior Chinese official said on Thursday.

Handwara Police (J&K) today busted a huge Pakistan sponsored narco-terror module. 3 Lashkar-e-Taiba terror associates were arrested, they were in touch with Pak handlers. 21 kg heroin, Indian currency with the value of Rs 1.34 Crores seized: SP Handwara Dr GV Sundeep Chakravarthy.
The three who were arrested were peddling drugs to financially help the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in J&K. It's a very big hawala racket where the money is transferred without money movement and financed for terrorist activities: SP Handwara, Dr GV Sundeep Chakravarthy

A female elephant was found dead in Rajpur forest range in Balrampur district, earlier today. Divisional Forest Officer and a team of doctors have arrived at the spot to examine the carcass

The Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain pleas of various political parties challenging the Centre's decision not to grant 50 per cent reservation to OBCs as per Tamil Nadu law in medical seats surrendered by the state in the All India Quota for under graduate, post graduate and dental courses in 2020-21.

The National Green Tribunal has sought response from the Centre, Telanagana government and others on a plea alleging pollution by pharmaceutical companies in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in the state.

Lakhs of youths took the exam. Lakhs of them hoped for a job. Lakhs waited for one long year. Right under the nose of BJP govt, this huge scam took place with the connivance of the people who are part of the system. For full one year this was suppressed, tweeted Priyanka Gandhi

Now the govt will have to answer the hardworking students who sat for the exam and those who passed it, said Priyanka.

Supreme Court's three-judge bench, headed by Justice Arun Mishra, and also comprising Justices MR Shah and S Abdul, starts hearing the telecoms' Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) case

In the meeting with Sabarimala tantri and Travancore Devaswom Board, it has been decided that Sabarimala Temple will not be opened for public for the monthly pooja and temple festival will also be cancelled, says Kerala Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran

Senior RSS pracharak and former working president of the BMS, R Venugopal, passed away at a private hospital here late on Wednesday due to age-related ailments, Sangh Parivar sources said.

Four workers were injured, two of them critically, when a fuel tank exploded at a steel plant in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, police said on Thursday.

Pakistani border forces fled from their check posts as violent protests erupted in Brabchah area of Balochistan.

A 30-year-old woman, who was suffering from depression, allegedly killed her minor daughter and then committed suicide at their home in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Thursday.

Atleast six persons were injured in a clash between two groups of people over the alleged sexual harassment of a woman at Samli village under Ratenpuri police station in the district, police said.

One person was killed and about 10 others were injured in a clash between two parties in Raghaipur village under Sangrampur police station, police said

Farmers in Ludhiana are facing shortage of labourers as they begin paddy cultivation. Jugraj Singh,a farmer says,"Migrant labourers have gone to their home towns&labourers who are available are demanding high charges.We cannot afford machines as they cost Rs 10-12 lakhs".

Army has cordoned off the area as fire continue to rage at the gas well of Oil India Ltd at Baghjan in Tinsukia district. At least 2 persons dead; around 7,000 people are affected according to Assam Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary.

Equity benchmark Sensex tumbled over 200 points in early trade on Thursday dragged by losses in HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, Infosys and Kotak Bank amid foreign fund outflows and weak global cues.

Three persons have been arrested for allegedly using plastic scrap to make jaggery at Bhokaheri village under Bhopa police station here, as official said on Thursday. Police raided a jaggery manufacturing unite (kolhu) and arrested three persons on Wednesday, SHO, Bhopa police station Sanjive Kumar said.

A statue of Jefferson Davis was torn down along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night.

Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Rana has directed sugarcane mills to continue their operations "till last cane is standing in the west UP fields" is crushed.

After Jhansi in Bundelkhand, it was some areas of Prayagraj that faced a locust attack that began on Tuesday night and continued through Wednesday.

An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Thursday, police said.