News Updates LIVE: Army says it has inputs of terror threat to southern states

The Army has received inputs that there may be a terror attack in southern part of India, a top army commander said on Monday.

Some abandoned boats have been recovered in the Sir Creek area, Lt Gen S.K. Saini, GOC-in-C of the Army's Southern Command, told reporters at an event near Pune.

"We have got many inputs that there may be a terrorist attack in southern part of India and the peninsular India," he said.

Meanwhile, Kerala police chief Lokanath Behera has asked all district police heads to maintain high alert across the state.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moved court to summon former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh as an accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case.

Kalyan Singh was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh when the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished on Dceember 6, 1992 by a massive Hindutva crowd.

The Uttar Pradesh police have booked five journalists after they reported that a Dalit family was allegedly prevented from drawing water from a hand pump by some people at Basi village in Bijnor.

The report lodged on September 7 accused Shakeel Ahmed and Ashish Tomar, along with three others, of posing a danger to social harmony, creating caste tensions and danger to national security.

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea that had sought to limit the number of effigies of Ravan or others to be burnt in the national capital on the eve of Dussehra, saying a policy on this is to be drafted by the Centre and not by the court.

A bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice C. Hari Shankar said it has heard the counsel for both the sides and looked into the facts and circumstances of the case, but it sees "no reason" to entertain this writ petition and issue directions to the respondents to frame policy.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) nabbed two passengers in two separate incidents, one for impersonation and another for carrying two passports, at the IGI Airport.

NSUI Vice Presidential Candidate Ankit Bharti has been allegedly attacked by ABVP goons during his campaign in College of Vocational Studies, Delhi University. He is now being rushed to Hospital for treatment.

Saudi Arabia's new energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman on Monday reportedly endorsed curbing oil output to address an oversupply, as major producing nations prepare to deliberate fresh cuts.

The RSS on Monday said there are "some errors" in the final list of National Register of Citizens in Assam and the government should remove those before moving forward, but asserted that the exercise is a welcome step.

Four persons including three minors drowned in two separate incidents in Bihar's Banka district, an official said on Monday.

A 19-year-old girl was arrested for allegedly stealing Rs 10 lakh from her home in Mumbai's Kandivali area and eloping with her boyfriend, police said on Monday.

Four people have died and one has gone missing after a car they were travelling in met with an accident near a village in Sehore on Bhopal-Indore road, on Monday.

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is very very sensitive issue in NE, parties which supported it are on "verge of suicide", says Mizoram CM Zoramthanga

“I have requested my family to tweet on my behalf the following :- People have asked me 'If the dozen officers who processed and recommended the case to you have not been arrested, why have you been arrested? Only because you have put the last signature?, reads a tweet from Chidambaram’s account.

A police constable has opened fire at a girl's relative in Budhana town here after his marriage was cancelled over dowry demand, an official said on Monday.

British Airways says, We understand the frustration BALPA's (British Airline Pilots' Association) strike action has caused our customers. After months of trying to resolve pay dispute, we're extremely sorry that it has come to this. We remain ready and willing to return to talks with BALPA

Senior Odisha journalist and resident editor of English daily Business Standard (Bhubaneswar edition), Dillip Satpathy passed away on late Sunday

Public sector lender State Bank on Monday announced yet another reduction in lending rates by 10 basis points across tenors.

The rupee appreciated by 14 paise to 71.58 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday as China's easing move and rate cut hopes by the US Fed enthused investors.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets Governor Jagdish Mukhi at Raj Bhavan in Guwahati. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and state Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also present.

Most Asian markets started Monday on a positive note to build on last week's gains after China unveiled fresh stimulus measures and below-par US jobs data reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this month.

Excise Department yesterday seized cannabis weighing 815 kg from a truck in Narsipatnam of Visakhapatnam. The driver of the truck has been arrested. Probe underway.

At least 29 people were killed in two attacks in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, in a region prone to jihadist violence, the government said.

One vehicle transporting people and goods "rode over an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Barsalogho area" leaving at least 15 passengers dead, government spokesman Remis Fulgance Dandjinou said in a statement.