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CM Yogi Adityanath, his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, state BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh and others pay floral tributes to former UP CM Kalyan Singh

I am saddened beyond words. Kalyan Singh Ji…statesman, veteran administrator, grassroots level leader & great human. He leaves behind an indelible contribution towards the development of Uttar Pradesh. Spoke to his son Rajveer Singh and expressed condolences: PM Modi.

Three-day state mourning will be declared to condole the demise of Kalyan Singh. His last rites will be performed on the bank of Ganga in Narora in the evening of on August 23. There will be a public holiday on August 23: CM Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow

Former Uttar Pradesh CM and former Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh passes away at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences

READ MORE: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh passes away at 89

India allowed to operate two flights daily to evacuate citizens from Kabul

10.96 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Maharashtra today

Tamil Nadu Govt allows theatres to reopen with 50% capacity from Aug 23; all shops allowed to operate till 9 pm can function till 10 pm from Aug 23; IT-related organizations can function with 100% workforce

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 58 crore landmark milestone, with the administration of more than 43 lakh vaccine doses today: Union Health Ministry

BJP President JP Nadda and CM Pushkar Singh Dhami met and felicitated saints at Panchayati Akhara in Haridwar

In an organized, supervised, and monitored training activity undertaken by 11 officers, 11 JCOs, and 120 other ranks near Pathankot in Punjab, due to severe weather conditions, there was one fatal casualty today. A few individuals including some officers/JCOs have been admitted to Military Hospital, Pathankot. The affected personnel are being provided with requisite medical care.

 With only 19 cases, Delhi records lowest single day spike this year

Tamil Nadu Govt extends lockdown till Sept 6 with additional relaxations; schools for students of classes 9-12 to reopen from Sept 1 with 50% capacity

All colleges to function from Sept 1 on a rotational basis with vaccinated teaching & non-teaching staff

 Waterlogging in different parts of Sonipat city following heavy rainfall

Today's 138.8 mm rainfall in Delhi is the 9th highest in last 62 years for August and the highest after 2007 for the month: India Meteorological Department (IMD)

Markets of Delhi were allowed to function till 8 pm due to COVID-19. In wake of decreasing cases, this restriction will be removed starting Monday. Now the markets can open as per their normal time: CM Arvind Kejriwal

Indian Army soldiers deployed at the Indo-China border in East Sikkim remain on high alert to counter any threat

All Indians citizens in Kabul awaiting evacuation are safe. They were offered lunch and have now left for Kabul airport: Government sources

Earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale occurred 151 km north-northwest of Rajkot in Gujarat at 1208 hours: National Center for Seismology (NCS)

A bus carrying 14 passengers narrowly escaped a landslide in Nainital, Uttarakhand on Friday. No casualties have been reported.

LG Manoj Sinha urges MoS MEA V Muraleedharan for immediate evacuation of Kulgam professors from Kabul

Punjab: Sugarcane farmers block highway, railway track in Jalandhar

Exercise Konkan 2021 held between INS Tabar, HMS Westminster

People offer prayers at Sri Ayyappa Temple on the festival of Onam

Two Russian women found dead in North Goa

Traffic crawls in Connaught Place due to waterlogging 

Mumbai Crime Branch busts high-profile prostitution racket at five-star hotel in Juhu

Union Minister Virendra Kumar Khatik on Friday said 19 crore people had benefited from the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, the Centre's premier health care scheme.

The Union social justice and empowerment minister, who was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of his Jan Ashirwad Yatra, also said 55 crore people nationwide had been vaccinated against COVID-19, and the country would be self-reliant in production of doses by October-November.

Heavy rain lashes parts of Haryana

BSF with Rural Punjab Police recovers 40.810 kg heroin, 190 grams of opium, two plastic pipes

Delhi: Traffic movement on Minto Bridge closed due to waterlogging

Encounter started in upper reaches of forest area of Nagbaeran Tral, Awantipora