Live Breaking News August 5
Twitter is buzzing with breaking news and news alerts from India and rest of the world. Here is the live coverage of all breaking alerts and latest updates from the micro-blogging site on one page:
Breaking News of August 5:
01:15 pm: Suicide attack kills three NATO soldiers in Afghanistan (reports AFP)
12:24 pm: Uttarakhand's Kedarnath highway near Chandrapuri shut following heavy rainfall, clearance of debris/mud from the road underway (reports ANI)
11:49 am: Aware that about 200 pilgrims are stuck in Simikot due to bad weather and we are in continual touch with them and their families. Situation is under control and stranded pilgrims would be evacuated as soon as weather clears: Indian Embassy in Nepal 9 (reports ANI)
11:22 am: Love and appreciation for Indian culture is visible everywhere in Uzbekistan. Indian dance, music, films, cuisine, costume and now yoga are very popular: EAM Sushma Swaraj in Tashkent (reports ANI)
11:01 am: Everyone in the society needs to stand against injustice done to women. Silence over such crimes prevalent in the society is equivalent to being a participant in the crime: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath (reports ANI)
10:33 am: Four drown in Yamuna river near Alipur in Delhi. Bodies of two recovered, search for others underway (reports ANI)
10:19 am: India formally hands over extradition request to Antiguan authorities for Mehul Choksi, in PNB fraud case (reports ANI)
09:13 am: 30-year-old man arrested on charges of raping his cousin's three-year- old daughter in Hyderabad. Case registered under POCSO Act (reports ANI)
08:10 am: Two people reportedly injured after cloud burst near Karnaprayag in Uttarakhand. SDRF team has left for the spot (reports ANI)
07:03 am: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro unharmed after an attack with explosives, firefighters present at scene of explosion
07:00 am: Trump says trade tariff imposed on China is working 'far better than ever anticipated' (reports ANI)
