The Betwa river and its tributaries are overflowing: MP CM SS Chouhan

In Vidisha, the Betwa river and its tributaries are overflowing. Parvati river is also flowing above the danger mark. The water level in River Narmada is decreasing in some places. I am keeping a constant eye on the situation. The administration is alert, said MP CM SS Chouhan.

In last 48 hours, MP received heavy rains: Madhya Pradesh CM

In last 48 hours, MP received heavy rains. Central & eastern districts incl Bhopal, Vidisha, Rajgarh, Guna, Raisen, Sehore, Narmadapuram & Jabalpur have received record rainfall. Due to this, the dams are full and many rivers flowing above the danger mark, said MP CM

We will try our best to give adequate compensation for damages due to flood situation. I will soon visit the flood-affected districts of the state, says Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Floods in Madhya Pradesh

The people of 10 flood-affected villages from Vidisha & Guna districts will be airlifted using two helicopters. NDRF and SDRF teams are deployed for rescue operations in the rain and flood-affected districts of the state, said Madhya Pradesh CM SS Chouhan.

2 students and van driver killed, 7 students injured in road accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district

Delhi govt didn’t act on excise dept’s notice on common producers, retailers in violation of excise policy

– BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi

Expert committee was against promotions to push liquor sales but Delhi govt gave carton free on every carton sold

– BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh

SC orders shifting of alleged ‘conman’ Sukesh Chandrashekhar, who is presently lodged in Tihar Jail, to Delhi’s Mandoli Jail

Possible carbon monoxide poisoning at Suzuki cafeteria: ET Now

Supreme Court observes how can Baba Ramdev abuse other systems of medicine and seeks to know how can he guarantee that what he preaches can cure all ailments

Precautionary landing of IAF helicopter

A Mi-35 attack helicopter of the Indian Air Force has made a precautionary landing in a village near Hanumangarh district in Rajasthan, IAF officials revealed.

RBI has been acting steadily; in cricketing analogy we have silently played like Sunil Gavaskar

– RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Aiming to bring down inflation below 6% and then move our target towards 4%

– RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Bilkis Bano Case: Release of convicts challenged before the Supreme Court, CJI says ‘will consider listing it’

Kerala’s biggest infrastructure project Silver Line (K-Rail) has not been shelved and is awaiting the Centre’s clearance

– Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

Chinese-origin Apple employee accused of stealing trade secrets

Xiaolang Zhang, a former Chinese-origin Apple employee is accused of stealing trade secrets about the tech giant’s automotive car division, has pleaded guilty in a court in the US. The employee was cited of downloading internal Apple files about the car that Apple plans to unveil in 2024.

Rahul Dravid tests positive for Covid-19: Report

Prophet Remark Row: BJP Telangana President Bandi Sanjay Kumar detained by Telangana police in Jangaon District

Bandi Sanjay Kumar who was holding a protest in Jangaon District against the arrest of BJP workers in Hyderabad got arrested by the Telangana police.

Maharashtra is not safe: Congress

Farmers have suffered heavy losses due to rains in Maharashtra but govt isn’t doing anything. Mumbai Traffic Police recently received a terror threat, a suspicious boat found in Raigad- Maharashtra is not safe. Memories of 26/11 attacks still alive, said Maharashtra Congress chief.

BJP leader and actress Sonali Phogat dies of a heart attack in Goa

Prophet Remark Row: BJP MLA arrested in Hyderabad over Prophet remark

Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh arrested in Hyderabad over Prophet remark after massive protests.

Floods in Madhya Pradesh

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan held a meeting with senior officials over rain and flood situation in the state.

A meeting of Maha Vikas Aghadi will be held today evening. The meeting will be attended by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray along with MLAs of the three parties

– Maharashtra LoP & NCP leader Ajit Pawar

Role of healthcare professionals, frontline workers has been immense during testing times of COVID-19 and nation will always be indebted to them

– Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

ITBP Bus Accident: ASI/GD Nandan Singh of the 4th Battalion passed away yesterday at SKIMS Hospital

Critically injured ASI/GD Nandan Singh of the 4th Battalion passed away yesterday at SKIMS Hospital, Srinagar. 8 personnel of ITBP have lost their lives in the Pahalgam bus accident till now. More than 30 are being treated in different hospitals: Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

Apple to begin making iPhone 14 in India two months after China

Reports Bloomberg

India reports 8,586 fresh cases and 9,680 recoveries, in the last 24 hours

Active cases 96,506

Bomb threat

A bomb threat call was received at a prominent hotel in Mumbai. An unidentified person called the hotel and said that bombs have been kept at four places in the hotel and demanded Rs 5 crore to defuse them. Case registered at Sahar PS u/s 336, 507 of IPC: Mumbai Police

Rupee falls 4 paise to 79.88 against US dollar in early trade.

Shivnath Express train on way to Nagpur derails

No casualties have been reported after the Shivnath Express train – on its way to Nagpur in Maharashtra – derailed at Dongargarh in Chhattisgarh

Trump seeks special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked a federal judge to halt the FBI’s review of documents recovered from his Florida estate earlier this month until a neutral special master can be appointed to inspect the records. The request on Monday was included in a federal lawsuit, the first filing by Trump’s legal team in the two weeks since the search, that takes broad aim at the FBI investigation into the discovery of classified records at Mar-a-Lago and that foreshadows arguments his lawyers are expected to make as the probe proceeds.

HP CM made state BJP election steering committee head

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has been appointed as the president of the state BJP election steering committee, the state BJP chief Suresh Kashyap said. In a statement issued here on Monday evening, Kashyap said that Thakur was made state BJP election steering committee head after consulting top leadership of the party.

Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO and friend Jack Dorsey

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to back out of his USD 44 billion agreement to acquire the company Dorsey helped found, according to court documents.Twitter and Musk are headed for an October 17 trial in Delaware that should determine whether or not Twitter can force the billionaire to go through with the acquisition. Twitter has subpoenaed a host of tech investors and entrepreneurs connected to Musk, including prominent venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and David Sacks, the founding chief operating officer of PayPal.

Pfizer seeks OK of updated COVID vaccine booster for fall

Pfizer has asked US regulators to authorise its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives — a key step toward opening a fall booster campaign. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday ordered vaccine makers to tweak their shots to target BA.4 and BA.5 that are better than ever at dodging immunity from earlier vaccination or infection.
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech aim to offer updated boosters to people 12 and older, and shots could begin within weeks if the FDA quickly clears the modified vaccine — a step not expected to require waiting on new studies.

US imposes sanctions on nearly 5,000 Russians post-Ukraine

The United States has imposed sanctions on nearly 5,000 Russians, including its top leadership and oligarchs, in the aftermath of the Moscow invasion of Ukraine on February 24. “We have worked with allies and partners to impose costs, including visa restrictions for Kremlin officials and their enablers. Since February 24, 2022, the United States has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on nearly 5,000 individuals in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” a State Department spokesperson said.

US calls for de-escalation in Libya

The United States on Monday called for immediate de-escalation of violence in Libya and expressed concern over renewed threats of violent confrontation in Tripoli. The vast majority of Libyans seek to choose their leadership peacefully through elections, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said, calling on those who risk once again being dragged into violence to put down their arms.

Scuffle breaks out between students and security guards in JNU

A scuffle broke out in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here on Monday between a group of students and members of security staff, after the former gathered at the finance office demanding the release of fellowships. The students, who were members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), accused the administration of carrying out an attack on them while the administration held students responsible for the incident. The ABVP claimed that 12 students, including its JNU unit president Rohit Kumar, suffered injuries.