LIVE News Updates: WFI temporarily suspends Vinesh Phogat over her behaviour at Tokyo Olympics

WFI temporarily suspends Vinesh Phogat, further course of action to be decided after her response.

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Maharashtra Government allows reopening of schools for classes 5th to 8th in rural areas and classes 8th to 12th in urban areas from August 17. District and local authorities to take a final call after reviewing the situation.

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Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat applauded gold medalist javelin thrower Subedar Neeraj Chopra and complimented him for his performance in Tokyo Olympics that brought laurels to the nation.

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Army chief General MM Naravane interacted with Subedar Neeraj Chopra and complimented him for winning the Gold Medal in Javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics. He also congratulated Chopra’s family members on his performance.

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20 children in 2 schools of Ludhiana, found to be positive for COVID-19, news agency ANI quoted Deputy Commissioner VK Sharma as saying

Haryana Government announces free bus travel for women and children up to 15 years of age on the festival of Raksha Bandhan

Mumbai: Hearing on bail applications of businessman and actor Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra and Ryan Thorpe adjourned for August 20

Bombay HC cancels Maharashtra government's Common Entrance Test for Class 11 admissions

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 3:03 pm

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Since Centre hasn't written to us on O2 issue during 2nd Covid wave, Delhi govt will furnish details to it on the matter: DyCM Manish Sisodia.

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Delhi: Leaders of opposition parties tie black armbands, wear black coloured clothes to protest against the Centre saying that the "voice of Opposition being suppressed in Parliament"

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All sections of MP are distraught. Youth is unemployed, farmers are oppressed, there is no arrangement in place for floods though a red alert was issued. They had announced compensations for families of people succumbing to COVID, nobody received it: Kamal Nath, MP Congress chief

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Centre hasn't asked Delhi govt if deaths due to oxygen shortage happened or not in city during second Covid wave: DyCM Manish Sisodia

Earthquake of magnitude 3.8 on the Richter scale occurred at 1342 hours in Dehradun, Uttarakhand: National Center for Seismology.

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Jalandhar: Fire breaks out at a plastic pipe manufacturing factory in Globe Colony.

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"At least 11 Taliban members were killed in a B-52 airstrike by US forces in Nijrab district, Kapisa province, this morning," TOLO News quoted a provincial police spokesman as saying.

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As per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, the number of cases registered under UAPA has increased from 901 in 2017 to 1226 in 2019 while arrested people's number has gone up to 1948 in 2019 from 1554 in 2017: MoS Home Nityanand Rai to Lok Sabha in a written reply.

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There is no proposal to release the caste data at this stage: MoS Home Nityanand Rai to Lok Sabha in a written reply on a question on Census 2021.

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Till now, the Government has not taken any decision to prepare National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) at the national level: MoS Home Nityanand Rai to Lok Sabha on NRC.

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We demand the restoration of full statehood for Jammu and Kashmir and free and fair elections here: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressing party workers in Srinagar

He is on a two-day visit to the Union Territory

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2pm due to continued sloganeering by Opposition MPs

SC in its interim order grants bail to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Khan in a criminal case, and directed that they be released on bail after the trial court concerned in Uttar Pradesh records the former's statement in the case within four weeks

Lok Sabha takes up The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2021 for discussion and passing.

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Judges of special courts, hearing cases against lawmakers, will not be transferred, says SC.

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Supreme Court to take up the Pegasus matter on Monday. "Nobody should cross the limit and all will be given the opportunity in the case," CJI NV Ramana told petitioners and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.

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Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon after Opposition MPs gathered at the Well, raising slogans and placards

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Supreme Court asks parties to make public criminal antecedents of candidates within 48 hours of selection.

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A three-judge bench of Supreme Court Bench headed by CJI NV Ramana starts hearing a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the reports of government allegedly using Israeli software Pegasus to spy on politicians, activists, and journalists.

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Amid the ongoing standoff with the government resulting in a logjam in the Lok Sabha, the Opposition parties have decided to give passage to the Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill, 2021 on Tuesday.

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Passengers travelling to international destinations "are requested to check the fare from concerned Airlines' websites as metasearch engines at times do not reflect actual fare and end up with an exaggerated figure: Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

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Six people sustained injuries after two communities indulged in stone-pelting in this district of Uttar Pradesh following an argument over playing of music, police said on Tuesday.

According to police, the incident took place in Mimlana village under Kotwali Police Station on Monday.

A disc jockey (DJ) was playing music at a birthday party which was opposed by some local residents leading to an altercation between the two sides. The confrontation soon turned violent and stones were pelted, police said.

Police said a case was registered against 22 people under relevant sections of the IPC, including rioting and attempt to murder, who are absconding.

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India reports 28,204 new cases, the lowest in 147 days. Active caseload currently at 3,88,508 and recovery rate at 97.45%

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Jammu & Kashmir | Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offers prayers at Kheer Bhawani Durga Temple in Tulmulla, Ganderbal.

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Sensex rises 147.37 pts to 54,550.22 in opening session, Nifty advances 35.15 pts to 16,293.40

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All six people- Ashwani Upadhyay, Vinod Sharma, Deepak Singh, Vinit Kranti, Preet Singh, Deepak have been detained: Delhi Police

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With the addition of 183 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 5,47,038, an official said on Tuesday.

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Congress MP Ripun Bora has given the suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267 demanding discussion on rising fuel prices.

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A total of 48,32,78,545 samples tested up to 9th August, of which, 15,11,313 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research

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Five people including Ashwani Upadhyay to be examined in connection with inflammatory sloganeering near Jantar Mantar on Sunday: Delhi Police

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