LIVE News Updates: Four arrested in Gujarat for spreading rumours on Amit Shah’s health

Four people have been arrested in Ahmedabad, Gujarat for spreading rumors on Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s health.

Allegations against me are false&baseless. The person who has committed suicide,I had not spoken to him in a year: AAP's Prakash Jarwal before police questioning today. He is booked on charges of extortion&abetment to suicide after a doctor allegedly committed suicide in Delhi.

Rajesh Rathod to be the Congress candidate for the biennial election to the Legislative Council of Maharashtra.

A youth was arrested in connection with the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Muzaffarnagar's Kidwai Nagar on Saturday, police said.

He was arrested after almost four months of the incident.

Police said the girl was raped by the accused, identified as Nadeem, on January 16. He has been on the run since then, they said.

A child died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) at Shrikrishna Medical College & Hospital (SKMCH), Muzaffarpur in Bihar today. A total of 21 children, suffering from AES, have been admitted to the hospital this year out of which 4 died: SKMCH Superintendent Dr Sunil Kumar

The NIA said that the agency along with Punjab and Haryana police arrested Ranjit Singh, allegedly a notorious narco-terrorist, from Sirsa on Saturday as he was acting as a conduit for Pakistan-based groups to push drugs into India and the money generated was used for terror activities.

In a statement, National Investigation Agency (NIA) spokesman said that the probe into a drug case led to the fact that Pakistan-based terrorist organisations were using narcotic trade to generate funds for terror activities in India.

The proceeds of narcotic trade were transferred to Kashmir valley through couriers and hawala channels for terrorist purposes, it said.

Singh, who has been on the run for nearly a year, was arrested from Sirsa, the statement said.

Kerala Police books an FIR against Zee News editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary for hurting sentiments of the Muslim community, reports The Indian Express

Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi, 74, was admitted to a private hospital here on Saturday after his condition deteriorated, his son Amit Jogi said.

Ajit Jogi's health suddenly worsened while he was having breakfast, following which he was admitted in hospital this afternoon, he said.

The former CM's wife Renu Jogi, an MLA, is with him in the hospital.

A bureaucrat-turned politician, Ajit Jogi had served as the first CM of Chhattisgarh from November 2000 to November 2003 in then Congress government, after the state came into existence.

The Jogi senior parted ways with the Congress in 2016 after he and his son got embroiled in a controversy over a by-election.

Later, he quit the Congress and formed Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J).

Moradabad: A person was thrashed by locals in Katghar area on suspicion of theft yesterday. Amit Kumar Anand SP (City) says,"we have registered a case against four persons. Arrests will be made soon. Further probe is being done."

Maoist guerrillas set 13 vehicles on fire in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Saturday, police said.

According to police, 15 to 16 Maoists raided a crusher stone company at Chaparwar village situated under Pipra police station of Palamau district, early on early Saturday. They set fire to 13 vehicles parked in the area.

The denial of levy by the company is said to be the reason behind the arson.

Maoist guerrillas are active in 18 of the 24 districts in the state.

Every year 50 to 60 vehicles are set on fire in the state by the Maoists.

100 salute to a symbol of gallantry and gallantry Maharana Pratap Ji on his birth anniversary, says Rahul Gandhi.

Two police officers and a constable were injured after a 27-year-old man attacked them with a chopper in south Mumbai early today, police said.

Karan Pradip Nayar, resident of Silver Oaks estate near Breach Candy, attacked the policemen who were on routine ''nakabandi'' duty at 1.30 am, senior police inspector of Marine Drive police station Mrityunjay Hiremath told PTI.

The policemen, all deployed at the Marine Drive police station, received injuries on their shoulders and hands and were taken to the state government-run JJ hospital, he said.

A man committed suicide by hanging himself after allegedly killing his wife and a minor son in Bilniyasar village in the district, police said on Saturday.

A farmer was killed when a vehicle hit him while he was riding a motorcycle in a village here under the Mau Police Station, police said on Saturday.

The incident occurred on Friday evening when Ghanshyam (45) was returning to Jorwara village from Lalta Road, SHO Subhashchandra Chaurasia said.

"As he reached a petrol pump in the village, a four-wheeler hit the motorcycle. The farmer sustained serious injuries and while being taken to the community health centre in Mau, he succumbed to injuries," the SHO said.

Jammu and Kashmir has been able to achieve "remarkable improvement" in multiple indicators related to maternal and child health in recent years, with a decline in infant mortality rate (IMR), an official spokesman said.

Body of a 23-year-old woman was found days after she went missing following the death of her mother in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

The woman went missing from the hospital on May 6, the day her mother succumbed to cancer.

South Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police Atul Kumar Thakur said, "She allegedly committed suicide due to shock as her mother was a cancer patient who was undergoing treatment and had expired."

The police said that she left AIIMS while her father was completing formalities with the doctor. Inquest proceedings are underway.

Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police Gautam Sawang on Saturday said that the gas leakage from LG Polymers has been plugged and the situation is absolutely under control.

Twelve people were killed and over 400 taken ill following leakage of toxic Styrene gas from one of the storage tanks of LG Polymers in the early hours of Thursday.

Sawang told reporters after a visit to the chemical plant that more technical teams from Delhi will be reaching here later in the day to have further look into the situation and decide the way forward.

"The situation is absolutely under control. All that reactions and leakages have been plugged. There is no matter of concern anymore," he said.

Authorities restored mobile phone services in Kashmir, except Pulwama district, after remaining suspended for three days, a senior officer said on Saturday.

Mobile phone and internet services were suspended across Kashmir in the wake of Hizbul chief commander, Riyaz Naikoo's killing in a gunfight with the security forces on May 6.

Only BSNL postpaid services were operational during the last three days without Internet facility.

"We have restored mobile phones provided by all service providers since yesterday (Friday) evening. These were restored across the Valley except Pulwama district," the officer said.

"While Internet facility has remained uninterrupted on fixed landline connections, we will restore the mobile Internet facility soon in the valley."

Subscribers of BSNL postpaid services complained that SMS facility which was suspended on May 6, has still not been restored.

The poisonous mushrooms that killed six people at a remote village in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district have been identified as Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the 'Death Cap', a senior official said on Saturday.

In a major catch, Punjab Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta on Saturday said Ranjeet Rana 'Cheeta', who was wanted in 532 kg heroin haul from the Indo-Pakistan border in June last year, was arrested from Haryana's Sirsa town.

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief N Chandrababu Naidu writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking constitution of a scientific experts' committee to inquire Vizag gas leak.

Four Naxals and a police official killed in an exchange of fire in Chhattisgarh: Police