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Breaking News Live Updates: A fire ripped through a house at Charles County in Maryland on Sunday, killing four children and two adults, authorities said. One person managed to escape the blaze reported around 8.40 am at the home in Waldorf, about 88 kilometres south of Baltimore, according to news reports. In another development from India, late last night, Air India flight AI2455, flying from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi, was diverted to Chennai on Sunday due to a technical issue.
Animal rights activist and former Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday strongly criticised the Supreme Court's order on stray dogs in Delhi-NCR, calling the directive "impractical", "financially unviable" and "potentially harmful" to the region's ecological balance.
Delhi police on Monday had said that no permission was sought for the INDIA bloc's protest march from Parliament to the Election Commission of India.
The Income-Tax Bill, 2025 seeks to consolidate and amend the law relating to Income Tax Act 1961 while the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 will amend the Income-tax Act, 1961 as well as the Finance Act, 2025.
These Bills, introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, were passed without any debate amid vociferous protest by member of Opposition over revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.
After the passage of these bills by voice vote, the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day.
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi during the protest march on Monday said, “Hindustan ki democracy ki haalat dekhiye (See the condition of India's democracy)!, direecting it to the EC's proposal later to meet a delegation of 30 MPs to discuss the matter. Three-hundred MPs wanted to meet the Election Commission to present a document, but they were not allowed to. The EC is scared: What if 300 MPs come and their truth is revealed! Delhi.
In a tragic incident, 2 children drown in a quarry pit filled with water on Sunday. The victims were identified as Ashiq Raja (3), son of Sultan Khan from Pandian Kottai, and his cousin Syeda Ali Sahana (9), as per the reports.
Initial investigations reveal, Raja slipped into the water, to save him Sahana jumped in and the two drowned in the pit. The bodies were subsequently sent for post mortem examination.
Actor Ranya Rao's father, K Ranchandra Rao has been reappointed as DGP after being sent on leave. Ranya Rao is in jail on a gold smuggling case. The police officer had claimed that he did not know about his daughter's doings.
Union Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju says, "Even today, they (Opposition) asked for time to go to the Election Commission and the Election Commission told the INDI alliance to send two members from each party. Thirty members were called, but they did not go. In the INDI alliance, they could not decide those 30 people... Now, Kharge ji is saying that all the opposition members are VIPs, so will 150 people enter the Election Commissioner's room? The INDI alliance do not trust the Supreme Court, they do not trust the Election Commission, they do not trust the Parliament. They attack all the constitutional institutions of our country... We make our last appeal to the opposition. We will pass the bill. You should participate in the discussion."
US President Donald Trump has not yet decided on imposing levies on China for purchasing oil from Russia, as Washington’s ties with Beijing “affect many things that have nothing to do with the Russian situation", Vice President J D Vance has said.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi was detained during the Opposition protest against SIR. Opposition leaders marched to the EC office in Delhi during the protest.
Suo motu case over dog bites in Delhi: SC says stray dogs be kept at shelters and not released on streets, colonies and public places.
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav was seen jumping over a police barricade put up outside EC office to stop protesting MPs.
Opposition MPs held a protest from Parliament's Makar Dwar to the Election Commission's office on Monday. The protest was against what the Opposition calls, 'vote theft' and SIR.
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm as Opposition MPs continue to raise issue of special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the 184 newly constructed Type-VII multi-storey flats for Members of Parliament at Baba Kharak Singh Marg.
PM Narendra Modi is speaking at a function to mark inauguration of newly constructed flats for MPs in Delhi.
Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking to know the whereabouts of former vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar, claiming that attempts to reach him have been unsuccessful. Dhankhar resigned as vice president on July 21, the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament, a development which came as a surprise for many.
A boy drowned in a swimming pool in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh area, police said on Monday.The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon when the boy, Ankit, got into the swimming pool with his friends. The swimming pool is operated by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), they said.
Security forces have arrested five militants belonging to three proscribed outfits from Manipur’s Bishnupur, Imphal West, and Imphal East districts for extortion and possession of illegal arms, police said on Monday. According to officials, an active cadre of the banned UNLF (Pambei) was arrested from Toubul Mayai Leikai in Bishnupur district on Saturday.
"The work is going on to open the road blocked due to the landslide in Nandprayag. Apart from this, all the roads in the district are fully operational," Chamoli District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said.
A tourist from the US mainland who was visiting Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny's residency was fatally shot early on Sunday at La Perla, a popular seaside shantytown, police said. The victim was identified as Kevin Mares, a 25-year-old who lived in New York, according to a police statement. The shooting happened in the predawn hours at a nightspot called “Refuge for Mistreated Men” in La Perla, a coastal community that has struggled to shed its dark reputation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a new military offensive in Gaza that is more sweeping than previously announced, declaring in the face of growing condemnation at home and abroad that Israel “has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas.”
Devotees throng the Sukreswar temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, in Guwahati and offer prayers on the occasion of the last Monday of Sharavan month (according to Assamese calendar)
A fire ripped through a house at Charles County in Maryland on Sunday, killing four children and two adults, authorities said. One person managed to escape the blaze reported around 8.40 am at the home in Waldorf, about 88 kilometres south of Baltimore, WTOP-TV reported.It took about 70 firefighters more than an hour to control the flames. One firefighter was hospitalised and another first responder was treated at the scene for unspecified injuries.