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Latest reports have been coming in from Budgam Police which has recovered a 1200-yr-old (approx) sculpture of Goddess Durga from Khan Sahib of Budgam.  According to the reports coming in the sculpture was handed over to Mushtaq Ahmad Beigh, Deputy Director Department of Archives, Archaeology and Museums, Jammu and Kashmir Government and his team by Tahir Saleem Khan, SSP Budgam according to Jammu and Kashmir Police. Pertinent to mention that the said sculpture was found from river Jhelum at Pandrethan, Srinagar by labourers who were extracting sand from the river on 13th August 2021 according to Jammu and Kashmir Police.

Latest reports have been coming in from Mumbai the economic city of the country where have been lodged against people involved in the Dahi Handi. According to sources four cases have been registered so far in connection with the celebrations of Dahi Handi in Mumbai.  Cases have also been registered at Kasturba, Ghatkopar, Worli, Kalachowki according to Mumbai Police. As per reports case registered against MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande at Dadar Police Station, over celebration of Dahi Handi.  A total of six cases have been registered so far in connection with the celebrations by people according to Mumbai Police.

Latest reports have been coming in from Goa where in the first half of this year, 460 motorists in Goa have lost their driving licence. The driving licences have been lost after attracting a three-month suspension for the use of mobile phone while driving or riding their vehicle according to Shaikh Salim, Dy SP, Traffic, North-Goa, Traffic Police Headquarter. As per reports 1,831 driving licences suspended for various violations in the first half of 2021. This report have been shared by Shaikh Salim, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Traffic, North-Goa, Traffic Police Headquarter.

Latest reports have been coming in from Maldives where Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid have congratulated Indian Foreign Secretary Harshvardhan. According to reports the meeting in Maldives Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid have called on Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and have congratulated him on the work done during India’s Presidency of the UNSC for the month of August. As per reports the works of Indian Foreign Secretary Dr Harshvardhan has been commendable at the UNSC summit in the month of August. He has been appreciated by various leaders of various countries across the globe for his comment double work and initiatives taken in UNSC Summit.

Latest reports having coming in from Karnataka where a major accident has taken place which has claimed the lives of seven people. According to reports from Karnataka around seven people has been killed in a car accident in the wee hours today morning. This car accident took place in Koramangala area of Bengaluru in the wee hours of Tuesday as reports coming in from Adugodi Police Station.

Latest reports having coming in from Afghanistan where the last American soldier left for his country United States of America. According to reports coming in the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan- Major General Chris Donahue, boarded C-17 aircraft on August 30. This has marked the end of US mission in Kabul according to the tweets US Department of Defense. According to reports from United States of America a statement, Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin which has stated that US has moved some 6,000 Americans out of harm’s way and has evacuated more than 123,000 people from Afghanistan. As per reports the evacuation the people who were evacuated comprised of the vast majority of whom are Afghans, friends and allies. According to US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin the country has lost 2,461 troops in that war in Afghanistan and tens of thousands of others suffered wounds, seen and unseen. The US secretary further added that we will work hard to defend our citizens ...

According to latest reports coming in from Tripura where Union Minister of finance Nirmala Sitharaman has inaugurated two projects worth rupees 21 crores. According to the reports two projects worth over Rs 21 crores were cleared by the Centre on Friday morning itself.  It includes-widening of state highways (Rs 14.15 crores) and various development works for Agartala worth Rs 7.4 crores according to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman  According to reports coming in from Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who has added while addressing a gathering in Agartala that Rupees 1300 crores project for Sustainable Livelihood and Infrastructure Development for Tripura’s Tribal areas would be cleared within the next 10 days.

Latest reports have been coming in from Paralympic where history has been created by India's first table tennis team. According to reports Deepa Malik from Paralympic Committee of India while speaking to media has said that Bhavina performed beautifully. Super proud!  According to reports from Tokyo Paralympics, Table Tennis Women's Singles Class 4 where Paddler Bhavina Patel beats China's Miao Zhang 3-2 to storm into gold medal match. This will be the first medal for India in Table Tennis, in Paralympics and country's first medal in Tokyo Paralympics.  Congratulations to her, I'm very happy. Women are creating history according to Deepa Malik, Paralympic Committee of India. Her opponent was among the top-3 players and Bhavina had lost a match against her 2 years back. She has converted her loss into a victory today and changed the colours of her medal too.  We are excited about her match in the finals as per reports coming in from Deepa Malik, Paralympi...

Latest reports have been coming in from Afghanistan where United States of America has conducted drone strike against Islamic state planner. According to reports coming in United States of America has also asked its citizens to leave Kabul airport gates 'immediately', as reported by AFP news agency. As per reports coming in US carried out drone strike against Islamic State 'planner' in Afghanistan as reported AFP news agency quoting Pentagon. As per reports coming in from Pentagon USA these drone strikes have killed around 15 civilians in Afghanistan.

Latest reports have been coming in from Gujarat  where Gujarat police's have registered a FIR under several sections of IPC against 2 accused earlier arrested in an alleged anti-conversion racket.  According to the reports in last 5 yrs, accused received Rs 60cr through hawala apart from Rs 19 crore by foreign donations. These reports have been shared by Vadodara Police Commissioner Shamsher Singh. According to Vadodara police commissioner Hawala funds were used to come via Dubai. They also received foreign donations from UK, USA and UAE through a trust.  Accused also got 103 mosques built in 5 states. They also used hawala funding for anti-govt protests and have connections in Jammu and Kashmir also.

Latest reports hane been coming in from Cong Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat on Navjot Singh Sidhu's as he said that Ican't question him on the basis of media speculation.   I will see the context of the statement . He is party chief, who other than him can take decisions? According to Cong Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat on Navjot Singh Sidhu's 'lack of freedom in decision making' remark. I will meet Rahul ji tomorrow.He (Navjot Singh Sidhu's advisor) has disowned his remark on Pakistan and Kashmir, so the matter ends there as per Congress Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat.

Latest reports have been coming in from West Bengal where Border Security Force of West Bengal apprehended 1 smuggler with gold and silver jewellery. According to reports coming in the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel of 112 Battalion under South Bengal Frontier have apprehended one Indian smuggler with 6.8 kg of silver jewellery worth Rs 3.43 lakhs in the area of Border Out Post Amudia. 

Latest reports have been coming in from Goa where former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram have said that there is no rebellion in Chhattisgarh and Punjab.  These are internal matters which are discussed within the party. Did you describe the Karnataka change of guard as a rebellion? Says Former union finance minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram. While speaking on the GDP of the country the former finance Minister have said that GDP for this year will not go to pre-pandemic level of 2019-20. 2020-21 was a decline. 2021-22 will show an apparent increase in GDP but it will not go back to pre-pandemic level.  According to the leader only when the GDP goes to pre-pandemic level, can you call it a recovery. The recovery in 2022-23 may take us to the pre-pandemic level, provided the government does not take any more foolish decisions.  Centre’s 4 year National Monetization Pipeline is a foolish decision as Former union finance minister and Congr...

Latest reports have been coming in from the acting president of Afghanistan amrullah Saleh who through his tweet have said that the Talibs have learned well from the master.  Amrullah Saleh, acting president of Afghanistan has further added that Talibs are denying links with ISIS is similar to denial of Pak on Quetta Shura.  Every evidence we have in hand shows that IS-K cells have their roots in Talibs and Haqqani network according to Amrulla Saleh tweet.

Latest reports have been coming in from Jammu and Kashmir where Jammu and Kashmir administration is setting up a new type primary health care (NTPHC) in a far-flung area of Anantnag district. According to reports coming in from ANI a lot of NTPHC's have been sanctioned in far-flung areas.  In Kehribal Mattan, I'm hopeful that it will bring benefit to many villagers according to Dr Piyush Singla, DC, Anantnag while he was speaking to ANI.

Latest sports happened coming in from United States of America where US Secretary of State and Antony J Blinkin has informed and honoured for more than 2,300 US service members who've died in Afghanistan since 2001. According to the Minister more than 20,000 who have been wounded and more than 800,000 who have served in America’s longest war. Along with the soldiers other Americans killed or wounded in conflict according to US Secy of State, Antony J Blinken. However the white House has quoted through AFP news agency that more than 100,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since August 14. According to US President Joe Biden there is evidence of collusion between Taliban and Islamic State in attacks at Kabul airport so far. The President further added that we will not forgive. We'll not forget. And we will hunt you down and make you pay said US President Joe Biden to Kabul bombers. US President Joe Biden from White House said that we will rescu...

Latest reports have been coming  from Indian Navy which has been participating in the sea phase of Exercise Malabar 2021 from Aug 26-29 along with US Navy (USN), Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN).  Indian Navy’s participation includes INS Shivalik and INS Kadmatt and P8I patrol aircraft. According to reports MALABAR-21 would witness complex exercises including anti-surface, anti-air and anti-submarine warfare drill, and other manoeuvres, tactical exercises.  It's a testimony to synergy between participating navies and shared vision for a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region according to the sources of Indian Navy.

Latest reports have been coming in from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which has reported a spike in the covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours in the country. According to reports coming in India has reportedorts 46,164 new COVID19 cases in the past 24 hours in the country. However 34,159 recoveries and 607 deaths have also been reported in the last 24 hrs, as per Health Ministry. With these numbers are total number of cases of covid-19 is 3,25,58,530 and total recoveries reported are now at 3,17,88,440.  The total active cases reported is 3,33,725.  And the death toll stands at 436365. In the vaccination drive India has conducted total vaccination of 60,38,46,475 in the country and 80,40,407 number of people have been vaccinated in last 24 hrs.

Latest reports have been coming in from Madhya Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir where Sukran ki Ardaas is being performed after 3 Saroops of Guru Granth Sahib have been flown back from Afghanistan. According to reports from Madhya Pradesh where in Bhopal 'Sukran ki Ardas' is being offered at Gurudwara Singh Sabha in Arera Colony, Bhopal after three 'Saroops' of Guru Granth Sahib were flown back from Afghanistan. 'Sukran ki Ardas' is also being performed at Gurudwara Digiana Ashram in Jammu after three 'Guru Granth Sahibs' were brought back from Afghanistan.

Latest reports have been coming in from Punjab where unemployed BEd TET (teacher eligibility test) qualified teachers staged a protest against the State govt in Patiala yesterday.  According to reports coming in for the last 4 years their issues are not being heard. And one of the teacher Sarabjit, BEd TET-pass from the union has said to ANI that we are demanding posting in schools. The teacher further added that Government has promised us jobs but nothing has happened to date says Sarminder, a protester of BEd TET-pass union. 

Latest reports have been coming in from Kabul where the Kabul state government has warned US citizens to immediately evacuate the country because of the repeated threats. According to sources the State Department warned US citizens at the gates outside the airport in Kabul to leave "immediately" due to threats. As per reports coming in from the US Embassy in Kabul who has said due to security alert that the US citizens who are at the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate now should leave immediately. According to to the US Embassy in Kabul which has advice is citizens who are living in Kabul to avoid travelling to airport at this time unless you receive instruction from US government to do so. As per reports from US Embassy in Kabul because of security threats outside the gates of Kabul airport, we are advising US citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a US govt representati...

Latest reports have been coming in from Noida where 4 people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a dacoity on Wednesday. According to recent reports coming in these four persons have been allegedly involved in a dacoity in Noida. According to reports the police have registered FIR on basis of a complaint made by the company's HR manager, who claimed that a few persons barged into their office and decamped with valuable items according to ADCP (Central Noida) Ankur Aggarwal However the four of the accused involved in the dacoity have been arrested while some others who have been identified, are absconding. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Noida), Ankur Aggarwal have said that efforts are on to ensure their arrest.

Latest reports have been coming in from the national capital of the country New Delhi where Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has interacted with medal winners of the World U20 Athletics Championships, held in Nairobi, Kenya. According to reports the Union Minister Anurag Thakur has said that our athletes has performed well in the World U20 Athletics Championships.  Amit Khatri and Shaili Singh have bagged silver medals. Shaili missed the gold medal by a mere margin of 1 cm.  It shows that India can do well in athletics according to Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur.  The Minister further added that, I have interacted with them and discussed about the facilities at grassroots level, what's their demand and how we can improve.  I'm happy that federation and GoI's assistance has helped them. We want them to do well in the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and Olympics as per Union Sports Minister.

Latest reports have been coming in from Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat who in a media interface in Delhi has said that everything that has happened was something that had been anticipated, only the timelines have changed.  From the Indian perspective, we were anticipating the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan according to Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, in Delhi. We were concerned about how terrorist activity from Afghanistan could overflow into India and so to that extent our contingency planning had been ongoing. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, in Delhi has said that we are prepared for that. CDS Gen Bipin Rawat said this at ORF event on "The India-US Partnership: Securing the 21st Century", in the national capital of the country New Delhi.

Latest reports have been coming in from Uttarakhand where the state is continuously facing cloudburst and incessant rainfall in the state for the past 2 months. According to reports coming in the life of people is in havoc after the rains claiming lives of the residents as well as a threat to the properties of the people living in the state. As per reports a team of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has conducted rescue operations in Dehradun amid incessant rainfall in the city. 

Late night reports have been coming in from Bengaluru by ANI.  According to sources ANI has reported that Indian Air force Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria flew single seater aircraft. According to reports coming in from Bengaluru where Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria flew a Tejas single-seater light combat. As per reports Indian Air force Chief Air Marshal flew this aircraft during his visit to IAF and other aircraft manufacturing establishments in Bengaluru yesterday.

Latest reports having coming in from Bihar where state election commission have announced panchayati polls elections to be held in the state. According to reports coming in Panchayat polls in Bihar will be held in a total of 11 phases.  According to Deepak Prasad, State Election Commissioner (SEC) the first phase of voting will be held on September 24 and the last phase of voting will be held on December 12.

Latest reports have been coming in from Himachal Pradesh where Himachal Pradesh State Education Minister while speaking to ANI has said that the Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to further close the schools in the state till September 4, 2021. According to the Minister, Himachal Pradesh government has also decided to fill up 4,000 posts of different categories of teachers. These different categories will include 820 posts of drawing teachers and 870 posts of physical education teacher posts in the Education Department according to State Education Minister Govind Singh Thakur. 

Latest reports having coming in from Nagpur where Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh while speaking to ANI has said that the government is boosting private sector industry to you bring a growth in the country's GDP. According to reports Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that we are boosting the private sector in the defence sector. Private sector should get in.  Our aim is to see India emerge as an exporting country in the international community, and not just be known as an importing country according Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Latest reports have been coming in from National Centre for system Seismology which has stated that an earthquake of a light magnitude have hit Bay of Bengal. According to the force coming in an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter Scale has hit Bay of Bengal at 12:35 pm today as per National Center for Seismology (NCS). The administration has confirmed that there is no loss of life and property so far recorded by this earthquake.

Latest reports have been coming in from Chhattisgarh where naxalite encounter has been going on, in Sukma Chhattisgarh. According to reports coming in an encounter is underway between naxals and security forces in forest areas of Gompad, Sukma district.  A search operation is underway as per SP Sukma Sunil Sharma from Chhattisgarh. As per reports bodies of 2 naxals have been recovered with arms, ammunition, explosive material and other camping material of naxals.  However search is on for other naxals who have fled the spot. Primary identification indicates that one deceased might be Kawasi Hunga, Konta Area LoS commander.

Latest reports have been coming in from United States of America where the official residence of president of United States of America in a press release has stated that a total of approximately 10,900 people were evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan today.  According to reports coming in from White House in a special mission 15 US military flights carried approximately 6,660 evacuees, and 34 coalition flights carried 4,300 people. The White House further tweeted that since August 14, the US has evacuated and facilitated the evacuation of approximately 48,000 people.  Since the end of July, we have relocated approximately 53,000 people as per the White House tweet on Afghanistan.

Latest reports have been coming in from our neighbouring country Nepal where in Kathmandu people are celebrating Gai Jatra. According to reports coming in from Kathmandu where local people are celebrating the Gai Jatra (Cow) festival to give salvation to the souls of their departed loved ones in Taleju Bhawani Temple, Nepal.  This festival is being celebrated all over Nepal to give salvation to the souls of their departed loving ones of people. It is celebrated in Taleju Bhawani Temple in Nepal.

Latest reports have been coming in from Jammu and Kashmir where an encounter has taken place between the security forces and the militants in Sopore area of Baramulla district. As per reports this encounter has been undertaken by the police and security forces of Jammu and Kashmir after an tip off of militants in the area. The encounter is still underway in the Sopore area of Baramulla district. And the police and security forces has cordoned off the area to trace other militants who may be hiding at various other places.

Latest reports have been coming in from Jammu and Kashmir where district level Rugby championship has been organised. According to reports coming in from Jammu and Kashmir District-level Rugby Championship is being organized in all districts of Jammu and Kashmir, including Srinagar. Here the games are being held at the Polo Ground as per reports coming in from Jammu And Kashmir. We are here for this district-level championship in which over 14 teams are participating. Pandemic had made children extremely stressed.  We were waiting for some SOPs and they were eventually released according to Irfan Aziz, Chief Coach, J&K Rugby Team. We were frustrated sitting at home due to corona. So when we got to know about this tournament, we thought we would get to do something new.  It is very important to have tournaments like this to take the sport everywhere according to Arbaz Manzoor, Rugby player.

Latest reports have been coming in from Russia where according to sources coming in from ANI which has stated that India has pitched its indigenously built fighter aircraft LCA Tejas, Anti Tank Guided Missiles, Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK1A). According to sources India has shown all this at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" in Moscow. According to Dr NK Arya, Director, Directorate of Public Interface (DPI) at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) we are participating to showcase our export products some of them are Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C).

Latest reports have been coming in from United States of America where US President Joe Biden who in a media interface has said that we know that terrorists may seek to exploit the situation and target innocent Afghans or American troops.  We are maintaining constant vigilance to monitor and disrupt threats from any source, including ISIS and the Afghan affiliate known as ISIS-K according to US President Joe Biden on Afghanistan.  Discussions are going on among us and the military about extending (Aug 31 evacuation deadline), our hope is, we don't have to extend.  But there going to be a discussion, I suspect on how far along we're in the process according to US President Joe Biden said during an address from White House. There is no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss and the heartbreaking images you see, it’s just a fact.  My heart aches for those people you see. At the end of the day, if we didn't leave Afghanistan now, when would we...

Latest reports have been coming in from White House which in a media interface has informed that eight US military flights — 7 C-17s and 1 C-130 — evacuated approximately 1,700 passengers from Hamid Karzai International Airport.  In addition, 39 coalition aircraft took off with approximately 3,400 passengers according to White House Official The official further adds that since August 14, the US has evacuated and facilitated the evacuation of approximately 30,300 people on military and coalition flights.  Since the end of July, we have relocated approximately 35,500 people according to White House Official.

Latest reports have been coming in from Civil Aviation Ministry which has stated that the trial run of two variants drones have been successful in Karnataka. According to reports coming in the Trial run of two variants of drones were conducted by Throttle Aerospace Systems and Udaan for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) medicine delivery in Bengaluru. This trial run of drones was carried out by Civil Aviation ministry and these drones will be serving the country in their intelligence mission under the supervision of the Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Latest reports have been coming in from the national capital of the country New Delhi where the national capital has been experiencing continuous rain from the past 24 hours. These rains have caused havoc among the residents of the national capital of the country.  As most of the roads and premises have been water loged in this continuous rains. Delhi administration and Delhi police have been working continuously to drain out water from the roads and clear the pathways. The traffic movement on Minto Bridge (both carriageway) has been closed due to waterlogging according to Delhi Traffic Police Traffic movement is also affected at Moolchand Underpass due to waterlogging according to Delhi Traffic Police.

Latest reports have been coming in from Amritsar where Border Security Force along with Rural Punjab Police recovered heroine and opium. According to Border Security Force and Rural Punjab police said that they have recovered 40.810 kg heroin, 190 grams of opium, two plastic pipes from Panjgraian area of Amritsar.  However a FIR has been registered by Rural Punjab Police, Amritsar.

Latest reports have been coming in from Jammu and Kashmir be an encounter has begin in Awantipura area of Kashmir According to reports encounter has started in the upper reaches of the forest area of Nagbaeran Tral, Awantipora.  It is reported that Police and Army are undertaking the operation. Details awaited.  The Jammu and Kashmir Police has cordoned of area and search is on to trace other terrorist.

Latest reports have been coming in for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which has share the latest data of covid-19 cases in the country in the past 24 hours. According to reports coming in India has registered 36,571 new cases in the last 24 hours. The active caseload stands at 3,63,605.  These numbers are the lowest numbers in past 150 days.  Recovery rate of people from covid-19 in the country has also gone up to 97.54% according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Latest reports have been coming in from Jammu and Kashmir where Jammu and Kashmir Police have informed that a terrorist encounter has started in Awantipora area of Kashmir. According to reports coming inform Jammu and Kashmir an encounter has started at Khrew, Pampore area of Awantipora.  However Police and security forces are on the job. More details are still awaited according to Jammu and Kashmir Police. As per reports one unidentified terrorist neutralised in an encounter at Khrew, Pampore area of Awantipora.  Terrorist operation is still in progress. As more details are still awaited according to Jammu and Kashmir Police.

Latest reports have been coming in from External Affairs Ministry which have stated that External Affairs Minister Dr S jayasankar at UNSC meeting has said that at the moment, we are, like everybody else, very carefully following developments in Afghanistan.  Our focus is on ensuring security in Afghanistan and the safe return of Indian nationals: EAM S Jaishankar at UNSC on being asked 'how will India deal with Taliban?' For us, it (Indian investment in Afghanistan) reflected what was our historical relationship with Afghan people.  That relation with Afghan people obviously continues. That will guide our approach to Afghanistan in the coming days according to EAM S Jaishankar at UNSC in New York. At this point of time, we're looking at what is the situation in Kabul. Obviously, Taliban and its representatives have come to Kabul.  So we need to take it on from there according to EAM S Jaishankar on being asked 'had India has any communication with Taliban i...