New Delhi:
With only two weeks to go for the Haryana Assembly Elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi are set to address rallies in poll bound Haryana. PM Modi will address his rally in Ballabhgarh in Faridabad district, while Gandhi scion will be campaigning in Nuh district. After over two months of communication blockade in Jammu and Kashmir, the postpaid mobile services are set to resume from Monday afternoon. The Valley has nearly 66 lakh mobile subscribers out of which nearly 40 lakh subscribers have post-paid facilities.
Here are all the LIVE updates:
National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval at National Investigation Agency's (NIA) national conference of Chiefs of Anti-Terrorism Squad/Special Task Force in Delhi: The impact that NIA has been able to make against terrorism in Kashmir is more than any other agency. There have been continuous efforts from across the border to revive terror activities in Punjab. 16 arrested for targeted killings in 8 cases, Khalistan Liberation Force was found to be involved. Funds from UK, Italy, France and Australia were sent for this.
NIA IG Alok Mittal: In the main case of terror funding in J-K, chiefs of proscribed organizations &top separatist leaders have been arrested and chargesheeted. None have got bail so far.They were being funded from Pakistan High Commission, through remittances and hawala transfers.
Delhi: King of Netherlands, Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah's son Jay Shah is set to become the secretary while Anurag Thakur's brother Arun Dhumal will hold the position of treasurer of the BCCI.
Disqualified MLA and rebel JDS leader H. Vishwanath meets Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, seeks bifurcation of Mysuru district.
Jammu And Kashmir: 70 Days Later, Postpaid Mobile Services To Be Restored From Today
After over two months of communication blockade in Jammu and Kashmir, the postpaid mobile services are set to resume from Monday afternoon. The Valley has nearly 66 lakh mobile subscribers out of which nearly 40 lakh subscribers have post-paid facilities. Tensions are high in Kashmir after New Delhi on August 5 announced abrogation of provisions of Article 370 and decided to bifurcate the state into Union territories - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh - hours after Kashmir was placed under a total clampdown.
10 Dead, 15 Injured As Two-Storey Building Collapses Following Cylinder Blast In Uttar Pradesh's Mau
At least ten people were killed and several injured after a two-storey building collapsed following a cylinder blast at a home in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district on Monday. According to reports, several people are still feared trapped inside the debris of the building. "At least 10 feared dead in blast at a house in UP's Mau district," Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi was quoted as saying by PTI.
Ecuador govt, protesters agree deal to end deadly unrest
Ecuador's president and indigenous leaders reached an agreement Sunday to end nearly two weeks of violent protests against austerity measures put in place to obtain a multi-billion-dollar loan from the IMF. President Lenin Moreno met with Jaime Vargas, the head of the indigenous umbrella grouping CONAIE, for four hours of talks in the capital Quito broadcast live on state television.
