Navaratri celebrations hit as rains lash Mumbai
The ongoing Navratri festivities were affected after heavy rains with thunderstorms and lightning lashed several parts of Mumbai on Thursday night. In its forecast for Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted “a partly cloudy sky with the possibility of moderate rain or thunderstorms” in the city.
Drugs worth Rs 2000 cr found in Namkeen packs; Delhi man under scanner
Days after recovering 560 kg of cocaine, the Delhi police on Thursday found a drugs consignment of 200 kilograms at a closed shop in the Ramesh Nagar area of the national capital. The drugs were kept in open packs of namkeen. The drugs are valued at Rs 2000 crore in international markets. The combined value of the two drug hauls is more than Rs 7000 crore.
20 miners killed, 7 wounded in attack in southwest Pakistan
Gunmen killed 20 miners and wounded another seven in Pakistan’s southwest, a police official said on Friday. It’s the latest attack in restive Balochistan province and comes days ahead of a major security summit being hosted in the capital.
Maha Vikas Aghad seat-sharing talks to continue
Leaders from Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) – comprising the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) – will meet on Friday and hold seat-sharing talks
Friday will mark the second day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Laos
Earlier on Thursday, Modi attended the ASEAN-India Summit and on the sidelines, he held a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Japan and New Zealand.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar transfers Rs 225 cr to bank accounts of flood-hit families
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday transferred Rs 225.25 crore flood relief money to 3,21,792 families through direct benefit transfer (DBT).
