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Signalling another political bout, a notice by opposition Congress expressing no-confidence in the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government in Karnataka was admitted by Legislative Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri today.

The Supreme Court Thursday expressed surprise over interim bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to a former Uttar Pradesh government counsel, accused of raping a junior lawyer, despite the dismissal of a similar plea by it earlier.

A Delhi court today sent former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in a case related to the communal violence in north east Delhi in February, to judicial custody till October 22.

India took up the issue of cross-border terrorism in the informal meeting of SAARC Foreign Ministers which happened virtually on the sidelines of UNGA this year.

The BJP on Thursday accused the Congress of "double-faced" politics over the contentious farm bills and said Rahul Gandhi should first disassociate his party from its 2019 election manifesto if he wanted to opposed these legislations as it had also promised what the Modi government has done.

With the West Bengal elections now months away, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced generous gifts for the state's working class as well as neighbourhood clubs who organise Durga Puja celebrations for communities.

A 40-year-old lawyer was shot dead at his house by suspected terrorists in Srinagar today, the police said. The lawyer, Babar Qadri, was a regular in TV news debates and used to write op-eds in local newspapers. The police said he was hit by a single bullet.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who was admitted to hospital a day ago after earlier having tested positive for the coronavirus, also has dengue, officials said on Thursday.

Security forces are alert to Pakistani efforts of dropping weapons and narcotics into Jammu and Kashmir along the border and they will give a befitting reply to these attempts, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the death of noted atomic scientist Sekhar Basu, and said he played a key role in establishing India as a lead country in nuclear science and engineering.

President Ram Nath Kovind expressed his condolences to the family and friends of Dr Sekhar Basu, former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Nuclear Scientist, who passed away on Thursday.

Bilkis, who became the face of a women-led anti-citizenship law protest at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, on Thursday said she was happy to have been recognised by the TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of 2020, but would have been happier had her demand been met.

Six ministers from the cabinet of the BJP's Biren Singh-led government in Manipur have been dropped. They are three from the BJP, two from its ally National People's Party (NPP) and one from Lok Janshakti Party (LJP).

A 15-year-old Indian girl in the UAE sang for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 70th birthday, a media report said on Thursday. Sucheta Satish, a 10th-grade student of the Indian High School, learns Hindustani classical music. She sang a song titled "Namo Namo Vishwaguru Bharat" that was launched on digital platforms recently, the Khaleej Times reported.

World Tourism Day: Tourism is among the hardest hit of all sectors by the COVID-19 pandemic. The travel and tourism sector, which is slowly opening up now, had come to a sudden standstill due to the pandemic-forced lockdown. Ahead of World Tourism Day on September 27, experts across the world are concerned about how to re-start tourism while safeguarding public health.