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India said Saturday it was in touch with Tehran to secure the release of 18 of Indian nationals working on a British-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Madras high court has denied anticipatory bail to journalist Prakash M Swamy who apprehended arrest in connection with a sexual abuse case.

Eight routes under regional connectivity scheme UDAN have become functional since Friday, taking the total number of operational routes to 194, the Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Sonbhadra tomorrow where 10 people were killed in a shootout this week over a land dispute. The Chief Minister's visit comes amid a spiralling political row over the deaths, blamed on a village chief trying to forcefully take control of land from farmers.

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government to declare Bihar floods as a national calamity and sought a financial assistance of Rs 10,000 for the state.

The weather department has issued a 'yellow' weather warning in Himachal Pradesh after it predicted heavy rain in the hilly state next week. Yellow is the least dangerous of all the weather warnings.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed her condolences on the death of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and said she will miss her "wise counsel".

Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit's last rites will be performed on Sunday morning, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said today. Ms Dikshit died today of a cardiac arrest at a Delhi hospital at the age of 81. The veteran Congress leader's body has been taken to her residence in Delhi's Nizamuddin area from the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute in Okhla.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the people of the national capital will remember ex-chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who died of a cardiac arrest today, for her contribution to the development of Delhi during her three-year tenure. Veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit, who was the longest serving chief minister of Delhi, died at 3.55 pm at a hospital in Delhi, her family members confirmed.

The Congress alleged on Saturday that the Uttar Pradesh government was trying to protect the accused in the Sonbhadra clash and instead of ensuring justice, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was targeting party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was detained on her way to meet the victims.

Veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit passed away in a Delhi hospital today at the age of 81 after suffering a cardiac arrest. A three-time former Chief Minister of Delhi and former Governor of Kerala, she had travelled to France last year to undergo heart surgery

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said he was "devastated" to hear the news of three-time Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit's death.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his condolences over the death of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit.

Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit died at a hospital in Delhi today. She was 81. Ms Dikshit was the longest serving chief minister of the national capital.

China has said it values India's concerns on the bilateral trade imbalance and is willing to discuss new approaches to address the issue and asked New Delhi to join Beijing in its fight against "unilateralism and protectionism" amidst a bruising trade war with the United States.