News Alert! Jammu and Kashmir: Stone pelters attempt to disrupt operations of security forces in Killora village


11.40 am: Shopian: Stone pelters attempt to disrupt operations of security forces in Killora village where 5 terrorists were gunned down. Forces retaliated, 20 stone pelters injured.

11.15 am: Man gunned down by security personnel when he was trying to enter former Jammu And Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah’s residence in Jammu in a car.

11.10 am: Air India AI 138/ Milan-Delhi flight (arrival in Delhi on 3 Aug) landed back at Milan after almost 1 & 1/2 hour of flight due to a passenger trying to forcibly enter in cockpit. He was handed over to Local police after landing. Aircraft departed after security clearance to Delhi

10.50 am: Sonia Gandhi is not attending the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting because she is unwell: Sources

10.35 am: Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Jaihind writes letter to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asking what steps are being taken by the Bihar government in interest of the girls of the shelter home


9.49 am: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrbabu Naidu to visit DMK chief M Karunanidhi at Chennai’s Kauvery hospital later today

9.45 am: Jaunpur: Five devotees dead, 8 injured on their way to Allahabad’s Kade Manikpur temple after the car carrying them hit a vehicle parked on the roadside on Jaunpur-Raebareli highway near Nikamuddinpur village at around 2 am today

9.40 am: Andhra Pradesh CM inquired about Kurnool district stone quarry blasts incident & announced ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the families of the bereaved. CM ordered Dy CM & mining minister to go to the spot & monitor the operations.11 people died in the blasts in Hathi Belgal last night

9.20 am: Jammu And Kashmir: Bodies of all five terrorists killed in encounter in Shopian’s Killora village have been recovered. Operation concluded.

9.15 am: Agartala: DRI, Tripura Police & BSF recovered 3390.690 Kgs of Ganja (Dry Cannabis) packed in 85 plastic drums of different sizes, concealed under the soil of land owned by two persons on Aug 1. The team seized 488 kg of cannabis from an abandoned house on Aug 2

9.05 am: Delhi Police Special Staff arrested 3 auto lifters, recovered 10 cars along with keys to 64 luxury cars

8.50 am: One child killed in a collision between a school bus & a truck on Delhi-Yamunotri highway in Baghpat. 6 students injured & admitted to district hospital.

8.40 am: Unidentified miscreants burned down at least 12 girls schools in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district yesterday

8.00 am: Kerala: Water level in Idukki dam has touched 2396.34 feet due to continuous heavy rainfall. Full Reservoir Level of the dam is 2403 feet. (file pic)

7.45 am: The body, which was recovered from the site of the encounter in Shopian’s Killora Village last night, has been identified as a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, Umar Malik. The weapon recovered along with him was an AK-47.

7.30 am: Mumbai: Unidentified masked men shot at a scrap dealer late last night in Marol area. The man has been taken to a hospital. Police say ‘We are registering an attempt to murder case. Investigation is underway. We are inquiring the man and his relatives.’

7.15 am: Muzaffarnagar: Carrying a 361 feet long tricolor, 35 devotees from Bulandshahr’s Keshopur Sathla village are undertaking Kanwar Yatra this year. After fetching water from river Ganga in Uttarakhand’s Har Ki Pauri, the 35 devotees are now walking back to their village. (03.08)

7.00 am: Chhattisgarh: An ambulance was seen carrying children to school in Koriya’s Manendragarh. Driver says ‘CMO(Chief Medical Officer)asked me to carry them as there’s no bus. It has been happening since last 1.5 yrs. The school got a bus 5 months back but they haven’t used it'(03.08)

6.45 am: Andy Murray withdraws from Citi Open ahead of quarterfinal. He will also miss Rogers Cup: AFP news agency

6.30 am: Delhi: State Bank of India (SBI) signed and MoU with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) yesterday & granted a term loan facility of Rs 25,000 Crore to NHAI for the development of road infrastructure.