Breaking News LIVE Updates October 23, 2021: PM Narendra Modi will interact with beneficiaries and stakeholders of the “Aatmanirbhar Bharat Swayampurna Goa programme” today. The interaction will be at 11 am via video conferencing. The Prime Minister will also deliver an address after the interaction. The initiative of Swayampurna Goa was launched on October 1, 2020. Meanwhile, Congress is set to hold statewide ‘Pratigya Yatras’ in Uttar Pradesh starting today till November 1 ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections in the state. Priyanka Gandhi, the AICC General-Secretary for Congress in the state will flag off all the rallies from Barabanki. During these rallies, Congress will communicate its ‘Seven pledges’ to the people in the state, apart from its election manifesto. Priyanka Gandhi will also interact with the public regarding these pledges. Also, Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to begin his three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir today. This is his first visit to J&K since the abrogation of Article 370. Stay tuned to this live blog for all the latest breaking news updates.Also Read - Uttarakhand-Himachal Tragedy: 11 Missing Trekkers Dead, Massive Rescue Operations by IAF Underway

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  • 10:51 AM IST

    Mughal Road closed due to heavy snowfall in J&K: Mughal Road closed due to heavy snowfall at Peer Ki Gali area, says Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police. The road connects Shopian district to Rajouri and Poonch districts.

  • 9:58 AM IST

    Amit Shah’s maiden visit to J&K since abrogation of Article 370 begins today: Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to begin his three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir today. This is his first visit to J&K since the abrogation of Article 370.

  • 9:52 AM IST

    Bodies of 7 out of 11 trekkers who went missing in Uttarakhand found: Bodies of 7 trekkers recovered, 2 rescued and 2 remain missing out of a group of 11 trekkers which had gone missing in Harsil. 5 more bodies of trekkers from another group of 11 trekkers which went missing near Lamkhaga Pass also retrieved, says Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar.

  • 9:50 AM IST

    India records 16,326 new COVID cases, 666 deaths: India reports 16,326 fresh cases and 666 deaths in the last 24 hours; Active cases stand at 1,73,728, says Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

  • 8:38 AM IST

    Internet Services in Bikaner are suspended from 6 am to 6 pm today, tomorrow: The internet services in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan will remain suspended from 6 am to 6 pm on Saturday and Sunday in view of the scheduled Patwari Recruitment Exam which is to be conducted today and tomorrow in the district, as per the Divisional Commissioner order.

  • 8:01 AM IST

    Petrol, diesel prices today: Price of petrol & diesel in Delhi is at Rs 107.24 per litre & Rs 95.97 per litre respectively today. Petrol & diesel prices per litre-Rs 113.12 & Rs 104.00 in mumbai, Rs 107.78 & Rs 99.08 in Kolkata; Rs 104.22 & Rs 100.25 in Chennai respectively.

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  • 7:09 AM IST

    Heavy rains, waterlogging throw normal life out of gear in Kerala’s Kottayam