Days after farmers across the country organised a 'Bharat Bandh', organisations in Karnataka have called for a state-wide shutdown on Monday to protest against the agricultural produce market committee (APMC) and land reforms acts introduced by the state government.

The call for bandh has gathered support from political parties including the Congress and JD(S), pro-Kannada outfits, and several labour organisations.

The Uttar Pradesh government has taken a big decision regarding organising Durga Puja. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday, September 28, announced that in view of coronavirus (COVID-19), public events to celebrate Durga Puja will not be allowed in the state.

Yogi Adityanath said that no celebrations will be allowed to take place on the streets or pandals. He urged people to establish Durga idol in their homes.

India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 60-lakh mark with a spike of 82,170 new cases and 1,039 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Monday.

As per the Ministry, India's tally stands at 60,74,703 including 9,62,640 active cases.

In a major development, a group of 15-20 men reached Rajpath near the India Gate in Delhi and set a tractor on fire. The vehicle was set ablaze to protest against the farm legislations.

The incident happened at around 7:30 am today when the group of unknown men carrying posters of Bhagat Singh reached the India Gate shouting slogans against the government. Two fire tenders were rushed to the spot for dousing the fire.

BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Friday said that the NDA will win at least 220 seats out of total 243 seats in the Bihar assembly polls.

In Bihar, NDA will win at least 220 seats in the 2020 elections. As far as the Opposition is concerned, they have no existence. Like the Lok Sabha elections, they will be wiped out in this election. The NDA alliance had won 39 out of 40 seats in Bihar, Hussain told ANI.

South Asians for Biden strongly condemned US President Donald Trump on Friday for his plans to rush through nominating his pick for the Supreme Court in the middle of an election season.

Trump plans to announce his replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court on Saturday. Judge Ginsberg died last week.

Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil on Friday welcomed the announcement of dates for Bihar assembly polls and said people of the state want to get rid of NDA government.

Gohil, who is in-charge of Bihar, expressed confidence that Congress and its allies will form the government in the state.

More than one crore passengers have flown on 1.08 lakh domestic flights since their resumption in India on May 25, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday.

The domestic passenger flights were suspended from March 25 to May 24 in the country due to coronavirus-triggered lockdown.

State-owned NTPC, India’s largest power generator, has dropped its plan to buy out Reliance Infrastructure stake in two power distribution licence areas in Delhi.

The power retailing rights are currently controlled by joint ventures of Reliance Infrastructure and the state government.

Actor Deepika Padukone, after being summoned by the Narcotics Control Bureau, arrived at Mumbai Port Trust Guest House in Colaba, where the agency is currently operating from. She was papped outside the office on Saturday (September 26) morning at 9.45 am.

The actress' name has come up in drug angle in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. Her manager Karishma Prakash, who was interrogated by NCB for about 7 hours on Friday, was is likely to be confronted with Deepika today.

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