With continuous rainfall all through the night, people in several parts of Mumbai on Tuesday woke up to severe waterlogging. The weather department has sounded a red alert for today and tomorrow for extremely heavy rain in Mumbai. In view of the rainfall situation and the heavy rains forecast, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that all offices and other establishments will remain closed today, except for emergency services.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader Siddaramaiah has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The leader, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, has been admitted to the hospital on the advice of doctors as a precaution.

Siddaramaiah confirmed the news himself on Twitter and advised all who came in contact with him to get themselves tested for symptoms and self-quarantine.

There will be curfew/restrictions in Srinagar on August 4 and 5. A series of inputs that have been received suggest that some groups are planning to observe August 5 as 'Black Day'.

District administration Srinagar ordered curfew on August 4 and 5 in the wake of the first anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370.

A special bench of Islamabad High Court on Monday directed Pakistani government to not only inform Kulbhushan Jadhav of his right to avail statutory remedy but also authorise India to arrange a lawyer for the case.

The special bench consisted of Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb.

Sushant Singh Rajput's father on Monday had claimed that the Mumbai Police were warned about the threat to the late actor's life in February. A few hours after that, the Mumbai Police counterclaimed KK Singh saying that he never made any written complaint about it with them.

Mumbai Commissioner Param Bir Singh, confirming the same, said that the police had was no information about the complaint made on February 25, however, in the evening, the Mumbai Police stated that there was information but there was no written complaint.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Monday said that he has gone into self-isolation after two of his family members tested positive for 0COVID-19.

Deb said that he had already undergone the COVID-19 test, and the results are yet to come. Till then, he has decided to self isolate himself at his residence.

The rituals preceding the 'bhoomi pujan' of the Ram temple began here on Monday with an elaborate 'Gauri Ganesh' puja.

The three-day rituals that will culminate with the 'bhumi pujan' that will be performed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, began with the Ganesh puja that is considered mandatory for all major occasions in the Hindu religion.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) team of Delhi Police said on Sunday that Tahir Hussain has admitted to his role in the northeast Delhi riots that took place in the month of February against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Police said that during the interrogation the now suspended AAP councillor revealed that he wanted to teach Hindus a lesson using his political power and money. He told police that he was the mastermind of the northeast Delhi riots.

Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey on Sunday charged that Vinay Tiwari, the IPS officer from Patna who is in Mumbai to probe a case related to Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, has been forcibly quarantined by civic authorities in the metropolis.

Tiwari is heading a Bihar Police team which is in Mumbai to investigate an abetment to suicide case on the basis of a complaint filed by the late actor's father in Patna.

Fuel prices rose but demand recovery stalled in July as people remained indoors owing to the coronavirus induced lockdown in several states. While demand for diesel in July dropped 12.5 per cent over June, Petrol sales in July also fell 1 per cent, Economic Times reported.

Meanwhile, the sale of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) rose 3.8 per cent in July from a month earlier but is down 65 per cent from the July of 2019 due to the absence of international flights and limited domestic operations.

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