Updated: August 22, 2021 11:11 PM IST 
Breaking News Updates, August 22, 2021: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BJP veteran leader Kalyan Singh, who was suffering from ailments for a long time, passed away on Saturday night. He was 89. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said a 3-day state mourning will be declared to condole the demise of Kalyan Singh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited Lucknow and paid his tributes to Kalyan Singh. Meanwhile, around 300 Indian nationals are expected to be brought back home from Afghanistan today as part of India’s evacuation mission in view of the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan capital Kabul, PTI reported. In other news, heavy rains lashed Delhi-NCR yesterday, throwing normal life out of gear. Reports of traffic snarls and heavy waterlogging were reported in many parts of the city. This live blog has been closed and updates to it are no longer available.
Local girls and women tied rakhis to CRPF personnel in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir today on the occasion of Rakshabandhan pic.twitter.com/USeTxn1dN1
— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2021
BJP seeks apology from PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for her reference to Taliban takeover of Afghanistan to call upon government to restore J&K’s special status, demands probe to ascertain whether she has any links with the outfit
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar arrives in Delhi
"We (a delegation comprising representatives of different parties) will meet PM Narendra Modi at 11 am tomorrow with our demand for a caste-based census," he says pic.twitter.com/muig2wTIMn
— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2021
There are allegations of scams against many people. They should be punished after investigation, no matter which party they belong to. They were being arrested after they joined BJP from TMC: West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on arrest of BJP’s Shyama Prasad Mukherjee in Bankura
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar enquired about the health of State Minister Anil Vij who was admitted to PGIMER in Chandigarh after his oxygen level dipped, earlier today pic.twitter.com/TKy3VTXcn2
— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2021
Former West Bengal Minister and BJP leader Shyama Prasad Mukherjee has been arrested for alleged misappropriation of funds during his tenure as chairman in Bishnupur Municipality, says Bankura SP Dhritiman Sarkar. A court in the district today sent him to 4-day police custody.
Former West Bengal Minister and BJP leader Shyama Prasad Mukherjee has been arrested for alleged misappropriation of funds during his tenure as chairman in Bishnupur Municipality, says Bankura SP Dhritiman Sarkar. A court in the district today sent him to 4-day police custody.
Union minister Raosaheb Danve says Railways suffered Rs 36,000 crore loss during Covid pandemic, and terms goods trains as real revenue generators for national transporter.
Kerala | A Kochi-London Air India flight, which was scheduled to depart at 1:20 pm today, will now depart tomorrow morning. Some technical issues were reported. 182 passengers were shifted to hotels: Cochin International Airport Limited
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij says he was admitted to PGIMER in Chandigarh earlier today on the advice of a panel of doctors after his oxygen level dipped, reports ANI.
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