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Breaking News: 2 Pakistani terrorists, 2 soldiers killed in encounter in J&K's Rajouri

The Union Cabinet and the Council of Ministers are expected to meet on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi carried out a major expansion and reshuffle of his ministers. Meanwhile, former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh passed away on Thursday after. He was 87.Welcome to hindustantimes.com live updates platform where you can find breaking news from India and across the world. Find fast updates about the latest news as it breaks. Missed an important news update? Worried about what is happening in the world of finance and how it will impact you? Want to know about the latest update on Covid-19? Don't worry, we have you covered.Get latest news, breaking news, latest updates, live news, top headlines, breaking business news and top news of the hour.Follow all the updates here:2 Pakistani terrorists killed in encounter in J&K, 2 soldiers also killedTwo Pakistani terrorists have been killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri. 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No further summons have been issued yet.Amit Shah meets Ajay Kumar and Nisith PramanikUnion Home Minister Amit Shah today met Ajay Kumar and Nisith Pramanik after they took charge as Ministers of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. pic.twitter.com/M86GrdUGb3Former IPS officer K Annamalai appointed BJP state president in Tamil NaduBJP president JP Nadda has appointed former Karnataka IPS officer K Annamalai as State president of Tamil Nadu. pic.twitter.com/bKou3S8pzvAPMCs will not be done away with: Narendra Singh TomarAgriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar told ANI that APMCs will remain, even as the new farm laws come into force. "APMCs will not be done away with, even after new (farm) laws were introduced, the Centre had declared in Budget that APMC will be part of the ₹1 lakh crores infrastructure fund. APMC can benefit from the fund through loans, interest waivers," he said.'Carefully monitoring the security situation in Afghanistan', says MEAOur embassies in Kabul, Kandhar are functional. We are carefully monitoring the security situation in Afghanistan, and also looking after the security of Indian nationals in Afghanistan: MEA Spokesperson pic.twitter.com/TyfdHAXxa4Delhi Police registers FIR against app auctioning stolen photosDelhi Police Special Cell registered an FIR on Thursday against an app for auctioning off photos of muslim woman online, reported ANI. The photos were sourced from GitHub.S Jaishankar to hold talks with his Russian counterpart on July 9Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov will be holding talks with minister of external affair S Jaishankar on July 9. Discussions will cover political dialogue, security, trade, and economic, military-technical, scientific, cultural and humanitarian ties, said the Russian embassy.This has nothing to do with individual views and opinions: MoS Meity on TwitterNewly appointed Minister of State, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said the IT ministry will sit down for a discussion on the Twitter issue with the new Union ministers to discuss the issue further. "I have just taken the charge. The Ministry doesn't operate on a unilateral basis and this has nothing to do with individual views and opinions. The Ministry will sit with the new Union Minister and address all these issues," he stated.BJP workers clash with cops in UP's BastiBJP workers and police clashed in Uttar Pradesh's Basti during the nomination filing for the upcoming block president election. 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Read MorePrime Minister begins work with the new cabinet ministersPrime Minister begins work with the new ministers, a day after cabinet reshuffle. He interacted with directors of centrally funded technical institutions like IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and IISc Bangalore via video conference today. New Education Min Dharmendra Pradhan was also part of the session.'Will take 8 weeks to appoint grievance redressal officers': Twitter to Delhi high courtTwitter has informed Delhi HC that it will take 8 weeks to appoint grievance redressal officers in compliance of the IT rules. It has also told court that it is in a process of setting up a liaison office in India which will be their permanent physical contact address @htTweetsRam Chandra Prasad Singh takes charge as Union Minister of Steel.Mansukh Mandaviya takes charge as the Union minister of health and family welfare. Before assuming charged, Mandaviya offered prayers in his office temple.Annapurna Devi’s elevation marks her growing stature in BJPAnnapurna Devi, 51, who was inducted into the Union council of ministers as a minister of state for education on Wednesday, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the 2019 national polls. Read MoreSonowal’s second stint in Delhi ends speculation about his future roleSarbananda Sonowal’s induction into the Union council of ministers has ended speculation about his role two months after he was replaced as chief minister even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power in Assam for a second time in a row under his leadership. His former state Cabinet colleague Himanta Biswa Sarma succeeded Sonowal, 58, as the chief minister in May. 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With this, the country's cumulative Covid-19 infection tally went up to 3,07,09,557 and the total death toll was pushed to 405,028.Mortal remains of Congress leader Virbhadra Singh brought to his residence in ShimlaThe mortal remains Congress leader Virbhadra Singh brought to his residence in Shimla. He passed away earlier this morning at Shimla's Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital. Global Covid-19 death toll crosses 4 millionGlobal Covid-19 death toll crosses 4 million, shows John Hopkins university tracker.Virbhadra Singh, former Himachal Pradesh CM and Congress leader, passes awayFormer Himachal Pradesh chief minister and senior Congress leader Virbhadra Singh passed away on Thursday, Dr Janak Raj Pakhretia, the medical superintendent of Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC) in Shimla told news agency ANI. He was 87. 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Congratulations to police and security forces for conducting operation without collateral damage: IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar2 unidentified terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in J&K's PulwamaTwo unidentified terrorists were neutralised by security forces in the encounter that broke out between terrorists and security forces in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday in the Puchal area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.Delhi govt to bring in colour-coded graded plan to fight Covid-19A colour-coded graded response action plan, proposed by an expert committee formed by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to guide the government’s Covid-19 preparedness in case of a possible wave of the pandemic in future, will see shopping malls and shops dealing in non-essential goods and services coming under an odd-even system when the alert level is raised to ‘Yellow’ in the Capital.

Hindustan Times

08-07-2021

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