Breaking News July 20 Highlights: NEET Result 2024 Revised, Bangladesh Protests & More

At least 105 people have been killed while over 1500 injured reportedly during clashes in the violence-hit Bangladesh as the government led by Sheikh Hasina has imposed curfew in the country.

Social media platform X CEO and billionaire Elon Musk has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on becoming the most followed world leader on his micro-blogging site.

Over 300 Indian students have been forced to return home following sporadic violence in Bangladesh that has left reportedly over 100 people dead and over 1500 injured.

The operations at Delhi's IGI airport went back to normal after daylong system outage yesterday. The airport and airline operations across the country were almost crippled on Friday due to a Microsoft outage globally.

Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath has extended the order to all all Kanwar Yatra routes across the state after the UP police asked all eateries, shops and food carts along theroute to display their owners’ names in Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur and Shamli.

The long queues of passengers were witnessed outside Chennai airport as flight services remain affected for the second day today due to Microsoft outage. At least 16 flights were cancelled, and 30 others were delayed for several hours. PTI

Amid the ongoing protests in Bangladesh against job quota, BSF on Saturday carried out security checks at the Indian Immigration Check post in Fulbari, Jalpaiguri.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has claimed the state will become a Muslim-majority by 2041. Biswa said the Muslim population was growing around 30 per cent every 10 years.

The Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Manoj Soni has tendered his resignation almost five years before his tenure was due to end. According to the The Hindu report, Soni has resigned from the post due to some “personal reasons”.

On 'nameplates' on food shops on the Kanwar route in Uttar Pradesh, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday, "After the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP is in trouble...It has returned to the path of communal politics. They(BJP) have forgotten that the people of the nation have rejected communal politics..."

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According to PTI, the two signboards including Akbar Road and Shahjahan Road were defaced in Delhi by some unidentified people.

Enforcement Directorate has arrested Haryana Congress MLA Surender Panwar in illegal mining-linked money-laundering case.

A BSF officer and a jawan died during patrol due to extreme heat in Harami Nallah area along India-Pak border in Gujarat

In a statement, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said, "Since 3 AM, Airline systems across airports have started working normally. Flight operations are going smoothly now. There is a backlog because of disruptions yesterday, and it is getting cleared gradually. By noon today, we expect all issues to be resolved."

Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday said, "Law and order situation in Bihar is normal. Bihar government is taking strict action against the offenders. They (INDIA bloc leaders) want to hide their black deeds by holding a protest..."

On 'nameplates' on food shops on the Kanwar route in Uttar Pradesh, he said, "...There is nothing wrong in it. It should not be viewed through a religious lens".

The flood situation in Assam improved as the number of affected people deceased to 2 lakh in 10 districts, official sources said on Saturday.

Two major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, continued to flow above the danger level.

The districts reeling under floods are Cachar, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karimganj, Nagaon and Sivasagar.

A total of 2.07 lakh people are still affected, as Nagaon remained the worst hit with over 74,000 people affected, followed by Cachar (36,000) and Dhubri (20,000), the sources said. PTI

The Delhi Police on Saturday said traffic will be affected at ITO in view of a political party's protest at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Marg, officials said.

Taking to X, the police asked commuters to avoid the roads leading up to ITO.

"In view of a political party's protest at DDU Marg, traffic will remain heavy at ITO Chowk, Minto Road and other nearby roads. DDU Marg may be closed for traffic movement from 11:00 AM to 01:30 PM. Kindly avoid these roads and plan your journey accordingly," the police wrote on the microblogging platform. PTI

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday announced centre-wise results for medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024.

The services at Chandigarh airport run smoothly on Saturday after a daylong system outage yesterday. Airport and airline operations across the country were almost crippled on Friday due to a Microsoft outage globally.

The Opposition parties including RJD, Congress and others on Saturday held protest in Bihar's Patna against the state government over law and order situation in the state.

AAP leader and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Saturday said, "Top officials along with LG of Delhi were on a tour to that place...The situation is clear before the Supreme Court that orders were given by Delhi LG to cut trees...To widen the road, land from the farmhouse could have been taken. But to provide benefits to people associated with the farmhouse, the trees were cut...."

Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi is set to visit Jammu on Saturday, to review the security situation there in the wake of increasing terror attacks there.

The IT-giant Microsoft following massive outage has said that the issue has been resolved while residual impact is still affecting the services. The outage wreaked globally with operations across sectors including airlines, banks, businesses getting impacted.

On Haryana government announced 10 percent quota for 'Agniveers' in some government jobs, Congress MP Deepender Hooda on Saturday said, "This shows that they have also accepted that Agniveer scheme is not good for the youth...They (BJP government) will only be in power for 2-3 months and are now accepting their failures..."

On 'nameplates' on food shops on the Kanwar route in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar on Satuurday said, "The opposition is misleading people... Such a notification was issued in Akhilesh Yadav's government and a notification has been issued in the BJP government as well and not only during the Kanwar Yatra but you will always have to keep the name written throughout the year, this is also said in the Act... And if someone is looking for religion in the name, then it is our opposition that is looking for it..."

Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi on Delhi LG's letter to Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, on Saturday said, "This doesn’t suit LG who is sitting on a Constitutional post. He also knows that (Delhi CM) Arvind Kejriwal has sugar for the last 30 years and he knows how risky is this. Why does he think that someone will intentionally risk his own life?”

Earlier, Delhi LG VK Saxena has alleged that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody, may deliberately not be taking medical diet and medicines prescribed to him.

Union Minister and LJP chief Chirag Paswan on Saturday backed caste census. He added its details should be kept with govt and not made public as it will create divide in society.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah while speaking during BJP's extended working committee meeting in Ranchi on Saturday said, "People of the Congress, Hemant Soren... I can read the writing on the wall that the BJP is going to form the government in Jharkhand after 2024 assembly elections wilth full majority."

During the BJP meeting in Ranchi, Amit Shah stated, "Despite losing LS polls, Rahul Gandhi shows arrogance, is unable to accept defeat."

He also asserted, "BJP got more seats in this LS election than Congress's combined numbers in 2014, 2019, 2024."

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said the Uttar Pradesh government's order to all eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their owners' names is against the Constitution, which guarantees equal rights to all.

Speaking to reporters at a party function, Mufti said it has already become evident that the BJP government is "trampling" the Constitution which guarantees equal rights and justice to everyone without any discrimination on the basis of religion or name.

"Rahul Gandhi was right when he said that if they (BJP) get over 400 seats, they will destroy the Constitution. They have come to 240 from 350 seats, but they have not learnt their lesson, they continue to do the opposite of what the Constitution says," said Mufti.

"This risks the spread of confrontation in the country and the confrontation is brewing," she added.

Sunita Kejriwal Launches AAP's 'Kejriwal Ki 5 Guarantee' campaign in Haryana's Panchkula on Saturday where she spoke about Kejriwal's connection with the state.

She said, "Do you know that Delhi CM, my husband Arvind Kejriwal is 'Haryana Ke Laal' (son of Haryana). I was married to him in 1994. Arvindji's family lived in Hisar at that time... a very humble family. His father worked in Hisar, where he was brought up and studied. No one could have imagined it even in the dreams that this boy will rule the country's capital. It is not a small thing; it is no less than a miracle."

"Arvindji was born on August 16, 1968 and you will be amazed to know that it was 'Janmashtmi' on that day. This is not a mere coincidence. I feel that God surely wants him to do something," she added.

The Ministry of External Affairs shared a notification regarding the return of Indian students and other nationals from Bangladesh amid the crisis situation in the neighbouring country.

The statement read, "Thus far, 778 Indian students have returned to India through various land ports. In addition, around 200 students have returned home by regular flight services through and Chittagong airports. The High Commission of India in Dhaka and our Assistant High Commissions are in regular touch with more than 4000 students remaining in various universities in Bangladesh and are providing necessary assistance. "

It also added, "Students from Nepal and Bhutan have also been assisted with their crossing into India on request."

Union Minister & JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy visited Shirur village in Ankola, Uttara Kannada, affected by a landslide following incessant rainfall on July 17 which claims seven lives, and three people are still missing.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is expected to visit the landslide site on Sunday to review the search operations.

During a Bharatiya Janata Party meeting in Ranchi, Jharkhand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured that if taken to power, the party will "bring out 'White Paper' on Jharkhand's demography to protect tribal lands, rights".

Around 100 students returned to India on Saturday from violence-hit Bangladesh through two integrated checkposts in Tripura, the Border Security Force said here.

More students are expected to return to the country, BSF, Tripura Frontier said in a statement.

"Indian and foreign students, who are studying in Bangladesh, are returning to India as the agitation has now become violent. Today, till 1600 hrs, approx 100 students, including those from Nepal, have returned using valid documents," it said.

Bangladesh continued to reel under deadly clashes over a controversial job quota system.

A 3.5 magnitude earthquake jolted Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Saturday, officials said.

According to the National Centre of Seismology (NCS), the tremor was felt at 5.34 pm in the hilly district.

The depth of the earthquake was 10 kilometers below the surface at latitude 33.29 degrees north and longitude 76.67 degrees east, it said.

CBI arrests 'mastermind' (a B.Tech graduate) and two MBBS students who acted as 'solvers', say officials.

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In a fresh crackdown on jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's party, four senior members of his media team were taken into custody allegedly by intelligence agencies on Saturday.

"International Media Coordinator Ahmed Janjua and three other social media team members have been abducted early this morning," Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said in a statement.

CCTV footage released by the party showed Janjua being taken into custody by plainclothes men in Islamabad at around 4 am.

Tomato prices soared to Rs 100 per kg in retail markets of the national capital on Saturday as adverse weather conditions in various parts of the country continue to affect supplies of the essential kitchen staple.

Tomatoes are available at Rs 100 per kg at Mother Dairy's retail outlets, Safal, in the national capital. According to the data compiled by the Department of Consumer Affairs, retail prices of tomatoes in Delhi are ruling at Rs 93 per kg on Saturday, July 20.

The all-India average price of tomatoes on July 20 is Rs 73.76 per kg as per the government data. A senior official from the department had last week attributed the sharp rise in prices to disruption in supplies caused by extreme heat followed by spells of excess rainfall. (PTI Inputs)

Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday reached here to review security situation at a meeting in Jammu and Kashmir amidst growing terror activities in parts of otherwise peaceful Jammu region.

This was the second visit of the army chief to Jammu in less than three weeks after taking charge as the 30th chief of the Indian Army on June 30. 

Nine army personnel, including a captain, were killed in two separate terror attacks in remote forest belts of Machedi in Kathua and Desa forest in Doda on July 8 and July 15.