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Members of Yuva Brigade cleaned up a mosque in Ramadurga taluk of Belagavi district in Karnataka after it was hit by menacing floods

Just a day after internet was restored in Jammu, mobile internet services have once again been shut in five districts
 

Palle Thirupathi Reddy of Mahbubnagar district was awarded 'Best Constable' on Independence Day by the Telangana government, a day before he was caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for accepting a bribe

 

Villages in Andhra Pradesh faced floods. Scores evacuated after 24 villages were inundated by floods. According to the State Disaster Management Authority, a total of 4,352 houses marooned in Krishna, Guntur districts

Heavy rains and floods in Kerala have killed 113 people. More bodies have been retrieved from the landslide-hit districts of Malappuram and Wayanad 

 

According to reports, the 2G mobile internet services have been restored in Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Udhampur and Reasi districts following an order by Inspector General of Police (IGP)

Seventeen out of a little over 100 telephone exchanges were made operational. These exchanges are mainly in Civil Lines area, Cantonment area, airport of Srinagar district.

 

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, went to Srinagar on August 6. During his stay, the NSA took a round of Shopian, a district worst hit by terrorism, and met locals and security personnel.

Unnao rape case hearing: District Judge Dharmesh Sharma completed recording statement of a prosecution witness in an in-camera hearing in the case in which expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is a key accused. The court will continue the examination of other witnesses on Monday. 

The religious procession of Sikhs from Pakistan reached India on Thursday (August 15). They will visit Gurudwaras in 17 states in India and culminate their procession at Sultanpur Lodhi, where Guru Nanak had spent 14 years

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seek Central aid for the flood-ravaged districts in the state and conduct talks with BJP president Amit Shah to finalise the state Cabinet expansion

Salafi Juma Masjid at Pothukal near Nilambur in Malappuram district opened its doors to allow the space to be used for autopsies of the people killed in a recent landslide

Heavy rains and floods in Kerala have killed 104 people so far according to official reports. Malappuram remained the most-affected district where 43 people have lost their lives so far
 

Devotees of the Devidhura Temple in Uttarakhand’s Champawat district were left injured, all thanks to their stone pelting festival to “please” the presiding deity
 

Villagers of Shurpali in Bagalkot district of Karnataka celebrated India’s 73rd Independence Day braving floodwaters to hoist the Indian flag. Bagalkot is one of the districts that is reeling under floods and torrential rains.