Today's latest news, 16 August 2024 Hindi news live: Dates for Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections will be announced today, ISRO launches earth monitoring satellite EOS-08

Today's latest news live, 16 August 2024 breaking Hindi news and headlines: Assembly elections will be held for the first time after the removal of 370 from Jammu and Kashmir ( Assembly Election 2024 ). The Commission had completed its tour of Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana only last week. Today the Commission will announce the election dates in these states ( Assembly Election 2024 Date ). The EOS-08 satellite for monitoring the earth will be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on Friday morning ( ISRO EOS-08 Launch ). ISRO scientists performed puja at Tirupati Balaji temple on Thursday before the launch of SSLV D3. Former Mokama MLA Anant Kumar Singh will be released from jail. His son and former MLA Ankit Kumar said that we are excited that my father is coming out. We always believed that he would come out. Former US President and Republican candidate for the upcoming US Presidential elections Donald Trump said that we had a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu which was two and a half hours long, I hope but I have not spoken to him since then. He knows what he is doing. I encouraged him to get over it. This has to end. The killing must stop.
 

• Former Mokama MLA Anant Kumar Singh will be released from jail
• Trump mentioned the meeting with Netanyahu, and said- that killing must stop
• Kolkata rape case: More than 1000 doctors in Goa will keep OPD closed for a day

Aug 16, 2024 | 12:22 PM IST

Six members of a family died in a road accident in Pakistan

At least six members of a family were killed and nine others injured when a van fell into a deep gorge in north-western Pakistan, officials said on Friday. The incident took place in the Chupriyal area of ​​Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday. The vehicle carrying 14 members of a family was returning from a wedding ceremony when it lost balance at a dangerous turn in the hilly terrain. At least six members of the family were killed and nine others injured when the van fell into the deep gorge, officials said.
Rescue and medical teams reached the spot and provided first aid to the injured.
 

Aug 16, 2024 | 11:45 AM IST

Bangladesh may seek extradition of Sheikh Hasina

Mohammad Touhid Hossain, the defacto foreign minister in the interim government, said he did not want to speculate but did mention that since several cases have been filed against Hasina, if the home and law ministries demand that Hasina be sent back to Bangladesh, we may have to seek extradition. 

Aug 16, 2024 | 10:25 AM IST

PM Modi pays tribute to former PM Vajpayee on 'Sadvait Atal'

President Draupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday visited 'Sadaiv Atal' in the national capital and paid tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his sixth death anniversary. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Bharatiya Janata Party President JP Nadda also paid floral tributes to 'Bharat Ratna' Vajpayee. Several Union ministers and leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) constituents also paid tribute to Vajpayee. A prayer meeting was also organized on the occasion. 'Sadaiv Atal' is a memorial to Vajpayee. He died on this day in 2018 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi after a prolonged illness.
 

Aug 16, 2024 | 08:53 AM IST

4.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan

According to the National Center for Seismology, an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale struck Afghanistan on Friday. There are no reports of any damage or casualties related to the earthquake so far.
 

Aug 16, 2024 | 07:34 AM IST

ISRO will launch earth monitoring satellite EOS-08 today

The EOS-08 satellite for earth observation will be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on Friday morning. Before the launch of SSLV D3, ISRO scientists performed puja at Tirupati Balaji temple on Thursday. 

Aug 16, 2024 | 07:11 AM IST

US President Joe Biden is in favor of re-election in Venezuela

US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support new elections in Venezuela after Nicolas Maduro's claim of victory was rejected by the US and allied countries. When Biden was asked by reporters at the White House if he supports a re-election, he said, "I (support).
 

Aug 16, 2024 | 07:10 AM IST

The central government should take steps to protect Hindus in Bangladesh: Gundu Rao

Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday criticized the recent attacks on minority Hindus in Bangladesh and said the central government should take steps at the international level to protect them. "Whatever happened in Bangladesh recently has deeply saddened all of us Indians. The central government should take steps at the international level to protect minority Hindus in Bangladesh," Gundu Rao said after hoisting the flag here on the occasion of 78th Independence Day.
 

Aug 16, 2024 | 07:10 AM IST

Our MLAs will not participate in the awareness program in the Assembly: BJD

Odisha's opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday said its MLAs will not participate in a two-day 'Prabhodhan' program in the Assembly. In a letter to Assembly Speaker Surama Padhi, BJD chief whip Pramila Malik said inviting Union ministers to inaugurate the program and address the MLAs was against the established traditions of the dignity of the Assembly. "Though we would have been happy to participate and cooperate with you in keeping with the normal best legislative practices, we have decided not to participate due to well-considered objections," she said.
 

Aug 16, 2024 | 07:09 AM IST

Kolkata rape case: More than 1000 doctors in Goa will keep OPD closed for a day

More than 1,000 doctors of private and government hospitals in Goa will not provide services in the Out Patient Department (OPD) for 24 hours from the morning of August 17 to protest the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor in Kolkata and to demand speedy justice in the case. This was announced on Thursday. Meanwhile, health services were affected in the government SCB Medical College and Hospital in Odisha's Cuttack district as students boycotted work over the issue.
 

Aug 16, 2024 | 07:09 AM IST

Trump mentioned the meeting with Netanyahu, and said- that killing must stop

Former US President and Republican candidate for the upcoming US Presidential elections Donald Trump said that we had a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu that was two and a half hours long, I hope but I haven't spoken to him since then. He knows what he's doing. I encouraged him to get over it. This has to end. The killing has to stop.

Aug 16, 2024 | 07:08 AM IST

Former Mokama MLA Anant Kumar Singh will be released from jail

Former Mokama MLA Anant Kumar Singh will be released from jail. His son and former MLA Ankit Kumar said that we are excited that my father is coming out. We always had faith that he would come out.