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Seventy-six schools in the rural areas of Patna district were closed for three days as the water level of the Ganga crossed the danger mark on Wednesday, according to a notification. The decision was taken for the safety of students and teachers, it said.

"Total 76 government schools in eight blocks of Patna district will remain closed till September 21, 2024, in view of the rising trend of water level in the Ganga river," said the notification issued by District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh,

A teacher of a government school fell into the Ganga near Patna last month and got swept away by the strong currents.

The Ganga was flowing above the danger mark at Gandhi Ghat, Hathidah and Digha Ghat, according to a statement issued by the district administration.

Navi Mumbai Police arrested a 73-year-old man for allegedly raping a six-year-old daughter of his neighbour, an official said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Sultan Bandagisaheb Atnur, wooed the girl under some pretext to his house on September 14 afternoon. He stuffed her mouth with a handkerchief, tied her hands with a rope, and raped her, the official said.

The girl narrated her ordeal to her parents, who approached the police and lodged a complaint.

Atnur was arrested under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the POCSO Act.

A 45-year-old man from Kanpur, Shailender Singh, lived with a bullet dangerously lodged near his heart for 16 years before undergoing successful surgery at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket. Shot in 2008, Singh had been asymptomatic for years but recently developed chest pain and severe coughing up of blood. Dr. Shaiwal Khandelwal, Associate Director of Thoracic Surgery, performed an emergency procedure to remove the bullet and a damaged section of Singh's lung after it caused life-threatening bleeding. The surgery was successful, and Singh has since been discharged, recovering at home. Bullets in critical locations are typically left untreated unless complications arise.

At least seven persons were killed and ten others injured in a collision between a dumper truck and a three-wheeler goods vehicle in Jabalpur district on Wednesday evening, an official said. The deceased included four men and three women, said Jabalpur district collector Deepak Saxena.
"The injured persons include six men and four women," he said, adding that the incident occurred on the Sihora-Majhgawan road.

All the deceased and injured were residents of neighbouring Pratappur village.

The injured were rushed to Sihora Hospital.

One person was killed and three others wounded in a shooting at the Moscow office of Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries, state officials said on Wednesday, an apparent escalation of a bitter dispute over the future of the company.

Wildberries founder and majority owner Tatyana Bakalchuk and her estranged husband Vladislav, who held a small stake, blamed each other over the incident, which they said occurred after a group, including Vladislav, arrived at the office.

Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said it was examining the scene. One person, a Wildberries security guard, was killed, the company said.

Three people were wounded, including two police officers, Russia's state news agency RIA reported, citing law enforcement, and almost 30 were detained. It did not name any of those involved.

A disabled man was locked in a room, brutally assaulted and had a pitbull dog set on him by two of his neighbours in Khekra town here after he objected to their drunken behaviour, police said on Wednesday. They said police took the man to a hospital, registered a case based on a complaint and arrested one of the two accused.

According to the victim's family, Anil had objected to the drunken behaviour of their two neighbours on Monday evening, following which they assaulted him and also set their pet dog on him.

CO Preeta said the case was lodged against Satish and Anuj based on a complaint by Anil.

Police are investigating the matter, the officer added.

As Onam celebrations spread across Kerala, the state-run BEVCO, has reported record-breaking liquor sales, underscoring the central role spirits play in marking one of the state's most beloved festivals. During the festival, liquor sales reached an all-time high, highlighting the significance of alcohol in the state's celebrations.

Over the 12-day festival period, Rs 818.21 crore worth of liquor was sold, surpassing last year's figures of Rs 809.25 crore during the same period, according to officials here on Wednesday.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will on Thursday meet leaders of several flood-hit nations in the Polish city of Wroclaw, Poland's government said.

"Von der Leyen will visit Wroclaw on September 19," the government's press office said, adding that she would hold talks with the leaders of Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia, which have been hit by extreme weather and flooding let loose by Storm Boris.

Telangana government plans to spend Rs 4,000 crore over the next five years towards various initiatives to develop Micro Small, Medium and Enterprises in the state, said Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who unveiled the "Telangana MSME Policy 2024" on Wednesday. According to the new policy, to accelerate the growth of MSMEs, the state government has identified six trust areas for improvement – improving availability, accessibility and affordability of land, facilitating access to finance, ensuring easy access to raw materials, improving flexibility in labour markets, encouraging adoption of technology and enhancing access to markets.

The policy said the government is aiming to see that over 25,000 new MSMEs are established in the state in the next five years.

The Indian government on Wednesday approved a plan to fence the entire 1,643 km India-Myanmar border, which is known for the smuggling of arms, ammunition, and narcotics.

The project is estimated to cost Rs 31,000 crore, according to news agency PTI. The border passes through the states of Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh.

More than 100 wildfires stretched thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal on Wednesday, with seven deaths since the worst spate of fires in recent years spread out of control over the weekend.

Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro declared a state of calamity for the hardest-hit areas late on Tuesday, invoking powers to mobilize more firefighters and civil servants. He also called on police investigators to redouble their efforts to find those who started the fires and pledged help for those who have lost their homes or have been evacuated.

“We are well aware that these difficult hours are not over yet,” Montenegro told the nation in a televised address. “We have to continue to give everything we have and ask for help from our partners and friends so that we can reinforce the protection of our people and property.”

The hot, dry conditions behind the outbreaks in Portugal coincided this week with flooding in central Europe. The European Union said Wednesday that the juxtaposed extreme weather phenomena are proof of a “climate breakdown. ”

Fellow European Union members Spain, France, Italy and Greece have committed two water-dropping aircraft each to help Portuguese firefighters.

Spain’s military is also sending 240 soldiers and vehicles from its emergency response battalions specialized in combating fires across the border to its neighbor.

The bodies of a man, his wife and their 10-year-old daughter were found in their home in Maharashtra's Nashik city, with police suspecting that the couple died by suicide before killing the child.

The bodies of Vijay Manikrao Sahane (41), his wife Dnyaneshwari Vijay Sahane (32) and their daughter Ananya Vijay Sahahe were found in their residence at Gangadeep Row House, Saraf Nagar, on Tuesday.

According to Vijay's father, nobody responded when he returned home after finishing some work in the evening. His neighbours then called the police, who forced open the main door.

While Vijay and Dnyaneshwari were found hanging from ceiling fans, Ananya's body was also found.

It seems that the couple committed suicide before strangling their child.

The exact reason behind the suicide is yet to be ascertained. The Indiranagar police are probing the matter, the official added.

It is an umbrella scheme aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their produce.

One Army personnel died after an army vehicle met with an accident in the Manjakote area of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Baljeeet Singh. Indian Army's GOC White Knight Corps expressed condolences to the family of the deceased.

Maharashtra | A fire broke out at the Dev Corpora building in Thane, with fire brigade and police officers swiftly responding to the scene. Firefighting efforts are currently ongoing. According to the Thane Municipal Corporation, nine people have been rescued so far.

US Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to former President Donald Trump to express that she is grateful he is safe. It was a cordial and brief conversation: White House Official

Shots were fired from an AK-47-style rifle in former US President Donald Trump's vicinity on the grounds of his golf course in Palm Beach Florida, where he was present, on 16th September

Nawab Malik’s son-in-law, Sameer Khan, was injured when the SUV he was in crashed into a wall in Kurla, Central Mumbai, police reported on Tuesday. The incident occurred outside a private hospital in Kurla West, where Khan and his wife, Nilopher, had gone for a routine check-up.

According to officials, while the couple was seated in their SUV, the driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to collide with a nearby wall. Khan sustained head injuries and was quickly rushed to the hospital with the assistance of locals. He is currently receiving treatment.

The culture ministry Tuesday said it has taken multiple steps in the first 100 days of the new government that reflect its strong commitment to enrich India's heritage. It listed initiatives such as hosting a key Unesco meeting here, the inauguration of a museum at the Humayun's Tomb site and India's collaboration with the France Museum Development for the planned 'Yuga Yugeen Bharat National Museum', which is billed to be the world's largest.

The culture ministry recently organised a workshop for capacity building of private stakeholders including conservation architects and designers to contribute to the development of this museum.

Pakistan on Tuesday conveyed their strong protest to the Afghanistan authorities over the "disrespect" to the country's national anthem by Afghan diplomats who continued to remain seated when it was being played at an event. The disrespect of the host country's national anthem is against diplomatic norms, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a statement.

Jordanian armed forces thwarted an attempt by a drone to cross the kingdom's territory, Jordan's state news agency Petra said on Tuesday, without clarifying the direction from which it was coming.