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Security agencies have recovered a suicide vest and explosives used for making bombs from the house of ISIS terrorist Abdul Yusuf Khan in Uttar Pradesh's Balarampur district. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday urged the government to take into account concerns of JEE and NEET students who have been demanding postponement of the entrance examinations. These and more, get to know the top national stories at a glance.

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Published : Aug 23, 2020, 1:12 PM IST

Top 10 News @ 1 PM
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1. Explosives including suicide vest recovered in Uttar Pradesh

Huge amount of explosives including explosive jacket recovered from Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. According to sources, the jacket was allegedly prepared for a fidayeen attack. The ISIS operative who was arrested yesterday in Delhi is native of Balrampur.

2. Delhi Police takes into custody man from arrested ISIS operative's native village in UP

Delhi Police took a person into custody at Utraula's Badhya Bhaisahi, the native village of ISIS operative Abu Yusuf, a day after the latter was arrested in Delhi. Earlier on Saturday, the Delhi Police reached Balrampur with Yusuf, who was arrested from Ridge Road area in central Delhi by the Special Cell of Delhi Police following a brief exchange of fire on Friday night.Pramod Kushwaha, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) said that the terrorist was planning to plant IEDs at a place with heavy footfall.

3. Centre releases SOPs for resumption of shooting of films, TV serials

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday announced the release of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for resuming shooting of films and TV programmes.

4. Listen to 'Students Ke Mann ki Baat': Rahul Gandhi to Centre on NEET, JEE

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday urged the government to take into account concerns of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) students who have been demanding postponement of the entrance examinations.

5. Chetan Chauhan died due to hospital negligence not COVID-19, claims SP leader Sunil Singh Sajan

A Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Sunil Singh Sajan alleged that the Uttar Pradesh minister Chetan Chauhan, who succumbed to COVID-19 in a Gurugram Hospital did not die of the disease, but due to the carelessness in his treatment at the state-run Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) hospital.

6. Kerala cop adopts dog that lost family in Idukki landslide

Civil police officer Ajith Madhavan, who is also a trainer of police dog squad, adopted Koovi - a dog that lost the family that raised it, in Rajamala landslide in Idukki. 'Koovi' helped the rescue team in recovering the body of a 2-year-old landslide victim.

7.Floods likely to further fuel retail inflation in India

With various Indian states struggling with floods triggered by heavy rains in the past few weeks, economists now fear that the country’s already-high retail inflation may further rise in coming months as supply chains get disrupted nationwide.

8.Bengal: 16-year-old gang-raped, killed; 3 arrested

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped multiple times, killed and the body dumped in a septic tank of a house in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, police said on Saturday. Three persons have been arrested in connection with the incident, and when produced before the court on Friday, they were remanded to eight days of police custody.

9. Police seize drone near Israel embassy in Delhi

A drone was seized near the Israeli embassy in Delhi on Saturday, according to police. "Preliminary investigation indicates the drone was being operated by a minor," said the police. Further investigation is underway.

10. Siddharth Pithani, Sandeep Singh must be arrested: Sushant's cousin

BJP MLA Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu, the cousin of Sushant Singh Rajput, on Saturday, said that the deceased actor's friends Siddharth Pithani and Sandeep should definitely be arrested and interrogated by the CBI.

1. Explosives including suicide vest recovered in Uttar Pradesh

Huge amount of explosives including explosive jacket recovered from Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. According to sources, the jacket was allegedly prepared for a fidayeen attack. The ISIS operative who was arrested yesterday in Delhi is native of Balrampur.

2. Delhi Police takes into custody man from arrested ISIS operative's native village in UP

Delhi Police took a person into custody at Utraula's Badhya Bhaisahi, the native village of ISIS operative Abu Yusuf, a day after the latter was arrested in Delhi. Earlier on Saturday, the Delhi Police reached Balrampur with Yusuf, who was arrested from Ridge Road area in central Delhi by the Special Cell of Delhi Police following a brief exchange of fire on Friday night.Pramod Kushwaha, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) said that the terrorist was planning to plant IEDs at a place with heavy footfall.

3. Centre releases SOPs for resumption of shooting of films, TV serials

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday announced the release of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for resuming shooting of films and TV programmes.

4. Listen to 'Students Ke Mann ki Baat': Rahul Gandhi to Centre on NEET, JEE

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday urged the government to take into account concerns of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) students who have been demanding postponement of the entrance examinations.

5. Chetan Chauhan died due to hospital negligence not COVID-19, claims SP leader Sunil Singh Sajan

A Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Sunil Singh Sajan alleged that the Uttar Pradesh minister Chetan Chauhan, who succumbed to COVID-19 in a Gurugram Hospital did not die of the disease, but due to the carelessness in his treatment at the state-run Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) hospital.

6. Kerala cop adopts dog that lost family in Idukki landslide

Civil police officer Ajith Madhavan, who is also a trainer of police dog squad, adopted Koovi - a dog that lost the family that raised it, in Rajamala landslide in Idukki. 'Koovi' helped the rescue team in recovering the body of a 2-year-old landslide victim.

7.Floods likely to further fuel retail inflation in India

With various Indian states struggling with floods triggered by heavy rains in the past few weeks, economists now fear that the country’s already-high retail inflation may further rise in coming months as supply chains get disrupted nationwide.

8.Bengal: 16-year-old gang-raped, killed; 3 arrested

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped multiple times, killed and the body dumped in a septic tank of a house in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, police said on Saturday. Three persons have been arrested in connection with the incident, and when produced before the court on Friday, they were remanded to eight days of police custody.

9. Police seize drone near Israel embassy in Delhi

A drone was seized near the Israeli embassy in Delhi on Saturday, according to police. "Preliminary investigation indicates the drone was being operated by a minor," said the police. Further investigation is underway.

10. Siddharth Pithani, Sandeep Singh must be arrested: Sushant's cousin

BJP MLA Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu, the cousin of Sushant Singh Rajput, on Saturday, said that the deceased actor's friends Siddharth Pithani and Sandeep should definitely be arrested and interrogated by the CBI.

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