India’s Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has urged residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to join India. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was addressing a public rally in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir where he said PoK will soon become a part of India. 

In other news, former US president Donald Trump is leading Democrat rival, Kamala Harris, in the homestretch of the presidential campaign, a national poll of likely voters by The New York Times and Siena College has shown. 

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India’s Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has urged residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to join India. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was addressing a public rally in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir where he said PoK will soon become a part of India. 

Former US president Donald Trump is leading Democrat rival, Kamala Harris, in the homestretch of the presidential campaign, a national poll of likely voters by The New York Times and Siena College has shown. 

The Union Health Ministry said on Sunday (Sep 8) that a suspected case of Mpox (monkeypox) has been detected and has been isolated at one of the hospitals designated to handle such infections. A man, who recently travelled to an African country where Mpox is spreading, is currently undergoing tests to confirm the diagnosis.

Bangladesh will take ‘necessary steps’ to secure the extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India to try her on charges of mass killings, the newly appointed chief prosecutor of the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), Mohammad Taijul, said on Sunday (Sep 8). 

A 20-year-old Pakistani citizen, residing in Canada and arrested for planning a terror attack in New York, was aiming for it to be the ‘largest attack on the US soil’ – analysis of his social media footprint has revealed. 

Democrat vice president candidate Tim Walz has slammed his Republican rival JD Vance for commenting that school shootings were “a fact of life”. Vance made the statement in the aftermath of the devastating Georgia school shooting where four people were killed. 

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is set to visit Russia on September 10 and 11, with plans to discuss a peaceful solution to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, according to media reports.

Former Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has stated that those happy over her loss in the Paris Olympics should be tried for “sedition”. Phogat was disqualified from participating in the final of her wrestling event after she was found overweight and stripped of any medals she may have earned. 

India wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel equalled an iconic feat during the ongoing Duleep Trophy (domestic red-ball tournament) while playing for Shubman Gill-led India A. Jurel took seven catches in the second innings of India B – a feat only achieved by former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni before him. Dhoni had taken seven catches while playing for East Zone in 2004-05.

Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh have welcomed their first child, a girl, on Sunday, September 8. After several sources confirmed, the couple also shared the good news with the world.