Indian Sub-continent

New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) After onions, retail price of tomatoes shot up to Rs 80 per kilogram in the national capital on Wednesday due to supply disruption caused by heavy rains in key growing states, including Karnataka.

However, the price of onions has come down marginally compared to past week and is now hovering around Rs 60 per kg in the national capital.

Kolkata, Oct 9 (PTI) In the wake of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi facing criticism for "walking away" after the party's defeat in the general election, Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Wednesday stood by him and said politicians like Gandhi, who stepped down taking moral responsibility for the drubbing, are rare in Indian politics.

Several Congress leaders, both at the state and at the central levels, had criticised Rahul Gandhi for "walking away" from the party president's post following its massive defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha poll.

Aurangabad, Oct 9 (PTI) Eleven doctors of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here have tested positive for dengue, officials said on Wednesday.

From September this year, dengue has so far claimed the lives of at least seven persons in the city, they said.

"The number of dengue-infected people is rising in Aurangabad. Now, 11 doctors and medical students of the GMCH have tested positive for dengue," GMCH superintendent, Dr Kailas Jhine, told PTI.

Beijing, Oct 9 (PTI) Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India from October 11 to 12 to take part in the 2nd informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which they are expected to hold comprehensive talks on a host of issues concerning the bilateral relations and exchange views on regional and international issues.

Xi will attend the second informal meeting with Modi at Mamallapuram near Chennai from October 11 to 12 and pay a state visit to Nepal on October 13, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Wednesday.

KABUL, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Anti-government militants blew up power pylon in Salang district of Afghanistan’s eastern Parwan province, and left Kabul in darkness, provincial police spokesman, Mohammad Salim Nuri, said today (Wednesday).

“Taliban militants detonated a pylon in Salang district, some 70 km north of Kabul early Wednesday, and thus left Kabul in darkness,” Nuri said.

Nagpur, 8 Oct 19, (UMMn): RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, speaking at the annual Dusshera event in Nagpur, described lynching as a "Western construct", and should not be used to defame the country.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 (APP): Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad while stressing the ways and means to resolve the Kashmir dispute has said that he had also raised the issue with Indian fascist prime minister Narendra Modi when they met in Vladivostok, Russia.

According to Kashmir Media Service, Dr Mahathir talking to reporters at the Parliament lobby in Kuala Lumpur said, “My speech (at the United Nation General Assembly) was a follow-up where we don’t want to see any violence and that any dispute between countries should be solved amicably.”

Paris, Oct 8 (PTI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Tuesday and receive the first of the 36 Rafale aircraft in the French port city of Bordeaux, where he will perform 'Shastra Puja' on the occasion of Dussehra and take a sortie in the fighter jet.

Badaun (UP), Oct 7 (PTI) Twenty-two head of cattle died allegedly due to nitrate poisoning after overeating green millet fodder in a government-run cow shelter here, the district administration said on Monday.

Two caretakers of the 'gaushala' have been taken into custody for questioning and the fodder, which was brought from Kasganj, has been sent for testing, District Magistrate Dinesh Kumar Singh said.

The DM said the man who sold the fodder to the cow shelter was also being questioned.

Gorakhpur (UP), Oct 7 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said "all will respect" the Supreme Court's decision on the title suit over the 2.77 acre of disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land, being heard daily by the court.

"The court has been continuously holding hearings on the issue and all people will respect the court's decision," the chief minister told a news conference here.

Adityanath made the remark days after he asked people to draw inspiration from Lord Rama and said "a very good news" awaits all.