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Muzaffarnagar (UP), Aug 29 (PTI) A 55-year-old farmer died on Saturday allegedly after consuming poison due to financial problems in a village here, police said.

The body of Ilmuddin (55) was found in a sugarcane field in Purbaliyan village under Mansurpur police station limits in the district, they said. An empty bottle of sulphus poison was lying near the body.

The body has been sent for a post-mortem and an investigation is on.

New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries on Saturday announced acquisition of Future Group for Rs 24,713 crore to bolster its fast growing retail business.

"Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), subsidiary of Reliance Industries, will acquire the retail and wholesale business and the logistics and warehousing business from the Future Group as going concerns on a slump sale basis for lumpsum aggregate consideration of Rs 24,713 crore," the company said in a statement.

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Imam Hussain on Sunday to mark Muharram, saying nothing was more important to him than the values of truth and justice.

Imam Hussain's emphasis on equality as well as fairness is noteworthy and gives strength to many, the prime minister said.

"We recall the sacrifice of Imam Hussain (AS). For him, there was nothing more important than the values of truth and justice. His emphasis on equality as well as fairness are noteworthy and give strength to many," Modi said in a tweet.

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) The Delhi Police has arrested two suspected members of banned terrorist outfit Khalistan Zindabad Force, officials said on Sunday.

They have been identified as Inderjeet Singh Gill and Jaspal Singh, police said.

The two had allegedly raised a 'Khalistan' flag on the the terrace of the deputy commissioner's office in Punjab's Moga on the eve of Independence Day and also desecrated an Indian flag in the premises, a senior police officer said.

Further details are awaited.

Nagpur, Aug 30 (PTI) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday stressed on the conservation of nature, saying it should be nurtured and not just consumed as is being done in the present world.

Addressing a programme organised by the Hindu Spiritual Seva Foundation through virtual mode to celebrate 'Prakruti Din', Bhagwat emphasised on the way of living followed by our ancestors who nurtured nature as an important part of their life.

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Reacting sharply to Pakistan hailing the recent Gupkar Declaration in which six political parties of Jammu and Kashmir vowed to fight collectively against the abrogation of Article 370, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday asserted that "we are not anyone's puppets".

NEW DELHI, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- India late on Saturday announced that its defence forces won't participate in this year's multilateral military exercises "Kavkaz-2020" to be hosted by Russia from Sept. 15 to 27.

The decision not to participate in the exercises has been taken in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, tweeted the principal spokesperson of the India's Ministry of Defence.

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian forces on Saturday fired shotgun pellets and tear gas to disperse hundreds of Shiite Muslims participating in a traditional religious procession in Indian-controlled Kashmir, injuring scores, witnesses said.

Police in the main city of Srinagar said the mourners on the outskirts of the city violated coronavirus prohibitions that restrict all religious processions and gatherings across the disputed region to stem the spread of the disease. Police said they were still confirming the number of injured.

Kanpur: So what is a fresh arrangement on habitual violators of the city's traffic regulations, you may ask? The automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras are again made functional on at least four crossings under the integrated traffic system.

The crossings are Fazalganj, Parade, Naubasta and Goshala JK(I) respectively. It is on a trial basis as has been reported. A traffic violation can surely be observed.

These advanced cameras will catch the traffic violators quickly. Owing to defects in the traffic lights, these cameras had stopped functioning.

Srinagar, July 18, 2020: Four Kashmiris were killed on Friday by Indian security forces in Shopian district of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.