| BSF kills 5 Pakistani intruders at Punjab border; arms, drugs recovered Source: Times of India Saturday, 22 August 2020 21:41  |
| ISIS operative held in Delhi had planned terror strikes: Police Source: Times of India Saturday, 22 August 2020 21:32  A suspected ISIS operative, arrested following a brief exchange of fire, had planned terror strikes in high footfall areas of the national capital, Delhi Police officials said on Saturday. Two pressure cooker IEDs were recovered from Mohammad Mustakeem Khan, alias Abu Yusuf, a resident of Balarampur in Uttar Pradesh. |
| Centre asks states not to put restrictions on inter-state movement of people, goods Source: Times of India Saturday, 22 August 2020 21:24  In a communication to chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said there were reports that local level restrictions on movement were being imposed by various districts and states. |
| Centre asks states not to put restrictions on inter-state movement of people, goods Source: Times of India Saturday, 22 August 2020 21:19  The Centre has asked all states to ensure that there should be no restrictions on inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods during the ongoing unlocking process. In a communication to chief secretaries of all states and Union territories, Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla said there were reports that local level restrictions on movement were being imposed by various districts and states. |
| India has world's best Covid-19 recovery rate, lowest fatality rate: Dr Harsh Vardhan Source: Times of India Saturday, 22 August 2020 20:58  While India has the lowest fatality rate due to Covid-19, it probably has the best recovery rate in the world, said Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday. Vardhan said that contrary to what the experts had claimed about the number of cases reaching 300 million by July-August, India had less than 3 million cases, out of which 2.2 million have already recovered. |
| Suspected ISIS operative sent to 8-day police custody by Delhi court Source: Times of India Saturday, 22 August 2020 20:50  A suspected ISIS operative, who was arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from Dhaula Kuan here, was on Saturday sent to eight-day police custody by a court here. |
| JMM chief Shibu Soren, wife test positive for Covid-19 Source: Times of India Saturday, 22 August 2020 20:42  Former Jharkhand chief minister and JMM president Shibu Soren and his wife Roopi, along with seven others in their household, have tested positive for Covid-19, official sources said. All of them are undergoing home quarantine, they said. |
| Covid-19: With one more death, toll rises to 19 in Ladakh Source: Times of India Saturday, 22 August 2020 20:41  One more person died of Covid-19 in Ladakh, taking the death toll due to the infection in the Union Territory to 19, officials said on Saturday. The death was reported from Kargil district on Friday, the officials said, refusing to reveal any details. Of the total deaths, 12 were reported from Kargil and seven from Leh district, the officials said. |
| Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopens after two-day closure Source: Times of India Saturday, 22 August 2020 20:41 |
| India crosses crucial milestone of testing over 10 lakh people in a day Source: Times of India Saturday, 22 August 2020 19:45  Keeping its commitment of exponentially increasing daily Covid-19 tests, India has crossed a significant milestone of testing more than 10 lakh samples in a day, taking the cumulative tests to more than 3.4 crore, Union health ministry said. Of the total of 10,23,836 samples tested on Friday, around 3.8 lakh samples were tested through rapid antigen tests, sources said. |