President Donald Trump has said that he will put import taxes of 100 per cent on pharmaceutical drugs, 50 per cent on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30 per cent on upholstered furniture and 25 per cent on heavy trucks starting on October 1.

The Maharashtra government has allotted Rs 1,500 crore for disbursal of aid to farmers, who suffered crop losses due to heavy rains between May and August this year in the Marathwada region of the state, a senior official said.

A home ministry team held a series of meetings here to review the overall security situation as curfew remained in force for the third consecutive day in Leh town on Friday, officials said.

BJP leader Vinay Katiyar on Wednesday said Muslims should leave Ayodhya district, asserting that the construction of any mosque would not be allowed in the temple town.

Residents of Nancowry and Great Nicobar were cut off from the mainland after a fault struck the Chennai-Andaman and Nicobar Islands (CANI) Submarine Optical Fibre Cable, the region’s primary digital link, since Sunday. Internet, mobile and landline services went down, forcing authorities to divert limited satellite bandwidth to essential services such as voice calls, banking and administration.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday launch Bihar's Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana, under which Rs 10,000 each will be transferred to the bank accounts of 75 lakh women in the eastern state.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday paid homage to former prime minister Manmohan Singh on his birth anniversary.

As heavy rains lashed parts of central and southern Kerala, the IMD issued an orange alert in seven districts on Friday morning.