Washington [US], August 29 (ANI): United States deployed 500 FEMA emergency personnel in Texas and Louisiana to deal with Ida's projected landfall on the Gulf Coast as a dangerous major hurricane on Sunday (local time).
Attari (Punjab) [India], August 29 (ANI): Two Pakistani nationals, who were lodged in Indian prisons, were repatriated after completion of their jail terms via Attari border on Saturday.
Agartala (Tripura) [India], August 29 (ANI): Members of the Joint Movement Committee of 10,323 teachers whose jobs were terminated staged a sit-in demonstration at Tripura's Agartala on Saturday demanding their jobs back.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 29 (ANI): All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson Dasoju Sravankumar wrote a letter to the Chief Minister of Telangana about the problems of Dalits and Tribals in the state.
Dhenkanal (Odisha) [India], August 29 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday laid the foundation stone of common user petroleum facility in Odisha's Dhenkanal district.
Tehran [Iran], August 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett does not plan to publicly campaign against the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and expects relations with US President Joe Biden to achieve better results, Axios reports citing two sources.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 29 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarati Vijayan flagged off Samudra bus service operated by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) to ferry women fish vendors from coastal areas to the city on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday said the state is going to witness investments to the tune of at least Rs 10,000 crore as well as 1.5 lakh direct and indirect jobs in the state.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 29 (ANI): A tussle broke out between the residents of two hostels of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) late on Thursday, University's chief proctor Prof Anand Chaudhary said.
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 29 (ANI): The last aircraft carrying members of the British military has left the airport in the Afghan capital, the UK Ministry of Defence has announced.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 29 (ANI): In an initiative to spread awareness about polythene free Srinagar, a musical concert named Battle of Bands was organised here on Saturday.