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IAF helicopter makes emergency landing in Bihar's Muzaffarpur

An Indian Air Force helicopter, which was returning after delivering food packets to remote flood-affected areas in Darbhanga, made an emergency landing in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district

Oct 2, 2024

Gurgaon Assembly elections: CCTV cameras to be installed in all 1,507 polling stations

To ensure surveillance of the voting process in the Guragaon Assembly elections, Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras will be installed in all 1,507 polling stations in the district and a control room will be set up in the auditorium of the Mini Secretariat complex.

Oct 2, 2024

Prashant Kishor launches Jan Suraaj party, sets 'humanity' its core ideology

Political strategist Prashant Kishor launched his new political party, Jan Suraaj party, on Wednesday with 'humanity' as the 'main ideology' and quality education as the 'supreme goal'.

Oct 2, 2024

KT Rama Rao behind Naga-Samantha separation, alleges Telangana minister Surekha

Telangana's Forests and Environment Minister Konda Surekha on Wednesday alleged that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President, K.T. Rama Rao, was responsible for the separation of actors Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu.

Oct 2, 2024

Chopper crashes in Pune, 2 pilots, 1 engineer killed; DGCA orders probe

At least three persons including two pilots and an aircraft engineer were feared killed after a helicopter of Heritage Aviation, New Delhi, flying over the Bavdhan area crashed in the hilly terrain, officials said on Wednesday.

Oct 2, 2024

PM Modi launches Rs 83K Cr tribal development schemes on Gandhi Jayanti in Jharkhand

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of a series of development projects, worth over Rs 83,000 crore, aimed at uplift of tribal communities from Jharkhand's Hazaribagh on Gandhi Jayanti

Oct 2, 2024

Ahead of poll results, BJP's candidate from Surankote Mushtaq Bukhari passes away

Snapping his 40-year-old relations with the National Conference Sayeed Mushtaq Bukhari had joined the BJP in February this year after the Union Government granted Scheduled Tribe status to the ethnic Pahari tribe.

Oct 2, 2024

Avoid all non-essential travel to Iran: MEA

India on Wednesday issued a travel advisory for its citizens, advising them to avoid all non-essential travel to Iran due to the escalating tension in the region.

Oct 2, 2024

WHO Chief applauds PM Modi on decade of India's Swachh Bharat Mission

WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, praised India's Swachh Bharat Mission on its 10th anniversary. The mission, initiated in 2014, aimed to make India Open Defecation Free and has built over 100 million individual household toilets.

Oct 2, 2024

Swachh Bharat Mission: A Decade of Transformative Change

The Swachh Bharat Mission celebrated its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of significant transformation in India's sanitation landscape.

Oct 2, 2024

Rahul Gandhi Pays Tribute To Mahatma, Highlights His Lessons on Living Without Fear

The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Recalling Bapu's ideals, he called everyone to lead a life without fear.

Oct 2, 2024

Revolutionary shift: FM Sitharaman hails rise in credit-driven consumption in rural India

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has lauded the meteoric rise in credit-driven consumption in small cities and towns, calling it a "revolutionary shift" that has been made possible due to the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY).

Oct 2, 2024

PM Modi Joins Swachhata Initiative, Calls on Citizens to Support the Cause

Marking the occasion of the 155th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to India's founding father and emphasised afresh some of his cherished ideals.

Oct 2, 2024

Return of MUDA sites by CM Siddaramaiah's wife will be strong proof: Petitioner Krishna (IANS Interview)

Snehamayi Krishna, one of the petitioners who brought attention to the alleged irregularities in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), leading to a political storm in Karnataka, says his objective is to reclaim thousands of sites worth Rs 5,000 crore that were illegally allocated by the authority.

Oct 2, 2024

Judicial Inquiry Launched into Akshay Shinde's Death in Badlapur Encounter

Amid the controversy over the encounter of Akshay Shinde, the main accused in the sexual abuse of two four-year-old girls in a Badlapur's reputed school, the Maharashtra government has formed a single-member judicial commission headed by retired justice Dilip Bhosale to probe the case.

Oct 2, 2024