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2:42 PM

21 mountaineers trapped in Uttarakhand avalanche, 8 rescued

21 mountaineering trainees of Nehru Mountaineering Institute trapped following an avalanche in Draupadi's Danda-2 mountain peak, eight rescued. Rapid, relief and rescue operations underway by the dist administration, NDRF, SDRF, Army & ITBP personnel, says Uttarakhand CM PS Dhami

2:40 PM

Bombay HC grants bail to ex-Maha minister Anil Deshmukh in money laundering case

Bombay High Court grants bail to former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh, in a money laundering case. The bail has been granted on a surety amount of Rs 1 lakh.

 

2:35 PM

Provide authentic information to voters to assess financial viability of election promises: EC to parties

ECI writes to the political parties for providing authentic information to the voters to assess the financial viability of their election promises

 

2:16 PM

Shah promises reservation to Gujjar, Bakarwal and Pahadi communities

Union Home Minister Amit Shah while addresing the public in Jammu, promises reservation to Gujjar, Bakarwal and Pahadi communities

1:14 PM

Mobile data services temporarily suspended in Jammu and Rajouri

Temporary suspension of mobile data services ordered in District Jammu and District Rajouri ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit, under fear of "services to be misused by anti-national elements, that may cause deterioration in public order."

 

1:13 PM

Sanjay Raut's custody extended till Oct 10 in Patra Chawl land scam case

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's judicial custody extended till October 10 in Patra Chawl land scam case. Hearing in his bail plea also to be held on October 10.

 

12:05 PM

Journalists need character certificate to cover PM Modi's rally in Himachal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate AIIMS Bilaspur on Wednesday during his visit to Himachal Pradesh, where he will also lay the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 3,650 crore. The PM will also address a public function. He will also participate in the Dussehra celebrations in Kullu.

Ahead of PM Modi's day-long visit to the hilly state, Bilaspur's district administration has issued a notice to all journalists. The notice states that all journalists, who wish to cover PM Modi's visit and rally, will have to produce a character certificate.

The notice demands all journalists, from privately-owned print, digital, and television to representatives of the state-run media, including the All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan to bring certificates of “character verification”.

 

11:45 AM

Dussehra preparations speed up in Kullu ahead of PM Modi's visit

With Dussehra just a day away, the preparations for the festivities paced up in Kullu ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit.

The gear-up is underway at the Dhalpur Ground, Kullu where PM Modi will visit on October 5 tomorrow and participate in the celebrations.

The International Kullu Dussehra Festival will be celebrated from October 5 to 11 at the Dhalpur Ground of Kullu.The festival is unique in the sense that it is the congregation of more than 300 deities of the Valley. On the first day of the festival, the deities in their well-decorated palanquins pay their obeisance at the temple of the chief deity Bhagwan Raghunath Ji and then proceed to the Dhalpur Ground.

 

11:35 AM

Will take 4-5 years to resolve stubble burning issue: Punjab pollution body

Crop diversification is not a long-term solution to the problem of stubble burning and it will take four to five years to properly resolve the issue, a senior official of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has said.

Crop diversification and using short duration varieties of paddy are among several initiatives proposed by the Centre and experts to resolve the stubble burning issue in Punjab and Haryana.

At a workshop organised by the Delhi-based Climate Trends in Chandigarh on Monday, PPCB Member Secretary Krunesh Garg said counting the number of farm fires is an inaccurate measure of ascertaining the scale of stubble burning and that the acreage of land being put on fire is the parameter to be measured.

It's not that the problem is not being addressed, we are mapping it down to the block and village level, but it will take four-five years for proper resolution," Garg said.

 

10:43 AM

Personality test mandatory for Group-1 job aspirants in Andhra Pradesh

Job aspirants, particularly those seeking to get into executive cadre posts, will have to undergo a personality test as the Andhra Pradesh government rescinded its previous order dispensing with personal interviews.

In June 2021, the state government issued an order dispensing with personal interviews for recruitment of staff, calling it a "historic decision" aimed at maintaining "utmost transparency" and ensuring "complete trust" in the recruitment process for government jobs.

Recruitment for all categories of government posts was supposed to be done only based on a written examination.

But it has now reversed its policy, to do away with the transparent process and bring back the old system, albeit with a new nomenclature called 'personality test.'

 

10:20 AM

President Murmu lays foundation stone for various govt projects in Gujarat

President Droupadi Murmu laid the foundation stones for various projects of the Government of Gujarat related to health, irrigation, and water supply and also the projects of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways related to upgradation of Deendayal Port, Kandla from GMERS, Gandhinagar, said President's Secretariat on Monday.

Speaking on the occasion, the President said, "the people of Gujarat have a culture of enterprise and innovation. The entrepreneurs of Gujarat have given a special identity to Gujarat and India. Gujarat is one of the leading states in the country in terms of development."

She said, "Gujarat has presented examples of natural farming and environmental protection along with industrial progress. She noted that while about 5 per cent of the country's population resides in Gujarat, it contributes about 20 per cent of the total national agricultural production. She said that successful experiments of agricultural development in Gujarat are being adopted all over the country."

 

9:41 AM

Rupee gains 31 paise to 81.51 against US dollar in early trade

The rupee strengthened by 31 paise to 81.51 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, tracking weakness in the greenback in overseas markets and a rally in domestic equities.

However, rising crude price in the international market restricted the rupee, forex traders said.

At the interbank foreign exchange, the local currency opened sharply up at 81.66 against the dollar, then gained further ground to 81.51, showing a gain of 31 paise over its previous close.

The rupee settled 42 paise lower at 81.82 against the dollar on Monday.

 

9:04 AM

India adds 1,968 new cases of Covid-19, lowest in 133 days

India on Tuesday recorded 1,968 new cases of Covid-19, the lowest in 133 days. The nation's Covid tally now stands at 44,599,466. With 15 new deaths in 24 hours, India's death toll has reached 528,716. India's tally of cured Covid cases now stands at 44,036,152 with 3,481 people recovering from the disease in the last 24 hours.

8:29 AM

S Korea prez vows 'stern response' to N Korea missile launch

South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol vows 'stern response' to North Korea missile launch over Japan

8:26 AM

N Korea fires ballistic missile towards Pacific Ocean for weapon tests

North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over Japan, its neighbors said, escalating tests of weapons designed to strike key targets in regional US allies amid stalled nuclear diplomacy.

The Japanese prime minister's office said at least one missile fired from North Korea flew over Japan and was believed to have landed into the Pacific Ocean.

It said authorities have issued an alert to residents in northeastern regions to evacuate buildings nearby in what was reportedly the first such alert in five years.

Trains were temporarily suspended in Japan's Hokkaido and Aomori regions before their operations were resumed later after a government notice that the North Korean missile appeared to have landed into the Pacific.

 

7:59 AM

Case against 4 members of PFI lodged in Delhi

Four members of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) were arrested yesterday. Police had registered a case against PFI at Shaheen Bagh police station under UAPA  Act, says Delhi Police

7:48 AM

Delhi's GST collection in Q2FY23 dips by more than 6%

Delhi's Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in the second quarter of 2022-23 dipped by more than 6 per cent as compared to the first quarter of the fiscal, according to official figures.

However, the combined GST collection of the first two quarters of 2022-23 was 28 per cent higher than the corresponding period of financial year 2021-22, showing that the economic situation is recovering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.

The GST collection in the third quarter (October-December) is expected to be higher with a spur in trade and business during the festive season, they added.

 

6:38 AM

India's coal production rises 12% to 57.93 million tonnes in Sept

The country's coal output rose a 12 per cent to 57.93 million tonnes in September. India's coal output stood at 51.72 MT in the year-ago period. "During September 2022, CIL (Coal India Ltd), Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) and captive mines/others registered a growth of 12.35 per cent, 8.43 per cent and 12.37 per cent by producing 45.67 MT, 4.93 MT and 7.33 MT, respectively," as per the provisional statistics of the coal ministry.

6:37 AM

India to get 400 'Vande Bharat' trains, 200 revamped stations: Vaishnaw

As many as 200 railway stations across the country will get a facelift with modern amenities, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said here on Monday. He attended the foundation stone laying ceremony for a coach maintenance factory at the Aurangabad railway station in central Maharashtra. "Tendering process for 47 railway stations is completed while physical work has started at 32 stations," he said. He said the railways is being transformed.

6:37 AM

Ukraine's burst through Russian lines in major advance in south

Ukrainian forces achieved their biggest breakthrough in the south of the country since the war began, bursting through the front and advancing rapidly along the Dnipro River on Monday, threatening supply lines for thousands of Russian troops. Kyiv gave no official confirmation of the gains, but Russian sources acknowledged that a Ukrainian tank offensive had advanced dozens of kilometers along the river's west bank, recapturing a number of villages along the way.