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4 min read Last Updated : Sep 11 2024 | 10:48 PM IST

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10:46 PM

PM Modi participates in Ganpati Puja at CJI Chandrachud's residence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday participated in Ganpati Puja at CJI D Y Chandrachud's residence here. In a video, Chandrachud and his wife Kalpana Das were seen welcoming Modi at their house. Modi is then seen performing puja at their residence. The prime minister is seen wearing the traditional Maharashtrian cap in the celebrations at the CJI's residence.

8:23 PM

Centre approves Rs 12,461 crore for enabling infra for hydropower at Cabinet meet

8:23 PM

Centre launchs PM E-drive scheme to combat pollution

It will subsidise electric two wheelers, three wheelers, and buses. It will also replace FAME II which subsidised 1,600,000 electric vehicles. Hybrid ambulances and electric trucks will also be aided. 88,500 electric vehicle chargers will be 100 per cent supported by scheme. Will guarantee monthly payments for 38,000 ebuses in 169 cities.

8:23 PM

PM Gram Sadak Yojana for remotest villages worth Rs 70,125 crore gets Centre's approval

The programme will be completed by 2029.

8:22 PM

Union Cabinet approves Mission Mausam worth Rs 2,000 croreto improve weather forecasting

Mission Mausam to focus on accuracy and higher resolution, new tech and systems, data modelling/ data driven tech, next gen radars, satellite, high performance computers, among others.

8:10 PM

37 roads closed in HP, MeT issues yellow alert of heavy rains for next two days

The local Met office on Wednesday issued a yellow alert of heavy rains, thunderstorms and lightning at isolated places in five out of 12 districts of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday and Friday, and predicted a wet spell in the state till September 17. The MeT said that heavy rains could lash parts of Kinnaur, Sirmaur, Solan, Shimla and Bilaspur districts and also cautioned of the possibility of damage to plantations, crops, vulnerable structures and kutcha houses.

8:08 PM

We want good relations with India, other neighbours, but that should be based on equality, says Yunus

We want good relations with India and other neighbouring nations, but that should be based on equality, says Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus.

8:04 PM

Centre extends Ayushman Bharat coverage to seniors over 70

The Ayushman Bharat scheme now includes individuals over 70 years of age, offering health coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per year. This extension will benefit 6 crore senior citizens.

7:30 PM

AAP names 21 candidates in fourth list for Haryana Assembly election

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released the fourth list of 21 candidates for Haryana Assembly elections. So far, AAP has announced the names of 61 candidates.

7:28 PM

Kolkata doctor case: Actor, BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty joins a protest rally

6:16 PM

ED freezes Rs. 29.75 crore in Nirav Modi PNB Fraud Case; assets worth over Rs. 3,000 crore seized

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth Rs. 29.75 crore belonging to Nirav Modi and his associates in connection with the PNB bank fraud case. This action follows an ongoing investigation initiated by the CBI into a total fraud amounting to Rs. 6,498.20 crore.
 
The ED's investigation has already led to the attachment of assets worth Rs. 2,596 crore and the confiscation of Rs. 692.90 crore under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act. Additionally, Rs. 1,052.42 crore in assets have been restored to victim banks. Nirav Modi, currently detained in the UK where his bail has been repeatedly denied, faces ongoing extradition proceedings.

6:15 PM

US consumer inflation eases more than expected to 2.5% in August, shows official data

6:03 PM

Agitating doctors write back to Bengal govt, seek allowance of 30 representatives at meeting in presence of CM

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had sought a meeting with the protesting doctors on Tuesday night with 10 representatives.

5:05 PM

3 Terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in J-K's Udhampur

Three terrorists were shot dead in a security operation in Kathua district today by the army's special forces and the Jammu and Kashmir Police.

5:04 PM

Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid walks out of Tihar jail on interim bail

Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid walked out of Tihar Jail on Wednesday, a day after a court here granted him interim bail till October 2 in a terror funding case so that he can campaign in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls. Rashid has been in jail since 2019 following his arrest by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the 2017 terror funding case. "Rashid was released from the jail at 4.15 pm," said a senior prison official.

Topics :Narendra ModiRahul GandhiMamata BanerjeeKamala HarrisBJPCongressGazaIsrael-PalestineUS presidential elections

First Published: Sep 11 2024 | 9:04 AM IST