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India's bullet train project gains pace, first test coach ready: Vaishnaw

India's first Bullet Train project is closer to operations, with the Surat-Bilimora section targeted for commissioning in 2027. Here's what the Railway Minister has said on the launch timeline

Bank unions declare nationwide strike on Sept 11 over five-day work week

The September 11 strike is the first in a series of nationwide strikes, with bank unions also calling a three-day strike on September 28, 29 and 30 and an indefinite nationwide strike from October 26.

MPSC paper leak: Aspirants protest in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, seek probe

Protesters gathered at the Kranti Chowk area of the city, demanding the immediate appointment of officers with a clean image to the top posts in the Maharashtra Public Service Commission

Remarks against PM Modi: HC refuses to quash 2019 summons to Rahul Gandhi

The direction to defer the hearing on the defamation complaint meant that Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, would not be required to appear before the magistrate

Brics Summit 2026 Delhi: List of roads to avoid, alternate routes

Delhi Police have issued a detailed traffic advisory ahead of the Brics Leaders' Summit from September 11 to 13, with restrictions on over 35 roads and 22 diversion points identified across capital

Basement construction underway before Satya Niketan building fell: Police

Additional DCP Abhimanyu Poswal stated that the accused Hariram Gupta admitted to overseeing renovations in the basement

PM Modi's Vadodara event fills up in an hour on BookMyShow, 42K on waitlist

During the 'NaMo for Viksit Bharat', PM Modi is scheduled to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for several development projects worth more than ₹35,000 crore

Light rain likely in Delhi as IMD forecasts heavy rainfall in 9 states

Delhi-NCR is likely to see partly cloudy skies with very light rain and thunderstorms on Tuesday, while heavy rain is forecast at isolated places across several states as monsoon remains acrtive

Delhi building collapse: PG operator, wife sent to judicial custody

Hariram Gupta, 81, and his wife, Urmila Gupta, 75, were sent to 14 days of judicial custody, while their 52-year-old son Mahesh Gupta was remanded to two days' police custody

MCD orders building inspections across Delhi after Satya Niketan collapse

Officials said the information collected during the inspections would be incorporated into an affidavit to be filed before the Delhi High Court within 10 days

SC drops Centre's call to revive ₹363 crore Vodafone GST demand

The Supreme Court declined to interfere with a Bombay High Court ruling that quashed GST proceedings against Vodafone Mobile Services, which had ceased to exist after merger

Govt keeps PSB employees' FY26 PLI scheme in abeyance after union plea

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met a delegation of bank employees representing different PSBs, which raised several issues concerning the banking sector and employees

Datanomics: Nearly 50% of rape cases in last 50 yrs reported post-Nirbhaya

Between 1971 and 2025, India registered 927,831 rape cases, with 47.2 per cent of them recorded between 2013 and 2025.

States' capex utilisation climbed to three-year high in April-July

Capital spending continued to trail their combined revenue expenditure

Law minister seeks suggestions to strengthen National Tribunal Commission

Arjun Ram Meghwal sought stakeholder inputs on the proposed National Tribunal Commission framework while inaugurating the new premises of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in Kolkata

SC sets November 30 deadline for expert panel report on Aravalli Hills

The Supreme Court rejected the expert panel's request for an extension until February, making it clear that no further time would be granted beyond November 30

India poised to be global hub for small satellites, in-orbit manufacturing

Isro is pursuing around 2,000 R&D projects as India seeks to raise its share of the global space economy and scale up private-sector participation and manufacturing

Madhya Pradesh seeks investments from Russia, Ethiopia, UAE at Dubai meet

Chief Minister Mohan Yadav held talks with leaders from Tatarstan, Ethiopia and the UAE, seeking investments and inviting them to the Global Investors Summit 2027

Centre to open applications for ₹37,500-cr coal gasification scheme

Opening of applications will offer the first indication of industry participation in the Centre's scheme aimed at scaling up domestic coal and lignite gasification

MCD suspends 5 officials after 7 killed in Satya Niketan building collapse

The action comes after a decades-old five-storey building housing a boys' hostel collapsed in Satya Niketan on Sunday