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Will take everyone along if elected Congress president, says Tharoor
Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said if elected Congress president, he will take everyone along and maintained the Gandhi family can not be kept away from party affairs.
Addressing a press conference here, Tharoor said he was gladdened by the reception he has received from party workers in Madhya Pradesh and admitted he did not get such a welcome in other states which he toured as part of his election campaign for the top party post.
Delhi reports 112 new cases and zero deaths in the past 24 hours
Emirates to launch services with A380 plane on Dubai-Bengaluru route from Oct 30
Gulf carrier Emirates operated a special flight with Airbus A380 from Dubai to Bengaluru on Friday ahead of the launch of the full-fledge service with the aircraft from October 30.
Emirates flight EK562 carrying 224 passengers took off from Dubai International Airport at 10 hrs and landed in Bengaluru at 15:40 hrs local time, Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), the private airport operator, said in a statement.
Uttarakhand: Search for two mountaineers continues for 11th day
Search for the two mountaineers who continue to be missing after the October 4 avalanche in the district went on for the 11th day on Friday amid bad weather.
Meanwhile, one more body recovered earlier was brought to the district hospital here to be handed over to the relatives after a post-mortem.
Uttarakhand: Search for two mountaineers continues for 11th day
Search for the two mountaineers who continue to be missing after the October 4 avalanche in the district went on for the 11th day on Friday amid bad weather.
Meanwhile, one more body recovered earlier was brought to the district hospital here to be handed over to the relatives after a post-mortem.
Interviews, exams to be held soon for filling up vacancies in Bengal schools
The West Bengal School Service Commission would soon begin the process of conducting interviews to fill up 1,585 posts at upper-primary level in state-run and state-aided secondary institutions, a top official said on Friday.
The official said that a notification for filling up the posts would be issued in a few days, and interviews of those who have cleared the written exam were to be scheduled in the last week of the month.
Defence Expo to be inaugurated by PM on Oct 19 to be country's biggest-ever
The scale of upcoming Defence Expo, to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here, will be much bigger than the last time and the government expects to sign more than 400 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to bring investment in the upwards of Rs 1.25 lakh crore, officials said on Friday.
The Defence Expo (DefExpo 2022) will be held in Gandhinagar from October 18 to 22.
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Clashes in UP's Sultanpur: SP delegation meets district magistrate, accuses police of bias
A Samajwadi Party delegation met the district magistrate here on Friday and demanded action against those involved in the communal clashes earlier this week.
At least six people, including a policeman, were injured on Monday as clashes broke out between two communities when a procession, taken out as part of the Durga idol immersion, was passing by the mosque with loud music at the time of 'azaan', according to police. Stone pelting was also reported.
Nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant carries successful launch of ballistic missile
India's nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant on Friday carried out a successful launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in the Bay of Bengal with a "very high accuracy", the defence ministry said.
It said all operational and technological parameters of the weapon system have been validated, seen as a major milestone to further boost India's strategic strike capabilities.
Ethanol blended petrol may be available from Dec or Jan: Puri
Ethanol-blended petrol is likely to be available in the country from December or January, ahead of the April 2023 target, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday.
"We are constantly reviewing the ethanol production and I believe, 20 per cent blended fuel would come in the market in December or January ahead of April 2023 (target)," he told reporters here.
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Shree Cement Q2 net profit falls 67.5% to Rs 183.24 crore
Shree Cement Ltd on Friday reported a 67.5 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 183.24 crore in the second quarter ended September 2022, impacted by higher power and fuel cost.
The company, which had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 563.94 crore in the same quarter last fiscal, also said its long-serving Chairman Benu Gopal Bangur has stepped down from the post due to his "advanced age" and will now become Chairman Emeritus.
Not wearing safety belt shall be punishable: Mumbai police
Delhi riots: Court orders framing attempt to murder, rioting charges against AAP ex-leader, others
A court here has ordered to frame rioting and murder charges among others against former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and five others in a case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, a PTI report said.
The court said all the accused indulged in targeting Hindus and their acts were apparently prejudicial to the harmony between Muslims and Hindus.
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First Published: Oct 14 2022 | 8:37 AM IST