Uttarakhand Minister for Women and Child Welfare Rekha Arya has written to School education secretary, directs cancellation of recognition of school in Dehradun district where a class 10th student was gang-raped.
Efforts are being made to clean river Ganga from Gangotri to Ganga Sagar. Till now, schemes worth Rs 21,000 crore approximately have been approved towards cleaning of river Ganga: PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi.
Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray in a letter to Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan states, 'Sanjay Raut (Rajya Sabha MP) has been appointed as Shiv Sena parliamentary party leader for both Houses of the Parliament.'
Coimbatore: DMK and other opposition political parties hold protest demanding resignation of Tamil Nadu CM and state ministers over various charges of corruption.
A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped and poisoned by a man in Bulandshahr's Dibai on 16th September. She later died during treatment at a district hospital the same day. Police has said that, "accused has been arrested and further investigation is underway." Check the ANI tweet below:
All the 6 crew members of INSV Tarini which went for around globe sail has been awarded the Tenzing Norgay Awards. The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award is the highest national recognition for outstanding achievements in the field of adventure on land, sea and air.Check the file image in the tweet below:
The Russian Il-20 military aircraft carrying 14 servicemen went missing from radar over the Mediterranean Sea on Monday. According to reports by the Moscow’s defence ministry, the incident comes after Syria came under attack by Israeli missiles.
Delhi Minister RP Gautam, talking on the incident of a man losing his life while cleaning a sewer pit in Delhi’s Dabri on 14 September said that, "It's a really sad incident. Manual scavenging is totally banned. There are clear directions against entering septic tanks. We'll give a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family." Check the minister's comment in the tweet below:
Naxals killed an Army jawan in Barhat police station limits of Jamui district last night in Bihar.
Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi celebrated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday by cutting a 568 kg 'laddu' at a “Swachhta Diwas” programme organised by Sulabh International at Mavlankar Hall in Delhi on Monday. Petrol, and diesel prices continue to rise. Petrol at Rs 82.16/litre (increase by Rs 0.10/litre) and diesel at Rs 73.87/litre (increase by Rs 0.9/litre) in Delhi. Petrol at Rs 89.54/litre (increase by Rs 0.10/litre) and diesel at Rs 78.42/litre (increase by Rs 0.9/litre) in Mumbai.
Three-state owned lenders - Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank and Bank of Baroda - have been merged into a single entity, said Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar. The merged unit will be emerge as the third largest bank of the country, he added.
Some big developments that are expected to happen today are:
United States President Donald Trump imposed 10 per cent tariffs on Chinese products amounting to USD 200 billion, which will aggravate the trade conflict between the world's two largest economies.
Russian jet with 14 servicemen aboard vanishes from radar off Syria, according to AFP news.
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