Kartarpur Corridor Opening | Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, MLAs, Entire State Cabinet to Visit Pilgrimage on Day 1: Live Breaking News & Headlines, September 19, 2019

Punjab Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa to ANI: Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, MLAs, the entire state cabinet, Central government representative who will flag off the first 'jatha' and journalists, will visit Kartarpur Corridor on the day of its opening.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman suggests loan melas for new loan seekers, "we have told the banks that till March 31, 2020 no stressed asset MSME will be declared an NPA. We have also requested that the bank should make an effort to sit with such stressed asset MSMEs & work it out with them to get them out of that situation."

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the bankers were receptive and cooperative during the meeting.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman added that merger was also discussed at the meeting with the bankers.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who earlier chaired review meeting with Public Sector Banks at New Delhi today said that banks are parting away with liquidity is a good sign for customers.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says that reviewed liquidity moving from banks to NBFCs and that the NBFCs is passing it on to the customers. Finance Minister says decided that there will be a gathering of NBFCs and retail customer in 200 districts between now and September 29. Banks will be encouraged to include new retail customers for lending.

ABVP students entered the Jadhavpur University premises and created ruckus after minister and BJP leader Babul Supriyo was heckled earlier in the day, said reports. 

Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dhananjaya has been banned from bowling for 12 months after his bowling action was found faulty. He had earlier faced a ban in December 2018, but was cleared later. However, the latest ban comes after re-assessment of his bowling action.

Punjab Cabinet has approved the modalities for distribution of smart mobile phones to the state’s youth, "to pave the way for the implementation of the scheme from December this year." In the first phase, the mobile phones would be distributed to those girl students who do not own a smart phone and are studying in class 11th and 12th of Govt schools in Punjab, in the current financial year.

Former India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh woved to attack Pakistan after the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai, revealed former British Prime Minister David Cameron in his memoir.

India's financial capital Mumbai faced the worst terror attack on November 26, 2019, after 10 heavily armed terrorists sailed into the city. Twenty-Six Eleven, as these attacks are often referred to as, witnessed 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists coming to Mumbai via sea route from Pakistan and carrying out a series of coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across the city.

The ghastly attacks lasted for four days killing 166 people and injuring over 300. After sailing to the city under the cover of darkness, the terrorists targeted major landmarks of Mumbai with first attack taking place at the crowded Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) railway station. Ajmal Amir Kasab and Ismail Khan carried out the attack at this station, killing as many as 58 people and injuring over 100.

Alka Lamba has been disqualified by Delhi assembly speaker Ram Niwas Goel. The decision comes days after rebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) quit the Arvind Kejriwal led AAP on September 6. Her resignation came after her reported rift with AAP leaders and its founder and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Lamba is an MLA from the Chandni Chowk seat. Lamba had met Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday, September 3.

West Bengal: Alipore Court has reserved orders on petition filed by former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on his arrest, and on CBI's plea to issue non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Kumar.

The Sri Lanka cricket team will go ahead with the Pakistan tour despite objections by several senior players and terror alert, said reports.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of Mongolia, Khaltmaagiin Battulga to jointly unveil Lord Buddha statue at Gandan Monastery (Mongolia) tomorrow via video-conferencing.

Amit Shah led Group of Ministers are meeting to discuss the disinvestment of Air India, said reports. Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) on Wednesday wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah appealing to return pending dues of Air India retired employees and serving employees' earned money.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make a visit to the US from the late afternoon of 21 September until the forenoon of 27 September. And the two cities on his itinerary are Houston in Texas and then in New York.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar and Foerign Secretary Vijay Gokhale address media. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make a visit to the US from the late afternoon of 21 September until the forenoon of 27 September. And the two cities on his itinerary are Houston in Texas and then in New York," said Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale.

The farmers who challenged the land acquisition for the Bullet train project have received a setback as the High Court dismissed their petition challenging the acquisition for the ambitious Bullet Train project.

PNB Case: Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi remanded to custody until October 17, by a UK court.

P Chidambaram's custody in the INX media case has been extended for 14 days, till October 3.