Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019 | BJP Releases Second List of Candidates: Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, October 2, 2019

Today marks the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and on this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will declare India open defecation free. Modi on Tuesday, speaking at a function marking one year of the "Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana - PMJAY- Ayushman Bharat," called the Ayushman Bharat health scheme a major success

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02 Oct, 22:43 (IST)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released the second list of candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Polls.

02 Oct, 22:29 (IST)

BJP MP Ram Kripal Yadav: State administration is only focusing on Patna. They are not looking at rural areas, people are crying. Cattle are dying due to unavailability of food. Even I didn't get a boat, I had to use a makeshift boat to visit flooded areas.

02 Oct, 18:47 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad: Mahatma Gandhi's 150th anniversary has been marked at the United Nations with immense enthusiasm. Take any problem the world faces, the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi offer solutions to those challenges.

02 Oct, 18:40 (IST)

Haryana Assembly Elections 2019: INLD Releases First List of 64 Candidate.

02 Oct, 18:01 (IST)

CISF nabbed 2 passengers with forged documents at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on October 1. The passengers were handed over to Delhi Police for further legal action in the matter.

02 Oct, 17:33 (IST)

General body meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to be held at BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on 23rd October.

02 Oct, 16:02 (IST)

Bihar Rain: Orange alert issued in Patna, Vaishali, Begusarai and Khagaria districts for October 3 and 4.

02 Oct, 15:41 (IST)

Rain stopped play in the opening Test between India and South Africa here on Wednesday.

Going strong at 202 for no loss in 59.1 overs, India were forced to take tea eight minutes before scheduled time after clouds gathered over the stadium towards the end of the second session.

Brief Score:

India: 202/0 in 59.1 overs (Rohit Sharma 115 batting, Mayank Agarwal 84 batting; K Rabada 35/0).

02 Oct, 14:57 (IST)

NSA Ajit Doval met Saudi Crown Prince in Riyadh, today. Crown Prince expressed understanding about India's approach & actions in J&K.

02 Oct, 13:31 (IST)

Train services on CSMT-Goregaon harbour line held up due to derailment near Mahim. 

02 Oct, 13:19 (IST)

Odisha government has sanctioned Rs 40 Crore for land acquisition around Jagannath Temple in Puri.

02 Oct, 13:11 (IST)

Both Twitter and Tweetdeck are gone down for a large number of users worldwide causing a global outage. Twitter has said that it is aware of the issues and is investigating the matter.

02 Oct, 12:30 (IST)

Britain's biggest retailer Tesco said Wednesday that CEO Dave Lewis will step down next year, and will be replaced by Walgreens Boots Alliance executive Ken Murphy.

"My decision to step down as group CEO is a personal one," Lewis said in a brief statement, issued alongside news that Tesco's first-half net profits dipped four percent to £324 million ($398 million, 364 million euros) from a year earlier.

02 Oct, 11:00 (IST)

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis takes part in 'Swacchhta Abhiyaan (cleanliness drive),' at Sion-Koliwada in Mumbai.

02 Oct, 10:05 (IST)

National Investigation Agency(NIA) to carry out probe after reports from Punjab of drones being used by Pakistan to smuggle arms into India.

02 Oct, 09:46 (IST)

Air India pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi by painting his portrait on the tail of an Airbus A320 aircraft at Indira Gandhi International Airport(Delhi).

02 Oct, 09:01 (IST)

Hyderabad Police: SR Suresh Kumar, who was working as a scientist at National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of ISRO, found dead at his residence in Ameerpet. Body shifted to Osmania hospital for post mortem. An investigation is underway.

02 Oct, 08:51 (IST)

Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Mahabalipuram near Chennai in the second week of October for the second informal summit with PM Narendra Modi.

02 Oct, 08:05 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat.

02 Oct, 08:00 (IST)

Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri at Vijay Ghat.

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Mumbai, October 2: Today marks the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and on this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will declare India open defecation free.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, speaking at a function marking one year of the "Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana - PMJAY- Ayushman Bharat," called the Ayushman Bharat health scheme a major success and credited it with bringing changes in India's healthcare field.

A day after facing criticism for his comments on "outsiders in Delhi", Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday issued a clarification that his government never denied medical treatment or education to anyone. However, Kejriwal opined that he wants the educational and medical facilities like Delhi to be provided in the rest of the country as well.

Keep an eye on this space for all the major developments that take place throughout the day.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Oct 02, 2019 07:15 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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