Officials said that internet will remain suspended across the state on September 15, as more than 11 lakh applicants in Assam are set to appear for government recruitment examination. In 2,305 centres spread across Assam, a total of 11,23,204 candidates will take the examinations for class III level government posts.
BJP President JP Nadda today, September 14, chaired the meeting of the Maharashtra unit core committee and took stock of the party’s preparations for the upcoming Assembly election likely to take place between November 13 and 19.
Thousands of residents from 360 villages across rural Delhi will convene at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, September 15, for a Mahapanchayat to address pressing issues affecting their communities. Chaudhary Surendra Solanki, head of the Sakal Panchayat Palam-360 Khap, has organised the Mahapanchayat to highlight long-standing concerns such as inadequate infrastructure and persistent problems with the drainage and sewage systems.
The Karnataka BJP has issued a show cause notice to party MLA Munirathna, demanding an explanation within five days regarding allegations of harassment and threats. This action follows two FIRs registered at Vyalikaval police station, based on complaints from contractor Chelvaraju.
Delhi Police has registered an FIR following the violation of Delhi's firecracker ban outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in Civil Lines. The case, filed under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, comes after the Delhi government announced the firecracker ban on September 9, 2024, to combat air pollution ahead of winter.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on September 17 to launch the state government's women-centric 'Subhadra' yojana, which aims to benefit over one crore women. During the visit, Modi will also lay the foundation stone and dedicate railway projects worth INR 2,800 crore to the nation.
Former BJP leaders Jai Parkash Gupta and Sukhwinder Singh Mandhi have joined the Congress party in the presence of Bhupinder Singh Hooda, ahead of the Haryana Assembly Elections 2024.
Ahead of the Assembly polls next week, Narendra Modi, in what was the first visit by a Prime Minister to Jammu and Kashmir's Doda in 42 years, asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party along with people of the Union Territory will ensure a future of safety and development.
Two private bank employees have died after getting trapped in their sports utility vehicle in the flooded Old Faridabad Railway underpass here, police said on Saturday. The incident happened late Friday night when the victims were coming from Gurugram. The underpass had got flooded due to heavy rain.
Days after his release by the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of Bangladesh, Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of Islamist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team has asked West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to “free Bengal from Modi's rule and declare its independence”.
Mumbai, September 14: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by the Supreme Court - which found his "prolonged incarceration amounts to unjust deprivation of liberty" - after his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in June in connection with the alleged liquor excise policy case. The Aam Aadmi Party leader can now leave jail - after nearly six months without a trial - since he already has bail in the case filed by the Enforcement Directorate.
On Friday, Rahul Gandhi attacked the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a video in which the owner of a renowned Tamil Nadu restaurant chain purportedly apologizes to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. In a post on X, Gandhi expressed outrage over the treatment of the restaurateur Srinivasan, the Managing Director of the iconic Annapoorna hotel in Coimbatore.
The monsoon season is expected to start its withdrawal from the last week of September, with Central and South India likely to experience increased rainfall activity. According to European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) predictions, conditions are becoming favourable for the Southwest Monsoon to begin its withdrawal from extreme Northwestern India, particularly West Rajasthan and adjoining Punjab, around September 23 or 24.
State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation's mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the US Postal Service that persistent deficiencies have yet to be fixed.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday announced the MVA-BN vaccine as the first vaccine against mpox to be added to its prequalification list, which is expected to improve access to the vaccine, particularly among communities urgently needing it. The prequalification process, based on information submitted by the manufacturer, Bavarian Nordic A/S, and review by the European Medicines Agency, is intended to facilitate the rapid procurement and distribution of the vaccine.