The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) said that several districts of Tamil Nadu will get rains till October 9 due to a cyclonic circulation. With the southwest monsoon withdrawing and the northeast monsoon to set in by the third week of October, the state is witnessing a transition phase, the RMC said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that there will be more scope for education, learning, writing and research with the Marathi language after getting the Classical Language status. "It will also open up job opportunities. I hope Marathi will become a vehicle of ideas and reach up to the global audience." PM Modi said.
Terming the 50 per cent ceiling on quotas as an 'artificial barrier', Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress-led INDIA bloc will remove the reservation limit and also conduct a Caste Census in the country. "No force in the world can stop us from doing this… it is a promise by the Congress," he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) to the Aarey JVLR section of Mumbai Metro Line 3 (Colaba-SEEPZ). The project came up at a cost of around INR 14,120 crore.
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar today said that the Northeast is the heart and soul of Bharat, urging the media to champion the region's potential in tourism and development. He also emphasised that the Northeast is not just a geographic region but a vibrant tapestry of cultures, traditions, and natural beauty that embodies the essence of India.
Chandan Verma, accused of murdering four of a family in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi on October 3, was in an illicit affair with the deceased’s wife, and was shot and injured in his leg by a team of police on Saturday morning. Chandan was admitted to a hospital where he is undergoing treatment.
As of 1 PM, the Haryana Assembly elections reported a voter turnout of 36.69 per cent, with Mewat leading at 42.64 per cent, while Panchkula lagged behind with the lowest turnout of 25.89 per cent.
PM Narendra Modi, during his one-day visit to Maharashtra, released the 18th installment of the PM KISAN Samman Nidhi, disbursing INR 20,000 crore to 9.4 crore farmers across the country.
The army said on Saturday morning that two terrorists had been eliminated by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara under "Operation GUGALDHAR".
Polling for all the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana began on Saturday morning amid tight security arrangements, officials said.
Mumbai, October 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Maharashtra today and launch various initiatives, including the inauguration of phase 1 of the Mumbai Metro Line 3. During his visit ahead of the state assembly elections, Modi will also launch various initiatives related to the agricultural and animal husbandry sector in Washim.
The Assembly elections for Haryana's 90 constituencies will occur today in a single phase. 1,031 candidates, including 101 women, are in the fray. The voting will conclude at 6 p.m., after which the exit poll results will be announced for Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. The results for both Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir will be declared on October 8.
Security personnel killed 30 Naxalites in a fierce encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region on Friday, a senior police official said. The gunfight broke out at around 1 pm in the forest between Thulthuli and Nendur villages in Abhujmaad on the Narayanpur-Dantewada inter-district border when a joint team of security personnel was out on anti-Naxal operation
The Israeli military estimates it has killed around 250 Hezbollah fighters, including a number of battalion and company commanders, since the start of its ground operation in Lebanon earlier this week, a military spokesperson said on Friday. Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said the military was still assessing the damage caused by airstrikes in southern Beirut on Thursday night, which he said targeted Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters.