Lloyds Engineering Works Limited enters into an agreement with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
The License is valid for five years from the date of commencement of the agreement. Further, this Technology tie-up would assist the Company on along-term basis as it helps in further diversification of the order book.
10:34 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves from BJP headquarters as meeting Madhya Pradesh elections concludes
9:44 PM
Pakistan Bar Council invites Indian lawyers to play cricket matches
The Pakistan Bar Council has invited cricket teams of men and women lawyers from India to visit the neighbouring country in October for friendly matches which would be followed by matches in India, Chairman of All India Bar Association Adish C Aggarwala said on Wednesday.
9:15 PM
Assam CM, Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma held meeting on state border dispute
9:02 PM
Last respects paid to Indian Army dog Kent of 21 Army Dog Unit in Rajouri, J&K
8:45 PM
Manoj Sinha lays wreath to pay tribute to J&K police personnel who lost his life in Anantnag encounter
6:23 PM
Another INDIA bloc meeting under way in Delhi
INDIA alliance Coordination Committee meeting underway at NCP chief Sharad Pawar's residence in Delhi
6:22 PM
Pak President Alvi unilaterally proposes November 6 as date for general elections
Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Wednesday unilaterally proposed November 6 as the date for the general elections in a letter written to the chief election commissioner. In his letter to CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja, President Alvi cited Article 48(5) of the Constitution, which he said "empowers and mandates the president 'to appoint a date not later than 90 days from the date of the dissolution, for the holding of a general election to the Assembly'".
2:56 PM
AAI gets nod to install full-body scanners at 4 airports
To make security checks quicker and error-free at India's hypersensitive airports, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) received clearance from the Public Investment Board (PIB) to install full-body scanners that will cut down the passenger frisking time by half.
These full-body scanners will be installed at four airports in the country including Kolkata, Chennai, Pune and Goa.
In July, the government had floated a tender to procure 131 full-body scanners- that cut down the average passenger frisking time to 15 seconds from the current 30 and 600 new hand baggage scanners at over Rs 1,000 crore at airports run by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) but it was later withdrawn as it needed clearance from PIB.
2:37 PM
BJP to accord warm welcome to PM Modi at party HQ following G20 summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be accorded a rousing welcome at the BJP headquarters here on Wednesday evening when he arrives to attend its central election committee meeting, party leaders said.
This will be Modi's first visit to the party office after he chaired the G20 summit here last weekend, which has been seen as a hugely successful event with his leadership drawing praise from world leaders.
The BJP has often highlighted the global recognition of his leadership and India's enhanced stature at the international level in its political discourse, an issue which is likely to rise in salience following the G20 meeting.
2:27 PM
BJP suffers from Abhishek phobia, TMC claims as leader appears before ED
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday lashed out at the BJP for allegedly manipulating central probe agencies to meet its political interests and accused it of suffering from "Abhishek phobia" in the backdrop of the ED summoning its general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
Banerjee, considered number 2 in the TMC, on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Kolkata for questioning in connection with its probe into the school jobs scam in West Bengal.
"The BJP has been using CBI and ED to serve its political interests. But they can't force us to surrender before them using central agencies. We have faith in the people. The BJP is suffering from Abhishek phobia as they have been unable to fight us politically," TMC MP and spokesperson Santanu Sen told PTI.
1:57 PM
INDIA Coordination Committee meeting: Special Parl Session to be discussed
National Spokesperson of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Clyde Crasto, said that the first meeting of the Coordination Committee of the INDIA alliance, scheduled to be held on Wednesday in the national capital will discuss the Special Session of Parliament among other things.
Speaking to ANI, Crasto on Tuesday said that there are a lot of things to discuss including the five-day special session of Parliament.
"INDIA alliance is doing very well as it has won four of the seven by-poll seats. INDIA alliance is coming together strongly. A lot of issues will be discussed. In the coming time, we will win many more seats. The special session of Parliament will also be discussed in the meeting," he said.
1:52 PM
Cauvery water sharing row: Karnataka CM chairs cabinet meet for 2nd straight day to discuss way forward
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah convened a meeting of his cabinet on Wednesday to discuss the next course of action after the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee directed the state government to release 5,000 cusecs of water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu over the next 15 days.
Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who additionally handles the Irrigation portfolio, was in attendance at the meeting along with other cabinet members.
The meet started at 12 noon.
1:32 PM
Village in Manipur's Imphal attacked by gunmen, bombs hurled, none injured
Conflict-torn Manipur witnessed a fresh incident of violence as unidentified gunmen, suspected to be cadres of banned terror groups, attacked people and hurled bombs at a village in Imphal West district, bordering Kangpokpi where three persons were killed a day before, officials said on Wednesday.
No one was injured in the incident in Koutruk village where armed men hurled at least ten bombs late Tuesday night, they said.
1:19 PM
Demand for declaring HP crisis as disaster to be raised in Parl: Priyanka
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said that party MP from Mandi, Pratibha Singh, would raise in the special session of Parliament the demand for declaring the recent calamity in Himachal Pradesh a "national disaster".
However, Gandhi said she was not sure if the party MP would be allowed to raise the demand during the session.
Telangana BJP president & Union minister G Kishan Reddy, who was sitting on a 24-hour hunger strike against the KC Rao government in Hyderabad's Indira Park, detained by police.
INDIA alliance Coordination Committee meeting underway at NCP chief Sharad Pawar's residence in Delhi.
The Kerala government on Wednesday announced that seven village panchayats in Kerala's Kozhikode, where two people died due to the Nipah virus, were declared as containment zones and strengthened measures to prevent the spread of the infection, reports India Today
Eleven people from Gujarat were killed and at least 15 injured when a trailer rammed into their private bus from behind in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district early on Wednesday, police said. The bus was on its way from Gujarat to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh when the accident occurred around 4.30 am, they said. Expressing grief at the loss of lives and offering condolences to the victims' families, Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 to the injured.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya held a virtual interaction with health ministers and senior officers of States and Union Territories (UT) on Tuesday to take stock of the preparations underway for the launch of 'Ayushman Bhava' programme. Mandaviya highlighted the importance of the Ayushman Bhava initiative for all states and UTs. He stressed the states and UTs to organise Health Melas in the Health and Wellness Centres every year and urged every medical college to hold a Health Camp at the block level.
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