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9:47 PM

BJP national president JP Nadda meets the party's general secretaries in Hyderabad

9:11 PM

Team alert to ensure that there is no harm to the public due to the massive rain: Eknath Shinde

The steps to be taken to avoid the loss of life and property were discussed in the meeting. I am sure people from all departments are ready to face any situation, said Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde in Mumbai on Friday.

 

Senior officers of Army, Navy, Air Force and NDRF departments attended the meeting of Disaster Management Department. The team is alert to ensure that there is no harm to the public due to the massive rain, he added.

8:34 PM

Tamil Nadu reported 2,385 fresh Covid cases

Tamil Nadu reported 2,385 fresh Covid cases, 1,321 recoveries, and zero deaths in the last 24 hours.

Active cases stand at 12,158 in the state.

8:08 PM

Search operations continue in Manipur landslide area

7:47 PM

During our govt, 25% of work has been completed on the land proposed by SC: Fadnavis on Mumbai metro line 3

Mumbai metro line 3 cannot be started until the car shed is prepared. Land proposed by previous govt for the car shed is disputed. During our govt, 25% of work has been completed on the land proposed by SC & remaining 75% work can be done immediately, says Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis.

 

For the benefit of Mumbaikars, the car shed should only be made on that land proposed by SC in order to start the metro service, he added.

7:02 PM

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde chaired a meeting of the State disaster management department

6:13 PM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi holds a roadshow in Wayanad

5:31 PM

BJP national executive meeting to take place tomorrow

BJP national executive meeting will take place in Hyderabad tomorrow, said BJP MP Anil Baluni

 

All big leaders of the party, including PM Modi, HM Amit Shah and CMs of states will be present. In the meeting, we'll discuss the further actions our party wants to take in the coming days, he added.

4:57 PM

SC permits Nupur Sharma to withdraw her plea

4:44 PM

Pakistan confirms it has 682 Indian prisoners detained in its jails

Pakistan on Friday confirmed that it has 682 Indian prisoners detained in its jails, as Islamabad and New Delhi exchanged a list of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody, a routine practice between the two neighbours under the provisions of the 2008 Agreement on Consular Access.

These lists are exchanged twice a year -- on January 1 and July 1 respectively.

4:25 PM

Amit Shah inaugurates Sakhi- one stop centre in Gandhinagar

4:03 PM

Assam flood situation grim, 2.9 mn affected

Assam's flood situation remained grim on Friday with eight more people losing their lives in the last 24 hours and over 29 lakh still affected, officials said.


Most parts of Cachar district headquarters, Silchar, were still waterlogged, they said.

3:32 PM

Govt asks social media firms to remove content justifying tailor murder

Social media platforms need to remove content which encourages, glorifies or justifies brutal murder in Udaipur, the ministry of electronics and IT said in a notice made public on Friday.

Kanhaiya Lal, a resident of Udaipur in Rajasthan, was killed on Tuesday by two cleaver-wielding men, Riaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad, who posted a grisly video of the crime online claiming responsibility for the "beheading".

1:23 PM

Personnel Ministry grants promotion to over 8,000 govt officers: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

The Personnel Ministry has granted promotions to over 8,000 government officers belonging to three key secretariat services, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday.

 

He said the orders for mass promotion of these employees belonging to the Central Secretariat Service (CSS), Central Secretariat Stenographers' Service (CSSS) and Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS) have been issued.

1:20 PM

ED arrests 2 in money laundering case against Satyendar Jain

The ED has arrested two businessmen, Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain, in connection with the money laundering probe against Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, officials said on Friday. The two have been taken into custody under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

 

The agency had raided the two, alleged to be "business associates" of Jain, last month as part of this investigation. They were placed under arrest following their questioning, officials said.