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11:55 AM

DDA launches mega e-auction for prime plots, mobile tower sites

The Delhi Development Authority has launched a mega e-auction for prime plots, built-up shops, kiosks and mobile tower sites among other properties, officials said on Wednesday. Online bidding of these properties has been scheduled for three days from November 7 to 9, and the exercise has been grouped for public convenience, they said.
11:21 AM

Rahul Gandhi attacks govt: Presents media report on 'Adani and the mysterious coal price rises'

11:13 AM

DGCA implements new rules for powered hang gliders to enhance safety

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has implemented new regulations regarding operations and security of powered hang gliders. On October 7, an infiltrator of Hamas, a terror group, used a motorised hang glider to enter Israel.

The revised regulations read that no person shall fly a Powered Hang Glider without being authorised by a DGCA approved examiner or instructor. The examiner or instructor shall be a person who has done 50 hours on Powered Hang Glider and has at least 10 hours on dual machine. Such approved examiner or instructor shall check out and authorize other persons to fly.
11:02 AM

AAP's Raghav Chadha thanks Delhi HC after it sets aside order on bungalow

Suspended AAP MP Raghav Chadha thanked the Delhi High Court after it set aside an order by the Patiala House court, making it incumbent on the Rajya Sabha Secretariat to ask him to vacate his official bungalow in the national capital. After the breather, Chadha said he wished to thank the high court from the "bottom of his heart" for helping him in the fight to save the Constitution.
10:58 AM

US President Joe Biden Israel visit: Security tightened in Tel Aviv

10:23 AM

Congress and BJP leaders coming to Telangana are political tourists, they come and go: BRS MLC K Kavitha

9:22 AM

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot arrives at the AICC headquarters in Delhi

9:17 AM

Skill development scam: SC reserves verdict on Chandrababu Naidu's plea for quashing of FIR

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its judgment on a plea filed former Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu seeking to quash the FIR registered against him in the skill development scam case. Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi reserved its verdict after hearing the arguments of senior advocates Harish Salve and Sidhartha Luthra, appearing for Naidu, and Mukul Rohatgi, representing the Andhra Pradesh government.
9:13 AM

Over 13 Sabarimala pilgrims injured as bus overturns in Kerala

More than 13 Sabarimala pilgrims were injured after a bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident in Kottayam district on Wednesday morning, police said. The accident occurred at Kanamala, near Erumeli, they said. The pilgrims, hailing from Kolar in neighbouring Karnataka, were proceeding to the hill shrine located in Pathanamthitta district. A senior official said as many as 43 people, including 40 pilgrims, were in the vehicle when it overturned after the driver lost control of it.
9:06 AM

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at AICC headquarters for the party's Central Election Committee meeting

9:00 AM

Union Minister Piyush Goyal attacks KCR of running a corrupt government in Telangana

Ahead of assembly elections in Telangana, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday alleged that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was running a corrupt government and urged the people of Telangana not to back the corrupt government. "KCR thinks that he has the sole authority in Telangana and he will run his corrupt and dynastic-based government here.
8:58 AM

US President Biden to visit Israel to show support for the Jewish nation in the aftermath of Hamas attack

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday left the White House for a quick trip to Israel to show solidarity with the people of the country in the aftermath of the terrorist attack by Hamas. However, Biden had to abruptly scrap his trip to Jordan for a meeting with leaders of Jordan, Egypt and Palestine after the Palestinian Authority cancelled the summit following a huge explosion at a hospital in Gaza. 
8:53 AM

BJP President JP Nadda to visit Rajasthan to evaluate poll readiness

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda will visit Rajasthan on Wednesday to hold meetings with party leaders as part of the BJP's preparations for the upcoming state assembly polls, party leaders said. The Election Commission of India on Wednesday changed the poll dates of Rajasthan Assembly elections from November 23 to November 25.

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First Published: Oct 18 2023 | 8:47 AM IST

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