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12:20 PM

Bhupesh Baghel needs to give a clarification on himself: Himanta Sarma

12:13 PM

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Landslide, technical issues in drilling machine affect rescue operations

Operations to rescue 40 labourers trapped under a collapsed tunnel's debris here for the last three days have been hampered after a landslide at the site and technical issues in a drilling machine being used to create an escape passage, officials said. The labourers are safe, and oxygen, electricity, medicines, food items and water are being constantly supplied to them, they said. Rubble from the landslide fell on the collapsed part of the under-construction Silkyara tunnel on Tuesday night, hampering operations as well as injuring two rescue workers. They are being treated at a makeshift hospital, the officials said.

12:00 PM

Special train to Ayodhya from Mumbai next year: Shelar

Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar has said that a "special" train to Ayodhya will run after January 24 next year for Mumbaikars to visit the newly constructed Ram temple. Consecration ceremony will be held at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, 2024. Speaking at a function on Tuesday, Shelar said Mumbaikars will be able to take the special train from Dadar to Ayodhya for darshan of Lord Ram.

11:57 AM

Yediyurappa's son Vijayendra takes charge as Karnataka BJP president

Newly appointed Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Wednesday formally assumed charge at the state party office here. Former Chief Ministers B S Yediyurappa, Basavaraj Bommai and D V Sadananda Gowda and senior party leaders were present on the occasion. The 47-year-old first-time MLA and son of Yediyurappa, a BJP veteran and member of the party's all-powerful Parliamentary board, was appointed to the post on November 10.

 

11:34 AM

TDP leader Reddy arrested ahead of Telangana elections

Telugu Desam Party leader Mareddy Ravindranath Reddy who is popularly known as BTech Ravi, was arrested by the Vallur Police on Tuesday night. The former MLC has been remanded for 14 days and the Pulivendula constituency-in-charge was moved to Kadapa Central Jail at midnight. Kadapa Deputy Superintendent of Police MD Sharif said that BTech Ravi was arrested for protesting near the Kadapa airport ten months ago.

11:26 AM

J-K DGP RR Swain chairs joint security review meeting in Anantnag

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police, RR Swain visited Anantnag and chaired a meeting of police, army, Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers and security agencies. According to an official press release from the Jammu and Kashmir police, "DGP RR Swain currently on a tour of the districts outside Srinagar visited Anantnag on Tuesday and held a meeting of officers from Army, CRPF, BSF, a number of security agencies and Jammu and Kashmir Police."

11:11 AM

UN crumbling under weight of 21st-century geopolitical shifts: India

The UN apparatus, especially the Security Council, is crumbling under the weight of 21st-century geopolitical realities, India has said, underlining that the General Assembly should take the lead in restoring the centrality of the United Nations to resolve transnational issues through multilateralism. India has consistently advocated the view that the General Assembly can be revitalised only when its position as the chief deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of the United Nations is respected both in letter and in spirit, Counsellor in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Pratik Mathur said here Tuesday.

11:04 AM

Land acquisition: CM Kejriwal sends inquiry report on chief secretary to LG

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has sent to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena the vigilance minister's report alleging "prima facie complicity" of Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar in the Bamnoli land acquisition matter, government sources said on Wednesday. The report, which was submitted to Kejriwal by Vigilance Minister Atishi on Tuesday, has recommended Kumar's removal from the post for alleged corruption in acquisition of 19 acre of land in South West Delhi's Bamnoli village.

 

10:57 AM

India, US, 12 other IPEF members ink supply chain resilience agreement

India, the US and 12 other members of the IPEF grouping have signed a supply chain resilience agreement that would provide benefits like potential shifting of production centres in critical sectors and mitigating risks of economic disruptions from supply chain shocks. The agreement was signed in San Francisco, where Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is attending the ministerial meeting of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework For Prosperity (IPEF).

10:20 AM

PM Modi visits Birsa Munda Memorial Park and Museum in Ranchi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited the Bhagwan Birsa Munda Memorial Park and Freedom Fighter Museum in Ranchi and paid floral tributes to Indian tribal activist Birsa Munda. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda and Governor of Jharkhand CP Radhakrishnan. In his message on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda the Prime Minister said in his post on X "Respectful tribute to Lord Birsa Munda ji on his birth anniversary. Many best wishes to my family members across the country on this special occasion of Tribal Pride Day."

10:08 AM

Very happy about significant contribution that all of you have made to US economy: Goyal

9:57 AM

Fire guts 16 vehicles parked in Thane housing society, no injuries

A total of 16 vehicles, including three cars, were gutted after a fire broke out in a parking area of a residential complex in the early hours of Wednesday in Maharashtra's Thane city, civic officials said. No one was injured in the incident that took place at the housing society in the city's Panchpakhadi shortly after midnight, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of Thane civic body's Disaster Management Cell. The fire started around 12.45 am at the P1 level of the two-floor parking lot of the building, situated close to the headquarters of the Thane Municipal Corporation, he said. A fire engine was sent to the spot and it was put out by 1.30 am, he said.

9:56 AM

Delhi CM report on Delhi Chief Secretary to Lt Governor, recommends immediate removal

9:50 AM

We had an excellent ministerial earlier today: US Secretary of Commerce

9:46 AM

Nasa, Isro gearing up to launch space mission to map globe every 12 days

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is set to be launched in the first quarter of 2024 after a few tests, particularly those related to vibration, NASA officials have said. "ISRO is projecting the first quarter of next year. So, I mean, that's ready," NASA NISAR Project Manager Phil Barela said during a media interaction here on Wednesday. He is expecting the launch of NISAR (spelt as 'Naisar') "not earlier than January" from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota aboard the ISRO Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-II.