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EAM Dr S Jaishankar and other leaders participated in the documents signing ceremony at the 23rd Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government, in Islamabad.
Bajaj Auto's net profit rose 9.2 per cent at Rs 2,005 crore. Revenue grew 21.8 per cent at Rs 13,127.5 crore.
The Cabinet has approved a Rs 24,475-cr subsidy for non-urea fertilizers for Rabi crop season, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said today.
JKNC leader Omar Abdullah has been sworn-in as the first chief minister of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Calling the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) a toothless tiger, the Supreme Court directed the panel to take penal action against Haryana government officials for failure to take action against the violators found guilty of stubble burning and summoned the state chief secretary to appear before it on October 23.
A fire incident at a high-rise residential building in Mumbai's upscale Lokhandwala Complex resulted in three fatalities on Wednesday morning. The blaze started around 8 am on the 10th floor of Riya Palace, a 14-story building situated on 4th Cross Road in the Lokhandwala Complex area of Andheri. Three individuals were injured in the incident and transported to Cooper Hospital, where medical staff pronounced them dead upon arrival. Municipal authorities have identified the deceased as Chandraprakash Soni (74), Kanta Soni (74), and Pelubeta (42).
Following National Conference 's victory in Jammu and Kashmir’s first Assembly election since the abrogation of Article 370, Omar Abdullah is set to take the oath as the first chief minister of the Union Territory. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha will administer the oath-taking ceremony of Omar Abdullah and his ministers at 11:30 am. Arrangements for the inauguration of the chief minister and cabinet members have been finalised at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC), scheduled to take place today.
An IndiGo flight bound for Lucknow from Dammam in Saudi Arabia was redirected to Jaipur due to a security-related alert, informed IndiGo Spokesperson. "The aircraft was isolated, and all passengers were safely disembarked. We are working closely with the relevant authorities, and mandated checks are underway," said an IndiGo Spokesperson. According to Jaipur police, a bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) and sniffer dogs checked the plane and no suspicious object was found. Station House officer (SHO) of Jaipur Airport Police Station, Sandeep Basera also confirmed that the 175 passengers were safely boarded back onto the plane after the plane was inspected. Sources in CISF confirmed that a total of 10 bomb threats were posted on social media on Monday and Tuesday.
The government asserted that it will allot spectrum for satellite broadband administratively and not via auction, hours after Elon Musk slammed the auction route being advocated by rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani as "unprecedented". Musk's Starlink argues administrative allotment of licences is in line with a global trend, while India's Reliance, led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, says an auction is needed to ensure a level playing field.
RIL board passes 1:1 issue of free shares with majority votes; Record date fixed
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BJYM supporters disrupt rationalist Shyam Manav's event in Nagpur
Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), youth wing of the BJP, on Wednesday created a ruckus at a program of anti-superstition activist Shyam Manav here. Members of the BJP's youth wing entered the venue claiming that it was a political gathering intended to support the Congress and had nothing to do with superstition eradication, police said. Manav heads the Akhil Bharatiya Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, an anti-superstition organisation. Police intervened and took away the BJYM protesters, said an official.
Delhi's air quality stays 'poor' for third consecutive day
LS Speaker Birla meets presiding officers of world parliaments in Geneva
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday met with the presiding officers of parliaments of Switzerland, the Maldives, Thailand, Armenia and Nepal on the sidelines of Inter Parliamentary Union assembly in Geneva. Birla, during his interaction with Eric Nussbaumer, the President of the National Council of Switzerland, made a strong pitch for strengthening parliamentary cooperation between the two countries.
Canadian MP calls for PM Trudeau's resignation as Liberal leader amid diplomatic row with India
Amid a diplomatic row between India and Canada, a Liberal Canadian MP has called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation as party leader ahead of the next elections, asserting that the country's 'people have had enough'. "The message that I've been getting loud and clear - and more and more strongly as time goes by - is that it is time for [Trudeau] to go. And I agree," Member of Parliament Sean Casey was quoted as saying by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday.
77% voter turnout recorded in Punjab panchayat polls
A voter turnout of 77 per cent was recorded in the panchayat polls in Punjab, the state election commission said on Wednesday. The polls for the posts of 'sarpanch' and 'panch' were held without the symbols of political parties on Tuesday from 8 am to 4 pm. Mansa district remained at the top with a poll percentage of 83.27 and Tarn Taran at the bottom with 64.40, said the commission said in a statement.
Delhi Police registers FIR, begins probe in seven hoax threats to flights
The Delhi Police has registered an FIR in connection with bomb threats to several domestic and international flights in the last two days and launched a probe into the matter, official sources said on Wednesday. A Bengaluru-bound Akasa Air flight with more than 180 people on board returned to the national capital on Wednesday afternoon following a bomb threat.
Chhattisgarh to start paddy procurement from Nov 14
Procurement of paddy at the support price from farmers in Chhattisgarh will start from November 14, an official said on Wednesday. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai at Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan in Nava Raipur earlier in the day, a public relations department official said.
Over 400,000 rooftop solar systems installed under PM Surya Ghar, says Pralhad Joshi
Kejriwal calls for electing Dalit mayor immediately in Delhi mayoral polls
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged the ruling dispensation in MCD to hold the mayoral polls and ensure a Dalit community member is elected to power. He alleged that the elections have been pending due to a "conspiracy" of the opposition BJP to deprive the Scheduled Caste community of its rights.
Musk thanks Scindia for not agreeing with Ambani, Mittal on satellite spectrum
SpiceJet responds to bomb threat on flights
Delhi Police register 6 cases in connection with various incidents of bomb threats on flights
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First Published: Oct 16 2024 | 9:17 AM IST
