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12:13 PM

Will repair 89 damaged roads, potholes before assembly elections: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Monday said the Aam Aadmi Party government will restart various works, including road repairs, that were allegedly stalled by the BJP while AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was in jail. Atishi told a press conference here that to begin with her government will repair damaged roads before the assembly elections due early next year. She said the party has identified 89 damaged PWD (Public Works Department) roads for strengthening.

11:59 AM

News update: Bus overturns in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, 4 persons killed

11:52 AM

Amit Shah chairs meeting of chief ministers of Naxal-hit states

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday reviewed the security situation in Naxal-affected regions with the chief ministers and top officials of the insurgency-hit states, officials said, days after security forces killed 31 ultras in the forests of Chhattisgarh. The states affected by the menace include Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

11:41 AM

Maldivian President Muizzu accorded ceremonial welcome

Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu was accorded a ceremonial welcome and given a guard of honour in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. The Maldivian president, who is accompanied by First Lady Sajidha Mohamed and a Maldivian delegation, arrived in India on Sunday evening. President Droupadi Murmu welcomed the visiting dignitaries at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also present on the occasion.

11:14 AM

Services delayed on Delhi Metro's Yellow Line

Commuters faced inconvenience on Delhi Metro's Yellow Line as services were affected during the morning rush hour on Monday. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said the services were delayed between Haiderpur Badli Mor and Jahangirpuri stations due to a technical reason. They didn't specify the exact reason.The Yellow Line runs between the Millennium City Centre in Gurugram and Samaypur Badli in Delhi.

10:59 AM

Kolkata rape-murder case: Junior doctors continue fast-unto-death; demand justice

Protesting junior doctors in West Bengal continued their fast-unto-death for the third consecutive day on Monday, demanding justice for the rape and murder of a woman medic of the RG Kar hospital and workplace safety even as the state government remained silent to address their issues. Six junior medics have been on the fast-onto-death since Saturday evening and later one more joined them. 

10:56 AM

Delhi court grants bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad, sons Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav in land-for-jobs case

Earlier in September, the Ministry of Home Affairs gave the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sanction to prosecute  former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in the land-for-job case. The case is related to alleged irregularities during Lalu Prasad’s tenure as union railway minister from 2004 to 2009, during which jobs were reportedly offered in exchange for land parcels transferred or gifted to Lalu Prasad’s family or associates.

10:31 AM

Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu to meet PM Modi in Delhi today

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening in New Delhi, official sources said.

 N Chandrababu Naidu will depart from Hyderabad at 1.30 PM. The CM will also meet Railway Ashwini Vaishnaw later. He is also expected to meet Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Nitin Gadkari tomorrow.

10:03 AM

Air quality in city in moderate category

Delhiites woke up to a sunny morning on Monday, with the minimum temperature settling at 23.2 degrees Celsius. The humidity was recorded at 83 per cent at 8.30 am, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 35.7 degrees Celsius.

10:00 AM

Why is PM Modi delaying Census that must include caste count: Cong

The Congress slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the "delay" in the Census and asserted that it is only through a caste count that full and meaningful social, economic, and political justice can be ensured in education and employment. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said that in the midst of its political transition and economic turmoil, Sri Lanka has just announced that its latest Population and Housing Census - last done in 2012 - will begin Monday.

9:57 AM

Man electrocuted at Ramlila fair in east Delhi

A 20-year-old man was electrocuted to death while repairing an LED panel at a Ramlila fair in east Delhi, police said on Monday. Veeru, a resident of Shahdara, was repairing the panel at the Ramlila organised at the CBD Ground near Karkardooma court in Anand Vihar area on Sunday evening when the accident took place. "A police team rushed to the spot soon after getting the information. Veeru was taken to the Hedgewar Hospital where doctors declared him dead," a police official said.

9:55 AM

ED conducts raids on Punjab AAP leader Sanjeev Arora

ED raids Punjab AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora, some others in money laundering probe case: Officials.

9:25 AM

RG Kar case: AIIMS Delhi doctors to hold candle march on October 9

A fire broke out in the multistoried residential building located in the Mahim area of Mumbai on Monday morning. Fire tenders reached the spot and the blaze was doused by 8.10 am, fire officials said adding that there were no casulties and nobody was injured.

 

9:24 AM

Fire breaks out in Mumbai's Mahim building, doused

A fire broke out in the multistoried residential building located in the Mahim area of Mumbai on Monday morning. Fire tenders reached the spot and the blaze was doused by 8.10 am, fire officials said adding that there were no casulties and nobody was injured.

8:48 AM

Maldives President Muizzu to meet PM Modi today, says India aware of fiscal situation

Delhi is “fully cognisant” of Maldives' fiscal situation and will always be ready to “ease the burden” as one of Male’s biggest development partners, the island nation’s President Mohamed Muizzu said Sunday as he arrived in the national capital for his first bilateral visit.