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Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Maharashtra CM Holds Urgent Meet With Police Officials In Wake Of Mumbai Rape Case
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Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS September 11, 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday inaugurate Sardardham Bhavan in Ahmedabad and perform 'bhoomi pujan' of Sardardham Phase-II Kanya Chhatralaya (girls' hostel) on Saturday at 11 AM via video conferencing.
Sardardham has been working towards educational and social transformation, upliftment of weaker sections of society and providing employment opportunities to the youth, as per the official release by the Prime Minister's office.
Set up in Ahmedabad, the Sardardham Bhavan includes state-of-the-art facilities for students, with modern amenities.
The Kanya Chhatralaya will be a hostel facility for 2,000 girls irrespective of economic criteria. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel will also be present on the occasion.
In another update, the national capital woke up to moderate to heavy rainfall on Saturday morning, bringing slight respite from the heat in the city.
The India Meteorological Department had predicted thunderstorms with moderate to heavy intensity rain in Delhi-NCR during the next two hours. Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted light to moderate rainfall at many places in Delhi during the next 12 hours.
"Light to moderate rainfall (upto 2 cm) is likely at many places of Delhi during next 12 hours. Moderate rainfall (3-5 cm) also likely at isolated places of Delhi during next 12 hours," IMD tweeted.
Meanwhile, the Taliban have reportedly cancelled the inauguration ceremony of their newly formed interim government in Afghanistan.
Earlier, it was speculated that the inauguration ceremony is going to be held on September 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
Russia’s TASS news agency on Friday cited a comment by Inamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban's cultural commission, and reported that the Taliban have cancelled the inauguration ceremony of their newly formed interim government in Afghanistan.
Maharashtra CM Hold Urgent Meet With Police Official In Wake Of Mumbai Rape Case
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has called an urgent meeting of all senior Police officers in Mumbai in the wake of the rape of a 30-year-old woman in Mumbai's Sakinaka.
The Chief Minister also directed the police to be more vigilant and take measures for the safety of women to ensure that Mumbai does not tarnish its image as a safe city, Chief Minister's Secretariat said.
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Not Only In UP, BJP Certain Of Victory In Uttarakhand, Goa & Manipur Too: JP Nadda
"As per all surveys, a grand victory of BJP is certain in Uttar Pradesh with the blessings of the people. Not only in UP, but the return of BJP is certain in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur too," BJP national president JP Nadda said.
"It is a matter of pride for us that under the leadership of PM Modi, the politics of casteism, familialism, dynasty and communalism in the country has been brought to an end and the politics of development has become popular, Nadda said.
"Under his leadership, BJP won 325 seats in 2017 and made history. In 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, people of UP gave their support to politics of development. The enthusiasm of BJP workers gives a clear indication of future of Uttar Pradesh, he added.
India, Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue: Terrorism major threat to both sides, says Australian Foreign Minister
"We have shared views on challenges of South China Sea and East China Sea": Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said after the 2+2 dialogue with India, PTI reported.
"Terrorism major threat to both sides," she added.
Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton said that Australia, India defence relationship is at a historic high.
India, Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue: Afghanistan a major subject of discussion, says EAM
"During the '2+2' dialogue we also exchanged views on developments in our neighbouring regions. Afghanistan was understandably a major subject of discussion. We agreed that international community must be united in its approach, guided by UN Security Council Resolution 2593": EAM S Jaishankar said.
Before this, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne had said that Australian & India share a positive vision of free, open & secure Indo pacific. "Last month saw fall of Kabul, future of Afghanistan remains central concern," she added.
"We share strong interests in ensuring that Afghan, never again becomes safe haven for breeding, training of terrorists. We're also very focused on seeking safe passage for citizens, foreign nationals, visa holders of other countries who seek to leave Afghanistan": Australian FM said.
"In relation to the position of women & girls, for 20 years we've worked with the intl community & people of Afghanistan to ensure better circumstances for women. Australia stands with international community in seeking to ensure that it does not round back" the Australian Foreign Minister added.
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