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Breaking News LIVE Updates, September 29, 2021: After the shocking resignation of Navjot Singh Sidhu from the Punjab PCC Chief post, opposition is slamming the party for instability within the government and are taking a jibe at Sidhu.
I'd earlier said that Navjot Singh Sidhu is a misguided missile that does not know where it will go or will kill whom. He first destroyed Captain (Amarinder Singh) by becoming Punjab Congress prez & then wiped out his party: SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
In a related note, sources have suggested that Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi have called a cabinet meeting at 10:30am today after a series of resognationtion after Sidhu.
At least 13 persons died in heavy showers, floods and lightning in parts of Maharashtra with the Marathwada region bearing the brunt of rain fury, while more than 560 people were rescued after the NDRF was mobilised and helicopters were deployed, officials said on Tuesday.Besides, more than 200 cattle perished or were washed away and a number of houses were damaged in torrential rains that lashed Marathwada on Sunday and Monday, causing havoc in a region which is considered a perennially drought-plagued area, they said.
Parts of the region and Mumbai received heavy showers on Tuesday also.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast 'extremely heavy rains' at a few places in Marathwada, Mumbai and other parts of the coastal Konkan region of Maharashtra in the next 24 hours.
The Marathwada region in central Maharashtra which faced rain fury comprises eight districts - Aurangabad, Latur, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Nanded, Beed, Jalna and Hingoli. Heavy rainfall in catchment areas of the Manjara dam forced authorities to open all 18 gates of the reservoir to discharge water on Tuesday, which led to flooding in some villages in Beed district, while an alert was sounded in some neighbouring districts, the officials said.
Punjab CM Asks Police Dept To Keep Bare Minimum Security For Him
Reiterating his emphasis on curtailing security in order to curb VVIP culture in the State, Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi today asked police department to keep only bare minimum number of security personnel with him: State Govt
RBI Removes Indian Overseas Bank From PCA Framework Restrictions
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has removed Indian Overseas Bank from Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework restrictions, news agency ANI reported on Thursday. The decision follows IOB's request to take it out of the PCA.
Under PCA, the RBI imposes business restrictions on banks with weak financial metrics. The severity of the PCA restrictions will be decided on a case to case basis.
Punjab Cabinet Waives Off Dues On Electricity Bills For All Consumers
Ajay Maken Reacts To Kapil Sibal's Ji Huzoor Remarks
Sonia Gandhi ji had ensured that Kapil Sibal becomes a minister in Union Cabinet despite not having organizational background. Everyone in the party is being heard. Want to tell Mr Sibal and others that they shouldn't degrade the organisation that gave them an identity: Ajay Maken, Congress