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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
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.
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
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck in the central part of the Sea of Japan: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
Safe festivities this year will be a determining factor in our fight against the COVID-19 pandemic: Dr. VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog
They say India is a territory, we say India is people, relationships. It's the relationship between Hindu & Muslim, between Hindu, Muslim & Sikh, between Tamil, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali. My problem with PM is that he's breaking these relationships: Rahul Gandhi in Malappuram (Kerala)
Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan writes to DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) to resume commercial flights to Afghanistan (Kabul). The letter is under review by Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA). India had stopped all commercial flight operations to Kabul post 15 Aug
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is chairing a cabinet meet amid the ongoing crisis in Punjab
Fumio Kishida to become Japan’s next prime minister after winning the ruling party leadership election in a runoff vote, reports Reuters
Congress leader Manish Tewari has reacted on Sidhu's resignation during a press conference and said that the sudden turn of events has only made Pakistan happy.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers was held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In this crucial meeting, Modi reviewed the progress report of many projects.
According to sources, in Tuesday's meeting, Union Commerce, Consumer and Food and Supplies Minister Piyush Goyal and Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat provided information about various projects and also came up with a presentation in the meeting regarding their implementation. The Prime Minister also gave several instructions regarding these projects.
In the last round of the meeting, an open house session was held in which many ministers also presented their suggestions to the Prime Minister on the issue of improving the functioning of the government.
Since coming to power, the Prime Minister keeps holding meetings of the Council of Ministers in this way at regular intervals apart from the cabinet meetings
With the depression formed in the Bay of Bengal gaining strength, the Met department has issued red alerts in East Midnapore, West Midnapore and South 24 Parganas districts in West Bengal.
The Met department has also predicted heavy to very heavy rains not only in these three districts, but in Kolkata and North 24 Parganas as well.
The district administrations were asked to remove all people residing in the low lying areas and in mud houses to the cyclone centres on Sunday itself. The fishermen have been asked not to venture into the sea till October 5.
"During Amphan, Yaas and Bulbul, the state government had made an extensive plan for evacuation, rescue and rehabilitation, which produced good results. We want to follow the same now also," a senior official of the state secretariat said.
The state government has also asked the district administrations to store dry food, water pouches and other relief materials as much possible so that there is no dearth of them.
"A central control room has been opened at the disaster management department which will be in touch with the district administrations 24x7. All leaves of the state government employees have been cancelled and they have been asked to stay prepared for any kind of eventuality," the officer added.
The West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) has also been asked to keep an eye on the situation so that electrocution cases can be avoided.
The Kolkata Police had opened a 24-hour control room at its headquarters in Lalbazar on Saturday. Officers from Kolkata Police, NDRF, Fire Brigade and Disaster Management Department will be present in the control room.
Sources in Kolkata Police said that they have formed 22 teams for the purpose of disaster management, seven of which will be stationed in the Bhabanipur area, which will go to the bypoll on September 30.
The BJP on Tuesday took a swipe at Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her visit to Uttar Pradesh at a time her party faced a fresh crisis in Punjab, and mockingly asked whether it should arrange a ticket to Punjab for her.
"Priyanka Vadra ji, you have come to UP at a wrong time. It was time to go to Punjab. Should a ticket to Punjab be arranged?" the Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP tweeted in Hindi.
The tweet came hours after Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as the chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, plunging the party into a fresh crisis just months ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
In a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sidhu, however, said he will continue to serve the party.
Hours later, Razia Sultana, a part of the new 18-member ministry led by Charanjit Singh Channi, too put in her papers, expressing solidarity with the former cricketer.
China said today that it has "no choice" but to take preventive measures like travel restrictions to contain COVID-19, as it reacted to a demonstration by stranded Indian students in front of its embassy in New Delhi.
China's response came after reports from New Delhi said several Indian students, mostly studying medicine, held a demonstration in front of the Chinese embassy on Monday demanding Beijing to permit their return to rejoin their studies.
Asked for her reaction to the Indian students' demonstration in Delhi, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing here: "COVID-19 is still spreading in many parts of the world".
"So, in this context, the Chinese government has no choice but to take a lot of prevention and control measures," Hua said.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Tuesday that Hindutva is an ideological system which takes everyone along and brings everyone together.
He was addressing a gathering of around 150 select invitees during a three-day visit to the city.
"Hindutva is one that takes everyone along, brings everyone together, unites everyone within itself, and makes everyone prosper," he said.
Sometimes conflicts arise while removing "hurdles", but Hindutva is not about conflicts, Bhagwat added.
"It is for the Hindus to understand this. But Hindus should also understand that power is required to remove hurdles, because this is what the world understands....We have to become powerful, but...Such power will never be meant for tyranny. It will bring the world together while protecting the religion," he said.
"A nation is a community of individuals connected to a common culture and purpose," he further said.
A top Republican senator on Tuesday welcomed India's decision to resume the export of COVID-19 vaccines.
Senator Jim Risch, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also urged India to increase the production of such vaccines so that it can meet its international obligations.
I welcome the announcement by #India that it will restart exporting COVID19 vaccines, Risch said in a tweet.
I encourage India to ramp up to fulfil #COVAX and commercial orders, which is crucial for the entire Indo Pacific and the world, he added.
Punjab CM Chiranjeet Singh Channi has called a cabinet meeting today. The cabinet meeting will be held at 10:30 am under the leadership of the Punjab CM
Background
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.
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