Breaking News Highlights: Road Accident Claims Lives Of SPO, Policeman In Jammu And Kashmir
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A fire has erupted at an electricity wire manufacturing factory in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu.
Two people were killed in an accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, including a Special Police Officer (SPO) named Swami Raj. The accident happened when their vehicle went off the road and into a gorge near a dam in Chanderkote. Sewa Singh and Parvaiz Ahmed, two other police officers, were injured in the accident and were taken to the hospital. (PTI Input)
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has given its approval to the appointment of Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi as the Secretary of the Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) Division and the Overseas Indian Affairs (OIA) Division within the Ministry of External Affairs.
Former Haryana minister Jagdish Yadav, a prominent political figure in the state's Ahirwal region, formally joined the Congress on Wednesday. According to the state unit of the Congress, thousands of supporters accompanied him in this transition. (PTI Input)
A fire broke out in a girls' hostel in the Mukherjee Nagar area in Delhi. Seven fire tenders reached the spot, Delhi Fire Service said, as reported by PTI.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda have arrived in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has marked a significant milestone with the induction of the initial two out of six new Dornier Do-228 aircraft produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
Pratima Coutinho, the vice president of the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Goa unit, has tendered her resignation, citing "personal and professional reasons." This announcement follows her appointment as vice president of the Goa AAP, just a day prior. In a resignation letter addressed to AAP's national convener, Arvind Kejriwal, Coutinho said that her decision was made after thorough contemplation of her personal and professional aspirations, and not hastily. (PTI Input)
The government of Maharashtra has announced a public holiday on Friday, September 29th, in observance of Eid-e-Milad. This decision comes as Anant Chaturdashi and Eid-e-Milad coincide on the same day, which is tomorrow, September 28th, according to a statement from the Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office (CMO).
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya today chaired a high-level meeting to review the Dengue situation in India and preparedness of the public health system for the prevention, containment and management of Dengue in view of the recent spike in cases of Dengue across the country.
He directed the officials to be fully geared up and strengthen prevention, containment and management measures for Dengue: Ministry of Health
"We want the culprits to be arrested as soon as possible and the government to take strong action against them. The Congress party understands the pain and anger of students of #Manipur and we are with them," says Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi on the killing of two youths who had been missing since July 6.
At least five labourers were injured in a fire in a chemical factory in Industrial Focal Point at Chanalon, in Punjab's Mohali, as reported by the news agency ANI.
IATA alloted the unique three-letter code DXN to Noida International Airport, said Airport COO Kiran Jain.
Samastipur police arrested a miscreant on the charges of assaulting and molesting a schoolgirl on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred at a village under Musrigharari police station on Tuesday, an official said, as reported by the news agency IANS.
Three miscreants misbehaved and passed lewd comments at a student while she was returning home from school. When the girl objected to the eve-teasing they assaulted her. The student reached home and told her mother about the incident. When the mother and daughter went to the house of the accused to confront them, they again beat the victim in front of her mother.
The mother tried to save her daughter but failed as she was overpowered by the accused.
Four persons were killed and two others injured after a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) they were travelling in collided with a truck in the Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh in the wee hours of Wednesday, police said, as reported by the news agency PTI. The incident occurred on the National Highway-30 near Barkheda village, some 40 kilometres from the district headquarters, around 1 am, an official said.
"An SUV collided with a speeding truck, which was carrying iron rods and coming from the opposite direction," Bichhiya police station in-charge Dharmendra Singh Dhurve said.
Six persons were travelling in the SUV, of whom four were killed on the spot while two others suffered injuries, he said. Three women and the driver of the SUV died in the incident, Dhurve said, adding that the injured are being treated at the district hospital in Mandla.
An explosion occurred in the cement mix settling vibration machine, adjacent portable generator and tin can of oil being carried with labourers in a load carrier at Larkipora in Anantnag, as reported by the news agency ANI. The J&K Police said that 8 labourers were injured with burn injuries and are being treated at a hospital. Their condition is stable. No terrorist angle was observed. The investigation has started.
Delhi government tells Supreme Court that civil servants in the city are not following the order of government and urges the court to list urgently its plea challenging the validity of the Centre's Government of NCTD (Amendment) Act, 2023, passed by both Houses of Parliament and President has given assent, as reported by the news agency ANI. Supreme Court asks Delhi and Centre governments to prepare a compilation of the case in four weeks.
Union Minister Ajay Bhatt flagged off the metro train carrying messages of the 'Travel for LiFE' program at Dwarka Sec-21 in Delhi.
An 8-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Mumbai’s Jogeshwari area. The accused is a 53-year-old man. According to the Mumbai Police, the accused and the victim lived in the same building, and the girl’s mother used to leave the child at the accused’s home while going to work as there was nobody at home to take care of her, as per the news agency ANI.
"A few days ago, the girl narrated the incident to her mother and her mother lodged a complaint at the Police station. Case registered under Section 376 of IPC and POCSO Act and accused was arrested," the police further stated.
Fresh tensions flared up along the Assam-Meghalaya interstate border after villagers attacked each other with bows, arrows, and catapults as they claimed dominance over the land at Lapangap village, officials said on Wednesday, as per PTI.
I.N.D.I.A bloc is unable to reach a consensus on seat sharing. There will be a discussion on seat sharing after the assembly elections in five states, as per ABP News sources. There was no consensus on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's formula. Kejriwal wanted seat sharing to be done by September 31.
A 26-year-old man was tied to a pole and beaten to death in northeast Delhi by some boys after they suspected him to be a thief, a police official said on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Isar, a resident of Sunder Nagri.
According to police, a call was received on Tuesday at 10:46 p.m in which Abdul Wajid, who is a fruit seller, stated that when he reached home at about 6:30 p.m., he saw his son Isar, lying outside the house, as reported by the news agency IANS.
"There were injury marks all over Isar's body and he was in pain. Isar told him that on Tuesday at about 5 a.m in the morning, some boys had caught him near G4 Block, Sunder Nagri. They thought that he was a thief and had tied him to a pole," said the Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Joy Tirkey, as quoted by the news agency IANS.
At least four people died after the car they were travelling in rammed into a parked bus on Karnataka's Mangaluru national highway in Bellur police station limits today, as per the news agency ANI.
The State Investigation Unit (SIA) of J&K Police is conducting raids at multiple locations in South Kashmir's Pulwama, Shopian, and Anantnag districts, as reported by the news agency ANI. In Pulwama, raids are underway in connection with the killing of an ATM guard.
NIA raids underway in Punjab's Bathinda. National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting raids across 6 states in 3 cases in 51 locations belonging to associates of Lawrence Bambiha and Arsh Dalla gangs, says NIA.
In a major search operation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting search operations against Khalistani terrorists and their associates across the country, officials said, as reported by the news agency IANS. The searches are being carried out in in more than four dozen locations in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and in surrounding areas of Delhi.
"The search operation is underway at locations belonging to suspects associated with Khalistani terrorists, supporters, and related banned organisations," a source said.
The raids started early Wednesday morning and are currently underway. As of now, the NIA has not officially commented on the matter.
At least 100 people were killed and more than 150 were injured after a fire broke out during a wedding at an event hall in the northern Iraqi town of Al-Hamdaniyah, as reported by the news agency AFP.
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PM Modi To Unveil Over Rs 4,505 Crore Development Projects In Gujarat Today
Prime Minister Modi will visit Gujarat on September 27 and will inaugurate multiple development projects amounting to Rs 5,206 crore in the Chhota Udepur district.
Modi will also unveil development initiatives worth at Rs 4,505 crore under the Mission Schools of Excellence, encompassing various sectors including roads and buildings, urban development, science and technology, and water supply.
This comprehensive initiative includes the launch of projects worth Rs 1,426 crore and the completion of projects worth Rs 3,079 crore. The key highlights encompass the establishment of 9,088 new classrooms, deployment of 50,300 smart classrooms, creation of 19,600 computer labs, modernisation of 12,622 classrooms, and enhancement of associated facilities.
President Murmu To Visit Madhya Pradesh Today
President Droupadi Murmu will visit Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday to attend different programmes in the state, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement.During the day-long visit, the President will grace the India Smart Cities Conclave 2023 at Indore and lay the foundation stone for the new building of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur, according to the statement issued on Tuesday.
Students' Killing: CBI Team Led By Special Director To Reach Imphal Today
A team of CBI officials, led by the agency's Special Director Ajay Bhatnagar, will reach Imphal in a special flight on Wednesday to investigate the kidnapping and killing of two students who went missing in the northeastern state on July 6, sources said. The decision was taken within hours of the case being handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the Manipur government. The team of officials under Bhatnagar, the second-in-command in the federal agency, will also have Joint Director Ghanshyam Upadhyay, who is camping in Imphal, the sources said.
The team will comprise officers who have expertise in special crime, crime scene recreation, interrogation and technical surveillance. It will also have experts from the CBI's elite Central Forensic Science Laboratory, the sources said.
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