17 fresh COVID-19 cases take Chhattisgarh’s tally to 11,76,690: Official

Sidhu Moose Wala murder case Update: Punjab Police arrests woman accomplice of Deepak Tinu

Punjab Police arrested a woman accomplice of Deepak Tinu (accused in Sidhu Moose Wala murder) from Mumbai Airport. She was with the criminal when he escaped and was on the way to the Maldives. Further investigations to nab Deepak Tinu is underway, said DGP Punjab Police.

Under-construction showroom wall fall in Punjab; 8 workers stuck in debris

Wall of an under-construction showroom under Mohali City Center being built on Mohali Airport road. 8 labourers were buried under the debris out of which 4 have been rescued and sent to a hospital. One labour has lost his life, informed Mohali Police.

Two killed, 21 injured in lightning strike

At least two persons were killed and 21 others sustained burn injuries when lightning struck them during a football match in Odisha’s Sundergarh district, police said. The incident took place during a local football match at Baneilata under the Nuagaon block of the district, about 350 km from the state capital.One of the deceased was a football player, the police said, adding that most of the injured persons were spectators.

Building collapses in Lahori gate of Delhi

NDRF team reaches spot as rescue operations continue after a house collapsed near the Lahori gate of Delhi.

One junior engineer dies in Uran Power generation station blast

One junior engineer namely Vivek Dhumale died during treatment, said Inspector Suhas Chavan, Crime Branch, Uran Police Station. Three people were injured in an explosion at a power generation station located in Uran today; injured admitted to a local hospital.

A magnificent run-chase by Team India against South Africa to register a victory by 7 wickets in Ranchi

Delhi COVID-19 update:

Delhi reported 79 new cases and zero death in the past 24 hours. Active cases up by 385.

IND vs SA 2nd ODI

India beats South Africa by seven wickets in second ODI to level three-match series

Visuals of full moon during ‘Sharad Poornima from Marine drive & Goregaon Chowpatty

6 children drown in a pond in Haryana

Bodies of all 6 children recovered. All children were aged between 8-13 years. We’re making announcements in local area to inform us if any other child is missing. If needed, we’ll comb the pond again or drain it, informed DM Nishant Yadav.

West Bengal adds 171 COVID-19 cases, one death: Health Department

Building collapses near Valmiki mandir, Delhi

Building collapses near Valmiki mandir near Farshkhana Lahori gate. 4 fire tenders at the spot. More details awaited

Troops of Red Shield Division rescues 6 on NH 515 near Rayang

Troops of Red Shield Division rescued 5 passengers and the driver of a passenger carrier which caught fire on NH 515 near Rayang, District Dhemaji in Assam yesterday, informed Indian Army.

PM Modi observes 3D projection mapping light and sound show at the Surya Mandir

Police arrests two accuse of killing a girl in Kaithal, Haryana

After an overnight search operation, half-burnt body of missing girl was found in an area outside the village. Suspects are being questioned. The accused has been arrested. We found video footage, using which a suspect was detained. During interrogation, he confessed to having raped and killed her. The accused used to live near the victim’s house. Further investigation underway, said SP Maqsood Ahmed.

CM Ashok Gehlot on delegates present at recently held state summit

Haryana police finds a body of child drown in a pond

One child drown in pond in Gurugram, Haryana after a pond in the village got filled with water during the incessant rains. “We’ve found the clothes of 6 children here. Body of one has been recovered and sent to the hospital. Teams are still in water looking for others.” informed DCP West, Deepak Saharan.

PM Modi explains the importance of Surya Mandir in Modhera

Uddhav is nothing, it’s Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray & this is what makes me important… I still remember Shiv Sena foundation day on June 19, 1966 when Sena was formed at Shivaji Park. Balasaheb used to take up issues of Marathi manoos through Marmik weekly.

– Uddhav Thackeray

Maha sees 455 COVID-19 cases, no death; active tally 2,366 as 356 recover

Maharashtra recorded 455 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 81,24,754, while the death toll remained unchanged at 1,48,357, a health official said. The recovery count increased by 356 in the last 24 hours to touch 79,74,031, leaving the state with an active caseload of 2,366, he said. State health department data revealed the recovery rate was 98.14 per cent and the fatality rate stood at 1.82 per cent.

I want to fight because the condition in the country is bad… Agencies like CBI, ED are weakening. To fight them I need to have power. That is why, on the recommendation of delegations, I m fighting the polls.

– Congress presidential candidate Mallikarjun Kharge

Administration has opened all the four gates of Fateh Sagar Lake to release the excess water accumulated due to heavy rainfall

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Mehbooba lauds Rahul Gandhi for ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, targets BJP for ‘trampling’ democracy

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti lauded Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and said the people need to support him as he is fighting to safeguard the country and its democratic institutions from the onslaught of the BJP. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also questioned the criteria for the selection of BJP leaders’ kins to head various sports streams and asked “does (home minister Amit Shah’s son) Jay Shah know how to hold a bat?” Addressing a party convention here, she said Rahul Gandhi is being targeted by the BJP because he is from the Gandhi family which has a history of sacrifice for the country.

No rain in national capital, surrounding areas from tomorrow onwards: IMD

Senior Scientist at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) RK Jenamani said that there would be no rain in the national capital and its surrounding areas from tomorrow onwards. “Highest rainfall was recorded at our station in Mayur Vihar on Saturday. From tomorrow onwards there will be no rain in Delhi-NCR,” said RK Jenamani, Senior Scientist, IMD. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), the national capital recorded heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday (October 8 and 9). The reported rains in Delhi amounted to 74.3mm, 87.2mm and 85.2mm at the SFD, Lodhi Road and Ayaynagar respectively. Also, Delhi ridge and Palam had reported 60 and 64mm respectively.

Modi offers prayers at Modheshwari Mata Temple in Modhera

Two-year-old girl killed in Delhi’s Rohini Sector-16

A two-year-old girl was killed in Delhi’s Rohini Sector-16 after being hit by a car. She was taken to hospital where doctors declared her brought dead. A case u/s-279/304A IPC has been registered at KN Katju Marg police station & the car driver has been apprehended, informed Delhi Police.

Clash broke out b/w delivery boy and security guard in Noida

A delivery boy associated with Zomato went to deliver food to a housing society where the security guard did not allow him to enter. After which a scuffle broke out between them. Both of them have been arrested under section 151 of IPC, informed Ashutosh Dwivedi, DCP

Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor addressing the press

Congress has run the country nicely, we have experienced people in the party, we need to show our strength to re-win voters. Party needs to be attractive for it, needs to be confident so voters may give us their trust

– Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor

PM Modi while inaugurating Modhera solar village

PM Modi said, “Today’s a new energy of development has been infused for Modhera, Mehsana and the whole of North Gujarat. From electricity, water to road and rail. Many projects related to dairy, skill development & healthcare have been inaugurated & foundation stones have been laid today.”

JNU Medical College affected by waterlogging

Heavy rainfall causes waterlogging, flood water enters houses & shops of people; and also into the wards of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, AMU, vehicular movement is affected.

Fire broke out in a shopping mall in Islamabad

Fire broke out in a shopping mall in Islamabad. Customers present inside were evacuated. Fire tenders rushed to the spot, reports Pak media.

Big explosion at power station of Maha power generation company

One killed, two injured in explosion at power station of Maharashtra power generation company at Uran in Navi Mumbai, informed Police.

Earlier, we were unable to make even cycles in Gujarat; now we are making cars and days are not far when we will make aircraft in the state

– PM Narendra Modi

Many BJP cadres in Gujarat secretly support AAP and want to see their party’s defeat, claims Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed that many leaders and workers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat secretly support his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and want to see the defeat of their own party in the upcoming Assembly elections. Targeting the BJP over the posters that surfaced in several Gujarat cities on Saturday in which he was termed as “anti-Hindu”, the AAP’s national convener said those behind the posters were “demons and descendants of Kans”.”Many BJP leaders and workers meet me and secretly ask me to do something to defeat the ruling party. I would like to tell all the BJP workers and leaders who want to defeat their party to work secretly for AAP,” he said at a rally in tribal-dominated Valsad district in Gujarat, where Assembly polls are slated to be held in the next couple of months.

Now we will not pay for electricity, but start selling it & earn from it. Till a while back, the govt used to supply electricity to citizens but now, with the installation of solar panels, citizens will produce their own electricity.

– PM Modi in Modhera

Here is a glimpse of Modhera project inauguration

PM Modi lays the foundation stone and dedicates development works at Modhera, Gujarat

PM Narendra Modi declared Modhera village in Gujarat’s Mehsana district India’s first 24×7 solar powered village. Modhera, which is associated with the Sun Temple will also be known for its strides in solar energy. Big day for Modhera as it takes a giant leap towards harnessing solar power.

Muslims declining in India is a very good thing, says Anil Vij

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said a controversial remark responding to AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi statement that the population of Muslims in India is declining. He said, “If it is so, then that’s a very good thing. Drop it further and bring it to ‘hum do humare do.”

IND vs SA 2nd ODI

South Africa 278/7 after 50 overs against India. A Markram 79, R Hendricks 74; M Siraj 3/38.

BJP’s journey from two to 303 seats will start reversing from 2024 as Opposition is coming together

– RJD

Direct Tax collection grows 24 pc to Rs 8.98 lakh crore between April 1 – October 8, 2022: FinMin

AAP Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam resigns

AAP Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam who was spotted participating at an event, where people took an oath boycotting several Hindu Gods, resigned.

Amit Shah addresses BJP workers in Assam

Financial discipline of Northeast states a must in taking India’s economy to the second place in the world

– Amit Shah in Assam

PM Modi in Mehsana, Gujarat lays foundation stone of multiple projects

VIP cells in Bihar for govt employees, public rep & elite people

The Excise Department has arranged a VIP ward for VIPs caught intoxicated publically in the state. VIP cells have been constructed in Samastipur Excise Department to keep VIP persons for 24 hours. Excise Superintendent SK Chaudhary informed that the VIP cells are constructed to keep govt employees, public representatives & elite people of society who are caught consuming alcohol. Arrangements made for two beds, sofa, table and a trained dog have been kept at the gate for their safety.

Mobile phones smuggling racket busted in Lodhia

BSF troops of Border Out Post Lodhia noticed that some plastic containers tied to banana stems are floating along Pagla river towards Bangladesh. Jawans immediately took them out & when opened, found 317 pieces of mobile phones, estimated to cost Rs 38 lakhs.

BoM goes live on new direct tax collection system TIN 2.0

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Sunday said it has got its technology platform integrated with the Income Tax Department’s new direct tax collection system TIN 2.0. The Pune-based bank has joined the bandwagon of public sector lenders to go live on Tax Information Network, TIN 2.0 (e-filing). TIN 2.0 platform, started on July 1, 2022, is the official portal of the Income Tax Department, Ministry of Finance.

Finance Ministry considers measures like auto debiting other a/cs of issuer to curtail cheque bounce cases

The finance ministry is considering multiple ways such as dipping into other accounts of a cheque issuer and prohibition of opening of new accounts of offenders to effectively deal with cheque bounce cases. These cases have been clogging the legal system.

Aligarh schools closed till Oct 12 due to heavy rains

All schools in the district till Class 12 were shutdown till October 12 due to the heavy downpour here in past 24 hours, an order on Sunday said. District Magistrate Indra Veer Singh announced the decision, which covers all schools affiliated to AMU, through a statement.

Modhera to be declared 1st solar-powered village by PM Modi today

Solar panels have been beneficial. Previously we used to pay Rs 2000 for electricity, but now I am paying Rs 300. We didn’t pay anything to install solar panels: Jaydeep Bhai Patel, local

Dengue figures skyrocket by 20,000 in Bengal in just a month

The hospitals across West Bengal, both public and private, are overflowing with dengue patients. According to an official in the state health department, 800-900 cases are being reported on an average daily. This could send West Bengal to the top of the list among the states in the country where dengue cases have been reported, in just over a month.

Reports false. Been in party for 55 yrs, delegates coming to meet me. Work is to meet them, ask for votes. Election happening in fair way

– Cong Presidential candidate M Kharge, on reports of him being projected as official candidate & Shashi Tharoor as an image against oppn

India will stand out with 7 pc growth rate in FY23 amid global gloom, says EAC-PM member Sanyal

Amid fears of the world slipping into recession, India will perhaps emerge as the strongest major economy with 7 per cent growth rate in FY23, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) member Sanjeev Sanyal said on Sunday. Sanyal observed that India can grow at 9 per cent in an external conducive environment like in early 2000s when the global economy was growing.

PM Narendra Modi reaches Ahmedabad, to go to Modhera to inaugurate multiple projects & take part in various programmes

Delhi to get mobile fire tenders at 50 sites, more fire stations

The Delhi Fire Service has formed an internal committee headed by the Chief Fire Officer to identify 50 mishap-prone spots in the national capital where mobile fire tenders can be deployed. It will also come up with locations where new fire stations could be set up, an official said on Sunday. The development comes days after Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena suggested a slew of measures to improve the national capital’s fire-fighting capability during a meeting with the Delhi Fire Service to review preparedness ahead of Diwali.

Car prices to rise as auto cos gear to comply with stricter emission norms

Passenger and commercial vehicle prices are expected to rise as automobile companies invest in upgrading vehicles to meet stricter emission norms that kick in from April next year. The Indian automobile industry is currently working to make their products meet the second phase of Bharat Stage VI, equivalent to Euro-VI emission norms, in real time driving conditions. Four-wheeler passenger and commercial vehicles will need more sophisticated equipment to be added to meet the next level of emission standards.