BJP releases its second list of candidates for Maharashtra Assembly polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released the second list of candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Polls.

The BJP releases its second list of candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly polls.

NCP releases its first list of candidates for Maharashtra Assembly elections. Chhagan Bhujbal to fight from Yeola constituency, party state president Jayant Patil to contest from Islampur constituency, Ajit Pawar from Baramati and  Rohit Pawar from Karjat Jamkhed.

Since September, 28, NDRF teams have evacuated more than 9,000 flood affected people in Bihar. Operation still underway. Two medical teams of NDRF area also providing medical assistance to the needy. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at a Navratri event in Ahmedabad. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani also present.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "The Indian media has helped us in achieving the goal of Swachh Bharat. I am grateful to the people of this country for their efforts."

I urge people to take one resolution for the betterment of the country. Think about your responsibility for the nation: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "We have launched schemes like Saubhagya Yojana, Jan Dhan Yojana, Swachh Bharat Yojana among others in order to fulfil Bapu's dreams." 

People mobilised for 'satyagarah' on Mahatma Gandhi's call, did same now for swachhagrah: PM Modi

PM Modi mentioned that Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan has become the centre of inspiration among world leaders. He said, "when India won the Global Goalkeepers award, the whole world understood the importance of sanitation and cleanliness."

We aim to rid India of single use plastic by 2022, says PM Modi. He adds: "I am hearing there is a fall in usage of plastic bags now."

Prime Minister Modi emphasised that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan has played a major role in encouraging women empowerment and ensuring their safety. 

We have constructed toilets in India. We have encouraged people: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "It fills me with satisfaction that Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has given employment in villages." 

The world is startled seeing India's achievements. This includes providing toilets to over 60 crore population in 60 months, construction of more than 11 crore toilets: PM Modi

"The Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan has inspired the whole nation. People are determined to have toilets at every block and house" says, PM Modi 

From Sabarmati Riverfront, I salute Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri: PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi said, "I am proud that rural India has freed itself from open defecation and is consistently growing towards clean India." 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed the crowd at Sabarmati riverfront 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has awarded several volunteers and students for their innovative ideas towards clean India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has awarded women across the country for contributing in Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan. He also awarded students who took part in Cleanliness drive contests. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches postal stamps and limited edition Rs.150 silver coins to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

To celebrate the success of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, a laser show has been organised which portrays how India achieved this ambitious mission. 

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has addressed the crowd and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to speak soon. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 20, 000 Sarpanchs from across the country at Sabarmati riverfront. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release a new anthem for Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan to mark 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. 

On the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a coin and postal stamp. 

PM Narendra Modi will join Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth tomorrow by video conference to jointly inaugurate two landmark projects in Mauritius- phase-1 of the Metro Express and a new ENT Hospital.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has released the second list of candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Polls.

PM Modi visits Sabarmati Ashram to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.

PM Narendra Modi on his arrival at Ahmedabad said, "Respect for India is rising all over the world. One can experience the change. The world can see that India is at the forefront of several positive changes taking place at the world stage." 

PM Modi, Speaking of his recent visit to the UN to address the general assembly said, the country celebrated Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary and the song - Vaishnav Jan Toh Tene Kahiye Je - was sung in multiple languages.

PM Modi arrives in Ahmedabad to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birthday. 

The change in climate has led to drought, sudden heavy rainfall and the present condition in Bihar. This year in July there were flash floods in 12-13 districts. Later, the water level in river Ganga rose. Now, sudden heavy rainfall has flooded many areas in Patna.

On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th Birth Anniversary, PM Modi will visit Sabarmati Ashram today, to felicitate cleanliness workers. 

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates 70th TB Seal Campaign of the Tuberculosis Association of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Sujit Singh, DIG Udhampur-Reasi, J&K: Today we received info that some suspicious persons have been seen in Kud area, as per operational procedure search operation is underway. Security forces have been alerted, if suspicious persons are found appropriate action will be taken.

Director of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Siliguri unit has arrested two people and seized 6.541 kg opium from their possession.

Twitter and Tweetdeck have gone down for a large number of users mostly in Canada and Japan. Users in India are also facing the issue.

"We've been experiencing outages across Twitter and TweetDeck. You might have had trouble Tweeting, getting notifications, or viewing DMs. We're currently working on a fix, and should be back to normal soon," the company said in a tweet.

Punjab Police has arrested one more accused allegedly involved in a terrorist module of the revived Khalistan Zindabad Force, busted on September 22. He has been identified as Sajanpreet Singh of Bandala village in Amritsar. A local court has sent him to 5-day police remand, today.

Orange alert issued in Patna, Vaishali, Begusarai and Khagaria districts for October 3 and 4 due to heavy rains. 

BJP President Amit Shah during 'Gandhi Sankalp Yatra' in Delhi: Modi ji has resolved to make country free of single use plastic, and it's the responsibility of everyone, including BJP workers, to make it a mass movement.

Suburban train services were briefly affected as a local train coach derailed between Kings Circle and Mahim stations here on Wednesday, officials said.

The incident took place on the CSMT-Bandra route where a Bandra-bound train derailed at around 11.30 am.

The wheel of the front trolley of a coach derailed, officials said. There are no reports of anyone sustaining injuries in the incident, officials said. 

There were no change in diesel and petrol prices on Wednesday after two consecutive days of upward revision. Crude prices in the international markets, however, rose owing to reports of a decrease in oil reserved in the US.

On Tuesday, data from the American petroleum institute, the reserve fell by 59 lakh barrels from the previous week. The benchmark oil price, Brent was trading 0.75 per cent higher at $59. 34 a barrel during the afternoon trade.

Astronauts aboard the space station plan to conduct 10 of them during the next three months. The station crew will replace some of the orbiting laboratory's solar array batteries during the first half of the spacewalks and then refurbish a renowned scientific instrument that explores the fundamental nature of the universe during the final five excursions, NASA said on Tuesday.

At least five Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in a NATO-led coalition drone strikes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.

"The coalition pilotless planes fired missiles on two militants' compounds in Wazir Tangai locality of Khogyani district on Tuesday, killing five IS militants," Xinhua reported citing a statement by the Nangarhar provincial government.

The practice of bursting fire crackers during Gandhi Jayanti celebrations will be discontinued by the state government. Gandhi was a true environmentalist and bursting fire crackers is not in sync with good environment practices, the Chief Minister said.

"From next year, it is necessary to stop bursting crackers. Gandhi was a true environmentalist. Government servants should take note of it," Sawant said at a function held in Old Goa, near Panaji to mark the 150th birth anniversary of the 'Father of the Nation'.

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has conducted raid at the accounts section of the DCP office in Outer Delhi in connection with alleged financial crimes, amounting to lakhs. The Vigilance Branch has registered a case. A policeman has been arrested in this case, while two people, including a woman sub-inspector, are absconding.

The Rajasthan government on Wednesday announced a ban on pan masala containing magnesium carbonate, nicotine, tobacco, mineral oil and flavoured 'supari' in the state.

“All such products will now be banned in the state under the Food Safety Act. This is an important decision taken to curb addiction among youth,” Health Minister Raghu Sharma said.

Production, storage, distribution and sale of these products will not be allowed in the state. 

Water supply to the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area in Latur district has been stopped due to insufficient reserves in the
Manjara dam and other resources after poor rainfall this monsoon. With companies in Latur's MIDC already troubled due to the industrial slowdown, the stoppage of water supply since Tuesday has come as a double whammy for factories, especially pulses and cement units, a local industry body said.

The Manjara dam, considered as the lifeline of Latur city, currently has 4,000 million litres of water against its total storage capacity of 2.24 lakh million litres.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday took part in a 'Swachhta' campaign here and asked people to take a pledge to keep the country clean.

Paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary, Khattar said, "He taught us the best way to know oneself is to immerse oneself in the service of others".

"Let us pledge to follow his footsteps on the path to a vibrant India...To realise the dreams of the Mahatma, we will have to take a pledge to keep our surroundings and our country clean in the same manner we like to keep our homes clean," he said.

Taking a swipe at the BJP, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday said it should first pursue the path of truth shown by Mahatma Gandhi and then talk about him.

She made the remarks before participating in a silent march organised here by the Congress on 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

"It was the order of Gandhiji to pursue the path of truth. First, the BJP should pursue the path of truth and then talk about Gandhiji," the Congress leader said.

Suburban train services were briefly affected as a local train coach derailed between Kings Circle and Mahim stations here on Wednesday. The incident took place on the CSMT-Bandra route where a Bandra-bound train derailed at around 11.30 am.
 

Congress interm president Sonia Gandhi said that those who are trying to misuse Mahatma’s name will not succeed.  "Those doing politics of falsehood will not understand Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence...India and Gandhi are synonymous, but some people want RSS to be synonymous with India," she said. 

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi addressed the Congress workers on the occassion of Gandhi Jayanti. Targetting the BJP while addressing the crowd, Gandhi said the Centre's work has upset Bapu. 'Power hungry people will never understand Bapu,' said Sonia Gandhi.

Two youths were killed and four others injured when a speeding truck hit them near Singthara village under Wazirganj police station on Wednesday morning, police said.

Tahir (26) and Sripal (24) were riding a motorcycle when a speeding truck hit them and injured four others, who were out on a morning walk, before overturning into a roadside ditch, SSP Ashok Kumar Tripathi said.

Both died on the spot, the SSP said, adding that the injured have been referred to the Bareilly hospital in a serious condition.
The truck driver fled the spot leaving the vehicle behind, the SSP said.

Angered by the incident, the locals staged a sit-in on the main road disrupting traffic. Senior officials rushed to the spot and pacified them to clear the road. 

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis takes part in 'Swacchhta Abhiyaan (cleanliness drive),' at Sion-Koliwada in Mumbai.

 Home Minister Amit Shah takes part in 'Gandhi Sankalp Yatra,' in Shalimar Bagh

Air India pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi by painting his portrait on the tail of an Airbus A320 aircraft at Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi).

National Investigation Agency (NIA) to carry out probe after reports from Punjab of drones being used by Pakistan to smuggle arms into India.

A life-size hologram of Mahatma Gandhi participated in a dialogue with panellists at the fourth Ahinsa Lecture here, organised by the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), in cooperation with the Permanent Delegation of India.

The dialogue was on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for education.

It was opened by the Ambassador of India to France and Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO, Vinay Mohan Kwatra and the Assistant Director-General Priority Africa and External Relations, UNESCO, Firmin Edouard Matoko.

Telangana: Three admitted to hospital after being electrocuted while trying to erect banners of a movie in Chintal area of Hyderabad

Delhi: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju flags off 'Fit India Plog run,'- a trash-collecting activity while jogging, at Indira Gandhi stadium. Wrestler Bajrang Punia also present.

Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Mahabalipuram near Chennai in the second week of October for the second informal summit with PM Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday recalled the grit and determination of Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 115th birth anniversary.
"Tributes to former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri who gave the call of 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'," Modi tweeted.
He also posted a short video on the leader in which he referred to Shastri's grit and determination and his love for khadi.
Shastri was born in 1904 in Uttar Pradesh's Mughalsarai.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri at Vijay Ghat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on his 150th birth anniversary. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi also paid floral tributes to the Father of Nation. Both the BJP and Congress have planned several events to mark the event.

"In a strife-torn world, as indeed India, Gandhi ji and his philosophy is more relevant than ever today." He said as the ideological anchor of the country, "Mahatma Gandhi's legacy of non-violence, co-existence, compassion, truth, environmental sustainability and economic self-reliance have not only shaped our nationhood but those of many across the world".

Congress pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, tweet a video imagining what India would be like if 'Father of the Nation' was still alive.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is likely to participate in the foot march in Lucknow to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. 

Congress leaders, led by party's interim President Sonia Gandhi, will will celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary on Wednesday and lead a Gandhi Sandesh padyatra as part of a week-long celebration. The march will start at 9:30 am from the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee officer.

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and former PM Dr Manmohan Singh pay tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri at Vijay Ghat. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has aarived at Rajghat, will pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi shortly

Anil Shastri, son of Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, pays tribute to his father at Vijay Ghat.

LK Advani, Manmohan Singh pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on his 150th birth anniversary

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and BJP Working President JP Nadda pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat

PM Modi will also visit Vijayghat, the resting place of former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri, who also shares his birthday with Gandhi.

• 7.20 am: PM Modi to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat
• 7.50 am: PM Modi to visit Vijayghat to pay tribute to former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri, who shares his birthday with Mahatma Gandhi
• 10.30 am: Floral tributes at the Parliament House
• 5.50 pm: Welcome reception at Ahmedabad airport
• This will be followed by a visit to Sabarmati Ashram and then for the Swachh Bharat program.
• 8.30 pm: GMDC Ground- Participate in the Navratri festival

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Top party will visit Rajghat in the morning to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial on his 150th birth anniversary. Later PM Modi will also visit Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad today and later declare the country open defecation-free.