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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates major projects in Varanasi, highlighting advances in health, education, and employment opportunities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds roadshow in Varanasi ahead of Rs 6100 crore development project inauguration.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the RJ Sankara Eye Hospital and announced Rs 6,100 crore in development projects during his constituency visit.

In the aftermath of the incident, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Monday (October 20) held the center-ruled BJP accountable for the law and order situation in the national capital.

Hours after a loud blast occurred near a CRPF school in Delhi's Prashant Vihar area, triggering a thorough investigation, officials reported that they recovered a white powder-like substance from the incident site. "The white powder sample has been collected by the FSL and NSG teams and is currently under investigation," the officials mentioned. 

On Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024, SP MP Awadhesh Prasad said, "SP has had MLAs in Maharashtra earlier too. We are in a good position (in the state). People trust our leader Akhilesh Yadav. Our party has a good base there. So, under INDIA alliance, party chief Akhilesh Yadav has demanded seats on which we have a base, on which we have our people. There definitely won't be an issue, any problem. Everything will be decided."

NIA team reaches the spot where a blast was heard outside CRPF School in Rohini's Prashant Vihar area early today morning.

NDRF team reaches the spot where a blast was heard outside CRPF School in Rohini's Prashant Vihar area. 

Punjab: Police arrested five key operatives of Bambiha-Kaushal Gang, recovers nine illegal weapons and 15 cartridges smuggled from Madhya Pradesh. 

NSG commandos also reached the spot where a blast was heard outside CRPF School in Rohini's Prashant Vihar area. 

Union Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu arrives at Varanasi Airport ahead of PM Modi's visit today. PM Narendra Modi to visit Varanasi and lay the foundation stone of several development projects worth Rs. 6,100 crores.

 Security beefed up outside Ladakh Bhawan as climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and his supporters are set to protest outside there. 

On the deteriorating Air Quality Index in Delhi NCR, BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal said, "Controlling the pollution in Delhi is the responsibility of the state government. Delhi government is directly responsible for this. Gopal Rai is blaming UP and Haryana, this is running away from the responsibility. Gopal Rai or Arvind Kejriwal should tell what they did in the last 9 years to control the pollution... Now they are frustrated because the Delhi Assembly elections are nearing..."

Ahead of Jharkhand assembly elections, JDU leader Khalid Anwar said, "The Jharkhand election is very important... We will contest two seats. The people are in NDA's favour this time."

Union Minister and former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy said, "The Congress government in the state won't last till 2028. The people of the state and the MLAs will be the ones to topple it. There is a growing dissatisfaction among the Congress MLAs. It's not true that we are trying to topple their government, their MLAs and the people are destabilising the foundation of this government."

12 people died in a collision between an auto-rickshaw and a bus in Bari, Dholpur, Rajasthan. Most of the deceased were children and women. All the victims of the accident were returning from a wedding ceremony when the accident happened near Sunipur in the Bari Sadar police station area.