Breaking News October 11 | Highlights

Kerala | IMD has issues 'Orange' alert for heavy to very heavy rain in Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Alapuzha, Ernakulam and Idukki districts and 'Yellow' alert for moderate rain in Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur &Kasargod districts for 12th Oct

Telangana government has decided to have only six question papers instead of 11 for the ensuing SSC exams and including Urdu as a second language for the academic year 2021-22.

No government employee should be a member or associated with any political party or organisation. No employee should canvas or interfere with or use his influence in connection with or take part in an election of any legislature or local authority: Haryana Government

Ministry of Railways has sanctioned the Final Location Survey for Tanakpur-Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) new broad gauge rail line at a cost of Rs 28.95 crores.

Thailand to re-open to vaccinated tourists on November 1, AFP News Agency quotes Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

Govt issues letter of intent to Tata group for sale of Air India for Rs 18,000 cr: DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey. 

Cuddalore | DMK leader & Cuddalore MP TRVS Ramesh surrendered before a court in Panruti, earlier today. He was booked in connection with the murder of a worker in a cashew processing unit owned by him

Madhya Pradesh | Till now, there are 500 dengue cases in the district. Health teams constituted for all wards of the city, nursing staff will be mobilised to conduct door to door survey. Outdoor fogging will be intensified: Dr Manish Sharma, Chief Medical & Health Officer,Gwalior

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia launched "Desh ke Mentor" programme today. Under this programme students of Delhi government schools will be provided guidance on career choices by people successful in their own fields.

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi announced a scheme ‘Mera Ghar Mere Naam’ to bestow proprietary rights on the people living in the houses within the ‘Lal Lakir’ of villages and the cities. The entire exercise in this regard would be completed within two months: CMO, Punjab

Sensex rises 76.72 points to record close of 60,135.78; Nifty advances 50.75 points to 17,945.95.

U.S.-based David Card, Joshua D. Angrist, and Guido Imbens win 2021 Nobel prize for economics. 

Kerala Govt will take a decision on imposing power cuts after Oct 19. At present, the state is facing a shortage of 100 MW & trying to meet demand-supply gap through automated management system&by purchasing electricity at higher prices: State Electricity

Encounter going on between Army troops & terrorists in the Poonch area around 2 km from the site where a JCO & 4 jawans of Indian Army were injured in anti-terrorist ops & later lost their lives. An Army personnel is injured in this encounter. Ops are on. Details awaited: Sources

A class 9 student was allegedly raped by her classmate's brother in a village here, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday when the 15-year-old girl had gone to her classmate's house in the village, they said.

The accused had also recorded a video of the incident. On the basis of a complaint lodged by the girl's family, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the IPC and efforts were underway to nab him, the police added. 

Senior BJP leader and Minister of Transport Yashpal Arya to join Congress ahead of Assembly polls, ahead of Uttarakhand assembly election 2022.

"Discussed need for early travel of Indian students & more liberal visa regime. Reviewed our defence & security cooperation positively. India & Kyrgyz Republic have a shared approach to developments in Afghanistan," EAM S Jaishankar tweets after meeting his Kyrgyz counterpart

"Delay in services between Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 and Shiv Vihar on Pink Line. Normal service on all other lines," tweets Delhi Metro Rail Corporati

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked across the country for the seventh consecutive day on Monday. Prices of petrol and diesel rise by Rs 0.30 (at Rs 104.44/litre) and Rs 0.35 (at Rs 93.17/litre) respectively in Delhi today.

In Mumbai, petrol is priced at Rs 110.41/litre (up by Rs 0.29) and diesel costs Rs 101.03/litre (up by Rs 0.37) today.

A madrasa teacher has been booked on rape charges in Sheeshgarh area of the district, police said on Sunday. According to a complaint filed by the victim, she came to the madrasa four years ago. The accused used to study with her, but he later started teaching at the madrasa.

The woman alleged that both of them fell in love with each other, Senior Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan said. She, however, claimed that she was repeatedly raped by the accused on the pretext of marriage and was forced to undergo abortion.

“Subsequently when the woman went to the house of the youth, she was given death threat and asked to leave the place,” the officer said.
Sajwan said a case was registered against the teacher on Saturday.