Breaking News, October 2 | HIGHLIGHTS

Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi arrives at the Delhi airport.

 Haryana: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari holds election campaign in Sohna ahead of Assembly Election, in support of BJP candidate Tejpal Tanwar.

Two accused school trustees in Badlapur sexual assault case detained, said Thane police.

Andhra Pradesh: Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple in Tirupati illuminated ahead of the annual 'Brahmotsavam' celebrations.

Train services hit on Delhi Metro's Blue Line after drone spotted on tracks.

 President Droupadi Murmu will visit Rajasthan from October 3 to 4. 

Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi attended state-level celebration of Gandhi Jayanti to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at Telangapentha in Cuttack district, today

Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi attended state-level celebration of Gandhi Jayanti to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at Telangapentha in Cuttack district, today

 PM Modi's letter to India's two-time Olympic medal-winning javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra's mother Saroj Devi.

Ladwa, Haryana: BJP MP Hema Malini attends a roadshow in support of Haryana Chief Minister and BJP candidate from Ladwa Assembly constituency, Nayab Singh Saini.

Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy meets families who are being re-located due to the Musi riverfront beautification project.

Power hungry JMM-Congress playing with national security, said PM Modi in Hazaribag

Welfare schemes of JMM-led coalition govt in Jharkhand means of corruption, said PM Modi in Hazaribag.

Maharashtra: A layer of haze was seen engulfing several parts of Mumbai earlier today. 

PM Narendra Modi wishes Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah.

State Bank of India (SBI) is planning to open 600 branches across the country in the current financial year in a bid to tap business opportunities in emerging areas including large residential townships.

"We have strong branch expansion plans...this would be mainly focused on emerging areas. A lot of residential colonies are not covered by us. Around 600 branches is something we are planning in the current year," SBI Chairman C S Setty told PTI in an interview.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday announced that there is a Rs 60,000-crore investment opportunity by the railways in West Bengal. He highlighted that 61 projects are currently pending in the state due to issues related to the handover of land to the railways, emphasising that the completion of these projects requires the TMC government to rise above politics.

"Rs 60,000 crore investment opportunity by the railways exists in West Bengal," Vaishnaw said after inaugurating several railway projects and train services at Sealdah station.

Gandhi Jayanti was celebrated on Wednesday at China’s sprawling Chaoyang Park with local school children reciting his teachings in Mandarin and an Odissi dance was performed by Beijing-based dancers on his favourite bhajan.

Beijing's picturesque Chaoyang Park where Gandhi’s statue, sculpted by famous Chinese sculptor Prof. Yuan Xikun, was installed in 2005 came alive with recitation of his teachings in Mandarin by a group of Chinese school children.

It was followed by a graceful Odissi dance performance on 'Vaishnav Jan To' by noted Beijing-based Odissi dancer Zhang Jinghui and her troupe.

Expressing concern over the death of a migrant worker from West Bengal in Chennai due to alleged starvation, Governor C V Ananda Bose on Wednesday criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stating that his "constitutional colleague was playing with human lives".

Bose's remarks come in the wake of the death of a migrant labourer from Purba Medinipur district, who succumbed due to 'starvation' in the Tamil Nadu capital on Monday.

He also expressed concern on the plight of the state’s migrant workers, who face significant hardships in their search for livelihood.

Amid the heightened tensions in the Middle East over the Iranian attack on Israel, India has issued an advisory for nationals regarding travelling to Iran.

 

Protesting the rape and murder of the RG Kar hospital doctor, night-long demonstrations were held across West Bengal on the auspicious occasion of Mahalaya, which marks the beginning of the festive season with Durga Puja barely six days away.

While in Kolkata, the demonstrators floated lamps in the rivers and prayed for the medic's soul, in Coochbehar, a march was held in the early hours as part of the protest, termed 'Abhaya' Tarpan'.

Unidentified men shot dead a self-styled town commander of a proscribed militant outfit near Leishang village in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, police said on Wednesday.

The deceased, a member of the United Kuki National Army (UKNA), was identified as Seikhohao Haokip, a resident of Kaprang village in the southern district of the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday kick-started the construction of four compressed bio-gas (CBG) plants by Oil India Ltd in Assam.

The event was part of a groundbreaking ceremony for several CBG plants across the country, which Modi presided over virtually from New Delhi, aimed at promoting a sustainable and eco-friendly energy landscape on the occasion of Swachh Bharat Diwas.

Seven more children have fallen sick due to suspected food poisoning after consuming mid-day meal at a private school near Maharashtra's Thane city, taking the total number of minors hospitalised to 45, officials said on Wednesday.

The children, aged between 8 and 11 years, were admitted to a civic hospital in Kalwa town after they complained of giddiness, nausea, headache and pain in the abdomen after lunch on Tuesday, according to medical officials at the hospital.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran's missile attack on Israel failed and vowed retaliation, at the start of a security meeting in Tel Aviv on Tuesday night (October 1). "Iran made a big mistake tonight - and it will pay for it," he said. "The regime in Iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to retaliate against our enemies."

On the occasion

 of Pitra Amavasya, making the end of Pitra Paksha, devotees took holy bath across sacred rivers in India. 

  

Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat and Lal Bahadur Shashtri at Vijay Ghat on their Jayanti.

 On the flood situation in Bihar, Union Minister Nityanand Rai says, "The central government and PM Narendra Modi himself has been taking cognisance of the flood situation in Bihar."

Two vessels carrying migrants from Africa sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti, killing 45 people, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday.

The boats had departed from Yemen carrying 310 people, the International Organization for Migration said. Thousands of migrants from African, Middle Eastern and South Asian countries seeking a better life in Europe attempt irregular migration every year. Smugglers pack vessels full of desperate people willing to risk their lives to reach continental Europe.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the most iconic figure of India's freedom movement, on his birth anniversary. In a post on X, Modi said the revered Bapu's life and ideals based on truth, harmony and equality would always be an inspiration for the country's people.

Gandhi, hailed as the father of the nation, steadfastly followed the principles of truth and non-violence, inspiring generations of politicians and activists around the world.