Breaking News, September 11 | Highlights

Twenty-five travel agents in Punjab have been booked for illegally advertising employment opportunities on social media, said police on Wednesday. The action came after the Protector of Emigrants under the Ministry of External Affairs red-flagged the advertising on social media for jobs in foreign countries by such unscrupulous travel agencies.

The BJP has released its final candidates' list for the upcoming assembly elections in Haryana. With the latest list, the BJP has announced candidates on all 90 seats. 

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said he has written to the Chief Ministers of eight states regarding the "unfair" devolution of taxes by the Union government, and has invited them to a conclave in Bengaluru to collectively deliberate on the issues of "fiscal federalism".

He said he has written to the Chief Ministers of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, and Punjab.

A woman junior doctor was allegedly assaulted by a patient at the state-run Gandhi Hospital here on Wednesday. The Gandhi Junior Doctors Association (JUDA) said that a patient in intoxicated condition "assaulted” the female intern when she was performing her duties at the Casualty department of the hospital at around 3.30 pm. The incident caused concern among junior doctors, it said in a release.

The Delhi government is planning to inject a new lease of life into the Gramin Seva autos by issuing guidelines to ensure their transition to electric vehicles, officials said.

Launched in 2010, the Gramin Seva is a para-transit scheme wherein high capacity three-wheelers with a seating capacity of six passengers were given permits to ply in the rural areas, unauthorised, resettlement colonies and the JJ clusters of Delhi.

Shankaracharya of Govardhan Peeth, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, on Wednesday opposed the Odisha government’s proposal for setting up beach shacks along Puri-Konark sea shore.
The seer’s opposition to the proposal coincided with the demonstration of around 40 socio-cultural organisations near Shree Jagannath Temple here.

While opposing the BJP government’s proposal in the new excise policy, the agitators also demanded a total liquor ban in the pilgrim town and the sea beach.

"Jagannath Dham is the place for spiritual pursuit and soul-searching and not for amusement. Puri beach should be a place devoted to bhajan, kirtan and religious discourses. It should not serve as a destination for pleasure-seeking,” the Shankaracharya told reporters while responding to the state government’s proposal.

The team of CSFL arrived at the spot where a suspicious explosion took place at a residence in Sector 10 of Chandigarh.

Police have arrested eight men in connection with abduction and gang-rape of two orchestra dancers at gunpoint in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district. The accused perpetrators forced the victims into their vehicles and took them to a house where the crime was committed, police said. The victims were abducted at gunpoint from a house under the Ramkola police station jurisdiction on Monday night, according to police.

The perpetrators arrived in two SUVs and, amid continuous firing, took the girls to the house of one of the accused Ajit Singh in the Kaptanganj area, where the alleged gang-rape was committed, said Kushinagar Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Mishra.

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has attached fresh assets worth Rs 29.75 crore of fugitive diamond trader Nirav Modi under the anti-money laundering law. A provisional order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to attach these assets that are in the form of bank deposits, land, and buildings, it said in a statement.

The agency, which has been probing Modi in the alleged USD 2 billion fraud against the Punjab National Bank for over five years now, has attached assets worth Rs 2,596 crore in India and abroad in the past. Modi, 53, is presently lodged in a UK jail and has lost his extradition plea to India in connection with this alleged bank loan fraud case, which is also being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath has slammed Rahul Gandhi saying that he is heading towards becoming the leader of anti-India separatist groups. He also said that his only aim is to destroy the unity, integrity and social harmony of India and push the country towards civil war.

Patiala House Court of Delhi dismisses the bail plea of Neelam Azad, an accused in the Parliament security breach case. While dismissing the bail plea, the court said there are sufficient reasonable grounds for believing that the allegations made against the accused are prima facie true. Therefore, this Court does not find it to be a fit case to grant regular bail to the accused.

Junior doctors have again sent an email to the Principal Secretary of the West Bengal government. In the mail, the doctors have said that at least 30 representatives want to attend the Navanna meeting. Junior doctors also demanded to conduct a live telecast of the meeting. Apart from this, junior doctors want this meeting to be held in the presence of Mamata Banerjee

The Nagaland government on Wednesday decided to enforce Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, and Niuland districts of the state. The decision was taken at the state cabinet meeting held here during the day under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, state government spokesperson and minister Temjen Imna Along told newsmen here.

ILP was not applicable to Dimapur district which was bifurcated into three districts – Dimapur, Chumoukedima and Niuland in 2021.

Indian diaspora groups, including those with roots in Jammu and Kashmir, gathered for a protest near the UK Parliament complex in London to raise awareness over Pakistan's state-sponsored terrorism and counter the narrative of a "propaganda event" organised in a parliamentary room.

Several prominent British Indian community members addressed the protest on Tuesday, including President of the Indo-European Kashmir Forum Krishna Bhan, who highlighted how the plight of Kashmiri Hindus over the decades had been overlooked in Western discourse about the region.

FSL (Forensic Science Laboratory) team arrive at the spot where a gas cylinder and a bottle filled with petrol were found on the railway track between Barrajpur and Utripura in Kanpur.

Defending champions India qualified for the semifinal of the Hero Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament after thrashing Malaysia 8-1 for their third successive preliminary round win, here on Wednesday.

Raj Kumar Pal (3rd, 25th and 33rd minute), Araijeet Singh Hundal (6th and 39th minute), Jugraj Singh (7th minute), Harmanpreet Singh (22nd minute), and Uttam Singh (40th minute) sounded the board for India.

Delhi court grants bail to AAP leader Durgesh Pathak in excise scam case.

Agitating junior doctors say they have written to Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee seeking appointment for meeting to resolve the impasse.

All the markets, commercial and government establishments have been closed in Imphal as the Manipur government imposed curfew in view of the crisis. For the first time in months, the state government has also shut down internet including broadband services.

Patiala: Punjab Congress holds protests in front of PSPCL (Punjab State Power Corporation Limited) against high electricity rates and the AAP government.

Tremors felt in Delhi, neighbouring region as 5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Pak.

Shimla Protests: Protestors clash with the security forces while on their way to the illegal construction of a mosque in the Sanjauli area.

Shimla Protests: Protestors try to remove the barricading at the Dhalli Tunnel East portal during their protest rally against the alleged illegal construction of a Mosque in the Sanjauli area.

Assam and Manipur Governor Laxman Prasad Acharya arrived at Guwahati Airport earlier today after taking stock of the current situation in Manipur.

Haryana Elections: Congress candidate from Julana Vinesh Phogat holds a roadshow before filing her nomination.

Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu presents the National Florence Nightingale Awards 2024 to Nurses at Rashtrapati Bhavan. 

Uttar Pradesh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida and inspects an exhibition. 

Delhi | Patiala House Court defers pronouncement of order on parliamentarian Engineer Rashid's regular bail application to October 5. 

Indian Overseas Congress National Secretary Virendra Vashist resigns from his post, following the Udaipur Declaration; submits his resignation to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. 

Ganesh Chaturthi: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das offers prayers to Lalbaugcha Raja in Mumbai. 

Bahraich: A wolf attacked an 11-year-old girl, Suman last night. She has been admitted to CHC Mahasi and is under treatment.

Delhi: Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Pralhad Joshi attend the inaugural session of International Conference on Green Hydrogen.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the SEMICON India 2024 programme at the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida. 

Tirupati: Union Minister Suresh Gopi and his wife Radhika Nair visited and offered prayers at Tirupati Balaji Temple.

Traffic snarl on the route from Akshardham Temple to Sarai Kale Khan, in Delhi. Several parts of the city received light rain this morning.

 Several parts of Delhi receive light rainfall, visuals from RK Puram Sector 9.

Andhra Pradesh: At least seven people died when a van lost control and overturned into the farm fields near Chinnaigudem in Devarapalli. Injured have been shifted to a local hospital. More details waited. 

Himachal Pradesh: Security beefed up in Sanjauli, Shimla, in view of protest over mosque row.

Gujarat: Heavy rain lashes parts of Unjha city.

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy reviewed the free bus facility for women and RTC activities in a meeting of high-level officials and made several suggestions. He ordered the officials to purchase RTC new buses as per the needs of the people. It is suggested that new ways should be proposed for the increased needs, as per the Telangana CMO.

Maharashtra: A large number of devotees queue up for the darshan of Lord Ganesh, at Lalbaugcha Raja in Mumbai.

Kolkata: Junior doctors stage protest outside Swasthya Bhawan over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

On 11  September at about 02:35 AM, an incident of unprovoked firing in the Akhnoor area from across the border happened which was befittingly responded to by the BSF. One BSF personnel sustained injuries in Pak firing; Troops are on high alert, said PRO BSF Jammu.

US Presidential Debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former US President Donald Trump in Philadelphia.

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Police carried out a peace march from Sanjauli Chowk to Dhalli tunnel.