Atishi To Take Oath As Delhi CM With 5 Ministers on Sept 21

The swearing-in ceremony of AAP leader Atishi as Delhi chief minister and her council of ministers will be held at Raj Niwas on Saturday afternoon, officials said.

Officials at the lieutenant governor's office said President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Atishi as chief minister of Delhi from the date of her being sworn in and has also accepted Arvind Kejriwal's resignation.

The President also cleared the appointment of five ministers and the oath-taking ceremony will take place at 4.30 pm at Raj Niwas, they said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu on Friday night ahead of the hectic day-long campaigning on Saturday during which he will address five public rallies in three districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Shah arrived here from Delhi and drove straight to the State Guest house, a senior BJP leader said.

 Madhya Pradesh's commercial capital Indore will observe 'no car day' on September 22, Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava said on Friday and urged citizens to use other environment-friendly modes of transport to make the move a success. Last year on 'no car day', 12 per cent cars in the city were off the roads, leading to 80,000 litres of fuel being saved, dip in sulphur monoxide emissions by 5.5 per cent and overall air pollution by 18 per cent, Bhargava said.

The swearing-in ceremony of AAP leader Atishi as Delhi chief minister is expected to take place at Raj Niwas on Saturday evening, officials said. The official details of the timing of the oath ceremony are awaited as the process for gazette notification for resignation of outgoing chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, formation of the new government and oath of the new chief minister are still underway, they said.

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Friday the Winter Action Plan to reduce pollution in the city in the coming months with steps like the odd-even scheme and artificial rain will be released on September 27

People from all walks of life took out a torch rally from South Kolkata Highland Park to North Kolkata Shyamabazar to mark their protest against the RG Kar rape and murder case.

The Tirupati Laddu row intensified on Friday with the TTD, which is managing the super-rich temple, backing Chief Minister N Chandra Babu Naidu's claim that the famous 'Prasadam' had animal fat and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy dubbing the accusations as "atrocious".

The Centre too weighed in, with Union Health Minister JP Nadda seeking a report on the matter from the Andhra Pradesh government and promising suitable action after examining it. Food Minister Pralhad Joshi called for an investigation into the allegations.

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday termed as “intolerable” the alleged use of animal fat in Tirupati laddu and demanded that the Andhra Pradesh government hand over the control and management of the temple to the Hindu society. VHP secretary general Bajrang Bagda also pitched for “freeing” all temples and other Hindu religious places from the government control across the country, as he demanded legal action against those allegedly involved in desecrating Tirupati laddu prasadam.

 AAP on Friday alleged the BJP will try to increase power tariff in Delhi through the Lt Governor and urged people to choose Arvind Kejriwal to prevent the situation. Addressing a press conference, chief minister-designate Atishi alleged that the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government's electricity model was the "costliest with long outages" and said choosing Kejriwal as chief minister would prevent them from the same fate.

Kerala Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday that genome sequencing will be conducted to identify the variant of the virus that the person diagnosed with monkeypox (Mpox) in the state has contracted.A day after a 38-year-old man in this district was confirmed to have contracted Mpox, the minister also said that all activities in accordance with the current protocol for disease prevention had been carried out.

 India's forex reserves rose by USD 223 million to a new all-time high of USD 689.458 billion for the week ended on September 13, according to the Reserve Bank data released on Friday. The overall forex kitty had jumped by USD 5.248 billion to a high of USD 689.235 billion for the previous reporting week ended on September 6.

Another letter written by Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to the Chief Secretary, expressing "perplexity", as to how the government came to know about the "confidential material" relating to Lokayukta's request to him seeking prosecution or investigation sanction against some opposition leaders, surfaced on Friday.

The Jharkhand government on Friday announced a bonus of Rs 100 per quintal on paddy in addition to the Centre’s minimum support price (MSP) for crops in the 2024-25 fiscal, an official said.A total of Rs 60 crore has been approved in this regard during a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, he said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday lashed out at the ruling JMM-led coalition in Jharkhand for allegedly encouraging "rampant infiltration" and cautioned that if not checked, illegal immigrants will become a majority in the state in the next 25-30 years.

The Shiv Sena on Friday demanded legal action against former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy for "hurting the sentiments of Hindus" amid claims animal fat was used in preparation of laddus at the famous Tirupati temple during his rule.The party's deputy leader Sanjay Nirupam alleged there was a "big scam" in preparation of the popular sweet (given as ‘prasad’ or offering) at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirupati as everyday 3 lakh laddus are made and crores of rupees earned out of them.

Wrong-side driving on Delhi roads has seen a 20.63 per cent spike since last year, according to data shared by the Delhi Police. "Last year we have sent 1,24,593 notices to the people who were found violating the norms. This year a total of 1,03,283 notices were issued for the same purpose," a senior police officer said.

 A section of railway employees have written to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, demanding the productivity-linked bonus they receive each year before Dussehra should be calculated based on the Seventh Pay Commission instead of the sixth.In the letter to Vaishnaw, National General Secretary of Indian Railways Employee Federation (IREF) Sarvjeet Singh said the minimum payment of productivity-linked bonus (PLB) is being made based on the minimum salary of Rs 7,000 per month of the Sixth Pay Commission.

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea against the anti-defection law (Tenth Schedule) of the Constitution. The law brought in 1985 by the 52nd constitutional amendment deals with situations of defection in Parliament or state legislatures by members of a political party, independent members and nominated members, and lays the grounds for disqualification of the members.

The Bombay High Court on Friday held as unconstitutional and struck down the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules which sought to identify fake and false content on social media regarding the government.Being "vague and overbroad", the amended provision could have a "chilling effect" not only on an individual but also social media intermediaries or platforms, it held.

An Indian embassy official was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside the mission premises here, officials here said. Local police and the Secret Service are currently investigating the incident that occurred two days ago, including the possibility of suicide.

Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested a family member of BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover in connection with the alleged misappropriation of funds with the fintech company, police said on Friday. Deepak Gupta, who is a brother-in-law of Grover, was arrested on Friday and produced before the court from where he was sent to police custody for five days, they said.         Gupta was named in the FIR which was registered against Grover, his wife Madhuri Jain and their family member in May 2023 in the Rs 81-crore fraud case, a police officer said.

Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday flagged off a Bharat Gaurav deluxe tourist train from Nizamuddin station that is ferrying 110 tourists on a 10-day tour to various cultural and religious destinations in India and Nepal.Based on the "Bharat Nepal Maitri Yatra" theme, the air conditioned train will take tourists to three religious cities -- Ayodhya, Varanasi and Sitamarhi -- in India before facilitating a road tour to Janakpur and a flight to Kathmandu to visit several religious places in Nepal.

The U-WIN portal developed for maintaining an electronic registry of routine immunisations, currently operational on a pilot basis, will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October, Union Health Minister JP Nadda said on Friday.The platform -- a replication of the COVID-19 vaccine management system Co-WIN -- has been developed to keep a permanent digital record of vaccination of pregnant women as well as children from birth up to the age of 17, under the Universal Immunisation Programme, he said.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Telangana High Court order, which ruled that permanent residents or those domiciled in the state cannot be denied the benefit of admission in the medical colleges in the state merely because of their study or residence outside Telangana.

The Supreme Court on Friday said it was "regrettable" that the Himachal Pradesh government did not ensure payment of compensation to six land owners before taking possession of their land in Solan district which was acquired to provide a safety zone for a cement plant and mining areas.

“...Ultimately, at the end of the day, I myself am writing a letter to the Prime Minister. I am also writing a letter to the Chief Justice of India. I am explaining to them as to how Chandrababu Naidu twisted the facts and why action should be taken against him for having done so...” former Andhra CM and YSRCP president Jagand Reddt said. 

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that her state would sever all ties with the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for "unilaterally releasing water", which led to floods in south Bengal districts.In a four-page letter to Modi, she claimed that five million people in Bengal have been affected by the floods, and urged him to immediately sanction and release central funds to address the widespread devastation caused by the deluge.

Bengal junior doctors call off 'cease work', to partially resume duty in state-run hospitals from Saturday. The doctors were protesting to demand justice for the woman doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar medical college. 

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday announced that the Mumbai Coastal Road will be open for traffic all days of the week starting September 21.Earlier, the road linking Marine Lines and Worli was operational from 7 am to midnight only on weekdays.

With the government setting the ball rolling for simultaneous polls, former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi has flagged concerns over the practicality and implications of the proposed move, saying some key recommendations are "flawed" as he emphasised the need for a debate in Parliament on these issues.

The Supreme Court on Friday directed a Union government-appointed committee probing the death of three civil services aspirants at a coaching centre here in July due to the flooding in the building's basement to submit an interim report about the measures it wanted to be taken to prevent recurrence of such incidents within four weeks.

Sealdah court has extended CBI custody of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station officer in-charge Abhijit Mondal in connection with the rape-murder of a trainee doctor, till September 25. 

Benchmark Sensex closed above the historic 84,000-mark for first time while Nifty settled at a new record high on Friday, powered by a rally in frontline bank stocks along with upbeat trends in the US and Asian markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 1,359.51 points or 1.63 per cent to settle at an all-time high of 84,544.31. During the day, it soared 1,509.66 points or 1.81 per cent to hit the momentous intra-day peak of 84,694.46.

Previous govt used 'adulterated' ghee as it was cheap, alleges AP CM Chandrababu Naidu on Tirupati laddu row. 

"Circular will be issued today or tomorrow to all major temples in Karnataka to use only KMF's Nandini ghee in prasada. We will also test prasada given at major temples in Karnataka," Karnataka Minister Ramalinga Reddy

Only Chandrababu Naidu has mentality to use god for politics, said former Andhra Chief Minister and YSRCP chief Jagan Reddy

AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday joined the party's campaign in Haryana and held a road show in the Jagadhri constituency in Yamunanagar district. Elections to the 90-member Haryana assembly will be held on October 5 and counting of votes will be undertaken on October 8.

Ghee adulteration allegations are atrocious, says YSCRP chief Jagan Reddy on Tirupati Laddoo row. 

Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the BJP is raising the bogey of Pakistan to hide its "failures". Her remarks came a day after Prime Minister Modi said the PDP along with the National Conference (NC) and Congress was implementing the neighbouring country's agenda in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the last-minute changes to the NEET-PG, 2024, pattern by the National Board of Education, saying it was "very unusual" and students could have a "meltdown".A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud took note of the submissions of senior advocate Vibha Datta Makhija and lawyer Tanvi Dubey, appearing for the students, and sought responses from the National Board of Education (NBE) and the Centre within a week on the pleas while listing them for hearing on September 27.

Speaking at the rally, Shah said, "Infiltrators are the vote banks of Lalu Yadav's party, JMM and Rahul Baba's Congress. They don't stop infiltration out of their vote bank fear... In our state, in Santhal, the number of infiltrators is increasing and they are outnumbering tribal people... Hemant Soren has promised to give 5 lakhs jobs every year, did he provide that?"

Speaking at a rally, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, "Today, Jharkhand BJP is starting its Parivartan Yatra. This Yatra will reach villages of Jharkhand and will give a message of change. We need to remove this corrupt government and bring a government which will stop corruption..."

AAP MP Raghav Chadha said, "The law says that when a political party becomes a national party then 2 resources are given to that party. The first is an office in the national capital for work. Second, a government residence to the national convenor. This is given under the law of the Election Commission, under this law we demand that the national convenor of AAP Arvind Kejriwal should get a government house..."

BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday spoke on the Land for job CBI case. He said, "...This is PM Modi's government. You have to face the law here. Those who talk about social justice did not give jobs to anyone outside their community in the railways. And even if they did, they asked for land or money in return."

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) OBC Morcha staged a protest against Lk Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his statements. The workers burnt his effigy.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that the state would sever all ties with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for "unilaterally releasing water" which led to floods in south Bengal districts.

"The state is now facing the biggest floods in Lower Damodar and adjoining areas after 2009. l earnestly request that you give this matter serious consideration and direct the concerned ministries to address these issues as top priority, including the sanction and release of substantial Central funds to undertake extensive flood management works in the interest of people, who suffer the most," she wrote.

Speaking on Ganpati Puja, PM said, "...Today's Congress hates even Ganpati Puja. In the freedom struggle, under the leadership of Lokmanya Tilak, Ganpati Utsav became the festival of India's unity. People from every society, every class come together in Ganesh Utsav. That is why the Congress party hates Ganpati Puja too. When I went to the Ganesh Puja program, the ghost of appeasement of Congress woke up. Congress started opposing Ganpati Puja. Congress is doing anything for appeasement. You have seen that in Karnataka, the Congress government put Ganpati Bappa behind bars. The idol of Ganpati which people were worshipping was imprisoned in a police van. The whole country is angry after seeing this insult of Ganpati. I am surprised that even the allies of Congress are silent on this issue. They are so influenced by the company of Congress that they do not have the courage to protest even against the insult of Ganpati. We have to unite and answer these sins of Congress..."

Launching a scathing attack at Congress, the Prime Minster asserted that the party is being run by ‘Tukde TRukde’gand and urban Naxals

Speaking during the rally, PM Modi said, "...For decades in Maharashtra, the Congress and later the Maha Vikas Aghadi government, instead of making cotton the strength of the farmers of Maharashtra, pushed them into misery, did politics in the name of farmers and kept indulging in corruption... When Devendra Fadnavis's government was formed in 2014, the work of textile park started in Amravati..."

PM Narendra Modi said, "On this day in 1932, Mahatma Gandhi had started a campaign against untouchability. This celebration of the completion of one year of Vishwakarma Yojana will give new energy to our resolutions of developed India... I congratulate all the people associated with Vishwakarma Yojana, all the beneficiaries across the country on this occasion. Today the foundation stone of PM Mitra Park has also been laid in Amravati. Today's India is working to take its textile industry to the top in the global market. The country's goal is to reinstate the thousands of years old glory of India's textile sector."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributes certificates and loans to PM Vishwakarma beneficiaries, Wardha, Maharashtra. CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar are also present.

Supreme Court directs Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy not to interfere with the prosecution of the trial in 2015 cash-for-vote case and the senior officer of the ACB will not report to the Telangana CM about the prosecution of the case.

On Tirupati Prasadam row, former priest of Tirumala temple, Ramana Deekshitulu says, “...The cow ghee used for making prasad had a lot of impurities and was of poor quality. I noticed this many years ago. I put it before the concerned authorities and the chairman of the trust board. But they did not care…”

The Supreme Court of India's YouTube channel appears to have been hacked and is currently showing videos promoting XRP, a cryptocurrency developed by US-based company Ripple Labs.

Mathura train derailment: Traffic on one line restored

On Chandrayaan 4, ISRO chief S Somanath says “Cabinet has just announced its (Chandrayaan 4) approval, so there will be updates in the next few months, right now we have completed the engineering, we got the approval from the Cabinet, it has to go through many layers of approvals...”

NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar holds a meeting with party leaders at his residence in Mumbai. Maharashtra NCP (SP) president Jayant Patil, Rajesh Tope and Anil Deshmukh are present; there will be a discussion regarding seat sharing in the meeting.

Sensex breaches 84,000-mark for first time ever; Nifty hits fresh all-time high level.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, “We will end Naxalism. I appeal to (Naxalites) to surrender before the law, give up their weapons. In many places in the North-East and Kashmir, many people have given up their weapons and joined the mainstream…”

Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of the media reports pertaining to certain comments made by a Karnataka High Court judge. A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court asks Karnataka High Court to submit the report in this regard. SC also asks the Attorney General and Solicitor General to assist the court. Supreme Court lists the matter on September 25 for further hearing. (ANI)

On Tirumala's laddu prasadam row, Andhra Pradesh Dy CM Pawan Kalyan tweets “We are all deeply disturbed with the findings of animal fat (fish oil, pork fat and beef fat) mixed in Tirupathi Balaji Prasad…”

Overflowing Karamnasa river in Kaimur district of Bihar inundates many villages, disrupts connectivity with neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.

Haryana Elections 2024: Police seize Rs 2.7 crore in cash during checking in Faridabad. Further investigations underway.

Flooding in Saryu river washes away a section of national highway in UP's Ballia. Restoration work underway.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath feeds cows at Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur.

Members from Indian diaspora chant 'Modi Modi' & 'US mein swagat hai' to express their excitement ahead of PM Modi's upcoming visit to the US.

“This is an atrocious act and the one who has done this is a serious criminal and a traitor because Lord Tirupati's ladoos are famous. This has hurt the sentiments of devotees…”, Chief Priest of Ram Janmabhoomi, Acharya Satyendra Das on Tirupati Laddu Controversy.

Apple begins its iPhone 16 series sale in India; a large number of people throng the company's store in Mumbai's BKC.

Three people were killed and two others were injured in a firing incident that took place at a liquor shop at Baliana turn on Sonipat road.

Dhruvi Patel, a Computer Information System student from USA, has been declared as the winner of Miss India Worldwide 2024, the longest running Indian pageant outside India.

Gurgaon 'Labour chowks' deserted as labourers become 'paid crowds' at poll rallies.

People queue up outside an Apple store in the Select Citywalk in Saket, Delhi as the new iPhone 16 series goes on sale from today.

Huge crowd gathers outside an Apple store in Mumbai as the new iPhone 16 series goes on sale from today.

Qatar Airways bans passengers from carrying pagers, walkie-talkies on Lebanon flights.

15 feet deep pit formed in a road in Delhi's Trilokpuri area

The Government of India has granted a one-year extension to the USD 50 million Treasury Bill, which matured on 19 September 2024, through the State Bank of India, Malé.

PM Modi is all set to visit Maharashtra today where he will be going to multiple districts including Wardha and Amravati, to celebrate the first anniversary of the Vishwakarma Scheme and also inaugurate developmental projects.