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He made the announcements after laying foundation stone and dedicating to the nation multiple developmental projects worth more than Rs 13,500 crore in Telangana at an official event held here.

Since 1990, the entire state has been covered by the "disturbed areas" notification. The "disturbed areas" notification under AFSPA was, however, removed by the Centre last year from all but nine districts in the state.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will launch the initiative on October 1 which has been named '14 minute miracle'.

In a message posted on his social media platform “X” ( formerly Twitter), on Saturday night, he said the people of Telangana are tired of “lacklustre governance” and equally distrustful of Congress”.

This was made possible as the railways carried out 38 structural and procedural reforms in these six months, which helped improve its overall performance, he told reporters.

The NIA had registered a suo moto case on July 19 this year in this connection. 

A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Pankaj Mithal said that those litigants who could afford to petition the apex court should not get any “priority” over others waiting in the queue.

Shahrukh is accused of committing the terror act by setting the D1 coach of Alappuzha- Kannur Executive Express on fire on April 2 this year.

Dining out is set to become dearer as an immediate fallout of this hike.

In a major respite for the people, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday extended the deadline for deposit and exchange of Rs 2,000 banknotes. Earlier the banks were advised to provide deposit and / or exchange facility for Rs 2000 banknotes until September 30, 2023 and the deadline ended today.

As per the RBI’s latest notification, the current arrangement for deposit/exchange of Rs 2000 banknotes has been extended until October 7, 2023.

A NIA spokesperson here said that the agency sleuths carried out searches at five locations across Gursai village of Mendhar Tehsil of Poonch district.

For Aspirational Blocks, I would urge the state governments and the officials of the government to also note that those who are successful within the block

The courts had asked the Commission to rethink on age of consent taking into consideration the rising number of cases relating to minor girls above the age of 16 years falling in love, eloping and having sexual intercourse with the boy.

India was ready to look into the information related to Canada's allegations of the "potential" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18 in British Columbia.

According to the new wave of the Ipsos IndiaBus Poll, Modi has achieved an Approval Rating (AR) of 65 per cent among urban Indians. While seven per cent were neutral, 18 per cent disapproved and nine per cent were undecided.

In a post on X, Radharamn Das, Vice President and Spokesperson ISKCON Kolkata said, “Today we have sent a Rs 100 crore defamation notice to Mrs. Maneka Gandhi for levelling completely unfounded allegations against ISKCON.”

The new law provides 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

Law Commission Chairman Justice (retd) Ritu Raj Awasthi told IANS that the poll panel, during consultation with the law panel, did not comment anything per se on implementation of 'One Nation, One Election' before the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

The Prime Minister will reach Mahabubnagar around 2:15 p.m. and will address a public meeting, where he will dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of various projects covering sectors like road, rail, petroleum and natural gas and higher education.