Highlights: PM Modi announces ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh to kin of deceased in Mysuru

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Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar on Monday backed the new parliament building, saying it was needed keeping in mind the population of the country.

“Keeping the population of the country in mind which is crossing 135 crores, the people representing them will also increase. So I personally feel this new Parliament building was needed. It was built in record time even during the COVID period. Now in this new building, everyone should work as per the Constitution and resolve the issues of common people, everyone should take part in it,” ANI quoted Pawar as saying.

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Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday arrived at the residence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi, where Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and Rahul Gandhi are also present, ANI reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh from PMNRF for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives in the tragedies in Mysuru and Dhanbad, and injured would be given Rs. 50,000.

At least 10 people were killed in a road accident in Karnataka's Mysuru on Monday after a private bus collided with car. Six labourers were electrocuted to death after an electric pole they were erecting fell on a high-tension overhead wire in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad.

Passengers at Chennai's Koyambedu bus stand were stranded following a sudden strike by Transport department employees over the employment of bus drivers and conductors on a contract basis, ANI reported.

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday announced ₹2 lakh each as compensation to the families of the deceased in the Myrusu road accident that killed 10 people. He also directed the concerned officials to ensure proper treatment for the injured.

Ahead of the meeting with Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot arrived at Kharge's residence in Delhi on Monday. Congress leader Sachin Pilot will also have a separate meeting with Kharge, primarily aimed at resolving the ongoing disturbances within the state Congress.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality", in defiance of Western condemnations and potential sanctions from aid donors.

Saudi Arabia said it executed two Bahraini men on Monday after being convicted of belonging to a militant group wanting to destabilize the two Mideast kingdoms. Amnesty International had criticized their trial as being “grossly unfair.”

At least 10 persons were injured when a state transport bus collided with a tempo at Malshej ghat in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday, PTI reported.

A fire erupted in a market in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar area on Monday, prompting 10 fire tenders rush to the spot. Further details are currently awaited as the situation develops.

At least 10 people including two children were killed in an accident between a private bus and a car that occurred near Tirumakudalu-Narasipura in Karnataka's Mysuru.

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, during his three-day visit on Monday met Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry Min Gan Kim Yong, ANI reported. A discussion on industry's role in the skilling ecosystem as well as in ensuring the future readiness of the workforce was held.

In a tweet on Monday, the official Twitter account of Singapore in India wrote, "Part of his 3-day visit to, Indian Edu & Skills Dev & Entrepreneurship Min @dpradhanbjp met @MTI_Sg Min Gan Kim Yong earlier tdy. They had a good discussion on the industry's salient role in the skilling ecosystem & in ensuring the relevance & future readiness of the workforce."

Union minsiter Prahlad Joshi on Monday attended first Mining StartUp Summit at IIT Bombay. “Around 80 startups participated in the event. We will try to understand their issues and the solutions they provide. We are trying to encourage the use of solutions made by startups in PSUs,” ANI quoted Joshi as saying.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while addressing media on the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections on Monday said, “We had a detailed meeting right now and our internal assessment says that since we got 136 seats in Karnataka, we are now going to get 150 seats in Madhya Pradesh.” (ANI)

The Indian Army on Monday commemorated the 75th International Day of UN Peacekeepers, by paying homage to the fallen comrades by laying a wreath at the National War Memorial in the national capital, stated an official release from Ministry of Defence.

Top Congress leaders from Madhya Pradesh on Monday met party chief Mallikarjun Kharge at the AICC headquarters here over the preparedness for the upcoming assembly elections in the state.

Sources said the meeting was attended by Rahul Gandhi, former chief minister Kamal Nath, among others.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday virtually flagged off Assam's first and India's 18th Vande Bharat Express connecting Guwahati to West Bengal's New Jalpaiguri.

An Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft on Monday made a crash landing in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district, a police official said.

There was no casualty, he said.

Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge are meeting with Punjab and Delhi Congress leaders right now. Issue of AAP seeking Congress' support on the issue of Centre's ordinance on transfer of Delhi officials being discussed.