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• 20 Sept 2022, 11:27:37 PM IST

  Jharkhand Congress passes resolution to make Rahul Gandhi party chief

  The Jharkhand Congress on Tuesday passed a resolution to make Jharkhand Congress passes resolution to make Rahul Gandhi party president. Earlier, Congress units from Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and Bihar units passed resolutions that Gandhi should again become the party president.

• 20 Sept 2022, 11:10:36 PM IST

  Active Covid cases in Tamil Nadu breach 5,000-mark

  The active Covid cases in Tamil Nadu have breached the 5,000-mark, the state health department told news agency PTI on Tuesday.

• 20 Sept 2022, 10:59:02 PM IST

  Macron calls Russian referendums in Ukraine a 'travesty'

  French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday denounced pro-Russian separatists' plans for referendums in Ukraine, saying any vote for annexation would be legally meaningless, reported AFP.

• 20 Sept 2022, 10:08:45 PM IST

  Amit Shah reviewed implementation of Bru agreement with Tripura CM

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah today reviewed the implementation of the Bru agreement with Tripura CM Manik Saha in Delhi.

• 20 Sept 2022, 09:08:04 PM IST

  Delhi reports 81 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1 death in 24 hours

  Delhi reports 81 fresh Covid-19 cases, 68 recoveries, and one death in the last 24 hours.

• 20 Sept 2022, 08:39:45 PM IST

  Ashok Gehlot’s late-night meeting with MLAs in Jaipur sets off buzz about next move

  Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday summoned the party’s legislators for a late evening meeting before he travels to Delhi tomorrow morning.

• 20 Sept 2022, 08:17:40 PM IST

  Nitish Kumar denies plans to contest LS polls from UP

  Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has denied any plans to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh.

• 20 Sept 2022, 07:25:55 PM IST

  IMD predicts light rain in Delhi for the next 5 days

  The IMD has predicted light rain in the national capital over the next five days.

• 20 Sept 2022, 06:58:23 PM IST

  Jacqueline Fernandez's designer summoned for questioning

  EOW has summoned actor Jacqueline Fernandez's designer Leepakshi for questioning in the Sukesh Chandrashekhar 200 cr scam case tomorrow.

• 20 Sept 2022, 06:20:15 PM IST

  Rahul Gandhi unlikely to contest party's presidential polls: Cong sources

  Congress MP Rahul Gandhi unlikely to contest party's presidential polls as he will not return from amidst Bharat Jodo Yatra to Delhi, says Congress sources, reported ANI.

• 20 Sept 2022, 06:00:59 PM IST

  Nadda, along with Gujarat CM held a roadshow in Morbi

  BJP national president JP Nadda along with CM Bhupendra Patel holds a roadshow in Morbi.

• 20 Sept 2022, 05:14:09 PM IST

  MoS MEA V Muraleedharan to pay an official maiden visit to the Republic of Djibouti

  MoS MEA V Muraleedharan to pay an official maiden visit to the Republic of Djibouti on 21-22 Sept.

• 20 Sept 2022, 04:09:50 PM IST

  Special NIA court gives additional 90 days to NIA to file chargesheet in Amravati murder case

  Special NIA court has given additional 90 days to NIA to file chargesheet in Amravati murder case over Nupur Sharma's comments on Prophet Muhammad. NIA was supposed to file the chargesheet today but asked for an extension of time, which was allowed by the special NIA Court in Mumbai today.

• 20 Sept 2022, 03:41:10 PM IST

  Markets closing bell

  Closing bell: Sensex up by 578 points to close at 59,719; Nifty up by 194 points.

• 20 Sept 2022, 02:42:33 PM IST

  Arvind Kejriwal greeted with ‘Modi-Modi’ chants in Vadodara

  Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal greeted with ‘Modi-Modi’ chants in Vadodara, Gujarat…later ‘Kejriwal-Kejriwal’ chants also heard.

• 20 Sept 2022, 01:32:04 PM IST

  Protests in Rajasthan by BJP amid spread of Lumpy Skin disease in cattle

  Protests in Rajasthan by BJP amid spread of Lumpy Skin disease in cattle.

• 20 Sept 2022, 01:18:34 PM IST

  250,000 viewed queen's coffin at lying-in-state: Govt

  Around a quarter of a million people queued round the clock to view the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it lay in state, the UK government said Tuesday, a day after her elaborate state funeral.

• 20 Sept 2022, 12:42:37 PM IST

  Uganda declares first Ebola death since 2019

  Uganda declares first Ebola death since 2019: news agency AFP reports citing the county's Health Ministry.

• 20 Sept 2022, 12:20:49 PM IST

  Cities cannot be developed with election-centric approach: PM Modi at mayors' conference

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked BJP mayors to plan a holistic development of cities, and said the elected representatives should not think just in terms of winning polls as cities cannot be developed with an election-centric approach. 
  “The elected representatives should not think just in term of winning elections. You cannot develop your city with an election-centric approach,” PM Modi said.

• 20 Sept 2022, 12:03:18 PM IST

  Hungary says EU should not consider new sanctions against Russia

  Hungary's foreign minister said on Tuesday the European Union should not consider new sanctions against Russia as that would only deepen the energy supply crisis and hurt Europe.

  "The EU should ... stop mentioning an 8th package of sanctions, should stop flagging measures that would only further deepen the energy supply crisis," Peter Szijjarto said in his statement.

• 20 Sept 2022, 11:45:54 AM IST

  Tamil actor Deepa aka Pauline Jessica found dead, cops recover suicide note

  Prominent Tamil actress Pauline Jessica, popularly known as Divya, committed suicide in her rented flat in Chennai's Virugambakkam Mallika Avenue on September 18.

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• 20 Sept 2022, 11:20:39 AM IST

  CM Yogi expresses grief over the loss of lives due to an incident of a wall collapse in Noida Sector 21

  Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath expresses grief over the loss of lives due to an incident of a wall collapse in Noida Sector 21. He has directed senior officials to reach the spot immediately and continue rescue operations on war footing.

• 20 Sept 2022, 11:15:21 AM IST

  4 people dead, 9 people rescued after a wall collapse in Sector 21 of Noida

  In a tragic incident, four people died while nine were rescued after a boundary wall of a residential township in Sector 21, Noida collapsed on Tuesday morning.

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• 20 Sept 2022, 10:33:58 AM IST

  PM Modi to address a conference of BJP Mayors

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a conference of BJP Mayors across the country via video conferencing shortly.

• 20 Sept 2022, 10:26:20 AM IST

  CBI arrests North Bengal University VC in teacher recruitment scam

  The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested North Bengal University Vice-Chancellor Subires Bhattacharyya in connection with an assistant teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal in 2016, reports news agency ANI.

• 20 Sept 2022, 10:24:35 AM IST

  Delhi records minimum temperature of 24.6 degrees Celsius

  Delhi records minimum temperature of 24.6 degrees Celsius, light rain likely during day: India Meteorological Department | reported by news agency PTI

• 20 Sept 2022, 09:54:18 AM IST

  West Bengal SSC recruitment scam | ED files chargesheet

  West Bengal SSC recruitment scam | Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed chargesheet against 6 companies and 2 people (Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee). 14000-page documents submitted along with the chargesheet, news agency ANI reported.

• 20 Sept 2022, 09:45:29 AM IST

  Sundar Pichai meets Indian ambassador in the US, discusses Google's commitment to India

  Google CEO Sunder Pichai has held discussions with the Indian envoy in the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, about the technology giant's activities in India, particularly its aggressive push towards digitisation, as he became the first top Indian-American tech business leader to visit the country's embassy here.

• 20 Sept 2022, 09:36:33 AM IST

  UN chief warns global leaders: The world is in 'great peril'

  Warning that the world is in “great peril,” the head of the United Nations says leaders meeting in person for the first time in three years must tackle conflicts and climate catastrophes, increasing poverty and inequality — and address divisions among major powers that have gotten worse since Russia invaded Ukraine.

• 20 Sept 2022, 08:59:22 AM IST

  India's daily Covid case tally drops with 4,043 infections in last 24 hours

  India's daily Covid case tally drops with 4,043 infections in last 24 hours; active caseload above 47K.

• 20 Sept 2022, 08:37:08 AM IST

  Kejriwal on Gujarat visit today, to hold town hall meet in Vadodara

  Aam Aadmi Party's national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be on a day-long visit to Gujarat on Tuesday and will address a town hall meeting in Vadodara.

• 20 Sept 2022, 08:04:31 AM IST

  Hong Kong Wants to Relax Covid Curbs for Travelers, Lee Says

  Hong Kong wants to relax the Covid mitigation measures that have made travel to and from the city difficult for nearly three years, Chief Executive John Lee said Tuesday.

  While the number of infections in the Asian financial hub has been falling, it remains important to keep the outbreak under control while minimizing disruptions, he told reporters at a briefing. Officials at various departments of the government are working on measures to safely reduce the restrictions, he said.

• 20 Sept 2022, 07:40:10 AM IST

  President Droupadi Murmu departs London after attending Queen's funeral

  President Droupadi Murmu had left for London on Saturday to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and to offer condolences on behalf of the Indian government.

• 20 Sept 2022, 07:35:15 AM IST

  Thiruvananthapuram Corporation demolishes 'controversial' bus shelter in Chavadimukku

  Thiruvananthapuram Corporation demolished the controversial bus shelter near the engineering college, Chavadimukku for constructing a gender-neutral bus shelter.

• 20 Sept 2022, 06:56:57 AM IST

  Day 13 of 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' begins

  Kerala | Congress MP Rahul Gandhi along with party leaders & workers resumes 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' on its 13th day in Cherthala, Alappuzha.

• 20 Sept 2022, 06:34:57 AM IST

  Directors for 8 IITs appointed: Ministry of Education

  President Droupadi Murmu approved the appointment of Directors for 8 IITs including Palakkad, Tirupati, Dharwad, Bhilai, Gandhinagar, Bhubaneswar, Goa & Jammu: Ministry of Education

• 20 Sept 2022, 06:33:44 AM IST

  Election Commissioner writes to law minister over donations to political parties

  Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Rajiv Kumar writes a letter to law ministry to cap the cash donations to political parties. In his letter written to Union law Minister Kiren Rijiju, CEC proposed to cap cash donation at 20 percent or at ₹20 crore whichever is lower.

  Donations of over ₹2,000 to parties can’t be anonymous: Election Commission

• 20 Sept 2022, 06:27:08 AM IST

  NASA's InSight lander detects space rocks as they slam into Mars

  Now we can know what a meteoroid - or a space rock - striking Mars sounds like. Thanks to the findings of NASA’s Insight lander. A seismometer was brought to the Red Planet to measure ‘Marsquakes’. 

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• 20 Sept 2022, 05:44:41 AM IST

  Jaishankar participates in India-UAE-France trilateral Ministerial meet; exchanges ideas

  s part of his diplomatic meetings in the US, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in a trilateral Ministerial meeting of India-UAE-France with his counterparts and exchanged ideas between the strategic partners.

  In a tweet, Jaishankar wrote, "A productive first trilateral Ministerial meeting of India-UAE-France. Active exchange of ideas between strategic partners and UNSC members. Thank UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan for hosting France Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and me."