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Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced sanctioning of 20 katha of land for Re 1 in New Town area here to set up a hub.

Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) leader Supriya Sule called the Central Government's decision to reduce the prices of cooking gas cylinders as a 'Jumla'.

An ECI team led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar arrived in Aizawl on a three-day visit to take stock of preparedness for the Mizoram assembly polls due later this year, an official statement said

The Rajasthan Cabinet decided to give financial assistance of Rs 2 to 3 lakh as retirement benefit to part-time contractual employees working in government departments.

RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar reconstituted eight standing committees, also nominating Congress leader P Chidambaram to the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs as a member

A senior CBI official said that a complaint in this respect was received on August 27 at their Lucknow office from one Mukesh Kumar.

Capital market regulator Sebi levied penalties totalling Rs 45 lakh on nine entities for indulging in non-genuine trades in the illiquid stock options segment on BSE.

BJP leaders, including Union ministers, on Tuesday hailed the government's decision to slash cooking gas price by Rs 200 per cylinder.

A non-venomous snake, which slithered into the sacred bundle of a Lord Ayyappa pilgrim, triggered panic for some time in Kerala's Sabarimala.

The additional subsidy on LPG cylinders will come into effect immediately as a 'Raksha Bandhan' and 'Onam' gift, and will cost the exchequer Rs 7,680 crore, the minister added.

Maharashtra's Nashik has been declared a lumpy skin disease affected district after a rise in the viral ailment among bovine animals in the area.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approving a subsidy of Rs 200 on each cooking gas cylinder.

A class I officer with the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), a planning agency of the Maharashtra government, was arrested while allegedly accepting a bribe.

As some passengers clicked photos and videos of the incident, the Railway Protection Force swung into action and went after the autorickshaw driver, who allegedly tried to flee from there.

The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Tuesday as over three lakh people were affected by the deluge in 21 districts of the state, an official bulletin said.

An analysis of the cost of acquisition of shares owned by pre-IPO and ex-Blinkit shareholders of Zomato suggests they are currently sitting on substantial gains on their investments, a large chunk of which is, however, unrealised. 

Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday appointed Manjinder Singh Sirsa as the National secretary of the party.

Garcetti made the statement in response to Mansukh Mandaviya's post shared on X. Mandaviya stated that they discussed health priorities of India's G20 Presidency.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the Indian Railways' increase in harnessing of solar power.

India is poised to experience the driest August since 1901 which, senior meteorologists say, is a clear result of intensifying El Nino conditions.

The suit was dismissed on the ground that the land along with the house sought to be partitioned is an agricultural land on which the appellants cannot claim any right.

Meanwhile, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has said that the reduction in the price of cooking gas per cylinder is nothing but a lollipop by the union government before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

It also said the instrument also detected aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon and oxygen, as expected.

The BRS Maharashtra Unit Kisan Cell on Tuesday demanded that the State government initiate measures for declaring Marathwada region as drought-affected.