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Hangzhou, Sep 25 (IANS) Following India’s advancement to the pre-quarterfinals of the 19th Asian Games, securing the second position in Group A, head coach Igor Stimac hinted at the team having additional surprises up their sleeves. With four points from three matches, which also included a win against Bangladesh and a loss to hosts China, India made it to the pre-quarterfinals as the runners-up team from Group A and will now meet Saudi Arabia on September 28.”We can now concentrate on the Saudi Arabia game. We can now have two days of good training. Saudi are a good team, all…

Certain stations like Gundavali, Andheri West, Anand Nagar, Dahanukarwadi, Dahisar East, Kandivali West and Borivali West have emerged as ‘commuter hotspots’ for daily travel, said Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Commissioner, Sanjay Mukherjee.To improve passenger convenience, the Mumbai Metro Corporation Ltd has facilitated an extra entry gate at Gundavali on Line 7 to ensure smoother entry-exit of commuters, especially during peak hours.Besides the stupendous ridership figures, the commuters have also adopted the Mumbai One Card with nearly 1.50 lakh or 40 per cent of daily commuters, opting for this convenient payment mode.This has reduced the use of paper tickets contributing…

Rahul Gandhi in a post on Facebook said, “Bharat Jodo journey continues… A short train journey from Bilaspur to Raipur – During the journey, I got a chance to meet many fellow travelers and had a lot of conversations.”Earlier in the day, the Congress leader addressed a public meeting in poll bound Chhattisgarh.Rahul Gandhi was accompanied with Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, state incharge Kumari Selja and others.He also interacted with the train passengers during his journey.Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi while addressing a public meeting in Bilaspur, he asked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi why he was afraid of…

The suspension bridge, dating back to the British era and spanning the Machchhu River in Morbi , collapsed and resulted in the loss of 135 lives, including women and children, and injuries to 56 others. A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Aniruddha Mayee has granted the government a two-week extension, emphasising that “no further adjournments will be entertained in the suo motu Public Interest Litigation that the court initiated last year following the disaster”. The court also raised questions regarding the last-minute preparation of submissions, causing difficulties in the proceedings. The Gujarat government formed a five-member…

She also expressed her concern about the poor condition of the Rajghat subway and cautioned engineers about the consequences of laxity in its maintenance. “This road stretch between Delhi Vidhan Sabha to Delhi Secretariat is extremely important as it connects key locations such as Vidhan Sabha, Raj Niwas, CM House, Delhi Secretariat, and Delhi University, serving as a daily transit route for lakhs of commuters,” she said, directing officials to ensure the maintenance of drainage systems, horticulture, footpath redevelopment tailored to pedestrian needs and safety, trimming of trees obstructing footpath movement, pavement levelling, road recarpeting, replacement of broken kerbstones, and…

The accused were identified as Yash (24), Rahul Tiwari (23), Sonu aka Pankaj (22) and Chandu alias Chander Prakash (24).According to police, a police control room call regarding a quarrel near Moolchand Dispensary was received on the intervening night of September 23 and 24, at about 12.17 a.m. at Geeta Colony police station following which a police team rushed to the spot.“The PCR van transported the injured to Swami Dayanand Hospital where he was declared brought dead by the doctor,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara), Rohit Meena, adding that the deceased was identified as Rehbar, a resident of Jagatpuri.During…

The conference was chaired by Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra, the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine Organisation and Training).The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that the historic and first conference was aimed to synergise and bridge gaps in understanding between Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) and the three services in formulation of doctrines, as also review the progress of Joint Doctrines being formulated. It also helped in sharing best practices and ongoing initiatives on doctrinal issues.MoD said that the conference spanned over two sessions, brainstorming the joint doctrine formulation process and reviewing the ongoing as well as future…

The two leaders had gone to the Chief Minister’s residence to participate in a meeting of the Assembly incharge on Monday.After the meeting, Lalan Singh approached Chaudhary and asked him why he was frequenting Jamui and Barbigha despite the fact that he was no longer incharge of these two places.This led to a spat between the two leaders and Chaudhary reportedly said that he was going to Jamui and Barbigha on the directions of the Chief Minister.During that time Nitish Kumar was present but he came out of the meeting hall without intervening in the matter.Sources said that Barbigha MLA…

A penalty of Rs 1.3 crore was imposed on State Bank of India (SBI), Rs 1.62 crore on Indian Bank, Rs 1 crore on Punjab & Sind Bank, and Rs 8.80 lakh on Fedbank Financial Services, the RBI said in separate press statements.The fine was imposed on SBI and Indian Bank as they sanctioned a term loan to a corporation in lieu of or to substitute budgetary resources envisaged for certain projects, without undertaking due diligence on the viability and bankability of the projects to ensure that revenue streams from the projects were sufficient to take care of the debt…

The deceased has been identified as Md. Yunush, a resident of Vijay Vihar, while the injured have been identified asSwarne Arora (63) and Kamal (37), both residents of Budh Vihar.According to the police, a PCR call was received at 6:37 a.m. on Monday, informing about an accident near in Sector 1, Rohini.On reaching the spot,the police found that a Mahindra Scorpio SUV had hit a pedestrian and then a Scooty with two riders.“The PCR van shifted all the three injured persons to the BSA Hospital where Yunush was declared brought dead, while Arora and Kamal were referred to the Jaipur…