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Heavy to very heavy rain pounded several Gujarat districts and Saurashtra regions, triggering a flood-like situation in urban areas and isolating villages     Vehicles pass through a waterlogged road after heavy monsoon rainfall Gujarat's in Junagadh on Saturday,  Mumbai is set to have some relief from the heavy rains after experiencing nonstop rain on Saturday, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has dropped the Maharashtra capital's 'orange' signal to 'yellow' alert for Sunday. Raigad district will continue to be under an orange warning while Thane and Palghar were dropped from a red to an orange alert. In Gujarat, numerous districts in the state's south and Saurashtra regions had heavy to extremely heavy rain on Saturday, causing urban centers to experience flood-like conditions and isolating villages as dams and rivers' water levels rose to dangerous levels. Top updates on Maharashtra and Gujarat rain :  1. After the water levels in Tansa Da...

The Congress's report card stated that the women and child development minister was clueless regarding the women's plight and failed to address their issues.    Responding to the report card, Smriti Irani said that the Congress party has scored well on two counts- depravity and wilful ignorance. (Image Credit: ANI) News :  In the midst of widespread indignation over the horrifying video showing two Kuki community women being paraded naked in conflict-torn Manipur, Union Minister Smriti Irani responded to the report card issued by the Congress on Twitter on Saturday. The women and child development minister failed to address women's issues, according to the Congress party's evaluation of her performance. She woke up two months after the incident, according to the card. Irani reacted to the report card by claiming that the Congress party did well on two counts: depravity and intentional ignorance. Few people, she continued, can keep a scorecard for women and exhibit wi...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asserted that his government will discuss with industrialists and exporters to bring out a new and progressive industrial policy in the state.      CM Siddaramaiah Siddaramaiah, the chief minister of Karnataka, declared on Saturday that his administration would draft a fresh, forward-thinking Industrial Policy for the state. He added stated that exporters and industrialists will talk about this. At a ceremony where the Department of Commerce and Industry and the Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion Center (VTPC) presented the "State Export Excellence Awards," CM Siddaramaiah made the news. "In the past, the business community praised the industrial policy that our government had put in place. It was regarded as the most forward-thinking industrial policy. To develop a new and progressive industrial policy, our government would soon hold discussions with exporters and industrialists, according to Siddaramaiah. High priority to the promotion o...

Phogat (53kg) and Punia (65kg) were given direct entry for the Asian Games by the Indian Olympic Association's ad-hoc committee on Tuesday.                  Delhi HC(HT File) On Saturday, the Delhi High Court declined to intervene in the top wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia's exemption from Asian Games trials. Under-20 World Champion Antim Panghal and Under-23 Asian Champion Sujeet Kalkal filed a petition against Phogat and Punia's acceptance of a direct admission into the competition, but Justice Subramonium Prasad denied it. "Writ petition is dismissed," the judge declared. The order's full copy is awaiting. The Indian Olympic Association's ad hoc committee granted Phogat (53 kg) and Punia (65 kg) direct entry for the Asian Games on Tuesday. Other wrestlers must qualify for the Indian team through selection trials on July 22 and 23. On July 19, Panghal and Kalkal filed a petition with the high court to contest the exemption and dem...

During PM Modi and Wickremesinghe's private lunch, it is not difficult to assume that China was the elephant in the room as Beijing has been engaging Colombo. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sri L:ankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe(Twitter/Narendra Modi) Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly emphasized to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe during their Friday talks that Colombo must consider India's national security interests before cooperating with a third power and that India was one of the first nations to respond to the island nation's economic crisis in 2022. President Wickremesinghe is believed to have concurred that Sri Lanka will take India's strategic and security concerns into account. It is reasonable to assume that China was the elephant in the room during PM Modi and President Wickremesinghe's private lunch, which lasted over an hour.  Beijing has been assiduously pursuing Colombo as part of the Belt Road Initiative (BRI), and the island n...

A trap was laid and Mrinal Kanti Sarkar, the additional district program manager of Dhubri, was allegedly caught red-handed in the office of the CEO while accepting ₹ 30,000 as part of the bribe demanded, it said.     Several documents relating to purchase of property other investments were also found. Guwahati:  Two government employees were detained in connection with a corruption investigation, and 2.32 crore rupees in cash were taken from one of their homes in the Dhubri district of Assam, according to a statement released on Saturday. An Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer was one of the two people detained in the operation on Friday, it claimed. According to the statement, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption received a complaint saying that CEO of Dhubri Zilla Parishad Biswajit Goswami sought 9% of the total price for completed work as a bribe from a contractor. According to the report, a trap was set, and Mrinal Kanti Sarkar, the extra district...

    LIC increased stake in these 25 firms in Q1FY24 During the June quarter, when the benchmark BSE Sensex increased by almost 10%, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the largest institutional investor in the nation, increased its stake in at least 25 companies from a variety of industries, including chemicals, banks, metals, and information technology, among others. However, the wider BSE MidCap and BSE SmallCap indices saw gains of 20% and 21%, respectively. According to data, LIC boosted its stake in Tata Chemicals from 4.13 percent to 7.14 percent in Q1FY24. In addition, as of June 30, 2023, it held a 4.04 percent investment in Indian Energy Exchange, up from 2.40 percent on March 31, 2023. In addition, LIC significantly increased its stake in Gujarat Gas (from 1.67 to 3.22 percent), Atul Ltd (from 2.32 to 3.76 percent), Tech Mahindra (from 8.07 to 9.47 percent), Cipla (from 2.15 to 3.47 percent), and L&T Technology Services (from 4.53 to 5.70 percent). Vinod T...