The Centre on Tuesday rejected West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's allegation of "discrimination" over flood management and river cleaning, asserting that India is already working closely with Bhutan on trans-border river issues and has released more than Rs 1,290 crore to the state under flood management programmes.

A day after torrential rain wreaked havoc in large parts of north Bengal, leaving 30 dead and several missing across the region.

Adani group plans to invest an additional ₹30,000 crore to expand the Navi Mumbai International Airport, which is set to begin operations in December, senior executives at Adani Airport Holdings said ahead of the facility’s inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.

The group has already invested about ₹20,000 crore in developing the greenfield airport and has started design work on the second terminal.

A man dressed as a lawyer tried to attack the Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai on Monday during routine proceedings in the Supreme Court (SC), according to a report by Bar & Bench.

According to the report, the lawyer went near the dais and attempted to remove his shoe and throw it at the judge. However, he failed in his attempt when the security personnel dragged the person out of the courtroom.

The Delhi High Court has closed a trademark infringement case filed by Nestle S.A., the parent company behind “Maggi”, after it reached a settlement with Shankeshwar Utensils & Appliances Private Limited, which was manufacturing utensils under the mark “Maggisun", Live Law reported.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma visited the Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital following a significant fire outbreak in one of its Intensive Care Units (ICUs).

The incident, attributed to a short circuit, has resulted in the unfortunate loss of six lives, as confirmed by SMS Hospital Trauma Centre In-charge Anurag Dhakad.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has spoken to the father and brother of a Dalit youth who was lynched in Raebareli and stands in complete solidarity with them in this hour of unbearable grief, AICC media and publicity department head Pawan Khera has said.

In a post on X on Sunday, Khera said the horrific lynching is both heartbreaking and enraging.

The Madhya Pradesh police have formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of 14 children in Chhindwara due to suspected renal failure, linked to the consumption of a toxic cough syrup, officials said.

Dr Praveen Soni from Chhindwara has been arrested for alleged negligence in connection with the child deaths, while a case has been registered against the Coldrif cough syrup manufacturing company, the officials said on Sunday.

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar clarified that, as per Supreme Court orders and the Aadhaar Act, an Aadhaar card cannot be considered proof of date of birth, residence, or citizenship.

Speaking on the use of Aadhaar in voter enumeration, Kumar emphasised that providing an Aadhaar number is optional under both the Aadhaar Act and the Representation of the People Act, 1950.

Cyclone Shakhti, the first cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea in the post-monsoon season, was moving towards Dwarka off the Gujarat coast on Friday and was expected to intensify further, the weather office said.

The cyclonic storm over the northeast Arabian Sea moved west-northwestwards with a speed of eight kmph during the last six hours, and lay centred at 2030 hrs IST on Friday, over the same region, nearly 300 km west of Dwarka, 330 km south-southwest of Karachi (Pakistan) and 360 km west of Porbandar.

Indian equities are on track for record foreign outflows this year as concerns over US tariffs and weak earnings weigh on sentiment.

Overseas investors have pulled a net $16.8 billion from local shares this year through Sept. 26, nearing the record set in 2022, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. On Monday, the outflow stood at $319 million, provisional exchange data show.

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