Leading global investment firm Brookfield on Friday evening signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Andhra Pradesh, lining up investments to the tune of around $12 billion in multiple green energy projects across the state.

“This includes a clean energy-powered 3 GW data centre and additional clean energy projects across the state. Brookfield will also explore opportunities in module manufacturing and its supply chain, green molecules, hospitality, global capability centres, commercial real estate, infrastructure, ports, mobility, logistics hubs and industrial townships”.

An accidental explosion ripped through the Nowgam police station here, killing nine people and injuring 32, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Nalin Prabhat said on Saturday, and ruled out any terror attack.

He said the blast occurred on Friday night when a specialised team was extracting samples from a large and "unstable" cache of explosives confiscated from Faridabad, Haryana in connection with the ongoing investigation into a 'white-collar' terror module.

Buoyed by their alliance's electoral imminent victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, the Janata Dal (United) on Friday posted on social media that Nitish Kumar would continue as chief minister. However, the post on X was soon deleted.

With counting still underway, trends as of 4 pm indicate a comfortable majority for the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), with Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) emerging as the biggest gainer, leading on 84 seats, up from 43 seats in 2020.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) became the single largest party in a Bihar Assembly election for the first time, as it led the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to a landslide win in results declared on Friday. The performance follows the party’s setback in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, when it fell short of a simple majority.

Shares of Billionbrains Garage Ventures, the parent of online broking platform Groww, extended its rally, by soaring 17 per cent to ₹153.50 on the BSE in Thursday’s intra-day deal amid heavy volumes. Currently, Groww trades at a premium of 53 per cent when compared with issue price of ₹100 per share.

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