Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil on Friday welcomed the announcement of dates for Bihar assembly polls and said people of the state want to get rid of NDA government.

Gohil, who is in-charge of Bihar, expressed confidence that Congress and its allies will form the government in the state.

More than one crore passengers have flown on 1.08 lakh domestic flights since their resumption in India on May 25, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday.

The domestic passenger flights were suspended from March 25 to May 24 in the country due to coronavirus-triggered lockdown.

State-owned NTPC, India’s largest power generator, has dropped its plan to buy out Reliance Infrastructure stake in two power distribution licence areas in Delhi.

The power retailing rights are currently controlled by joint ventures of Reliance Infrastructure and the state government.

Actor Deepika Padukone, after being summoned by the Narcotics Control Bureau, arrived at Mumbai Port Trust Guest House in Colaba, where the agency is currently operating from. She was papped outside the office on Saturday (September 26) morning at 9.45 am.

The actress' name has come up in drug angle in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. Her manager Karishma Prakash, who was interrogated by NCB for about 7 hours on Friday, was is likely to be confronted with Deepika today.

With a spike of 85,362 coronavirus cases and 1,089 deaths in 24 hours, India`s tally on Saturday reached 59,03,932 cases, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Out of the total cases, 9,60,969 are currently active, 48,49,584 have been discharged, while 93,379 lost the battle against the viral disease.

In a tragic incident, at least 22 people were killed after a military transport plane carrying air force cadets crashed and burst into flames in northeastern Ukraine on Friday evening.

The Antonov An-26 aircraft crashed while trying to land during a training exercise, the General Staff of the Armed Forces Ruslan Khomchak said in a statement, adding that at least two more people were critically injured.

The rail roko farmers' agitation in Punjab, which was scheduled to conclude on September 26, has been extended by three days, Sarwan Singh Pandher, State Secretary of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Samiti informed on Friday.

The Railways has cancelled at least various special trains running from the Ferozepur division from September 24 to 26, following the strike call bt farmers. The decision was taken in view of the safety of passengers and the protection of railway property.

In a strongly worded rebuttal, India slammed Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan for his anti-India United Nations General Assembly speech, highlighting Islamabad's support for terror and religious persecution.

Additionally, the Indian Diplomat, Mijito Vinito who gave a snub to Imran Khan's speech by walking out from UNGA hall delivered India's right of reply.

Drug major Cipla on Friday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator for Dimethyl Fumarate capsules, indicated for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.

The newly approved product is a generic therapeutic equivalent version of Biogen IDEC Inc's Tecfidera.

GMR Infrastructure Limited on Friday announced divestment of the group's entire stake in Kakinada SEZ Limited (KSEZ).

The company in a statement said that the GMR SEZ and Port Holding Limited, a subsidiary of GMR Infra, is selling the 51 per cent equity to Aurobindo Realty and Infrastructure Private Limited (ARIPL).

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