J-K Governor reviews overall security situation

The Chief Guest of the program flagged off the bike yatra from Varanasi to his birthplace, Vadnagar, organised at Rudraksh International Cooperation and Conference Centre, Sigra, on Thursday. The program was started by lighting the lamp by Naidu, Union Food Processing Minister Chirag Paswan and garlanding the statues of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday questioned the Maharashtra government over its handling of the weather and water situation, alleging that timely measures were not taken despite prior knowledge of the conditions, and said he would lead a march next week to highlight issues faced by farmers in Western Vidarbha.

The clarification came in response to a media report published on September 16 titled "In seat Kejriwal lost by thin margin, nearly 40% names added before 2025 polls now missing in SIR draft", which raised questions over names not appearing in the draft electoral roll of AC-40, including electors added before the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections. 

Reasi Police has registered an FIR against Rahul Kumar for allegedly operating as a pony handler without a valid ID or registration card on the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Yatra Track. The case was registered under Section 223(a) of the BNS within the jurisdiction of Police Post Banganga, with police directing all pony operators and handlers to carry valid registration/ID cards.

The Centre on Thursday opposed a plea by former IPS officer and former Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi seeking to be impleaded in a Delhi High Court PIL concerning the collapse of a paying guest accommodation in Satya Niketan that claimed seven lives.