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Manoj Jarange on Monday announced he is withdrawing his 17-day-old fast undertaken over the Maratha quota issue, but insisted he would continue his agitation until the Maharashtra government starts issuing Kunbi caste certificates to extended family members of people already having such documents, thereby allowing them to avail reservation benefits. Jarange's decision came a day after he announced a march to Mumbai to press for his demands related to quota in jobs and education for the Maratha community and coincided with the start of the budget session of the state legislature in Mumbai. Last week, both houses of the state legislature unanimously passed a bill providing 10 per cent separate reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs. Jarange, sitting on an indefinite hunger strike since February 10 at Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district, however, insisted on quota for the Marathas under the OBC category and had continued his fast. «Although I am suspending my agitation (hunger strike) today, there will be 3 to 4 youths who would sit here and fast every day for our demands. I will also visit some villages and explain my stand to them. They could not come to meet me here (at Antarwali Sarati village) because of restrictions imposed by the home department,» he said.

dividend income from the Reserve Bank of India for the current financial year ending March to stay at levels similar to the last financial year, a government source told reporters on Monday. The Reserve Bank of India board had approved a transfer of 874.16 billion rupees ($10.55 billion) as surplus to the government for fiscal year 2022/23, which was paid in May 2023 and gets accounted in fiscal 2024 for the government. For fiscal 2025, the government has budgeted a 1.02 trillion rupees surplus transfer from RBI and public sector banks, but had not provided a break-up between the two in the budget.

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Nafe Singh Rathee and one of his three bodyguards succumbed due to heavy bleeding, the other two are in critical condition. The Haryana police are scanning the CCTV footage around the area and have identified a suspected car.

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IndiGo will now operate 37 weekly flights between India and Bangkok, solidifying its presence in the region. Vinay Malhotra, Head of Global Sales at IndiGo, said, “We are pleased to commence direct flights between Hyderabad and Bangkok.

Exicom Tele-Systems will open for subscription on Tuesday. The issue closes on February 29. Through the public offer, the company plans to raise around Rs 429 crore. Here are 10 things to know about Exicom Tele-Systems IPO before subscribing to the issue.

Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated, laid the foundation stone for, and dedicated over 2,000 railway infrastructure projects valued at approximately ₹41,000 crore to the nation. PM Modi initiates the groundbreaking for the renovation of 554 railway stations through the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme and the construction of 1500 Road Over Bridges/Road Under Bridges across Indian Railways via video conferencing. Also Read: PM Modi halts Mann Ki Baat for 3 months, hints about Lok Sabha elections Additionally, PM Modi officially opens the Gomti Nagar station in Uttar Pradesh.

Class 12 exams started on 12 February and will take place till 2 April. As per the official notification, the results of ICSE, ISC exams will be declared in May 2024.

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The Indian Express. The 24-hour water supply disruption will begin at 6 am on February 27 and will continue till 6 am on February 28. According to a report in Times of India's The Weather Channel, the city presently has access to about 1,850 million litres per day (MLD), but it needs at least 1,680 MLD more to meet water needs.

₹3,773 a month on average as consumption expenditure in 2022-23 while her urban counterpart spent ₹6,459, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s (MOSPI’s) National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) estimated after a nationwide study of households’ spending patterns. Of this, consumers in rural India spent about 46% on food and those in urban areas about 39%. Other expenses include health, education, rent, clothing and conveyance.