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Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, with both players expected to be relieved «as early as possible,» railway sources said on Sunday. Both Punia and Phogat recently joined the Congress and the latter has been given a ticket to contest election from Julana assembly constituency in Haryana. «The provision of serving three-month notice period after resigning by a railway employee will not come in the way of relieving these two players as we have decided to relax the norm in their cases,» a senior railway official told PTI. Railways sources said both the players «will be relieved possibly today or as early as possible.»

Congress chief Ripun Bora, who had recently resigned as the state Trinamool Congress (TMC) president, returned to the Congress on Sunday. AICC general secretary in-charge of Assam Jitendra Singh welcomed Bora back into the party fold at the beginning of an Extended Executive Committee meeting at Charaideo. «The people of Assam are fed up with the misrule of BJP government. We will all work together to strengthen the Congress further and expose the ruling alliance's corruption, communalism before the people,» Bora said. Several top functionaries of state TMC also joined the Congress along with him.

market valuation of eight of the top-10 most valued firms got eroded by Rs 2,01,699.77 crore last week, with Reliance Industries and Tata Consultancy Services emerging as the biggest laggards, in line with weak trends in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark dropped 1,181.84 points, or 1.43 per cent. The market valuation of Reliance Industries tumbled Rs 60,824.68 crore to Rs 19,82,282.42 crore.

school principal and father of a 14-year-old rape survivor have been arrested for allegedly tampering with the birth records of the girl to help the accused secure bail, police said on Sunday. The principal was arrested from Deoria on Thursday while the girl's father was caught from Behror in Rajasthan on Saturday night, Station House Officer (SHO) of Murlipura Police Station Sunil Kumar Jangir said. The girl had lodged an FIR in July alleging that her aunt had sold her to one Sandeep Yadav, a resident of Haryana, for Rs two lakh and that she was subsequently raped. The case was registered under various sections of the IPC and POCSO Act and after investigation, her aunt, Sandeep Yadav and his father Satveer Yadav were arrested and sent to judicial custody.

death toll in the building collapse here climbed to eight with rescuers pulling out three more bodies from the debris, officials said on Sunday. Twenty-eight people were injured when the three-storey building housing godowns and a motor workshop collapsed in the Transport Nagar area here on Saturday evening. The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) recovered the bodies of three people, who were identified as Raj Kishore (27), Rudra Yadav (24) and Jagrup Singh (35), during the rescue operation, Relief Commissioner G S Naveen said. The operation is still underway.

Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has discussed a deal that would give it some revenue from Musk's Tesla in exchange for providing the electric vehicle maker access to its technology and resources, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Under a proposed arrangement as described to investors, Tesla would license xAI's artificial intelligence models to help power full self-driving technology and share some of that revenue with the startup, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Europe's autos industry could face fines of 15 billion euros ($17.4 billion) for carbon emissions due to slowing demand for electric vehicles, Renault chief executive Luca de Meo said on Saturday. Automakers face tougher European Union CO2 targets in 2025 as the cap on average emissions from new vehicles sales falls to 94 grams/km from 116 g/km in 2024. «If electric vehicles remain at today's level, the European industry may have to pay 15 billion euros in fines or give up the production of more than 2.5 million vehicles,» de Meo told France Inter radio.

Renewable Energy (MNRE) on Saturday notified draft norms for an approved list of models and manufacturers (ALMM) for solar cells, which is proposed to be effective from April 2026, similar to that for modules which has worked like a non-tariff barrier for domestic manufacturing. The list for solar modules comprises models and manufacturers that project developers can buy equipment from. With installed capacity of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells in the country expected to increase substantially in the next two years, the government proposes to issue solar PV cells under ALMM from April 2026, according to the draft.

State Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari said 29 of the 33 districts in the state have been declared as flood-hit on the basis of rainfall recorded between August 31 and September 3. She said Rs three crore each is being released to the flood-hit districts to carry out relief works. The senior official, who held a teleconference with district Collectors, asked them to submit detailed reports on the losses caused by the heavy rain and flood before Monday afternoon.

Lucknow, A multi-storey building collapsed in the Transport Nagar area here on Saturday evening, trapping around a dozen people under the rubble, officials said. The incident occurred at around 5 pm. The building was being used as a godown, they said. Around a dozen people are feared trapped under the rubble, they said. «Rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been deployed to the scene and are working to extricate the trapped individuals,» said Relief Commissioner GS Naveen Kumar.

Wockhardt has denied 'conflict of interest' and 'corruption' allegations made by the Congress party against Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch over rental payments made by its affiliate Carol Info Service, even as the Mumbai-based drugmaker is involved in multiple cases with market regulator, including that of insider trading. Wockhardt called the allegations 'baseless and misleading'. «It has come to our attention that there are certain allegations pertaining to payment of rent by Carol Info Services Limited and its connection with certain orders passed by SEBI in relation to the Company,» the company said in a statement to exchanges on Friday evening.

Delhi court is likely to take cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet against former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his son and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and eight others in alleged land for jobs scam, on September 13. Special Judge Vishal Gogne on Saturday fixed the matter for the next week after noting that no further clarification was required from the ED on the matter. The final report was filed before the court by the ED on August 6. The ED filed its case based on an FIR lodged by the CBI.

Apple is set to unveil the iPhone 16 series at its “It’s Glowtime” event on September 9 at 10:30 PM IST. The highly anticipated launch is expected to introduce four new iPhone models—iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max. As with every iPhone release, Apple is likely to bring multiple upgrades to both the standard models (iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus) and the Pro versions. Rumours suggest that the new iPhones will be available for pre-order shortly after the launch, with sales potentially starting by September 20. However, certain Apple Intelligence AI-based features might not be available at launch. Here’s a look at the expected changes for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus models.

loan fraud case against an insolvent automotive equipment manufacturing company, the ED said Saturday. The action comes after the federal agency arrested Amtek Group promoter Arvind Dham in July. The company is under liquidation. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) booked a case against the company and its promoters under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), taking cognisance of a CBI FIR and a direction issued to it by the Supreme Court in February to probe the case. The IDBI Bank and the Bank of Maharashtra had filed a CBI complaint against the accused for «illegally diverting» bank loans and causing loss to these lenders, the ED said in a statement. The bank «fraud» is estimated to be about Rs 27,000 crore.

submit their NRC application receipt number (ARN), Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. ''Applications for Aadhaar cards are more than the population...It indicates that there are doubtful citizens and we have decided that new applicants will have to submit their NRC application receipt number (ARN)," the chief minister said at a press conference here. This will «stop the influx of illegal foreigners» and the state government will be ''very strict" in issuing Aadhaar cards, he said.

BSF Daljit Singh Chawdhary on Saturday visited forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district to review the operational preparedness of the force. Chawdhary visited the forward locations along the LoC in the Kupwara district where he was briefed about the security situation and operational preparedness of the unit deployed there, officials said. They said the BSF DG lauded the professionalism and steadfastness of the personnel in executing their duties.

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has demanded that the state and central governments complete work on the Barmery refinery-cum-petrochemical project within the specified time frame. Gehlot said there were reports that 79 per cent of the work was completed by May and, in such a situation, it might take another year to complete the remainder. «The state government should coordinate with the central government, HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited) and ensure completion of the refinery work within the stipulated time frame,» he said in a post on X on Saturday.

BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Saturday reacted to former JK CM Omar Abdullah's remarks on Afzal Guru and said that his statement reflects mindset of INDIA alliance which is about backing the terrorists. Bhandari further praised PM Modi and his policies for Jammu and Kashmir and said that PM Modi has always a vision of development. BJP National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said, «Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for Jammu and Kashmir has been a vision of development. It has been a vision which has ensured that there is no terror or terror is uprooted from the valley. On the other hand, the Congress party, Rahul Gandhi and Omar Abdullah, believe in giving soft support to terrorists. Omar Abdullah said that if it had been in his capacity, he would not have allowed Afzal Guru's hanging, a terrorist's hanging. This speaks volumes about the mindset of the INDI Alliance, which is about backing the terrorists. In the last 10 years, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed no stone pelting incident and the terror in the valley has gone down. We are extremely confident that that the people of Jammu and Kashmir will choose a BJP-led government in order to continue to be on the path of development.»

Har Ghar Jal scheme, all rural households will be provided with tap water connections by the year-end. As of now, all states and Union territories (UTs) have more than 50 per cent coverage of tap water connections in rural households with 11 states and UTs having 100 per cent coverage. The states and UTs with 100 per cent coverage of tap water connections in rural households are Goa; Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; Haryana; Telangana; Puducherry; Gujarat; Punjab; Himachal Pradesh; Arunachal Pradesh; and Mizoram.

Wockhardt has denied allegations regarding payment of rent by Carol Info Services and its connection with certain orders passed by SEBI in relation to the company. «In this regard, we categorically deny these allegations and state that these allegations are completely baseless and misleading,» Wockhardt said in a regulatory filing late Friday. It said the company has acted and continues to act in compliance with all applicable laws. On Friday, the Congress' media and publicity department head, Pawan Khera said that between 2018 and 2024, Madhabi Buch — as a whole-time member and later chairperson of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) — had been receiving rental income amounting to Rs 2.16 crore from Carol Info Services, a company affiliated to Wockhardt.

Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joining the Congress party on Friday, Haryana Assembly Speaker and BJP leader Gian Chand Gupta alleged that the former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda sponsored the «Vinesh Phogat's protest» at Jantar Mantar and that such things should not happen in sports. «The way Bhupinder Singh Hooda sponsored Vinesh Phogat's protest in Jantar Mantar and she was given such special treatment, and what the former WFI president said about her getting a special recommendation to get promoted, in sports, such things must not happen,» Gupta said on Saturday. He further stated that Congress has fully exposed itself by indulging in politics with athletes by fielding Phogat from the Julana constituency for the upcoming Haryana polls.