The Congress on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "showing his back to the people of Manipur" which criticising him over the killing of two students in the strife-torn state which has sparked protests. The Congress also slammed the Prime Minister for not visiting Manipur and demanded sending an all-party delegation to the northeastern state, while also demanding the resignation of Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh. 

On World Tourism Day on Wednesday, Talao village of Jhajjar district in Haryana emerged a a shining example of rural tourism success, as it was recognized as the 'Best Tourism Village 2023' in the bronze category. The accolade was bestowed upon Haryana Tourism by the Ministry of Tourism at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi, a testament to the state's unwavering commitment to showcasing its cultural and natural heritage. 

The Indo-Pacific region is not only a cauldron of cultures, histories, resources and opportunities but also a theatre of complexities and challenges, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Manoj Pande said during Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (IPACC) that culminated here on Wednesday. The three-day long event -- IPACC, Indo-Pacific Armies Management Seminar (IPAMS), Senior Enlisted Leaders Forum (SELF) -- was organised by the Indian Army with the US Army as the co-host. The event witnessed participation from 30 countries. 

Bengaluru has been ranked as India’s top city in the green office space with 104.5 million square feet of green offices that accounts for about 30 per cent of the country’s total, followed by National Capital Region (NCR) in the second spot with 70.2 million square feet that works out to a 21 per cent share, according to a CII-CBRE report on real estate released on Wednesday.

Samastipur police arrested a miscreant on the charges of assaulting and molesting a schoolgirl on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred at a village under Musrigharari police station on Tuesday, an official said. Three miscreants misbehaved and passed lewd comments at a student while she was returning home from school.

The Central government is working towards formulating a holistic policy for critical minerals, and has sought inputs from stakeholders on it. According to sources aware of the development, in a meeting of the inter-ministerial group (IMG) on critical minerals, which was presided over by mines secretary V.L. Kantha Rao recently, deliberations were held on India joining the critical raw materials club, which has been proposed by the European Union.

The Income Tax Department has issued new regulations concerning the valuation of equity and compulsorily convertible preference shares issued by startups to both resident and non-resident investors. These regulations, effective from Monday (September 25), amend Rule 11UA of the Income Tax Rules. Under these changes, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) now allows the valuation of compulsorily convertible preference shares (CCPS) to be determined using the fair market value of unquoted equity shares.

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will not change the repo rate at their meeting next month but would try to manage liquidity with various instruments it has, said senior economists. Repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends to banks and a hike will make the banks to increase their lending rates to their borrowers.

The US 10-year bond yield climbing to a 10-month high of 4.54 per cent and the dollar index spiking to 105.94 are headwinds for the market and this is getting reflected in the sustained FII selling which has taken the net FII sell figure in September so far to Rs 20,593 crore, says V.K. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.

In view of the heavy and incessant rain lashing Vellore and Ranipet districts of Tamil Nadu, the respective district collectors on Tuesday declared holidays for students of Classes 1-5. However, students from Class 6 onwards will have to attend classes and there will not be any holidays for them. The university and other examinations will take place as scheduled in these two districts.