The Railway Ministry has announced that the advance Railway reservation time reduced has been reduced from 120 days to 60 days and the order will come into effect from November 1. "It has been decided that w.c.f. 01.11.2024, the existing time limit for advance reservations by trains will be reduced from 120 days to 60 days," the Ministry said in a notification dated October 16.
Rail-road bridge: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet today (October 16) has approved a new rail-cum-road bridge in Varanasi across the Ganga River. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that this new rail-road bridge will be among the biggest bridges in the world in terms of traffic capacity.
In a major relief for Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has given him a clean chit in connection with an alleged Rs 371 crore skill development corporation scam. Naidu was arrested last year on an investigation launched by the then Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government and spent 50 days in prison before getting interim bail on October 31, 2023.
National Maritime Heritage Complex: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (October 15) said that the government's decision to construct a National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) in Gujarat's Lothal is aimed at improving people's understanding of civilisational history.
Drug seizure: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday congratulated Delhi Police for the series of successful operations in seizing drugs and said that the hunt against drugs and narco trade will continue with no laxity. Shah said the Modi government is committed to building a drug-free Bharat by protecting the youth from the scourge of drugs.
'Scorpion' remark against PM Modi: The Supreme Court on Monday extended the interim stay on the trial court proceedings against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in a defamation case filed for his alleged "scorpion on Shivling" remark targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018.
Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader and LoP Lok Sabha on Sunday attacked the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra after the murder of former state minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique.
