BJP to hold service activities across Gujarat as Seva Sankalp campaign enters fifth day

IANS | September 21, 2026 11:18 PM

Gandhinagar, Sep 21 (IANS) As BJP’s month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ progresses, around 1,500 young participants taking part in twin bike rallies between Gujarat’s Vadnagar and Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi have covered villages and communities across 10 states, while the party has announced service activities in every taluka of Gujarat on Tuesday.

Bihar: Jamui molestation case sparks political row; three arrested (Round up)

IANS | September 21, 2026 11:13 PM

Patna, Sep 21 (IANS) A viral video showing the alleged harassment of two minor students, including a girl, in Bihar’s Jamui district has triggered a political confrontation, with Opposition leaders questioning the state’s law-and-order situation and the ruling alliance defending the administration’s response.

Withdraw call for strike, govt urges employees of public sector banks

IANS | September 21, 2026 8:52 PM

New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The government on Monday appealed to employees of public sector banks and regional rural banks to call off their proposed 3-day strike from September 28 to 30 as it has already fulfilled one of their main demands by holding the Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme in abeyance.

FTA sets stage for $20 billion investment from New Zealand to flow into India

IANS | September 21, 2026 8:14 PM

New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The FTA with New Zealand, which kicks in on October 20, also sets the stage to facilitate the flow of $20 billion in investment into India, and this will benefit Indian agriculture, manufacturing, infrastructure and startups, the Commerce and Industry Ministry said on Monday.

Mobile phone retailers seek exemption from UPI charges

IANS | September 21, 2026 7:15 PM

New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA) has requested the Finance Ministry to exempt small and medium mobile phone retailers from any proposed Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) or transaction charges on UPI payments, claiming that they are already operating on very thin business margins.

Cockroach Janta Party-Left stir failed to influence DUSU results: Study

IANS | September 21, 2026 5:47 PM

New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The recent Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led students’ protest at Jantar Mantar failed miserably in influencing Delhi students who overwhelmingly backed the ABVP and rejected the obsolete Left ideas despite Abhijeet Dipke-driven agitation, said a study that analysed DUSU election results.