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Bank unions announce strikes on Sept 11 over unresolved issues
Banks agreed in principle to move towards a five-day week in 2015, when the second and fourth Saturdays were declared holidays. The issue was revisited in 2020 and later formalised through the wage settlement signed on March 8, 2024, According to the unions
Haldwani ‘purification’ ritual, FIR against Rahul expose BJP’s double standards: Uttam
Criticising Uttarakhand BJP president Mahendra Bhatt for defending the ritual, Uttam Kumar Reddy says the response reflected what the Minister termed as “casteist and regressive mindset” of the BJP-RSS ecosystem
Former CM Mamata Banerjee’s niece found dead at Birbhum residence
The woman, who was working as a non-teaching staff in a government school, lost her job when the Calcutta High Court, and later the Supreme Court, annuled jobs of thousands of teachers and non-teaching staff over alleged irregularities in the appointment process
Part with land for Narsapuram port, Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu asks farmers
The Chief Minister said Machilipatnam and Kakinada already had ports and that a medium port on the Narsapuram coast would lift maritime trade and aquaculture; he also accused the YSRCP of going to court to delay local body elections
Vande Mataram sung in full twice at Kerala University Sports Day event with Governor, Ministers on stage
According to university officials, Vande Mataram was included in the programme following a specific instruction from the Governor’s office in view of his participation in the event
NEET protests in Delhi: CJP calls off September 5 protest march after ‘assurances’ from Centre over withdrawal of FIRs
CJP co-convenor Saurav Das read out a statement before the CJI that owing to the assurances given by the government to withdraw FIRs against protesters, the CJP “deems it appropriate to withdraw the march of September 5, 2026”
PM Modi reiterates appeal to buy local, avoid foreign travel and weddings, stop buying unnecessary gold
In a social media video message, the Prime Minister also congratulated the country on the 7.8% GDP growth it had registered in the first quarter of the ongoing financial year 2026-27
Tamil Nadu Assembly: 10% hike in wages and DA for handloom weavers, establishment of T.N. Knitwear Board announced
A Silk Export Trade Facilitation Centre will be established at the Perarignar Anna Handloom Silk Park at Kancheepuram, Minister for Handlooms, Textiles and Khadi M. Vijay Balaji said.
Theft of firearms including four AK-203 assault rifles from Army establishment in Secunderabad triggers heightened security
Police are examining how the suspects gained entry to the highly secured premises, broke open the locks and accessed the storage areas. Online classes were advised for schools in cantonment area.
With Tamil Nadu CM Vijay opening the Mettur dam, focus turns to longevity of water release
On Tuesday (September 1, 2026), the water level stood at 91.56 ft with the storage being about 54.45 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft). The dam’s full level is 120 ft and the capacity is 93.47 tmc ft
