News Headlines, September 15
Key Points
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched development projects worth over 40,000 crore rupees in Bihar's Purnea district this afternoon.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects in Baripada during his day-long visit to Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district.
Bihar Gets Boost
Bihar Gets Boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched development projects worth over 40,000 crore rupees in Bihar's Purnea district this afternoon. He inaugurated the newly built Purnea airport and started flight service from the airport. He also launched the National Makhana Board in Bihar.
Development Projects In Mayurbhanj
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects in Baripada during his day-long visit to Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district.
Job Letters Distributed
Odisha CM Mohan Majhi distributed appointment letters to 1,686 newly selected candidates across seven key departments.
Subhadra Grievance Redressal
Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida launched the Subhadra Grievance Redressal Module to enable the excluded beneficiaries to register complaints and receive departmental responses.
Double Tragedy
In a heart-wrenching incident in Mayurbhanj district, a son died in a road accident while transporting his father’s body home for cremation.
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✨BMW Driver Arrested
The BMW driver, identified as Gaganpreet, who fatally hit the motorcycle of a senior Finance Ministry official, leaving him dead and his wife critically injured, has been taken into custody by the Delhi Police.
NPCI Raises Limit
The National Payments Corporation of India has raised the Unified Payments Interface transaction limits for person-to-merchant payments to up to Rs 10 lakh in 24 hours for specified categories, effective from Monday.
SC Refuses To Stay
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in entirety, observing that a statute carries a presumption of constitutionality and can be stayed only in the rarest case.
PCB Files Protest
Pakistan Cricket Board has filed an official complaint with the Asian Cricket Council after Indian players declined to shake hands following their Asia Cup match, calling the gesture "unsporting"
Player Of The Month
Mohammed Siraj has been named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for August for against England in The Oval Test.