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BOM28 MP-LD PM Oppn dividing society on caste lines, says PM on day Bihar released caste census findings Gwalior In a sharp attack on the Congress without naming it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the opposition party has played with the emotions of the poor and divided the country on caste lines for six decades -- a sin which it is committing now as well.

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NATION DEL54 LDALL GANDHI **** India remembers Gandhi on his 154th birth anniversary New Delhi: People from all walks of life paid tributes to 'Father of the Nation' Mahatma Gandhi on his 154th birth anniversary on Monday and recalled his role in India's fight for independence. **** DEL48 RJ-MODI-3RDLD MEETING **** All Rajasthan schemes will continue after polls, Modi assures; says Cong has conceded defeat Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has already conceded defeat in the upcoming assembly elections by requesting him not to scrap the welfare schemes started by the Congress in Rajasthan, and gave a ''guarantee'' that the BJP will not discontinue them. **** CAL19 BH-3RD LD CASTE SURVEY **** Bihar's caste survey out; OBCs, EBCs nearly two-thirds of population Patna: The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Monday released findings of its much-awaited caste survey months ahead of the 2024 Parliamentary elections, which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of the state's total population. **** BOM28 MP-LD PM **** Oppn dividing society on caste lines, says PM on day Bihar released caste census findings Gwalior: In a sharp attack on the Congress without naming it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the opposition party has played with the emotions of the poor and divided the country on caste lines for six decades -- a ''sin'' which it is committing now as well. **** DEL57 2NDLD TMC-PROTEST-RAJGHAT **** Abhishek Banerjee leads TMC protest at Rajghat; BJP calls it 'drama' to divert attention from scams in West Bengal New Delhi: Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee along with party leaders and workers sat on a dharna at the Rajghat here on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary on Monday demanding the release of funds for West Bengal by the Centre. **** DEL55 NIA-RAIDS **** NIA carries out raids at 62 locations in AP, Telangana; Maoist leader arrested New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a top Maoist leader as it carried out raids at 62 locations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the CPI (Maoist) conspiracy case, an official said. **** DEL41 DL-2NDLD TERRORIST-ARREST **** One of NIA's most wanted terrorists Shahnawaz arrested with two associates New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday arrested one of NIA's most wanted terrorists Mohammad Shahnawaz, accused of having links with an ISIS module, along with his two associates and seized incriminating material including those suspected to be used in IED fabrication, officials said. **** DEL47 GOVT-CHINA-POSTS **** Govt to set up intelligence gathering posts along China border Mago (Arunachal Pradesh): Border posts of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) along the India-China frontier from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh will have an additional team of intelligence officers for surveillance and information gathering. By Achinta Borah **** DEL49 CBI-MANIPUR-COURT-CUSTODY **** Guwahati court grants CBI 5-day custody of accused held in killing of two youths in Manipur New Delhi: A special court in Guwahati has granted the CBI five-day custody of the four accused arrested in connection with a probe into the cases of two missing Manipuri students believed to have been killed, officials said Monday. **** BOM29 CG-PM-VISIT **** PM to visit Chhattisgarh on Tuesday; will inaugurate NMDC's steel plant, new rail lines in Bastar region Raipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public meeting in Jagdalpur city in poll bound Chhattisgarh on Tuesday and also dedicate to the nation and lay foundation stones of several projects worth Rs 26,000 crore, including the NMDC's steel plant. **** MDS5 TL-MODI-VISIT **** PM Modi to launch development projects, address BJP rally in Nizamabad in T'gana on Oct 3 Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate several development projects and also address a public meeting to be organised by BJP at Nizamabad in Telangana on October 3. **** DEL53 JNU-SLOGANS-LD COMMITTEE **** JNU to set up committee to look into incidents of 'anti-national' slogans on campus New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University administration will constitute a committee soon to look into the repeated incidents of 'anti-national' slogans being raised on campus, an official said here on Monday. **** CAL21 MG-TREMOR **** 5.2 magnitude quake hits Meghalaya Shillong: An Earthquake of Magnitude 5.2 shook Meghalaya and nearby states on Monday evening, the National Centre for Seismology said. **** DEL27 MN-SHUTDOWN-NIA-CBI **** CBI, NIA refute allegations of high-handedness in Manipur, say arrests based on evidence Imphal: Amid tribal groups accusing the NIA and CBI of high-handedness in Manipur, the central agencies on Monday said every arrest made in the restive state, which has been witnessing ethnic clashes since May, is based on evidence gathered by investigative teams. **** SPORTS AGS44 SPO-GAMES-ATH-4TH LD IND **** Parul, Priti bag silver and bronze in 3000m steeplechase; Ancy wins silver in long jump Hangzhou: India's Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medals respectively in the women's 3000m steeplechase, unheralded Ancy Sojan made a grand entry on the big stage with a long jump silver, while the 4x400m mixed relay team got a fortuitous upgrade to second spot due to 'lane infringement', on an eventful day at the Asian Games on Monday. By Philem Dipak Singh **** AGS45 SPO-GAMES-SWAPNA-LD ALLEGATION **** I have lost my Asian Games bronze medal to a transgender woman, alleges Swapna Hangzhou: India's Swapna Barman on Monday sparked a controversy with sensational allegations that she lost out on a bronze medal in the women's heptathlon competition of the ongoing Asian Games to a ''transgender'' athlete. **** FOREIGN FGN32 SAFRICA-GANDHI **** India will assist in maintaining all sites connected to Gandhi in South Africa: envoy Johannesburg: India will assist in maintaining all sites connected to Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa, the Indian envoy here said on Monday as the world marked the 154th birth anniversary of the global peace icon. **** FGN39 PAK-IMRAN-BAIL **** Pak court restores Imran Khan's bail in nine cases Islamabad: A high court in Pakistan on Monday restored the bail of former prime minister Imran Khan in nine different cases by annulling the different trial courts' decisions to cancel the same.****

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