Former WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh - PTIFormer WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh - PTI
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  1. PM Modi inaugurated 9 new Vande Bharat Trains, connecting important destinations in 11 states. The semi-speed trains would cut the travel time between the destinations by 2-3 hours.
    • Patna – Howrah Vande Bharat Express
    • Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express
    • Rourkela – Bhubaneswar – Puri Vande Bharat Express
    • Ranchi – Howrah Vande Bharat Express
    • Jamnagar-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express
    • Udaipur – Jaipur Vande Bharat Express
    • Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai Vande Bharat Express
    • Hyderabad –Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express
    • Vijayawada – Chennai (via Renigunta) Vande Bharat Express
  2. Delhi Police told the court that former WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh missed no opportunity to harass women wrestlers and that there is enough evidence to press charges against him.
  3. Heavy downpours in Nagpur — a 90mm rainfall in 2 hours — turned the city roads into rivers. Water gushed into houses in low-lying areas as Ambazari Lake breached its boundaries. Maha Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis visited flood-affected places and announced relief to those affected.
  4. Major crackdown on Khalistani terrorism on cards, as NIA prepares to confiscate properties of 19 Khalistani fugitives currently living in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, and Dubai, under anti-terror law UAPA.
  5. After seeking an end to the “free movement regime,” Manipur CM N Biren Singh said he held a meeting with BRO officials to deliberate upon raising an additional 70 km of fencing along the Indo-Myanmar border to check illegal immigration and drug smuggling.
  6. MSMEs in Tamil Nadu have announced a strike on September 25, to protest against the hike in fixed electricity charges, particularly for low-tension (LT) connections, despite CM M K Stalin’s attempt to cool them down with tariff revision and other sops.
  7. Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit sought details from Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on the government’s utilization of funds as the state’s debt under the Aam Aadmi Paty rule has grown by Rs.50,000 crore.
  8. Latest images from the Chardayaan-3 mission suggest that Pragyan Rover could not leave behind a clear imprint of national emblem and ISRO logo on the moon’s surface, indicating a possibility of ‘lumpy’ soil on the moon.
  9. Indian Sign Language gets 260 news signs corresponding to financial terms related to bonds, equities, trading, and banking. Officials at the Department of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) said these terms will improve the employability of deaf job-seeking youth in the financial sector.
  10. Ahad Ahmad (26), who worked occasionally at his father’s tyre-repair shop in Barai Harakh Village in Prayagraj, is all set to become a civil judge (junior division). Ahad cleared the provincial civil services (Judicial) final exam held for 303 posts, ranking 157.