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New Delhi [India], Sept. 30 : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will today hold a meeting with the top officials of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) to review the security situation in border areas.

The meeting comes a day after India conducted surgical strikes on seven terrorist launch pads along the Line of Control (LoC) early on Thursday.

Addressing a press conference here, Director General of Military Operations Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh said "significant casualty was caused to terrorists during the operation".

New Delhi [India], Sept. 30 : The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the Maggi noodles matter on the application of Nestle India Ltd., who had approached it seeking 550 tonnes of seized expired stock be handed over to them by the Food and Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) so that the stock can be destroyed.

The FSSAI stated that adherence to this request might lead to destruction of evidence, to which the court replied that some samples may be retained for reference by the FSSAI.

The FSSAI is supposed to respond to this request by Nestle in the next hearing.

New Delhi [India], Sept. 30 : Ahead of the second anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission on Sunday this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address chief ministers, ministers, elected representatives of people, district collectors, municipal commissioners of 500 AMRUT cities and other stakeholders in New Delhi today.

He will inaugurate the day long INDOSAN ( India Sanitation Conference) on Friday meant for taking stock of the progress made under the Swachh Bharat mission.

After the inaugural session, Urban Development Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu and Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will co-chair a plenary session on 'Behavioral Change' -Aspects of Swachh Bharat Mission'.

New Delhi [India], Sept.29 : The government has announced cash awards of Rs. 90 lakhs for Rio Paralympics 2016 medal winners.

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawaarchand Gehlot said that the cash awards are being given under the Awareness Generation and Publicity (AGP) scheme. Gehlot said he will felicitate medal winners at a special felicitation programme.

Gold medal winners Mariyappan Thangavelu and Devendra Jhajharia will be awarded Rs.30 lakh cash prize, Silver medallist Deepa Malik will be facilitated with Rs 20 lakh and Varun Singh Bhati will be honoured with Rs 10 lakh for winning a bronze medal at the Rio Paralympics 2016.

New Delhi [India], Sep 29 : One of the top universities of India, SRM University, proudly presents the tenth edition of its National Level Techno-Management fest Aaruush'16. Being the tenth edition, the hype surrounding the fest is immense and palpable.

The fest which is being held in association with one of India's Tech Giants HP, will kick off on the 28th of September at the Kattankulathur campus of SRM University and conclude on the 1st of October.

Going with the goal of promoting innovation in engineering and management students, the fest will be remembered for its tagline "Fostering Ideas, Innovating Strategies". It personifies the aim to promote the ideals of Innovation and Implementation.

New Delhi [India], Sep 29 : Nova Scotia, Canada has launched a new pilot program to help recruit and retain international post-secondary students from key markets that includes India.

Indian students are opting international study programs and students from Pune have been going to Canada for higher studies. Canada has always been a great study destination for Indian Students, Nova Scotia Study and Stay program is an endeavor to make international studies more favorable for Indian students. Students interested in pursuing university, college or post-graduate are eligible to apply for the high studies.