NEWS 1- Silchar railway station is being upgraded to be at par with any modern airport. The central government has allocated 250 crore rupees for this. PK Krishna Das, chairman of the PAC committee of the Central Railway Ministry, said this.

A team was constituted to monitor passenger facilities at various stations of the Lumding Division of the North Eastern Railway. They reached Silchar and the team has a total of 11 members, including two women. On Thursday, the team members inspected Silchar Railway Station and the adjoining area. The team members also checked what arrangements are in place for the convenience of the passengers.

Later, in a press conference, the team informed that the Central government has given special attention to taking Silchar railway station to a state-of-the-art level. For the convenience of passengers, a footbridge, waiting room, food corner, waiting shed and other facilities will be developed at the station.

This will be discussed with the DRM of the division on Saturday. He also said that this team will also conduct monitoring at Guwahati, Rangia, Dimapur, Lumding, Badarpur, Silchar, Jiriban, Bhairavi, Dharmanagar, Agartala etc.

Silchar MLA Dipayan Chakraborty who was also present welcomed the team. He handed over a memorandum to Chairman Krishna Das with various demands including overall improvement of Silchar railway station including passenger facilities and safety, increase in trains, better quality coaches, and new trains to connect Silchar to other parts of India.

Speaking at a press conference later, Silchar MLA praised the central government for taking steps to develop the Silchar railway station.

NEWS 2- Cyclone Mandas is approaching. Due to this, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, and other states of South India will be flooded with heavy rain. The low pressure formed over the Bay of Bengal has increased in strength and turned into a cyclone. The cyclone entered the Chennai coast on Thursday at midnight.

A warning has already been issued in several districts by the state government. Heavy to very heavy rainfall will occur in Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Kanchipuram, and Puducherry under the influence of the cyclone. A red alert has been issued in 13 districts.

NEWS 3- There was a debate about wearing a hijab in educational institutions, and the incident came to light. The authority suspended four engineering students for allegedly dancing and wearing a burqa at a college function. The incident is at a private engineering college in Mangalore.

NEWS 4- On Friday morning, the Chief Minister of Tripura left for Bilonia to attend government and party programs in South Tripura. On his way to Bilonia, a 70-year-old woman named Vishwalakshi Debvarma was injured while crossing the road by the CM’s escort vehicle.

As soon as the matter came to the notice of Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, immediately stopped the convoy and got down, and ran to the old woman. The injured old woman was taken to the Bisramganj Community Hospital in the vehicle of SDPO Rahul Das, who was with the convoy. He advised the doctor on duty to take necessary measures as soon as possible. He also ensured the necessary financial and other help.

NEWS 5- A firing incident took place near the hotel of the England cricket team in Multan. The shooting happened just before the team was leaving for practice on Thursday. Although there was some panic in this incident, all the cricketers are safe. The highest level of security has already been arranged for the England cricket team.

Earlier, the Australian team was provided security equivalent to heads of state. International cricket in Pakistan was suspended for a long time after a terrorist attack on the bus of the visiting Sri Lankan team in 2009. Thursday’s shooting also brought back memories of that terrorist attack.

NEWS 6- Ukraine may attack Crimea. Russia has issued such a warning. According to the Kremlin, in the current situation, Ukraine can attack Crimea at any time. However, despite the Russian warning, Ukraine has not commented on this.

NEWS 7- The results of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections have disappointed the BJP. Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, JP Nadda could not win in Himachal despite campaigning a lot.

Meanwhile, after the results of the Himachal polls came out, it was found that only one woman candidate won there. This means that only one woman MLA will be seen in the 68-member Himachal Legislative Assembly. The only woman MLA is BJP’s, Reena Kashyap. who defeated Dayal Payarika of Congress from the Pachhad constituency. But the number of women voters in Himachal is about 49 percent. In the Himachal Assembly elections, BJP fielded 6 women candidates, Aam Aadmi Party 5, and Congress 3 women candidates. Only BJP’s Reena Kashyap won there.