Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay launched a scheme to provide one-gram gold rings to eligible newborns at Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai on Monday, September 28. During the launch, he held several babies and presented the first rings, putting a key electoral promise into effect. The programme is called Thaaimaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam, or the Maternal Uncle Gold Ring Scheme. Each ring weighs one gram and

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan are set to launch development works worth ₹11,085 crore under Palle Panduga 3.0 on September 29. The programme will begin in the Udayagiri area of Nellore district and will fund roads, cattle sheds, horticulture plantations, drainage and other village facilities across the state. Nellore district officials have identified Ramapuram village in Varikuntapadu mandal as the launch location.