Mid-Day Top News of this hour: Mumbai rain saga continues; markets bearish on Monday and more

Welcome to MidDays Top News at this hour We bring you a curated selection of the most significant and compelling news from around the globe Stay informed with the latest developments in the nation Mumbai entertainment sports and more Lets dive into the headlines shaping our world todayMarkets climb in early deals ahead of Budget presentation Sensex climbs 264 pointsStock markets climbed in early trade on Tuesday with the Sensex climbing over 264 points ahead of the Union Budget presentation later in the day as investors sentiment turned buoyant amid foreign fund inflows and a rally in the US peers The 30share BSE Sensex climbed 26433 points to 8076641 in early trade The NSE Nifty went up 733 points to 2458255 Among the Sensex pack UltraTech Cement Mahindra amp Mahindra ITC Larsen amp Toubro and NTPC were the biggest gainersUnion Budget 2024 FM Nirmala Sitharaman to present Modi 30 govts first budget todayFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to unveil the Union Budget 2024 in Parliament today at 11 am This will be her seventh consecutive budget breaking Morarji Desais record of six straight budgets The emphasis is expected to be on improvements to the income tax structure and enhancing the ease of doing business in India Read moreGoing long to bring Mumbai Pune closerFor the first time in 160 years a plan for anew rail alignment between Mumbai and Pune to bypass the existing steep ghats and 28 tunnels received the goahead last weekend Calling it the simpler inclines of 1100 lsquoSreedharan gradersquo Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has asked Central Railway to work on it expeditiously The minister took a ride onboard a threecoach special inspection train with a halt at Lonavala and examined the process of navigating ghats and the operation of banker locomotives Read MoreHindu Temple vandalised again in Canada amid rising concerns over extremist activitiesIn a troubling recurrence of targeted attacks on Hindu places of worship across Canada the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Edmonton fell victim once more to vandalism Member of Parliament for Nepean Chandra Arya voiced deep concern over the escalating incidents of hatefueled violence directed at HinduCanadian communities Read moreGulshan Devaiah lsquoItrsquos Janhvirsquos film she is front and centrersquoDuring our chat with Gulshan Devaiah we are seated in front of a large poster of Ulajh Looking at that the first thing he tells us is ldquoItrsquosJanhvirsquos Kapoor film Her face is front and centre She is the whole orchestrardquo What then drove Devaiah to star in Sudhanshu Sariarsquos directorial venture ldquoItrsquos a great story and an interesting character Read moreGambhir on relationship with Kohli Wersquore on the same pageFormer Test opener Gautam Gambhir remarked that he and Virat Kohli are mature individuals and are on the same page ldquoWhat kind of relationship do I share with Kohli I think it is between two mature individuals On the field everyone has got the right to fight for their own team for their own jersey and wants to come back to a winning dressing room But at the moment you are representing India and representing 140 crore Indians and I am sure we are going to be on the same page and will try to make India proudrdquo Gambhir said during the teamrsquos Sri Lanka tour predeparture press conference on Monday Read more