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Journalist Arnab Goswami, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of an interior designer, remanded to judicial custody till November 18. -- PTI
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The Border Security Force (BSF) detected a tunnel along the India-Pakistan international border in Jammu on Wednesday, official sources said.They said the tunnel has been found in the Samba sector and a team of senior officers of the border guarding force has reached the spot for analysis.The...
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With the state of Maine falling to the Democrats, Joe Biden inched ahead in the race towards US presidency, with 227 electoral college votes against incumbent President Donald Trump's 213.Biden is also leading Trump in Michigan and Wisconsin, while the latter leads in Pennsylvania.
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The eighth round of corps commander-level talks between the armies of India and China will be held on November 6 in Chushul in eastern Ladakh, Army sources said. Both sides would be discussing ways of addressing the ongoing military standoff in the eastern Ladakh sector since April-May this...
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The officer, who had earlier investigated the abetment to suicide case in which journalist Arnab Goswami was arrested on Wednesday, will face inquiry, the police said.The earlier investigation officer (IO) of the case had submitted a closure report in the case, saying there was no...
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A second batch of three Rafale fighter jets arrived at Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat on Wednesday evening after flying non-stop from France, taking the total number of aircraft in the fleet to eight, officials said.The first batch of five Rafale jets reached India on July 29, nearly four years...
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ABVP protests against Arnab's arrest
Several protests were held in Delhi against the arrest of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami by the Mumbai Police on Wednesday. Goswami was arrested in the morning for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer in 2018. A team of Alibaug police had picked...
20:51
Indian-Ugandan Zohran Kwame Mamdani, son of filmmaker Mira Nair, has won the election for New York State Assembly, one of two candidates of Indian-origin elected to NY state office.It's official: we won. I'm going to Albany to fight to tax the rich, heal the sick, house the poor & build a...
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The Central Teacher Eligibility Test or CTET, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will now be held on January 31 next year, Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said. The exam was earlier scheduled to be held on July 5. The 14th edition of Central...
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Indian economy is poised to recover at a fast pace and reach pre-COVID-19 levels by the end of the year, the finance ministry said in its monthly report but also cautioned about the possibility of fatigue with social distancing norms triggering a second wave of coronavirus infections. ...
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The Mumbai Police has filed a fresh FIR against Republic TV's editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly assaulting a lady police officer when a team of police reached his residence in Mumbai this morning.Sections 353, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code have been invoked in the news FIR...
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Senior Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis was on Wednesday discharged from a state-run hospital in Mumbai after undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infection, a doctor said.The former chief minister had tested positive for coronavirus on October 25 following which he was...
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In a freak incident, a ballot scanner in the United States state of Iowa stopped working after getting moisture from voters applying hand sanitiser, leading to a disruption in polling, a media report said. The voters who applied hand sanitiser caused excess moisture to get into the...
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Security has been beefed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport after a banned pro-Khalistan outfit, Sikhs for Justice, threatened to disrupt two Air India flights scheduled to leave for London on November 5, police said on Wednesday. The United States-based SFJ has issued a call to...
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Left-ruled Kerala on Wednesday decided to withdraw the general consent accorded to the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe cases, joining a list of non-Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states including Maharashtra to have effected a similar move.Kerala, ruled by the Communist Party of...
18:41
The culture ministry of the Government of India on Wednesday extended its Karwa Chauth greetings to all women. On its Twitter handle, the ministry stated, 'On the occasion of #KarwaChauth, married women fast for the well-being, prosperity, and long life of their beloved husband....
18:27
Bilateral ties between India and the US are not going to be affected and will only continue to grow stronger irrespective of whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden emerge victorious in the presidential polls according to the former Indian ambassador to China, Gautam Bambawale.Incumbent Republican...
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Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami shows marks on his forearm and said he was assaulted. Policemen surrounded me, held me by the scruff of my neck, pushed me. I'm here without shoes... I've been assaulted. Police on Wednesday arrested Arnab Goswami for allegedly abetting the suicide of a...
18:04
US polls: Former New Jersey governor and a key Trump ally Chris Christie voiced his disagreement with President Trump's election night remarks prematurely declaring victory and attacking legitimate vote counting efforts. Christie said Trump undercut his own credibility.There's just no basis to...
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BJP Yuva Morcha workers protest in Kolkata over law and order situation in the state. Mamata Banerjee has the strangulated the neck of democracy. BJP workers are continuously being killed and then hanged in the state, says a BJP worker.
17:16
At least 1.93 crore or 27.3 per cent of the people in Karnataka are either infected by coronavirus or had the infection in the past, as of 16 September, revealed a survey by the government to estimate the prevalence of Covid-19 in the state. Sharing details of the findings, Karnataka...
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A 3-year-old child fell into an open borewell in Setupurabarah village of Prithvipur area, Niwari earlier today. Operation underway to rescue him. Army jawans are at the spot. Additional SP, Niwari district, confirmed that rescue team is able to hear child's voice.
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Maharashtra government allows cinema halls, theatres, multiplexes to open with 50 per cent of their seating capacity in areas outside containment zones from 5th November.As per Unlock 6.0, the Uddhav Thackeray government plans to allow the general public to use local trains during non-peak...
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The pandemic-hit economy is coming back on rails at more speed than expected, Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said citing factors like increased demand of power and higher GST collections. An increase in rail freight collection, higher goods and services tax mop-up, rise in...
16:16
Democrat Party's Ritchie Torres has made history by becoming the first openly gay Black man elected to the US Congress. Torres, 32, a New York City Council Member, won the election from New York's 15th Congressional District, defeating Republican Patrick Delices to become the next...
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Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said she was actually very shocked with the selective outrage of the BJP and of the sections of the government. Why are they silent when Prashant Kanojia is jailed for a number of months just because he exposed a scam where children were being served salt...
16:05
Meanwhile, in India, battlelines are drawn over the arrest of Republic TV editor, Arnab Goswami.The BJP and the Congress engaged in a verbal duel with the saffron party saying it was an attack on press freedom which was reminiscent of the Emergency, and the opposition party slamming the criticism...
15:39
Results from Milwaukee have flipped Wisconsin to Joe Biden, who has a lead in the state right now.Image: Election officials count absentee ballots in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, early on November 4. Scott Olson/Getty Images.
15:33
The US presidential election has turned into a nail-biting battle as Democratic candidate Joe Biden is ahead of US President Donald Trump in Electoral College votes, having 224 votes to the Republican incumbent's 213, according to CNN.Joe Biden won Arizona, becoming the second Democratic...
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Joe Biden's campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon issued a strongly worded statement following President Trump's White House speech, calling it outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect.The president's statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots was outrageous,...
15:03
Stubble burning in Punjab
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said Pusa bio-decomposer was successful in Delhi and the city government will inform the Supreme Court that it is an effective way to prevent stubble burning. Delhi has found a solution to the problem of crop residue burning and no state can now make...
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Amid ongoing anti-farm bills agitation at 32 places in Punjab, the Indian Railways informed that it has suffered revenue losses of more than Rs 1,200 crore as freight operations remain suspended due to the blockages.To date, more than 2,225 freight rakes could not be operated upon carrying vital...
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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the city has seen a jump in the number of new Covid-19 cases in the last few days and it can be called a third wave. Kejriwal said people do not need to panic and the government was monitoring the situation regularly. Delhi has witnessed a...
14:32
A break from news on the US polls and in India, on the Bihar polls, with this image. That's the hot and sexy 55-year-old but-naked body of actor, model, marathoner, Milind Soman, who brought in his birthday by streaking. Happy Birthday, Milind! Keep them coming. Those of you on the wrong...
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Dr Ami Bera urged people to donated blood last month
In an impressive show, all the four Indian-American Democratic lawmakers -- Dr Ami Bera, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna and Raja Krishnamoorthi -- have been re-elected to the US House of Representatives. The Indian-American community has emerged as a force to reckon with for the first time in the...
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Almost one in five patients with Covid-19 may only show gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, according to a review of studies. The findings suggest that abdominal radiologists need to remain vigilant during the pandemic while imaging patients, the researchers said....
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Hitting out at his political rivals, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who did not help distressed people during the coronavirus lockdown, are now seeking votes from them. Addressing an election rally at...
14:05
Key battleground states still have millions of mail ballots to count. Election officials are urging caution about interpreting incomplete results. And neither President Donald Trump nor Joe Biden have secured 270 electoral votes.The current vote count in several important swing states does show...
13:54
Rapper Kanye West on Tuesday voted for himself as the next US president after a long-shot campaign marked by erratic statements and speculation that he might siphon some Black votes from Democrat Joe Biden.The singer and fashion designer appeared to concede his 2020 bid had ended but suggested...
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It's 3 am in the United States and based on CNN's current projections, Joe Biden has 220 electoral votes while Donald Trump has 213 electoral votes.US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that a major fraud is being perpetrated on the American people and said he will fight election in...
13:19
So Donald Trump basically declared he had won the presidential elections and at the same time alleged fraud in the counting process. We were getting ready for a big celebration. We were winning everything. And all of a sudden it was just called off, he said. Voting was stopped because it is...
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US President Donald Trump addresses voters from the White House. A mask-less Trump announces that he is winning Pennsylvania. He is also looking at his wins and losses in the states. He said Florida was a tremendous victory. Trump declared victory, but in the states Joe Biden won, he alleged...
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Donald Trump will address voters from the White House any time now. It's unclear what he will say, but he did tweet earlier to declare a 'big WIN'. Trump has previously raised scepticism over the integrity of the election by suggesting, without evidence, that postal ballots are more susceptible...
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Donald Trump wins Montana, Texas, Iowa, Idaho, Ohio, Florida, Mississippi, Wyoming, Missouri, Kansas, Utah, Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina, North Dakota., South Dakota, Arkansas, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, IndianaJoe Biden wins Rhode Island, Minnesota, Virgina,...
12:25
President Trump will win Texas, CNN projects. There are 38 electoral votes at stake in Texas. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election. Biden: 220, Trump: 213. In 2016, Trump had won Texas.
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Trump wins Montana, says CNN projections.There are three electoral votes at stake in Montana. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election. In 2016: President Trump carried the state and won the general election.
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Joe and Jill Biden at Delaware. Getty Images
Donald Trump Wins Montana, Florida, Iowa. Joe Biden wins Minnesota. Joe Biden called on his supporters to be patient as votes continue to be tallied in the fight for the White House. It's not my place or Donald Trump's place to declare who has won this election,' Biden said to a crowd...
11:49
Twitter has labelled a tweet from President Trump as possibly misleading about an election or other civic process and urged users to find accurate information about the election. Trump had tweeted shortly after his rival Joe Biden took the stage in Delaware to urge patience as the vote counting...
11:39
US President Donald Trump tweeted to say he will be making a statement tonight. @realDonaldTrump said, I will be making a statement tonight. A big WIN!
11:35
Donald Trump's son Eric, tweeted this throwback image with his father and another at the White House, Oval office. @EricTrump wrote, It's amazing how far we have come! So proud of you Dad! @realDonaldTrump.
11:27
Joe Biden urged patience tonight in Delaware as votes continue to be counted. We knew this was going to go long. Keep the faith, we are winning, he told a crowd moments ago. To the sound of blaring car horns from his audience of supporters, Joe Biden and his wife Jill take the stage at...
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Union minister Smriti Irani speaks up for Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami who was arrested this morning in Mumbai. Those in the free press who don't stand up today in support of Arnab, you are now tactically in support of fascism. You may not like him, you may not approve of him, you...
10:57
Joe Biden wins Hawaii. Biden will deliver remarks in Wilmington soon. The Democratic vice presidential nominee has won New Jersey and New York in a tight race to the White House with President Donald Trump also registering early wins in key states.Biden got 2.2 million votes in New York...
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Video grab of Arnab being whisked off in a police van
The Editors' Guild of India sends out a statement condemning the arrest of Arnab Goswami, editor-in-chief of Republic TV. The Guild calls upon Maharashtra CM to ensure that Goswami is treated fairly and state power is not used against critical reporting by media.A team of Alibaug Police picked...
10:41
Former Trump campaign adviser Bryan Lanza has told the BBC that the election is clearly going to be closer than many people expected. Although the 2000 election was decided by one state - Florida - it might be decided by five states in this election, he said. At the end of the day, we are...
10:35
Reacting to Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami's arrest, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday described it as an attack on press freedom in Maharashtra and said it reminded of the Emergency days. Police on Wednesday arrested Goswami from his residence...
10:32
US Presidential exit polls: Exit polls show that the electorate is growing less white, with six per cent fewer white voters than in 2016. Trump supporters are four times more likely to say the economy was what tipped the scales in the president's favour. Biden backers were more likely to...
10:24
Shiv Sena spokesperson and MP Sanjay Raut reacts to journalist Arnab Goswami's arrest by the Mumbai police. The law is followed in Maharashtra. Police can take action if they have evidence against anyone. Since the formation of Thackeray government, no action has been taken against anyone for...
10:08
Supporters attend a drive-in election night event for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware
US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls gradually closing across the United States Tuesday -- and then a long night of waiting for results ahead.Joe Biden has captured 16 states including his home state Delaware and big...
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India on Wednesday reported 46,254 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing the nation's tally to 83,13,877, said the Union Health Ministry.As per the latest health update, 514 more deaths were reported in the country in a span of 24 hours. With fresh fatalities, the nation's death toll now...
09:35
Dina Romero holds a cutout of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden with other people showing their support outside of the Miami-Dade County Elections Department in Doral, Florida
Joe Biden will win California, CNN projects. California is the most populous state in the US, and carries the most electoral college votes, at 55.The Democrats have long counted on California as a more or less guaranteed source of electoral college votes.Yet it hasn't always been a Democratic...
09:19
US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House. The following is a list of the states won by each candidate and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on the projections of US media including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC/NBC News,...
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Donald Trump wants to project strength and set his own narrative tonight, a senior Trump campaign official who spoke to the US president has told CBS.Yes, the president will speak tonight. Even if it's not to declare victory, he needs to set the narrative, the official said.Trump will deliver...
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Mumbai Police on Wednesday entered Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami's residence and attempted to detain him. Arnab claims he was 'physically assaulted by police'.The Supreme Court on Monday had said, it would hear on November 6 a plea by journalist Arnab Goswami who has challenged the show...
08:32
A supporter of Joe Biden in Duluth, Minnesota.
So far, Biden's been doing far better with women than Trump, though the Democrat's lead is slim when it comes to male voters.Biden has a lead among all non-white voters, and his biggest margin is with black Americans - Trump's only won 11 per cent of African American voters to Biden's 87 per...
08:12
A supporter of Democratic US presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden attends in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Guardian reports -- Results in Ohio are offering a surprise so far. With 67 per cent of the vote counted statewide, Joe Biden is leading by 50% to 48.8%, outperforming Donald Trump in some crucial counties.If that holds, it would be a big surprise. Trump won Ohio by eight points in 2016...
08:08
US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls gradually closing across the United States Tuesday and a long night of waiting for results ahead.The following is a list of the states won by each candidate and the corresponding...
08:02
Sarah McBride of Delaware has become the first openly trans person to be elected a state senator in US history. She won 86% of absentee ballot voters in the state's first district, and will be the highest-ranking trans politician in the US.In 2013, McBride worked on the campaign of Beau...
07:49
Magazines with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and US President Donald Trump on their covers are pictured in Los Angeles, California.
Based on CNN's current projections, Biden has 73 electoral college votes, and Trump has 48 electoral college votes. Donald Trump has picked up North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Louisiana and Nebraska. The AP also called Indiana for Trump shortly before polls closed in some western...
07:36
Joe Biden will win New York, CNN projects.There are 29 electoral votes at stake in New York. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election. In 2016, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton carried the state, and US President Trump won the general election. US President Trump...
07:31
Polls have now closed in more than a dozen states, including the key swing states of Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin.Joe Biden had a polling advantage in Michigan and Wisconsin, but it may take a while to count absentee ballots in those two states.Arizona is expected to post results more...
07:26
The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has won re-election in Kentucky, despite Democrat Amy McGraths long-shot bid to unseat him.Kentucky, Im humbled and grateful that youve rehired me to keep fighting for your families and serving our commonwealth for the next six years, McConnell...
07:21
US President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden split the first US states to be projected in the White House race on Tuesday, with the two contenders neck and neck in vital Florida and other competitive battleground states, including Georgia and Ohio, still up in the air.So far, Joe...
07:09
Donald Trump has picked up another state, albeit not a very surprising one.Polls closed moments ago in the reliably Republican state of Arkansas, and the AP has already called the state for the president.
06:53
For Biden or Trump to win the post of US president, they need the magical number of 270. According to CNN, Biden has 30 electoral college votes. Trump has 26 electoral college votes.Neck to neck, isn't it?
06:41
Joe Biden will win Massachusetts, Delaware, Maryland CNN projects.While there are 11 electoral votes at stake in Massachusetts, there are three electoral votes at stake in Delaware and 10 electoral votes at stake in Maryland. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential...
06:26
Florida is a big prize and it's fiercely contested. It carries 29 electoral votes - a significant chunk of the 270 needed to win - and polls suggest a very tight race. US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign manager on Tuesday stated that the former Vice President can defeat...
06:12
As polls closed in six US states, reports said Donald Trump has won in Kentucky.So far, that gives Trump 19 electoral votes to three for Biden. The magic number is 270. Observers expect the hotly contested race for the White House to come down to a handful of key battleground states.US President...
06:09
A poll worker shows a voter where to put his completed ballot at a polling station during the election in Charlotte, North Carolina
Polls have now closed in the battleground states of North Carolina and Ohio.Donald Trump won both states in 2016, but Joe Bidens team has been particularly optimistic about winning North Carolina.North Carolina is also holding a key Senate race, as Democrat Cal Cunningham seeks to unseat...
06:03
Reports said US Democratic candidate Joe Biden has won from Vermont, according to news agency AFP.
05:55
Polls have closed in six US states in a bitterly contested election between incumbent US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden, including in the key East Coast battleground of Georgia.Polling places also shut statewide in Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and...
02:09
China has annexed over 150 hectares of Nepal's territory, according to a leading British daily whose report was rejected by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday as a 'completely unfounded rumour'.Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin's remarks came after The Telegraph quoting Nepalese...
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