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Photograph: Mark Makela/Reuters
Police are investigating a tip-off that alleges a group was plotting to attack a vote-counting location in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, media reported early on Friday.According to local news channel WPVI , police learned of a group, possibly a family, that drove up from...
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Pic: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
'Georgia's secretary of state said Friday morning that there will be a recount of the state's presidential votes, as Joe Biden took a narrow lead of a few hundredths of a percentage point over President Donald Trump,' reports Zach Montellaro in Politico.com.Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger,...
21:52
US President Donald Trump does not have plans to immediately concede the election to Joe Biden after his Democratic rival pulled ahead in key states that could deliver him enough electoral votes to win the race for the White House, a senior aide of the president was quoted as saying by a media...
21:39
Indian Army chief Gen M M Naravane on Friday handed over the remaining Rs 5 lakh to 70-year-old Lance Havildar (Retd) Dil Bahadur Chhettri, who was decorated with India's second highest gallantry award Maha Vir Chakra for his bravery during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. Rifleman Chhettri,...
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With a fresh batch of votes coming in from Pennsylvania, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has grown his lead in the critical Keystone State.Biden edged past United States Presdient Donald Trump with a lead of 6,737 votes, CNN reports.
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Police in Philadelphia said they are investigating an alleged plot to attack the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where votes from the election are being counted, Reuters reported.
21:09
Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan has regretted the error in his tweet of October 21 in which he was critical of Chief Justice of India S A Bobde being provided a special helicopter by the Madhya Pradesh government. On October, Bhushan had said that the CJI availed the special helicopter...
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As the world awaits the result of the American presidential election, India on Friday said the global strategic partnership between the two countries have a very strong bipartisan support in the United States, suggesting that the bilateral ties will not be impacted by the poll outcome. We...
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Prominent Indian-American Democratic Congresspersons have hailed presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris for being on the cusp of electoral success and becoming the new leaders of America, but noted that Democrats need to invest in understanding the core supporters of...
20:45
As Joe Biden inches closer to the victory, the Trump campaign released a statement making clear they will contest the election, calling any projections of Joe Biden as the winner false and the race far from final. This election is not over. The false projection of Joe Biden as the winner is...
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Democratic candidate Joe Biden has taken the lead in Pennsylvania over President Donald Trump, CNN reports.Trump cannot be reelected if he doesn't win Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes, no matter how many other states he wins.
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Every legally cast vote should be counted. Every illegally cast vote should not. This should not be controversial. This is not a partisan statement free and fair elections are the foundation of our democracy, Ivanka Trump tweeted.
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Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday asked chief minister Mamata Banerjee to come out with a white paper on the political killings in the state and wondered why the state government has not sent the statisticsof crime to the National Crime Record Bureau.Stating that the Citizenship Amendment...
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According to Philadelphia's updated vote count, former Vice President Joe Biden has 5,53,953 votes to President Donald Trump's 1,25,513, reported CNN.
19:56
India on Friday summoned the Charge d'Affaires of the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over Islamabad's decision to transfer the management of the Kartarpur Sahib gurudwara from a Sikh body to a separate trust. MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said Aftab...
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While most people infected with the novel coronavirus actively shed the pathogen for about eight days, scientists have reported an unusual case of a blood cancer patient who carried the virus for about 105 days, and remained infectious for at least 70, without experiencing any symptoms the entire...
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The central government has disbursed more than Rs 42,700 crore to 20.6 lakh retired defence personnel under the One Rank One Pension scheme, which was notified five years ago, the defence ministry said on Friday. Under the OROP scheme, uniform pension is paid to defence personnel who retire...
18:56
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's stunner that the ongoing assembly elections were his last, triggered hectic speculation in the political circles in Patna on Friday. The ruling Janata Dal-United categorically dismissed suggestions that Kumar, who also heads the party, had...
18:42
The Delhi high court on Friday stayed the EDMC's decision to disqualify suspended AAP leader Tahir Hussain, arrested in connection with a case related to north-east Delhi riots in February, as councillor of the municipal body. Justice Najmi Waziri put on hold the East Delhi Municipal...
18:30
Problems between Nepal and India would be resolved through dialogue, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli said on Friday during a meeting with Indian Army chief Gen. M M Naravane who paid a courtesy call on him. Gen Naravane's three-day visit to Nepal was largely aimed at resetting bilateral ties...
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The Jharkhand high court on Friday deferred till November 27 Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad's bail plea hearing in a fodder scam case related to Dumka treasury, after the CBI sought more time to file a written reply in the matter.The former Bihar CM, convicted in four fodder scam cases,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the Covid-19 pandemic will remain a watershed moment in history, just like World War II. The Prime Minister was speaking at the India-Italy Virtual Summit with his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte.COVID19 pandemic will remain a watershed moment...
17:47
The proactive deployment of IAF's offensive capabilities in response to the standoff with China in eastern Ladakh demonstrated its current operational readiness and the strong posturing was instrumental in dissuading the adversary to a large extent, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS...
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So, Republic TV Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, will spend another night in jail. Hearing the application of Goswami, challenging his arrest and seeking interim relief, the Bombay High Court said it will hear the matter tomorrow at 12 pm. While adjourning the matter the Court observed that it...
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Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has gone into self-isolation, awaiting his own COVID-19 test result, after 'someone' at his home contracted the virus. Due to a case at home, I have been in isolation awaiting my COVID test result. Urge everyone to follow all guidelines & not take this...
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The TMC leadership on Friday slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his appeasement remark and said communal politics has no place in Bengal. Mocking Shah's scheduled visit to a Matua family for lunch, the party described his refugee community outreach as a poll gimmick to divert attention...
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With neither incumbent President Donald Trump nor his opponent Joe Biden yet receiving a clear majority in the US Elections, renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik highlighted the dilemma of millions who are waiting eagerly for the final result on Friday.Pattnaik later also shared a photo of the...
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As US President Donald Trump rages and goes to court and makes a full-frontal attempt to undermine the integrity of the vote, read George W Bush's letter to his successor Barack Obama congratulating him on his victory. A grace and dignity that Trump lacks.
16:09
Reliance Industries was the top gainer in the Sensex pack
Rising for the fifth straight session, equity benchmark Sensex rallied 553 points on Friday, tracking gains in index-heavyweights Reliance Industries and HDFC twins amid massive foreign fund inflow. The 30-share BSE index ended 552.90 points or 1.34 per cent higher at 41,893.06. Similarly,...
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Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah eats lunch at the house of a Matua community member in Gouranganagar, Kolkata. Classified as a Scheduled Caste, Matuas are Namasudras or lower caste Hindus, refugees, who have migrated to West Bengal from neighbouring Bangladesh (erstwhile East...
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In a major green initiative, Kerala Tourism has launched a project to create Miyawaki model micro forests at 22 tourism spots in 12 districts across the state. Inaugurating the project by planting a sapling at Shanghumukham Beach here last night, state Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran...
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The Supreme Court on Friday granted protection from arrest to Arnab Goswami in the Maharashtra assembly breach of privilege motion case and issued a show cause notice to Secretary of legislative assembly for his letter to the journalist purportedly cautioning him against disclosing house notice...
15:31
Democratic hopeful Joe Biden has taken the lead in Georgia over President Trump. Trump cannot afford to lose Georgia's 16 electoral votes if he is to keep alive his hopes of a second term. Trump cannot find a route to 270 electoral votes without Georgia and Pennsylvania, so his chances of...
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Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla's remarks at briefing session on Covid-19 related issues for diplomatic missions and international organisations. We are on track on the development and trial of vaccines. Several countries have been approaching us for receiving vaccine supply. India will also...
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A Delhi court Friday allowed the deportation of eight foreigners, discharged of charges of being negligent and attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation here in March this year in violation of the government guidelines issued in wake of Covid-19 pandemic in the country. Additional Sessions...
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The Russian army landed in Pakistan on Thursday for a joint exercised titled Druzhba (meaning friendship) 5. Giving this information, the spokesperson for Pakistan's armed forces, Major General Babar Iftikhar, said in a tweet: '#Russian Federation Special Forces' contingent arrived in...
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Update: The Indian and Chinese armies on Friday held another round of Corps Commander-level talks with an aim to chart a roadmap for disengagement of troops from all the flash points in eastern Ladakh, government sources said. The eighth round of high-level military talks began at around...
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Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad
Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad on Friday said the examinations of Class X and XII conducted by the state board will not be held before May 2021 due to the prevailing coronavirus situation. The current situation of coronavirus is likely to last for a longer period. We...
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People buy green crackers in Delhi. Pic: ANI
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday said the state government will be issuing an order banning the use of firecrackers during Deepavali, due to prevailing Covid-19 pandemic situation. We have discussed it (cracker ban), we are taking a decision to ban the use of firecrackers...
14:30
Pic: Alexsey Druginyn/RIA Novosti/Pool/Reuters
Moscow sources close to Russian President Vladimir Putin have claimed the 68-year-old leader has begun developing symptoms of Parkinson's Disease, which affects the brain and can cause shaking and stiffness. Observers noted that Putin is beginning to show signs of weakness in his hands,...
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While the US awaits the final results of the votes cast on November 3, US President Donald Trump on Friday attacked Twitter for being out of control and claimed that he could win the presidency of the United States with LEGAL VOTES CAST. Taking to Twitter, Trump said, Twitter is out of control,...
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Preparations underway for the third and final phase of polling to be held tomorrow; visuals from Darbhanga.
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Amit Shah at the Kali temple in Dakshineshwar
Stressing that there was a need to restore West Bengal's lost glory, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the present appeasement politics in the state has hurt its age-old tradition of upholding the nation's spiritual consciousness. Maintaining that Bengal is the land of luminaries...
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The US secret service is to boost protection of Joe Biden from Friday in anticipation that he might soon claim victory in the election, the Washington Post reports.Extra agents will be put in place after his campaign team told the Secret Service that he could make a major speech as early as...
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Home Minister Amit Shah meets Padma Bhushan awardee classical vocalist Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty in Kolkata. The Home Minister is on a two-day visit to the state. He visited the Dakshineshwar Kali temple on the banks of the Ganga this morning.
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The Trump campaign has made clear that the president will not automatically concede if Joe Biden claims victory. After taking similar legal action in other key battleground states, the Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit in Nevada. Among the complaints are some that have already been put...
12:54
The balance of power in the US Senate may not be decided until January, as Georgia may have to hold run-off elections for both its seats. No candidate in either race has polled 50%, as required by state election law, reports the BBC.The run-off elections would take place on 5 January, two days...
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) will be investing USD 2.77 billion (Rs 20,761 crore) in Telangana to set up multiple data centres, Telangana Minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao said on Friday. It is the largest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the history of the state, he added.AWS is the...
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The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the CBI's reply on disqualified UP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar's appeal challenging his conviction and 10-year imprisonment in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape victim's father. Justice Vibhu Bakhru issued notice to the CBI and also asked the agency...
12:20
As cinema halls reopened in Maharashtra after almost eight months of being shut following the Covid-19 outbreak, the fans will be able to witness SRK-Kajol's iconic chemistry on the big screen again as DDLJ is all set to return to the cinema halls.According to film critic and trade analyst Taran...
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Smog engulfs buildings in Delhi, yesterday. Pic: ANI
A new analysis of more than 3,000 counties in the US has found that people with long-term exposure to fine-particle pollutants may be more likely to die from Covid-19, findings which may make policymakers reexamine the harms of air pollution and help reduce deaths during the pandemic. The...
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The rescue operation to save the 3-year-old boy, who fell into an open borewell at Setupura village in Niwari district on November 4 is still underway.Section 144 was imposed in the area today so that rescue operation can be carried out properly, Akshay Kumar Singh, Niwari Collector, said.A joint...
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A terrorist surrendered during an encounter with the security forces in the Lalpora village of Pampore in Pulwama district on Friday, the Kashmir Zone Police said.One local terrorist surrendered during the Pampore encounter. Operation going on. Further details shall follow, Kashmir Zone Police...
11:30
WhatsApp on Friday said it is rolling out its payments services in India after receiving nod from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). In 2018, the Facebook-owned company had started testing its UPI-based payments service in India, which allows users to utilise the messaging...
11:25
Hold the pakodas for now
Co-operative Nafed on Friday said it has finalised bidders and issued orders for timely supply of 15,000 tonnes of imported onions, which will help boost domestic availability and check price rise. Since the imported onions will be delivered at port cities, state governments have been asked to...
11:18
Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Kolkata He is on a two-day visit to the state.
11:08
Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat's statement on the situation along the Line of Actual Control with China. Situation along Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh remains tense. China's PLA is facing unanticipated consequences for its misadventure in Ladakh because of firm responses by...
10:52
Self-explanatory image tweeted by Donald Trump Jr
In an apparent attack on popular Indian-American Republican politician Nikki Haley, Donald Trump Jr has accused that 2024 GOP hopefuls are sitting on the sidelines and not speaking out against the fraud in counting of votes as claimed by his father and US President Donald Trump. Trump, 74, is...
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India and China are holding their 8th round of Corps Commander-level talks in Chushul in Eastern Ladakh, to discuss the ways of addressing the ongoing military standoff on the Line of Actual Control there. Indian side led by 14 Corps Commander Lt Gen PGK Menon.
10:37
Riding over the past
Democratic leader Joe Biden appeared to be a step away from winning the US presidential election as the latest count of votes from a handful of battleground states indicated that the re-election chances of incumbent Republican President Donald Trump are getting slim by the hour. By late...
10:19
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday announced that the government has surpassed the target of creating 50,000 jobs in 100 days.The state government has created 61,290 jobs in the last two months and Kudumbasree has emerged as the largest job provider in the entrepreneur sector, he...
10:14
Sanwer BJP candidate Tulsi Silawat termed apprehensions raised by Congress regarding the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) as baseless, stating that the opposition party did not level such allegations when former chief minister Kamal Nath-led government was elected through the EVMs.Congress has...
10:00
The Covid tally is here and the figures are disheartening. Stay home, cap your festivities. There have been 47,638 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours. India's total cases surged to 84,11,724. There have been 670 new deaths with the overall death toll mounting to 1,24,985. Total...
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The 2020 US presidential election has recorded the highest voter turnout in 120 years, a prominent electoral expert has said. According to preliminary estimates of the US Election project, a nonpartisan site that tracks voting, an estimated 239 million people were eligible to vote this year, of...
09:34
A Trump supporter holds a flag with the image of US President Donald Trump in a Captain America outfit outside of the Philadelphia Convention Center, where votes are still being counted two days after the 2020 US presidential election, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Earlier, US President Donald Trump had launched legal action to stop vote counting in several battleground states where his narrow lead is shrinking rapidly.In Pennsylvania, a federal judge has refused the Trump campaign's request to have the counting stopped.Judge Paul Diamond also addressed...
09:16
The Bombay high court will hear today a petition by Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami seeking interim bail in the 2018 abetment of suicide case in which he was arrested on Wednesday, setting off a political storm with many leaders comparing the development with the Emergency.Goswami, 47,...
09:10
New York Attorney General Letitia James slammed US President Donald Trump for raising doubts around the integrity of the 2020 election, saying in America it's the people who choose their president and the will of the people will be heard.Regardless of Trump's inflammatory, misleading, and...
08:47
Here's a history lesson that might interest all those who are complaining about how long it's taking to declare a winner in the United States elections. During the election of 1876, lawmakers had an election mess on their hands, with a contest between Democrat Samuel Tilden and Republican...
08:30
After Donald Trump falsely declared victory at his White House press conference, claiming, If you count the legal votes, I easily win Joe Biden responded: No one is going to take our democracy away from us. Not now, not ever. America has come too far, fought too many battles, and endured too...
08:13
An employee of the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections processes ballots in Atlanta, Georgia
Talk about it being a tight race. Georgia is a virtual tie, Trump is ahead by just 1,902 votes. The two candidates -- Donald Trump and Joe Biden are tied at 49.4 per cent each.Georgia has remained reliably Republican since 1992 -- when it backed southern son and Democrat Bill Clinton. In...
07:51
US voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic, with a surprising twist: In places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support.An Associated Press analysis reveals that in 376 counties with the...
07:29
As results of the US presidential elections drag on, the daily Covid-19 cases hit record two days running, topping 1,20,000, Johns Hopkins said.
07:25
As US President Trump's lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia dwindles and his hopes of catching up to rival Joe Biden in Nevada are diminishing, some of his biggest backers are turning on Republicans for failing to support him more vocally. Two notable supporters blaming the party include his adult...
07:07
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has managed to hold a 40-point lead over US President Donald Trump, as key states continue to count ballots in the presidential polls on Tuesday.As of now, Biden has garnered 253 electoral votes, while Trump has managed to secure 213 electoral votes,...
06:45
After Donald Trump falsely declared victory at his White House press conference, several news outlets cut away from the US president.TV news networks including ABC, CBS and MSNBC stopped broadcasting the US presidents remarks -- which amounted to a series of un-democratic lies.As MSNBC cut away...
06:21
Five states have yet to be called: Nevada, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Alaska. Several news organisations, including the Associated Press and Fox News decision desk, have called Arizona for Joe Biden. The Trump campaign is arguing, however, that call was made too early.Alaska will...
06:10
Donald Trump, addressed a news conference at the White House, saying: If you count the legal votes I easily win.Trump has made the claim before, even though votes are still being counted. Moreover, these are not illegal votes.Trump tells reporters: There was no blue wave, as predicted,...
05:57
US courts have dismissed Trump campaign's lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia related to electoral malpractice.In Michigan, the campaign had sought to stop counting of absentee ballots, while in Georgia it had alleged that even improper ballots were being counted.Michigan Court of Claims Judge...
03:52
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led government in Jharkhand on Thursday withdraw the general consent accorded to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate cases, joining several other non-Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states that have effected a similar move.From now on, the agency...
03:23
United States courts have dismissed Trump campaign's lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia related to electoral malpractice.In Michigan, the campaign had sought to stop counting of absentee ballots, while in Georgia it had alleged that even improper ballots were being counted. Michigan Court of Claims...
02:07
United States Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday expressed cautious optimism, as the counting of votes is underway following the presidential polls.Taking to Twitter, the former Vice President stated that he 'felt good about where we are'.'Be patient, folks. Votes are being...
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A number of flights to China planned by India stands cancelled after Beijing decided to temporarily suspend the entry into the country by foreign nationals from India holding valid visas or residence permits in view of the coronavirus pandemic, dashing the plans of some 2,000 Indian professionals...
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