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JUST IN: An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale, occurred at 9.54 pm in Gulbarga, Karnataka, according to National Centre for Seismology.More details awaited. -- ANI
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Two women belonging to a Scheduled Caste community were allegedly stopped from playing Garba dance during the ongoing Navratri festival at a village in Vadodara district of Gujarat, following which an FIR was registered against three men and a woman, police said on Monday. ...
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As many as two FIRs were registered at the Kandivali police station and Samta Nagar police station in Mumbai against 14 persons who were taken into custody for spreading violence on Monday during the Maharashtra bandh which was called against the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.According to the Mumbai...
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India on Monday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a mosque in the northeastern Afghan city of Kunduz during Friday prayers that killed over 100 people and left many injured, and reiterated the importance of combating terrorism in Afghanistan. The ministry of external affairs...
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The security cover of minority communities has been beefed up in Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir and no element will be allowed to damage the social fabric and communal harmony in the district, authorities said on Monday. Kupwara deputy commissioner Imamuddin, while condemning the recent...
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The coal shortage crisis at thermal power projects does not seem to abate very soon as the number of non-pit head plants with less than four days of dry fuel stock (supercritical stock) has increased to 70 this Sunday compared to 64 a week ago on October 3, as per government data. ...
21:27
Top brass of the Bharatiya Janata Party including its president J P Nadda on Monday held deliberations to chalk out the strategy for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Besides Nadda, BJP general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh, Union minister, election in-charge for...
20:48
The National Investigation Agency special court, Bengaluru, on Monday sentenced three convicted Al Qaeda-Base Movement terrorists in the Mysuru court blast case. An official release of the agency stated, Further to the details shared, today, NIA special court, Bengaluru, announced sentence...
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The ministry of civil aviation has given a no-objection certificate for the operation of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed new airline 'Akasa Air' in India, a company statement said on Monday. The new airline aims to start operations by the summer of 2022, the holding company, SNV Aviation...
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Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi on Monday sworn in as the chief justice of the Karnataka high court. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office to him at the Raj Bhavan. Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, irrigation and water resources...
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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has put up posters prohibiting the entry of 'non-Hindus' in the pandals where garba dance is performed hailing Goddess Durga during the ongoing Navratri festival in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district to avoid the repeat of 'controversial incidents' of the last year, a...
19:49
As India's largest COVID-19 vaccination drive is underway, an All India Institute of Medical Sciences professor has claimed that the latest trials show that the safety and immunogenicity of India's indigenous COVID-19 vaccine -- Covaxin -- are almost the same in children, as adults above 18-years...
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A family in Mira Road area of Thane district has been booked for allegedly refusing to sell their house to a person who wanted to close a deal as the latter was Marathi-speaking, police said on Monday.A Naya Nagar police station official said complainant Govardhan Deshmukh has alleged that he...
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Investors' wealth jumped Rs 5,03,649.75 crore in three days of rally in equities, with the market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms reaching a fresh record high of Rs 2,67,24,196.80 crore.The 30-share BSE benchmark rallied 76.72 points or 0.13 per cent to a record closing high of 60,135.78 on...
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A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly hitting a visually challenged person with a stone which led to his death in northwest Delhi's Sultanpuri area, police said on Monday. According to the police, Imran, who worked as a carpenter in a local shop and was a drug addict, collided with...
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Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Monday said his statement on modern women unwilling to marry and bear children at an event in NIMHANS was taken out of context.He said that he had no intention of singling out women and it was based on a survey, which cited statistics on what the younger...
17:45
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Jammu and Kashmir, Goa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Uttarakhand in the next fortnight, officials said on Monday. Shah will first visit Goa on October 14 to inaugurate a forensic science laboratory and hold meetings with top functionaries of the...
17:31
Asha Bhosle's birthday wishes for Amitabh Bachchan. The superstar turned 79 today. Best wishes on your birthday @SrBachchan. the evergreen crooner wrote.
17:19
Maruti Suzuki gained 3.66 per cent.
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Bhartiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait
No politician will be allowed to share the stage with farm leaders during the last prayers for the four farmers killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on October 3, a BKU office-bearer said. Preparations for the antim ardas (final prayers) are underway at a field, away from the spot where...
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For Union Minister Piyush Goyal work can also be pleasure. While the rest of the world is holed up at home since the pandemic hit in March 2020, Goyal has been lucky enough to be able to travel abroad on work. And in Italy, no less. Goyal held a meeting with South Korean Trade Minister...
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Autorickshaws line up in Andheri
Activists of the Shiv Sena and the NCP organised a joint rally in Thane on Monday as part of the Maharashtra bandh called by three partners in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to protest the killing of four farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district. The rally, led by...
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Lakhimpur Kheri incident: MoS Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra has been sent to three-day police remand with conditions.Ashish Mishra was arrested on Saturday night by the Uttar Pradesh Police for not cooperating during the interrogation.After a long interrogation, we found that he...
16:11
Equity benchmark Sensex rose 77 points to end at a record closing high of 60,136 on Monday, tracking gains in index heavyweights HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and ITC. After scaling a new intraday high of 60,476.13 during the session, the 30-share Sensex closed 76.72 points or 0.13 per cent higher...
16:04
Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh flags the recent terror attacks on civilians and the armed forces in Jammu and Kashmir. The former Punjab CM says, Our worst fears are coming true. With Pakistan backed Taliban taking over Afganistan, terrorism is increasing in Kashmir. Minorities are...
15:55
The 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded with one half to David Card and the other half jointly to Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens. 2021 economic sciences laureates Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens showed what conclusions...
15:53
Imagine that Jawaharlal Nehru was the prime minister (PM) today. There is a global pandemic raging, the economy is in trouble, the Chinese have invaded the country and Pakistan is up to its old tricks with skirmishes on the western border. Being a committed democrat, Mr Nehru calls a...
15:40
One of the great moral novels of all-time, Crime and Punishment, plots the trajectory of an ordinary man, who finds the act of murder abhorrent, turning into a creature filled with so much arrogance that annihilating a human life raises no scruples in him. Protagonist Rodion Raskolnikov...
15:38
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other party leaders observe 'maun vrat' (a vow of silence) at the Gandhi statue at GPO, Lucknow, demanding the dismissal of Union Minister for State (Home) Ajay Kumar Mishra whose son is an accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
15:22
Union Power Minister RK Singh, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi along with officials of Power and Coal Ministry arrive at MHA to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah. NTPC officials are also present in the meeting. The Delhi government has to depend on costly gas- based power as well as spot...
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Noted Malayalam film actor Nedumudi Venu died at a private hospital here on Monday, film industry sources said. His end came this afternoon while undergoing treatment for stomach related ailments, they said. He was 73. Beginning his career as a theatre artiste, he...
14:40
India on Monday agreed to provide a USD 200 million Line of Credit support for development projects in Kyrgyzstan, as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held constructive talks with the Kyrgyz leadership to boost bilateral ties, including defence cooperation and discussed global issues like...
13:34
Strategic reforms and the rapid vaccination drive has placed the country on the path to swift recovery by enabling the economy to navigate the ravaging waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Finance Ministry's Monthly Economic Review. Sustained and robust growth in...
13:21
Five Army personnel, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), were killed in a fierce gunfight with terrorists during an anti-insurgency operation in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The operation was launched in a village close to DKG in Surankote...
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An encounter between the Army and terrorists began on Monday morning in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, informed Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO).The Army launched a cordon and search operation in villages close to Dera Ki Gali (DKG) in Surankote jurisdiction of the district,...
12:47
The Government Railway Police have arrested all the eight accused involved in the case of rape of a 20-year-old woman on board the Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express train between Igatpuri and Kasara railway stations in Maharashtra, an official said on Monday. The incident took place on...
12:21
Vallabhbhai Patel was the first major leader of the freedom movement who came from a rural background. Notably, it was as a mobilizer of peasants that he first made his mark on the national stage. Recent discussions of Patels historical legacy have stressed his crucial role in the...
12:14
Drugs-on-cruise case: Special NDPS court in Mumbai to hear accused Aryan Khan's bail plea and that of the others on Wednesday. Shah Rukh Khans son and cruise drugs bust accused Aryan Khan got no relief today, after the Mumbai sessions court fixed his bail plea hearing for Wednesday...
12:08
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has withdrawn from an advertising campaign of a paan masala brand and said he has returned the money he received for promoting it. The 79-year-old actor had faced backlash for featuring in an advertisement of a paan masala brand. Several fans of the...
11:43
Commuters in Mumbai were stranded this morning as the Maha Vikas Aghadi or MVA government called a bandh in solidarity with farmers in Uttar Pradesh, a week after eight people died in violence in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri during a farmers' protest. I have to go to my office and I am waiting...
11:38
Disappointed at not being able to find enough cash and valuables at the residence of a government official in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, a burglar left behind a note there asking why the house was locked when there was no money kept at home, police said on Monday. A copy of the...
11:22
Pretty as a picture: Hailstorm in Udhampur
Many parts of the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday witnessed spells of rain and hailstorm, bringing respite from hot weather.The change came as a much-needed break from the rising temperature. Meanwhile, paddy crops were reported damaged in many parts of the Udhampur...
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As megastar Amitabh Bachchan turned 79 on Monday, the veteran actor said his heart was throbbing with excitement because of the love of his fans and well wishers. Bachchan penned a blog post on Sunday night, writing that it would be impossible for him to acknowledge every wish but he was...
11:10
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's son Navjit Singh got married at a gurudwara in Mohali on Sunday.Navjit, the eldest son of Channi, tied the knot with Simrandheer Kaur at Gurdwara Sacha Dhan Sahib as per 'Anand Karaj' -- a Sikh ritual. A low-key ceremony was held which was...
10:42
Martina Navratilova, the tennis legend who tweets occasionally against the Right-wing ecosystem in India has hit where it hurts.And for my next joke'' Navratilova tweeted on Sunday night, adding an emoticon for astonishment and another that resembles a clown. The tweet was in response to Union...
10:37
The APMC market in Pune was shut today
Bus services were affected in Mumbai and neighbouring areas on Monday and most of the shops and commercial establishments remained closed in the wake of the bandh called across Maharashtra.The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government is protestesting the killing of four farmers in Uttar Pradesh's...
10:30
The Serena Hotel
The United States has asked its citizens to avoid travelling to the Serena Hotel in Kabul and its vicinity because of security threats.U.S. citizens who are at or near the Serena Hotel should leave immediately, US State Department said.
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India has reported a total of 18,132 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest in over seven months (215 days), the Union Health Ministry informed on Monday.In the last 24 hours, 193 deaths were recorded in the country due to which the death toll mounted to 4,50,782. Kerala still has...
10:10
The United States would not be formally recognising the Taliban, but would be providing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, announced Taliban following talks in Qatar, reported international media.The Doha talks were the first face-to-face meetings between senior representatives of the Taliban and a...
10:01
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that conversions of young Hindu girls and boys are wrong and that there is a need to instil pride in their own religion and traditions in them. How do conversions happen? How do Hindu girls and boys adopt other religions for petty...
09:39
The 13th round of military talks between India and China did not produce any resolution of the remaining issues in eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army said on Monday a day after the dialogue. It said the Indian side made constructive suggestions for resolving the remaining areas but the...
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Petrol and diesel prices were hiked across the country for the seventh consecutive day on Monday. Prices of petrol and diesel rise by Rs 0.30 (at Rs 104.44/litre) and Rs 0.35 (at Rs 93.17/litre) respectively in Delhi today. In Mumbai, petrol is priced at Rs 110.41/litre (up by Rs 0.29)...
08:27
A terrorist involved in a recent civilian killing at Shahgund has been killed in the ongoing operation in the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said on Monday.Kashmir Inspector-General of Police Vijay Kumar informed that the terrorist has been identified as Imtiyaz Ahmad Dar...
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