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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to attend the upcoming winter session of Parliament due to the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, the party said on Saturday. The winter session of Parliament is likely to commence in the first week of December in the old building and conclude by the end of...
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The situation in eastern Ladakh is stable but unpredictable, Chief of Army Staff Gen Manoj Pande said on Saturday, amid the lingering border standoff in the region with China. In an address at a think-tank, Gen Pande also said the Indian side is looking forward to the next round of...
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The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday issued its first list of 232 candidates for election to the 250-ward Municipal Corporation of Delhi next month, the party said in a statement. The remaining 18 candidates will be announced later. The names of 232 candidates were announced after...
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Tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR and some other northern states Saturday night. The region shook again three days after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake epicentred in Nepal left six people dead in the neighbouring country. The tremors were felt in the Delhi-NCR region around 8 pm. Further...
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A court in Thane on Saturday granted bail to former Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad and 11 others in a case where they are accused of disrupting a show of Marathi film Har Har Mahadev. The Nationalist Congress Party leader and 11 of his supporters were...
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Legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday said he too was disappointed at India's humiliating loss against England in the T20 World Cup semifinal but urged the critics not to judge the side on the basis of one defeat. England hammered India by 10 wickets after Rohit Sharma's...
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The opposition Congress on Saturday said it would restore the name of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera area of Ahmedabad as Sardar Patel Stadium if voted to power in upcoming Gujarat elections. In its poll manifesto, the Congress also said it would revoke...
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Sukesh Chandrashekhar, an alleged conman currently in jail, has said he was ready to face a polygraph test but demanded that it should be conducted face-to-face with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party minister Satyendar Jain and the process be telecast live. In a...
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Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and five members of his team were stopped for an hour at the Mumbai airport by customs officials for not paying customs duty for six luxury watches as the payment facility was not operational in the early hours of Saturday, an official said. ...
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Nalini Sriharan, one of the six convicts in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, was released from Vellore jail today.The Supreme Court on Friday directed the premature release of six convicts, including Nalini Sriharan and R P Ravichandran, serving life sentence in the case....
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There is greater consciousness of caste in Indian society today compared to the decade after independence, Congress MP and author Shashi Tharoor said here on Saturday. Speaking during a discussion on The lost legacy of Ambedkar at the Tata Literature Festival, he said now every caste...
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Himachal Pradesh, where the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress are locked in an aggressive fight, recorded a voter turnout of 55.65 per cent till 3 pm on Saturday, the Election Commission said. Voting began at 8 am on a slow note but picked up as the day progressed and the sun warmed the...
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Terming price rise as a major challenge, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday expressed hope that inflation print for October will be lower than 7 per cent. Retail inflation in September increased to 7.4 per cent from 7 per cent in August on higher food and energy...
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It is the responsibility of all decision makers not just judges to ensure that the law does not become an instrument of oppression but remains an instrument of justice, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday. Justice Chandrachud, while speaking at the Hindustan Times...
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Former AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria has taken voluntary retirement after serving at the premier institute for more than 30 years. His five-and-a-half-year tenure as director of the institute ended on September 23 after which he had applied for VRS, which has been approved. Guleria was...
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Bollywood actors Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover welcomed their first child, a baby girl, on Saturday. It's a girl for them, an aide close to the actor told PTI.The couple, who got married in 2016, had shared the pregnancy news in August.Grover, 40 and Basu, 43, have featured together...
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A 45-year old woman was allegedly raped by four men in front of her husband in Rajasthan's Sirohi district, police said on Saturday. The four men had entered the couple's home with the intention to rob them, they said. The couple was in a state of shock and stayed inside the house on...
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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif may end his self-exile and return from London to lead his party in the next general elections, according to a media report on Saturday. On Friday, it was reported that the 72-year-old three-time former prime minister was given...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the BJP should make conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar its national president as he was speaking the same language as the saffron party. During a press conference, he said the BJP had brought Chandrashekhar into its fold as a star...
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An all Legislative party meeting chaired by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday said it rejected the 103rd Constitutional Amendment providing 10 per cent economically weaker sections (EWS) quota by the Centre, saying it created caste-discrimination among the poor. The meeting,...
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China successfully launched its cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-5 on Saturday to deliver supplies for its space station, the construction of which is expected to be completed this year. The Long March-7 Y6 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-5 which blasted off this morning from the Wenchang Spacecraft...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday announced candidates for six more seats in the Gujarat assembly elections. With this, the ruling party has announced the names of candidates for all 89 seats, out of the total 182, that will go to polls in the first...
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Ties between the United Kingdom and India will remain on a phenomenal upward trajectory under Indian-origin United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, that country's former premier Boris Johnson said on Saturday. The two countries need each other now more than ever as we live in...
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The Communist Party of India Marxist-led government in Kerala on Saturday sent its ordinance to remove the Governor from the post of Chancellor of universities in the state, to the Raj Bhavan for approval, days after the cabinet had taken a decision in this connection. Raj Bhavan...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Visakhapatnam on Saturday that India has become the center point to the world's desires and programmes like PM Gati Shakti were attracting more foreign investments into the country. Addressing a meeting after launching several infrastructure...
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Himachal Pradesh, where the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress are locked in an aggressive direct fight, recorded a voter turnout of 17.98 per cent in the first three hours till 11 am on Saturday, Election Commission said. The voting commenced on a tardy note...
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West Bengal Minister Akhil Giri on Saturday drew widespread criticism for making controversial remarks on President Droupadi Murmu. After the video clip of his comments went viral, Giri apologised for making such a remark.In a 17-second video clip, the authenticity of which PTI could not...
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It is just a small chunk of flesh, said Rohini Acharya, Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad's Singapore-based daughter, about her decision to donate a kidney to her ailing septuagenarian father. In her early 40s, the elder sister of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, came...
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In a bid to increase the sex ratio in Odisha and to safeguard the 'right to life' of the female fetus, the state government has launched guidelines for wider implementation of the informers' incentive scheme. Determining the sex of the fetus and sex selection amounts to misuse of technology...
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Delhi's air quality on Saturday remained in the 'very poor' category with the overall air quality index recorded at 311 at 9 am, Central Pollution Control Board data showed. The AQI was 'very poor' in 27 of the 37 monitoring stations. The AQI was at 351 in Jahangirpuri, 347 in Nehru...
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After stand-up comedian Vir Das' show in Bengaluru was cancelled following protests by right-wing organisations, the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti on Saturday said in Goa that it will continue to protest against him till he apologises for his anti-India remarks made in the US. Talking to PTI, HJS...
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The Delhi Congress is likely to release the first list of its candidates for the upcoming municipal corporation elections on Saturday. A meeting of the Congress screening committee for the corporation elections lasted till late on Friday, in which Delhi state president...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Himachal Pradesh voters on Saturday to enthusiastically participate in the festival of democracy, a reference to the assembly polls, and register a voting record. In a tweet, Modi also greeted the young voters who will be exercising their franchise for the...
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Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut claimed on Friday that some of the rebel MLAs will return to the party fold. Speaking two days after his release on bail in a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, he also said a joint parliamentary committee should look...
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The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday released the first list of 134 candidates for the high-stakes December 4 polls to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. As many as 65 candidates are women, the party document showed. Dedicated old party volunteers working on the ground have got recognition...
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Two Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire with the special operations group in Odisha's Koraput district on Friday, the police said. We received information about the presence of 20 Maoist in the Ramgiri forest area. BSF and SOG Jawans started combing operations....
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About 30,000 security personnel including 67 companies of Central Armed Police Forces and over 11,500 state police personnel will be deployed for peaceful conduct of polling in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday. Polling for 68 assembly segments would...
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MP from North West Mumbai Gajanan Kirtikar (second from R) joins Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena/Eknath Shinde/Twitter
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said Shiv Sena Lok Sabha MP from North West Mumbai Gajanan Kirtikar has joined his faction of the party, now known as the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena. In a tweet, Shinde said, I welcome him and wish him well for his future...
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