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A fire broke out on a Ramlila stage during preparations in Bharthana town on Monday evening, reducing the stage and pandal to ashes, the police said. There was no casualty in the incident that took place at the Ramlila Maidan, Bharthana station in-charge Mansoor Ahmed said. According to...
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A prominent seer on Monday said an ordinance should be promulgated immediately to stop the burning of Ravan's effigy during Dusshera. The ordinance may be later ratified by Parliament, said Adhokshajanand Devtirath in a statement. According to Hindu culture, the last rites of a person...
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Staff of the Electricity Department, on strike since September 28 protesting against the privatisation of power distribution, called off their indefinite strike on Monday following talks held with the Chief Minister N Rangasamy and home and electricity Minister A Namassivayam. Secretary of...
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Popular Odia singer Murali Mohapatra collapsed and died while performing at a Durga Puja cultural event in Odisha's Koraput district, his family said. Mohapatra, who was reportedly unwell, suddenly sat down on a chair on the stage after singing four songs in Jeyore town. When taken to a...
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A fast track court in Chennai has convicted a relative of a retired Supreme Court judge in a cheque bounce case and he was sentenced to undergo six months simple imprisonment. Following a request from the counsel for the accused, the court kept in abeyance the operation of the order to...
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A Mumbai court on Monday granted bail to Kamal Rashid Khan, popularly known as KRK, in a case pertaining to derogatory tweets about late actors Rishi Kapoor and Irrfan Khan. KRK, who claims to be a film critic, had allegedly made the remarks in 2020, after which a case was registered against...
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Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey on Monday launched a voter awareness radio series in collaboration with All India Radio.Fifty-two episodes, each 15 minutes long, will be broadcast every Friday on Vividh Bharati stations and various radio...
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A man was arrested for entering Raghunath temple in Gaziabad in Masuri town with a pistol and other weapons in his bag, the police said on Monday. The ant-terror squad and the Intelligence Bureau are quizzing him to know his purpose behind entering the temple with an assumed name, the police...
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Superstar Kamal Haasan-fronted Tamil blockbuster Vikram is set to be screened at the 27th Busan International Film Festival, the makers announced on Monday. The high-octane action drama, which also features Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil in pivotal roles, will be shown in the Open Cinema...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has detained a Russian national at Indira Gandhi International Airport in connection with its probe into alleged manipulation of JEE-Mains last year, officials said Monday. The central agency had issued a 'look out circular' against the foreign national,...
20:26
The BCCI medical team has ruled out Team India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah from the ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad. The decision was taken following a detailed assessment and in consultation with the specialists. Bumrah, was initially ruled out from the ongoing Mastercard 3-match T20I...
19:51
The Centre on Monday issued advisories to news websites, OTT platforms and private satellite channels asking them to refrain from carrying advertisements of offshore betting sites. ...the private satellite television channels are strongly advised to refrain advertisements of online offshore...
19:26
Rahul Mukerjea, son of former media baron Peter Mukerjea, on Monday denied having any knowledge about Rs 10 lakh being paid to the police for not registering a road accident case against him. Rahul Mukerjea told court it was not really an accident and that he had not crashed into the...
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More than 6000 trees were felled illegally to start a tiger safari in the Kalagarh forest division of Corbett Tiger Reserve, the Forest Survey of India has said in its report. The Uttarakhand forest department had taken the clearance of the Union ministry of forest, environment and climate...
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A case has been registered against the president of the Durga Puja organisation committee of the pandal where the fire broke out on Sunday night, the Bhadohi DM informed. The case has been registered against Baccha Yadav on the charges of...
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Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan and other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on Monday appeared in a special MP/MLA court in Muzaffarnagar in connection with a case of violating prohibitory orders and inciting communal tension during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. Judge Mayank Jaiswal fixed October...
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The Delhi police provided Z+ security to chief of defence staff Gen Anil Chauhan on the directions of ministry of home affairs, an official said on Monday. Chauhan on Friday became India's new chief of defence staff with a mandate to implement the ambitious theaterisation plan that aims to...
17:25
Just In: Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann wins confidence vote in the Punjab assembly, even as Congress members walk out. Details soon.
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Security has been tightened for the three-day visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Jammu and Kashmir beginning Monday evening, officials said. Shah is scheduled to address two rallies -- one in Rajouri district of the Jammu region on Tuesday and another in Baramulla in north Kashmir on...
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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury at the funeral/CPI-M Kerala/Twitter
The mortal remains of Communist Party of India-Marxist stalwart Kodiyeri Balakrishnan were consigned to flames on Monday in Kannur in the presence of tens of thousands of party workers and senior leaders. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Marxist party general secretary Sitaram...
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Sharad Pawar with Uddhav Thackeray in a 2020 picture
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday virtually dismissed Congress leader Ashok Chavan's claim that Shiv Sena wanted to form a government in alliance with Congress in 2014 after snapping ties with BJP and was told to consult Pawar. Speaking to reporters in Pune, Pawar also said 'Bharat Jodo...
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To check the sudden spike in onion prices, cooperative Nafed has offloaded 20,000 tonnes of the bulb from the government's reserves in the last three weeks across India, official sources said.Onion is being disposed of at the going market rate in major cities like Delhi, Patna, Lucknow,...
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Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav is admitted to the critical care unit of Medanta Hospital here and is being treated by a comprehensive team of specialists, the hospital said on Monday. The announcement from the hospital comes a day after the Samajwadi Party on...
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A young man in Mumbai died on Saturday after experiencing chest pain while playing garba.The man fell after experiencing chest pain and was admitted to a nearby hospital, where the doctor declared him dead. The person was identified as 27-year-old Rishabh. He was a resident of Dombivili...
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Svante Paabo
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Svante Paabo for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.Paabo found that gene transfer had occurred from these now extinct hominins to Homo sapiens. This ancient flow of genes to present-day humans has physiological...
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Sonia Gandhi in Mysuru with DK Shivakumar
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi arrives at Mysore airport, Karnataka. She will join the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Mandya on October 6, said Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.The yatra will pass through Karnataka for 21 days covering 511 km across the state. The Bharat Jodo Yatra began on September...
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A passenger jet operated by Mahan Air, which was on its way from Tehran to Guangzhou in China hovered in Indian airspace for about 40 minutes, before it was allowed to leave India after getting clearance by Iranian authorities, according to an official.According to sources, inputs were received...
14:46
Ajay Mishra 'Teni' has not been sacked from the council of ministers
On the first anniversary of Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the Congress on Monday attacked the Modi government over the continuation of Ajay Misra 'Teni' as a minister as it cited the alleged involvement of his son in mowing down of farmers protesting against the three farm laws that have now been...
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Tata-owned Air India has introduced a new in-flight menu on domestic routes amid the onset of the festive season. Since taken over by the Tatas in January this year, the loss-making airline has been making efforts to revamp services, expand its fleet and increase its overall market...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh takes a sortie in Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) 'Prachand' at Jodhpur airbase.It was a smooth and comfortable flight in the indigenously built Light Combat Helicopter (LCH). It can fly in any terrain, weather, and altitude; it has the capability to attack. Our motto...
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The nightmare of every Durga Puja pandal and pandal-hopper. Heavy rainfall dampens the festive spirit at a Durga puja pandal in Rukmini Gaon area in Assam, which was waterlogged.
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Pulitzer prize winning author, Siddhartha Mukherjee, has an announcement to make on his new book. So here it is ' Blue, gold and red (via Kiki Smith) ' out on Oct 25th. Pre-order if you'd like I'll post reading events next, the Pulitzer Prize winning author tweets. His forthcoming...
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The Congress party tweets this image of Rahul Gandhi addressing crowds in Mysuru amid heavy rain. Juxtaposed is an image of PM Narendra Modi holding an umbrella in a light drizzle. The tweet read: Jan-neta (mass leader) for Rahul Gandhi, and Abhineta (actor) for the PM, and said, the...
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President Droupadi Murmu began her two-day Gujarat tour on Monday by visiting the Mahatma Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati in Ahmedabad. She will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for projects worth Rs 1,330 crore at a function in Gandhinaga. This will be her first...
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Rahul Gandhi who is in Mysuru today tweeted an image of visits to a mutt, a mosque and church and wrote that embracing and respecting all religions is the foundation of a peaceful and progressive India.
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There is no G23 group, it was all the media's idea, says Congress presidential poll candidate Shashi Tharoor.Tharoor who is pitted against Gandhi family loyalist Mallikarjun Kharge says this election is about how the Congress should be best equipped to take on the ruling govt today, which is the...
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday inducted the first fleet of indigenously-built Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), which has been developed primarily for mountain warfare after a requirement for it was felt during the Kargil war in 1999. Developed by the state-run aerospace major...
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When he's not trying to steer the Congress into sustainability, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor writes. His latest tome, Ambedkar, A Life, will be launched at Teen Murti Bhavan, Delhi on Thursday. Dr Tharoor will be in conversation with former Supreme Court Justice Madan Lokur, Dr Bhalchandra Mungekar...
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Indian Air Force fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a foreign aircraft with its origin in Iran that was moving towards the New Delhi airspace.According to sources, inputs were received by security agencies in Delhi about the possibility of a bomb on board, which triggered an alert and...
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A blessed Saptami Sunday morning. Prayed to Maa Durga for health and harmony for all at the Pandara Park Pujo Pandal in New Delhi, tweeted EAM Dr S Jaishankar yesterday.
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BKU leader Rakesh Tikait
The families of those who died in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence are yet to get justice, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said, announcing that farmers will assemble across the country on Monday to mark the incident's first anniversary. Speaking to reporters in Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday evening,...
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Ahead of the Congress presidential polls, Shashi Tharoor said that he represents change in the party which a leader like Mallikarjun Kharge can't bring about. The Congress MP, while addressing party workers at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial in Nagpur on Sunday, said that the Congress...
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The May 2023 event will celebrate the work of the German-born couturier, who worked at Chanel, Fendi and Chloe and died in 2019. Read more here.
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A Durga idol with a traditional Mahisasura
A Durga idol in Kolkata in which the 'Mahisasura' was replaced by a crudely-crafted Mahatma Gandhi-look alike created controversy on the birth anniversary of the father of the nation. Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha, organisers of the puja near Ruby Crossing in southwest Kolkata, changed the...
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Texts disclosed to a US court show the two bonding before the Tesla CEO tweeted: 'Is Twitter dying?' Read the report here.
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Three people were killed and 64 others injured after a fire broke out in a Durga Puja pandal here due to overheating of a halogen light, officials said on Monday. A digital show was going on at the pandal and 300-400 people were inside it when the fire broke out on Sunday night. The pandal...
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Pic: Priyanka Mathew. Courtesy her Facebook page
I met Priyanka Mathew for the first time in the early 2000s. She had just returned from a trip to Europe with a common friend. It was at a party ' I can't remember who was hosting it. Just like that Priyanka and I connected, talking about our lives and soon we became very good friends,...
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An accomplished Tango dancer and former banker in her mid-40s, the Indian American was a well-known name in the New York art circles. Read more here.
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Kamaladevi Chattopdhayay
The shortlist will be announced on November 8, and the winner, on December 1. Read more here.
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Social activist Teesta Setalvad has said the country had rarely seen accountability of the state as far as targeted violence is concerned, and added that survivors and citizens supporting them are among the fallout of such violence. Delivering the Girish Patel Smarnanjali Lecture in...
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President Droupadi Murmu will start her two-day Gujarat tour on Monday by visiting the Mahatma Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati in Ahmedabad and also inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for projects worth Rs 1,330 crore at a function in Gandhinagar, according to a state government release....
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Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar will hold a dinner meeting for all Rajya Sabha floor leaders at his official residence in the national capital today.Sources in the VP Secretariat told ANI that an invitation had been sent to all Rajya Sabha floor leaders to attend the...
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In a shocking incident, a 6-year-old boy was allegedly killed by two men in South Delhi's Lodhi Colony on Saturday night in what they claimed was a sacrifice on the orders of God.According to Delhi Police, the incident took place on Saturday night at the construction site of the Central Reserve...
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Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav was shifted to the ICU of the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on Sunday after his health deteriorated, the party said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke to SP chief...
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