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A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 jolted Nepal on Friday night with tremors reverberating through parts of north India, including Delhi NCR, the National Centre for Seismology said.  The epicentre of the quake was in Nepal at a depth of 10 km, the NCS said.  People in Delhi and the...
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vasundhara Raje, who is often seen as an aspirant to the chief minister's post in Rajasthan, on Friday said she felt she can retire now -- linking the remark to her MP-son's progress as a people's representative.Raje is set to file her nomination papers from the...
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of making a malicious attempt to tarnish his image ahead of the assembly polls in the state this month.  He also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of taking help of...
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Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule and NCP MP from Ajit Pawar group Sunil Tatkare have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking to expedite the disqualification proceedings against each other.  Sule said on Friday that she had filed a disqualification petition on July 4, seeking...
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The Congress on Friday alleged that faced with the prospects of a certain defeat in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unleashed his last remaining astra - ED - to damage the reputation of its leaders.  Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh's attack at the prime...
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The Mumbai police on Friday booked social media influencer Urfi Javed for maligning their image through fake arrest video, an official said.  A viral video of a woman being allegedly arrested by Mumbai Police, in a case of obscenity is not true - insignia & uniform has been misused, Mumbai...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP never opposed the idea of caste census, but it would take appropriate decision on it after consulting everyone, a statement that comes amid a strong demand by the Congress and some other parties to carry out the exercise at the national...
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No crackers shall be burst in religious places at odd times as there are no commandments in any of the holy books that mandate the bursting of crackers to please God, the Kerala high court said on Friday. Banning the use of crackers, Justice Amit Rawal directed the police chiefs of all...
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The next Quad summit may take place in India around January 27 with New Delhi looking at hosting US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese for the in-person deliberations, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. India...
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Churches, civil society groups and political parties in Mizoram have again requested the Election Commission to reschedule the date of counting. Elections to the 40-member assembly will take place on November 7 and counting will be held on December 3, which falls on a Sunday. On Friday, the...
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Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasarullah, who spoke on Al Jazeera on Friday evening, sought to distance his outfit from the October 7 attacks on Israel, and stated that it was fully a Palestinian operation.Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who flew into Tel Aviv on Friday, said that more...
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The demand for air purifiers and masks has shot up in Delhi-NCR amid increasing levels of pollution in the region, merchants and pharmacists said. The air quality index in the national capital on Friday breached the 450 mark, raising an alarm for emergency measures to be enforced under the...
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Police registered a case on Friday after the walls and door of a mosque in a village here were found to have 'Jai Shri Ram' written on them, officials said.   The incident was reported at Badi Masjid in Sarurpur Kalan village of Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district. Babu Khan, a resident of the...
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Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry says 1,200 children are buried under the rubble in Gaza.A Hamas terrorist, who was involved in pillaging Kibbutz Kfar Aza in Israel has said their mission was simply to kill, and they were not supposed to kidnap, The Times of Israel reported.  Israel's...
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The National Green Tribunal on Friday directed the chief secretaries of the states where the Air Quality Index (AQI) has dipped to poor, very poor and severe categories to take immediate remedial action.  The green panel was hearing a matter where it had taken cognisance of the online air...
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Birmingham City University (BCU) has conferred an honorary doctorate on actor Preity Zinta for her contributions to Indian cinema and the business world, as a film producer and cricketing association with Indian Premier League (IPL) team Punjab Kings.The honour was announced by the West Midlands...
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Even as YouTuber Elvish Yadav has denied allegations of being involved in the supply of snake venom at a rave party in Noida, former Union Minister and Chairperson of People for Animals has demanded strict action against the alleged accused in the case.People for Animals is the complainant in the...
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Unveiling the BJP's manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the double-engine government will make Chhattisgarh a fully-developed state over the next five years if elected. The 90-member Chhattisgarh is scheduled to poll for the Assembly in two...
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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the order passed by the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Pritinker Diwaker, transferring the case relating to the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi Mosque dispute to another bench from a single-judge bench.  A bench of...
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The Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni has been criticised by the politicians of the Opposition party for discussing national security matters with some Russian pranksters, reported Russia Today.Meloni was reportedly tricked by Russian comedians Vovan and Lexus under the false impression...
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Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut on Friday hinted at entering electoral politics, saying if Lord Krishna blesses her, she would contest the next Lok Sabha elections.She was in Devbhumi Dwarka to offer prayers at the famous Dwarkadhish temple of Lord Krishna on Friday morning.When reporters...
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Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Friday said it has killed Hamas battalion commander Mustafa Dalul during overnight combat operations.IDF said Dalul directed combat against IDF forces and held key positions in Hamas' Gaza City Brigade.In a post shared on X, IDF said that Israel's ground, aerial and...
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Encrypted messaging app Telegram has restricted access to several channels affiliated with the Palestinian armed group Hamas. Telegram has been a popular channel for Hamas and its military arm, the Qassam Brigade, since the October 7 attacks on Israel. The official account of Hamas along with...
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White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby highlighted that so far 74 United States citizens being held by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, have arrived on the Egyptian side, in addition to the five Americans who were deported from Gaza on...
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Y S Sharmila
The YSR Telangana Party will not contest the November 30 assembly polls in the state and would support opposition Congress, YSRTP president Y S Sharmila said on Friday. Sharmila, daughter of late chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, announced supporting Congress to...
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Raghav Chadha
The Supreme Court on Friday asked suspended AAP lawmaker Raghav Chadha to tender an unconditional apology to Rajya Sabha chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar on the select committee issue, and hoped that he would take a sympathetic view of the matter. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and...
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Palestinian refugees in Jabalia. Fadi Whadi/Reuters
The Russian Emergencies Ministry has sent two Il-76 planes to deliver humanitarian aid to Gazan civilians, TASS reported, citing the Russian ministry's press service.In accordance with the Russian president's decree, two Il-76 planes of the Russian emergencies ministry have been sent to transport...
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A bombed UN-run school in Jabalia. Fadi Whadi/Reuters
The Israel Defence Force on Friday stated that since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, more than 8000 rockets have been fired at Israel, and 2,50,000 Israeli civilians have been evacuated from their homes.In a post shared by the IDF on X, it stressed, Israel is still under fire, adding that...
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The third season crumbles under the big expectations giving us only a mildly satisfying experience, writes Mayur Sanap/Rediff.com. Read the review here.Â
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Sunny Deol in the film, Damini
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Friday urged lawyers not to seek adjournments in fresh matters, saying he does not want the Supreme Court to become a 'tarikh-pe-tarikh' court.  At the outset of the day's proceedings, the CJI flagged the issue of lawyers seeking adjournments in fresh...
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It was Shah Rukh Khan's birthday yesterday
Thieves stole the mobile phones of at least 17 Shah Rukh Khan fans who were among hundreds of people gathered to wish the Bollywood actor on his 58th birthday outside his home in suburban Bandra, the police said on Friday.  The incident took place in the early hours of Thursday when a sea of...
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A long queue was seen outside the RBI's regional office in Chandigarh, with people coming from far and wide from Himachal Haryana and Punjab to exchange their Rs 2000 notes.After commercial banks stopped accepting Rs 2000 banknotes, people have now started lining up in 19 offices of the Reserve...
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As air quality in several parts of Delhi-NCR plunged to the 'severe' category on Friday morning, people said they experienced breathing problems and irritation in the eye among others.There was a thick haze blanketing the skyline of the national capital and adjoining areas as the Air Quality...
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A 40-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly murdered after being raped and her body was chopped into pieces in a village in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, police said.  On Tuesday, the woman went to Rajkumar Shukla's house to clean his flour mill. When her 20-year-old daughter reached there, she heard her...
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Remains of the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. Mohammed Al-Masri/Reuters
The US military is flying surveillance drones over the Gaza Strip to help in hostage rescue efforts, The New York Times reported citing its analysis and two Defence Department officials.The aircraft MQ-9 Reapers, operated by US Special Operations forces, were first spotted on Saturday on...
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Former chief economist at the World Bank, Kaushik Basu shares this picture with Nobel Economics laureate Amartya Sen saying, Best wishes to Amartya Sen on his 90th birthday, 3 November. He is one of the world's most celebrated philosopher economist, with seminal contributions to economic theory...
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A Lebanese woman stands in her bombed house. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra
The US Intelligence has learned that Russia's Wagner Group is preparing to deliver an advanced air defence missile system to Hezbollah following the Lebanese militia group's clashes with Israel, reported New York Post.American officials are currently monitoring discussions between the Wagner...
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November 3 marks the 76th death anniversary of Major Somnath Sharma, the first soldier to be awarded the Param Vir Chakra. You can read more about the eternal hero here.You can read more about the first India-Pakistan War in 1947-1948 here, here, here and here.Â
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On the country's ongoing war with Hamas, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lior Haiat has said that this is a war of self-defence after being attacked brutally.Haiat said that Israel's goal in this war is to eliminate Hamas control and Hamas terrorism from the Gaza Strip.On...
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A body being carried at the Jabalia refugee camp. Anas Al-Shareef/Reuters
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Israel will respond with actions, not words, in response to any escalation from Hezbollah at the northern border, CNN reported.  His remarks come ahead of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's speech on Friday. It will be...
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Heads up Mumbaikars: The iconic mini train of Matheran near Mumbai will be back on track from November 4, ahead of Diwali holidays, Central Railway has announced. Issuing a release on Thursday, CR said two Down services from Neral for Matheran at 8.50 am and 10.50 am and two Up services from...
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An update on the ongoing war in Gaza. Israel's military said it had completed the encirclement of Gaza City and had been attacking positions used by Hamas. The city is the largest in the Gaza Strip and was the most densely populated part of the territory before the war began.The UN said four of...
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An advocate has filed a petition in the Bombay high court seeking for all FIRs lodged in Maharashtra regarding the ongoing stir over the demand for Maratha reservation to be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation or any other specialized agency. The petition was filed by advocate...
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With opposition parties laying thrust on caste census and trying to make it a big poll issue, the Bharatiya Janata Party is devising a strategy to counter their narrative with a meeting held at the party headquarters here deciding to plan a big reach out to the OBC community, sources said. They...
