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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
Senior Janata Dal-United leader Lalan Paswan on Thursday quit the party, voicing protest against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's alliance with arch-rival Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal. In a letter to JD-U national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Paswan said he was resigning from the...
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The server of AIIMS Delhi was reportedly down from Wednesday afternoon till Thursday noon, causing inconvenience to doctors and patients at the hospital's emergency and outpatient departments. The AIIMS administration clarified on Thursday that the AIIMS server and e-Hospital were shut down...
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Senior Haryana Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday reiterated that if his party forms government in the state in 2024, there will be four deputy chief ministers, including one from the Brahmin community. On Wednesday, Congress general secretary Kumari Selja had brushed aside...
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The Indian Army veterans' half marathon -- Honour Run -- was unveiled in the national capital on Thursday. The curtain raiser event held at the Manekshaw Centre showcased this initiative's vision: To build a strong bridge between our gallant soldiers, veterans, and the citizens of...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said it is mandatory for 'garba' organisers in the state to ensure basic health facilities and an ambulance at the venue. Navratri, during which 'garba' events attended by hundreds of revellers are widespread, starts from October...
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Israel's outgoing Health Minister Moshe Arbel has instructed all public hospitals to stop treating Hamas terrorists, he announced in a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening. Since the beginning of the fighting, the issue of treating the damned and...
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The Central Panel for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals has withdrawn its circular on conducting vaccine trials on stray dogs that was issued more than a year ago. The CPCSEA had last year in September recommended that stray dogs may be used for new vaccine...
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President Droupadi Murmu visited the shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi at Katra in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. President Murmu was accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. She also inaugurated the skywalk project and the remodelled Parvati Bhavan at the...
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The Israel Defence Forces have struck over 3,600 targets in the Gaza Strip, using at least 6,000 rounds of ammunition, reported The Times of Israel. A senior Hamas operative and several other members of the terrorist organisation were targeted in recent attacks, according to the...
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The border tension between India and China in the Eastern Ladakh likely to ease as both the countries reportedly agreed to carry on with the winter deployment along the LAC in the 20th round of military level talks that concluded on Wednesday, writes Snehesh Alex Philip in The...
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Nepal's Rastriya Swatantra Party chairman and lawmaker Rabi Lamichhane on Thursday asked the government to brief Parliament about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Gunji, the bordering area of Darchula district, which he claimed as part of the Nepalese territory. Modi on...
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The police sealed seven brothels operating near an educational institution in Girgaon area of south Mumbai, an official said on Thursday. On July 7, the anti-human trafficking unit of the Mumbai crime branch raided the brothels situated on V P Road, rescued 33 women and arrested 24 accused...
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The Congress' central election committee held a meeting at the party headquarters here on Thursday to finalise the names of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram. The Congress is the only party which hasn't declared its candidates yet,...
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India ranked 111th out of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index-2023 with the country reporting the highest child wasting rate at 18.7 per cent. The index was released on Thursday. India ranked 107th out of 121 countries in 2022. The Global Hunger Index is a tool for comprehensively...
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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik
Annoyed with the silence of central investigating agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate on alleged corruption cases in Odisha, a BJP MLAs' delegation led by the leader of the opposition, Jayanarayan Mishra, will visit New Delhi to draw Centre's...
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Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Thursday said seat distribution in the Maha Vikas Aghadi, which also includes the Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena-UBT, for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls will take place on merit and on the basis of surveys. He was speaking after attending the...
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Netanyahu with Blinken
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Hamas should be crushed and that the group that should be treated the same way as the Islamic State, or ISIS. He said Hamas should be spit out from the community of nations, with countries facing sanctions if they harbour...
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Gains in today were offset by losses in IT shares.IT stocks such as Tech Mahindra, Infosys, TCS and Wipro declined.Here is a list of top losers.
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Equity benchmark BSE Sensex declined in a volatile trade on Thursday, reversing the two-session rally, mainly due to selling in IT and tech stocks. However, heavy buying in energy, metal and auto counters capped the losses, traders said.After swinging between gains and losses, the 30-share...
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One of the close associates of Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group's slain leader Shahid Latif, who suffered bullet injuries during an attack in a mosque in Pakistan's Punjab province, succumbed to his wounds on Thursday, raising the death toll to three in the incident, the police...
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JUST IN: Syria's state television reports that Israel launched attacks on the main airports in the capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo on Thursday.Local media channel Sham FM said Syrian air defences were launched in response to both attacks.It said there had been damage but no...
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Just In: Retail inflation eases to 5.02 per cent in September from 6.83 per cent in August, show govt data. Details soon.
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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that India considers the attacks by Hamas on Israeli cities as terrorist strikes.To a question on India's position on the Palestine issue, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said New Delhi always advocated resumption of direct talks towards...
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The CBIC on Thursday said that there is no GST on Gangajal, amid Congress claims that the government has imposed an 18 per cent tax on it. Gangajal is used in pooja by households across the country and puja samagri is exempt under GST... All these items have been exempt since the...
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The first chartered flight is expected to bring back around 230 people from Israel on Friday under Operation Ajay, the ministry of external affairs said on Friday.The MEA also reiterated that We see these attacks by Hamas on Israel as terrorist attacks.Details soon.At the same time, 'Indians...
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Injured Palestinian children being taken to hospital. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
The number of people displaced by the war in the Gaza Strip is now over 3 lakh, says the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Many of them are taking shelter at schools run by a UN relief agency, at least two of which have been damaged by airstrikes, according to...
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Palestinians carry the body of a woman killed in Israeli strikes. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
More than 1,300 have been killed in Gaza.Latest reports say that at least 1,354 people have been killed in Gaza since Saturday, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, and 6,049 have been wounded. Israeli President, Isaac Herzog.Earlier, Herzog said Israel would try to protect civilians in...
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Palestinian children fill bottles with water from public taps. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Palestinians in Gaza fleeing airstrikes crowded into UN-run schools while others are staying with relatives or even strangers who let them in. Lines formed outside bakeries and grocery stores during the few hours they dared open, as people tried to stock on food before shelves are...
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday commuted to life term the death penalty awarded to Ariz Khan following his conviction in the sensational 2008 Batla House encounter in which decorated Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma lost his life. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Amit...
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Wreaths being prepared for the dead in Tel Aviv. Reuters/Janis Laizans
When a happy Sabbath ended in death and bereavement, it left in its wake the whatabouteries of politicians with dead eyes on TV screens, the senior journalist writes. Read the column here.
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That's PM Modi in a traditional 'ranga' in Uttarakhand
So, did you guess who the robed person was in the picture we posted here at 12:16 pm?The answer, dear reader, is PM Narendra Modi.Modi arrived Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, today, and began his daylong visit to the border state with a darshan of the Adi Kailash peak, an abode of Lord Shiva, and a...
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Palestinians clear rubble in devastated Gaza. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
The UN humanitarian office says a thousand homes have been levelled in Gaza since Saturday. The president of Iran has accused Israel of comitting genocide.Ebrahim Raisi also said the siege on Gaza -- where water, electricity and fuel has been cut off -- breaks all international...
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A damaged kibbutz in Israel after the attack. Reuters/Ilan Rosenberg
UK's counterterrorism squad has appealed for footage or images related to the Palestinian militant group Hamas' attack in Israel after a number of British citizens have been killed in the country. Hamas carried out a barrage of air strikes in Southern Israel on Saturday. The Israel...
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Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan will grace the stage at the 'Cricket Live' pre-match show for Star Sports during the much-awaited India versus Pakistan Cricket World Cup match.With Team India aiming to improve on their perfect record and make it 8-0 against Pakistan in ODI World Cup history, the...
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A man carries a wounded Palestinian girl. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Israeli energy minister says that electricity and fuel will not be allowed to return to Gaza until Israeli hostages are released by Hamas. No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter, says energy minister Israel Katz.The International Red...
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US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken. File pic
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel. Blinken will meet Israeli officials and the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas, who is based in the West Bank, is a political rival to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Speaking to reporters ahead of his departure, Blinken...
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The Congress on Thursday flayed the Modi government for reportedly imposing an 18 per cent GST on Ganga river water, terming it as the height of loot and hypocrisy. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertaking a day-long visit to Uttarakhand on Thursday, the Congress also asked when will he...
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Israelis converse in the backdrop of burning buildings
Israel's Consulate General to Midwest India, Kobbi Shoshani on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching 'Operation Ajay', under which India is planning to bring back around 18,000 Indian in Israel.I congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching Operation Ajay to...
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Israel's military has killed senior Hamas naval commander. Hamas has said it launched its attack Saturday because Palestinians' suffering had become intolerable under a 16-year-long blockade in Gaza, as well as an unending Israeli military occupation and increasing settlements in the West...
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Here once stood a house in Gaza. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
The Israeli military is as yet undecided whether it will send boots on the ground to Gaza. While the military is preparing for a possible ground operation, Israel's political leaders are still undecided. Reports say that forces are preparing for a ground maneuver if required. Israel has...
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Gaza man lost pregnant wife and family members. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
As Thursday marks the sixth day of Israel Hamas conflict, Israel Defence Force (IDF) spokesperson Lieutenant Col. Jonathan Conricus confirmed reports that the Hamas had beheaded babies in the Israeli kibbutz of Kfar Aza. The spokesperson said it was hard to believe that Hamas could perform...
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Former US President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what he described as a lack of preparation for a weekend attack by Palestinian Hamas militants that killed at least 1,200 people in Israel.Speaking to Fox News, Trump, the frontrunner...
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The Gaza power plant ceases operation after running out of fuel
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday (local time) departed for Israel in a display of Washington's support for Tel Aviv after the Hamas attack. Reaffirming support for Israel, Blinken said he is heading with a clear message that ''US has Israel's back. Speaking to...
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Aftermath of Israeli strikes in Gaza. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier and her strike group is heading to the Mediterranean, White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said.Addressing a press briefing on Wednesday, Kirby stated that there is no...
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People mourn at the graveside of Eden Guez, who was killed at the music festival. Reuters/Violeta Santos Moura
The Israeli government is under intense public pressure to topple Hamas after its militants stormed through a border fence Saturday and massacred hundreds of Israelis in their homes, on the streets and at an outdoor music festival. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu alleged that the attackers...
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A rescuer looks on amid debris at Gaza City. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
In his latest show of support for Israel, US President Joe Biden on Wednesday addressed Jewish community leaders at a roundtable in the White House and called the attacks by Hamas a campaign of pure cruelty.I never really thought that I would see and have confirmed pictures of terrorists...
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Palestinians walk amid a destroyed Gaza. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held press conference moments ago together with his Minister of Defence, Yoav Gallant, to announce the establishment of a Government of National Emergency together with the opposition Blue and White Party led by a former IDF chief of staff and...
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At least 11 United Nations staff and personnel, as well as 30 students at UN schools have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists on Isreal, reported The Times of Israel. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, 11 United Nations Relief and Works...
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Four persons have died and 40 others have received injuries in the train mishap that took place in Bihanr's Buxar district last night, a top railway official said on Thursday. General Manager of East Central Railway Tarun Prakash was at Raghunathpur, to supervise the restoration work...
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A 43-year-old taxi driver died after being dragged for more than two km under the rear wheels of his own vehicle while resisting a carjacking attempt on a busy road in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj area, police said on Wednesday. Hours after the incident, the Delhi Police claimed to have...
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Six coaches of 12506 Delhi-Kamakhya North East Express derailed near the Raghunathpur station in Bihar's Buxar district on Wednesday, a railway official said. The derailment occurred at 9:53 pm and there was no immediate word on the number of casualties, the official added. The 23-coach...
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