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NCP chief Sharad Pawar
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday disapproved of world leaders at G20 Summit being served meals on bespoke silverware and gold-plated utensils. Such events were held in India twice earlier, once when Indira Gandhi was the prime minister, and world leaders had come to participate. But I never...
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Vistara airline on Sunday advised its customers travelling from Bengaluru on Monday to allow more time for their journey to the airport as the private transport associations have called a bandh. Due to the 'Bengaluru bandh' on September 11, 2023, private transport might be...
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea by the Editors Guild of India seeking protection from coercive action in two FIRs lodged in Manipur against some of its members. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud is likely to hear the matter. In a relief to four...
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A day after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik skipped the G20 dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday claimed that inferiority complex' led him to take that decision. The state government did not provide any reason behind Patnaik's...
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The G20 leaders' declaration confirms Russia's isolation on the Ukraine crisis and India's presidency of the bloc did its best to send across a message of unity and peace to the world, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday. At a media briefing, he also said that the G20 is not a...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Choudhury on Sunday questioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's decision to attend the dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu on the occasion of G20 meet in New Delhi, asking if that would not weaken her stance against the Narendra Modi...
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An Air China flight made an emergency landing in Singapore's busy Changi Airport on Sunday after its left engine caught fire and nine passengers sustained minor injuries due to smoke inhalation and abrasions during the evacuation process. The incident prompted airport authorities to close...
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At least five persons were killed when a lift in a high-rise located in Thane city of Maharashtra collapsed on Sunday evening, a civic official said. Yasin Tadvi, who heads the disaster management cell of Thane Municipal Corporation, said the building where the incident occurred is located...
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The Uttar Pradesh police used a picture of Shahrukh Khan's character in newly released Hindi film Jawan to send a message of road safety. In a post shared on social media platform 'X' on Saturday UP police wrote in Hindi, Be it young or old, never forget to wear a helmet before riding a...
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PM Narendra Modi exchanges greetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the G20 Leaders' Summit
In an endorsement of India's bid for a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said his nation would be proud' if a country like India became a full member of the UNSC. Referring to the five permanent members of the Security...
21:03
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening visited the International Media Centre at the Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the G20 Summit. After holding a series of bilateral meetings with world leaders following the conclusion of the summit, Modi came to the media centre and greeted those...
20:38
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva (right)
Several world leaders at the G20 Summit here congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the success of Chandrayaan-3, with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva hailing India for achieving the feat in a budget less than that of the movie Interstellar, according to sources. During...
20:18
Narendra Modi embraces African Union chairperson and Comoros President Azali Assouman at G20 Summit
President of the Union of Comoros and chairperson of the African Union, Azali Assoumani, on Sunday said India is a superpower in terms of inhabitance and ahead of China now. Assoumani said as the fifth superpower in the world, there was enough room for India in Africa. India is the 5th...
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A 20-year-old man was thrashed and stabbed to death allegedly by a group of juveniles in south Delhi's Sangam Vihar area, the police said on Sunday. The police have apprehended eight minors in connection with the incident. The victim was identified as Dilshad, a resident of Sangam...
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Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday sent to 14 days judicial custody till September 23, in connection with an alleged Skill Development Corporation scam.Vijayawada ACB court Judge Himabindu read out the judgment on former CM Chandrababu's case.The judge ordered the remand of...
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Scores of Indian Americans held a peaceful protest rally in the State Capital of Sacramento urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to veto the anti-caste discrimination bill, recently passed by the State Assembly, which they asserted is discriminatory and targets the Indians in general and...
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Days after stating that Bharatiya Janata Party will have an understanding with former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda-led Janata Dal-Secular for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, veteran leader and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said discussions in this regard have not reached finality...
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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's action thriller Jawan has raised Rs 384.69 crore at the worldwide box office in three days, the makers said Sunday.Directed by Tamil filmmaker Atlee, the pan-India film released on Thursday in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.It also stars Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi as well...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 Summit and discussed full range of India-Canada ties across different sectors.In a post on X, Modi said, 'Met PM @JustinTrudeau on the sidelines of the G20 Summit. We discussed the full...
16:18
UK PM Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy leave Delhi for home.Sunak tweeted a goodbye saying, Stronger together. Stronger united Thank you @narendramodi for a historic G20 and the Indian people for such a warm welcome. From global food security to international partnerships, it's been a...
16:18
PM Modi with the US President Biden, S Africa President Ramaphosa, Brazil prez Luiz Lula and President of World Bank, Ajay Banga
We, the Leaders of India, Brazil, South Africa, and the United States, met on the margins of the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi to reaffirm our shared commitment to the G20 as the premier forum for international economic cooperation to deliver solutions for our shared world.As the G20's current...
16:07
Russia FM Sergei Lavrov
The G20 declaration, which hit snags on the language to describe the Ukraine war, amounted to a coup for host Prime Minister Narendra Modi though the final compromise statement reflected a stand far softer than those the US and its Western allies have adopted on Russia, the world media said on...
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Easy one, right? Akshata Murthy and her husband UK PM Rishi Sunak was every photographer's dream when they visited the Akshardham temple in New Delhi. Take a look at this compilation of images here.
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G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant interacts with Brazil President Luiz Lula da Silva this morning
Filmmaker SS Rajamouli on Sunday said the team of RRR is ecstatic after Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva lauded the pan-India film for its political undertones as well as dance sequences. Rajamouli, director of the 2022 blockbuster starring Ram Charan and Jr NTR, shared his excitement...
15:35
The PM's working lunch with French president Macron ends. This is what both the sides had to say:Prime Minister Narendra Modi: A very productive lunch meeting with President Emmanuel Macron. We discussed a series of topics and look forward to ensuring India-France relations scale new heights of...
15:24
This lady, with arms akimbo, is the wife of a head of state, and is pictured here at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi. She and her husband were in Delhi for the G20 Summit.
15:17
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the rain-caused calamity in the hill state as a national disaster. Sukhu was the only chief minister from the Congress-ruled states who attended a dinner hosted by President Droupadi...
15:08
Look who was at EAM Dr S Jaishankar's table at the Presidential dinner yesterday! Delegates were treated to nearly three hours of instrumental fusion music during the dinner.
14:55
Russia FM Sergei Lavrov with PM Modi
Russia on Sunday said the G20 Summit under India's presidency was a breakthrough conclave in many ways as its outcomes showed a path to the world to move forward on a range of challenges and demonstrated the strength and importance of the Global South. In a press briefing, Russian...
14:47
Journalist Ravinder Singh Robin shared this lovely anecdote from the G20 meet. During the #G20 Summit a senior journalist from Ukraine suddenly held my hand tight. Only later John McGovern said that he always makes it a point to thank the Sikh community for the immense humanitarian help during...
14:39
The President's Seal No 261 was gifted to Fr Dias
Father Nicholas Dias, secretary for the liturgy commission for the Delhi Archdiocese, has described US President Joe Biden as a very humble person who expressed that his grandmother was a great influence in his life.Father Dias met Biden during a 30-minute holy communion service for the US...
14:34
The Bangas at the dinner yesterday
World Bank President Ajay Banga on the just concluded G20 meet: I consider the fact that there was a declaration, a tribute to the fact that the G 20 leadership found a way to give and take and negotiate and find a right way to agree and set a path to the world. The world is watching... 80%...
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US president Joe Biden and PM Narendra Modi at Rajghat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a fresh push for reforms in global bodies including the United Nations, saying despite the increase in member states of the world body, the number of permanent members in the UN Security Council has remained the same. Addressing the One Future...
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President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in conversation during the G20 dinner hosted by the President yesterday.
13:50
The President of Brazil with PM Modi at Rajghat
It's these moments that make any world meet special. President of Brazil, Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, after taking the gavel for the G20 presidency says, Personally, I was very much touched and emotional when I went to pay homage to our dear Gandhi today. Everybody knows that in my political...
13:17
Indonesian President Joko Widodo hands over a sapling to Modi
Update: Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, representing the G20 presidencies of last year and the next year, handed over a sapling each to current chair Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. The symbolic ceremony took place at the start of...
13:12
PM Modi and the US president at Rajghat this morning
PM Modi declares conclusion of G20 Summit. He cites a Sanskrit shloka to pray for hope and peace in the world. Modi also proposes a G20 virtual summit in November end to review the progress on matters decided in this summit.
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PM Modi hands over the gavel of G20 presidency to the President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The 19th Summit of the G20 Countries will be organised in Rio de Janeiro in 2024. Brazil will officially assume the presidency on December 1, 2023. Speaking on the occasion, Lula...
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And away from the glare of G20, it's politics as usual in India.The Andhra Pradesh Police has taken Janasena party president Pawan Kalyan and its senior leader Nadendla Manohar into preventive custody in the NTR district in Amaravati, a police official on Sunday. They are being shifted...
12:50
French President Emmanuel Macron with Prez Murmu and PM Modi
Ahead at G20 today: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a working lunch meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron today. PM will hold a pull-aside meeting with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and will later do bilateral meetings with Comoros, Turkey, UAE, South Korea, EU/EC, Brazil and...
12:30
The millet cooking counter at the venue yesterday
A bouquet of millets-based vegetarian cuisine by ITC hotel chains is on the menu served for world leaders who have converged in India for the G20 summit.Two women chefs from ITC Sheraton New Delhi have displayed as many as 20 dishes all prepared from millets. The dishes were inspired by the...
12:08
US President Joe Biden just ahead of his departure from Delhi
On board Air Force One, Jon Finer, Principal Deputy NSA of White House speaks on the Russia-Ukraine war. The G20 Countries have signed up to the Bali language (declaration) last year and the vast majority of G20 countries have supported multiple UN resolutions that call out Russia's illegal...
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, representing the G20 presidencies of last year and the next year, handed over a sapling each to current chair Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. The symbolic ceremony took place at the start of the third...
11:31
US President Joe Biden on Saturday said that this year's G20 summit has proved that the group can still drive solutions to the most pressing issues of the climate crisis, fragility, and conflict. Taking to X, US President said, At a moment when the global economy is suffering from the...
11:17
It rained in Delhi this morning as dignitaries headed to Rajghat and the Sunaks to the Akshardham temple. They visited Rajghat after the temple visit.
11:13
A video grab of waterlogged Bharat Mandapam tweeted by Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi tweets: The empty promises of progress is apparent. The G20 venue at Bharat Mandapam cost Rs 2,700 crore. It took just one rain for the place to get waterlogged.Several parts of Delhi, including the Pragati Maidan area which is hosting the 18th G20 Leaders' Summit,...
11:01
The G20 leaders paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi by laying wreaths at his samadhi. While some leaders, including Modi and Sunak, walked barefoot, others were seen wearing white footwear provided to the visitors at Rajghat. Later, Modi said in a post on X that at the iconic Rajghat, the G20...
10:55
US President Joe Biden departs from Delhi to Vietnam, after concluding the G20 Summit. The Heads of State of countries including UAE, US, Bangladesh, Egypt, China, Australia, UK, Argentina, Indonesia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Turkey, Japan, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Republic of...
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G20 leaders, including US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and UN Secretary General Antnio Guterres, paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial, Rajghat, on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the leaders at the rain-drenched Rajghat.
10:46
Update: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty visited the Akshardham temple here on Sunday and offered prayers. Ahead of the visit of G20 leaders to Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi, Sunak, who was dressed in trousers and a shirt, and his wife, wearing a kurta...
10:29
United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy before idols of Shiv, Parvati, at Delhi's Akshardham temple.
10:22
The selfie that made news.
At the G20 Summit on Saturday, US President Joe Biden took a selfie with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh's Foreign Minister, Abdul Momen, expressed that it was a joyful moment, with everyone feeling happy, and President Biden appeared quite excited while taking the...
10:09
And another picture of the UK PM and his wife before the Akshardham temple. Rishi Sunak has maintained that he is a 'proud Hindu' and wanted to make time for a temple visit during G20.
10:08
An Akshardham temple official had said that preparations were fully done to welcome United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy on Sunday. Sunak and his wife had arrived in Delhi on Friday. This is Rishi Sunak's first visit to India since he assumed the office of...
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United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy offered prayers at the Akshardham temple this morning. They received a replica of the temple as a gift.
09:48
US President Joe Biden at Rajghat. UK PM Rishi Sunak, Australian PM Anthony Albanese, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and every heads of state and government and heads of international organisations paid their homage at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial this...
09:43
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a working lunch meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France today.Macron arrived in New Delhi a day ago to attend the two-day-long G20 Summit hosted by India under its Presidency. Macron is due to hold bilateral meetings over the two-day...
09:28
Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni arrives at Delhi's Rajghat to pay homage at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial and lay a wreath. Modi welcomed the dignitaries with an 'angvastram' or stole while standing against the backdrop of an image of 'Bapu Kuti'. Bapu Kuti is located...
09:25
Most Heads of State, including US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, are scheduled to leave Delhi on Sunday (September 10), following their participation in the two-day G20 Leaders' Summit hosted in the national capital. According to sources, the Centre has assigned...
09:11
Rajghat with the wreaths behind the memorial
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Premier of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and...
09:06
On UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's visit to Akshardham Temple, Director of Akshardham Temple, Jyotindra Dave says, ...His experience was extraordinary...He performed the Pooja and Aarti with a lot of faith...We showed him the temple and also gave him a model of the temple as a gift...He enjoyed...
08:47
Most Heads of State, including US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, are scheduled to leave Delhi today following their participation in the two-day G20 Leaders' Summit hosted in the national capital. According to sources, the Centre has assigned responsibilities to...
08:41
The most complex part of the entire #G20 was to bring consensus on the geopolitical paras (Russia-Ukraine). This was done over 200 hours of non -stop negotiations, 300 bilateral meetings, 15 drafts. In this, I was greatly assisted by two brilliant officers - @NagNaidu08 & @eenamg, tweets G20...
08:37
Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth arrives at Delhi's Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi and lay a wreath. It's raining in Delhi and Jugnauth almost slipped on the wet stairs at Rajghat but was steadied by his aides. He then wiped his specs, waited a few minutes and then...
08:25
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte (pictured), Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives at Delhi's Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi and lay a wreath. All this amid pouring rain and no walkway to...
08:19
Journalist Menaka Doshi on the G20 arrangements: Absurd arrangements at #G20 media center. No umbrellas allowed. No covered walkaways. Cars drop off is far away. Bus pick up is at the other end. And it's pouring. There's media from across the world here.
08:17
Another picture from the dinner last night. Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, shares this image. Congratulations Prime Minister @narendramodi on presiding over such a successful @g20org. India's message of 'one earth, one family, one future' resonated strongly with...
08:13
And bang on time, the Rajghat visits begin. President of Asian Development Bank Masatsugu Asakawa (pictured), Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of IMF and other leaders and delegates arrive at Delhi's Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi and lay a wreath. They were followed by UN...
08:09
Nirmala Sitharaman with Rishi Sunak at dinner yesterday
8:15am to 9am: The leaders and heads of the delegations will arrive at Rajghat in individual motorcades.9am to 9:20am: The leaders will then lay a wreath at Mahatma Gandhi's Samadhi. Also, a live performance of Mahatma Gandhi's favourite devotional songs.9:20am: Leaders and heads of delegations...
08:07
A picture of the PM and President Murmu with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and her daughter at the Presidential dinner yesterday. The Bangladesh PM, who arrived in India on Friday, held a bilateral talk with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi on the same day. The two countries...
08:01
UK PM Rishi Sunak's carcade leaves the temple
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has left the Akshardham Temple in New Delhi on Sunday morning after offering prayers. Ahead of the UK Prime Minister's visit, elaborate security arrangements were put in place in and around the temple. While speaking to ANI on Saturday, the...
01:21
The Andhra Pradesh police blocked a convoy of vehicles belonging to Janasena party president Pawan Kalyan in NTR district twice on Saturday night, forcing him to alight from his vehicle and walk towards Mangalagiri in Vijayawada, said a party leader. Following TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu's...
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Jaisalmer recorded a maximum temperature of 43.5 degree Celsius on Saturday, the highest for the month of September in 74 years, the MeT said. This all-time-high is 6.9 degrees Celsius above the season's normal, it added. The previous all-time high for Jaisalmer in September was...
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A senior doctor of the General Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram was found dead in the Amayizhanjan canal in the city on Saturday, the police said. Dr Vibin (55) who was heading the department of anesthesia at the General Hospital was found dead after his car was abandoned near the canal at...
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A Dalit student of a government school in Rajasthan's Bharatpur was allegedly assaulted by a teacher for drinking from his water camper, the police said on Saturday. When the boy's family members learnt about Friday's incident, they reached the school and protested against the teacher,...
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