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The Army is conducting a recruitment drive in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district from November 8 to 20 to fill over 350 vacancies in the territorial army, a defence spokesman said on Tuesday. The recruitment rally being held at Advance Landing Ground in Surankote area will provide a...
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Two Chinese nationals were injured on Tuesday when a local security guard opened fire at them following a quarrel in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, the police said. The incident reportedly took place at a police station in the Industrial Trading Estate area of Karachi in Sindh...
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Thirty-two FIRs were registered in connection to cases of stolen mobile phones during singer Diljit Dosanjh's concert in Jaipur, police said on Tuesday. Station house officer Nandlal said the victims filed FIRs at Sanganer Sadar Police Station on Sunday and Monday. The mobile phones are...
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Famous folk singer Sharda Sinha/ANI Photo
Famous folk singer Sharda Sinha passed away on Tuesday night at AIIMS, New Delhi, where she had been undergoing treatment since last week. She was 72. Sharda Sinha expired at 9.20 pm due to refractory shock as a result of septicemia, an AIIMS official said. Sharda Sinha, locally...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has allegedly received death threat on social media from a Gorakhpur resident who used an alias to make the post, the police said on Tuesday. According to the police sources, the accused has been identified as Riazul Haq Ansari, a resident of...
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An unidentified terrorist was killed while two security personnel were injured in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district on Tuesday, the police said. A police official said security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Choontpathri forest area of Bandipora...
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Two labourers were electrocuted after their sugarcane-loaded tractor-trolley touched a high-tension cable between Mubarakpur and Dhanayan village, police said on Tuesday. The incident happened late Monday night in the Shahpur police station area. The victims were identified as Ajay, 35,...
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Authorities at the Puri Jagannath Temple on Tuesday called for immediate repairs after cracks were discovered in the temple's outer boundary wall, known as the Meghannath Prachari. Arabinda K Padhee, chief administrator of the Jagannath Temple in Puri, addressed concerns about cracks in the...
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Rescue operation underway at the accident site in Anand, Gujarat/ANI on X
One worker has been killed as a temporary structure crashed at Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train construction site near Vasad village, said officials on Tuesday.The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited said that three labourers have been trapped under the debris, reports ANI. Rescue...
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A court in New Delhi on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation's DIG concerned to file a status report in a corruption case against AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in relation to alleged disproportionate assets, noting that the probe agency had not maintained the...
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Folk singer Sharda Sinha/ANI Photo
The health condition of popular folk singer Sharda Sinha, currently under treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, remains critical, her son said on Tuesday. Sinha is known among her fans for folk songs such as Kartik Maas Ijoriya and Koyal Bin as well as Bollywood numbers...
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The Hindu Sabha temple was attacked in Canada's Brampton/Screen grab/@AryaCanada/X
The United Hindu Front and Rashtrawadi Shiv Sena held a protest in New Delhi on Tuesday against the alleged attack on a Hindu temple in Canada.Holding placards, the protesters demanded action against the perpetrators and raised slogans against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sikh...
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BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur
A special NIA court here on Tuesday issued a bailable warrant against BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, for failing to attend the proceedings. Final arguments were going on and the presence of the accused is necessary, special judge A K Lahoti noted...
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The Western Railway has suspended a train ticket examiner for allegedly making a passenger write an apology after the latter asked him to speak in Marathi, an official said on Tuesday. The action came after a photograph of the apology letter surfaced on social media, and passengers staged a...
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People line up to cast their votes in the 2024 US presidential election in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, November 5, 2024/Quinn Glabicki/Reuters
Millions of Americans headed towards polling stations on Tuesday to elect the 47th President of the United States, capping one of the most bitter presidential campaigns in the country's history. On Monday night, both the candidates, Republican leader Donald Trump and Democratic nominee...
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Bullets were allegedly fired at a moving train in Odisha's Bhadrak district by unknown persons on Tuesday, prompting the GRP to launch an investigation, officials said. No one was injured in the incident that took place near Charampa station. Railway Protection Force personnel secured Nandan...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said he will appear before the Lokayukta police in Mysuru on Wednesday in response to the summons issued to him for questioning in the MUDA site allotment case. I'm going tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10 (am), Siddaramaiah told reporters in Bengaluru on...
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An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district on Tuesday, officials said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Choontpathri forest area of Bandipora district on Tuesday following information about the presence...
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Two groups of juveniles clashed at a temple in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area, leading to stone pelting, police said on Tuesday. According to the police, two minor boys sustained injuries in the incident who were rushed to a nearby hospital where their condition was stated to be normal. A...
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In a roller-coaster ride, stock indices in India swung between red and green on Tuesday's session. Sensex finally closed the day at 79,476.63 points, up 694.39 points or 0.88 per cent, 24,213.30 points, up 217.95 points or 0.91 per cent. Benchmark Sensex is however some distance behind its...
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First ballots cast: Harris and Trump have tied with three votes each in the tiny New Hampshire township of Dixville Notch, which kicked off Election Day as one of the first places in the country to report its presidential preference.Harris' final rally: Lady Gaga performed at...
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Zamir Abdullah meets Akhilesh Yadav during Omar's swearing-in
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's two sons Zahir and Zamir watched the legislative assembly proceedings for the first time on Tuesday. In their 20s, both Zahir and Zamir Abdullah -- Omar's sons with his estranged wife Payal Nath -- are lawyers by profession. They...
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Benchmark Sensex recovered its early losses to close sharply higher by 694 points on late buying in banking, steel and oil & gas shares amid firm trends in global equities. Bouncing back from Monday's sharp fall, the BSE Sensex jumped 694.39 points or 0.88 per cent to settle at...
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Dates for Parliament's Winter Session has been announced. The parliament session will be from November 25 to December 20.
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In a major announcement, Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that he no longer intends to contest any election in the future, as his tenure in the Rajya Sabha is nearing an end. I have fought elections 14 times, and will think if I should detach or not from...
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Donald Trump described the United States as an occupied country, pointing to both undocumented and legal migrants as he pledged Monday to rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered.The former president's comments, at his election eve rally in the critical battleground state...
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Flagging the issue of suicides by diamond workers in Surat in the last 18 months, the Congress on Tuesday said they must be registered and provided financial assistance to protect them from the vagaries of the market. In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge,...
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Sanjay Kumar Verma, a 1990-batch IPS officer, was on Tuesday named as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Maharashtra, an official said. Verma, serving as Director General of Legal and Technical, succeeds Rashmi Shukla, after the Election Commission ordered that she be removed as the...
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Timex is celebrating its 170th Anniversary with 1,000 limited-edition Waterbury watches for just $1. On November 16, consumers in India will have a chance to claim their limited-edition $1 watch at 10 am on shop.timexindia.com and on select retailers. It commemorates Timex's iconic Yankee...
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NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday acknowledged Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's contribution to Baramati but asserted that the region needs a new leadership for its development for the next three decades. Pawar senior was campaigning for grandnephew NCP (SP) candidate Yugendra...
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As the voting for the US presidential election commenced on Tuesday (local time), the Indian-American voters are expressing divided views, with some supporting Donald Trump for his economic and immigration policies while others are standing behind Kamala Harris, attracted by her leadership...
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Sikh protestors picket outside the Indian consulate in Canada.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday took a strong exception to the Hindu temple incident in Brampton and said it tells in a way the political space which is being given to extremist forces in Canada. He said this in response to queries related to the incident that took...
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A case has been registered against Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy for allegedly threatening a senior police officer probing a mining case against him. The case was registered on Monday based on a complaint by Inspector General of Police M Chandra Sekhar alleging that Kumaraswamy threatened a...
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Another big judgment from the Supreme Court. The SC today upheld the validity of the 2004 Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act. The apex court said it does not violate the principle of secularism. The SC therefore set aside Allahabad HC order that had quashed UP Board of Madarsa...
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Maharashtra Elections: Uddhav Thackeray's Sena expels five rebel leaders for not withdrawing nominations.Yesterday, the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi issued a one-hour ultimatum to rebel candidates to withdraw their nominations, saying it was not in favour of friendly fights. Addressing...
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Update: In a majority 7:2 ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that states are not empowered under the Constitution to take over all privately-owned resources for distribution to serve the common good. A nine-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, however, said states...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has allowed mutual funds (MFs) to invest in overseas funds and unit trusts (UTs) that have up to 25 per cent exposure to Indian equities.The decision opens scope for domestic funds to invest in prominent global schemes, especially passive...
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Supreme Court rules not all private property is community resources, so cannot be taken over by government. SC's majority verdict rules not all privately owned resources can be acquired by State. Verdict notes old ruling that State can take over private properties was motivated by particular...
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A 30-year-old woman died after she was hit by a luxury car being driven by a youth, who was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, police said on Tuesday. Dhanush (20) was arrested, they said, adding that he has been sent to judicial custody. According to police, Sandhya...
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The United States is on the cusp of a historic presidential election as Republican leader Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris criss-crossed key battleground states and delivered closing remarks ahead of the election day, capping months of intense campaigning. On the final day...
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Stock markets declined in early trade on Tuesday amid constant foreign fund outflows and cautious investors' sentiment ahead of the US presidential elections and the Federal Reserve interest rate decision. The BSE Sensex declined 326.58 points to 78,455.66 in early trade. The NSE Nifty...
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Bollywood actor Salman Khan has received received another threat, a police official said on Tuesday, adding the person who threatened the actor has demanded Rs 5 crore from him. The threat message was received on the Mumbai traffic police helpline and an officer read it around...
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Over a thousand Canadian Hindus gathered outside the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton, Canada on Monday evening (local time) to protest against the repeated attacks on Hindu temples in the country, a day after the temple was attacked by Khalistani extremists.The organizers of the solidarity rally...
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The Indian Army successfully patrolled one of the patrolling points in the Depsang area of eastern Ladakh on Monday, days after Indian and Chinese troops completed the disengagement at Depsang and Demchok, the two friction points in the region. The patrolling at Demchok began on...
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Over three dozen Indian Americans are running for local bodies and state legislation elections across the country reflecting the growing interest among this small ethnic community to be part of political mainstream. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu, Indian American...
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A Peel Regional Police officer has been suspended after a video went viral on social media showing him participating in a pro-Khalistan protest outside a Hindu temple in Brampton, Canada, media reports said, quoting authorities.The suspended officer is Sergeant Harinder Sohi, an 18-year veteran...
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The Pakistan Navy successfully test-fired an indigenously developed ballistic missile having a range of 350 km from a warship, it said on Monday.The missile system with a range of 350 km is capable of hitting land and sea targets with high precision, according to the Pakistan Navy.The system is...
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