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Pushpa bows down to no one, but .....: Allu Arjun to fans at 'Pushpa 2' trailer launch

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Telugu star Allu Arjun, who launched the trailer of his upcoming film Pushpa 2: The Rule in Patna on Sunday, expressed gratitude to fans for showering their love on him by turning up in huge numbers for the event. Pushpa 2 is directed by Sukumar and also stars Rashmika Mandanna and Fahadh...
22:29

Rapid action ambulance units deployed in Sabarimala

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The Kerala health department has deployed rapid action ambulance units in Sabarimala to meet emergency medical requirements of devotees undertaking pilgrimage there.State health minister Veena George on Sunday said that the rapid units were deployed in the pilgrimage route of the Lord Ayyappa...
22:25

T'gana announces 100% exemption on road tax, registration fees for EVs

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Telangana government on Sunday announced providing 100 percent exemption from road tax and registration fees for electric vehicles purchased and registered in the state for the initial period of two years up to December 31, 2026. Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said under the government...
22:21

GRAP Stage-4 from Monday as Delhi pollution rises

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The Centre's air quality panel has announced stricter pollution control measures for the Delhi-NCR under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan, effective from 8 am on Monday, including a ban on truck entry and a temporary halt on construction at public projects. The Commission for Air...
22:14

Man dives into MP dam water for reel shooting, missing

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A 20-year-old man went missing when he jumped into the water in a dam for the shooting of a social media reel in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district on Sunday, the police said. The incident occurred around 5 pm at Gopisagar Dam in Ruthiyai area, some 20 km from the district headquarters, an...
22:11

Four-month-old tiger cub found dead in MP's Pench reserve

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A tiger cub, aged around four months, was found dead in Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district on Sunday, an official said. The reserve's field director Devaprasad J said the staff spotted the carcass of the big cat while patrolling in the Ari buffer range. All the body...
21:44

Remove BJP video from social media: EC to J'khand CEO

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Taking a serious note of complaints from the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha against a misleading and malicious video posted by the Jharkhand BJP on social media platforms, the Election Commission on Sunday directed its state poll chief to direct the party to take down the post. It...
21:18

Chaos at Patna's Gandhi Maidan during promotion of Pushpa 2

Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna in Pushpa 2: The Rule.
Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna in Pushpa 2: The Rule.
Chaos erupted in Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan on Sunday, where a massive crowd turned up to catch a glimpse of actors Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandana who were in the city for the promotion of their upcoming film Pushpa 2. A section of the people who gathered at the venue crossed barricades...
21:09

Mob vandalises Manipur BJP MLA's ancestral house

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A mob vandalised the ancestral house of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Kongkham Robindro in Manipur's Imphal West district on Sunday evening, the police said.The incident occurred a day after a house built by the legislator himself in the same district was attacked.The mob stormed the ancestral...
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Followers of Sanatan Dharma will respond to those....: Pawan Kalyan

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Janasena Party head and Andhra Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan said on Sunday that the followers of Sanatan Dharma would respond to those disrespecting it, and called Chhatrapati Shivaji and Bal Thackeray the inspiration behind his outfit. He was addressing a rally in Ballarpur to...
20:34

Rajasthan's Independent candidate sent to 14-day jail in arson case

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A Deoli court in Rajasthan on Sunday sent Independent candidate Naresh Meena, who was arrested on a production warrant in connection with the last week's violence, to 14-day judicial custody in a case of arson. Meena contested the November 13 Deoli-Uniara assembly bypoll as an Independent...
20:05

Kota coaching institute teacher hangs self, no suicide note found

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A 42-year-old teacher at a prominent coaching institute in Kota died during treatment at a private hospital on Sunday morning, two days after he allegedly attempted suicide by hanging himself in his flat, the police said.Hament Choudhary, a resident of Paradise Residency in Landmark City, worked...
19:46

NPP withdraws support to BJP govt in Manipur

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The National People's Party on Sunday withdrew support to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in violence-hit Manipur, claiming that the N Biren Singh dispensation has completely failed to resolve the crisis and restore normalcy in the northeastern state. The NPP has 7 MLAs in the...
19:31

Two Nigerians held with drugs worth Rs 5.62 cr in Navi Mumbai

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Two Nigerian nationals were apprehended for alleged possession of drugs worth Rs 5.62 crore and three persons were arrested for renting out their premises to the duo in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, the police said....
19:17

3 arrested for throwing flares at Netanyahu's private home

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Three suspects were arrested for throwing flares at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home, it was cleared for publication on Sunday morning.  A gag order remains on their identities.  Two flares were thrown at Netanyahu's private home in Caesarea on Saturday night,...
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Actress Kasthuri sent to jail over Telugu remarks

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Actress Kasthuri, who made a remark on the Telugu-speaking people of Tamil Nadu that stoked a controversy, was produced before a court here on Sunday, which remanded her to judicial custody. She was arrested from Hyderabad on November 16 by a Chennai police team after the Madras high court...
18:29

Infant kidnapped from Delhi hospital found at UP railway station; 2 held

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A one-and-half-month-old infant, kidnapped from the Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital, was rescued from Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur railway station while two suspects in the case were apprehended, police said on Sunday.The rescue operation was carried out by the Delhi Police in...
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Left Pawar saheb as MLAs wanted to join govt to restart stalled works: Ajit

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Sharad Pawar, right, with nephew Ajit Pawar/File image
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said he had to part ways with NCP founder and uncle Sharad Pawar as all party MLAs wanted to join the Eknath Shinde government to tide over stalled development works.   The Nationalist Congress Party split in July last year after...
17:43

'Kantara: Chapter 1' to release on October 2 next year

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Rishab Shetty's much-anticipated directorial Kantara: Chapter 1 has locked its release date for October 2, 2025, the makers announced on Sunday. The pan-India movie from Hombale Films is the prequel to 2022's National Award-winning Kantara, also written and fronted by Shetty. The production...
17:31

MBBS student dies after ragging by seniors in Guj

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An 18-year-old MBBS student of a medical college in Gujarat's Patan district died after allegedly after being made to stand for three hours during ragging by his seniors, an official said Sunday. The college has started a probe into the incident which took place on Saturday. The...
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Three women drown at swimming pool in Mangaluru resort

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Three women allegedly drowned in a swimming pool at a resort near Ullal beach in Mangaluru on Sunday, the police said.The deceased have been identified as Nishita MD (21), Parvati S (20) and Keerthana N (21) - all from Mysuru.According to the police, they had come on a pleasure trip to the beach...
16:58

Workers body alleges camera attendant died on Mumbai TV show set; FIR registered

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A camera attendant on the sets of popular TV show Anupamaa died following electrocution earlier this week, the All India Cine Workers Association has alleged. The police registered an FIR against the contractor for negligence.Headlined by Rupali Ganguly, Anupamaa is produced by Rajan...
16:43

Modi praises 'The Sabarmati Report' movie, says truth is coming out

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the recently released movie The Sabarmati Report saying it is good that this truth is coming out. In a post on X, the PM said, Well said. It is good that this truth is coming out, and that too in a way common people can see it. A fake narrative...
16:22

Man with 45 non-bailable warrants against him arrested for fraud in J-K

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A man wanted in multiple cases of fraud and evasion, with 45 non-bailable warrants against him, was arrested in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Sunday, the police said. Zubair Rashid Ganie, a resident of Rohama Rafiabad, allegedly defrauded multiple people across the valley under the...
16:16

Siddique murder: Guj man held in Maha's Akola; 25 arrests so far

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The Mumbai Crime Branch on Sunday arrested a Gujarat resident from Akola in Maharashtra in the Baba Siddique murder case, taking the number of people held in the sensational incident to 25, an official said. Salmanbhai Iqbalbhai Vohra, a resident of Petlad in Gujarat's Anand district, was...
16:11

BJP's Purvanchali leader Anil Jha joins AAP

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The BJP's Purvanchali leader and two-time former MLA from Kirari Anil Jha joined the Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday.The development came a few hours after the AAP suffered a big blow as its Najafgarh MLA and Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot quit the...
15:32

Maha polls: Kangana Ranaut holds roadshow for BJP candidate in Nagpur

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Bharatiya Janata Party MP and actor Kangana Ranaut held a roadshow in Nagpur on Sunday for a saffron party candidate ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections. Ranaut was campaigning for BJP candidate Pravin Datke, who is contesting from the Nagpur Central assembly constituency. The...
15:22

9 Kashmiris held in joint Maha police, military op; 9 rifles seized

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Nine Kashmiris were arrested in a joint operation of Ahilyanagar (formerly Ahmednagar) police in Maharashtra and Military Intelligence, Sothern Command and nine rifles as well as 58 live cartridges were allegedly seized from them, an official said on Sunday. The probe began after reliable...
15:11

Retail tomato prices drop 22.4% on improved supplies: Govt

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Retail tomato prices declined 22.4 percent month-on-month on improved supplies across the country, the consumer affairs ministry said on Sunday. The all-India average retail price of tomatoes stood at Rs 52.35 per kg on November 14, down from Rs 67.50 per kg on October 14, according to an...
14:51

Govt plans to re-enact law on disqualification of MPs

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The government plans to repeal a 65-year-old law which lays the ground for disqualification of MPs for holding office of profit and bring a new one which is in sync with present requirements. The legislative department of the Union law ministry has floated the draft 'Parliament (Prevention...
14:43

BJP ex-MP Navneet Rana, supporters attacked in Amravati; 45 booked

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Former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Navneet Rana and her supporters were allegedly attacked by a group of people when she arrived for a public meeting in Maharastra's Amravati district, the police said on Sunday.The police have registered a first information report against 45 people and detained...
14:18

Maha polls: Polling officials, EVMs airlifted to camps in Maoist-hit Gadchiroli

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Election officials carrying EVMs boarding an IAF helicopter/ANI on X
With just three days left for the Maharashtra assembly elections, election officials and EVMs were ferried in helicopters to base camps in the Maoist-affected Gadchiroli district on Sunday, the police said. Gadchiroli SP Neelotpal said Indian Air Force's Mi 17 helicopters carried election...
13:56

Sharad Pawar's bags checked in Maha's Baramati

NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar
NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar chief Sharad Pawar's bags were checked by the poll personnel at Baramati helipad in Maharashtra's Pune district on Sunday morning, according to his associate. Pawar was on way to attend a poll rally in Solapur, the associate said. The model...
13:47

Nigeria to honour Modi with Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Nigeria will confer its second-highest national award, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, making him the second foreign dignitary to receive the distinction.Modi is in Nigeria on the first leg of his three-nation visit at the invitation of President...
13:35

Diljit tweaks songs at Hyderabad show after govt notice

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Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh sang modified lyrics to his chartbusters Lemonade and 5 Taara at the Hyderabad show of his Dil-Luminati India Tour 2024 tour on Saturday, days after receiving a notice from the Telangana government directing him to not sing any songs promoting alcohol, drugs or...
13:29

Manipur: Shah cancels Maha rallies, rushes to Delhi

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday cancelled his rallies in poll-bound Maharashtra and is headed back to Delhi as the situation in Manipur continues to be volatile, according to sources. The home minister is likely to hold a meeting to review the situation in the northeastern state,...
13:11

Maha polls: Candidate seeks ban on slippers near polling booths citing code breach

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An independent candidate contesting the Maharashtra assembly election has made an unusual appeal that slippers be banned near polling booths in his constituency in Dharashiv, citing that they were his poll symbol and wearing them would be a violation of the election code. Gurudas Sambhaji...
12:45

Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot resigns, quits AAP

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Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Kailash Gahlot on Sunday resigned  as the minister and also quit the party. He sent his resignation letter to party's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal explaining the reason behind the move. In his letter, Gahlot's says, There are many...
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5 persons killed, 7 injured in 2 road accidents in MP

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Five persons were killed and seven others injured in two separate road accidents in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone and Morena districts, the police said on Sunday. A sports utility vehicle and a van collided near the PWD office in Khargone city at around 7 am on Sunday, Khargone Kotwali police...
11:52

Houses of 4 more MLAs torched in Manipur

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Irate mobs set fire to the residences of three more Bharatiya Janata Party legislators, one of whom is a senior minister, and a Congress MLA in various districts of Imphal Valley even as security forces foiled the attempt of agitators to storm the ancestral residence of Manipur Chief Minister N...
11:44

Dead man's eye goes missing at Bihar hospital, family suspects foul play

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One eye of a man who was shot at was found missing hours after his death at a state-run hospital in the Bihar capital, with doctors blaming rats for gnawing it and the deceased's family members suspecting foul play. Fantush Kumar, who was admitted to Nalanda Medical College and Hospital in...
11:29

Hoax threat call to RBI customer care department, case registered

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A hoax threat call was received by the customer care department of the Reserve Bank of India in Maharashtra's Mumbai, the police said on Sunday.  According to officials, the Mumbai police have registered a case regarding the same and have initiated a probe into the...
11:23

Na Manipur ek hai, na safe hai: Kharge

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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance governments for 'simmering violence' in Manipur, saying that 'neither Manipur is united nor it is safe under BJP's double engine governments'.Hitting out at the BJP, Kharge accused...
10:30

Railway holds train for baraat to reach Guwahati

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The Railways detained a connecting train in Howrah station for a few minutes for a 'baraat' party coming from Mumbai so that they could reach the venue in Guwahati on time, officials said.The incident took place on Friday after Chandrasekhar Wagh, a member of a 34-strong 'baraat' party...
09:51

Manipur govt urges Centre to withdraw AFSPA

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The Manipur government has requested the Centre to review and withdraw Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 from areas falling under the jurisdiction of six police stations in the state, an official said.The Centre has reimposed the AFSPA in Manipur's six police station areas, including...
09:30

2 light bombs fired at Netanyahu's home

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Two flares were fired at the private residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the early hours of Sunday, Times of Israel reported.In a statement released by the Israel Police, details of the attack were shared.It was noted that neither Netanyahu nor his family was present at the...
08:58

Trump picks fossil fuel executive for energy secy

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United States President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named CEO of Liberty Energy, Chris Wright as the secretary of the Department of Energy, CNN reported.The CEO of a Denver-based fracking company will also serve as a member of the newly formed Council of National Energy.Trump said that the...