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Four social media influencers, including Elvish Yadav, who had been summoned in connection with an app-based fraud of Rs 500 crore, did not appear before the Delhi police on Friday, officials said. The IFSO Unit (Special Cell) of the Delhi Police has issued notice to the social media...
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A mob clashed with police personnel in Beed on Friday afternoon over a couple going to a hotel, an official said. The police had to use force to control the situation, the Beed city police station official added. The mob tried to beat up the couple. The duo was saved by police, which...
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Passengers travelling on Mumbai Metro Line 2A between Dahisar and Andheri West on Friday claimed a stampede-like situation prevailed for some time at Andheri West station, though officials said it was overcrowding caused by two trains arriving at the same time. Social media users shared...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday termed as speculative in nature the statement by National Conference vice president Omar Abdulla on the transaction business rules. Shah in a post on X said, Mr. @OmarAbdullah's tweet is misleading and speculative in nature. There is not even an iota...
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The Delhi police on Friday said they have issued a look out circular against an Indian origin Dubai-based businessman, who is suspected to be involved in drug cartel worth Rs 5,000 crore busted in the national capital, officials said. The suspect, identified as Virender Basoya, is believed...
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Crisis-hit SpiceJet, which has recently raised Rs 3,000 crore, on Friday said it has cleared all pending salary and GST dues as well as deposited ten months' dues of provident fund.On September 23, the airline announced raising Rs 3,000 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement of...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday inaugurate Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro Line 3, Mumbai's first fully underground metro line. PM Modi will take a ride from BKC to Santacruz metro station and will come back to BKC via the metro. During the ride, PM Modi will interact with Laadki...
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A 15-year-old boy allegedly stabbed to death a Class IX student in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district, a police official said on Friday. The accused, who studies in Class VIII, had also sent a message on victim Rohit Prajapati's cellphone threatening to kill him following an altercation,...
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The Kerala high court on Friday set aside a trial court order that acquitted eight Indian Union Muslim League workers in the 2015 murder case of a Democratic Youth Federation of India activist in Kozhikode district.The High Court set aside the order of Kozhikode additional sessions court after an...
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National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday asked bureaucrats in Jammu and Kashmir to resist any pressure to further disempower the incoming elected government. The BJP has clearly accepted defeat in J-K. Why else would the chief secretary be assigned the duty to change...
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Tourism operators in Goa have begun erecting beach shacks this year in a departure from the usual practice of waiting for the season to be fully energised by December. Incidentally, two chartered flights with tourists from Russia arrived at Manohar International Airport on October...
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The National Stock Exchange, its former chief Vikram Limaye and eight others on Friday settled with markets regulator Sebi a case, pertaining to alleged failure to address the bourse's TAP (trading access point) system deficiencies, after paying Rs 643 crore. This will be one of the highest...
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Former cricketer Salil Ankola's mother was found dead in her Pune flat on Friday with her throat slit, a police official said, adding the injuries prima facie look self inflicted. The body of Mala Ashok Ankola (77) was found in her flat on Prabhat Road in Deccan Gymkhana area in the...
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India's foreign exchange reserves scaled a new high again, crossing the $700 billion milestone. In the week that ended on September 27, the forex reserves kitty rose $12.588 billion to $704.885 billion, as per the data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday. Last...
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Sri Lanka on Friday released 50 Indian fishermen arrested by its Navy for allegedly poaching in the island nation's waters, the Indian mission in Colombo said. Fishermen from both countries are arrested frequently for inadvertently trespassing into each other's waters. Returning home!...
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Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu will pay a five-day visit to India beginning Monday with an aim to reset ties that came under some strain since November last year. Though the Maldivian president attended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony in June, it will be his first...
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Three engineering colleges in the city received emails on Friday afternoon saying that bombs had been planted on their premises, which later turned out to be hoax, said the police. According to police sources, the Bangalore Institute of Technology and BMS College of Engineering, both in...
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Flight operations at Mumbai Airport will be closed for six hours on October 17 for carrying out post-Monsoon maintenance work on two cross runways at the facility, Mumbai International Airport Ltd said on Friday. This scheduled temporary closure is a part of Mumbai Airport's annual...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and discussed ways to deepen ongoing cooperation and strengthen India-Sri Lanka ties, and assured India's continued support to the island nation's economic...
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India on Friday announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in mid-October. The announcement was made by external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. The last Indian external...
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Goddess Durga's eyes are seen closed at a Durga Puja pandal themed "Lajja" based on RG Kar murder case, in Kolkata/ANI Photo
Amid ongoing protests demanding justice for the RG Kar victim, a Durga Puja committee in Kolkata has unveiled a poignant idol depicting the goddess covering her face with her palms in front of a woman's body. Titled Lajja (Shame), the puja has been organised by the Shri Shri Saraswati and...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slumped nearly 1 per cent in a topsy-turvy trading session on Friday, dragged by intense selling in FMCG, auto and energy stocks amid escalating tensions in West Asia and persistent foreign capital outflows. Besides, a spike in global crude...
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Amit Shah at a metal craft museum in Ahmedabad
Union Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Centre is planning to add 75,000 medical seats across the country in the next 10 years to improve health care facilities. Addressing a gathering in Adalaj village near Ahmedabad after inaugurating trust-run hospital 'Hiramani Arogyadham', Shah said...
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Govinda discharged from hospital.
Actor Govinda was discharged from hospital on Friday, three days after he injured his leg when his revolver accidently went off, and answered the top of mind question of what exactly happened. Voh giri aur chal padi, he chuckled. The accident happened early on Tuesday morning when he was...
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After both grandfathers, father and uncle, Lieutenant Tanishka Damodaran is the first girl from the family to join the Indian Army. She will join her first posting in Kashmir soon and hopes to follows her family tradition of joining the Paras. Archana Masih/Rediff.com reports
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Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said there is no question of privatising the railways and asserted the national transporter's focus is on providing affordable service to all. The aim is to ensure people can travel up to 1,000 kilometres in comfort in less than Rs 400, the railway...
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a rare appearance, is currently delivering a sermon at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Mosalla Mosque.In the first part of his speech, which he delivered in Persian, he emphasised the 'unity' of Muslims around the world based on the principles of the...
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Sukanya Verma recommends watching CTRL on a computer for an eerie, immersive, real-time experience. Read the review here.
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India will witness the steepest rise in living standards of the common man on the back of the government's initiatives and the efforts towards doubling per capita income in few years, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. Addressing the 3rd edition of the Kautilya...
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NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar praised Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for not being afraid to express his views, even when they may contradict his own party's position. Speaking on Gadkari's earlier remark on Indians' love for freebies on some government scheme, Pawar on Friday noted that Gadkari...
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Casting Marathi theatre and screen actors gives Manvat Murders its stamp of authenticity, observes Deepa Gahlot. Read the review here.
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Two Army personnel were injured in a landmine blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday, officials said. In the wee hours, during patrolling at Googaldara near LoC in Trehgam area of the north Kashmir district, two army personnel got injured in a...
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Zee Entertainment, co-producer of Kangana Ranaut's Emergency' film, tells the High Court it has agreed to cuts suggested by the censor board. The movie, which was initially slated for a September 6 release, has been embroiled in a battle with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC),...
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Maharashtra assembly Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal and at least two tribal legislators jumped off the third floor of the Mantralaya building in Mumbai and landed on the safety nets on Friday afternoon, an official said. Zirwal and the others were protesting against the inclusion of the...
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Home-cooked meals became dearer in September compared to a year ago as prices of onion, potato and tomatoes shot up, a report said on Friday. A vegetarian meal cost went up 11 per cent over year to Rs 31.3 in September from Rs 28.1 in September 2023, and inched up from Rs 31.2 in the...
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Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday performed puja along with his family at his new residence.He vacated his 6, Flagstaff Road residence to move to his new address in the Lutyens' Zone. His parents and daughter were with him. The Kejriwal family will be...
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Day 2 celebrates Maa Brahmacharini, the embodiment of penance and devotion.In this form, the Goddess Durga represents the deep spiritual discipline and dedication required for growth and self-realisation.Today's colour is green, symbolising growth, peace and fresh beginnings.Why not channel your...
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The victims lived in Shimla and owned an apple orchard
A Nepalese couple has been booked for allegedly stealing jewellery and other valuables from a family in Shimla after serving them food laced with intoxicants, police said. The accused have been identified as Krishan and his wife Isha, police said Thursday. According to...
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Ahead of Diwali when all things that can be sold are bought, Barbie and designer Anita Dongre collaborate for the doll's new look.Dressed in her finest lehenga designed by the world-class Indian couturier, this doll's look pays homage to Anita's heritage, and the time-honored craftsmanship of the...
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Update: The Supreme Court on Friday constituted an independent special investigation team to conduct probe into allegations of use of animal fat in making Tirupati laddus. The special investigation team (SIT) will comprise two officials each from the CBI and the Andhra Pradesh Police besides...
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Supreme Court begins hearing a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored investigation into the allegations of use of animal fat to make laddus to serve as prasadam at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh, where Lord Venkateswara is worshipped.Supreme Court suggests:...
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West Bengal's agitating junior doctors are likely to call off their total cease work on Friday and resume normal duties soon after, while continuing their demonstrations demanding justice for their murdered colleague at RG Kar hospital and improved safety measures in medical...
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Union minister Kiren Rijiju shares this image writing, While on the way to Nagpur in early morning, I could see from distance my colleague Railway Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw ji boarding another flight to another city to review Vande Bharat Railway projects. He doesn't know but he'll know after...
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The share of workers in manufacturing still remains below the pre-pandemic levels while there is an increase in the proportion of people in agriculture, shows the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data.The data shows the share of workers in manufacturing is 11.4 per cent while the...
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From start to finish, Dharmaveer 2 feels less like a biopic and more like propaganda crafted for Eknath Shinde's political gain, observes Prasanna D Zore.Read the review here.
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iPhone maker Apple on Friday said it will open four more stores in India, located in Pune, Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai. The company said it will also roll out its first-ever made in India iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max series devices this month. We're thrilled to build our...
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Just as the Biden administration implored Benjamin Netanyahu to cease fire and bring succor to the millions crushed by the brutal Israeli occupation of Gaza, Israel opened a new front in Lebanon.After its drubbing-of-sorts (for the unvanquished Israeli Defence Forces) in 2006 at Hezbollah's...
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Amid the black ticketing controversy surrounding the Coldplay concert in India, online ticket aggregator BookMyShow has filed a First Information Report (FIR) in Mumbai against unknown scalpers. BookMyShow files a case against an unknown person at Vile Parle Police Station in Mumbai, for...
09:58
Barack Obama shares this image saying: Happy anniversary, @MichelleObama! 32 years together, and I couldn't have asked for a better partner and friend to go through life with.
09:40
The selling pressure continues in the Indian stock markets as the Nifty fell more than 4 per cent in the last 5 sessions, while the Sensex declined by 4.3 per cent in the last 5 trading sessions.Nifty on Friday opened at 25,181.90, down 68.20 points or 0.27 per cent, while the Sensex declined by...
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Junior doctors in West Bengal continued their total 'cease work' at all state-run medical colleges and hospitals on Friday demanding justice for their colleague who was raped-murdered at RG Kar hospital and improved safety measures at medical facilities. We are holding a governing body...
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Senior Congress leader and Sirsa MP Kumari Selja met her party's leadership in Delhi on Thursday, the last day of campaigning for the Haryana Assembly election.The meeting came amid reports that she was 'upset' over the party's affairs in Haryana.Selja stayed away from the party's poll campaign...
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wo Indian Americans, Padmini Pillai from Boston and Nalini Tata from New York, were appointed to the 2024-2025 class of White House Fellows on Thursday. In all, 15 exceptionally-talented individuals from across the United States have been named to this prestigious programme. Fellows spend a...
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Ruchika Chitravanshi/Business Standard Prime Minister Narendra D Modi is scheduled to address the Kautilya Economic Conclave being held from October 4 to 6, according to people in the know.This will be the first time the prime minister will attend the event, which has been organised by the...
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United States President Joe Biden on Thursday stated that he is 'in discussion' about possible strikes on Iranian oil facilities.Speaking to reporters at the White House, Biden, when asked if he would support Israel striking Iran's oil facilities, responded, We're in discussion of that. I think...
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Two wagons of a goods train derailed near a railway yard in Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday night, an official said. Though no one was hurt in the incident, it had affected rail traffic on the down line, he added. Efforts are on to restore the route, the official said. Videos of...
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Veteran actor Mohan Raj, popularly known by his stage name Keerikkadan Jose, passed away at his residence near here on Thursday, film industry sources said. He was 70. Mohan Raj died while undergoing treatment for various ailments at his home in Kanjiramkulam, they said. He gained...
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Top Army officer in Kashmir valley Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai on Thursday said the Army would soon be able to crack encrypted handsets used by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to reporters here, Lt Gen Ghai acknowledged that the 'Ultra' communication was giving secrecy to terror groups but...
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