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Veteran industrialist and Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata passed away on Wednesday evening, PTI reported quoting a police official. Tata was 86 years old. Tata had been admitted to a Mumbai-based hospital on Monday, and he had said there was no cause for concern regarding his...
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A London-based backup dancer has said she withdrew from the European leg of Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh's Dil-Luminati Tour, accusing the management team of unprofessional and disrespectful behaviour. A source close to the tour team, however, dismissed artist Shilpa Sajan's claim,...
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Former US President Donald Trump has revealed what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said when offered help in dealing with a country that threatened India and said the Indian leader remarked I will do it, I will do it, I will do anything necessary. Trump made the remarks in a podcast called...
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NC vice president Omar Abdullah after party victory in Srinagar/Umar Ganie for Rediff.com
The legislature party of the National Conference will meet on Thursday to elect their leader as party president Farooq Abdullah maintained that his son Omar Abdullah will be the first chief minister of the Union Territory. The NC on Tuesday emerged as the single largest party with 42 seats...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to Laos beginning Thursday to attend the ASEAN-India Summit and the East Asia Summit where improving connectivity and expanding digital public infrastructure are expected to be the key issues on the table. Modi's visit also commemorates...
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Personal data like mobile numbers, PAN, addresses and pre-existing medical conditions of about 3.1 crore customers of Star Health Insurance is allegedly available on a website created by a hacker identified as xenZen. The hacker claimed that Star Health's Chief Information Security Officer...
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Former DGP R Sreelekha, the first woman IPS officer in the Kerala cadre, joined the BJP on Wednesday.She took party membership at her Thiruvananthapuram residence from BJP state president K Surendran and district president V V Rajesh. Expressing...
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The Madhya Pradesh police on Wednesday registered an FIR against Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray MP Sanjay Raut for allegedly making misleading remarks over the state government's flagship Ladli Behna Yojana, an official said. The case was registered this evening by the Bhopal crime...
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An inquiry has been ordered after members of an Hindu outfit staged a protest outside the SDM's office in Berinag in Dehradun demanding removal of an 'illegal' mosque being run in a house, officials said on Wednesday. According to the protestors, an abandoned house in Berinag has allegedly...
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A Vistara aircraft flying from London to Delhi received a bomb threat on Wednesday and the plane landed safely at the airport in the national capital, according to sources. The sources said that a piece of paper with the message about a bomb onboard the plane was found in one of the...
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Veteran industrialist and Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata continues to be in Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital for age-related ailments, said people aware of the situation. Comments from the Tata group could not be immediately obtained on his health condition. On Monday, Tata, known...
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A Syrian refugee and his toddler son, as well as a Sudanese national, suffered burns when they were attacked with acid allegedly by a resident in Vikaspuri, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place on September 30 near the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in the west...
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The two-phase Army Commanders' Conference during which the army will review current operational preparedness and deliberate on critical strategies is set to begin in Sikkim on Thursday. The second ACC this year is being organised in a hybrid mode, with the first phase planned on October...
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'Delhi chief minister's residence' at 6, Flagstaff Road in Civil Lines was forcibly vacated at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party as Lt Governor V K Saxena wants to allot it to a saffron party leader, the Chief Mininster's Office alleged in a statement on Wednesday. There was no...
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A Vistara aircraft flying from London to Delhi received a bomb threat on Wednesday and the plane landed safely at the airport in the national capital, according to sources.The sources said that a piece of paper with the message about a bomb onboard the plane was found in one of the lavatories and...
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Among the 30 Sensex companies, ITC, Nestle India, Hindustan Unilever, Reliance Industries, Larsen & Toubro and HDFC Bank were among the major laggards.On the contrary, Tata Motors, Tech Mahindra, State Bank of India, Maruti Suzuki India, Bajaj Finance, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv and Bharti...
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Benchmark Sensex reversed its gains and closed lower by 167 points on Wednesday due to profit-taking in select blue-chips in the last hour even as the RBI took the first step towards a rate cut in its monetary policy review.Erasing its early gains, the 30-share BSE Sensex fell 167.71 points or...
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Sonam Wangchuk, who is on a hunger strike for the last four days, on Wednesday said a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh came to him last night, extended his support, and even gave him some mosquito repellent.Wangchuk, who has been camping at Ladakh Bhawan in the national capital, is yet...
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Karnataka Congress MLA B Nagendra is the 'mastermind' behind the multi-crore Valmiki Corporation alleged scam and the funds diverted from this state government entity were also used for a candidate who contested the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year, the ED claimed Wednesday.The federal agency...
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India on Wednesday appealed to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to use his influence to remove a donkey from the sets of Bigg Boss 18.In a letter sent to Khan, PETA India highlighted growing public concern over the use of the donkey, which was...
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BigBasket has instituted the minimum wage policy
Only two of the 11 e-commerce platforms have a minimum wage policy that guarantees all their workers earn at least the local hourly minimum wage, according to a survey report by the research organisation Fairwork India.The latest survey conducted by Fairwork India in association with the...
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Omar Abdullah's sons Zamir and Zahir
Zamir Abdullah, son of Omar Abdullah, criticised the Union government on Wednesday, accusing it of attempting to weaken the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) and the Abdullah family to exert pressure on the people of Jammu and Kashmir.This is everyone's happiness, the happiness of...
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The BJP, which pulled off a hat-trick of wins in Haryana by bucking anti-incumbency, managed to make significant inroads into the Dalit seats and Jat strongholds. The Congress was heavily banking on the Dalit and Jat votes to make a comeback after a decade of being out of power. Not only...
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The Election Commission writes to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. The Commission has meanwhile noted the statements from your good self and the Leader of Opposition which have termed the Haryana results as unexpected and that the INC proposes to analyse the same and approach the ECI with...
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Failure is an orphan
Suggesting that Congress' overconfidence was responsible for its defeat in Haryana, INDIA bloc ally Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday alleged the Congress relies on allies in weak regions but ignores them in its stronghold areas. A day after the BJP won a third consecutive term in Haryana, Shiv...
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The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with proteins. Baker works at the University of Washington in Seattle, while Hassabis and Jumper both work at Google Deepmind in London. Hans Ellegren, secretary general of the Royal...
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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the stand of Delhi police on a plea seeking permission for climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and others to hold a peaceful protest at the city's Jantar Mantar. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma issued notice on the plea filed by Apex...
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The Aam Aadmi Party will contest the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections alone against an overconfident Congress, a party member said on Wednesday. In Delhi, AAP will contest alone. We are capable of fighting the overconfident Congress and arrogant BJP alone, AAP spokesperson Priyanka...
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A day after the Congress' defeat in the Haryana polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Congress is an irresponsible party and a factory to spread hatred which wants to divide Hindus and pit one community against another. The BJP has won the Haryana assembly elections and it shows the...
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National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah Wednesday said hoping for the restoration of Article 370 from the very people who snatched it would be foolish, but his party would keep the issue alive and continue to raise it.Our political stand will not change. We have never said that we will...
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Instead of harvesting the wrath against BJP and using it to their advantage by opting for a collective form of leadership, the Congress decided once again to bestow their trust in the Hooda family who were given a free hand in the distribution of tickets. This turned out to be the biggest blunder...
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Making it count
National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the NC-Congress government will pass a resolution demanding the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood in its first cabinet meeting. After the formation of the government, I hope in the first cabinet meeting, the...
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With Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud set to retire next month, he said that his mind is heavily preoccupied with fears and anxieties about the future and the past, and ponder over questions whether he achieved everything he set out to do and how will history judge his tenure. He...
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BJP national spokesperson Amit Malviya, criticized the Congress party for gloating about their vote share in Haryana, claiming that most of their support comes from Muslim-dominated seats. Coming down heavily on the opposition, the BJP leader called Congress, new Muslim League, and said that...
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Former Congress MP and Karnataka's deputy CM DK Shivakumar's brother, DK Suresh speaking to media on Wednesday said that overconfidence within the party had led to the loss in Haryana assembly elections. In J&K, the people have given us a good mandate where the INDIA alliance is going to...
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One Hundred Years of Solitude, a series based on Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez's literary masterpiece of the same name, will start streaming on Netflix in December. This marks the first screen adaptation of the landmark novel. Published in 1967, it narrates the...
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The Reserve Bank on Wednesday retained the growth projection for the current fiscal at 7.2 per cent on the back of robust consumption and investment momentum. It, however, lowered the GDP estimate for the second quarter to 7 per cent from 7.2 per cent earlier.Real gross domestic product (GDP)...
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Heavy rains coupled with thunderstorms and lightning led to the diversion of five commercial flights from the Goa International Airport at Dabolim, a senior official said on Wednesday. The flight diversion took place on Tuesday evening due to the bad weather, the official from the Goa...
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National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah Wednesday said the Congress will have to introspect deep to find reasons for its defeat in Haryana, where the BJP is set to return for a third consecutive term. The NC and Congress fought the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls as allies. I...
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Another day, another mess-up for commuters travelling to work. Services on the newly opened underground Mumbai Metro Line 3 corridor were affected on Wednesday morning due to a technical snag in the train's door closure system at a station on the route, according to...
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Rahul Gandhi campaigning in Haryana
Rahul Gandhi's first statement after the Congress party's debacle in the Haryana polls yesterday. Rahul Gandhi did not make a single comment on X or anywhere else after the loss.Bucking anti-incumbency, the ruling BJP pulled off a hat-trick of wins in Haryana to retain power and halt the...
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Saini gets its mom's blessings after the win yesterday
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday ahead of his likely swearing-in as the head of the BJP government in the state following the party's remarkable win in the assembly polls. The BJP had indicated during the elections that...
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After the BJP secured a historic third consecutive term in Haryana with 48 seats in the assembly elections, Union Minister and former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that the support of silent voters played a major role in the party's success and emphasized that the public appreciated the...
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In an apparent jibe at the Congress after its poll rout, Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale on Wednesday said the attitude of not accommodating regional parties in places where they felt they were winning is leading to its electoral losses. In a post on X, Gokhale, without naming any...
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The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the tenth time in a row but changed its stance to 'neutral' that may lead to a cut in the forthcoming policies. RBI maintained status quo despite the US Federal Reserve lowering the benchmark rates by 50...
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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says the Monetary Policy Committee has decided by a majority to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5%.
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Omar's SpongeBob SquarePants emoji yesterday before counting began
After a resounding victory in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, National Conference Vice President and newly-elected MLA Omar Abdullah, on Wednesday expressed gratitude to the voters of the union territory saying that voters have performed their duty, now their responsibility begins.I am very...
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Akasa Air, whose entire 25 aircraft fleet is made up of Boeing 737s (B737s), will conduct safety assessment of 14 planes, following aviation regulator's direction to Indian airlines to gauge safety of B737s that are equipped with Collins Aerospace's rudder control system. The low cost...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed gratitude to the people of Jammu and Kashmir after BJP secured the highest ever vote percentage in assembly polls in the valley.BJP won 29 seats in Jammu and Kashmir elections surpassing its previous highest tally of 25 seats in the 2014 election. As per...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that many national and international conspiracies are being hatched for some time now to weaken India's democracy and alleged that Congress and its allies are involved in this game.Addressing BJP workers at party headquarters in New Delhi last evening...
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Meanwhile in West Bengal which ushers in the first day of Durga puja today, Shashti, the government has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the alleged rape-murder of a 10-year-old girl in the South 24 Parganas district's Kultuli area, an official said. The SIT will be...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an all-out attack on Congress on Tuesday and dubbed it a parasitic party that swallows its allies.Addressing party workers at BJP headquarters in Delhi, PM Modi said, Congress is such a parasitic party that swallows its allies. Congress wants to build a...
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A Territorial Army (TA) soldier was allegedly abducted by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag, sources said on Wednesday.According to sources, two TA soldiers were allegedly abducted from the forest area in Anantnag, however, one of them managed to escape.A search operation has been...
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Former Maharashtra MLA Bhanudas Murkute was arrested on Tuesday by the police in Ahilyanagar district after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her multiple times since 2019, an official said. Murkute (83) was apprehended by a team of the Rahuri police in connection...
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Lawyers of Anjuman Intezamia Committee on Tuesday submitted their views in the fast track court on a petition filed by the Hindu party demanding survey by the Archeological Survey of India of the remaining parts of the Gyanvapi complex. After hearing the Muslim side, the court fixed October...
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Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday blamed the casteist people of the Jat community of the state for the adverse Haryana assembly election results and advised them to change their mentality. The BSP had fought the Haryana polls in alliance with the Indian National Lok Dal, the...
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Hailing BJP's victory in the Jammu region as historic, Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday said people have shown once again in the assembly polls that Jammu is 'Congress-mukt'.The BJP's tally in the present J-K election is all-time high, he said in a statement in Jammu.Referring to...
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