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Central Railway said it will operate special traffic and power blocks in the intervening nights of October 12-13 and October 13-14 to launch girders of the Carnac road overbridge between CSMT and Masjid stations. In a release issued on Friday evening, CR said the block on October 12-13 will...
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More than 12,000 personnel and officers of the Mumbai police will be deployed for the Dussehra rallies of the Shiv Sena and Shiv Sena-UBT and immersion of Durga idols in the city, an official said on Friday. Shiv Sena-UBT will hold its annual Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park, and the Shiv...
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Aviation regulator DGCA will conduct a thorough examination of the Air India Express plane that suffered a hydraulic failure while operating a flight from Trichy to Sharjah on Friday to ascertain the cause of the glitch. The aircraft carrying 141 people suffered a hydraulic failure soon...
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The doors of Gangotri and Yamunotri temples will close for the winter season on November 2 and 3 respectively. All temples located in the Garhwal Himalayas, also known as Char Dham, are closed in winter as they become snowbound. The Gangotri temple's portals will close at 12.14 pm on...
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An express train rammed into a stationary train at Kavarapettai in Tamil Nadu and several passengers are feared injured, the police said. A fire broke out quickly near a coach and only sketchy information is available right now on the accident, the railway police said. At least two...
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Delhi Metro passengers had a harrowing time on Friday evening after a technical snag was reported on the Yellow Line, officials said. The officials said they were looking into the issue. A large number of passengers were stuck at the Patel Chowk Metro Station. Several passengers also...
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Jammu and Kashmir chief minister-designate Omar Abdullah on Friday called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in Srinagar and staked claim to form the National Conference-Congress alliance government in the Union Territory. During his meeting with Sinha, Abdullah presented the letters of...
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A 28-year-old food delivery agent was allegedly stabbed to death in Delhi's Rohini by a teenager following an altercation over a common female friend, the police said on Friday. The incident took place in Vijay Vihar area on Tuesday when Nikhil Tomar (19) stabbed Deepak multiple times, they...
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Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday sought to scotch speculations over his leaving the state cabinet meeting early, and said that all is well within the ruling Mahayuti alliance comprising Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena and his Nationalist Congress Party. I had to leave...
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The Air India Express Flight IX 613 with 141 passengers onboard from Tiruchirapalli to Sharjah has landed safely at Tiruchirapalli airport on Friday evening, said the ministry of civil aviation. DGCA was monitoring the situation. The landing gear was opening. The flight has landed...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to Delhi after a two-day visit to Laos during which he participated in the 21st ASEAN-India and the 19th East Asia Summit. The Prime Minister described his visit productive and said it is in line with India's commitment to keep strengthening the...
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A Sharjah bound flight from Tiruchirappalli, shortly after departure on Friday evening, witnessed mid-air technical glitch, police said. Attempts are being made by the pilots to land the aircraft in Tiruchirappalli airport and as per initial reports, the fault is related to hydraulic...
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Just In: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah meets the lieutenant governor in Srinagar, stakes claim to form the government.
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The 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow in Civil Lines was formally allotted to Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Friday, two days after she was allegedly forcibly made to vacate it, officials said. An offer letter issued by the public works department said the bungalow in Civil Lines has been formally...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Justine Trudeau met on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Laos, almost a year after his Canadian counterpart accused India of involvement in the death of a Canadian Khalistani separatist. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said Trudeau described the...
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India's forex reserves dropped by $3.709 billion to $701.176 billion for the week ended October 4, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the reserves had jumped by $12.588 billion to an all-time high of $704.885 billion. For the week ended October 4, foreign currency...
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Consumer rights regulator Central Consumer Protection Authority has slapped a notice on electric two-wheeler manufacturer Ola, as it initiates a class action after over 10,000 complaints related to quality and after-sales service remained unaddressed, according to sources. The National...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Rajasthan, Ghanshyam Tiwari, has been appointed as the chairman of the Ethics Committee of Rajya Sabha by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. The committee has has been reconstituted by the Rajya Sabha chairman with effect from October 10. Among other members...
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A week after a woman was allegedly raped by three men on Pune city's outskirts, police have made the first arrest, officials said on Friday, a breakthrough coming after nearly 700 cops worked on the case and scanned hours of CCTV footage. The 21-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Friday, dragged by selling in banking, utility and financial stocks as investors turned cautious ahead of key macro data. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 230.05 points or 0.28 percent to close at 81,381.36. During the day, it...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday praised the Indian Army as one of the most trusted and inspiring organisations in the country, highlighting its significant role in safeguarding borders, combating terrorism and assisting civil administration in times of need. Addressing the Army...
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The Delhi police, which is probing the city's biggest-ever seizure of cocaine worth over Rs 7,000 crore, has issued look-out circulars against six people, including an Indian-origin UK national who fled the country before the latest recovery of 208 kg of the drug from west Delhi.According to the...
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Aam Admi Party on Friday said that it will extend support to Jammu and Kashmir National Conference after the NC-Congress alliance emerges victorious in the recently concluded assembly election in the Union Territory. The formal letter of support has been submitted to the Lt Governor by...
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A 16-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly raped by a man in Pratapgarh has died during treatment at a hospital, the police said on Friday. Additional superintendent of police (West) Sanjay Rai said the teenager was held hostage and raped on Sunday last week. The accused tied her hands...
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The Delhi Police on Friday claimed to have busted a syndicate with the arrest of three men, including two foreign nationals, and the seizure of cocaine worth Rs 3.3 crore from their possession. Police have seized 563 grams of cocaine from the possession of the two arrested Nigerian...
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The Janata Dal-United on Friday rebuffed Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav's statement calling for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's exit from the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance.Yadav, a former Uttar Pradesh CM, has accused the ruling BJP government of preventing...
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Around 150 militants are waiting at launchpads across the Line of Control (LoC) to infiltrate into the Kashmir valley as winter approaches, but security forces would foil any such bid, a senior BSF officer said on Friday. Attempts of infiltration continue to take place. Based on the...
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Two Agniveers were killed when a shell from an Indian field gun exploded during firing practice at the Artillery Centre in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said on Friday.The incident occurred at the Artillery Centre in the Nashik Road area on Thursday afternoon, an official said.Agniveers...
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday urged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to withdraw his party's support to the National Democratic Alliance, saying the BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh has stopped 'Samajwadis' from paying tributes to socialist ideologue Jayaprakash Narain.Kumar...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday left for home after wrapping up his productive two-day visit to the Laos where he attended the ASEAN-India and East Asia summits. Modi arrived in Laos on Thursday and is visiting Lao PDR at the invitation of Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone. Thank...
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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors, on Friday for its activism against nuclear weapons, reports Associated Press.Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was given as the taboo surrounding the...
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Sunainaa Chadha/Business StandardDLF, the countrys biggest realty firm in terms of market capitalisation, is set to launch the most expensive project in Indias real estate history -- DLF The Dahlias, right across the road from the existing Camellias, on Golf Course Road in Gurugram.The Dahlias...
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Noted shehnai player from Himachal Pradesh Surajmani passed away at the AIIMS-Bilaspur, officials said on Friday. He was 63. Suffering from chronic pancreatitis, Surajmani breathed his last on Thursday. He is survived by wife and two sons.Hailing from Chachiot village in the Nachan area of...
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Noel Tata, 67, the half brother of Ratan N Tata, on Friday was appointed chairman of Tata Trusts. Noel is Ratan Tata's half-brother and Naval and Simone Tata's son. He is married to Aloo Mistry, the late Pallonji Mistry's daughter and the late Cyrus Mistry's sister, reports Business...
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The Navi Mumbai International Airport successfully conducted the trial landing of an aircraft with the touchdown of an Airbus C295 plane on Friday. The Indian Air Force transport carrier C295 landed at the Southern runway 26 of the airport at 12.14 pm, according to the airport...
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Music composer A R Rahman will be performing at a live music concert to celebrate Kamala Harris' historic candidacy for United States President, an Indian-American fundraiser has announced. The Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Victory Fund, which has endorsed the US Vice President for...
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A business development professional who threatened a man that he would throw acid on his wife's face over her choice of clothes has been sacked from the company, sources said on Friday.The police, too, have launched an investigation against Nikith Shetty...., kindly tell your wife to follow a...
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Veteran actor Shabana Azmi will be honoured with the Excellence in Cinema Award at the 2024 MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, recognising her exceptional career spanning 50 years, the organisers announced on Friday. The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), which organises the film gala every...
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A Goddess Kali crown gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a famous temple in Bangladesh in 2021, has been stolen. The silver, gold-plated crown was stolen from the Jeshoreshwari temple in Satkhira's Shyamnagar on Thursday afternoon, shortly after the temple priest had left...
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Noting that conflicts in different parts of the world are having the most negative impact on the countries of the Global South, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for the restoration of peace and stability in Eurasia and West Asia.Addressing the 19th East Asia Summit, Modi also...
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The Lucknow Development Authority has informed Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav that his planned visit to the JP Narayan International Centre in Lucknow on Friday is not advisable as it cited security concerns due to the ongoing construction work at the site. After a high-voltage...
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Among the world dignitaries that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in the Laotian capital Vientiane on a two-day visit, met on the sidelines of the 21st ASEAN-India Summit was Japan's new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba.This was the first meeting between the two leaders. Ishiba was appointed...
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To pay a tribute to Ratan Tata, their departed chairman, workers at the Tata Motors plant in Pimpri Chinchwad on Thursday continued operations on the shop floor despite being in mourning. Tata, 86, died at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday night. When JRD Tata died, (Ratan) Tata sir...
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A food delivery man was killed after a high-end car driven by a senior executive of a private firm hit the two-wheeler he was riding in Pune in the early hours of Friday, police said. Ayush Tayal (34), who was driving the car, fled from the spot after the accident near Tadigutta in the...
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Khushboo Tiwari/Business StandardSebi on Thursday extended the deadline to implement direct payout of securities to demat account from October 14 to November 11 to ensure a hassle free implementation.The market regulator took this decision after getting representation from key institutions like...
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To woo the Muslim minority ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, the Eknath Shinde-led Mahayuti government on Thursday increased the grants for the Maulana Azad Minorities Financial Corporation (MAMFC) by Rs 300 crore.In a cabinet meeting chaired by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath...
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Vowing to introduce a reciprocal tax if elected to power, former United States president Donald Trump on Thursday alleged that India, among all major countries, imposes the highest tariffs on foreign products. Perhaps the most important element of my plan to make America extraordinarily...
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The ongoing Navratri festivities were affected after heavy rains with thunderstorms and lightning lashed several parts of Mumbai on Thursday night. In its forecast for Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a partly cloudy sky with the possibility of moderate rain or...
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Vice President Kamala Harris is a captive of her Democratic party and its unpopular policies, the editorial board of a top American financial daily said on Thursday, warning the ruling party that her Republican rival Donald Trump can win anyway if the undecided voters conclude that she is merely...
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One of the medics on hunger strike was hospitalised on Thursday night after his health condition deteriorated, a senior doctor said. The medic was identified as Aniket Mahato, one of the seven on fast unto death since Saturday evening. Aniket Mahato's condition worsened and his parameters...
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The Jammu and Kashmir Congress Legislature Party will meet Friday afternoon in Srinagar to choose its leader, a party spokesperson said. Congress secured six seats, while its alliance partner, the National Conference, won 42 seats in the latest election in the state held after a gap of 10...
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To pay a tribute to Ratan Tata, their departed chairman, workers at the Tata Motors plant in Pimpri Chinchwad on Thursday continued operations on the shop floor despite being in mourning. Tata, 86, died at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday night. When JRD Tata died, (Ratan) Tata sir was...
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The Maharashtra government on Thursday set up a 22-member committee headed by producer Smita Thackeray to frame the state's new film policy. Culture minister Sudhir Mungantiwar made the announcement in Mumbai. Smita Thackeray, notably, is the estranged sister-in-law of Shiv Sena-UBT...
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