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President's rule was withdrawn in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, paving the way for the formation of a new government in the union territory. A gazette notification to this effect was issued by the Union home ministry. In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 73 of the Jammu and...
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A jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force was killed and four others were injured when their patrolling vehicle hit a tree in Maoist-affected Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, the police said. Tarkeshwar (22), a native of Dhamtari in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, was killed on...
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No terror angle has been found in the derailment of Sabarmati Express and Kalindi Express so far, a senior police officer said on Sunday. Incidents of objects including an iron road, gas cylinders and fire extinguisher, being placed on the tracks were witnessed....(But) There was no terror...
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Parts of Mumbai received moderate rainfall on Sunday evening, linked to the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon. The Mumbai Centre of the Met Department stated a possibility of rain or thunderstorms towards evening or night on Monday in parts of Mumbai. Some parts of the megapolis...
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Delhi's air quality worsened to the 'poor' category on Sunday, the day after Dussehra, with the Centre deciding to closely monitor the situation before taking anti-air pollution measures under Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan. Effigies of demon king Ravana, his brother Kumbhakarna...
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The Federation of All India Medical Association, a body representing Resident Doctors' Associations across India, on Sunday called for a nationwide shutdown of elective services in hospitals from Monday in solidarity with medics' ongoing protest in West Bengal, an official of the body...
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A lawyer who was caught on camera slapping a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA was given a grand welcome on Sunday by a Hindu right group, with participants hailing him with chants of sher aya, sher aya.Advocate Awadhesh Singh was given the welcome at a 'shastra poojan' event organised by Karni Sena in...
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A man was arrested for allegedly looting an Axis Bank branch in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district and over Rs 30 lakh of the stolen money was recovered from him, the police said.He robbed the bank of Rs 36 lakh at gunpoint on October 1.The branch manager Naveen Jain told police that a masked man...
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A three-member technical team of senior railway officials from the signal & telecom, engineering and operations department raised serious apprehension of sabotage after inspecting the accident site at Kavaraippettai Railway Station in Tamil Nadu, railway sources said. On October 11,...
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A 13-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries following an explosion in an iron pipe in Phagwara, the police said on Sunday. The explosion took place on Saturday when two minor boys were filling potassium into an iron pipe over the rooftop of a house in Sham Nagar here on the occasion of...
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The head priest of a Nashik temple, three advocates and representatives of a Muslim organisation are among those who will share their views on the Waqf bill before a parliamentary panel on Monday.The Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill is meeting here on Monday and Tuesday...
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The Delhi police arrested three people and seized more than 1,300 kilograms of illegal firecrackers from several areas of the national capital, officials said on Sunday.They were identified as Manoj Kumar, Sanjay Atri and Vipin Kumar.\The officials said Manoj Kumar had been involved in selling...
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One police constable was guarding former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique when he was fatally shot the day before, a Mumbai police officer said on Sunday, adding that two pistols and 28 live cartridges were recovered from the two accused. The police are also verifying a social media post...
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Drugs worth nearly Rs 4.5 crore have been seized and four persons were arrested from Karimganj district of Assam on Sunday, a senior official said.According to Karimganj Superintendent of Police Partha Protim Das, who led the operation, a vehicle coming from Mizoram was intercepted at the Chewali...
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Actor Salman Khan leaves from Baba Siddique's residence, in Mumbai/ANI Photo
Superstar Salman Khan on Sunday paid homage to close friend Baba Siddique at the late Nationalist Congress Party leader's house in Bandra. Siddique, 66, was shot at on Saturday night just outside his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique's office. He was taken to the Lilavati Hospital where he was...
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A 26-year-old dancer was allegedly kept hostage for three days and raped by a man in his flat here, the police said on Sunday.The accused was identified as Vinay Gupta, an event manager by profession, they said.According to police, Gupta had contacted the victim, a native of Uttar Pradesh's...
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A man was killed and two others were injured after a group of people attacked them during a garba' (ritualistic dance associated with Navratri) event in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Sunday. ...
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A court in Mumbai on Sunday remanded one of the two accused arrested for allegedly shooting dead former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique to police custody till October 21. The court directed the police to conduct a bone ossification test to determine the age of the second accused after he...
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Three people were injured after two groups clashed over playing DJ music during the burning of effigies at a village in Ballia district on Dussehra, the police said on Sunday.The clash broke out at Kharoni village in the Bansdih police station limits on Saturday night between two groups of people...
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Kerala Devaswom minister VN Vasavan on Sunday made it clear that there will be no spot booking at Sabarimala, but assured that no devotee who comes to the Lord Ayyappa temple during the annual Mandalam-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season will miss out on darshan. The assurance came a day...
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Over 75 senior doctors at West Bengal's Kalyani JNM Hospital have threatened a mass resignation, seeking justice for the RG Kar hospital victim, and expressing solidarity with junior medics on a fast-unto-death to press for their demands. A total of 77 doctors of the medical facility have...
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The body of former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba who passed away in Hyderabad, will be donated to a hospital as he wished, said a statement issued by his family on Sunday. Saibaba, 54, was released from a Nagpur jail after 10 years, in March this year. He was released after...
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A 24-year-old undertrial allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the toilet of a barrack in Himatnagar sub-jail in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district, the police said on Sunday.The incident occurred on Saturday morning, and an entry was made in the station diary of Himatnagar B-division...
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Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and 20 other protestors were detained by the Delhi Police for protesting outside the Ladakh Bhawan here on Sunday, officials said. Around 20 to 25 protesters, who were on fast with Wangchuk, were detained and taken to the Mandir Marg police station, they...
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Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday urged everyone to resist from politicizing the killing of NCP leader Baba Siddique and said that this is not a time for exploiting the pain of others for political advantage. In a post on X, Pawar said that the NCP has been...
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Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan Initiating a boy into writing his first letter at the Vidyarambham ceremony held at Raj Bhavan/Courtesy Kerala Governor on X
Thousands of toddlers, some crying, others silent and curious, were initiated into the world of letters in temples across Kerala where the Vidyarambham ritual was held on the auspicious Vijayadasami day on Sunday, marking the culmination of the nine-day-long annual Navratri...
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Two coaches of an empty local train derailed while entering a car shed from Mumbai Central, affecting operations on the Western Railway on Sunday afternoon, officials said. There were no reports of any injuries as the train was empty when it derailed around 12.10 pm, said Vineet Abhishek,...
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A fire broke out at a factory in Bawana industrial area here on Sunday, officials of the Delhi Fire Services said. No casualties have been reported in the incident.We received a call regarding a fire in a factory at 9.20 am at Sector 3 in Bawana industrial area. A total of 16 fire tenders...
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A man wanted in 48 criminal cases and carrying a reward of Rs 1.5 lakh on his head was killed in an encounter with police in Bulandshahr in which two police personnel were also injured on Sunday, officials said.The incident took place when Circle Officer, Anupshahr, police station in-charge...
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Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the police have found some leads in connection with the killing of NCP leader and former state minister Baba Siddique. Different angles behind the killing were being probed, but the police will talk about it later, Fadnavis,...
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Two cadres of the banned militant outfit People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak were arrested in Manipur's Imphal West district, the police said on Sunday.The two cadres, aged 34 and 18, were allegedly involved in extorting businessmen in the state capital Imphal.Two mobile phones and a...
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A coach of the Gita Jayanti Express train caught fire on Sunday morning in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, an official said.No casualty was reported and the fire was immediately controlled, he said.The train coach caught fire at around 7.30 am near Ishanagar police station, 25 km from the...
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An ambulance carrying the mortal remains of Baba Siddique being brought to his house in Bandra, Mumbai/ANI on X
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday announced that Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique's last rites would be performed with full state honours, who was shot dead in Mumbai on Saturday night. According to the Chief Minister Office, Siddique will be given full...
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Actor Divya Khosla launched a scathing attack on Alia Bhatt, accusing her of manipulating the box office numbers for her latest film, Jigra, reports ANI.Divya alleged that Alia purchased tickets of her own movie and announced 'fake collection' to deceive the public.Divya took to her...
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An earthquake of magnitude of 4.2 struck Assam's Udalguri on Sunday morning, the National Center for Seismology said. According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred around 7:47 am. The earthquake's epicentre was located at 26.73 North latitude and 92.31 East longitude, with a...
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The police registered a case against a man and his son, both directors of an automobile company, for allegedly cheating a man from Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra of Rs 70.19 lakh in a scooters purchase deal, an official said on Sunday. Between November 29, 2023 and October 11 this year, the...
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A team from the Special Cell of the Delhi police is set to be dispatched to Mumbai to assist in the investigation of the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, the police sources said on Sunday. Baba Siddique (66) was waylaid by three men at Kher Nagar in Mumbai's Bandra area just outside his...
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The cylinder lying on railway track near Dhandhera in Uttarakhand/ANI on X
An empty cylinder was found on the railway track near Dhandhera in Uttarakhand on Sunday morning, said a Northern Railway official. The loco pilot of a goods train informed the station master at Roorkee that a cylinder was found on the track between Landaura and Dhandhera, Northern Railway...
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A doctor from the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, where Baba Siddique was taken after he was shot at, has said the former Maharashtra minister probably died before being shifted to the medical facility.Siddique was unconscious when he was brought to the Lilavati Hospital on Saturday night...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condoled the death of Indian industry titan Ratan Tata, calling him a champion of the friendship between Israel and India.The former Tata Group chairman passed away on Wednesday evening aged 86. In a post on X addressed to Prime Minister Narendra...
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The Congress on Saturday said the killing of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique is a serious indictment of the 'crumbling' law and order situation in Maharashtra and demanded a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident.Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique...
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Virendra Singh Rawat/Business StandardLeading banks and top consultancy firms lined up at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow for summer placements, with the highest domestic stipend hitting Rs 3.95 lakh per month.Major financial recruiters included Barclays, Bank of New York Mellon,...
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Police on Sunday morning shifted former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique's body to the Mumbai municipal corporation's Cooper Hospital for postmortem, an official said.The body of Siddique, 66, who was shot dead by three assailants in Mumbai on Saturday, was shifted from Lilavati Hospital to...
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