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Former MLA Pranab Kumar Balabantaray/Courtesy Facebook
Tension erupted in Odisha's Jajpur district on Thursday after some youths hurled eggs at the vehicle of Biju Janata Dal leader and former Dharmasala MLA Pranab Kumar Balabantaray.The incident took place at Kurikana village within Dharmsala assembly constituency in the district when Balabantaray...
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A 20-year-old NEET-UG aspirant from Uttar Pradesh allegedly hanged himself in his PG in Kota, the coaching hub's fifteenth suspected suicide death this year. The incident happened in the Dadabari police station area of Kota city on Wednesday night, police said on Thursday. According to...
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Tamil Nadu assembly Speaker M Appavu/Courtesy Facebook
Tamil Nadu assembly Speaker M Appavu on Thursday approached the Madras high court to quash a defamation complaint pending against him before a special court, trying cases related to MPs and MLAs....
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Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar/Reuters/ANI Photo
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Thursday that three terrorists have been eliminated during its operations in Gaza, one of whom can be Hamas chief and one of the masterminds behind the horrific October 7 attacks last year. The IDF and Israel Security Agency are investigating the...
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NCP leader Baba Siddique/File image
The Mumbai police probing the murder of Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique have issued a look-out circular against three accused, including main shooter Shivkumar Gautam, to prevent them from fleeing the country, an official said on Thursday. The other two accused named in the...
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Prohibitory orders imposed in the wake of a clash remained in force in Gauchar and Karnaprayag of Chamoli district for the third consecutive day on Thursday. Shops owned by Muslims did not open on Thursday even three days after the incident. The clash began with an argument between two...
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Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday announced an extension of the enhanced insurance benefits for all members of retirement fund body EPFO under Employees' Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) scheme. The move will ensure up to Rs 7 lakh of life cover to more than 6 crore EPFO...
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Delhi Chief Minister Atishi has received a letter from PWD about allocation of 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow but is yet to take possession of the house, a statement from the CMO said on Thursday. Atishi is still at AB-17, Mathura Road residence that was allocated to her last year when she was...
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The Royal Air Force on Thursday scrambled a Typhoon fighter jet to intercept an Air India aircraft that received a bomb threat and the plane later landed safely in London. The bomb threat was received for the Air India plane from Mumbai to London, an airline official said. We can...
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Former minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav/Courtesy Facebook
Soon after the Haryana assembly elections, senior Congress leader and former minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav on Thursday quit the party alleging shabby treatment after Sonia Gandhi left the post of party president. He said he was quitting the party and also resigning as chairman of the All...
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The hearing in the MP-MLA court in Sultanpur in a defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, scheduled for Thursday, was postponed as the special judge was on leave. The next date of the hearing has been set for October 31. As the special judge of MP-MLA court, Shubham Verma,...
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Former model and actor Somy Ali has reached out to Lawrence Bishnoi via social media and requested an audience with the jailed gangster over a Zoom call, saying she has some details to share that would benefit him. Her post came days after the murder of Nationalist Congress Party leader and...
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Congress MLA Zeeshan Siddique on Thursday said the killing of his father and Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique should not be politicised and asserted his family needs justice. Baba Siddique (66) was shot at in Nirmal Nagar in Mumbai's Bandra area on October 12 by three...
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Over half-a-dozen social media handles that issued hoax bomb threats to multiple Indian airliners this week have been suspended or blocked by cyber security agencies till now, official sources said Thursday. The sources told PTI that the handles were analysed by a joint team of cyber,...
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India skipper Rohit Sharma admitted he was hurting after his team crashed to its lowest-ever total of 46 at home on the second day of the opening Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru on Thursday. After Rohit opted to bat in overcast conditions, India's innings folded in just...
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At least 23 passengers were injured, 11 of them seriously, after a private bus they were travelling in hit a heavy vehicle on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway near Lonavala in Pune district early on Thursday, police said. The bus was travelling to Borivali in Mumbai from Kolhapur in...
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Eight coaches of the Agartala-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express derailed at Dibalong station in Assam's Dima Hasao district on Thursday afternoon, Northeast Frontier Railway officials said.There were no reports of any fatality or major injuries yet, they said.The cause of the derailment, which...
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China will prefer Kamala Harris to Donald Trump as the next United States presidential considering that bilateral ties deteriorated sharply during the latter's presidency leading to serious confrontation, a senior member of the Chinese national advisory body said on Thursday. The Chinese...
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Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slumped on Thursday, taking their downward trend to the third day running amid unabated foreign fund outflows. Intense selling in realty, auto, consumer discretionary and consumer durable stocks also dragged the markets lower. The BSE Sensex...
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On India-Canada Row, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says: We have made our position very clear on this particular matter. You would have seen that several press releases have been issued in the last two days putting out our position, which we are very clear, that since, September of 2023...
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BJP MP Kangana Ranaut tweets, We are glad to announce we have received the censor certificate for our movie Emergency, we will be announcing the release date soon. Thank you for your patience and support. The decision comes days after it was reported that Zee Studios, the production company...
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A day after taking oath as a first Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah on Thursday chaired his first cabinet meeting, officials said.The meeting was held at Civil Secretariat in Srinagar.Meanwhile, a delegation led by Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister...
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Zahir, Omar Abdullah's son, shares this picture from yesterday, when his father was sworn in as the chief minister of J-K. Also in the picture are Farooq Abdullah and Zamir Abdullah.
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Junior doctors protest the RG Kar horror
Hundreds of women on Thursday marched to the CBI office in Kolkata, seeking speedy justice in the RG Kar hospital rape and murder incident. The women, under the banner of the little known Jago Nari' organisation, walked to the CBI office at Salt Lake in North 24 Parganas in the northern fringes...
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A vandalised shop in Bahraich
Five suspects in the Bahraich violence case were arrested in Bahraich Thursday after an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police in which two of them suffered gunshot injuries, a senior official said. The accused were allegedly trying to flee to Nepal, which shares a border with...
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The CBI has filed a charge sheet against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and others in connection with alleged bribery in facilitating visas of Chinese nationals for a power company in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the Union home minister, officials said on Thursday. In its charge...
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The Railway Board has reduced the advance reservation period of seats from existing 120 days to 60 days with effect from November 1, 2024. It has been decided that w.e.f 01.11.2024, the existing time limit for advance reservation by trains will be reduced from 120 days to 60 days (excluding...
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OBC leader Nayab Singh Saini shares a light moment with Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the swearing-in ceremony this afternoon. Saini took as the chief minister of Haryana at a ceremony in Panchkula attended by a galaxy of NDA leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Saini took oath in...
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Relief may be in sight for Delhi-NCR residents reeling under soaring tomato prices, which have crossed Rs 100 per kg mark, with increased supplies expected from Maharashtra in the coming days, Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare said on Thursday. The government will continue selling...
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The pattern of domestic airlines receiving bomb threats to their flights continued for the fourth day as two international flights, one each of Vistara and IndiGo, were targeted in the similar manner on Thursday. Earlier on Wednesday, seven flights of IndiGo, SpiceJet and Akasa...
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MVA allies Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray
NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the three Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies have so far arrived at a consensus on 200 assembly seats in Maharashtra out of the total 288 for the next month's elections. Speaking to reporters at Karad in Maharashtra's Satara district, he said the...
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The civil aviation ministry plans to put in place strict norms to prevent incidents of hoax bomb threats to airlines, including placing the perpetrators on the no-fly list, a senior official said on Thursday.In four days, more than 20 flights of various Indian airlines received bomb threats,...
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OBC leader Nayab Singh Saini takes oath as the chief minister of Haryana at a ceremony in Panchkula where Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP bigwigs and NDA partners were in attendance today. The BJP's choice of day for the swearing-in ceremony is significant as it is Valmiki Jayanti....
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The Supreme Court refuses to stay oath taking ceremony of Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government in Haryana. Saini will take the oath of office, marking a new chapter for Haryana. The ceremony is being held in Panchkula. Following the ceremony, a crucial NDA meeting will be held in...
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Omar Abdullah was sworn-in as CM yesterday
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider listing a plea seeking time-bound restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for applicants, urged a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala...
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Amid Maha Vikas Aghadi's Chief Minister face talks for upcoming assembly election, Sharad Pawar, the chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (SCP), has hinted at a more significant role for Jayant Patil, the Maharashtra NCP-SCP president, in shaping the state's future.Pawar emphasized that...
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Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar spent the night in sub-zero temperatures at a ghost village in Uttarakhand with two officials and two pilots, sources familiar with the matter told ANI.Kumar and five officials, including two pilots, spent the night in Ralam, a small village in the...
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The depression over Bay of Bengal crossed the coasts of north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh between Puducherry and Nellore on Thursday morning, said the Meteorological Department. The weather system crossed these coasts close to Chennai around 4:30 am and subsequently weakened into a...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act related to the grant of Indian citizenship to illegal immigrants in Assam by a majority verdict of 4:1. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said the...
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Salman Khan pays his respects to Baba Siddique
The Navi Mumbai's Panvel City police on Thursday arrested shooter named Sukkha from Panipat in Haryana. An FIR has been registered against him. He is among those accused who had conducted a recce of Salman Khan's farmhouse in Panvel, Navi Mumbai and was the main accused in the conspiracy to...
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20 people have lost their lives in Chapra on Thursday after consuming spurious liquor, as per Siwan SP Amitesh Kumar. Chapra Superintendent Kumar Ashish said that a Special Investigation Team has been formed. Three people have been arrested and an FIR has been filed against eight...
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We have to be realistic that America and Canada are working together. To my mind, America is milking it to their advantage, says retired Ambassador K P Fabian about the diplomatic showdown between India and Canada.During his posting in Ottawa, Ambassador Fabian was attacked by Khalistan...
10:14
Acclaimed actress Radhika Apte has officially announced that she is expecting her first child with her husband, music composer Benedict Taylor. The revelation came during her appearance on the red carpet at the BFI London Film Festival on October 16, where she showcased her baby bump...
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Haryana Chief Minister designate Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday offered prayers at Valmiki Temple in Panchula on the occasion of Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti ahead of his oath-taking ceremony.Speaking on the occasion, Nayab Saini said, It is a matter of good fortune for me that today is the birth...
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Canadian journalist Daniel Bordman called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent statement acknowledging that the evidence is intelligence-based rather than concrete on the Khalistan issue as a major win for the Indian narrative.While speaking with ANI, Bordman said, This is a pretty big win for...
09:42
CJI Chandrachud demits office on Nov 10
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Chandrachud has formally proposed Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the second-most senior judge of the Supreme Court, as his successor. In a communication to the Union government, Chief Justice Chandrachud stated that since he is demitting office on November 10, Justice...
09:36
Safia Abdullah Khan, shares this picture with her brother and J-K chief minister Omar Abdullah, writing, New beginnings. Abdullah was sworn in as the first CM of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday.
09:31
Singer Liam Payne, the former 'One Direction' star, has tragically passed away at the age of 31. The singer's death occurred after he reportedly fell from a hotel balcony in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires, Argentina, early this week. Local authorities confirmed the incident, with...
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As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testified before a Commission of Inquiry, the MEA on Thursday said what it has heard only 'confirms' New Delhi's consistent stand that Canada has 'presented us no evidence' in support of the serious allegations Ottawa chose to level against India and...
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The United States had a 'productive meeting' with visiting officials of the India Enquiry Committee, a State Department official said on Wednesday, adding they were satisfied with the cooperation from the Indian side.We are satisfied with the cooperation. It continues to be an ongoing...
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Voters in Mumbai will not be allowed to carry mobile phones inside the polling booths at the time of voting during the next month's Maharashtra assembly elections, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner and administrator Bhushan Gagrani said on Wednesday. Elections to...
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Amid continuous search of the man-eating leopard by the forest department for past several days in Rajasthan's Udaipur, a leopard killed a woman in a fresh attack on Wednesday. The leopard attacked two women who were working in the field in Madar village of Badgaon police station...
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