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The Union Public Service Commission on Friday postponed the Engineering Services Examination-2025 to give sufficient time to the aspirants to prepare for the recruitment test, according to an official statement. The development came after the government decided that the recruitment to the...
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The police on Friday seized gold jewellery worth around Rs 8 crore from three persons at a bus stand in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, an official said. The trio, who were on board a bus, were intercepted during a sudden inspection at the bus stand this morning, city superintendent of...
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A special court on Friday denied bail to one of the shooters allegedly involved in firing outside actor Salman Khan's Bandra house in April this year. Vicky Gupta's bail plea was rejected by BD Shelke, special judge for cases under MCOCA. The detailed order was not made available as...
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After the Supreme Court disposed of the plea against Isha Yoga Centre, Spiritual guru and founder of the Isha Foundation, Sadhguru on Friday welcomed the court decision and said that it is time to learn to use the privileges of Democracy more responsibly. We welcome the verdict of the...
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A 24-year-old man working in the canteen of Delhi police headquarters on Jai Singh Road in central Delhi died on Friday after he collapsed while serving tea inside the building, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Amrendra Kumar, a native of Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district,...
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A suburban train derailed on Friday at Kalyan station in Thane district, some 60 km from Mumbai, while entering a platform, though there was no report of anyone getting injured, an official said. The Titwala-CSMT train derailed on platform number 2 at around 9:00pm, leading to disruptions on...
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The helicopter carrying Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde from his native village in Satara district to Pune had to return to the village on Friday afternoon due to rainy weather, officials said. The chief minister and the others flying in the helicopter were safe, they...
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Seven accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case have gone on hunger strike in protest against not being produced physically before the special NIA court that is conducting the trial, their lawyer said on Friday. Surendra Gadling, Sagar Gorakhe, Sudhir Dhawale, Ramesh Gaichor,...
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The Gujarat high court on Friday allowed imprisoned rape convict Narayan Sai to meet his father and self-styled godman Asaram in Rajasthan's Jodhpur jail for four hours on humanitarian grounds due to the health of the latter. Narayan Sai is currently lodged in a Surat jail for repeatedly...
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Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha appointed National Conference MLA Mubarak Gul as the pro tem speaker of the new legislative assembly on Friday, an official order said.Gul, who won Idgah assembly seat in Srinagar for the sixth time, will administer oath to the newly elected members of...
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Former One Direction member Liam Payne died in Buenos Aires on Wednesday after falling from the balcony of his hotel room. Now an autopsy has confirmed that the British singer died of trauma and internal and external bleeding, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The report, released by...
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Russia has invited the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, to take part in a BRICS summit in Kazan next week, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, reports the Jerusalem Post.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also visit Russia on October 22-23 to attend the 16th BRICS Summit...
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A leopard suspected to have turned man-eater was shot dead on Friday by a joint team of forest department and police in Rajasthan's Udaipur district, an official said.In Udaipur district, humans were hunted by leopards on September 18, 19, 20, 25, 28 and 30. In the above incidents, the place...
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Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani
Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani on Friday called on Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy in Hyderabad and handed over a cheque for Rs 100 crore towards donation to the upcoming Young India Skills University. Mr. Gautam Adani, Chairman of Adani Group of Companies met with courtesy. A...
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Hamas confirmed on Friday that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, reports Associated Press. The militant group reiterated that hostages taken from Israel a year ago would not be released until a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza were in...
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The Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party on Friday suspended its MLC Satish Chavan for six years for anti-party activities. Chavan represents the Aurangabad Teachers' constituency in the Maharashtra legislative council. The suspension letter from state NCP chief Sunil...
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The Bengaluru police have filed an FIR against Union minister Pralhad Joshi's brother based on a complaint of cheating lodged by a former JD-S MLA's wife. The minister clarified he had separated himself from his brother Gopal Joshi more than three decades, and said he had filed an affidavit...
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Five more persons were held on Friday in connection with the murder of Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique, taking the total number of arrests in the sensational case to nine, a Mumbai police official said. Based on specific information, raids were carried out by the Crime Branch...
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A local court in Bahraich on Friday sent the five men arrested in connection with the murder of a youth in the Maharajganj area during a Durga idol procession to 14 days' judicial custody, the police said. Sarfaraz, Mohd Talim, Abdul Hameed, Faheem, and Mohd Afzal were produced before the...
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A burnt vehicle and damaged shops after violence in Bahraich, UP/ANI Photo
A local court in Bahraich on Friday sent the five men arrested in connection with the murder of a youth in the Maharajganj area during a Durga idol procession to 14 days' judicial custody, the police said. Sarfaraz, Mohd Talim, Abdul Hameed, Faheem, and Mohd Afzal were produced before the...
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The elections for the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly will be held in two phases, on November 13 and November 20, with the counting of votes scheduled for November 23.
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Ahead of Diwali, Walmart on Thursday announced the introduction of several popular Indian brands of snacks and sweets in its select US stores for the convenience of the Indian American population. The brands include Good Day cookies and classic Milk Rusk from Britannia and Bikano's two...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty bounced back on Friday after three days of fall, led by value buying in banking, financials and metal stocks and firm global market trends. Recovering from its early lows, the BSE Sensex climbed 218.14 points or 0.27 per cent to settle at...
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AAP reacts to the bail order for former Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain. Manish Sisodia posts: Satyamev Jayate. Long live the Constitution of the country. The dictatorship of the dictator has been slapped once again. Satyendra Jain was kept in jail for such a long time by making false and...
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Update: Former Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain gets bail after two years. The top court had granted interim bail to Jain on May 26, 2023, on medical grounds, and it was extended from time to time.Jain moved the Supreme Court challenging the April 6, 2023 order of the Delhi High...
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Breaking news: Delhi court grants bail to AAP leader Satyendar Jain in money laundering case.
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Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad on Friday termed the Dharavi slum redevelopment project as the world's biggest land scam, and said the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will scrap it if it returns to power in the state. She also said the political rivalry between Congress and the undivided...
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Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday said that there is no dispute within the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra, adding that speed breakers may come but the party will cross the speed breakers together in seat sharing.When the seat sharing...
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So the answer to our 14:37 post is: Gobi desert in China. These are tourists taking pictures at an installation in the desert.
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Singapore has detained a 17-year-old self-radicalised supporter of terror group ISIS under the Internal Security Act (ISA) mere weeks before his planned attack on non-Muslim males in a public housing estate. The teenager, purportedly influenced by the ongoing Hamas strikes and...
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The PM at the Mahakaleshwar temple
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's MP son Shrikant Shinde has courted controversy after he was allowed entry into the sanctum sanctorum of the Mahakaleshwar temple here despite a ban, prompting the authorities to order a probe. The incident occurred on Thursday evening, sources from...
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Tourists, doing what they do best -- taking pictures. This is a sculpture in a desert. What is the name of the desert and where is it?
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin from October 22-23 to attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan. The BRICS Summit in Kazan is being held under the chairmanship of Russia, according to the Ministry of External Affairs...
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The Supreme Court on Friday paved way for the trial of the 2015 sacrilege cases involving Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. The development comes as a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Vishwanathan vacated the stay imposed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the trial and...
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Will Siddaramaiah be forced to quit?
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) matter in which it has booked Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his family members and others, official sources said. The...
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The Supreme Court on Friday closed the proceedings in a habeas corpus petition filed by a man who had alleged that his two daughters were held captive inside the premises of spiritual leader Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation at Coimbatore. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday expressed disappointment over the delay in the seat-sharing talks among MVA partners and claimed that Maharashtra Congress leaders are not capable of making decisions.Talking to reporters, Raut said Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners Congress, Sena...
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The Wild Robot is delightful children's fare and a meaningful watch for grown-ups, discovers Mayur Sanap. Read the review here.
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Reacting to the diplomatic row between Canada and India, Canadian security expert, Joe Adam George, has said that the problem lies with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's conduct of foreign policy affairs, stressing that both he and Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly are...
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The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the city police and wrestlers on a plea by former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Singh seeking early hearing of his petition to quash an FIR lodged against him by several women wrestlers. Singh has sought preponement...
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Ten more people died after allegedly consuming illicit liquor in Bihar's Siwan and Saran districts, taking the toll in the hooch tragedy to 35, an official said on Friday. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Saran range, Nilesh Kumar said on Friday that while Siwan accounted for 28...
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Video grab @LTC_Shoshani.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has released drone footage of what it said were the last moments of Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar. The video showed Sinwar crouching behind a sofa, surrounded by rubble, inside a damaged and dilapidated house. In his final moments, he is seen throwing an object at the...
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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to set aside the anticipatory bail given to Bhavani Revanna, the mother of suspended JD(S) leader and rape accused Prajwal Revanna, in a kidnapping case. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan refused to interfere with the Karnataka High...
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Casting Fahadh Faasil does not help as his chameleon-like acting credentials is wasted in a mundane cop archetype that passes through Bougainvillea with little or no impact on how things eventually play out, observes Arjun Menon. Read the review here.
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Two second-year MBBS students of the Grant Government Medical College have been suspended from their hostel for a year after they were allegedly found to be drunk and ragging a junior, an official said on Friday. The incident took place this week at a hostel on the medical college campus in...
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a wanted poster for former Indian government employee, Vikash Yadav, in connection with his alleged role in directing a foiled plot to assassinate Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who is a US citizen.The Ministry of External...
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Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun
The US Justice Department on Thursday (local time) announced the filing of murder-for-hire and money laundering charges against a former Indian government employee, Vikash Yadav, in connection with his alleged role in directing a foiled plot to assassinate Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh...
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A layer of smog engulfed the national capital on Friday as the overall Air Quality Index has dropped to the 'Poor' category standing at 293. AQI at Anand Vihar area of Delhi has dropped to 339, which is categorised as 'Very Poor'. AQI at India Gate and surrounding areas has been...
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Yahya Sinwar
Israel to continue offensive against Hamas after killing their chief Yahya Sinwar as Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Friday said that they will not rest until they bring home all the hostages by any means.IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari informed that 101 hostages are still in Hamas captivity.Yahya...
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The Mumbai traffic police received a threat message demanding Rs 5 crore extortion money from Bollywood actor Salman Khan, claiming to resolve his conflict with imprisoned gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.The person who sent the message claimed to be close to Lawrence Bishnoi gang and claimed to put the...
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A leading cab aggregator has joined hands with the Indian Air Force to offer mobility solutions for official travel and commute of air force personnel and their families, according to an official statement issued on Thursday. An MoU was signed between the IAF and Uber to that effect,...
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An Indian RAW official was involved in a plot to kill a separatist Sikh American national last summer in and around the state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, federal prosecutors alleged on Thursday in a damaging indictment filed in a US court in New York. The official identified as...
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China said it lodged a diplomatic protest with India over the newly established office of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre (TECC) of Taiwan in Mumbai. There is but one China in the world and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao...
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In what Mumbai police officials said was a first, a history sheeter was detained under provisions of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act. An official said Mohammed Iqbal Mohammed Israel Shaikh alias Musa (34), with seven cases of drug smuggling...
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Actor Tamannaah Bhatia was questioned by the ED in Guwahati on Thursday in connection with a money laundering case probe linked to the 'HPZ Token' mobile app in which several investors were allegedly duped on the pretext of mining Bitcoins and some other cryptocurrencies, official sources...
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