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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw held a high-level meeting on Wednesday with senior officials of the Railway Board and the East Coast and South Eastern zones to review their preparedness to minimise the impact of cyclone 'Dana' on services. The cyclonic storm is likely to make landfall...
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The Central Industrial Security Force at Kanpur airport has received two threatening emails, prompting the police to lodge an FIR on Wednesday, officials said. Security at the airport has also been tightened as a precautionary measure, they said. The two threat messages were received by...
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A case has been registered against a police inspector for allegedly sexually harassing a minor girl in Hanamkonda district of Telangana, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred on October 9 at the residence of the CI and based on a complaint the accused was booked on charges of sexual...
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Indira Bhaduri, actor and MP Jaya Bachchan's mother, suffered a fracture in her backbone but her condition was stable, her caretaker on Wednesday said in Bhopal. Her condition is okay. She suffered a fracture in her backbone and was hospitalised. She is taking food and also interacting...
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Security forces at the terrorist attack site in Ankara, Turkey/Reuters/ANI Photo
Four persons were killed and 14 injured in a terrorist attack that targeted the facilities of Turkish Aerospace Industries in the Turkish capital, Ankara, early on Wednesday, according an Associated Press report. Turkey's Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikaya, confirmed the news in a post...
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The cyclone, with wind speeds expected to reach up to 120 kmph (75 mph), is likely to hit between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra Port in Odisha by Friday morning, the India meteorological department said.
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With Cyclone Dana forecast to make landfall on October 24-25 along the coasts of West Bengal and Odisha, the Indian Coast Guard is on high alert and has mobilised its vessels and aircraft, positioning them strategically to respond swiftly to any emergency situation at sea. The ICG has been...
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Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will file his nomination papers from Nagpur South-West assembly constituency in Nagpur on Friday, a BJP release said. The BJP has already released its first list of candidates for the November 20 Maharashtra assembly...
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The newly elected chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday and discussed issues related to the Union Territory including early restoration of statehood. On his first visit to the national capital after assuming office last week,...
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In view of severe cyclone 'Dana' approaching the coast, the West Bengal government has evacuated more than 1.14 lakh people from vulnerable areas, including Sundarbans and Sagar Island, to safer shelters, according to an official statement. The India meteorological department on Wednesday...
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An unidentified caller on Wednesday threatened to blow up the Dumna airport in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, which turned out to be a hoax, a police officer said. The caller told airport authorities that a bomb was planted in an IndiGo flight and threatened to blow up the airport, additional...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday left for home after wrapping up his two-day impactful visit to Russia where he attended the 16th BRICS Summit and held bilateral meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. PM @narendramodi wraps up an impactful...
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A riveting electoral battle is shaping up in Thane where Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has declared the candidature of Sena veteran late Anand Dighe's nephew Kedar Dighe against Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.Notably, Shinde hails late Dighe as his political mentor, emphasising his...
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The Kolkata airport authorities have decided to suspend flight operations for 15 hours from 6 pm on Thursday in view of the possible impact of cyclone Dana, an official said.The step has been taken keeping in mind the safety of passengers, airline employees, various equipment, navigational aids...
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Three Bharatiya Janata Party MPs have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla demanding the filing of a first information report (FIR) against Trinamool Congress member Kalyan Banerjee and his immediate suspension from the House pending investigation for what they called 'unprecedented violence'...
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A Muslim protest leader has become a symbol of a wide-ranging clampdown on opponents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.Read the full New York Times article on Umar Khalid HERE.
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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed a total of 56 teams in five states, including Odisha and West Bengal, in view of cyclone 'Dana', which is expected to make landfall along the Odisha coast between October 24 and 25.Mohsen Shahedi, deputy inspector general (operations) of...
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JUST IN: Bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are underway on the sidelines of BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia.It is their first structured meeting since the eastern Ladakh border row erupted in May 2020.The meeting comes two days after both...
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From the 30 Sensex pack, Mahindra & Mahindra, Sun Pharma, Power Grid, NTPC, Adani Ports, Larsen & Toubro, ICICI Bank and Titan were among the biggest laggards.Bajaj Finance climbed nearly 5 per cent after the firm reported a 13 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 4,014...
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Extending its losing streak to third day, benchmark Sensex declined by 138 points on Wednesday in a choppy trade as investors booked profits in auto, pharma and capital goods shares amid continued FPI outflows.The 30-share BSE Sensex erased its earlier gains and closed lower by 138.74 points or...
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Pakistan's Punjab government will give PKR 10,000 to 2,200 Sikh and Hindu families each in the province on the occasion of Guru Nanak's birth anniversary and Diwali.Pakistan's Punjab government will issue a 'festival card' for 2,200 Sikh and Hindu families each in the province under which PKR...
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Over 30 countries have expressed a desire to join the BRICS Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday addressing a meeting of the grouping.Addressing world leaders at the Plenary Session of the 16th BRICS Summit, Putin said the group would discuss its expansion at the meeting but...
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Mumbai Police on Wednesday nabbed one more accused in connection with NCP leader Baba Siddique's murder case, taking the number of persons in custody so far to 11, officials said. The accused, identified as Amit Hisamsing Kumar (29), was nabbed from Haryana after his role in the crime...
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India supports dialogue and diplomacy and not war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the BRICS Summit here on Wednesday, in an unambiguous message calling for resolution of the Russia-Ukraine conflict through peaceful negotiations. In his address, Modi flagged concerns over pressing...
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Six more bodies were recovered during search and rescue operation after an under-construction building collapsed at Babusapalya in Bengaluru, taking the death toll to seven, police said on Wednesday. Teams from the fire and emergency department, National Disaster Response Force and...
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Tamil Nadu: Heavy rain in Madurai leads to severe flooding, with water from the overflowing Pandalkudi canal entering residential areas. The water has risen to knee-deep levels; areas in low-lying areas are inundated.
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Days after India and China firmed up an agreement on patrolling by their militaries along the LAC in eastern Ladakh, the Congress on Wednesday said it expects that the disengagement will restore the status quo ante as it existed in March 2020 and asked the government to take the people of India...
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As Delhi grapples with rising air pollution Chairman of Internal Medicine, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Medanta and Former Director AIIMS Delhi Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday warned that air pollution can lead to more mortality than COVID-19.As the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the capital city...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed no felling or transplantation of trees will take place for the metro rail project near the iconic Victoria Memorial in Kolkata without the permission of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC). A bench of Justices B R Gavai, P K Mishra and K V...
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The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT today blasted social media platform X (formerly Twitter) for 'abetting crime' by allowing bomb threat rumours to spread. Joint Secretary Sanket S Bhondve chaired a virtual meeting with representatives of airlines and social media platforms such as X...
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The Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday released its first list of 38 candidates for the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls with Deputy Chief Minister and party head Ajit Pawar being nominated from Baramati seat in Pune district. Apart from renominating 26 sitting MLAs,...
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Rahul Gandhi urges people of Wayanad to take care of his sister Priyanka and vote her to Parliament. People of Wayanad will have two MPs to represent them in Parliament, Rahul says. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra filed her nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll.She was...
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Metro railway services in the north-south corridor were affected for nearly an hour on Wednesday as a woman allegedly jumped before a running train at Chandni Chowk station, an official said. Normal train services were resumed at 11.50 am after the injured woman was pulled from under...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said 99 per cent of work on the Maha Vikas Aghadi's seat-sharing arrangement has been completed and leaders of the three alliance parties are expected to announce the formula later in the day. Talking to reporters, Raut also indicated his party...
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Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi
Three suspected shooters allegedly involved in the Baba Siddiqui murder case were in contact with jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's brother Anmol Bishnoi, through Snapchat, before executing the shooting of the NCP leader, according to the Mumbai Crime Branch. The Crime Branch said...
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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra begins her roadshow in Wayanad. Her brother and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, and her husband Robert Vadra are also with her.
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Update: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday suspended the life sentence of gangster Chhota Rajan in connection with the murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty here in 2001 and granted him bail in the case. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan directed Rajan to...
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Bombay HC suspends life sentence of gangster Chhota Rajan in case of murder of hotelier in 2001; grants him bail.
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Congress Kerala shares this image on X: Very rare photo.. Modi is not looking at Camera..
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress General Secretary, officially signed her nomination papers today in the presence of local leaders. She will shortly begin the nomination roadshow and file her nomination.
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Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi arrives in Wayanad for the nomination filing of party's national general secretary and his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for Wayanad Lok Sabha by-elections. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will mark her electoral debut by filing...
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Stock market benchmark indices rebounded in early trade on Wednesday amid continuous buying by domestic institutional investors and firm trends across Asian bourses. The BSE Sensex climbed 168.79 points to 80,389.51 in early trade. The NSE Nifty went up by 46.2 points to 24,518.30....
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As part of preparations ahead of the predicted landfall of Cyclone Dana on the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal, two Indian Air Force (IAF) aircrafts on Wednesday lifted 150 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel and relief material to Bhubaneswar, as per an IAF...
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NDRF and SDRF teams at the site
Five bodies have been recovered, and five people were injured after an under-construction building collapsed in the Horamavu Agara area of eastern Bengaluru amid heavy rain, said Bengaluru police sources. According to Satish Kumar, Additional Commissioner of Bengaluru, the bodies have been...
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Supriya Sule and Ajit Pawar in 2019
NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule has taken a jibe at her cousin and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar over his frequent visits to Delhi, saying she remembers her brother who did not like to go to the national capital. NCP head Ajit Pawar and his party leader Praful Patel visited New...
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The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm named 'Dana' on Wednesday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. It is expected to become a severe cyclone before crossing the eastern coast between Puri in Odisha and Sagar Island in West Bengal,...
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The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha released its first list of 35 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls on Wednesday, fielding Chief Minister Hemant Soren from Barhait and Kalpana Soren from Gandey segments. The assembly polls will be held in two phases -- on November 13 and 20 -- while the...
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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will mark her electoral debut by filing her nomination papers on Wednesday for the upcoming Lok Sabha bypoll in Wayanad.Priyanka arrived in the hill district on Tuesday night along with her mother, Congress Parliamentary party chairperson Sonia...
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The Shiv Sena has released its first list of 45 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly polls, nominating Chief Minister Eknath Shinde from Kopri-Panchpakhadi in Thane city and more than half a dozen cabinet members from their respective seats.As per the list released late Tuesday night, the...
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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday summoned a session of the legislative assembly in Srinagar on November 4. The newly elected members of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly were administered the oath on Monday by pro tem speaker Mubarak Gul. Lieutenant Governor...
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