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The crime branch of Ahmedabad Police has detained 48 Bangladeshi nationals living illegally in different parts of the city, an official said on Friday, adding that they will be deported to their country. The action came weeks after the crime branch came across two cases where...
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Tremors of 1.5 and 0.7 magnitude were felt in Maharashtra's Nanded district on Friday, though there was no report of injuries to anyone or damage to property, an official said. The tremors were experienced at 2:43pm and 3:13pm in Ambulga (Bu) in the district's Mukhed taluka, he...
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NCP leader Baba Siddique
The Mumbai police on Friday arrested a person in the murder case of NCP leader Baba Siddique from Ludhiana in Punjab. Sujit Sushil Singh (32), a resident of Ghatkopar in Mumbai and the 15th person to be held in the high-profile case, was linked to absconding accused Zeeshan Akhtar, one of...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address 11 to 12 public meetings in Maharashtra ahead of the next month's assembly elections, BJP's state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said in Nagpur on Friday. Elections to the 288-member state assembly will be held on November 20 and the...
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A few students of a matriculation higher secondary school, Tiruvottiyur, in Chennai, became ill due to a suspected chemical leak on the premises, and at least three of them were admitted to a hospital, the police said on Friday. A National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team deployed to...
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PM Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz greet each other during a joint press statement in New Delhi on Friday/Rahul Singh/ANI Photo
The case of Ariha Shah, a three-year-old Indian girl who has been in foster care in Germany, was raised during a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in New Delhi on Friday, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said. At a media briefing, the...
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Renowned physicist and Padma Shri award winner Professor Rohini M Godbole passed away on Friday, according to the Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru. Godbole was 71. Godbole, a brilliant researcher and a champion of women in science, joined CHEP as an...
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Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday declared movable and immovable assets worth Rs 13,27,47,728 in the affidavit filed along with his nomination papers from Nagpur South West seat for the November 20 assembly polls. As per his tax return forms, his total income...
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AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal
People affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party tried to attack Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday evening during his padyatra in West Delhi's Vikaspuri, the city's ruling party alleged. AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj made the claim and said it was a cowardly attempt by the...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
The Lokayukta police on Friday questioned Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi BM in the MUDA site allotment case, Lokayukta sources said. Parvathi was summoned today and the questioning went on for more than two hours, a Lokayukta official said. In the MUDA site...
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A static surveillance team of the Election Commission on Friday found jewellery worth Rs 139 crore being transported in a logistics service firm's vehicle in Pune. A city-based jewellers' firm claimed that it was a legitimate consignment. SSTs have been deployed in the city in view of...
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Five accused who were arrested in Baba Siddiqui murder case, in Esplanade court, in Mumbai/ANI Photo
A court in Mumbai on Friday extended till October 26 the police remand of nine accused in the Baba Siddique murder case. The NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister was shot dead on October 12 near his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique's office in Nirmal Nagar in Bandra East. Nine persons,...
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The recent derailment of Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Superfast Express in Tamil Nadu/ANI Photo
The National Investigation Agency has begun a preliminary enquiry to ascertain any sabotage angle in recent train derailments, officials said on Friday. They said at least four such train cases are being looked into by the officials of the anti-terror agency. A preliminary enquiry has...
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Asserting that it wants to provide a platform for balanced discussions, the Jawaharlal Nehru University on Friday said it has cancelled no seminar on the West Asian conflict but had to postpone one where Iranian ambassador Iraj Elahi was scheduled to speak due to logistical and protocol...
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Coaches of two goods trains derailed in Meerut and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, officials said. No one was injured in the two incidents, they added. Two coaches of a goods train derailed in the Kaiserganj area of Meerut, they said. Railway Superintendent, Moradabad,...
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The police have recovered gelatin sticks, detonators and Maoist literature were recovered from a hideout in a forest in Maharashtra's Gondia district, an official said on Friday. In light of the upcoming state assembly elections, the police's C-60 team, bomb detection and dog squads have...
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More than 25 domestic and international flights operated by Indian carriers received bomb threats on Friday, according to sources. An IndiGo spokesperson on Friday said 7 of its flights, including 6E 87 from Kozhikode to Dammam, got security-related alerts. The sources in the know said...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut
A sessions court in Mumbai on Friday granted bail to Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut as he challenged his conviction in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya's wife Medha Somaiya. Raut has filed a revision application in the sessions court against his conviction and the 15-day...
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Domestic stock markets closed in the negative territory for the fourth consecutive day, with both benchmark indices registering significant losses. The Sensex plunged by 662.81 points, ending the day at 79,402.29, while the Nifty fell 218.60 points to close at 24,180.80. Among...
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The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal of the Maharashtra government challenging the Bombay High Court's order quashing Look-Out Circulars (LOC) issued against actress Rhea Chakraborty, her father and brother. A Look-Out Circular was issued by the CBI against Rhea, her...
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Patrolling along LAC to begin once disengagement over; both sides to move troops, dismantle temporary structures, says Army sources on China pact. Disengagement at two friction points at Demchok and Depsang planned to be completed by Oct 28-29.India and China have begun troop disengagement at the...
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The Supreme Court asks the Delhi High Court to decide expeditiously the bail plea of Sharjeel Imam booked under the stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the Delhi riots case in February 2020. A bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Satish Chandra...
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Vilified on social media for an alleged affair with a married actor, actress Nimrat Kaur posts this on X saying, Today, on my father's 72nd Birth Anniversary, a long term dream for our family came true by inaugurating a war memorial created dedicated to him and 12 other gallant martyrs all...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia are a matter of concern and India is ready to make every possible contribution for restoration of peace. His remarks came after talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who called upon India to...
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Mamata Banerjee spent the night at the secretariat
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that 2.16 lakh people have been evacuated from affected areas to relief camps. Addressing a press conference Chief Minister Mamata said, Some districts are affected badly due to cyclone, especially kaccha houses. All DMs, SPs and...
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Of the 26 requests sent to Canada for extraditing Khalistani terrorists, Ottawa has resolved only five and the rest remain in limbo, India's top envoy to that country has said, calling it the result of inaction. The five men are in the process of being extradited, High Commissioner...
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Modi's government has worked to bend the judicial system to its will and wield it as a weapon against a range of adversaries, writes Suhasini Raj. Read the column here.
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As heavy rains continued to lash several parts of Kerala since Friday morning, disrupting normal life by causing waterlogging of roads and traffic jams, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) sounded an orange alert in three more southern districts of the state. The IMD initially...
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Do Patti collapses like a house of cards when it aims to be clever, notes Sukanya Verma. Read the review here.
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Welcomed my friend, Chancellor Scholz, to my residence in New Delhi. Glad to be meeting him and discussing a diverse range of issues that will add momentum to the India-Germany friendship. Our nations have a strong track record of developmental cooperation and we look forward to building on this...
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Authorities on Friday temporarily shut the Gondola ropeway service at the resort town of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district as a precautionary measure following the killings of four people, including two soldiers, in a terror attack, officials said. Two soldiers and two Army...
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A scene from the Netflix series on the murders, Monsters
Two brothers who were convicted of murdering their parents in a case that shook America more than three decades ago are a step closer to being released on parole. A Los Angeles County district attorney has recommended that Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced by a judge because new evidence...
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The Congress on Friday said inequality, wage stagnation and inflation were structurally corrosive to India's long-term growth prospects and urged the government to address concerns over the growing financialisation of the Indian economy. Congress general secretary in-charge...
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Actor Alia Bhatt took a stand on social media Friday, addressing the barrage of speculation surrounding her appearance and the claims of cosmetic surgery that have circulated online. In a post on her Instagram stories, Alia slammed critics for their misleading articles and videos that...
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The NIA has announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for information leading to the arrest of Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, officials said on Friday. Anmol Bishnoi, who is under the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) radar for his alleged...
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Shiv Sena to field Rajya Sabha MP Milind Deora from Worli for the Assembly elections. He will face Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray. Deora joined the Shinde-led Shiv Sena from the Congress and was made a Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra earlier this year. He...
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Flight operations resumed at Kolkata airport in West Bengal from 8 am on Friday after cyclone Dana made landfall on the coast of neighbouring Odisha, officials said. Train services on the south section of the Sealdah Division under the Eastern Railway also resumed at 10 am after...
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A policemen asks people to evacuate from Puri
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday claimed that the state has achieved its Zero Casualty Mission as there has been no report regarding any loss of human life or injury in the severe cyclonic storm Dana which made landfall in the coast on Thursday night. Majhi who...
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On Friday, Google celebrated the enduring legacy of the beloved Indian playback singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, known as KK, with a special Doodle. Born on August 23, 1968, in Delhi, KK's soulful voice and romantic ballads have made him a cherished figure in the Indian music industry....
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As many as 101 people were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Koppal district for setting on fire the hutments of the Dalit community. The accused were found guilty recently and the quantum of punishment was pronounced by the court on Thursday. The case is related to caste...
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A traffic policeman in Karnataka's Shivamogga district was dragged on the bonnet of a car on Thursday when he attempted to stop the vehicle for a routine check, police said.The accused driver, identified as cable operator Mithun Jagdale, drove the car at a high speed, forcing the official to...
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Zeeshan Siddiqui, son of former MLA and NCP leader Baba Siddique, joined the NCP on Friday in the presence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, ahead of the upcoming elections.Zeeshan has been announced as the NCP candidate for the Vandre East constituency, where he won in the 2019...
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NDRF alerting people to stay home
The NDRF and ODRAF teams on Friday started restoration work by removing uprooted trees from the roads in the coastal districts of Odisha even as the landfall process of severe cyclonic storm Dana is still going on, an official said. The IMD said at 8.23 am that the Landfall process...
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Passengers were stranded as flights were cancelled
Biju Patnaik International Airport here resumed its operation at 8 am this morning as the weather conditions became normal in Bhubaneswar, an official said. The airport operation was suspended from 5 pm on October 24 in view of cyclone Dana which made landfall between Dhamra and...
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Disengagement of troops of India and China has started at two friction points in Demchok and Depsang Plains in Eastern Ladakh sector, ANI reports quoting defence officials. As per the agreements between the two sides, the Indian troops have started pulling back equipment to rear locations in the...
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Search Operations continued on Friday morning in Baramulla following the firefight between the Indian Army and terrorists last night.Two Indian Army soldiers and two civilian porters were killed after terrorists attacked a military vehicle in Baramulla.One soldier and one porter are injured and...
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Several trees were uprooted due to gusty winds and heavy incessant rains in Bhadrak district of Odisha as the landfall process of Cyclone 'Dana' continued in the early hours of Friday.Several roads were blocked in the area after trees were uprooted following strong winds and heavy downpours.Heavy...
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NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar/File image
The NCP-SP on Thursday announced the candidature of Yugendra Pawar against his uncle and Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar from Baramati as the party released its first list of 45 candidates for the November 20 state assembly elections. Ajit Pawar, who became president of the...
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Mumbai NCP president Sameer Bhujbal quit the party on Thursday and announced he will contest the November 20 assembly polls from Nashik's Nandgaon seat, which has been allotted to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Talking to reporters, Bhujbal said he aspired to contest from...
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Twenty-seven people, including seven policemen, got injured in a lathi-charge by police during a protest by a Hindu outfit who demanded the demolition of a mosque in Uttarkashi alleging that it is built on government land. Markets remained closed in Uttarkashi, Dunda, Bhatwadi and Joshiyada...
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