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Kamala, Trump tied in key polls days before voting

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Just 10 days ahead of the Election Day, the United States presidential race remained very tight with both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump locked in a dead heat for the popular votes in most swing states.The final nationwide CNN poll found that 47 per cent of likely...
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Over 30 flights get bomb threats on Saturday

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As many as 33 flights received bomb threats on Saturday, according to sources.In 13 days, more than 300 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received hoax bomb threats.Most of the threats were issued through social media.Amid the threats, the IT Ministry has asked social media platforms...
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Gujarat man arrested for giving sensitive info to Pak spy

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The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad arrested a Porbandar resident for allegedly sharing sensitive information about Indian Coast Guard vessels to a Pakistani agent posing as a Mumbai-based woman, an official said on Saturday.  Accused Pankaj Kotiya was lured by the Pakistani agent, who...
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As Israel attacks Iran, India says...

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India on Saturday said it was deeply concerned over the 'evolving escalation' in West Asia and urged all sides to exercise restraint and return to the path of dialogue and diplomacy.Our Missions in the region are in contact with the Indian community, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in...
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Maharashtra: BJP drops 2 MLAs in second list

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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released its second list of 22 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections, retaining six sitting MLAs and dropping two.The saffron party, a member of the ruling Mahayuti coalition along with the Shiv Sena and NCP, has declared candidates for 121...
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Amid MVA seat-sharing row, AAP says it won't...

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The Aam Aadmi Party will not contest the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra.Instead, party chief Arvind Kejriwal will campaign for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition, AAP leader Sanjay Singh said on Saturday.In the Maharashtra elections, the party's National Convenor, Arvind Kejriwal,...
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Mahayuti allies still in talks over 8 seats: BJP

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Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday said talks are still on among the three Mahayuti constituents over seven to eight seats for the next month's state assembly polls.Talking to reporters in Mumbai, the former state minister said the BJP would release...
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Iran cancels all flights amid Israeli attack

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Iran cancelled all flights until further notice due to escalating tensions and security concerns in West Asia, according to state news agency IRNA.The spokesperson for Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation, Ja'far Yazerlou, stated today that flights on all routes have been cancelled until further...
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Lawyers must learn to pay proper salaries to youngsters: CJI

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Lawyers must learn to pay proper salaries and emoluments to the youngsters who enter their chambers to learn, Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud has said In an interview with the All India Radio, Chandrachud said the legal profession is a difficult one where the foundation laid in...
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Woman claims sighting leopard at Bhubaneswar airport

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Personnel of the Odisha forest department on Saturday launched a search operation at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar, after a woman claimed to have spotted a leopard near the dump yard area, officials said.The forest department sleuths along with the local police scanned the...
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Top 10 BSE firms according to market cap

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Market capitalisation of top 10 BSE firms as on October 25, 2024.
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Priyanka didn't disclose full info about assets: BJP

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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday accused Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of 'non-disclosure of essential information' regarding her and her husband Robert Vadra's assets in her affidavit to contest the Lok Sabha bypoll from Kerala's Wayanad.BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia...
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Teacher held for sexually assaulting 17-year-old tribal student in Gujarat

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A teacher was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a Class IX tribal student at a residential school in Gujarat's Dahod district, a police official said on Saturday.The incident took place in a residential school for tribals in Khalta village and the accused has been identified as Kalpesh...
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8 held for gang rape of woman at picnic spot in MP

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The police on Saturday arrested eight persons in connection with the gang rape of a woman while she was on an outing with her husband in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, an official said.The police have apprehended five persons who allegedly raped the woman and three men who shot a video of the...
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Army vehicle skids off road in Kulgam; 1 soldier dead

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An army soldier was killed and nine others injured when their Army vehicle skidded off the road and overturned in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, officials said on Saturday.The injured were taken to a hospital where their condition is stated to be stable, they said.The accident in Kulgam's D...
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Coldplay tickets: ED finds 'irregularities'

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday said it has detected alleged irregularities after it conducted raids in a money laundering probe into 'black marketing' of tickets for Coldplay and Diljit Dosanjh's 'Dil-Luminati' concerts.The searches were undertaken on Friday at 13 locations in five...
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Maharashtra polls: Cong releases 2nd list of 23 candidates

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The Congress on Saturday released its second list of 23 candidates for the November 10 assembly elections in Maharashtra.The list came after the party's Central Election Committee met and discussed the names of the candidates for the polls.The Congress declared 48 candidates in its first list....
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Haryana lynching: Meat sample not beef, say cops

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Two months after a migrant worker from West Bengal was allegedly beaten to death in Haryana over suspicion that he had eaten beef, police on Saturday said it was found in a lab test that it was not beef.Ten people have been arrested in connection with the killing of Sabir Malik, a rag picker who...
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7 Punjab cops suspended over Bishnoi interview

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Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi (left)/File image
The Punjab police suspended seven personnel, including two deputy superintendent rank officers, in connection with an interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi while in police custody.A Special Investigation Team of the state police, led by the special director general of police (human rights),...
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Jawan dies after army vehicle overturns in J-K's Kulgam

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In a tragic accident, a sepoy was killed and a few soldiers sustained injuries after a vehicle of the Indian Army skidded and overturned in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, the Army said.  The incident unfolded during an operational move late Friday evening.  In a post on...
10:49

MF Investors Hit 50 Million

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Sustained buoyancy in the equity market and a surge in equity fund launches brought in nearly 10 million new investors to the mutual fund fold in the last 12 months, shows data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi).The pace of investor addition has more than doubled compared to the...
10:38

Cyclone Dana: 2 more killed in Bengal, toll rises to 4

A rickshaw puller wades through a waterlogged road following heavy rainfall as an effect of the 'Dana' cyclone, in Kolkata on Friday./ANI Photo
A rickshaw puller wades through a waterlogged road following heavy rainfall as an effect of the 'Dana' cyclone, in Kolkata on Friday./ANI Photo
Two more persons died in West Bengal due to cyclone Dana, taking the toll to four, officials said on Saturday. A civic volunteer, identified as Chandan Das (31), died on the spot when he allegedly touched a live wire in Bud Bud in Purba Bardhaman district. The incident happened when he...
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How Much Did FPIs Sell in Oct?

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Selling by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) so far in October is the highest ever in a calendar month, surpassing the March 2020 levels.However, comparing the assets under custody (AUC) of overseas investors shows that the intensity of selling is only the third-worst. AUC is the...
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Arms, explosive recovered in Manipur

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Arms and ammunition were recovered by security forces in Manipur's Bishnupur and Imphal West districts, police said on Saturday. During a search operation in Uyungmakhong in Bishnupur district on Friday, a 7.62 mm self-loading rifle with a magazine, six grenades, four grenade arm rings, two...
09:43

Shot down 'adversial targets': Iran on Israel attack

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Iran media on Saturday said that the country's air defence systems in central Tehran foiled Israeli attack in response to the escalating attacks by Tel Aviv. State news agency IRNA said that Iran has successfully shot down adversial targets in the airspace around Tehran...
09:36

Leonardo DiCaprio endorses Kamala Harris, bashes Trump

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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio
Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio has officially endorsed Kamala Harris for US president. Taking to his Instagram account on Thursday, DiCaprio, who is best known for his environmental activism, expressed deep concern over recent hurricanes, which he linked to climate change. In the...
09:16

Chinese hackers targeted phone data of Donald Trump, JD Vance: Report

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Former US President Donald Trump/File image
Hackers linked to the Chinese government targeted the phone communications of former US President Donald Trump and Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance as part of their cyber-espionage activity aimed at high-level US targets, CNN reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter. According...
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Man held from Punjab in Siddique murder case

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Maharashtra ex-minister Baba Siddique/File image
A man was arrested from Ludhiana in connection with the murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, Punjab Police chief Gaurav Yadav said on Saturday. Surjeet Sushil Singh was held in a joint operation of the Punjab police and the Mumbai police. He has been...
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Mehbooba dissolves PDP structure; new leadership after discussions with seniors

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Mehbooba Mufti/File image
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti has announced the dissolution of the party's entire structure with immediate effect.  According to sources, the new office bearers, along with various wings and bodies, will be formed after discussions with senior...
08:17

US hires chartered flight to send back Indians who stayed illegally

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The United States hired a chartered flight to send back Indian nationals who stayed in the US illegally, the department of homeland security said on Friday, noting that this has been done in cooperation with the Indian government. Indian nationals without a legal basis to remain in the...
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Siddique murder: Mumbai police recover weapon from accused's house

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Slain NCP leader Baba Siddique/File image
The Mumbai police recovered a weapon from the house of an accused in the NCP leader Baba Siddique murder case, officials said on Friday. The weapon was recovered from the house of accused Ram Fulchand Kanoujia in Raigad, Maharashtra where he was living on rent, the police said. The...
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Israel starts 'precision strikes' on Iran military targets

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The Israel Defence Forces said on Saturday that it is carrying out precise strikes on Iranian military targets, around a month after Tehran launched around 200 ballistic missiles towards Israel.  The IDF noted that the strikes are being conducted in response to relentless attacks from...
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Will try to reunite Uddhav, Raj if given a chance, says MNS leader

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Uddhav Thackeray (left) and Raj Thackeray /File mage
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Bala Nandgaonkar on Friday said if he gets an opportunity, he will try to bring estranged Thackeray cousins Uddhav and Raj together. Nandgaonkar was talking to reporters after filing his nomination as candidate of the Raj Thackeray-led MNS from Shivadi...
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SP leader fined Rs 54 lakh for stealing electricity in UP's Sambhal

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The Uttar Pradesh power department has fined a former district president of the Samajwadi Party Rs 54 lakh in connection with an electricity theft case, an official said on Friday.The case against Firoz Khan was registered on October 20 in Sambhal, executive engineer Naveen Gautam of the power...
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MVA final seat-sharing deal by today evening: Cong

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The Congress asserted that there were no differences in the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition and the final seat-sharing arrangement among its constituents will be out by Saturday evening. The party made the assertion after its central election committee met at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi...