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Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Saturday said he will undertake an 11-day penance to propitiate Lord Venkateswara for the alleged adulteration of animal fats in Tirupati laddus. The actor-politician said he will begin the ritualistic penance from Sunday at Sri Dasavatara...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met US President Joe Biden on the margins of the Quad summit and the two leaders were expected to discuss a range of issues, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict. During the meeting at Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware, the two leaders would...
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Surjit Singh Yadav, president of Hindu Sena Samiti has filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme Court on Saturday to form a special investigation team to probe the allegations of using animal fat in preparation of prasadam for Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple in Tirupati. The...
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PM Narendra Modi receives rousing welcome from Indian community members in Philadelphia/ANI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Hotel du Pont in Delawar on Saturday morning (local time) ahead of QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) Leaders' Summit, which is set to take place in US President Joe Biden's hometown. Modi, after arriving at the hotel, met members of the...
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Bangladesh's interim government on Saturday said it would export 3,000 tonnes of hilsa fish to India, coinciding with the upcoming Durga Puja, revising its earlier decision. Durga puja will be celebrated from October 9 to 13. The development comes days after the interim government, led...
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CPM leader MM Lawrence/Courtesy X
Veteran Communist Party India-Marxist leader MM Lawrence, who was among the leaders involved in the attack on a police station at Edappally in Kochi during the Communist uprising in Kerala in 1950, died on Saturday, party sources said. He was 95. His death occurred at a private hospital...
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A brief encounter took place between terrorists and security forces in a remote forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Saturday evening, officials said. The gunfight broke out when the forces launched a search operation in Chatroo forest following information about the...
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A complaint was lodged in Hyderabad against former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and others accusing them of malicious acts of defiling the sanctity of Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple and for hurting Hindu religious sentiments following allegations of adulteration of ghee used...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived in the US for a three-day visit to attend a Quad summit and address a key conclave at the United Nations. Modi will also hold separate bilateral meetings with US President Joe Biden and other world leaders on the margins of the Quad summit in...
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The US on Saturday said that Russia's war against Ukraine flouted all international norms and urged countries like India to support the principles of principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity. On being asked about US President Biden's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
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The Indian diaspora in Delaware is buzzing with excitement as they prepare to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chants of Modi, Modi filled the air as community members prepared for the PM's arrival. Members of the Indian diaspora from different cities of the US have gathered...
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Congress leader and MP Kumari Selja
Union minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manohar Lal Khattar has asked senior Congress leader and MP Kumari Selja, a prominent Dalit face, to join the saffron party, amid reports that she was staying away from the campaign for the October 5 Haryana assembly polls. The former...
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said the government will consult pontiffs, sages, priests and other top Hinduism experts on the future course of action to be taken following allegations of animal fat adulteration in Tirupati laddus. During a recent NDA...
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The Allahabad high court on Saturday rejected a bail application of former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan in a machine theft case.Justice Samit Gopal passed the order rejecting bail. Earlier, the court had reserved its order on September 2 after hearing the...
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A 29-year-old woman's dismembered body was found in a house in Malleswaram in Bengaluru police sources said on Saturday. According to the police, Mahalakshmi's body, cut into over 30 pieces, was stuffed in a refrigerator. Senior police officers reached the spot and barricaded the road...
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The hearing in a defamation case against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in a MP-MLA court in this Uttar Pradesh district was postponed on Saturday due to a health camp organised by the bar council.The matter will now be heard on October 1.Plaintiff Vijay Mishra's lawyer...
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Four alleged ISIS terrorists have been arrested in Pakistan's Punjab province, the police said on Saturday. A spokesperson of Punjab Police's Counter Terrorism Department said that acting on a tip-off, the CTD raided the hideouts of terrorists in four cities of Punjab -- Lahore, Toba Tek...
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AAP leader Atishi takes oath as 8th Chief Minister of Delhi/ANI Photo
Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi was sworn in as chief minister at the Delhi Raj Niwas on Saturday afternoon. She is the 17th female chief minister of the country. The Atishi government will have a brief tenure as the assembly polls in Delhi are due in February next year. More details soon.
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Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, Delhi Chief Minister designate Atishi and leaders who will be part of her cabinet on Saturday met AAP supremo and her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal. Earlier this week, Atishi was chosen as the leader of the legislature party after Kejriwal made an unexpected...
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Four unidentified persons were booked in connection with the stone pelting on a Ganpati procession in Bhiwandi in Thane district on September 18, a police official said on Saturday. Stones were thrown on the immersion procession of Sri Hanuman Sarvajanik Mitra Mandal some time after midnight...
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Managing director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Jayen Mehta on Saturday said that an FIR has been lodged at the cybercrime branch of Ahmedabad police against misinformation campaign allegedly defaming Amul and spreading rumours that they had supplied the ghee that allegedly...
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Filmmaker Ridley Scott has teased that he is already toying with the idea for a third Gladiator movie. Scott, who directed the multiple Oscar-winning movie Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix, in 2000, is currently awaiting Gladiator II, which will open in cinemas worldwide...
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Muktesh Pardeshi
Seasoned diplomat Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi has been appointed as India's new ambassador to Turkiye -- a country that has emerged as an influential player in the resolution of regional conflicts, including in the Middle-East. Pardeshi, a 1991-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently...
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The pilgrimage to Kedarnath by road was put on hold on Saturday after part of the trek route to the Himalayan temple caved in near Jungle Chatti. Pilgrims returning from Kedarnath as well as those leaving for the temple from Gaurikund and Sonprayag were stopped after 10-15 metre stretch of...
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Amidst tensions and violence in Bangladesh's hilly regions, which claimed four lives, the Bangladesh Army has issued an appeal to the public, urging them to maintain peace and harmony. The ongoing tension may turn into violent riots in the three hill districts. Leading individuals are...
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Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh/ANI Photo
Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh has been appointed as the next chief of the air staff. Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh, is presently serving as Vice Chief of the Air Staff, as the next chief of the air staff, in the rank of Air Chief Marshal, with effect from the afternoon of September 30,...
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Action entertainer Yudhra, headlined by Siddhant Chaturvedi, collected Rs 4.52 crore on its opening day at the domestic box office, the makers said on Saturday. Yudhra, directed by Ravi Udyawar of Mom fame and also starring Malavika Mohanan in her Bollywood debut, was released in theatres...
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Unidentified persons allegedly tampered with a railway track by removing fish plates and loosening several bolts in an attempt to derail trains in Gujarat's Surat district on Saturday, the police said. The sabotage attempt came to light before a train could pass through the affected track...
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New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens during captivity of rebels/ANI Photo
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released by separatist rebels in Indonesia's restive Papua region, 19 months after his kidnapping. Mehrtens had been held captive since February 2023. The New Zealand government said that Phillip Mehrtens, taken hostage in Papua,...
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The Assam police arrested two persons and recovered contraband worth Rs 15.5 crore from them in Cachar district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.The recovery was made from a truck, he said.A successful anti-narcotics operation by @cacharpolice. Based on reliable inputs, Cachar...
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Normal life was affected in the Imphal Valley districts of Manipur due to an 18-hour bandh called by a militant outfit, officials said. Markets, business establishments and banks across the five valley districts remained closed and public transport vehicles were off the roads as proscribed...
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Tension prevailed in Dharavi slum here on Saturday after hundreds of local residents gathered on a road and opposed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's plan to pull down an alleged illegal portion of a mosque, an official said. A large number of police personnel have been deployed there...
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Actor Parvin Dabas was on Saturday admitted to the intensive care unit of a suburban hospital in Mumbai after a car accident, his family said. Dabas, 50, has appeared predominantly in Hindi and English language films such as Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara, Khosla Ka...
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Mobile internet services will be suspended across the state for over five hours for two days starting on Saturday in view of the Jharkhand General Graduate Level Combined Competitive Examination (JGGLCCE), in a bid to check any malpractice during the examination, an official statement said.The...
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Excerpts from the press kit for the Modi&US event at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum is located in Uniondale, New York on Sunday, September 22, 2024: Modi&US is a celebration of India&US and the cultural ethos Indians carry around the globe -- an ethos which views the world...
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Junior doctors on Saturday morning rejoined their duties partially at various government-run hospitals in West Bengal after a hiatus of 42 days.They were on 'cease work' agitation in protest against the rape and murder of an on-duty woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.The junior...
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Amid concerns among devotees on the quality of ghee used in the famous Tirupati 'laddu prasadam', the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has said sanctity of the sacred sweetmeat has been restored.In a social media post on Friday night, the TTD, which manages the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple,...
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Khushboo Tiwari/Business StandardLIC Mutual Fund plans to launch smaller ticket-size systematic investment plans (SIPs) of Rs 100 by the first week of October, said R K Jha, its MD and CEO.The decision comes at a time when Sebi has been advocating lower-size SIPs to allow more participation from...
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Surajeet Das Gupta/Business StandardThe highly anticipated launch of Apple iPhone 16 series generated significant buzz in India on Friday, with serpentine queues at flagship stores and quick-service platforms offering deliveries for the first time.According to Counterpoint Research, which...
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At least three Border Security Force troopers were killed and 32 others injured when a bus carrying the forces' personnel for election duty fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district on Friday, officials said.The bus was hired to carry BSF jawans for duty in the second phase of...
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