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The Supreme Court on Monday sought to know the details of real beneficiaries of the land reclaimed from sea for the construction of the Bandra Worli Sea Link in Mumbai after taking note of a plea seeking to restrain the authorities from carrying out commercial development. A bench of...
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Authorities have sealed a private hospital here and suspended its licence after its medical oxygen pipeline exploded twice within 15 hours, health department officials said on Monday. No casualties have been reported in the incident, they said. All patients were shifted to other...
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At least seven climbers, including five foreign climbers, have been confirmed dead in an avalanche that hit the base camp of Yalung Ri Peak in Dolakha district of Nepal.As per the police, the dead include three US, one Canadian, one Italian and two Nepali nationals.As of now, seven have been...
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Maharashtra cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal underwent heart surgery at a private hospital in Mumbai on Monday and his health condition is stable, his office said. The surgery on the 78-year-old NCP leader was performed at the Asian Heart Institute under the guidance of renowned cardiologist...
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The Calcutta high court on Monday allowed the Bharatiya Janata Party to hold a rally and public meeting in West Bengal's Bardhaman town on November 5, setting aside the local police's refusal to grant permission. The rally, to be led by Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal assembly...
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A large number of devotees thronged Puri's Jagannath temple on the second day of 'Panchuka Brata' on Monday. Devotees were seen standing in a long queue before the 'Singha Dwar' on Grand Road. The devotees are allowed to enter the temple only through the 'Lion's Gate' and exit through...
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Two days after Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi termed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma unfit to head the government, the BJP leader on Monday reiterated his statement that the opposition leader is a 100 percent Pakistani agent. Speaking to reporters in Tezpur, Sarma also said that he...
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A thick layer of haze enveloped the national capital on Monday, with the air quality remaining in the very poor category and very likely to deteriorate to severe on Tuesday. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi recorded an overall Air Quality Index of 309 at 4 pm,...
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Taking a stern view, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday ordered a probe into complaints that some farmers have received crop insurance claims as low as Re 1. Wondering whether insurers are playing jokes with the farmers, Chouhan asserted that such claims for crop...
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Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Saar will be on a three-day visit to India beginning Monday, during which he will meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.The Israeli foreign minister will arrive in the national capital on Monday evening. He will hold talks with the external affairs...
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The Delhi police apprehended two brothers, both minors, for allegedly holding a cab driver at knifepoint in west Delhi's Khayala area and extorting Rs 41,000 from his family, an official said on Monday. The incident occurred near Vivek Vihar in the early hours of October 31 when the two...
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A technical glitch in a rake at Andheri station in western suburbs delayed Mumbai Metro services on Ghatkopar-Varsova Line 1 during evening rush hours on Monday, said officials. The snag, which occurred at around 5 pm, disrupted services on one of the busiest metro corridors of...
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A petition was filed in the Bombay high court on Monday seeking a CBI probe into the fake encounter of Rohit Arya, who had held 17 children and two adults hostage at a recording studio in Mumbai, by police during the rescue operation. The petitioner, Shobha Buddhivant, claimed the police...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday claimed that cultural icon Zubeen Garg was murdered in Singapore, even as the probe into the case was underway.The celebrated singer died under mysterious circumstances while swimming in the sea in Singapore on September 19. He had gone to the...
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A Delhi-bound Air India plane from San Francisco made a precautionary landing at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia due to a suspected technical issue on Monday. Air India said the aircraft landed safely at Ulaanbaatar and is undergoing necessary checks. AI174 of 02 November, operating from San...
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The Congress on Monday alleged the BJP is viewing the alleged vote theft in Maharashtra through a Hindu-Muslim angle after state minister Ashish Shelar accused Shiv Sena-UBT and MNS of playing appeasement politics and targeting Hindu and Marathi voters.State Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day tour of his his parliamentary constituency Varanasi from November 7, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here said on Monday. BJP's regional president Dilip Patel said the prime minister will arrive at the Lal Bahadur Shastri...
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Stranger Things actor Millie Bobby Brown had reportedly filed bullying and harassment complaints against co-star David Harbour ahead of the show's final season premiere. Many UK outlets, including Daily Mail and Radar Online reported that Netflix has commenced an internal...
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A woman has been arrested for allegedly killing a pet dog by banging it against the floor of an apartment lift here, police said on Monday.The incident, which took place on November 1, was captured on CCTV installed inside the lift, they said.In the footage, the woman -- identified as Pushpalatha...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday raised concern over the worsening air quality in the national capital, saying with both the Centre and Delhi under BJP rule, people expect clean air instead of excuses. In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said Delhi's air is becoming increasingly...
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Billed as a major event to unearth new cricket talent from Kashmir, the Indian Heaven Premier League (IHPL) has turned out to be a scam as the organisers have fled, leaving several former international stars like Chris Gayle stranded in a hotel in Srinagar due to non-payment of bills. ...
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Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has challenged before the Supreme Court of Belgium the October 17 order of the Antwerp Court of Appeals, which had termed India's request seeking his extradition enforceable, officials said Monday. In response to queries sent by the PTI, the public...
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for frequently accusing opposition leaders of insulting the country and Bihar, saying he should set up a new ministry, the 'Apamaan Mantralaya' (Ministry of Insults).Addressing election rallies in Saharsa and...
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Adani Group-AAI-owned Mumbai International Airport will remain shut for flight operations for six hours on November 20 as the facility operator plans to carry out a comprehensive annual post-monsoon runway maintenance work, according to a statement on Monday. The scheduled runway...
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a 'Cyclone Alert' for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands following the formation of a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to intensify from November 4, officials said.A senior IMD official said a low-pressure area...
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32-year-old Delhi resident was allegedly duped of over Rs 9 lakh by a person posing as the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and accusing him of being involved in the Pulwama terror attack, police said on Monday. A case was registered on October 14 after the complainant, a...
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Fuelled by festive buying, the transaction through the popular Unified Payments Interface (UPI) touched a record high of Rs 27.28 lakh crore and 20.7 billion in value and volume terms, respectively, in October, according to data released by the National Payments Corporation of India...
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Benchmark indices Sensex edged up nearly 40 points while Nifty ended above 25,750 points in a lackadaisical trade on Monday, snapping the two-day declining streak on buying in select auto and banking shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex inched up by 39.78 points or 0.05 per cent to settle at...
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Rajasthan minister Khimsar however confirmed 13 deaths
At least ten people died and several others sustained serious injuries after a trolley truck overturned in the Loha Mandi in Rajasthan's capital city of Jaipur, officials said on Monday. The incident took place under the Harmada Police Station limits in Jaipur According to police, the...
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A Pakistani Hindu girl, who faced three harrowing months after being abducted, forcefully converted and married to a Muslim man, finally got to reunite with her family after a Sindh court's order, a community leader said here. A lower court in Umerkot, about 310 kms east of Karachi, ordered...
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Trump said China, Russia, Pakistan, N Korea were testing nuclear weapons
Ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week, US President Donald Trump announced that the US will start testing nuclear weapons on an equal basis with rival powers. In an interview with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell on Sunday, the US president named Russia, China, North Korea and...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday claimed that if the NDA returns to power in Bihar, the BJP will not make Nitish Kumar the chief minister, and instead give the post to some chela of the saffron party.Addressing his maiden Bihar election rally at Raja Pakar in Vaishali district,...
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Politician Shashi Tharoor had a quirky birthday message for Shah Rukh Khan. He believes the actor, who celebrated his 60th birthday on Sunday, is aging in reverse a la Benjamin Button style. Referring to the 2008 Brad Pitt-starrer, Tharoor said there was hardly any evidence that points out...
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Surat-based industrialist and Rajya Sabha member Govind Dholakia has announced a reward of diamond jewellery and solar panels for the Indian women's cricket team, which won the World Cup by defeating South Africa. Dholakia is the founder and chairman emeritus of Shree Ramkrishna Exports Pvt...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the Zubeen Garg death case would likely be submitting the chargesheet before the court by December 8. The Chief Minister further reiterated that the famous singer was...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ashok Kumar Kumar on Monday clarified on his earlier remark made allegedly on Muslim voters, reiterating that if voters are not ready to vote for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) then they should give up the benefits from the ongoing schemes of the...
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India's manufacturing sector activity strengthened in October, buoyed by Goods and Services Tax relief, productivity gains and tech investment, even as international sales rose at a weaker pace, a monthly survey said on Monday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing...
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Amid intense political campaigning ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Sanjay Yadav on Monday claimed that the ruling NDA is losing ground in the state and asserted that the Mahagathbandhan is poised to form the next government. Speaking to reporters in...
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Monday expressed confidence in Mahagathbandhan's victory in the Bihar assembly elections, citing the corruption and mismanagement in the Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance government. The Karantaka CM further said that he would go for campaigning in...
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Dr Umar Khalid is one of many fine, upright men and women, who are languishing in jail under dubious charges hastily filed by the police under orders from their political masters, writes Ramachandra Guha. Read the column here.
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yogi Adityanath on Monday took a sharp jibe at the Mahagathbandhan alliance, saying that they have called in three monkeys to campaign for the alliance. Taking a hit at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Rashtriya Janata Dal...
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Most passengers seated behind the bus driver were killed, while those behind the conductor survived the deadly accident in Telangana that claimed 19 lives, one of the survivors said on Monday. Recalling the horrific incident, the survivor said he was dozing in the bus when a loud thud jolted...
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Former skipper Diana Edulji hailed the Indian women's team's maiden ICC Women's World Cup victory, calling it a proud moment for the country and describing it as our 1983 moment.She also congratulated the players, the BCCI, and the ICC for their efforts in promoting women's cricket.Speaking to...
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The rupee fell 7 paise to 88.77 against the dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by higher crude oil prices and continuous outflow of foreign capital amid uncertainties over global trade. According to forex traders, negative sentiment in domestic equities also pressured the Indian...
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The domestic stock markets are now in a healthier state compared to last year as the earnings cycle appears to be bottoming out, according to a report by Motilal Oswal Financial Services. The report highlighted that the earnings for the second quarter of FY26 have largely been in line with...
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The Goods and Services (GST) revenue for the Financial Year 2026 (FY26) will still be higher than budgeted collections, according to SBI Research. The report projects that even after accounting for similar gains and losses across states following tax rationalisation measures, Goods and...
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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his katta' remark at a poll rally in Bihar, asserting that he had never heard any PM use such words. Modi had on Sunday claimed that the Congress had been unwilling to accept Yadav as the INDIA bloc's chief...
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The Supreme Court says it will pass order in the stray dogs case on November 7. The court says presence of chief secretaries would again become necessary in case there is default in compliance of orders. SC says Animal Welfare Board of India be made a party in the matter.The Supreme Court on...
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Who is the true hero of the home in winter? The geyser, of course. Which are the best geysers to shop for as winter tiptoes closer...Thande thande paani mein nahana nahin chahiye, so take a look at these hot options.
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Jemima Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana shared this on Instagram letting the world know that the World Cup win was real!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated the Indian women's cricket team on winning their maiden ICC World Cup and said the entire country is overjoyed with their success. Addressing the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) in New Delhi, the PM said, This...
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Bars can be destinations too. Either for their vibe. Or for their location, location, location. Else, of course, for their drinks. Here's 8 bars, according to Independent London, to put on your bucket.Sip and sup here.
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A journey through Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's most unforgettable performances -- where grace meets grit, notes Subhash K Jha.Swooooon!
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President Droupadi Murmu on Monday congratulated the Indian women's cricket team on winning their maiden World Cup and said this watershed moment will take the sport to still higher performances. I admire the way the girls have done India proud, Murmu said in a post on X. The Indian women's...
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Hectic campaigning in poll-bound Bihar is set to continue on Monday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge scheduled to address a host of public rallies across the state. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra...
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The health condition of a 19-year-old woman who suffered serious injuries after being pushed out of a moving train by a drunk passenger near Varkala in this district remains critical, hospital authorities said on Monday.Sreekutty, a native of Palode near Thiruvananthapuram, was travelling in the...
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Hamari Chhori Chhore Se Kam Hai Ke! This iconic line has taken over social media as India's women's cricket team made history by winning their first-ever ICC Women's World Cup title. From cricket fans to Bollywood stars, the entire nation is celebrating the remarkable victory with pride....
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At least 16 people were killed and eight others suffered injuries when a tipper lorry carrying gravel collided head-on with a public transport bus in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana on Monday, police said. The tipper collided with the Telangana Road Transport Corporation (RTC) vehicle near...
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As Indian Women's Cricket Team lifted their maiden World Cup trophy, BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia said, Last month, ICC Chairman Jay Shah increased women's prize money by 300%. Earlier, the prize money was $3.88 million, and now it has been increased to $14 million. BCCI has also announced a...
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The Chinese and American leaders met during the 32nd APEC Economic Ministers' Meeting in South Korea on 30 October, the first such face-to-face encounter in more than six years.While it was positive that the world's two most powerful nations are talking, many remain concerned at the Trump...
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