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Retail inflation fell to a record low of 0.25 percent in October following cut in GST rates on nearly 380 items of mass consumption coupled with subdued prices of vegetables, fruits and eggs. October Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation was lowest in the current series (base year...
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The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 21.71 crore, including nine properties in Delhi, belonging to Chirag Tomar, his family and associates in connection with a scam in which USD 20 million in cryptocurrency was siphoned off using spoofed websites, officials said...
23:40
Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi
Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Wednesday said the force is closely watching the Ukraine battlefield because it is a living lab' in terms of the conditions we are having along our borders'. In his address at the Delhi Defence Dialogue 2025, Gen Dwivedi also said that as far as the...
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Karnataka government on Wednesday issued an order mandating one day of paid menstrual leave per month to all working women aged 18-52, working in permanent, contractual and outsourced jobs. The state Cabinet had last month cleared the Menstrual Leave Policy. The concerned employers are...
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Former Union home minister P Chidambaram/File image
As the NIA began its probe into the Delhi blast, Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday talked of home-grown terrorists and said the government's discreet silence is because it knows about them.In a post on X, though Chidambaram did not talk of the Delhi blast that...
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Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh's foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned India's deputy high commissioner in Dhaka and expressed serious concern over deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's interaction with mainstream Indian media. Hasina, 78, faces multiple cases in Bangladesh after being ousted in August last...
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The Delhi police intensified security measures across the national capital following the Red Fort blast, with officers making public announcements urging residents to stay vigilant and report any suspicious object or activity to the police. Such announcements were heard near sensitive...
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Senior BJP leader BL Santosh
Senior BJP leader BL Santosh on Wednesday held a meeting with party legislators of Manipur, in which deliberations happened on forming a government in the state.Santosh, the BJP's general secretary (organisation), held the meeting at the party office in Imphal. The BJP's northeast coordinator,...
21:45
The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday conducted searches at ten locations across five states in an Al Qaida Gujarat terror conspiracy case involving illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. The agency conducted simultaneous searches at the premises linked to various suspects and their...
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The Election Commission on Wednesday said no repoll has been recommended in any of the polling booths of 122 assembly seats in Bihar that went to elections in the second phase. It said this is for the first time in the recent history of the state that no repoll has been ordered.In the first...
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The Delhi police has arrested a 49-year-old woman and recovered 266 grams of heroin, valued at around Rs 1.10 crore in the international market, an official said on Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off, a team laid a trap near Mubarakpur Dabas. The accused was apprehended when she tried to flee, he...
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The government on Wednesday termed the car explosion outside Red Fort as a terrorist incident and directed investigating agencies to deal with the case with utmost urgency and professionalism to bring the perpetrators and their sponsors to justice without delay. A Union Cabinet meeting,...
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PDP president Mehbooba Mufti
People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday called for a transparent probe into the Delhi blast, however, she expressed concern, saying that innocent family members linked to the suspects were being harassed. Speaking at a party event in Srinagar, Mehbooba condemned the...
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The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in the car explosion near the Red Fort in Delhi on November 10. The meeting began with a two-minute silence in memory of the victims. In a resolution adopted after the...
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The Delhi police arrested a 27-year-old man allegedly involved in supplying illegal firearms from Madhya Pradesh to criminals in Delhi-NCR, an official said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Gaurav Kumar, was apprehended near Mahadev Chowk in Rohini when he was carrying a backpack...
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An Air India Express flight, carrying over 170 passengers, from the city to Varanasi received a bomb threat on Wednesday, sources said. The airline said the plane landed safely at the Varanasi airport. One of our flights to Varanasi received a security threat. In line with protocol, the...
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IndiGo on Wednesday received a message that there is a bomb threat for five airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, according to sources. The authorities assessed the threat and found it to be non-specific, the sources said. The sources said the message claimed there was bomb threat to...
19:41
The red car linked to prime suspect in the Delhi blast case/ File Photo/ANI
The Faridabad police seized the red EcoSport carrying registration number DL 10 CK 0458, suspected to be linked to Dr Umar Un Nabi, the prime suspect in the Delhi blast case.Sources said that before the car blast on Monday evening, Umar Nabi stayed at a mosque on Asaf Ali Road near Ramlila...
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A man, who had been absconding for 26 years in a case of rash driving allegedly resulting in the death of a person, was arrested by the Jammu police following his deportation from the United Kingdom to India, officials said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Naveen Kousha, a resident...
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The rupee depreciated 16 paise to close at 88.66 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, weighed down by the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and elevated crude oil prices. Forex traders said the rupee traded within a range as renewed optimism over the...
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The Delhi police rushed to an address in northeast Delhi's New Seelampur after learning that a red Ford EcoSport car, suspected to be linked to the Red Fort blast case, was registered at that location, an official said on Wednesday. The police sources said the team immediately visited the...
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Actor Prakash Raj on Wednesday appeared before the Telangana government's Special Investigation Team here in connection with a case related to alleged promotion of an online betting application, the police said. Raj was questioned by the officials, a senior police official told PTI. The...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scheduled visit to Gujarat on Thursday has been cancelled, according to BJP office-bearers.Though no official reason was given for the cancellation, it is believed that the home minister is busy in the aftermath of the car blast in the national capital.Shah was...
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Dr Umar Nabi who was driving the explosives-laden car that blew up near the Red Fort had planned a powerful blast timed around the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary on December 6, officials said on Wednesday. The details of the plan have been pieced together after interrogation of the...
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In two operations of drug haul, heroin worth nearly Rs 1.3 crore was seized and two women were arrested from the capital city of Assam, the police said on Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, a raid was conducted at Khanapara in the Basistha police station limits this morning, and a woman was...
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A serving Indian Revenue Service officer has made a rare leap from tax administration to cinema, marking his debut as a movie maker with Kathakar Ki Diary: The Story of Ordinary Lives, which premiered at the ongoing 31st Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). Rooted in West Bengal but...
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Amit Patel, a dealer at the Royal Car Zone, a firm selling second-hand cars, which also sold the car involved in the Red Fort bomb blast, says, On 29 October, our staff member Sonu was contacted. Two people came to see the i-20 car, they liked it, made the payment, and took the car on that very...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued their upward momentum for the third straight day on Wednesday, supported by gains in IT and consumer durables shares amid a rally in global equities markets. Traders said optimism over the anticipated resolution of the US government shutdown...
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Amit Shah holds a meeting with police officials after the Delhi blast
Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scheduled visit to Gujarat on Thursday has been cancelled, according to BJP office-bearers. Though no official reason was given for the cancellation, it is believed that the home minister is busy in the aftermath of the car blast in the national capital. Shah...
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Anticipating its victory in the Bihar assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has ordered 501 kg of laddoos ahead of the counting of votes on Friday. The polling in two phases were held on November 6 and 11 in Bihar, and result will be announced on Friday. The state has registered the...
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The initial post-mortem findings of the Delhi Blast victims on Wednesday revealed severe injuries, including broken bones and head trauma, sources said. At least eight people died near the Lal Quila metro station on Monday evening after a blast in a Hyundai i20 car occurred. Blast wave...
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Relatives mourn a victim of the Red Fort blast
The Delhi Police has sounded an alert across all police stations, posts, and border checkpoints in the national capital to trace a red Ford EcoSport car suspected to be linked to the Red Fort blast case, sources said on Wednesday. The alert was issued after the investigation revealed that...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the LNJP Hospital on Wednesday and met the survivors of the Red Fort blast, saying the perpetrators will be brought to justice. Went to LNJP Hospital and met those injured during the blast in Delhi. Praying for everyone's quick recovery. Those behind the...
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Security forces raid Dr Shaheen Shahid's residence
Expressing disbelief over his sister's alleged link with terrorist activities, the elder brother of arrested doctor Shaheen Sayeed on Wednesday said his family was still struggling to accept that she could have been involved in anything unlawful. Her former husband recalled that she never...
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On November 10, a devastating car explosion near Delhi's iconic Red Fort claimed 13 lives and injured more than 20 others.The blast, which occurred around 6.52 pm near Gate 1 of the Red Fort metro station, was allegedly carried out by Dr Umar Mohammad, a Pulwama native who taught at the...
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The destroyed i20 after the blast
Lucknow-based woman doctor Dr Shaheen Saeed, who was arrested in connection with a massive explosives haul in Faridabad hours before the bomb blast near Red Fort, held liberal views and wasn't particularly religious, her former husband Dr Hayat Zafar has said in an interview with NDTV.Shaheen...
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The family of Shaheen and Pervez, who are reportedly under investigation in connection with a recent Delhi blast case, has come forward asserting their innocence. Speaking to ANI, Shaheen's brother, Mohammad Shoaib, maintained that both his brother and sister have had no connection with the...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex jumped over 770 points while Nifty was trading above 25,900 level in afternoon trade on Wednesday driven by a flurry of buying by investors across sectors amid a rally in Asian markets. Besides, traders said optimism over an impending India-US trade deal and...
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Al-Falah University on Wednesday denied connection with Dr Muzammil Ahmad Ganai and Dr Adeel Rather, who were arrested in connection with the 360 kgs of explosives recovered in Faridabad.Issuing a statement, University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Bhupinder Kaur Anand, said that the University has no...
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Tejashwi Yadav, the Mahagathbandhan's chief ministerial candidate, claims the high turnout in the two phase Bihar assembly polls heralds a vote for change.This bumper voting is for change, not continuation of Nitish Kumar as chief minister. The message is loud and clear -- people have voted...
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Faridabad Police on Wednesday refuted the claim that the i20 car in which an explosion occurred in front of the Red Fort in Delhi had been at Al-Falah University, Daurala, for the past 10 to 11 days, where Dr Muzammil was working as a physician. The claim made rounds on social media, after...
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Car parts strewn around after the blast
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has constituted a dedicated and comprehensive investigation team to probe the recent Delhi car blast incident-- a terrorist attack executed by a Jaish-e-Mohammad module unearthed by Indian agencies, top sources said. The team will function under the...
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Ousted former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said her return home hinges on the restoration of participatory democracy, lifting of the ban on the Awami League and the conduct of free, fair and inclusive elections. In an exclusive email interview to PTI from an undisclosed...
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Jailed bahubali, Anant Kumar Singh, has invited thousands to a bhoj, a victory celebration, when Friday's election results are declared in Bihar. Singh is so confident of victory in the Mokama constituency that preparations are already underway at his residence in Patna.A big...
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Sister-in-law of Umar Un Nabi, a suspect in the blast, mourns his death
The family of Shaheen and Pervez, who are reportedly under investigation in connection with a recent Delhi blast case, has come forward asserting their innocence. Speaking to ANI, Shaheen's brother, Mohammad Shoaib, maintained that both his brother and sister have had no connection with the...
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Dr Pratit Samdani of Breach Candy Hospital shared an update on the health of the legendary actor Dharmendra amid ongoing concerns among his fans about his hospitalisation on Monday. While talking to ANI, Pratit Samdani informed that Dharmendra was discharged from the Breach Candy Hospital at...
11:32
A CCTV footage that captured the exact moment of the powerful explosion near Delhi's Red Fort surfaced on Wednesday. The visual, which was recorded by a surveillance camera installed at the Red Fort crossing, showed busy traffic movements before a sudden fireball engulfed the screen. The...
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High security is in place at railway stations across India
Dr Muzammil Ganaie, one of the prime suspects arrested in connection with the white-collar terror module busted recently, had conducted multiple reconnaissance of the Red Fort area in January this year, police analysing his mobile dump data said. They said they suspect the recces were part...
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The Uttar Pradesh government recently approved the acquisition of 56,600 acres of land for the development of the Bundelkhand region.About 22,000 acres or nearly 40 per cent of the identified swathes have been acquired by the nodal agency Bundelkhand Industrial Development Authority (BIDA) so...
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Indian Hotels, the parent firm of Taj Hotels, expects to clock growth of 10 to 12 per cent in the third quarter of the ongoing financial year (Q3FY26), on a strong, favourable base, driven by the wedding and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) segment.While October had...
10:41
The high-level committee (HLC) on conflict of interest, disclosures and related matters for members and officials of the Securities and Exchange Board of India has submitted its final report to Sebi Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey.The development marks a potential step towards tightening governance...
10:39
Zydus Lifesciences has secured its first-ever Chinese market approval for its antidepressant, Venlafaxine Extended-Release (ER) capsules (75 mg and 150 mg), marking its debut in the country and furthering the Indian company's global expansion.Venlafaxine ER capsules are prescribed for major...
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Al-Falah university and its 76-acre sprawling campus the Muslim-dominated Dhauj village in Haryana's Faridabad district has come under the scanner following the arrest of three doctors in connection with the white-collar terror module and the high-intensity explosion near Delhi's Red...
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A blast victim being taken to the mortuary
Since the Delhi car blast killed at least 12 people near Red Fort, security forces from different states have arrested 7 people who are allegedly part of a transnational terror module, while also seizing thousands of kilograms of explosives, detonators, timers and other bomb-making...
09:28
A security detail in Pulwama
The Delhi Police has been put on high alert and massive checking drives are being carried out across the national capital following the powerful explosion near the Red Fort metro station that left 12 people dead and many injured, officials said on Wednesday. Police personnel, along with...
09:19
JioHotstar, the OTT platform of India's largest media conglomerate, has crossed over one billion downloads on Google Play in India, joining global streaming giant Netflix in this segment. This follows the platforms already having a close race in terms of subscribers.JioHotstar, launched in...
09:16
Debris being recovered from the blast site
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday detained a preacher from Mewat in Haryana in connection with the 'white collar' terror module operating from a university in Faridabad, officials said. Maulvi Ishtiyaq, who has been brought to Srinagar, was staying in a rented house within the Al Falah...
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The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team investigating the car explosion near Delhi's Red Fort has recovered two live cartridges and samples of two different types of explosives on Tuesday, sources said. As per sources in FSL, during the inspection, both live cartridges were found...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged exporters to make the most of the existing free-trade agreements (FTA) that India has signed, and 'leave their comfort zone' to capture new market opportunities. His comments come at a time when the United States has imposed 50 per cent tariffs on several...
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Bollywood actor Govinda has been admitted to the CritiCare hospital in suburban Juhu in Mumbai after he fainted at home around midnight, his legal advisor and friend Lalit Bindal said. The 61-year-old actor is undergoing tests at the hospital, Bindal added. He fainted in the evening...
08:38
India's net direct tax collection until November 10 in 2025-2026 (FY26) grew 7 per cent to Rs 12.92 trillion, aided by lower refunds, according to provisional data from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).Net corporate tax collection rose 5.7 per cent to Rs 5.37 trillion while...
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Veteran Bollywood star Dharmendra was discharged from Breach Candy hospital on Wednesday morning after the family decided to take him home for treatment, his treating doctor told PTI. The 89-year-old has been in and out of hospital for weeks. Dharmendra ji was discharged...
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File image of Sabarimala temple in Kerala
The SIT probing the missing gold from the Sabarimala temple arrested former TDB president N Vasu on Tuesday, sources said in Thiruvananthapuram. Vasu, who had also served twice as commissioner of the Travancore Devaswom Board before being appointed its president in November 2019, was...
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The Lal Quila Metro Station will remain closed on Wednesday as a precautionary measure following the high-intensity blast near the Red Fort on Monday. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, in a post on X, said, Due to security reasons, the Lal Quila Metro Station shall continue to remain closed...
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Dr Umar, who was part of an extensive terror module and was working at the Al-Falah Medical College in Haryana's Faridabad, was driving the car that exploded near the Red Fort on Monday evening, killing at least 12 people and injuring 20 others, senior security sources said on Tuesday. Based...
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