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Russia on Tuesday successfully launched a set of undisclosed military satellites aboard an Angara-1.2 light launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the defence ministry said. The launch took place at 4:42 pm Moscow time (7:12 pm IST) from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the world's northernmost...
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Some Karnataka Congress legislators who travelled to New Delhi to meet party leaders to pitch for deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar's elevation as CM, said in Bengaluru on Tuesday that the leadership will take a decision on the matter. While some MLAs said they requested the high command...
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Bollywood actor-director Siddhanth Kapoor
Bollywood actor-director Siddhanth Kapoor was on Tuesday questioned for nearly five hours by the Mumbai police in connection with a drug seizure case, officials said. Siddhanth, son of veteran actor Shakti Kapoor and brother of actor Shraddha Kapoor, arrived at the Anti-Narcotics...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin
A total of 158 MoUs for total commitment of Rs 43,844 crore, and ensuring 1,00,709 jobs, were signed in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin at the TN Rising investment conclave here on Tuesday. Among them, Sakthi Aircraft Industry will establish a state-of-the-art 2-seater...
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A 21-year-old collegian suffered burns after his friend set him ablaze during his birthday revelry in Kurla area of Mumbai on Tuesday, leading to the arrest of five of his friends, police said. A friend of Abdul Rehman Khan called him up in the morning and asked him to come down to meet...
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Ukraine has agreed to the framework of a proposed deal to end the war with Russia, a senior US official said on Tuesday, even as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy maintained that several issues remain unresolved, CNN reported.The official, speaking as US Army secretary Dan Driscoll held talks with...
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Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district administration on Tuesday imposed a night curfew in areas along the India-Bangladesh border, amid concerns over infiltration by illegal migrants and members of banned militant groups, officials said.The night curfew will be clamped with immediate effect, and...
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The Assam government on Tuesday proposed to exclude the traditional buffalo fight from the ambit of the law to prevent cruelty to animals like the Jallikatu' in Tamil Nadu.Tabling the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Assam Amendment) Bill, 2025, animal husbandry and veterinary minister...
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One person died and 10 others, including five fire brigade personnel, were hospitalised after chlorine gas leaked from a cylinder in Vasai town in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Tuesday, an official said. The incident took place near a crematorium at Sun City in Diwanman area in the town...
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The Centre has slapped penalties to the tune of Rs 129.27 crore on seven states, the maximum on Gujarat, for irregularities in the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission following a directive from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to spare no one in the flagship initiative. The Centre had launched...
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Bihar deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday said that special police personnel will be deployed near schools and colleges to prevent eve-teasing of female students. Choudhary, who took charge of the home department earlier on the day, told reporters, We will deploy 'anti-Romeo...
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The police on Tuesday said they have arrested seven people, including two police sub-inspectors for allegedly threatening a jewellery artisan and robbing him of gold.The two arrested officers were identified as Malappa Chippalakatte and Praveen Kumar.We arrested both officers yesterday on charges...
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A view of the Bihar assembly/Image courtesy Bihar Vidhan Sabha website
The winter session of the newly elected Bihar legislative assembly will be conducted from December 1 to 5, according to an official press release.The oath and affirmation by newly elected members of the Bihar legislative assembly will take place on December 1; meanwhile, on December 2, 2025, the...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday tabled a bill in the Assembly to ban polygamy, making it an offence with up to seven years of imprisonment for first offence. It proposes to keep Scheduled Tribe (ST) members and areas under the Sixth Schedule out of the purview of the...
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A case has been registered against a postal savings scheme agent for allegedly duping depositors of Rs 95 lakh in Navi Mumbai, the police said on Tuesday.Based on a complaint, the Khandeshwar police on Sunday registered a first information report against the 60-year-old woman agent under sections...
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The rupee pared initial gains and settled 4 paise lower at 89.20 (provisional) against the greenback on Tuesday, weighed down by negative cues from domestic equity markets. Falling crude oil prices supported the Indian currency at lower level, however, withdrawal of foreign funds kept the...
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Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Raksha Khadse/ANI Photo
Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Raksha Khadse on Tuesday alleged that workers of Shiv Sena, led by deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, are intimidating people in Muktainagar assembly constituency in Jalgaon district, a claim exposing strains between the two allies in...
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Twenty-eight Maoists, 22 of them collectively carrying a reward of Rs 89 lakh on their heads, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Tuesday, officials said. The cadres, including 19 women, turned themselves in before senior police officials here citing they were...
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Amid a rapidly changing world and evolving geopolitics, India must move beyond a reactive approach and adopt a proactive outlook to make itself future-ready, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. In his address at 'Swavlamban 2025' being held at the Manekshaw Centre here, the...
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The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday announced a financial assistance of Rs 1 crore to the family of inspector Ashish Sharma, a decorated state police officer who was killed during a fierce encounter with Maoists in adjoining Chhattisgarh last week. Sharma was a member of Madhya...
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A teacher of a private school in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur attempted to discipline her five-year-old student by allegedly hanging him from a tree with a rope tied to his T-shirt, prompting the authorities to issue a show-cause notice to the institution's management, officials said on...
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Pilgrims visiting Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala can soon enjoy delicious Kerala sadya as part of traditional 'annadanam (free food)', the Travancore Devaswom Board said on Tuesday. TDB president K Jayakumar said pulao and sambar were earlier served at the hill shrine as part of...
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The MP CM consoles a family member
The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday announced a financial assistance of Rs 1 crore to the family of Inspector Ashish Sharma, a decorated state police officer who was killed during a fierce encounter with Naxalites in adjoining Chhattisgarh last week.Sharma was a member of Madhya Pradesh's...
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Stock markets closed lower for the third consecutive session on Tuesday with the benchmark Sensex sliding nearly 314 points due to selling in IT and auto shares as foreign fund outflows dampened investor sentiment. In a volatile trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 313.70 points or 0.37 per...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the BJP of being involved in sabotage in the cancellation of her helicopter ride to Bongaon, warning the opposition party not to play with her as she could not be cornered. Banerjee, who was scheduled to land in Bongaon in North...
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The civil aviation ministry, along with the air traffic control India Meteorological Department (IMD), are closely monitoring the situation of ash plumes from the volcanic eruption in Ethiopia impacting flight operations. Some flights have been cancelled and many have been delayed due to the...
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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said he did not want to discuss the CM change issue publicly, as it is a secret deal between four and five people in the party, and that he believes in his conscience. Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress President said that he...
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Delhi pollution + Hayli Gubbi = Unbreathable air
Experts noted that ash clouds from Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcanic eruption have reached parts of India, affecting aviation but not local weather or air quality, as authorities continued to monitor conditions in the upper atmosphere.Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology at the...
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Calling the hoisting of Dharma Dhwaja atop the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya historic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India must simultaneously draw strength from its heritage and free itself from the slave mentality to achieve the goal of becoming a developed nation by...
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The specs are finally out and let us be among the first to tell you that the Tata Sierra has been launched at an inaugural price of Rs 11.49 lakh.After a long wait for the return of the iconic Tata Sierra, and after multiple looks at the production spec at the Bharat Mobility Expo 2025 and its...
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As the power tussle within the ruling Congress in Karnataka refuses to die down, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that the party high command should ultimately take the decision to put a full stop to this confusion. Reiterating that he will abide by the high command's decision on...
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Actor Celina Jaitly has filed a domestic violence complaint in a local court in Mumbai alleging that she has suffered severe emotional, physical, sexual and verbal abuse at the hands of her Austrian husband Peter Haag.The plea came up for hearing on Tuesday before judicial magistrate S C Tadye,...
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A section of booth-level officers spent the entire night inside the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's office, refusing to leave until CEO Manoj Kumar Agarwal met them and accepted their charter of demands, as their protest over 'unmanageable workload' during the ongoing SIR escalated...
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Two teachers of a private school are accused of allegedly tying a student with a rope and hanging him from a tree for not doing homework. The incident occurred at Hanswahini Vidya Mandir in Surajpur, Chhattisgarh.Vikas Khand, Education Officer, DC Lakda, said, As soon as the DO (District Officer)...
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The Delhi high court on Monday directed Tesla Power India not to manufacture or market electric vehicles (EVs) or use the word 'Tesla' until the final disposal of the Elon Musk-owned Tesla Inc's trademark infringement suit against it.Musk's Tesla had moved the Delhi high court in May 2024 to...
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The newly formed Bihar Cabinet held its first meeting on Tuesday and decided to provide one crore jobs to the state's youth over the next five years. Addressing reporters after the meeting chaired by CM Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Secretary Pratyay Amrit said widespread employment generation...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in the assembly on Tuesday that singer Zubeen Garg's death while swimming in the sea in Singapore is a case of plain and simple murder. The special investigation team (SIT) that has been probing into the circumstances of Garg's death have added...
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Newly listed firms are set to dominate the upcoming rebalancing exercise by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi). According to an analysis by Brian Freitas of Periscope Analytics, published on Smartkarma, Tata Capital, Tata Motors (Commercial Vehicles), and LG Electronics India...
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said those who sacrificed their life for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya must be in peace today as the hoisting of the saffron flag atop the shrine marked the formal completion of its construction. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ceremonially hoisted the saffron...
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PM Modi@Ayodhya: Today, the entire India and the world is Ram-may. There is extraordinary satisfaction in the heart of every Rama devotee. There is boundless gratitude. There is unfathomable supernatural bliss. The wounds of centuries are being healed. The pain of centuries is being put to rest...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday termed the flag-hoisting ceremony at the Ram temple the beginning of a new era, as he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Governor Anandiben Patel for their presence at the event. Addressing the gathering,...
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The Reserve Bank of India net sold $21.7 billion in the first half of the current financial year (H1FY26), against net sale of $85.11 billion during the same period in FY25. It net sold $7.9 billion in September against $7.6 billion in August.The RBI had net sold the highest amount of dollars in...
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PM Narendra Modi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and RSS chief look up at the fluttering saffron flag atop the Ram temple in Ayodhya. This marks the formal completion of its construction.
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PM Modi and RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat ceremonially hoist the saffron flag on the Shikhar of the sacred Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Temple, symbolising the completion of the temple's construction. UP CM Yogi Adityanath is also with them. The right-angled triangular flag, measuring 10 feet in...
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A group of elderly tourists were rescued after heavy snowfall in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh left their vehicle immobile, officials said on Tuesday. The sudden winter spell brought fresh snow, the first this season, to districts such as Tawang, West Kameng, Shi-Yomi and parts of Upper...
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Representatives of tribal and forest-dwelling communities from Sonbhadra, invited as special guests for the flag-hoisting ceremony at the Ram temple, joined the invitees, including the son of a litigant in the Babri case, in Ayodhya on Tuesday. Invited by the Shri Ram Mandir Trust, the...
11:16
The outward remittances under the RBI's liberalised remittances scheme (LRS) increased marginally by $24 million in September to $2.78 billion, mainly on the back of pickup in investment in equity/debt by Indians in overseas capital markets and robust international travel, according to data...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with CM Yogi Adityanath and UP Governor Anandiben Patel (not in picture), offers prayers at Mata Annapurna Mandir ahead of the historic flag hoisting at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir.
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Delhi ranked as the most polluted among 33 states and Union territories with an annual mean PM2.5 concentration of 101 micrograms per cubic metre, 2.5 times the Indian standard and 20 times the WHO guideline, according to a new satellite-based analysis. A thick haze hung over Delhi on...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches the Saptmandir, which houses temples related to Maharshi Vashishtha, Maharshi Vishwamitra, Maharshi Agastya, Maharshi Valmiki, Devi Ahilya, Nishadraj Guha and Mata Shabari
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Air India cancelled multiple flights after initiating precautionary checks on aircraft that had flown over regions affected by the Hayli Gubbi volcanic eruption in Ethiopia, as an ash cloud from the eruption continued to disrupt flight paths across several countries, including India.The...
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Ayodhya Dhwajarohan: Prasad ordered for the flag hoisting ceremony at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple. Vehicles are being transported to the Ram Temple complex for distribution to the invitees.
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The Delhi Police has invoked charges under 'imputations and assertions prejudicial to national integration' in one of the FIRs registered against a group of protesters who allegedly raised pro-Maoist slogans and used pepper spray on police personnel during an anti-pollution demonstration at the...
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Ayodhya Dhwajarohan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a roadshow in Ayodhya ahead of the historic flag hoisting ceremony.
10:11
Net foreign direct investment (FDI) in India -- inflows minus outflows -- more than doubled to $7.64 billion during the first half (April-September) of 2025-26 (H1FY26) from $3.4 billion a year ago on rise in money brought into the country and moderation in repatriation, according to Reserve Bank...
10:08
Sholay's BFFs, 'Veeru' and 'Jai'
Actor Amitabh Bachchan has penned a heartfelt note, bidding an emotional farewell to his 'Veeru' - the legendary Dharmendra. Dharmendra, widely regarded as one of the most iconic actors of Indian cinema, passed away on November 24 at the age of 89. He had been unwell for some...
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The saffron flag hoisting ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya will take place around noon in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra general secretary Champat Rai said on Tuesday. Rai said the flag to be hoisted is...
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Ash clouds from volcanic activity in Ethiopia are drifting towards China and will move away from India by 7.30 pm on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department said.Ash plumes from the recent eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia impacted flight operations in India on Monday....
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Air India is committed to ensuring that ex gratia payouts to families affected by the AI171 plane crash in June are processed in a 'fair and well managed' manner, its CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said on Monday. He said that the pace of disbursal depends on information and documentation provided by...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hoist the sacred flag atop the 191-foot-high shikhara of the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi Temple during a special flag-hoisting ceremony today, marking a historic moment in the nation's socio-cultural and spiritual landscape.The 'Dharma Dhwaj' carries three sacred...
08:29
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt emphasised that President Donald Trump is committed to protecting American jobs while encouraging foreign investment in the United States.The comments come amid growing scrutiny over H-1B visas and concerns that foreign labour could displace domestic...
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Bharatiya Janata Party national president Jagat Prakash Nadda has convened a special dinner meeting to celebrate the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) emphatic victory in the recently concluded Bihar assembly elections.The meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, November 26, at Nadda's...
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Parents and relatives of the the student protest outside St Columba's School in New Delhi/ANI Photo
The Delhi police on Monday questioned two teachers of St Columba's School in connection with the suicide of a class 10 student and summoned three more as part of the widening probe, officials said. The two teachers who appeared before police for questioning on Monday recorded their...
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Maharashtra forest department officials on Monday said they have stepped up the search for the leopard sighted in a densely populated residential area in Pune city's Aundh locality a day earlier. The officials, however, warned that photographs of the leopard created using AI tools must not...
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