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The Unique Identification Authority of India has waived off all charges for mandatory biometric update of Aadhaar for children, an official statement said on Saturday. The fee waiver has already kicked in effective October 1 and will be in force for a period of one year. In a...
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Test samples of cough syrups collected from a city-based firm during an inspection conducted at its facility are found to be 'adulterated', an official of the Food Safety and Drug Administration department said on Saturday.The officials have sought an explanation from the Tamil Nadu-based company...
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will undertake a two-day visit to India next week in his first trip to the country since he assumed charge of the top office in July last year. Starmer's visit to India from October 8 to 9 will provide a valuable opportunity to reaffirm the shared vision...
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A woman and her lover were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Saturday for allegedly killing her three-year-old daughter and attempting to implicate others for the same, police said. According to police, on October 1, a woman identified as Seema alias Lali lodged a complaint at...
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A man died on Saturday after his motorcycle was hit by a fire brigade van which was en route to rescue a former local BJP leader who drowned in the Yamuna river in northeast Delhi, police said.The motorcyclist has been identified as Rohit Pal (18), from 5th Pushta, Sonia Vihar. He was rushed to...
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Well-known right-wing YouTuber Maridhas was arrested by the cybercrime police on Saturday for allegedly posting defamatory content related to the Karur stampede.The arrest comes after the Madras high court on October 3 ordered the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by IPS...
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An Indian student from Hyderabad was killed in a shooting incident in the US, former minister and BRS MLA T Harish Rao said on Saturday.Expressing concern over the incident, Harish Rao said he and other party leaders visited the bereaved family here and offered condolences.In a post on X, Rao...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday dubbed Devendra Fadnavis a helpless chief minister who has failed to crack down on rampant corruption under his watch.He termed Shiv Sena-UBT leader Ramdas Kadam as gaddar and namak haram after the latter alleged a purposeful delay in formally...
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Veteran actress Sandhya Shantaram, wife of late filmmaker V Shantaram, has died due to age-related ailments, her family said on Saturday. She was 94.Sandhya Shantaram was the third wife of the legendary filmmaker and frequently starred as the leading lady in films such as Do Aankhen Barah Haath...
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A man, along with his four children, allegedly jumped into the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar after his wife eloped with another man, police said on Saturday. According to police, Salman took the extreme step after a dispute with his wife on Friday. Before jumping, he...
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National Conference president Farooq Abdullah (87) was hospitalised on Saturday as he was not keeping well for the past few days, party leaders said. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister developed infection in the abdomen earlier this week and was taken to a private hospital...
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Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Saturday said the state Drugs Control department has suspended the sale of Coldrif cough syrup in the state. The decision follows reports from other states that flagged issues with one of the batches of the Coldrif syrup, she said.A preliminary...
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Singer Zubeen Garg's wife Garima on Saturday returned the postmortem report of her husband to the police, saying that it is not her personal document and the investigators will be the best judge to decide whether it should be made public or not.Speaking to reporters after CID Additional SP...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday ruled out talks with Naxals and said they will have to lay down weapons and accept the government's lucrative surrender and rehabilitation policy.Addressing the 'Bastar Dussehra Lokotsav' and 'Swadeshi Mela' in Jagdalpur, the headquarter of Chhattisgarh's...
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The ministry of consumer affairs is looking into complaints of additional charges being levied by ecommerce platforms when customers choose cash-on-delivery (COD) option instead of paying while ordering items.'The Department of Consumer Affairs has received complaints against ecommerce platforms...
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The Delhi government is planning to convert the bungalow, which was renovated for Arvind Kejriwal when he was the chief minister and was at the centre of corruption allegations, into a state guest house featuring a cafeteria, senior government officials said on Saturday. The bungalow...
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The Assam Police on Saturday handed over the second post-mortem report of singer Zubeen Garg to his wife Garima Saikia Garg, sources said.The report of the first post-mortem conducted in Singapore was given to her on Thursday.An officer from the SIT went to Garima's house in Kahilipara area of...
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Political parties in poll-bound Bihar told the Election Commission on Saturday to hold assembly elections soon after the Chhat festival to ensure increased voter participation. Chhat, an important festival in Bihar that is celebrated six days after Diwali, will fall on October 25-28...
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NITI Aayog has proposed an optional presumptive taxation regime for foreign companies operating in India, aimed at reducing litigation, bringing greater certainty, and easing compliance costs. The recommendation appeared in the think-tanks latest Tax Policy Working Paper Series-1 released on...
15:55
A 25-year-old man was arrested in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh after the video of a Saudi Arabian flag hoisted on a mosque went viral, an official said on Saturday. The arrested individual has been identified as Noor Alam (25), the mosque's caretaker and a resident of the Kadsara...
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The Delhi Police has arrested a man for disrupting court proceedings being held via videoconferencing by appearing in his undergarments while smoking drinking, an official said on Saturday. The man, Md Imran (32) from Gokulpuri, is an active history-sheeter with over 50 previous cases...
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The National SC/ST Commission chairperson Kishore Makwana, accompanied by its members and district officials on Saturday visited Karur where 41 lives were lost during a stampede at the rally of actor-politician Vijay on September 27.The Commission visited Velusamypuram, the venue of rally where...
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A Nagpur hotelier and his wife died in a road accident on the last day of their vacation in Italy on October 2, while their children were injured, one of whom is in a critical condition, officials and kin said here on Saturday. Javed Akhtar (57), his wife Nadra, daughters Arzoo (22)...
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Ravichandran Ashwin will be provided private security with his Big Bash League franchise Sydney Thunder anticipating an enhanced interest from the Indian diaspora during the team's training session at the Olympic Arena ground, according to media reports. It is also learnt that...
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A London court will on November 23 hear fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's petition to reopen his extradition trial on the grounds that he may face interrogation by agencies if repatriated to India, a claim agencies are likely to counter with an assurance that he will not be quizzed. Modi,...
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The Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday banned the sale of Coldrif syrup following the death of nine children due to suspected kidney infection in Chhindwara district since September 7. The deaths of children in Chhindwara due to Coldrif syrup are extremely tragic. The sale of this syrup...
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In a startling claim, Zubeen Garg's bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami has alleged that the singer was poisoned in Singapore, which led to his death, according to official documents with the police.Goswami alleged that Garg was poisoned by his manager Siddharth Sharma and festival organiser Shyamkanu...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday blamed the poor state of education during the Rashtriya Janata Dal rule as a major reason for the large-scale migration from Bihar and lauded the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government for improving the situation and setting the state on a path to...
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Police have arrested two men for allegedly threatening a temple priest who played the Hanuman Chalisa on a loudspeaker in the Madanpura area in Varanasi, an official said on Saturday. The priest, Sanjay Prajapati, told police that after performing puja at the Hanuman temple on Friday, he...
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The number of companies failing to meet the minimum requirement of independent directors on their boards increased to 16 during 2024-2025 from 11 in FY24, according to a corporate governance survey conducted by Excellence Enablers.At the end of FY25, 16 companies among the Nifty 100 firms were...
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Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday urged the Election Commission to conduct the upcoming assembly polls in one or two phases and ensure that faces of women turning up at booths in burqas were tallied with voter cards.Jaiswal, who led a BJP delegation that met the visiting EC team...
12:35
In a bid to end cash leakages during toll collections on national highways, the ministry of road transport and highways has introduced a provision which will now allow users who do not have Fastag to pay a reduced extra charge if they choose to pay the toll through a unified payments interface...
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Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar led a delegation to Bihar's Patna on Saturday, and reviewed poll preparations for the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections. The team included Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr Vivek Joshi, along with Bihar's Chief...
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Banks will transition to a continuous cheque clearing system from the fixed batch format starting October 4, a move which will enhance customer convenience, industry experts said.Under the new system, cheques will no longer be processed in fixed batches. Instead, cheques received at bank branches...
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The Assam government has set up a one-man judicial commission to probe the death of singer-composer Zubeen Garg, an official order said.The commission, headed by Justice Soumitra Saikia of the Gauhati high court, will submit its report within six months, the order issued by the Political...
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Tension has prevailed in Belagavi after stone-pelting broke out during the Urs procession of the Mehboob Subhani Dargah in Khadak Galli, following a row over slogans, police sources said on Saturday.The incident began when a group of youths in the procession raised the slogan 'I Love Muhammad' on...
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A powerloom worker, who had been on the run in a rape and murder case involving a six-year-old girl, allegedly sexually assaulted and killed another child in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Saturday.The police have arrested the 33-year-old man in connection with the incident that...
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Actor Rhea Chakraborty shared an emotional note after finally receiving her passport back on Friday, nearly five years later. The Bombay high court recently ruled in her favour, allowing the return of the document in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput case. Taking to Instagram,...
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The Pune police and the National Security Guard conducted mock drills in different parts of Pune in Maharashtra on Friday to test their preparedness for effectively tackling emergency situations. A mock drill was also staged at the Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple in Pune.Earlier...
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Actors Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna have reportedly got engaged in a private ceremony attended by close family and friends, according to reports. The couple is set to tie the knot in February 2026, said the reports. However, the stars have not yet officially confirmed their...
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Soon after Hamas signalled its willingness to accept United States President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan announced earlier this week, the Israeli Defence Force confirmed that they are ready to implement the first stage of Trump's plans to free the hostages, Times of Israel reported.According...
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Personnel of the Assam Rifles arrested a senior commander of a banned outfit and five other militants from the jungles of Churachandpur district in Manipur, the paramilitary force said on Saturday. The militants were apprehended on October 1 during an operation, it said. Assam Rifles in...
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The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday imposed a ban on the storage, sale, display and distribution of the smokeless tobacco-based product 'Cool Lip' in Kathua district with immediate effect, citing rising health concerns, particularly among children and youth, officials said. An...
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A wanted criminal with a Rs 1 lakh bounty on him was killed in an encounter here on Friday, the police said. Senior superintendent of police Sanjay Kumar told reporters that acting on a tip-off police teams surrounded the criminal, Mehtab. A gunfight ensued during which Mehtab sustained...
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Cyclone Shakhti, the first cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea in the post-monsoon season, was moving towards Dwarka off the Gujarat coast on Friday and was expected to intensify further, the weather office said. The cyclonic storm over the northeast Arabian Sea moved west-northwestwards with...
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An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 hit Pakistan on Saturday at 01:59 IST (Indian Standard Time), as per National Center for Seismology.The depth of the earthquake was 10 km below the earth's crust.EQ of M: 4.5, On: 04/10/2025 01:59:40 IST, Lat: 28.30 N, Long: 65.25 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location:...
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The Rajasthan police on Friday arrested the husband and two relatives of a woman who was killed along with her paramour in Karauli in Jaipur eight days ago. The police said the woman's husband, identified as Bhura Meena, confessed to the crime during preliminary...
09:15
Two men from India, accused of robbing and assaulting two sex workers in hotel rooms while holidaying in Singapore, were each sentenced to five years and one month in prison, along with 12 strokes of the cane on Friday. Arokkiyasami Daison, 23, and Rajendran Mayilarasan, 27, pleaded guilty...
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The Rajasthan government has suspended the state drug controller and halted the distribution of medicines manufactured by Jaipur-based company Kaysons Pharma, officials said. The medical and health department stopped the supply of all 19 medicines manufactured by Kaysons Pharma until further...
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The India meteorological department has issued a weather alert for several districts in Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, due to a cyclonic circulation that is expected to bring moderate to heavy rainfall on Saturday.The districts under warning with heavy rain include Chennai, Tiruvallur,...
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India welcomes US President Donald Trump's leadership as peace efforts in Gaza make decisive progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Modi referred to the indications of the release of Israeli hostages by Hamas and said it marks a significant step forward in efforts to...
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The India meteorological department has issued cyclone 'Shakti' warning for some districts of Maharashtra, with high to moderate cyclone warning between October 3 and 7.According to the release, the warning covers Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg. The wind speed,...
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A 34-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Thane's Naupada area after being admonished for his alcoholism, a police official said on Friday. Satish Yadav jumped from his 20th floor flat in a high-rise on Thursday night, he added. He came home after consuming liquor and was...
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In a setback to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD-U ahead of the assembly polls in Bihar, MLA Sanjeev Kumar joined the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal on Friday.Kumar, who ended his two-decade-old association with the ruling party, joined the RJD at a rally in Khagaria district, where the Parbatta...
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Vice President C P Radhakrishnan will be holding his first formal meeting within a month of his assuming charge as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha with some floor leaders of various parties on October 7, sources said. Radhakrishnan won the vice presidential election on September 9. The...
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