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The Congress on Friday announced that it will field candidates for all 11 seats -- five graduates' and six teachers' constituencies -- in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections scheduled for next year. The party also named five potential candidates and indicated that it plans to go...
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As part of an operation by reserve fighters from the IDF's (Israel Defence Forces) 300th Brigade, a building where weapons belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation were found was destroyed this morning in the Ayta ash-Shaab area in southern Lebanon.Following intelligence guidance, the...
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The ministry of education is set to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the school curriculum for all students from Class 3 onwards from next academic year (2026-27) and a framework is being developed for AI integration across grades, according to officials. We need to move fast so...
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A man was arrested on Friday after he allegedly strangled his mother to death and hanged her body with a rope to make it appear like suicide in a village here, police said. The arrested accused has been identified as Kishan Kishore (30), resident of Kherwa village in Kaushambi...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has arrested an assistant drug controller of the Himachal Pradesh government under the anti-money laundering law in an alleged corruption and possession of disproportionate assets case registered against him. Nishant Sareen, posted with the...
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The White House on Friday slammed the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, accusing it of ignoring President Donald Trump's contributions to global peace, an honour he has been aggressively seeking often on the back of exaggerated or unverified claims, including his assertions of defusing tensions...
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Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani visited the sacred Badrinath and Kedarnath Dhams on Friday for darshan and donated Rs 10 crore to the revered temples.Upon his arrival at both shrines, Mukesh Ambani was grandly welcomed by Hemant Dwivedi, chairman of the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple...
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DK Rao, a close aide of jailed gangster Chhota Rajan, and two associates were arrested on Friday by Mumbai Crime Branch in an extortion and threat case, an official said. He was apprehended by a Crime Branch team outside the sessions court complex in south Mumbai this evening, the official...
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Students of Zilla Parishad Kanya Prashala in Beed's Majalgaon area and their parents have alleged that worms and insects were being found in midday meals regularly. The school has around 450 girl students, an official said. The school does not follow the official menu card while serving...
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India's forex reserves fell by $276 million to $699.96 billion during the week ended October 3, according to RBI data. In the previous reporting week, India's forex reserves had dropped by $2.334 billion to $700.236 billion. For the week ended October 3, foreign currency assets, a major...
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Security forces on Friday found the body of a soldier who had gone missing in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district earlier this week, officials said. The body of another soldier was found from the area on Thursday. The two soldiers of the Army's elite para unit -- Lance Havildar Palash...
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Tata Group-owned Air India on Friday said its Delhi-bound flight from Vienna on October 9 was diverted to Dubai due to a technical issue. The aircraft landed safely at Dubai and underwent necessary checks, it said in a statement, without sharing specific details. The flight, operated by...
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The rupee appreciated 7 paise to close at 88.72 against the US dollar on Friday, on strength in the domestic markets and broad weakness in crude oil prices. Forex traders said the rupee gained on strong domestic markets and overnight decline in commodity prices. Intervention by the...
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Bharatiya Janata Party ally and Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas president Chirag Paswan on Friday demanded a time-bound and impartial probe into the death of Indian Police Service officer Y Puran Kumar and said that no one, irrespective of their position or influence, should be spared.Paswan spoke...
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Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said her party will provide full support to the National Conference government for safeguarding the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir over land, jobs and resources.She said that while the government waits for statehood restoration,...
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Ranganathan Govindan, owner of Tamil Nadu-based Sresen Pharma that manufactured contaminated cough syrup 'Coldrif' linked to the deaths of more than 20 children in Madhya Pradesh, was on Friday remanded in 10-day police custody by a court in Chhindwara.Ranganathan, who was held in the southern...
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The right to practice religion has no connection with any particular place, the Madhya Pradesh high court has observed while dismissing a plea seeking the reconstruction of a nearly 200-year-old mosque in Ujjain.The mosque was demolished after land acquisition for the expansion of the Mahakal Lok...
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An alert station master in Punjab averted a potential train accident on Friday by timely reporting smoke and sparks emitting from a passing freight train. Officials from Jammu rail division, under which the Bhangala station falls, said that station master Vijay Kumar noticed smoke and sparks...
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Describing Bhagavad Gita as a companion that helps one reflect and stay balanced, Indian cricketer Shreyas Iyer has entered into a collaboration with faith-tech platform Bhagavad Gita for All (BGFA). The platform was founded by Prithviraaj Shetty, who said Iyer is someone who embodies focus,...
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The Delhi high court on Friday restrained YouTube channels and other social media platforms from using the name, image, likeness and voice of senior journalist Sudhir Chaudhary.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora granted interim relief till the next date of hearing on Chaudhary's petition, which...
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Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Friday said Kabul will send diplomats to India as part of step-by-step efforts to improve bilateral relations. Muttaqi made the significant announcement at a media briefing hours after holding extensive talks with External Affairs Minister S...
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Haryana police officer Y Puran Kumar
The Chandigarh Police on Friday constituted a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the 'suicide' case of senior Haryana police officer Y Puran Kumar for prompt, impartial and thorough investigation in a time-bound manner. The SIT will be led by IG Chandigarh...
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The Prime Minister of Israel posted this image yesterday on X saying, Give @realDonaldTrump the Nobel Peace Prize - he deserves it! President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize today despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and most vocally...
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that he secured thousands of new jobs during his visit to India, with a range of UK companies confirming 3.6 billion pounds worth of investments across AI and fintech sectors. Starmer, who concluded his Mumbai visit on Thursday after wide-ranging...
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A clash broke out during a 'Ram Barat' procession in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria district, in which artistes portraying Ram and Lakshman, among others, were assaulted, police said on Friday. The incident at Ekauna village on Thursday evening sparked an outrage in the area, and videos of the...
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Two siblings had a miraculous escape from the Bilaspur landslide on Tuesday, primarily because they moved to the last row of the half-empty bus to play, minutes before tragedy struck. The landslide completely crushed the front portion of the bus, killing 16 passengers who were trapped under...
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday. CM Pinarayi Vijayan requested PM Modi to release the NDRF grant for Wayanad landslide reconstruction and also urged immediate approval for establishing AIIMS at Kinaloor, Kozhikode.Called on...
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Christiane Amanpour, CNN Chief International Anchor (does she honestly need an introduction?), posts on X: I spoke with the new Nobel peace laureate Maria Corina Machado last August, in the wake of elections outside observers agree her party won, and she told me what drives her to keep going even...
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The Nobel Committee says: As the leader of the democracy movement in Venezuela, this year's peace laureate Maria Corina Machado is one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times. Ms Machado has been a key, unifying figure in a political opposition...
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The Nobel Committee on Maria Machado: Democracy is a precondition for lasting peace. However, we live in a world where democracy is in retreat, where more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence. Maria Corina Machado -- awarded the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize --...
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The Nobel Committee says: The 2025 #NobelPeacePrize goes to a brave and committed champion of peace -- to a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness. Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado has shown that the tools of democracy are also the tools of peace. She embodies...
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
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India gifts 20 ambulances to Afghanistan as a gesture of goodwill. EAM Dr S Jaishankar hands over 5 of the 20 ambulances personally to Afghan FM Muttaqi as a symbolic step.
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US President Donald Trump has repeated his claim of stopping the conflict between India and Pakistan through trade and tariffs, but said he doesn't know if he'll get the Nobel Peace Prize for settling eight wars, including the one between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Trump has asserted...
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Anand Mahindra, chairperson, Mahindra and Mahindra shares this picture on X and writes: One of the most striking features of the delegation led by British PM @Keir_Starmer to Mumbai was its multisectoral representation. His goal was to enhance trade; but trade that extends beyond commerce to...
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Advisory for US citizens in Pakistan: The US Embassy in Islamabad and the US Consulates General in Lahore, Karachi, and Peshawar are monitoring planned protest activity across Pakistan on October 10, 2025. These protests may cause traffic delays/detours due to closed or blocked roads in the...
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EAM S Jaishankar at the bilateral meet with his Afghanistan counterpart
In a significant diplomatic move, India on Friday announced the upgrading of its Technical Mission in Kabul to the status of the Embassy of India. The announcement was made by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during bilateral talks with visiting Afghanistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs...
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A 20-year-old second-year degree student was found dead by hanging at her residence in the Lalaguda area of Medchal-Malkajgiri district in Hyderabad, police said. According to officials, the deceased, identified as Mounika, allegedly took the extreme step on Thursday after facing harassment...
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The Supreme Court on Friday gave the Centre four weeks to file its response on a batch of pleas seeking restoration of statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing multiple pleas, including those...
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The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the state police to register a criminal case in connection with the misappropriation of gold from the side frame or lintels of the shrine and launch an investigation. A bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and K V Jayakumar issued the direction...
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The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking an inquiry and systemic reform in drug safety mechanisms in the wake of deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan allegedly due to consumption of toxic cough syrups. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices Ujjal...
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President Donald Trump's extraordinary public lobbying campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize hasn't proven very convincing. A Washington Post-Ipsos poll last month showed even about half of Republicans said Trump didn't deserve one. Just 22% of Americans overall said that he...
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The Special Investigation Team (SIT), Crime Investigation Department of Assam Police, has arrested two Personal Security Officers (PSOs) in connection with the sudden demise of singer Zubeen Garg in Singapore.The celebrated singer passed away in Singapore on September 19, a day before he was...
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More than 1.55 lakh commuters took Mumbai's Metro Line-3 on the first day of its full-length operation between Cuffe Parade and Aarey JVLR, officials said on Friday. The 33.5-km underground corridor, also known as Aqua Line, ferried 1,55,456 passengers on Thursday, which was its first day of...
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Shares of WeWork India Management, a co-working space operator, made a flat debut on bourses on Friday. The stock listed at Rs 650 per share, a premium of 0.31 per cent from the issue price on the NSE. Later, it traded 3.84 per cent lower at Rs 623.10 apiece.On the BSE, the shares started...
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A man has hit his son on the head with a metal rod, causing grievous injuries, following an argument and a scuffle between the two at their residence in Thiruvananthapuram over the young man's demand for a luxury car, police said on Friday. The incident occurred near Vanchiyoor on Thursday...
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The US has sanctioned more than 50 entities, people and vessels including two Indian nationals for allegedly facilitating Iranian energy sales, in an attempt to dismantle key elements of Tehran's energy export machine, according to an official statement. The Treasury Department's Office of...
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The share market opened on a cautious note on Friday as the Israel-Hamas peace deal talks began taking shape with US President Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza Peace Plan. Investors remained watchful amid mixed global cues, the ongoing US government shutdown, and the domestic earnings...
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Makers of luxury jewellery are building a presence online and bringing more customers into the brands' fold with products at lower prices than their offers at shops.In August, fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee tied up with ecommerce platform Tata CLiQ Luxury to launch a digital boutique on...
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The share of 5G handsets in the overall smartphone shipments in India soared to 87 per cent during the first half of 2025, reflecting the growing adoption of the new tech phones among consumers in the country. According to the latest global data from Counterpoint Research, India now stands...
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In the run up to the announcement of the Bihar poll schedule, the state government announced several welfare schemes, including disbursing 10,000 to 15 million women under the Mahila Rozgar Yojana.Axis Bank Research has estimated the pre-poll welfare announcements by the Bihar government until...
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Police have arrested a student in Naya Raipur for allegedly creating obscene images of female students by using AI tools.According to the police, the 21-year-old accused, identified as Sayed Rahim Adnan, allegedly created fake and objectionable photographs of female students by using AI-based...
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Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) withdrew Rs 14,124 crore from Indian equities in the second half of September, with the healthcare, information technology and consumer durables sectors bearing the brunt of the sell-off. According to data from Prime Database, outflows were sharpest in...
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest IT services firm, on Thursday announced the acquisition of US-based ListEngage for $72.8 million (around Rs 646 crore). This strategic acquisition strengthens TCS' Salesforce capabilities, adding specialisation across the full range of...
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IPO-bound eyewear retailer Lenskart has revealed a new feature of its upcoming B Camera Smartglasses -- direct UPI payments.Users can now instantly complete transactions by simply scanning a QR code with their smartglasses, requiring neither a phone nor a PIN. The company unveiled the innovation...
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News agency PTI's office in Chennai on Friday received a bomb threat, police said. Without divulging the source of the threat, police said they had been informed to carry out checks at the Kodambakkam office of the premier news agency. Accordingly. a police team arrived at the office and...
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Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir meets US President Donald Trump
The United States on Friday dismissed reports suggesting that Pakistan would receive new Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) under a recently amended contract, clarifying that the modification relates only to sustainment and spare parts support and does not involve any delivery of...
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At least five people were killed and several others were injured after a house collapsed following a powerful explosion in Pagla Bhari village under the Pura Kalandar police station area of Ayodhya on Thursday, officials said. Circle Officer (CO) Shailendra Singh told PTI that...
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A massive earthquake measuring 7.6 magnitude struck the Philippines on Friday, the country's seismology agency said. The powerful quake has triggered a tsunami warning and evacuation advisories for coastal areas.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said it was expecting...
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A panchayat member who was allegedly abducted by some unidentified miscreants from Binjharpur area in Jajpur district last week returned home safely on, the police said on Thursday. Dhaneswar Sethy, a ward member of Ranapur gram panchayat, went missing near Binjharpur bazar while returning...
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The Pune police registered a fresh case against fugitive gangster Nilesh Ghaywal, his brother Sachin Ghaywal and 12 others for allegedly grabbing ten flats in a private building as part of an extortion racket. Nilesh Ghaywal, wanted in multiple cases including murder and extortion, is...
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The Bengal Chemists and Druggists Association on Thursday directed all retail and wholesale medicine sellers in the state to halt the sale and purchase of the Coldrif cough syrup with immediate effect, an official said. The directive was issued in the backdrop of the deaths of several...
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