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Media bodies on Saturday condemned the 'exclusion' of women journalists at a press conference held by Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi.The Editors Guild of India and the Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) termed the act as highly discriminatory, which...
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Radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Saturday claimed that police shot dead 11 of its supporters as they attempted to march towards Islamabad to stage a demonstration outside the United States embassy against Israel's military actions in Gaza.Authorities in Punjab, however,...
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In a statement addressing the agreement to end the war, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine denied that they would accept any 'foreign rule'.The organisations stated that governance in Gaza is a 'Palestinian matter', though they expressed 'willingness' for...
19:06
Customs authorities have caught an Indian with 61 live animals, including reptiles, rare mammals and insects, at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, officials said on Saturday.The passenger had travelled to Mumbai from Bangkok, they said. The animals were stabilised...
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Opposition parties are deliberating on sending a delegation to Ladakh, where violence during a protest last month for statehood and tribal status under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution left four people dead and several injured. Sources in several opposition parties confirmed that there...
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Senior BJP leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda held a meeting with party leaders and those of the allies on the ensuing Bihar polls in New Delhi on Saturday, with the BJP state unit chief Dilip Jaiswal indicating that seat-sharing arrangements with the NDA...
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The NCP will issue a show cause notice to the party MLA Sangram Jagtap for his purported remarks on Diwali shopping, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Saturday. The NCP chief was responding to media reports accusing Jagtap of appealing to people to buy exclusively from...
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Samajwadi MP from Sambhal Zia Ur Rehman on Saturday took a swipe at the Adityanath government over the visit of Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to Uttar Pradesh, saying the same dispensation had filed an FIR against his party leader for his remarks supporting the Taliban. ...
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A 20-year-old man allegedly ended his life by consuming a poisonous substance to prove his love for his girlfriend at the behest of her family in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, police said on Saturday. Krishna Kumar Pando, a resident of Deopahri village who had consumed poison on September...
17:09
Kantara Chapter 1, headlined and directed by Rishab Shetty, has crossed the mark of Rs 500 crore with its worldwide box office collection. Produced under the banner Hombale Films, the film released on October 2 and is a sequel to Shetty's 2022 Kannada blockbuster Kantara. The...
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Kerala Agriculture Minister P Prasad on Saturday claimed the growing menace of wild boars destroying crops could be tackled more effectively if people were allowed to consume their meat.Speaking at a programme organised by the Paalamel village panchayat in this coastal district, Prasad said the...
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Travancore Devaswom Board president P S Prasanth on Saturday said action would be taken against nine officials whose lapses were highlighted by the Board's Vigilance wing during an investigation into losses of gold at the Sabarimala temple.Speaking to reporters, Prasanth said action had already...
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The IMD on Saturday predicted heavy rains in several parts of Kerala as it issued an 'orange alert' in three districts of the state for the day.The districts given 'orange alert' are Idukki, Kannur and Kasaragod, The India Meteorological Department said. Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Malappuram,...
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Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Saturday voiced confidence that the India-Afghanistan ties will grow stronger in future as he thanked the people for the welcome he received during his visit to Darul Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur, one of the most influential Islamic seminaries in South...
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Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday claimed that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav would lose his Raghopur assembly seat in the upcoming Bihar assembly polls, just like Congress' Rahul Gandhi had suffered a humiliating defeat in Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh six years...
15:56
As Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan turned 83 on Saturday, heartfelt wishes poured in from across the film industry, with colleagues, co-stars and admirers celebrating the icon's towering legacy and enduring influence. Navya Naveli Nanda, Bachchan's granddaughter, took to Instagram to...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US-based chip maker Qualcomm President and CEO Cristiano R Amin and discussed India's strides in Artificial Intelligence and innovation. It was a wonderful meeting with Mr. Cristiano R. Amon and discussing India's strides in AI, innovation and...
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Noted singer Kumar Sanu has approached the Delhi high court seeking protection of his personality and publicity rights, including his name, voice, vocal style and technique, etc. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora is likely to hear the plea on October 13.In his plea, Sanu sought protection...
15:41
Police have arrested a man from Alwar district of Rajasthan on charges of spying for Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI. The accused, Mangat Singh, was produced before a special court in Jaipur on Saturday and remanded in police custody for three days, officials said. He was arrested...
15:13
Assam Police were yet to hear from Singaporean authorities on their request for information regarding cultural icon Zubeen Garg's death in the Southeast Asian nation while swimming in the sea last month, a senior officer said here on Saturday.The state police's Criminal Investigation Department...
14:56
A crack in the windshield of an aircraft belonging to the largest domestic airliner, IndiGo, carrying 76 passengers from Madurai was detected by the pilot ahead of its landing at the airport in Chennai on Saturday, authorities said.The pilot noticed the crack in the front glass and informed the...
14:34
The AIMIM, which has been spurned by the INDIA bloc in Bihar, on Saturday said it was planning to contest around 100 seats in the upcoming state assembly polls, five times the number it had fought in the last elections.The party, headed by Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, claimed that it was aiming...
14:31
A 20-year-old deaf-mute woman was allegedly raped by a man in Kolkata early on Saturday, following which the accused was arrested, police said. The arrest was made shortly after an FIR was registered in connection with the alleged incident, a senior officer said.It took place around 12:30 am...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held talks with United States ambassador-designate Sergio Gor amid continuing strains in the relations over Washington's imposition of 50 per cent tariffs on Indian exports. Gor, accompanied by Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources...
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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said that he was in no hurry and knows what his destiny is following reports about a change in chief minister's post later this year.Shivakumar said this, as he expressed displeasure, accusing some media channels of indulging in...
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Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav's official Facebook account, which was allegedly suspended earlier, has been restored, party sources said on Saturday. Sources in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) told PTI that Yadav's account was blocked by...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the absence of female journalists from Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's presser here, saying by allowing exclusion of women scribes from a public forum, the prime minister is...
12:44
The Haryana government on Saturday transferred Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarniya, days after IPS officer Y Puran Kumar allegedly shot himself dead at his Chandigarh residence, officials said. The action follows pressure built by the family members of Kumar, seeking action...
12:42
Bhojpuri superstar Pawan Singh on Saturday announced that he would not contest the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar, and said he would continue to remain as a soldier of the BJP.His announcement comes as speculations are rife that Singh may contest the polls on a BJP ticket from one of the seven...
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A woman has been booked for acid attack on a stray dog in Kota, police said on Friday. The accused has been identified as Kanchan Bai, resident of Balita road in Kota city.A case has been registered against Bai at Kunhadi police station under Section 325 (mischief by killing or maiming...
12:33
A medical college student from Odisha was allegedly raped by unidentified men in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred outside the private medical college campus in Durgapur on Friday night when the second-year student went out with...
11:58
India on Saturday reacted to a controversy over the absence of women journalists from a press conference of visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi.The ministry of external affairs said that the government had no involvement in the press interaction held on Friday.MEA had...
11:51
Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Upendra Kushwaha on Saturday dismissed speculations about rumblings of discontent among NDA constituents in Bihar over seat sharing for the upcoming assembly polls and said that talks have not yet concluded.The former Union minister, in an X post, said, Don't pay...
11:19
The Delhi government has banned the sale, purchase and distribution of Coldrif cough syrup after it was declared not of standard quality, an official order said. According to the order issued on Friday, Coldrif Syrup (Paracetamol, Phenylephrine Hydrochloride, Chlorpheniramine Maleate...
11:16
Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will visit Deoband in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district on Saturday and Agra on Sunday as part of his six-day India trip, officials said.According to Saharanpur police, during his day-long visit to Deoband, Muttaqi will tour Darul Uloom Deoband,...
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Security forces have launched a search operation after two Pakistani drones were seen hovering over the forward villages along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, officials said on Saturday. The drones were sighted over Challiyari village in the Ghagwal area, and...
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Veteran screenwriter-lyricist Javed Akhtar has expressed his disappointment that movies reflecting the reality of society face hurdles from regulatory bodies in India, while those rife with vulgarity seem to slip through the cracks.Speaking at an event on Friday, Akhtar said it is a bad audience...
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clarify his position on the absence of women journalists from a press conference of visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, and described the incident as an insult to some of India's most competent...
10:06
Nearly three weeks after remains of a bovine animal surfaced in a river in Bundi district, police have arrested three people in connection with the case, an official said on Friday. The accused were produced before the court, which sent them to three-day police custody, he said.According to...
09:22
An Akasa Air aircraft flying from Pune to Delhi suffered a bird hit on Friday and landed safely in the national capital. The plane is being examined by the engineering team and will be released for service after a thorough inspection, an airline spokesperson said in a statement.Akasa Air...
09:20
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested an executive of businessman Anil Ambani's Reliance Group under the anti-money laundering law, official sources said on Saturday. Ashok Pal, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Reliance Power, was taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention...
08:53
State Bank of India has processed SME digital loans of 225,000 accounts up to August 2025 with aggregate credit limits of Rs 74,434 crores since the launch of the SME Digital Business Loans, the bank said on Friday.This includes the processing of 67,299 MSME Mudra loans amounting to Rs 3,242...
08:51
Samsung India, the country's largest consumer electronics brand, said on Friday that it witnessed a strong start to the festive season, buoyed by positive consumer sentiment, attractive festive deals, and the recent GST rate cuts on televisions and air conditioners. The company said its...
08:45
Uber has rolled out a nationwide subscription-based model for its driver partners across all form factors -- cars, autos, and bikes.The move brings Uber in line with other major aggregators, including Rapido and Ola, which have already adopted subscription structures. Two factors are...
08:33
United States President Donald Trump has announced that he will impose a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese goods over and above any tariff that they are currently paying, effective November 1, 2025. He also said that export controls will be placed on all critical software starting...
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After learning about the sudden demise of renowned bodybuilder Varinder Ghuman, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan expressed his deep sorrow and offered condolences via a post on X.Rest in peace praa. Vil misses paaji, Salman posted, remembering Varinder, who also worked as an actor.Salman also...
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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav's official Facebook account was allegedly suspended on Friday evening, triggering a sharp political reaction from his party, which accused the BJP government of orchestrating the move. According to sources, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister's...
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