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A woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the 16th floor of a residential tower in Ghodbunder Road area of Thane, a police official said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday evening, the Kasarvadavali police station official said. As per her kin, she was undergoing...
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JMM chief and Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren.
Jharkhand minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu on Friday said he has informed Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav about the seats the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is keen to contest in the Bihar assembly elections. Speaking to reporters, Sonu said he discussed the issue during a recent meeting in...
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A panchayat development officer in Raichur district has been suspended for allegedly taking part in the RSS event, sources said on Friday. The officer posted in Sirawar Taluk Panchayat was suspended after he allegedly took part in an RSS event wearing the outfit's uniform. The action...
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A private school in south Delhi received a hoax bomb threat on Friday, an official of the Delhi Fire Service said.The officer noted that a call regarding a bomb planted in the school was received at 1.19 pm.We rushed two teams of DFS, including local police, dog squad and bomb disposal squad to...
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Light tank fires anti-tank guided missile Nag Mk II./Image courtesy RMO on X
India's newly-developed light tank achieved a major milestone as it fired anti-tank guided missile Nag Mk II. The tank has been designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation and manufactured by Larsen and Toubro Ltd. The project is mainly being overseen by...
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In yet another alleged suicide by a Haryana cop, an assistant sub-inspector of police posted in Gururgam allegedly hanged himself here at his ancestral home, the police said on Friday. A suicide note has also been recovered from his house in Jainabad village in Rewari district, in which the...
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Three people were arrested on Friday from Kozhikode in connection with a cyber investment fraud case in which a city-based businessman lost Rs 25 crore, the police said. The arrested are from Kozhikode. According to the police, a woman had been arrested earlier in...
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On completion of one year in office of the Bharatiya Janata Party government's third straight term in Haryana, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday announced to increase old-age pension to Rs 3,200 from Rs 3,000 per month, officials said.Saini also announced fresh plot allotments under the...
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The growing bonhomie between the once estranged Thackeray cousins was on full public display on Friday as the two leaders and their family members came together for a Diwali event, further lighting up the buzz around their political alliance in Maharashtra. Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav...
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The National Tiger Conservation Authority has approved the relocation of two tigresses from the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district to the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, a forest official said on Friday. Anand Reddy, deputy director of TATR's core zone, said the STR...
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A 17-year-old boy from Andhra Pradesh was apprehended on Friday for allegedly transporting 5.1 kg of Hashish oil worth Rs 1.15 crore, the police said. In a joint operation, sleuths from the Special Operations Team, Malkajgiri, and Ghatkesar police stopped the juvenile near Ghatkesar Railway...
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The Supreme Court order, allowing the sale and bursting of green crackers in Delhi-NCR region, may increase the number of families bursting fire crackers by 40 percent as compared to the last year, raising fears that 'regular fireworks' could also make a comeback, a LocalCircles study...
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The Kerala high curt on Friday sought the state government's stand on a church-run school's plea challenging an education department directive to permit a Muslim girl to attend classes wearing her religious headscarf or 'hijab'. Justice VG Arun directed the government lawyer to come with...
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A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan on Friday evening, marking the fourth quake to hit the country in less than a month and the second quake to hit the country in less than 12 hours.According to the US Geological Survey, the tremor occurred 47 km north-northwest of Khandud at...
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The Andhra Pradesh police have arrested two people from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra respectively, for their alleged links to a local terror suspect and the Pakistani terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad, said the police on Friday. Sri Satyasai district superintendent of police S Satish Kumar...
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An ambulance, which lost control after its tyre burst, hit several people and killed four, including a woman, in Sitapur district on Friday morning, the police said.The accident took place at around 6 am on the National Highway in the Ataria police station area, according to police. The...
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The ministry of home affairs on Friday ordered a probe into the September 24 violence in Leh by retired Supreme Court judge B S Chauhan to find out the circumstances leading to the serious law and order situation, police action and the resultant death of four persons. According to an...
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The rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day lower by 7 paise at 88.03 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, weighed down by trade tensions and global uncertainties. Forex traders said renewed foreign fund inflows and lower crude oil prices boosted investor sentiment...
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An avalanche occurred on Friday from the Kuber Bhandar glacier near Badrinath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, reaching the upper reaches of the Kanchenjunga river. No casualties were reported, an official said. District disaster management officer Nand Kishore Joshi said that the...
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Benchmark Sensex spurted by 484 points and Nifty closed at a 52-week high on Friday, extending their winning run to the third consecutive day on buying in blue-chip banking and oil shares and foreign fund inflows. In a volatile session, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 484.53 points or 0.58...
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Amid reports of threats and harassment to booth-level officers in West Bengal, the Election Commission assured that security would be provided to them during the state's Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls, which is likely to begin soon, an official said.Members of the 'Sangrami...
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Tamil Nadu has formed special teams to continuously monitor drug manufacturers, with inspections conducted at nearly 50 of the total 397 pharmaceutical firms in the state, minister for medical and family welfare Ma Subramanian said on Friday.Speaking in the assembly, Subramanian said the...
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Two Maoists, including an area commander of the banned Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee, surrendered before the police in Jharkhand's Chatra district on Friday, officials said. They were identified as Kunal alias Kuldeep and Rohini Ganjhu alias Rohini Singh. Kunal was the area...
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya meets PM Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Friday./@narendramodi X/ANI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday discussed a range of issues such as development cooperation and the welfare of Indian fishermen with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya. Amarasuriya met Modi at his official residence in New Delhi. Glad to welcome Prime Minister of Sri...
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M I Khan in PatnaVikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani on Friday announced that he will not contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, and will instead focus on campaigning for his party's candidates as well as those of the Mahagathbandhan.Hum chunav nahi ladenge kyonki humko deputy...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said Zubeen Garg's family and the people of Assam have the right to know what happened to him in Singapore. The sooner the truth comes out, the better in Zubeen Garg's case, as the family needs closure, Gandhi said, after visiting the singer's family at...
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Two band members of Zubeen Garg Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta were remanded to judicial custody on Friday, after their 14 days of police remand ended in connection with the singer's death in Singapore last month. The duo was brought to court and later taken away in separate...
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The Karnataka Cabinet's decision to bring rules on the use of public places and government premises for holding events was not just about RSS, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Friday. His remarks came a day after his led-cabinet decided to bring rules, apparently to check RSS activities,...
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A shocking incident from Hyderabad's Yousufguda surfaced as a woman found a hidden camera inside a light bulb holder in her bathroom. 23-year-old Bhukya Sanskruthi is married to Nenavath Umesh, who works at the Aditya Trade Centre in Ameerpet.She made the disturbing discovery on October 13. A...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, whose averments on Nitish Kumar's continuance as Chief Minister of Bihar have been fuelling speculations in the poll-bound state, on Friday met the JD(U) president in Patna. Shah, who had arrived in Patna the previous evening on a three-day visit, drove down to...
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In a first, Microsoft has overhauled its governance and compliance framework for India's public sector and critical infrastructure clients -- a move that comes amid growing geopolitical uncertainty and regulatory fragmentation worldwide.The announcement follows a recent court battle in which...
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A 37-year-old man from the city, who was offered a job in a construction company in Russia, is trapped on the Russia-Ukraine border and allegedly forced to fight in the war after being duped by a Mumbai-based agent, his family said in Hyderabad. Mohammed Ahmed's wife has written to External...
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Banned cough syrup worth around Rs 2 crore has been recovered from a goods train at Jirania railway station in Tripura, police said on Friday.The recovery was made following a search operation on Thursday that commenced around 4.30 pm and concluded in the early hours of Friday, they said.In a...
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Jadeja with his wife Rivaba. Pic courtesy: Rivaba Jadeja/Instagram
Ex-Gujarat Congress president Arjun Modhwadia, who had defected to BJP, takes oath as state cabinet minister. Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja's wife Rivaba sworn in as minister of state in Gujarat cabinet.
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Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, CM Bhupendra Patel, and BJP National President & Union Minister JP Nadda arrive at oath ceremony for Cabinet expansion. Harsh Sanghavi takes oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat.
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Amazon India recorded 2.76 billion (276 crore) customer visits during its month-long Great Indian Festival sale, with more than 70 per cent originating from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, highlighting the e-commerce platform's penetration beyond major metros.The company facilitated over 1,000 crore in...
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Ahead of his meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House, US President Donald Trump said that his country cannot deplete its own stockpile of Tomahawk cruise missiles by supplying them to Ukraine.Following an hour-long telephone call with Putin in which great...
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Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday morning met Governor Acharya Devvrat and sought his permission to hold the oath ceremony of his new cabinet members, a government release said. During the meeting at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar, the CM informed the governor about the current...
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Talk to your child about gaming the same way you'd talk about school or sports. Ask them what they played, who they met, what they enjoyed. Create shared gaming spaces like keeping the consoles in the living room, advise experts while suggesting how to make online gaming safe for kids and teens,...
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A 21-year-old engineering student was arrested for raping his college mate inside a men's toilet on the campus of a private engineering institution in South Bengaluru. The accused, identified as Jeevan Gowda, a sixth-semester student, was taken into custody by police on Wednesday, reports...
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BJP leader Guru Prakash Paswan on Friday said that the Mahagathbandhan is on the verge of a major split, citing the visible disunity within the opposition alliance. With today marking the final day for nominations, he said that there is still no clarity on seat-sharing ahead of the upcoming Bihar...
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The Reserve Bank of India is advancing cross-border collaboration in digital payments through multiple initiatives, including linking India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with other countries' fast-payment systems, according to Governor Sanjay Malhotra.This will enable merchant payments...
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Jio Financial Services (JFS) on Thursday reported 0.9 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in its consolidated net profit to Rs 695 crore in the second quarter of 2025-2026 (Q2FY26), against Rs 689 crore in the corresponding quarter the previous year. The total income for the period under...
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A bomb threat e-mail sent to a private school in outer Delhi turned out to be a hoax, with police tracing the sender to a student who wanted to avoid exams, officials said on Friday. According to police, a PCR call was received at the Paschim Vihar East Police Station on Thursday after the...
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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a directive stating that no food brand can label a product as oral rehydration salts (ORS), unless the product has been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO).As a result, any violation of the directive would be seen as...
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday shared a document on social media, claiming that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was an agent of a Swedish military company. He added that this means he was involved in brokerage in the 1970s. In a post shared on X, BJP MP said,...
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US Senator Jim Banks has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to step up inspections of overseas pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, expressing concern over poor-quality drugs being imported from countries like India and China. In a letter to FDA Commissioner Martin Makary,...
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh has blamed former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the unilateral ceasefire that led to the creation of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), saying the issue would not have arisen had then home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel handled it.Had the then prime minister,...
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Fintech firm Razorpay posted a consolidated revenue of 3,783 crore in financial year 2024-2025 (FY25), a 65 per cent increase from 2,296 crore in FY24.The company reported a post-ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) loss of 1,209 crore, driven by costs incurred for restructuring and tax payments...
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Around 200 Naxalites from the Dandakaranya region, including senior leaders, are set to surrender their arms and return to the mainstream on Friday in Bastar. According to IG Bastar P Sundarraj, the surrender ceremony will take place in the presence of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo...
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday held a lengthy call with Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he will report its contents after the call concludes. He said, I am...
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India on Thursday said it is in talks with China on the supply of rare earth elements, and is respectful of its international obligations on the various frameworks and arrangements regarding end-user certifications. Recently, China sought guarantees from India that the rare earth elements...
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The Congress on Thursday released its first list of 48 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, fielding its state unit chief Rajesh Ram from Kutumba seat and CLP leader Shakeel Ahmad Khan from Kadwa. The party announced the candidates even before finalising the seat-sharing...
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A new generation vehicle logistics hub for the armed forces has come up in Leh, with satellite hubs planned in important border areas, including Kargil, Tangtse, and Nyoma, along the India-Pakistan and the India-China borders in Ladakh. General Officer Commanding, Fire and Fury Corps,...
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The Uttarakhand government has ordered an investigation into alleged demographic changes in the Pachhadun area of Dehradun and other regions, following concerns over the issue. Officials have been directed to scrutinise documents such as Aadhaar cards, family registers, and voter IDs, amid...
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