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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev on Thursday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and exchanged views on enhancing cooperation in agriculture, fertilisers, food processing and other areas of mutual interest. Patrushev is currently on a visit to India as part of preparations...
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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will visit Rampur on October 8 to meet party founder member Azam Khan, who was recently released from jail after approximately two years. We have finalised the visit, and I will be going to meet him, Yadav stated when asked about his plans to visit...
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A container carrying an oil-like substance was found drifting in the sea in Maharashtra's Palghar district, prompting the authorities to bring it to the coast, an official said on Thursday. The container was spotted near Mahim Tembhi village, under the jurisdiction of Satpati police station,...
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The Indian team has returned from the US after holding trade talks with their American counterparts in New York, an official said on Thursday. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, who led the team, will be back on Friday. The team had arrived in New York on Monday to hold talks...
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The Calcutta high court on Thursday directed the West Bengal government, Kolkata Municipal Corporation and private power utility CESC to file separate reports over the death of 11 persons in the city due to torrential rains, of whom nine died of electrocution.A petition was moved before a...
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A police constable's remark about the Meena community during an awareness programme at a coaching institute in Jaipur courted controversy, following which she said her intention was not to hurt anyone. The row erupted after a video of the awareness programme circulated on social...
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Telangana government has agreed to take over Phase-I of Hyderabad Metro Rail project from L&T Group by paying Rs 2,000 crore for the equity in the concessionaire L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Ltd, official sources said on Thursday. It was agreed that the state government would also take...
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A group of people, which had gathered outside the residence of singer Zubeen Garg's manager, hurled stones at police vehicles following which the security personnel baton-charged them on Thursday, officials said.The police personnel were escorting an SIT team to the manager Siddhartha Sharma's...
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A court in Pune on Thursday granted bail to Dr Pranjal Khewalkar, son-in-law of former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse, in an alleged drug party case. Additional sessions judge JG Dorle also granted bail to co-accused Prachi Gupta and Sripad Yadav, defence lawyer Pushkar Surve...
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An Indian-origin man has been charged with the murder of a 71-year-old sex offender in Fremont, California, US media reported.Varun Suresh, 29, is suspected of chasing and stabbing the victim last week in the 600 block of Upper Vintners Circle, CBS News reported on Tuesday. ...
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Tagged anti-national by some for acting in a film with a Pakistani artiste, Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh has said Sardaar Ji 3 was shot before the Pahalgam terror attack and pointed out that India and Pakistan continue to play cricket even now. The film, which did not get an India...
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The Union Home Ministry on Thursday cancelled the FCRA licence of Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL) founded by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk with immediate effect, a government order said. The action of the ministry was based on several alleged...
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In a bizarre medical case, doctors at a private hospital in Hapur removed two pens, 19 toothbrushes and 29 spoons from the stomach of a man undergoing treatment for drug addiction, officials said on Thursday. According to doctors at the Devanandani Hospital, Sachin, a resident of...
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A 19-year-old man was attacked by three unidentified persons at a 'garba' event in Goregaon East, a police official said on Thursday. The incident took place at NESCO Compound on Wednesday night, the Vanrai police station official said, adding a video had gone viral on social media...
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A 73-year old undocumented Sikh woman, who lived in the United States for more than 30 years, was detained and deported to India by immigration authorities in California earlier this week without being given the chance to even say goodbye to her relatives, her advocate said. In an Instagram...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Bihar's Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana on Friday and transfer Rs 10,000 each to the bank accounts of 75 lakh women across the state, totalling Rs 7,500 crore. Officials said the scheme is aimed at making women aatmanirbhar (self-dependent)...
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Assam Police's Special Investigating Team (SIT), probing the death of singer Zubeen Garg, conducted separate raids at the residences of Northeast India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and his manager Siddhartha Sharma on Thursday, officials said.An SIT team visited the Geetanagar residence...
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The much-awaited inauguration of the Delhi BJP's new office building on DDU Marg is likely to be held in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party's national president JP Nadda on September 29, sources said on Thursday. Preparations for the inaugural function are...
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Wipro founder chairman Azim Premji has declined Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's request to allow limited vehicular movement through the company's campus in Bengaluru, saying that it is an exclusive private property owned by a listed company, not meant for public thoroughfare.He also said that...
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A self-styled godman and former chairman of a private management institute in southwest Delhi, who has been booked for sexually harassing 17 students, allegedly tracked women through hostel CCTV feeds, including cameras installed outside washrooms and those across the campus, directly on his...
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Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday called the home ministry's charge that he instigated the recent violent protests in Ladakh a scapegoat tactic intended to avoid dealing with the Himalayan region's core problems. Reacting to the MHA's statement, which had blamed him for provoking...
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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday blamed the previous BJP government's misrule for potholes in Bengaluru.He said Rs 750 crore has been granted to fill potholes in the city.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, he said, We are committed to fixing the pothole issue in...
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The Income Tax department on Thursday extended the deadline for submission of audit reports for the 2024-25 fiscal year by one month till October 31. In a statement, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said the income tax return filing portal is working smoothly and more than...
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Stock markets closed with losses for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday, with the Sensex tumbling 555.95 points due to relentless foreign fund outflows and concerns over the US H-1B visa fee, making investors jittery. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 555.95 points or 0.68 per cent to settle at...
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.The Paris criminal court acquitted him of all other charges,...
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Sanju Samson being an apparent middle-order misfit will certainly worry head coach Gautam Gambhir and the Indian team management might be tempted to check out Jitesh Sharma during their inconsequential final Super 4 encounter against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup in Dubai on Friday.Once India won...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday underscored India's time-tested partnership with Russia, highlighting long-standing defence cooperation between the two countries -- a remark that comes amid ongoing US concerns over India's continued oil trade with Moscow. The Prime Minister -- who...
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Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday said that his imprisonment could create more problems for the government than his freedom and called the home ministry's act of blaming him for recent violent protests in Ladakh a scapegoat tactic. Reacting to the MHA's statement, which had blamed...
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Former Mumbai zonal director at Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation suit before the Delhi High Court against Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd., the production house owned by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan and his wife,...
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Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif with Anura Dissanayake
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held separate meetings with Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus and Anura Kumara Dissanayake and discussed bilateral ties, it was announced Thursday. The meetings were held on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General...
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The Indore airport authorities on Thursday decided to shunt out a doctor for his alleged insensitive behaviour towards a passenger bitten by a rat and imposed a fine on the pest control agency, officials said. A man travelling from Indore to Bengaluru was bitten by a rat on Tuesday in the...
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Six decades after they were inducted into the force, Indian Air Force's workhorse, the legendary Russian-origin MiG-21 fighter jets, will finally retire from the IAF at a mega event to be held in Chandigarh on Friday. A farewell will be bid to the fighter jets, which have been part of the...
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday denied bail to former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the February 2020 riots. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, while pronouncing the order, said the application is dismissed. The police...
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Building on India's remarkable journey into space, the first module of the country's first facility in space, the Bharatiya Antriksh Station, will be launched soon, according to astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla.Speaking at the India Today Conclave in Mumbai, Shukla, who piloted the...
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Defence Ministry inks Rs 62,370 crore deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd to procure 97 Tejas jets for Indian Air Force. Deliveries of jets will start in 2027-28, says the Centre after inking a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd for procurement. Tejas jets to be procured under new contract...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the Indian Armed Forces aspire to achieve self-reliance and aim to reduce external dependence, and the government is committed to developing a robust defence infrastructure in line with this vision. The Prime Minister, who inaugurated the...
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The main accused in the case linked to acid attack on a 38-year-old nurse was arrested after an encounter in Meerut, police said on Thursday.On September 23, a minor attacked Ruksana with acid under Lohia Nagar police station limits, Circle Officer Antariksh Jain said.Our investigation revealed...
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Chaitanyananda Saraswati, the Delhi-based self-styled godman accused of molesting at least 19 students, projects himself as a highly qualified management guru and a celebrated author, reports NDTV.On the run after his perversion came to the fore, the spotlight is now on his public image and...
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Sonam Wangchuk called of the stir yesterday
On the violence in Leh, JKNC Chief Farooq Abdullah says, The reason behind the violence was that he (Sonam Wangchuk) was on a hunger strike for 14 days... For five years, he has been silently protesting over there that they should be listed in the sixth schedule and also be granted...
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A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to Samir Modi -- a relative of fugitive businessman Lalit Modi -- who was arrested in a rape case. Additional sessions judge Vipin Kharb granted him bail on a bond of Rs 5 lakh and other conditions during the in-camera proceedings, a source said. A...
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A group of minority community members damaged several shops and vehicles and hurled stones at a village in Gandhinagar district following an objectionable social media post, police said on Thursday. Police have detained around 60 persons from Bahiyal village under Dehgam taluka for the clash...
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'We all make mistakes, but what is important is that you've got to get that out of your mind before the next ball commences.' KR Nayar recalls his many encounters with Dickie Bird, the legendary cricket umpire who passed into the ages this week. Read the column here.
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HSBC analysts have upgraded Indian stock markets to 'overweight' from the 'neutral' rating earlier, calling the country 'Asia's quiet corner' compared to crowded trades elsewhere.They have kept the Sensex target unchanged at 85,130 levels for 2025-end, but see the Sensex at 94,000 levels by...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday took a swipe at Leader of Opposition (LoP) Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over the latter's appeal to Gen Z to stop the allegedly ongoing vote theft in the country, saying that the appeal won't work. Speaking at the India Today Conclave,...
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Credit card spends increased by 13.7 per cent year-on-year in August to 1.91 trillion. Industry experts believe the festival season and GST rate cuts will lift credit card spends further in the months to come. While spends saw a robust increase on a Y-o-Y basis, there was a slight moderation...
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The parliamentary panel on finance has sought an action taken report from the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) on the suggestions it made on the evolving role of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in the digital landscape, according to official sources. Chaired by Lok Sabha MP...
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US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi share a very, very positive relationship and will meet, a senior State Department official has said, while underlining that planning is underway for the next Quad Summit, expected either later this year or in early 2026.India is slated to...
11:31
Bollywood actor Salman Khan offered a rare glimpse into his personal life, speaking about his health scare on the premiere episode of 'Two Much With Kajol & Twinkle' on Amazon Prime. Salman arrived on the show for the very first episode alongside former co-star and close friend Aamir Khan,...
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At least 50 people were detained as police and paramilitary forces strictly implemented curfew on Thursday in the violence-hit Leh, where four people were killed and over 80 others were injured when widespread clashes broke out a day before. A shutdown called by the Leh Apex Body (LAB) -- to...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Indian cricketers refusing to shake hands with Pakistani cricketers during Asia Cup and on-field gestures by the Pakistani Cricketers : I personally feel that once the decision had been made to play, if we feel so strongly about Pakistan, we should not have...
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Amid the ongoing Navratri festival, Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane has warned against spoiling the peaceful atmosphere of the state. During a visit to a Durga pandal, organised by Sakal Hindu Samaj, in Mumbai's Mankhurd area on Wednesday, Rane also said no one will be allowed to disrespect...
10:24
Singer Rihanna has welcomed her third child, a baby girl with her longtime partner A$AP Rocky. The 'Diamonds' singer took to her Instagram handle and announced that her daughter was born on September 13, 2025, further revealing the little one's name. In what appeared to be an adorable nod...
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A car caught fire on the Coastal Road in Mumbai on Thursday morning, prompting authorities to stop traffic movement on the route, officials said. The incident took place around 9.30 am inside the south-bound tunnel of the Coastal Road, they said. Traffic movement is stopped at Coastal Road...
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US President Donald Trump is set to engage in high-stakes bilateral meetings on Thursday, including a closed-door session with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the Oval Office, according to Trump's public schedule released by the White House. Sharif will arrive in Washington after...
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Shashi Tharoor shares this picture on X, writing: Some fans sent me this AI edit, putting me face to face with my 22-year-old self. That's a generated likeness of me in my first months at the @UN, based on a couple of pix taken during my work for @Refugees. I find myself torn between envy at...
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The situation on Tuesday in Kolkata.
Severe waterlogging was witnessed in parts of Kolkata amid heavy rainfall across the city. The downpour disrupted traffic movement in multiple areas and caused inconvenience to the citizens as well.This morning, visuals from Kolkata's Bhawanipore area showed people walking through waterlogged...
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Seven Buddhist monks, including an Indian national, were killed and six others were injured after a cable-operated rail cart overturned at a forest monastery in northwestern Sri Lanka, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred on Wednesday night at the Na Uyana Aranya Senasanaya, a...
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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved two schemes to add around 10,000 undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) medical seats in the next four years. The first approval is for the extension of the central scheme for upgradation of existing government medical colleges to increase 5,023 MBBS...
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India has successfully carried out test firing of Agni-Prime missile from a rail-based mobile launcher system, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. This next generation missile is designed to cover a range of up to 2,000 kilometres and is equipped with various advanced features....
09:21
Secretary for the US Department of Energy, Chris Wright
United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright called on India to reconsider its oil imports from Russia, emphasising that the US does not intend to punish India, but aims to bring an end to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.Addressing a press conference at the New York Foreign Press Centre, Wright...
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The Karnataka high court on Wednesday dismissed the plea of social-media platform X against the Centre's Sahyog Portal, and said the portal was essential for the government to maintain law and order.'The Sahyog Portal stands as a beacon of cooperation between the citizen and the intermediary, a...
08:40
India has assured the United States that Washington remains a key partner in New Delhis energy security strategy, though it made no mention of its heavy oil imports from Russia.Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said the government aims to expand trade in energy products with the US over...
08:25
United States President Donald Trump has demanded an investigation into three 'sinister events' at the United Nations headquarters, including an escalator breaking down while he and First Lady Melania Trump were on it, describing them as 'triple sabotage'.In a post on Truth Social on Wednesday,...
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A 55-year-old employee of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) died while another was injured in an explosion while handling explosives in a drilled hole for coal excavation at an open-cast mine in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district on Wednesday evening, a police officer said.Sub-divisional police...
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A Hindu monk was booked for his alleged objectionable remarks against Vavar, the Muslim companion of Lord Ayyappa as per legends, during the recent Sangh Parivar-organised Sabarimala Protection Summit at Pandalam in Pathanamthitta, Kerala.The case was registered against Saanthananda Maharshi of...
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The Union home ministry on Wednesday said that the situation in Ladakh is under control and that there have been no incidents of violence since 4 pm. In a statement, the home ministry also urged individuals to refrain from circulating old and provocative videos in the media and on social...
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