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A woman from Gurugram has accused a police constable of stalking her and obtaining her personal information by tracing her car's license plate, police said on Friday. According to police, the accused constable also sent her a request on Instagram. Following the woman's complaint, an FIR was...
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A `non-cognisable' case was registered on Friday against BJP leader Mahanand Assnodkar at Porvorim in Goa for allegedly threatening a social activist. Swapnesh Sherlekar, the complainant, alleged that Assnodkar called him on Thursday night, and threatened him over a video circulating on...
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Assam police's CID on Friday issued notices to people who were present or aware of the events leading to singer Zubeen Garg's death in Singapore, asking them to appear before its officers within 10 days, a senior official said. He added that the Special Investigating Team (SIT), formed by...
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Authorities in Nanded and Latur have declared holiday for all educational institutions on Saturday after an 'orange' alert was issued for heavy rains, an official said. The order to keep educational institutions closed was issued by Nanded Collector Rahul Kardile and Latur Collector Varsha...
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The National Investigation Agency on Friday attached immovable properties of a Hizbul Mujahideen terror operative involved in supplying arms and ammunition to active members of the banned outfit for promoting terrorist activities in Kashmir.On the orders of the NIA special court in Jammu, the...
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US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) expressed confidence that a breakthrough was imminent in efforts to end the Gaza conflict. Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Trump said, It's looking like we have a deal on Gaza. I think it's a deal that will get the...
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A man has been arrested following an encounter for allegedly throwing acid on a teacher here, police said on Friday. A woman was also arrested in the case, the police said, adding that she has been identified as Jahanvi alias Archana. According to the police, the accused was identified...
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Six workers were killed and six others were injured after the roof of a structure collapsed at a private steel plant in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur on Friday, police said.According to officials, the incident occurred at the Siltara industrial area.Raipur SP Lal Umed Singh told ANI that police...
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Teams of Zoologists from Pachhunga University College (PUC) in Aizawl will study and assess the current outbreak of rodents, sources in PUC said. Led by Prof Lalramliana, two teams from the Zoology department of PUC set out on Thursday to visit the affected villages, while one team set out...
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Actor Noel Clarke, best known for his roles in Doctor Who and Kidulthood, has reportedly been arrested in London.According to reports from Deadline, multiple reports suggested that Clarke was arrested at his family home in Kensington on Thursday. Metropolitan Police officers are also...
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The man who fell into the sea from an Indian vessel anchored near the Maldives capital has been found dead on Friday, authorities confirmed here. According to the Maldives National Defence Force, the man's body was recovered in the southern waters of K Feydhoofinolhu by the MNDF Coast Guard...
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The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was on Friday extended for six months in entire Manipur, except the jurisdiction of 13 police stations, in view of the prevailing law and order situation there. The AFSPA, under which a particular state or some areas are declared disturbed, has also been...
20:41
The Karnataka government has proposed levying a 2 percent cess on movie tickets and subscription fee of television entertainment channels to fund welfare schemes for cine and cultural activists, according to draft rules notified by the labour department. The draft rules have been framed...
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The last rites of renowned Kannada novelist and philosopher S L Bhyrappa were performed here on Friday with full state honours, following his death due to cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday. He was 94. The cremation took place near the foot of Chamundi Hill,...
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The rupee rebounded from its all-time low to close 4 paise higher at 88.72 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, tracking a weak greenback against major currencies overseas and a drop in global crude oil prices. Unabated foreign capital outflows and risk-off sentiment in the...
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India and the US have decided to continue negotiations for early conclusion of a mutually beneficial bilateral trade agreement, the Commerce Ministry said on Friday. The statement was issued after the return of the Indian official delegation led by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal...
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A tremor of 2.2 magnitude was recorded in Borwati village in Latur district at around 6:30am on Friday though there was no report of anyone getting hurt or damage to property, an official said. The New Delhi-based National Centre for Seismology has confirmed the development and called it a...
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The Allahabad high court on Friday fixed October 9 for the next hearing in the Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Idgah mosque dispute at Mathura. The controversy is related to Mughal emperor Aurangazeb-era Shahi Idgah mosque at Mathura which is alleged to have been built after demolishing a...
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An announcement postponing a proposed demonstration in support of the 'I Love Muhammad' campaign by Maulana Tauqeer Raza, local cleric and chief of Ittehad-e-Millat Council, led to a clash between a large crowd and police outside a mosque in Bareilly on Friday.The police said large crowds holding...
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A five-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in a village in Maharashtra's Gondia district, a forest official said on Friday. The incident occurred in Sanjaynagar village of Arjuni Morgaon tehsil under the jurisdiction of Gothangaon forest range in the early hours of Thursday, the...
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The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday criticised the BJP-led central government over the arrest of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk by the Ladakh police, calling it an attack on democracy and people's rights. Wangchuk was taken into custody on Friday, two days after violent protests in Ladakh over...
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The Madras high court on Friday issued notice to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Vijay on an appeal filed by the Chennai-based trust Thondai Mandala Saandror Dharma Paribalana Sabai, challenging an order of a single judge that declined to restrain TVK from using its party flag. A...
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India's forex reserves dropped by $396 million to $702.57 billion for the week ended September 19, according to the RBI data. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had jumped by $4.698 billion to $702.966 billion. For the week ended September 19, foreign currency assets,...
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Silver prices surged Rs 1,900 to hit a fresh high of Rs 1,41,900 per kilogram while gold rose by Rs 330 in the national capital on Friday amid heavy demand from stockists during the ongoing festival season, according to the All India Sarafa Association. Gold prices advanced, with 99.9 per...
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Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled nearly 1 per cent on Friday, marking their sixth consecutive day of decline, following heavy selling in pharma and IT shares as US President Donald Trump announced 100 per cent duties on pharmaceutical drugs from next month. The 30-share BSE...
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Delhi High Court on Friday barred all parties involved in the dispute over late Sunjay Kapur's property not to share details, including those of his personal assets and liabilities, with the media. Justice Jyoti Singh passed the directions and said, A copy of the 'will' be supplied to the...
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Khalistani separatist Inderjeet Singh Gosal, associated with the banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), has threatened India shortly after being released on bail in Canada. Gosal secured bail from the Ontario Central East Correctional Centre within a week and appeared in a video recorded outside the...
16:34
MEA Official Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal: We have seen the statement by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte regarding a purported phone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Vladimir Putin of Russia. This statement is factually incorrect and entirely...
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The ICC hearing of Pakistan cricketers Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan for allegedly provocative actions during the Asia Cup game against India was completed in Dubai on Friday and sanctions are likely for some of the gestures, according to tournament sources. It is learnt that Rauf is...
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The Apex Body Leh, which is leading the agitation for statehood for Ladakh, stated on Friday that their protest is peaceful and that the violence on September 24 was triggered when a section of the youth got out of control. Addressing a press conference in Leh, the Apex Body denied activist...
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Somerville College, University of Oxford has elected Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, as a Foundation Fellow of Somerville College. A Foundation Fellowship is the highest honour conferred by Somerville College for philanthropy. Chandra, as he is popularly called was...
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Indian households are set to benefit from tax savings of up to 27 to 30 per cent under the new GST 2.0 regime, according to a report released by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry's Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy (FICCI...
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Update: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was arrested Friday by a police party here, two days after violent protests by supporters of the movement for statehood and extension of Sixth Schedule of Constitution left four persons dead and 90 others injured, officials said. Wangchuk was taken...
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Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk arrested by Ladakh police team led by DGP S D Singh Jamwal. Internet services have been suspended in Leh.Protests for statehood turned violent in Leh town on Wednesday, leaving four people dead and 90 others injured.At least 50 people have been detained so far in...
15:28
A high-level Indian delegation, led by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal during a recent visit to the United States (US), engaged in a series of productive discussions aimed at strengthening bilateral trade deal and investment ties between the two countries, the Commerce and Industry...
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A teenager, out on bail recently in a double murder case, allegedly stabbed a 15-year-old boy to death in northeast Delhi's Seelampur. He has been apprehended, police said on Friday. The juvenile, aged around 13 to 14 years old, was recently released on bail three to four months back in a...
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At the decommission ceremony of the MiG-21, Indian Astronaut and IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla says, I am feeling fantastic today. I spent a considerable amount of time with the MiG-21 and cherish many fond memories of it. I'm so glad to be here today, seeing the aircraft I grew up with...
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It was a textbook blind murder with scarce clues, no witnesses and no apparent motive. Investigators had literally nothing to go by when called upon to solve the killing of an e-rickshaw driver, eventually traced to a schoolboy. A month later, police apprehended a Class 11 student who...
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The world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, lit up Mumbai as part of his India visit with DreamSetGo, India's first premium bespoke sports experiences and travel platform. The visit also marked the launch of Dream Icons, DreamSetGo's signature IP that brings the world's greatest sporting legends...
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Tata Capital's initial public offering (IPO) -- one of the most anticipated of the year -- is expected to hit the market in the first half of October, slightly later than the regulatory deadline of September.The delay was due to the merger approval of Tata Motors Finance from the National Company...
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Over a third of India's children aged 5-9 could be having high triglycerides, with Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal and northeastern states showing highest prevalence, according to a government report. Over 67 per cent of children in West Bengal, 64 per cent in Sikkim, 55 per cent in Nagaland,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the RJD, stating that under its rule, women of Bihar suffered immensely, while calling upon them to ensure that the Lalu Prasad-led party and its allies never returned to power in the eastern state. Modi was virtually...
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The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chhattisgarh police to preserve the body of top Maoist commander Katha Ramchandra Reddy, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Narayanpur district. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih said the body shall not be buried or cremated...
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The legendary Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter jets, the the backbone of the Indian Air Force's combat fleet for more than six decades, streaked through Indian skies for the last time on Friday -- its final adieu edged in history and many a remembrance.The sun shone bright, the skies cloudless and...
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Customer support and service are major concerns about fintechs across sectors, said a report by the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday.Unresponsive support, inadequate grievance resolution and limited customer care contact channels are key concerns about such companies, it said.'Topic modelling...
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In the slot of rural poor, there are those who struggle to pull themselves out of crumbling hovels, and there are the Jamtara-like bunch who turn to crime. Neeraj Ghaywan's Homebound is about the former, whose quest for respect and dignity is thwarted because they are...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated the Durga Puja pandal of Santosh Mitra Square here, and said he prayed to the goddess that post the 2026 West Bengal assembly polls, there is a new government which restores the state's lost 'Sonar Bangla' glory. Shah said Bengal should...
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Recent floods caused by heavy rains have damaged crops on 2.26 lakh hectares of land across 363 villages in Dharashiv district of Maharashtra's Marathwada region, an official said on Friday. Nearly 2 lakh farmers in the district have suffered the crop losses, he said. Excess rainfall and...
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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to ban Salman Rushdie's controversial novel The Satanic Verses. The plea came up for hearing before a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta. The counsel appearing for the petitioners referred to the...
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday condemned the accusations against Sonam Wangchuk, and took a jibe at the Central government stating that it was using its entire machinery for harassing the person who was thinking about the country's progress. In a post on...
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The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned IRS officer and former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede over maintainability of his defamation suit against actor Shahrukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan owned Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix for allegedly maligning his reputation in their series...
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A home ministry team held a series of meetings in Leh to review the overall security situation as curfew remained in force for the third consecutive day in Leh town on Friday, officials said. No untoward incident was reported from anywhere, officials said. The curfew was clamped in the town...
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The ministry of rural development, together with the ministry of Jal Shakti, has launched a joint initiative to earmark around 65 per cent of annual Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds for water conservation activities in 'over-exploited' blocks across the...
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Defence minister Rajnath Singh attends the decommissioning ceremony of the Indian Air Force's MiG-21 fighter aircraft fleet. CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, COAS Gen Upendra Dwivedi, and CNS Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi also present. The decommissioning ceremony of the Indian Air Force's MiG-21 fighter...
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The MiG-21's sharp silhouette and supersonic roar will live on in the memories of those who flew it, those who maintained it, and those who watched it streak across the sky as a symbol of India's strength, asserts IAF veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd). Read the column here.
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Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) on Friday said US President Donald Trump's move to impose 100 per cent import tariffs on pharmaceutical drugs from October 1 will impact only patented and branded products, not generic medicines. Reacting to the development, IPA Secretary General...
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On floods in Marathwada, Maharashtra DCM Ajit Pawar says, Yesterday also I was in that area, and it was still raining. Many people who had taken shelter in unsafe places were being shifted to safer locations. Along with the Army and NDRF, airlift support was also being used. The entire...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Friday dragged by pharma stocks and relentless foreign fund outflows. US H-1B visa fee concerns and a weak trend in global markets also added to the bearish trend in domestic equities. Investor attention will squarely be...
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India had a good relationship with Biden-led US
The Trump administration's aggressive stance against India's purchases of Russian oil marks a stark departure from the Biden era's pragmatic tolerance, potentially jeopardising bilateral trade negotiations and raising questions about Washington's reliability as a partner for New Delhi, according...
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Skoda Auto India plans to bring back its high-end sedan Octavia RS to the Indian market next month, shifting gears after the success of its compact SUV, Kylaq.Octavia RS pre-bookings start October 6 and deliveries are expected by November 6. The company will import around 100 units this year...
09:45
Prohibitions under Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, continue to be imposed in Leh following the September 24 violence on amid the demands for statehood for Ladakh and inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.Assembly of five or more persons is banned in the...
09:34
United States President Donald Trump announced on Friday that his administration will impose a 100 per cent tariff on branded and patented pharmaceutical products beginning October 1, 2025, unless the manufacturing companies establish production facilities in the United States.The Indian...
09:27
The Reserve Bank of India has mandated two-factor authentication for all types of digital payments in the country starting from April 1, 2026, with a view of strengthening the security of transactions. According to the RBI, at least one form of authentication for a transaction is required to...
09:16
The United States is deepening ties with Pakistan primarily to secure closer military access, which positions American assets nearer to its adversaries, such as China and Iran, according to Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago, Paul...
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) hosted the Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Asim Munir at the Oval Office in Washington, DC.However, there appears to be a cloud over the meeting with the White House failing to release any official pictures...
08:24
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir met United States President Donald Trump in the White House.Sharif is in the US for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly and will address the General Debate from the UNGA podium on Friday.He made a brief visit...
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A 22-year-old engineering student was stabbed to death on Thursday evening following an altercation during a birthday celebration in Beed city, a police official said. He identified the victim as Yash Devendra Dhaka, adding the incident took place at 8:30pm in the bustling Mane Complex...
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A 22-year-old engineering student was stabbed to death on Thursday evening following an altercation during a birthday celebration in Beed city, a police official said. He identified the victim as Yash Devendra Dhaka, adding the incident took place at 8:30pm in the bustling Mane Complex...
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The Allahabad high court has stayed the arrest of an alleged Pakistani citizen, who is teaching in a primary school in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly since 2015. The order was passed on Wednesday by a bench comprising justices Siddhartha Varma and Abdul Shahid on a writ petition filed by Shumaila...
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A man was arrested on Thursday in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district on charges of espionage for Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI, a senior police official said. CID (Intelligence) unit of Rajasthan Police arrested Hanif Khan, a resident of Basanpeer Jooni in Jaisalmer. He is accused of...
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