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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested three more accused in connection with the IED explosion that took place at Nalagarh police station in Himachal Pradesh on January 1 this year, officials said on Monday.The explosion occurred around 9.40 am near the outer wall adjoining the...
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An operation has been underway for the last three hours to rescue a nine-year-old boy who fell into a borewell while flying a kite in Alwar district on Monday and reportedly became trapped at a depth of about 40 feet, officials said.The police said efforts were underway to reach the boy,...
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The influential Naga Students' Federation (NSF) called for a demonstration and march to the state assembly here on Tuesday to protest the Centre's directive to compulsory singing of Vande Mataram at government programmes and official functions.The NSF claimed that the complete version of the...
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The answer keys for the UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) were announced on Friday, the National Testing Agency (NTA) said.The Final Answer Keys of UGC-NET 2026 have been officially released for 84 subjects, the agency said in a post on X.The NTA had ordered fresh examinations for candidates...
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IIT Kanpur and ISKCON for programmes aimed at student well-being, stress management and value-based education became centre of controversy with people questioning the involvement of a religious organisation in such initiatives prompting the institute to...
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A three-year-old boy allegedly kidnapped from a government hospital in west Delhi by a woman who wanted to raise him as her own son was safely recovered from Bihar's Munger district after a police pursuit spanning more than 1,000 km, officials said on Monday.The child went missing on August 27...
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Passengers will have to pay a minimum fare of Rs 27 for an auto-rickshaw and Rs 33 for a black-and-yellow taxi in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region from Tuesday, officials said.The fare hike of Rs 1 for auto-rickshaws and Rs 2 for black-and-yellow taxis was approved by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region...
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Former Keralam health minister Veena George/Image courtesy Facebook
The Keralam police on Monday constituted an SIT to conduct a further probe into the alleged attack on former health minister Veena George by KSU activists at Kannur railway station in February.According to an order issued by State Police Chief Ravada A Chandra Sekhar, the SIT will be headed by U...
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A group of 29 tourists from Tamil Nadu, who were rescued following a disaster in Nepal, arrived at the Tamil Nadu House in New Delhi on Monday.They were received and welcomed by Tamil Nadu Minister for Non-Resident Tamils Welfare, K Thennarasu, and the Tamil Nadu Government's Special...
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India's GDP growth moderated to 7.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2026-27, from a four-quarter high of 8.6 per cent in the preceding quarter, according to MoSPI data.Growth stood at 6.9 per cent in the January-March quarter of 2025-26 before rising to 8.1 per cent in the June quarter and 7.7...
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India's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth accelerated to 7.8 per cent in 2025-26, up from 7.2 per cent in the previous fiscal, according to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).The economy had grown 7.3 per cent in 2023-24.The latest figures...
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A criminal case was registered on Monday against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Amit Thackeray and others for allegedly removing a photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Government Polytechnic Pune.Amit Thackeray, son of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, allegedly asked...
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Maharashtra's draft electoral roll published on Monday contains 7.71 crore electors across all 36 districts and 288 assembly constituencies. It comprises 3.95 crore male voters, 3.75 crore female voters and 3,087 third-gender electors.Pune has the highest number of electors among the districts,...
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An over century old Hindu temple has been demolished reportedly to include its land in a madrassa in Punjab province of Pakistan, officials and minority bodies said on Monday.Local people, minority bodies and a political party said a group of religious zealots demolished the temple to include its...
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The Union government on Monday deferred the census operations in Manipur considering the demand by civil society organisations for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) before conducting the exercise, an official statement said.The development came a day before house listing of the...
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In a U-turn following pushback from legislators from the minority community, the Goa government on Monday decided not to introduce its anti-religious conversion bill during the ongoing monsoon session of the state assembly.Chief Minister Pramod Sawant conveyed the decision after a meeting with...
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Monthly rainfall over India as a whole during September is most likely to be below normal, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday in its monthly forecast.The weather department said that the rainfall is expected to be below 91 per cent of the long period average (LPA).LPA refers to...
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Among the 30 Sensex firms, Adani Ports fell the most by 4.11 per cent.Index major HDFC Bank reversed early gains to close down by 1.53 per cent as its CEO and Managing Director Sashidhar Jagdishan announced that he will opt for reappointment after his current term ends on October 26.ITC, Bharti...
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The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking greater transparency in the sale of ethanol-blended petrol, including a direction to petrol pumps to prominently disclose the exact ethanol content in fuel and specify the same on receipts and invoices issued to...
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PM Narendra Modi tweets on the 7.8% GDP growth: India's exemplary GDP growth of 7.8% during Q1 of FY 2026-27 is a herculean feat.The collective strength of our people ensured India delivered such growth despite oil price shocks and supply chain issues in the midst of global...
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The rupee pared initial losses and settled for the day with gains of 26 paise at 95.17 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, on possible RBI intervention, as rising crude oil prices and geopolitical strain weighed on the local unit.Forex traders said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) might...
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Domestic benchmark equity indices closed lower on Monday as fading hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough between the US and Iran kept investors cautious, while market participants also remained watchful ahead of the release of India's GDP growth numbers.The Nifty 50 closed at 24,080.40, down 95.25...
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India's real gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.8 per cent in the first quarter (April-June) of the current financial year 2026-27, surpassing the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) earlier estimate of 7 per cent for the quarter, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and...
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Donations for the Nepal flood victims' families in Kathmandu
Security personnel risking their lives to rescue survivors and recover bodies after the devastating flash floods in Nepal are facing major challenges due to shortages of specialised rescue equipment, body bags, ropes and helicopters, officials said.The flash floods, believed to have been...
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This house withstood the horrific floods while everything around it was damaged
As floodwaters tore through parts of Nepal's Trishuli region, sweeping away homes, shops and vehicles, a mint-green, two-storey house stood nearly untouched amid the destruction, becoming a striking reminder of the devastation that survivors are now struggling to comprehend.Around the house,...
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A special POCSO court in Vadodara on Monday sentenced five men to life imprisonment in the 2024 case of a minor girl's gangrape on a Navratri night in the city, describing the crime as the most heinous incident.Additional District and Sessions Judge CM Pawar imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on each of...
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A 10-year-old girl student at a government school in east Delhi's Vinod Nagar died during treatment last week, with her family alleging that she was made to stand in the sun as punishment for not bringing a book to school, police sources said on Monday.According to the sources, the incident...
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The Kargil War Memorial today. Pic: Seema Pant/Rediff
Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Monday laid the foundation stone for 30 smart bus shelters -- 15 each in Leh and Kargil, in a significant step towards creating safe, smart and sustainable public transport infrastructure.The project is not merely about constructing bus shelters,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, the capital of KyrgyzstanEarlier today, PM Modi held a bilateral meeting with his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan. The two...
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Authorities in Nepal have begun burying unidentified bodies recovered from the Trishuli and Narayani riverbanks in a forest area in Chitwan, as morgues face a shortage of space following devastating flash floods that have left hundreds dead and thousands missing.The bodies are being buried only...
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India's current economic outcomes are being shaped not purely by free-market forces but by a series of distortions. As per a report by Bernstein, company earnings, domestic consumption, and asset valuations are increasingly influenced by regulatory interventions, tax incentives, and substantial...
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A drone view from the flash flood-affected Trishuli area
Nepal's rescue teams are trying to trace 933 workers and employees in various hydropower project sites in flood-hit areas who have been out of contact since August 26, with many believed to be trapped in tunnels.Expert teams from India and China are assisting the rescuers in these...
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Food delivery aggregator Zomato on Monday announced a zero-tolerance policy on the sale of analogue dishes including analogue cheese, paneer or other dairy products by restaurants listed on its platform, saying it reserves the right to delist non-compliant restaurants.Analogue dishes replace...
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A drone view shows damaged buildings next to the Likhu River. Athit Perawongmetha/Ruters
When devastating flash floods struck Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 26, a quick decision by Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School Principal Rajendra Dawadi helped save the lives of nearly 1,600 students, as he and his staff evacuated the school minutes before floodwaters swept away the entire...
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-A drone view shows houses covered in mud at Devighat. Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
Nepal is battling a deluge of misinformation, alongside rescue and relief operations as fake and AI-generated visuals inundated social media following the devastating flash floods, prompting the government to order 72 users to remove inappropriate content over the past few days.The Nepal Press...
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A Delhi court has sentenced conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar to eight years of rigorous imprisonment for impersonating a Supreme Court judge and attempting to influence a bail proceeding in another criminal case.Chief Judicial Magistrate Harshita Mishra of Tis Hazari Courts sentenced Chandrasekhar to...
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The United Arab Emirates' air force intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters on Monday, the Defence Ministry said, following an exchange of fire between the United States and Iran over the weekend--the first hostilities in a month.The ministry said in a brief statement that it had...
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The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a 17-year-old NEET aspirant who claimed that she expected around 680 marks out of 720, against the 160 marks awarded by the National Testing Agency (NTA), after inspection of her original OMR answer sheet established that...
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To those who knew him, Mumbai doctor-mountaineer Milind Chitley was far more than a friend-and now, with each passing day after the August 26 Nepal floods, the hopes of his family and well-wishers to find him are fading.As memories of his role as the official doctor of the historic 1988 first...
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As the death toll from Nepal's devastating flash floods climbed to 903, families of missing people gathered at Bidur, making rounds of help centres, checking lists of missing and deceased persons and waiting anxiously for information about their loved ones. Many broke down while recounting...
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A torchlight vigil in Manipur's Kakching district demanding NRC updation prior to the Census exercise in the northeastern state turned violent, with some protesters pelting the police with stones, and the law enforcers retaliating with tear gas shells, leading to injuries to a few agitators,...
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A Chinese rescue worker walks near a barrier lake formed following a mudslide
In a desperate search through the dense forests of Nepal, Jagarnath Mishra has set out to rescue his friend Narendra Nepali on Monday, who is believed to be trapped after surviving devastating floods and unable to walk due to severe injuries.Speaking to ANI, Mishra narrated the call, saying,...
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China provided USD 2.2 million in financial assistance to Nepal for victims of the devastating flash flood, with President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Qiang expressing condolences over the loss of lives and property, the government said on Monday.Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zhang Maoming...
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Relief supplies headed from India to Nepal
The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rose to 903 on Monday, with more bodies being recovered and nearly 4,250 people still missing following the disaster, authorities said.Bodies have been recovered from all eight affected districts as rescuers race against time to search for those missing...
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We need a plan to ensure that the good outweighs the bad, writes Bill Gates.Read more here.
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Bangladesh has said it saw no risk in joining the Mecca defence pact with Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan, asserting it would not restrict Dhaka's engagement with other partners.Signed on August 7, the 'Makkah Joint Defence Agreement' establishes a framework for collective deterrence and...
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A 16-year-old student from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly subjected to a brutal gang-rape aboard a moving sleeper bus that travelled nearly 47 kilometres across the national capital region before the suspects abandoned her near a major transit terminal, police said.The incident reportedly occurred...
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Following a controversial circular saying women should not be present on public platforms, Islamic scholar Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar on Sunday said women should remain confined to their homes.The Kanthapuram faction of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the state's premier council...
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The glacial collapse and flash flood near the Nepal-China border are a devastating reminder of how fragile mountain environments can be, particularly in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Sunday.He said scientists and local communities have been warning for years that...
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Cockroach Janta Party leader Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday said that the BJP thinks that it has become bigger than the RSS, but it should pay heed to what Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has been saying. He was replying to a reporter's question about the Rashtriya...
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The inaugural meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee established under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (Makkah Accord) will be held on Monday in Istanbul, Turkiye.Pakistan will be represented at the meeting by Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Federal Minister for...
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Hundreds of Pune residents have staged a protest demanding a ban on loud music and DJ systems during the upcoming Ganesh festival, claiming the menace caused by unbearable sound makes them fall sick and travel out of the city for a few days.However, some representatives of Ganesh Mandals alleged...
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An FIR has been registered against Rahul Gandhi, following a complaint by a member of the Valmiki community in Haldwani alleging that the Congress leader gave a casteist spin to a religious ritual held at the venue of the AICC chief's programme, police said on Sunday.The FIR has been registered...
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Shortly after American forces struck Larak Island, Iran claimed of have launched ballistic missiles at two US air bases in Jordan, Press TV reported.Sharing footage by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Press TV claimed that the ballistic missiles were launched at the technical and...
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Two suspected sharpshooters carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 each in the murder case of Haryanvi singer and YouTuber Ankit Balyan were killed in a police encounter in Shamli on Monday, police said.The two accused, identified as Mohit (22) and Sumit (24), both from Sonipat in Haryana, were injured...
