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Malayalam superstar Mohanlal
Malayalam superstar Mohanlal has been named the brand ambassador of the Keralam Agriculture Department's 'KATHIR' project, aimed at creating agricultural awareness among students and encouraging them to take up farming.As per the state's agriculture department, the initiative is being implemented...
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Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel
Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel on Thursday met NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar at Breach Candy hospital to inquire about the latter's health.The 85-year-old NCP-SP supremo was admitted to the south Mumbai hospital on Wednesday after discharge from Pune's Ruby Hall Clinic, where he was...
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Congress leader and Jharkhand health minister Irfan Ansari/ANI Photo
Jharkhand's opposition BJP on Thursday demanded that the Centre initiate legal action against senior Congress leader and health minister Irfan Ansari, terming his statement that the situation (in India) will be worse than Bangladesh and Nepal as anti-national.The BJP accused the Congress of...
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A woman has allegedly jumped into the Kumaradhara river in this district in an attempt to die by suicide and was rescued by the police and local people after a crocodile attacked her, the police said.The incident occurred on Wednesday night near the Kumaradhara bridge at Kukke Subrahmanya, they...
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Security forces on Thursday recovered 711 barrel grenade launcher (BGL) shells hidden by Maoists in the past near Karregutta hills of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, a police official said.Acting on specific intelligence inputs, a joint team of Bijapur district police, the 196th battalion of...
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Oman and Iran discussed efforts to resume navigation through the Strait of Hormuz without obstacles during a telephone conversation between their foreign ministers on Thursday, with both sides emphasising the need for sustainable understandings to ensure maritime safety, facilitate international...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay
Huge cutouts featuring Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and former Andhra Pradesh CM and YSRCP supremo Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy were removed by the civic staff in MRC Nagar here on Thursday, an official said.The move was in sync with the state's policy decision to remove such structures...
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader K R Periyakaruppan has moved the Supreme Court against a Madras High Court order which rejected his plea challenging the victory of TVK candidate Seenivasa Sethupathi by one vote in the April assembly elections.According to the apex court cause list, a bench...
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Polling for the MPTC and ZPTC elections concluded in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, and it was generally peaceful across the state despite 37 minor incidents reported from 15 districts, a senior police official said.Elections were held for 582 Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) and 7,767...
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Opposition BJP on Thursday held a protest here targeting the Congress government in Karnataka over the bus fare hike, and demanded its immediate rollback.BJP leaders, led by the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R Ashoka, held a demonstration at the Kempegowda (Majestic) bus...
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Successful flight test of quasi-ballistic missile Pralay/Rajnath Singh on X/ANI Photo
India on Thursday successfully test-fired quasi-ballistic missile Pralay which is capable of carrying conventional warheads. The missile was test-fired from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha, the defence ministry said.Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation...
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The Kerala high court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to an additional district and sessions judge in connection with a fatal car accident involving his 17-year-old son, saying that he has no criminal antecedents and his custodial interrogation seems unnecessary.While granting the relief to...
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The Gurugram police have implemented extensive security measures to ensure that Diwali is celebrated peacefully and safely.Approximately 4,300 personnel have been deployed with specific instructions to manage security arrangements, as stated by police on Friday.According to the directions of the...
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Eleven SDRF personnel, who were feared missing after their boats capsized during a rescue operation in a swollen lake in Khammam district of Telangana, were rescued safely, officials said on Thursday.The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel were deployed in two boats on Wednesday night...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to skip the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits in Manila, with Chinese Premier Li Qiang likely to represent Beijing at the regional gathering, according to a report by The Manila Times.The Philippines' Department...
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The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has told the Supreme Court that merchants cannot pass on Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges to customers under the revised UPI pricing framework.The top court on September 28 had sought responses from the Centre and others, including the NPCI,...
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Chambal dacoit Kalli Gurjar, carrying a reward of Rs 80,000, was arrested with his accomplice, Ajay Gurjar, after an encounter with police in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Thursday. Kalli was shot in the leg.The encounter happened at around 10 am in a forest area near Pahadi village. A...
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C Joseph Viijay
Huge cutouts featuring Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and former Andhra Pradesh CM and YSRCP supremo Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy were removed by the civic staff in MRC Nagar in Chennai on Thursday, an official said.The move was in sync with the state's policy decision to remove such...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Ashok Lahiri, the Niti Aayog Vice Chairman; Kindly note that the image is used for representational purpose only
Modi meets NITI Aayog's new leadershipPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met the new leadership of NITI Aayog in New Delhi to discuss various issues and policies that the government think tank is focusing on amidst global uncertainties.The meeting included a presentation by members of NITI...
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The rupee settled on a flat note at 94.46 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, as the support from lower crude oil prices was negated by a firm greenback in overseas markets.Forex traders said the Indian rupee is showing signs of near-term stabilisation after recovering sharply...
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All serving Agniveers will be absorbed as regular soldiers after six years of service, provided they are willing to continue, physically fit and disciplined, defence officials said on Thursday, insisting that the Agnipath recruitment scheme has not been rolled back.The clarification came a day...
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Union Petroleum Minister and BJP candidate Hardeep Singh Puri was on Thursday declared elected unopposed in the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Madhya Pradesh, an official said.On the last day of the withdrawal of nominations, Puri, who was the sole candidate in the fray as the papers of other two...
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NCP-SP Chief Sharad Pawar leaves after being discharged from the Ruby Hall Clinic after two days under medical observation following complaints of pleuritic pain, in Pune on Wednesday. Photograph: ANI Video Grab
NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar is being treated for a chest infection at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital and is stable, a doctor said Thursday.The 85-year-old former chief minister of Maharashtra and Union defence minister was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday, just hours after being discharged...
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A multi-state narcotics racket was busted during 'Operation Toofan', Keralam government's anti-drug drive, that led to succcessful sezure of 15 lakh packets of 'banned tobacco products' from Aluva in Kochi district.The tobacco products, which were brought in large vehicles from Delhi, Uttar...
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On Thursday, the BSE Sensex rallied 2,009 points amid a sharp decline in crude oil prices and hopes of a resolution to the West Asia conflict after the results of the midterm elections.The 30-share BSE Sensex zoomed 2,008.61 points, or 2.60 per cent, to settle at 79,310.01. During the day, it...
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The government has relaxed passport and visa rules for several categories of foreign nationals residing in the country, including certain Pakistani citizens, minority refugees, Sri Lankan Tamils, and Tibetans, according to a gazette notification.The Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption)...
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The BSE Sensex rallied nearly 2,009 points and the NSE Nifty surged 576 points on Thursday, amid a sharp decline in crude oil prices and hopes of a resolution to the West Asia conflict after the results of the midterm elections, where American voters gave the opposition Democratic Party control...
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People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has been unanimously re-elected as the party's president for the fifth consecutive term, with members of the electoral college from Jammu and Srinagar extending their support to her candidature.According to PDP, the proposal to re-elect...
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The Parikh family has made a plea to the public to find their 'son' laddu, an African grey parrot. 'Laddu' flew away, causing the Vadodara-based family distress as, according to them, the bird 'cannot feed itself'.Jessica Parikh, who took care of Laddu 'like a son', urged people to locate the...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to make details of his foreign trips public, saying people had a right to know about the overseas visits of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.You just returned from Vietnam, but you don't talk about that. There...
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The annual Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls in Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu, Mizoram, Odisha and Sikkim was announced by the Election Commission (EC) on November 5, Thursday.The revision seeks to enroll mostly young, eligible and first-time...
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Arvid Lindblad smiles as he studies his racing helmet.For Formula One's latest generational talent, this isn't just another helmet on another race weekend: This one is personal.The teen Racing Bulls driver will take to the iconic Interlagos circuit in São Paulo this weekend donning a...
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Third parties have been restrained by the Delhi high court from infringing actor Kriti Sanon's personality rights from posting AI-generated content online, including her morphed and sexually explicit images, videos, or audio.The interim order was passed on October 29, on Sanon's lawsuit alleging...
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The Sensex and Nifty surged on Thursday, with the BSE benchmark jumping nearly 2,009 points and the NSE index gaining 576 points, as a sharp fall in crude oil prices and hopes of a resolution to the West Asia conflict lifted investor sentiment.The rally was also supported by sustained foreign...
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Several flights across Europe were forced to make emergency landings on Thursday after bomb threats, authorities said.Finnair said its Flight 1761 from Helsinki to Rome was targeted by a bomb threat. The aircraft landed normally in the Italian capital, but a subsequent inspection found nothing...
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The change of guard ceremony, which takes place every Saturday at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, will shift to a new timing, from 8 am to 9 am, from November 7.The ceremony, which is about 30 minutes long, is a military tradition held every week to enable a fresh group of the President's...
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Actor Manoj Bajpayee has come out in defence of Bollywood in an interview where he said it is wrong to assume that actors don't speak up or criticise the ruling dispensation.In an interview with the 4PM News Network, when the interviewer intervened to ask who was speaking right between...
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CM Gupta at the site of the building collapse
An FIR has been registered against the contractor responsible for the three-storey under-construction building in Delhi's Chawri Bazaar area, where two people were killed in a collapse, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Thursday after visiting the site. The contractor--who was directly...
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The impact of cyclone Arnab has left several parts of Odisha in distress, along with its southern districts affected by floods. In the face of this disaster, the Odisha government on Thursday demanded Rs 2,526 crore as central assistance.The Odisha government has also sought special assistance of...
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The Congress on Thursday hit out at the Centre over reported remarks by Union Panchayati Raj Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh that voter ID would replace Aadhaar for identifying beneficiaries of social welfare schemes, saying vote chori was only the trailer and the real picture was haq-huqooq (rights)...
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A local court in Delhi has summoned the Tihar Jail superintendent to explain the action taken to ensure the safety of Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, after he claimed he is receiving threats from fellow inmates even after an earlier direction to protect...
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Temples often receive surprising amounts of donations from devotees. The Sri Arunachaleshwar temple in Tiruvannamalai, located about 190 km from Chennai, has received a sum of Rs 5.06 crore in cash, 160 grams of gold, and 1,540 grams silver.Coinciding with the Tamil month 'Aippasi', the Hindu...
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US President Donald Trump's setback in the midterm elections could ease the risk of sudden tariff hikes and give India more breathing room in its trade negotiations with Washington, though uncertainty over trade is likely to persist, according to a report by Emkay Research.The report said the...
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The Students' Federation of India (SFI), the students' outfit of the CPI-M, has complained to President Droupadi Murmu against Keralam Governor Om Prakash Mathur.They have complained that Mathur has included the BJP's name in his official Instagram handle, which is wrong as a constitutional...
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Sujit Kumar Mahanta, posted as an officer at Mahulpali police station in Sambalpur district in Odisha, reportedly jumped into a pond to escape the clutches of a vigilance team after accepting Rs 10,000 as bribe, but he was pursued through the water and apprehended.He allegedly accepted the bribe...
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The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has published the SSC CGL Tier 1 provisional answer key 2026 on its official website, www.ssc.gov.in.The computer-based national-level examination to recruit graduates for various Group B and Group C government jobs in central government ministries,...
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The Indian Youth Congress has suspended at least 185 members across seven states for skipping the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, NDTV reported, citing suspension letters and sources.The disciplinary crackdown could eventually cover up to 500 members.Madhya Pradesh...
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Fleeing the suffocating AQI hovering over many parts of India, especially in the Delhi, NCR and Haryana regions? Conde Nast Traveller has help! It has compiled a list of places with brilliant AQIs and crystal-clear skies, near Delhi, that you might want to pack your bags and head to right now....
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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has weighed in on a call by Arizona Democratic Representative Yassamin Ansari to put the brakes on advanced artificial intelligence development, responding to her remarks with a brief post on X: It's a Brave New World.Musk's reaction came after Ansari called for...
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IMAGE: US President Donald Trump speaks with the media as he arrives at a Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, October 31, 2026. Photograph: Evan Vucci/Reuters
One of the biggest issues dividing the victorious Democratic party in the United States is whether they should impeach President Donald Trump.'Accountability means holding hearings into the massive alleged corruption, holding cabinet officers like Pete Hegseth, Robert F Kennedy Jr, Todd Blanche...
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The Allahabad high court has dismissed a petition seeking registration of a first information report (FIR) against Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his alleged controversial remarks on the Sikh community on Thursday.A single-judge bench of Justice Vikram D Chauhan pronounced the...
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Remember Janet Jackson's memorable wardrobe malfunction at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in 2004 that was broadcast live? Singer Justin Timberlake was performing Rock Your Body with Jackson, and tore off a section of her leather bustier exposing a breast, as they were singing the final...
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On Monday night, near the Vrindavan Parikrama Marg at Panigaon village under the Yamuna Par police station area in Mathura, two men -- Prem and Puneet -- drove a car for almost 2 km with a mother-daughter duo on the car bonnet.The duo had tried to stop the men after a dispute over money spent on...
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Orhan Awatramani, popularly known as Orry, recently opened up about his fallout with actor and former bestie Sara Ali Khan calling her a 'fake friend'In a conversation with Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi on their show Double Date, Orry was asked to name a famous person he had blocked, unfollowed or...
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Speaking at a CSR-related event in Bengaluru on November 4, Wednesday, Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar urged private companies to prioritise local talent during recruitment drives, assuring government support and protection against moral policing or interference.The K'taka CM said that...
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The Sensex and Nifty 50 are on course to deliver their worst performance in a Samvat year in the past 15 years.The reasons range from heavy selling by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), triggered by higher crude oil prices, to rising US bond yields amid the ongoing geopolitical conflict in West...
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka appeared before the Delhi Police Crime Branch on Thursday in connection with two FIRs against them, police sources said.The two reached the Crime Branch office in Rajouri Garden around 11 am and are being questioned by officers,...
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The 4,500 year-old bronze statue of the famous Dancing Girl, one of India's national treasures, and pride of the National Museum in Delhi, has been removed from the Harappan Gallery, reports The Print.The absence of the iconic statute was discovered by former MP R Senthil who made the museum the...
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Blinkit Ambulance has introduced a Rs 2,500 fee for non-emergency transfers to discourage people from using its free emergency ambulance service for routine hospital visits and ensure that fully equipped ambulances are available for patients in critical condition.Deepinder Goyal, founder of...
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding economic and infrastructure cooperation has been signed between Bangladesh and China in Mongla, Bagerhat, in the presence of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.The MoU was signed on Thursday morning in Mongla between Invest Bangladesh and China Railway...
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Suspended 365m above Peru's Sacred Valley, Skylodge's transparent sleeping pods offer extraordinary views - but getting there requires nerves of steel. Read more here.
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Only Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, and Natalie Harp, his closest aide, were with Donald Trump as he watched the midterm election results on Fox News in his residence on the second floor of the White House.Below, members of the cabinet like Secretary of State Marco Rubio had gathered, but they...
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Actor Soni Razdan has clarified her statement on social media regarding bursting fire crackers in Diwali.Taking to her X account, Soni wrote, 'To everyone on X who wishes to twist my post into something that it is not...I think you are simply unable to see the woods for the trees.'Let me clarify...
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With the rising prices of vegetables, it would be quite helpful if any state government help its citizens find vegetables at nominal rates, especially during festivals.A curated combo of 10 essential kitchen vegetables for a highly subsidised price of Rs 100 ahead of Diwali is being offered to...
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Rising memory costs, driven by growing demand from the artificial intelligence industry, could push prices of low-end smartphones up by around 30 per cent and force consumers to delay fresh purchases or opt for second-hand devices, according to a report by Jefferies.The report said memory costs...
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Ranbir Kapoor in Animal movie, Photo: Kind Courtesy, @sandeepreddy.vanga/Instagra
Animal Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga has spoken out against social media critics who are drawing parallels between his film and the horrific incident where a 21-year-old man barged into a classroom at an Andhra Pradesh school and attacked two girl students with a chainsaw.Several social media...
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The big surprise for most is that quite often certain fruits and vegetables can be more nutritious than the fresh. Studies by American Frozen Food Institute have shown that frozen fruits and veggies have more nutrients, especially of vitamin A, C and folic acid than their fresh equivalent,...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the 24-hour deadline for producing an arrested person before a magistrate begins from the moment of detention, and not from the time the police formally records the arrest.A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S Chandurkar held that there can be no...
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In the last 15 days, the Delhi government conducted two rounds of cloud-seeding trials near the Indira Gandhi International Airport to explore if artificial rains can tackle air pollution. The trials were conducted at an altitude of approximately 30,000 metres, compared to 10,000 metres last...
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The Delhi Police Special Cell has registered an FIR over the alleged circulation of child sexual abuse material on Meta-owned social media platforms, following directions from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), officials said.The FIR was registered on October 8 under Sections 67 and 67B...
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Pope Leo XIV met 85-year-old Nobel laureate and musician Bob Dylan at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The renowned American singer, whose real name is Robert Allen Zimmerman, is in Italy for his 'Rough and Rowdy Ways' tour.As per a report by Vatican News, the two greeted each other and had a...
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Two people were killed and one injured after a portion of a three-storey building under construction collapsed in Delhi's Chandni Chowk area on Thursday morning, police said.The incident took place in Gali Sattara, Sheesh Mahal, near Chawri Bazaar Metro Station. Six fire department units were...
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A doctor at Breach Candy Hospital, Dr Pratit Samdani, on Thursday shared that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) chief Sharad Pawar is in a stable condition. He was admitted to Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital for a respiratory and chest infection.Speaking to the reporters, Dr Samdani said that...
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State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel were deployed in two boats on the night of November 4, Wednesday, to rescue a group of fishermen stranded in the overflowing Bethupalli lake in Khammam district of Telangana.However, their boats capsized in the lake that was beset with strong...
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Ro Khanna meets an elderly woman in North Carolina
Following a stunning electoral setback for Republicans in the US midterm elections, prominent Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has predicted a sweeping Democratic resurgence, drawing parallels with the historic 2008 electoral wave.In a conversation with prominent Indian-American community...
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Gaggan restaurant in Bangkok is known for its innovative Indian cuisine. Photo: Courtesy, Gaggan, Bangkok
Kolkata-born Chef Gaggan Anand's Bangkok-based restaurant Gaggan has been adjudged as the world's second best restaurant in the 50 Best Restaurants of 2026 list.The Indian fine dining restaurant is ranked number 1 in Asia. Two restaurants in India feature in the list -- Masque in Mumbai at no 26...
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CNN has some interesting news. Voting is good for health. According to a March study from The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, voting can reduce the risk of dying earlier and was based on looking at a cohort of 4,200 Wisconsin older adults and viewing their health and voting data. Hard to...
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The body of a 17-year-old boy, Abhiram, was found stuffed in a sack dumped among banana plants and dumped in a vacant plot at Pangappara in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. The police probe into the murder has led to the custody of a woman, Anandha B A, on November 4, Wednesday.The woman was...
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A 30-year-old woman was allegedly tied to a chair, doused with petrol and set on fire by her husband over suspicion of an extramarital affair in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district on Thursday morning, police said.The accused, identified as Sukhbir Singh alias Monu, fled with the couple's two...
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A portion of a building under construction in Delhi's Chandni Chowk has collapsed, leading to the closure of the site. Fire department has dispatched six fire tenders to the scene. More details awaited.
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The Tata Motors' iRA 2.0 and iRA.ev connected vehicle applications have been flagged for security vulnerabilities. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has highlighted four vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to get sensitive credentials or access vehicle-related...
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US Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has said he would drop his impeachment push against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth if the Pentagon chief resigns, setting a clear condition for backing away from the effort.There is one contingency in which I won't reintroduce the articles of impeachment:...
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The knives are out for Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth among Donald Trump's MAGA faithful after the Republican debacle.The Iran War is being blamed as the prime cause for the Republican party losing control of the US house of representatives and senate -- J D Vance plunged the first dagger in on...
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The US has imposed sanctions on a Chandigarh-based couple and a network of companies they operate for allegedly helping Iran's shadow fleet transport petroleum using false flags and certifications.The US Department of the Treasury has sanctioned Suniel Kumar Sharma and his wife, Jaspreet Preeti...
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Callum Turner at Berlin Film Festival 2026. Photo: Harald Krichel/Wikimedia Commons
British actor Callum Turner has emerged as the first choice to play the next 007. Former Bond actor Pierce Brosnan has also endorsed Callum in an interview to Vanity Fair, reports the Guardian.According to bookmakers, Turner has edged out previous favourite Jack Lowden [Slow Horses]. The other...
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Indian-American physician Amish Shah has made history after becoming the first from the community to represent Arizona in Congress.Shah, 48, claimed victory in the election for the US House of Representatives from Arizona's First Congressional District on Wednesday.Arizona, it’s the honor of a...
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The first Thursday of every November is Men Make Dinner Day. So gentlemen, get your sleeves rolled up, aprons on and prepare to wow us! Making dinner is not that tiresome or difficult if you are a bit organised. Identify your recipe ahead of time and make sure you have the ingredients and cooking...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied sharply in early trade on Thursday, buoyed by a steep fall in crude oil prices, a strong showing on Wall Street and hopes of a possible resolution to the West Asia conflict following the US midterm elections.Foreign fund inflows also lifted...
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The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has written to Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, expressing strong resentment over the repeated disruption of business in Delhi due to political rallies, protests and demonstrations over the past month.In the letter, CAIT questioned...
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As political circles in Washington DC recalibrate after Republicans endured a midterms thrashing on Tuesday night, attention has increasingly turned towards potential administration shifts, with United States Ambassador to India Sergio Gor emerging in internal discussions as a contender for a...
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The candidate fears that high-profile attacks have compromised his safety--but he also argues that they've given him one of the biggest and best platforms. Read more here.
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American rapper Nicki Minaj reiterated her support for US President Donald Trump and reacted to the US Midterm Election developments, congratulating Republican winners while taking a swipe at critics and those she accused of spending heavily on an unsuccessful campaign.In a series of posts on X,...
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The White House on Wednesday (local time) shared a picture of US President Donald Trump on X carrying the message NEVER SURRENDER.The post came following the Republican Party's defeat in the 2026 US midterm elections, as the administration faced political scrutiny over its policies, particularly...
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The West Bengal government will introduce lessons on the life and contributions of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee in the school curriculum and drop the chapter on the Singur anti-land acquisition movement, School Education Minister Deepak Barman has said.The revised syllabus,...
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday said that the results of the mid-term elections are a 'referendum' on politicians telling working people that their needs were unrealistic, and it was 'incredible' to see the sweeping victories registered by Democrats in the House and Senate.It was...
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Mutual funds' equity market investments eased to a 3-month low of Rs 43,024 crore in October. The slower deployment came amid equity market recovery in the last few sessions of the month.The buying took the 10-month tally for 2026 to Rs 4.7 trillion. If the buying continues for the next two...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Wednesday relaxed know-your-customer (KYC) requirements for persons resident outside India (PROIs), allowing those in Financial Action Task Force (FATF)-compliant countries to complete digital onboarding without being physically present in India. The...
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The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) has released comprehensive guidelines for enterprise artificial intelligence security audits, stating that all AI-related security incidents across government and private entities must be reported to Cert-In within six hours.In its guidelines...
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A BJP minister in Meghalaya on Wednesday said that the party deserves another ministerial berth as it has become the second-largest party in the ruling coalition with 10 MLAs.Veterinary minister Sanbor Shullai said BJP legislators would meet Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma to press their...
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A 24-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by his employer after being found with the employer's daughter, the police said on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Kiran, a native of Keralam.The accused, Anandraj (45), who runs a cart-manufacturing unit, has been arrested in connection...
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Protesters burn an effigy during the Punjab Bandh called over the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota, in Jalandhar./ANI Photo
The family of slain anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota on Wednesday evening agreed to his postmortem and cremation following a meeting with Punjab government representatives in Mansa, ending the 22-day-long agitation.The breakthrough came after a five-hour meeting between the Jhota's...
