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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday those who had fired on Ram devotees, subjected saints to lathicharge, and ignored Ayodhya should only visit the Ram temple after apologising to the devotees and saints.The chief minister's remark came within hours of the announcement...
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A minor girl allegedly threw her baby out of a nursing home's washroom window minutes after giving birth there, leading to its death in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Saturday, police said.The incident took place after the 16-year-old girl was brought to the nursing home of Uttarpara...
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Indian-American Priya Sundareshan has been elected as the President of the Arizona Senate, as the Democratic Party seized control of the state legislature and the governor's mansion for the first time in 60 years.Sundareshan, 42, a three-term member of the Arizona Senate, is the minority leader...
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Condemning the attack on the residence of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee, former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday dared the BJP to use its bulldozers against her, as she vowed to continue raising her voice against atrocities and intimidation.Banerjee alleged that...
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Delhi's AQI at 369 was in the 'very poor' category on Saturday as smog enveloped the city on the eve of Diwali and reduced visibility.The air quality is forecast to turn 'severe' on Sunday, with Diwali celebrations, vehicular emissions and the peak stubble-burning season expected to add to the...
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CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday said he would continue carrying the national flag across the country despite arrests and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP of attempting to control people's food habits, personal relationships and voting rights.Addressing a protest meeting...
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The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended 43 food business licences after inspecting 73 establishments across the state during a special Diwali enforcement drive.The FDA said in a statement on Saturday that it conducted the inspections on November 6-7 across the state's...
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Retired Calcutta High Court judge Biswajit Basu has resigned from the West Bengal SIR tribunals, citing personal reasons, a well-placed source said on Saturday.He became the fourth of the 19 retired judges appointed as heads of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) panels to step down.Basu's...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday conveyed his Diwali greetings to the nation, saying that, like in previous years, he will celebrate the festival with the brave soldiers of the country.In a video message posted on his social media handles, Modi said he will celebrate the festival with...
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Four songs of popular Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh have been barred from being performed at his November 15 concert in Indore over concerns that their alleged promotion of alcohol and violence could adversely impact children and others, officials said on Saturday.The four songs are Patiala Peg,...
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Breaking her silence on the censorship row involving her upcoming memoir, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has said that publisher Penguin Random House India was uneasy with criticism of the government. While she was disappointed that the publisher did not go ahead with the...
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The Petroleum Ministry on Saturday disputed claims by the Karnataka government that petrol sold at certain retail outlets in the state contained 26-31 per cent ethanol, saying tests conducted by state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) found supplies across the country, including Karnataka,...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the NCP and NCP (SP) were independent parties and would take their own decisions on reports of a possible merger, asserting that the BJP-led NDA would be consulted if any such move was being considered.Speaking to reporters in Nagpur,...
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The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking, which operates bus services in Mumbai, has lodged a police complaint, alleging that a bus shelter in Andheri had been removed and replaced with a revamped structure without its knowledge and approval, officials said.An inquiry in...
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Four protesters detained over the proposed 11,200-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) in Arunachal Pradesh were released from Jully Central Jail near Itanagar on Saturday, nearly a month after their arrest, officials said.The four, identified as Adum Tayom, Omak Paron, Okut Paloh and Oson...
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Image: A young Rahul Gandhi is seen next to the mortal remains of his grandmother, assassinated prime minister Indira Gandhi. Photograph: NPA Photo
I felt as if a knife had been plunged right into my heart, says Sonia Gandhi of the moment when Rajiv Gandhi told her that he had been asked to be sworn in as the prime minister on the day his mother and then PM Indira Gandhi had been assassinated.When she begged him not to take the prime...
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Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday said his party's fight against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would continue until an independent and impartial electoral system was ensured in the country.Speaking to reporters after arriving at Cochin International Airport to...
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United States Vice President JD Vance is trying to distance himself from President Donald Trump by blaming the Republicans' midterm losses on the Iran war as he prepares for a potential 2028 presidential bid, former US national security adviser John Bolton has said.In an interview with PTI...
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Renowned mridangam player Sridhar Parthasarathy (54) died of cardiac arrest while performing at a Diwali concert in Pune on Friday morning.The highly esteemed Carnatic percussionist was performing for nearly an hour at the 'Diwali Pahat' (Diwali morning) programme when he suddenly collapsed on...
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will visit the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on December 12, former SP MLA Pawan Pandey said on Saturday, an announcement set to spice up politics in the key Hindi heartland state ahead of Assembly polls in early 2027.The ruling BJP has been targeting Yadav for not...
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Sonia Gandhi with Indira Gandhi. Photograph: Mukesh Parpiani
Weighing in on the Emergency, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has said democratic rights had been curtailed but it was done constitutionally, and when she sees from Indira Gandhi's point of view, the then prime minister was struggling to cope with the rapidly deteriorating...
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Superstar Mammootty is set to feature in OM: Chapter 1 - Udhiram - The Blood Wood, which serves as his return to Tamil cinema after seven years.The film also stars Dhanush and Sai Pallavi and is directed by Rajkumar Periasamy, known for Amaran.Mammootty praised his co-actors and said the film has...
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A controversy erupted over the demolition of a portion of the house of shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav raised the matter on Saturday even as the municipality denied any role in the demolition.Yadav slammed the BJP and its narrow-minded allies over the...
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Sonia Gandhi always disliked politics and was at war with herself over whether she should take the plunge into the political world after her husband Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, but the Bhagavad Gita helped resolve her doubts and showed her the path forward.The former Congress chief, while...
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An Indian Air Force transport aircraft of Russian origin successfully landed at the Nyoma air base in Ladakh, achieving what the force described as the highest altitude touchdown achieved by the plane anywhere in the world.The airbase is located at a height of around 13,000 ft and is at a...
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Democrat Saba Haider, who is originally from Uttar Pradesh and has now been elected to the Illinois General Assembly, has said her victory reflects how voters in the US are increasingly prioritising everyday concerns such as affordability, healthcare, education and environment over divisive...
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IMAGE: This data visualisation shows the area and shape of the ozone hole on September 18, 2026, the day of its annual maximum extent. Photograph: Kind courtesy NASA Earth Observatory/Lauren Dauphin
Earth's protective ozone layer remains on track for long-term recovery, despite atmospheric conditions that contributed to a larger Antarctic ozone hole in 2026, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported.The ozone hole ranked seventh largest by area in 48 years of...
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A mural of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore has been defaced with black ink by unidentified persons in Bangladesh's Khulna, drawing criticism, local media reported on Saturday.Tagore's mural was painted on the boundary wall of Khulna Railway Station alongside portraits of other prominent...
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Great damage has been done over the last 12 years to the fabric of India, democracy and institutions, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has alleged, asserting that even after the Modi government goes, it will take time to restore the country's systems back to health.In an...
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NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar was on Saturday discharged from a Mumbai hospital after undergoing treatment for chest and respiratory infection.Pawar (85) later proceeded to his residence near the Breach Candy Hospital, where he was under treatment for the last three days.Congress leaders Sushilkumar...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the Modi government over the rollout of E20 petrol, citing test results of samples collected by the Karnataka government, and asked the Centre to come clean on the actual ethanol content in fuel being sold across the country.In a post in Hindi on...
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Robert Pattinson and Nicholas Hoult have thrown their hats in the ring to play the next James Bond, with the two British stars reportedly among those who have screen-tested for the coveted role of the iconic fictional spy.The casting process for the 26th James Bond film has generated considerable...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay has ordered the implementation of the 'Vetri Laptop Scheme' for college students, and Rs 2,000 crore is the allocation for the initiative, the state government said on Saturday.A high-level committee will be formed under the chief minister's leadership for...
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United States President Donald Trump said that Washington was talking to Iran, while his administration rolled out fresh sanctions targeting eight Canada-based money services businesses accused of assisting Tehran in routing funds through cryptocurrency networks.We're talking to Iran. We have...
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United States President Donald Trump has opened the door to potential collaboration with Democratic lawmakers on immigration and taxes in the wake of midterm electoral setbacks for the GOP, while also flagging economic growth as a prime avenue for bipartisan synergy.When questioned by journalists...
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The Delhi Directorate of Education has directed all government and private schools to conduct classes up to class 5 in hybrid mode in view of worsening air quality in the national capital.The directive, issued Friday, applies to all government, government-aided and unaided recognised private...
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All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday claimed that his residence was attacked by Bharatiya Janata Party operatives late Friday night.The TMC leader, in a post on X, levelled serious allegations against opposition workers, the Kolkata Police,...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari promised that the process of granting citizenship to all eligible applicants under the CAA would be completed by December 31, alleging that the previous TMC government failed to facilitate its implementation, leaving thousands of applications...
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A satellite image showing Iran's Natanz facility
The United States military announced on Friday that Washington, DC is offering a $20 million reward 'and possible relocation' for details concerning Iran's nuclear programme, even as President Donald Trump asserted that Tehran is eager to conclude the ongoing war.In a post shared on X, the United...
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IMAGE: Then White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller with US President Donald Trump at an event to sign executive orders related to birthright citizenship, August 6, 2026. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
Stephen Miller's appointment as White House chief of staff is being viewed as indication that Donald Trump intends to dig his heels in after this week's election debacle rather than engage with the incoming Democrats in the US Congress and get work done.The chief of staff's job is the second most...
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Iran has begun handing out iodine tablets to populations living in the vicinity of its nuclear facilities, as the country braces for the possibility of potential strikes by the United States, The Times of London reports, citing an Iranian Health Ministry official, as per Al Jazeera.Yes, we are...
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United States President Donald Trump has announced that Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller will take over as the White House Chief of Staff from November 9, while incumbent Susie Wiles will move to the Trump political operation.In a post shared on Truth Social on Friday, Trump described Miller...
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On Friday, Bharti Airtel raced ahead of recently-listed Jio Platforms to be the second largest Indian company in terms of market capitalisation (mcap), at ₹13.08 trillion against Jio Platforms’ mcap of ₹12.94 trillion. The move follows the Mukesh Ambani-owned company’s stock plunging 1.74 per...
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IMAGE: Gowri Sekar. Photograph: Kind courtesy LinkedIn
Goldman Sachs has elevated Gowri Sekar, a managing director and technology fellow at the storied US investment bank, as its first woman partner in India.Sekar is the global head of product data engineering and Asia Pacific lead for AI strategy for data engineering. She has been with the firm for...
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Angel One has overtaken Zerodha Broking to become second largest stock broker by active clients on NSE, according to data from the exchange for October 2026. Angel One had 6.99 million active clients at the end of October, compared with 6.76 million for Zerodha, marking a shift in the ranking of...
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Six girls were rescued from forced prostitution after police busted a human trafficking racket in Rajasthan's Bhawanimandi police station area, officials said on Friday, adding that five people, including three women, have been arrested.According to the police, forensic reports on four of the...
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Veteran star Kamal Haasan on Friday announced that his next feature film has been titled 'Sandiyar', to be directed by SU Arun Kumar. The film's title was unveiled by his production banner Raaj Kamal Films International (RKFI) ahead of Haasan's 73rd birthday on Saturday.SANDIYAR #KamalHaasan...
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Senior NCP-SP leader Anil Deshmukh/File image
Former Maharashtra Home Minister and senior NCP-SP leader Anil Deshmukh on Friday asserted there was no question of a merger between the rival Nationalist Congress Party factions, but added anyone who wish to join his outfit was welcome.The ruling NCP's Maharashtra president Sunil Tatkare earlier...
