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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday asserted that Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar will not join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, his comments coming amid speculation of a merger of the two Nationalist...
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Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has said her upcoming memoir is not a political book but a personal one, and asserted that she wanted to portray her family honestly, as people she knew and loved.Writing in The Hindu ahead of the release of her book 'Belonging: A Journey of...
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A massive fire broke out at a building housing a garment factory in Nangli Sakrawati near Najafgarh Road in Delhi on Sunday evening, fire officials said.The fire was reported at around 4.22 pm, following which 25 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames.According to preliminary...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here and exchanged Diwali greetings.The President's office shared pictures of the meeting in a post on X.'Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan...
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A visitor sustained injuries after a small portion of a false ceiling collapsed outside Terminal 2 of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on Sunday, an official said.The airport's emergency medical team rushed to the spot immediately after the incident outside the...
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Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan made a stylish appearance at the LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles, joining an illustrious gathering of Hollywood actors, filmmakers, artists and global cultural icons at the 15th edition of the event.Hrithik looked stunning...
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A banner seeking information about the whereabouts of four terrorists wanted by security forces surfaced on Sunday in Srinagar's Lal Chowk area.A flex banner was found hanging early in the morning on the wall of Pratap Park in Srinagar, seeking information about the four terrorists, including...
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The toll in the fire incident at an Oil India Ltd (OIL) facility in Assam's Dibrugarh district increased to four, with another injured worker succumbing on Sunday, an official said.Three others who were also injured in the blaze on Friday are undergoing treatment in a critical condition.One...
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Brokers, along with their families, participate in ceremonial stock purchases during the special Muhurat Trading session on the occasion of Diwali at the Bombay Stock Exchange, in Mumbai Photograph: ANI Photo
The special Muhurat trading session for the market was held today, November 8.Today, the Sensex closed at 80,999.40, down 28.62 points (0.04 per cent), while the Nifty 50 ended at 24,986.40, down 43.95 points (0.18 per cent).The Sensex and Nifty 50 gained in eight of the 11 Muhurat sessions...
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Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy on Sunday confirmed that an administrative building belonging to Saudi Aramco in Riyadh was targeted in an attempted attack, following claims by Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree that the group had carried out six military operations targeting strategic...
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Hollywood star Idris Elba is set to feature in and direct the action-comedy film In Laws, in which he will essay the role of Carson Hughes, a blacklisted secret agent who gets a shot at redemption.The actor, who has been in projects such as The Wire, Luther, and American Gangster, among others,...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally lower in the special Diwali Muhurat trading session on Sunday amid profit-taking by investors after a seven-day rally.After starting the special trading session to mark the beginning of Hindu calendar Samvat 2083 on a bullish note, the 30-share...
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Bangladesh's Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman on Sunday described ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina as a 'convicted criminal' and said Dhaka has requested India to extradite her, according to local media reports.Responding to questions from journalists after inaugurating a training workshop in...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the end of Maoist terror and Naxal menace was a victory of the country's right policies and a strong political will.Our government took decisions which dealt very big blows to the funding of Naxals and secessionists, Modi said, while celebrating Diwali...
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All India Congress Committee general secretary K C Venugopal on Sunday said the Congress-led agitation against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would continue until he was removed from the post and the country's electoral system was made impartial and transparent.Speaking to reporters in...
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The Congress party's receipts from donations above Rs 20,000 plunged nearly 75 per cent to Rs 130.69 crore in 2025-26, the steepest annual fall in such contributions in a decade, an analysis of the party's filings with the Election Commission shows.The party had received Rs 517.39 crore in such...
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Delhi Police has stepped up vigil across the national capital to ensure compliance with restrictions on firecracker bursting on Diwali, while the fire department has activated an extensive emergency response plan to deal with possible fire incidents.All district police units, specialised cells...
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Indian actor Vijay Sethupathi is all set to be a presenter at the 54th International Emmy Awards on November 23, 2026, in New York.Before Vijay Sethupathi, Indian actors Aashka Goradia, Simone Singh and Prerna Wanvari have presented at the event.In 2024, stand up comedian Vir Das hosted the...
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Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez joined Diwali celebrations organised jointly by the Venezuelan government and the Embassy of India in Caracas, extending festive greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the people of India on the occasion of the Festival of Lights.In a post on X,...
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The special Muhurat trading session will be held today on the occasion of Diwali Lakshmi Pujan, from 2:20 pm to 3:30 pm.This will mark the beginning of Samvat 2083.In Samvat 2082, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) recorded their highest-ever net selling in the Indian equity market, withdrawing...
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The Kerala police have registered a case against an 85-year-old man for allegedly posting derogatory remarks about the LoP in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi in a WhatsApp group, officials said on Sunday.The accused has been identified as Raveendranathan Nair,...
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Three members of a family, including a 15-day-old infant, were killed on Sunday allegedly after the roof of their house collapsed in the Panki Padao area of Kanpur, police said.The incident occurred around 8.30 am when the family was asleep. The roof suddenly caved in, trapping the occupants...
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Security has been tightened across the national capital on Diwali, with the Delhi police deploying personnel at sensitive locations, crowded markets and other prominent public places to ensure law and order, a senior police officer said.The officer said adequate police personnel have been...
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Delhi was enveloped in a haze of toxic air on the morning of Diwali, with the city's air quality nearing the 'severe' category with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 383.Of the 54 monitoring stations across the city, 24 recorded 'severe' air quality, while the remaining stations were in the...
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Union MoS Suresh Gopi on Sunday said the Karnataka and Keralam governments were free to test petrol samples to ascertain their ethanol content but cautioned against politicising the issue.His remarks came after the Karnataka government claimed that tests conducted by it had detected higher...
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A college principal and a lecturer were arrested here after they were booked for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 20-year-old hotel management student, the police said on Saturday.The second-year student died by hanging in his rented room on Friday, after the principal and the lecturer of his...
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The carcass of an adult tiger was found in a forest in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district on Saturday, with preliminary findings suggesting that it may have died of electrocution, a forest official said.The big cat was found dead near Gurar Nala in compartment number 1582 of Khurmundi Beat in the...
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Far right American activist Jake Lang disrupts Diwali celebrations in Seattle, US/Image courtesy @JakeLang/X/ANI Photo
Far Right American activists Jake Lang on Saturday (local time) attempted to stall a Diwali Celebration in Seattle before he was physically checked by some of the people. Lang and other protestors were carrying signboards that said Deport All Dot Heads.Posting pictures of the attempted disruption...
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday celebrated Diwali with Army personnel, offering them sweets and extending his greetings.At the Diwali Milan programme organised at Garhwal Greens training ground in Garhi Cantonment here, the chief minister interacted with soldiers of the...
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Two men had near-fatal encounters with Mumbai local trains in separate incidents triggered by disputes, officials said on Saturday.At Mumbai Central station, a man survived a fall from a Churchgate-Virar fast local train after a fight broke out near the doorway on Friday night.When the train was...
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Three separate fires were reported in high-rises in Mumbai's Andheri, Kandivali and Goregaon areas on Saturday night, with officials suspecting that firecrackers may have triggered some of them.No injuries were reported in any of the incidents, they said.A civic official said that the first fire...
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Rescue operation underway at the historic city of Krakow in Poland after shooting, November 7, 2026/Reuters Video Grab
Six people, including two police officers were killed and more than a dozen injured after a gunman opened fire in historic centre of Kraków, on Saturday (local time), Euro News reported. Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński told local media that the suspect, a 25-year-old Polish citizen,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended Diwali greetings to people across the country, wishing them happiness and prosperity.In a post on X, he wrote, Diwali wishes to everyone! Boundless Diwali wishes to my family members across the country. On Saturday, in a post on X, the Prime...
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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has seized 3,280 tonnes of 'banned and non-compliant' food products worth Rs 82 crore during its nationwide inspection drive, which began on September 1 to check adulteration during the festive season.Acting against food safety violations, the FSSAI...
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Four members of a family, including two children, were charred to death and another person suffered burns after a massive fire broke out at a house in a village in Jajpur on Saturday night, the police said.The incident took place at Nalipur village under Balichandrapur police limits. The police...
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A strong earthquake struck central Japan early on Sunday, registering a maximum seismic intensity of upper 5 on the Japanese seismic scale in Aichi Prefecture, Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi said, confirming that there is no danger of a tsunami.The tremor occurred at approximately 1:04...
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CENTCOM forces disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman, November 7, 2026/Image courtesy CENTCOM on X
United States Central Command (CENTCOM) forces have disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman using precision airstrikes after the ship's crew repeatedly ignored warnings and attempted to breach an active naval blockade against Iran, the US military confirmed in an official...
