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The traditional 'Hingot War' -- a fiery Diwali ritual unique to Madhya Pradesh and said to be 300-year-old -- left 20 people injured in Indore district on Monday evening, a health department official said.Block Medical Officer (BMO) Dr Vibha Nagar told PTI that 20 'warriors' were injured during...
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Amid Diwali celebrations, a dispute over bursting firecrackers in Badoli in Himachal Pradesh's Una district escalated, and a man allegedly took out his Thar and ran over his neighbours in rage, killing a couple and injuring two others, police said on Monday.Locals angered by the incident thrashed...
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Delhi Police has served a notice to former West Bengal chief minister Minister Mamata Banerjee, asking her to record her statement in a 2013 case linked to a confrontation with police during a Trinamool Congress protest in the national capital, police sources said on Monday.Banerjee has been...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday during which Modi conveyed India's readiness to contribute to all efforts aimed at peaceful resolution of the conflict with Russia.PM Modi also reaffirmed India's human-centric...
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IMAGE: Ilse Aigner speaks to the media after she was nominated as the presidential candidate in Berlin, November 9, 2026. Photograph: Annegret Hilse/Reuters
Ilse Aigner, an electrical technician by training, will likely be Germany's first lady president when Frank-Walter Steinmeier steps down in March.Aigner, president of Bavaria's regional parliament, is the frontrunner candidate fielded by Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union and...
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Trinamool Congress MLA Paresh Ram Das was on Monday arrested from the Kolkata airport in connection with multiple cases relating to rape, extortion and post-poll violence, police said.A special team of the Baruipur Police apprehended the absconding Canning Paschim MLA in the afternoon, they...
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The rupee settled higher by 5 paise at 93.93 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, boosted by easing crude oil prices, stronger foreign fund inflows, and optimism regarding de-escalation in West Asia.Forex traders said continued foreign inflows, stable crude, and a mild dollar offer...
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Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's political party lost a parliamentary by-election to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).The by-poll was held on Sunday in the NA-77 constituency of Gujranwala district in Punjab, about 80 kms from Lahore, following the death of lawmaker...
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A senior Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister on Monday said there is no truth in the buzz over the merger of the two factions of the Sharad Pawar-founded party, which split in July 2023.There is no merger. We are not going to respond to rumours, the leader, who did...
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IMAGE: Gurfateh Pirzada in The Revolutionaries
Lust Stories actor Gurfateh Pirzada's Mumbai apartment balcony and parts of his room caught fire on Diwali after stray firecrackers entered from outside.We had a lucky escape. We were able to control the fire so thankfully not much damage. But it could have been much worse, Pirzada said. I have...
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Chef Aanal Kotak
A chef from Ahmedabad will represent India at the 10th World Tapas Championship (Concurso Mundial de Tapas), from November 9-11, 2026, in Valladolid, Spain.The international competition brings together chefs from across the world to showcase their interpretations of tapas, a traditional Spanish...
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Among the Sensex firms, State Bank of India, Trent, Larsen & Toubro, NTPC, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank were among the major winners.In contrast, HCL Tech, Tata Steel, UltraTech Cement and Bajaj Finance were among the major laggards.
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Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended higher on Monday amid a correction in crude oil prices and buying in blue-chip bank and financial stocks.The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 107.25 points, or 0.13 per cent, to settle at 81,106.65. During the day, it advanced 340.01 points, or 0.41 per...
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IMAGE: A glimpse of the deadly fire at the Dibrugarh OIL facility. Photograph: Sabir Nishat
The death toll in the fire at the Oil India Limited (OIL) facility in Assam's Dibrugarh district rose to four on Sunday after another injured worker succumbed to his injuries.The public sector undertaking has suspended all four personnel who were in charge of the facility, officials said.Three...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 'Dimagi Naxals' remarks while addressing CRPF personnel, saying the jawans didn't buy his 'lies', and challenged the PM again to debate him on who is anti-national and controlled by foreign forces.The Leader...
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In the wake of multiple fire incidents across the city, the Mumbai Disaster Management Authority on Monday banned the bursting of rockets and aerial firecrackers in the metropolis until November 25.According to the order issued by the authority, the restriction covers all residential buildings,...
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Ramayana: Part One, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Sai Pallavi, has earned $55.7 million (over Rs 500 crore) at the global box office where it claimed the second spot after Japan's Godzilla Minus Zero, which roared with a haul of $63 million.Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra's...
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A truck rammed a pick-up van carrying a body and mourners to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to perform the last rites, killing five people and injuring 14 others in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Monday, police said.The ill-fated vehicle was carrying 19 people from Giridih, an official...
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Mumbai saw 89 incidents of fire over the twodays of Diwali, 28 were triggered by fire crackers, reports The Free Press Journal.One security guard was trapped in a lift and tragicallydied of suffocation in an incident in Runwal Elegante in Lokhandwala, AndheriWest. Meanwhile, the Thane...
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Three youth were arrested for allegedly threatening a Class 9 student and forcing him to steal gold ornaments worth around Rs 24 lakh from his house in Pampady near here, police said on Monday.The accused, all aged 18, allegedly coerced the 15-year-old boy into stealing 24 sovereigns of gold...
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Bachchan greeted fans from inside a bulletproof shell outside his residence 'Jalsa' on November 2.
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan stepped out on Sunday for his weekly meeting with fans sans the bulletproof glass that became a topic of discussion during his previous outing.The mega star, who keeps his date with fans every Sunday for years now, was accompanied by son Abhishek Bachchan and...
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim appeared in a Diwali video doing the famous Rajinikath sunglasses flip and adopting the superstar's iconic gestures to convey his Deepawali greetings.Ibrahim appeared along with content creator Devaraj David with Thalaivar's dialogue playing in the...
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IMAGE: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks at the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin, October 19, 2026. Photograph: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
China's Ministry of State Security may not be as well-known as Russia's GRU, but it is as notorious and sinister for its relentless ability to target the People's Republic's enemies.Take how it assigned a woman named Alice Huang or Huang Le to honeytrap Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and obtain...
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Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has sought a new passport and national identity card (NID) from the Bangladesh Embassy in New Delhi to facilitate her planned return to the country in December.This marks her first such communication since fleeing to India in August 2024 following...
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Punjab witnessed its sharpest single-day spike in paddy stubble-burning incidents this season on Diwali, with 1,152 farm fires reported across the state, according to official data.This pushed the state's total count from 3,307 on November 7 to 4,459 on Sunday.The highest number of farm fires...
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Palolem Beach in South Goa has been adjudged the best beach in Asia and ranked sixth among the world's top 25 in Beach.com's global index, the state tourism department said on Sunday.Palolem is also the only Asian beach to feature in the global top 25 list, marking an international recognition...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday came down heavily on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for calling Diwali a 'khushiyon ka Eid', and dared him and senior opposition party leader Rahul Gandhi to call Eid a 'Diwali of joy'.The BJP also called the Congress an anti-Sanatani party.Extending...
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The makers of Ramayana, featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash, issued a warning against the recording and sharing of unauthorised video clips from the cinema halls and said legal action will be taken against the offenders.The film released in theatres on November 5 in Hindi, Tamil,...
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Falling asleep earlier than your usual bedtime can go a long way towards losing weight. Setting your bedtime earlier by every hour is linked to around half a kg of weight loss in around two months, according to research by the New York University's Rory Meyers College of Nursing.The time we go to...
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IMAGE: Anant Singh speaks to the media at his residence in this earlier photograph. Photograph: ANI Photo
Expelled Janata Dal-United MLA Anant Singh, a known Bahubali, plans to invite people he knows in India and Pakistan for his daughter's marriage in the last week of November.Anant Singh said his daughter's wedding will be a mega event with more than 150 varieties of delicacies cooked for 400,000...
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What happened at Tiananmen Square in June 1989?The world knows that the Chinese communist party sent in troops who massacred hundreds of students protesting in Beijing, seeking more democracy in the People's Republic of China.But according to the Chinese AI model Qwen 3, nothing happened!Writing...
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Six people were burnt alive after their car caught fire following a collision with an electric pole along the Shamli highway in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on Monday, the police said.On receiving information, police personnel rushed to the spot along with fire brigade teams and...
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The Delhi Fire Service received 257 fire-related calls during Diwali this year, registering a 4.5 per cent decline from last year, an officer said on Monday.The city had recorded 269 fire-related calls last year.According to fire department officials, no major fire incident was reported this...
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A man accused of raping and murdering his 12-year-old niece in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district was killed in an exchange of fire with police early on Monday, officials said.The accused, Dilip Roy, allegedly opened fire at a police team conducting a raid to arrest him at a village in...
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The Thane district administration in Maharashtra on Monday banned the use of sky rockets and similar airborne firecrackers after multiple blazes linked to aerial fireworks on Diwali, officials said.The prohibitory order, issued by district collector Shrikrishna Panchal, came into immediate effect...
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Governors, lawmakers and public officials in the US lit traditional oil wicker lamps, visited temples joining a large number of Indian-Americans in celebrating Diwali across the country.Former Vice President Kamala Harris extended greetings on the occasion of Diwali, Connecticut Governor Ned...
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Six members of a family were killed after a fire broke out at a crockery shop in a three-storey building in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district, officials said on Monday. The incident occurred around midnight on Monday in Barhi town, they said.The blaze quickly engulfed the building. Six persons --...
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Modernist artist Arpita Singh, widely known for her detailed figurative works, died here at Fortis Hospital from age-related ailments on Sunday, her husband and artist Paramjit Singh said.She was 89.She had heart and lung related issues for some years now. However, she was actively working. Her...
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A fire broke out near railway tracks between two stations in Maharashtra's Palghar district, damaging signalling equipment and disrupting train services on the Western Railway's Mumbai suburban network, officials said on Monday.The blaze was reported at 11.20 pm on Sunday and was extinguished...
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A Pakistani anchorperson was shot dead at her home in Rawalpindi, with police taking her husband into custody and seizing the suspected weapon.Rabia Ahsan, who worked as an anchor and programme host with a local private TV channel, was found dead at her home in the Gulshanabad area of the city on...
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US President Donald Trump stated that he would be unable to forgive political opponents such as James Comey and Nancy Pelosi, even if it were a condition for entering heaven.During a CBS News 60 Minutes interview with Ross Douthat that aired on Sunday night, the President was questioned about...
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The rupee appreciated 24 paise to 93.74 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, supported by lower crude prices, improving foreign flows and hopes of de-escalation in the Middle East.Forex traders said the overall outlook for the rupee remains positive as any progress towards peace in the...
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Amazon Prime Video is set to release a two-part docuseries on US First Lady Melania Trump on November 20, offering viewers a glimpse into her personal and professional life.The streaming giant also recently released the trailer of Melania, The Series. Everybody wants to be close to power and...
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IMAGE: The Jaguar Land Rover. Photograph: Kind courtesy, JLR.com
Jaguar Land Rover representatives raided the offices of BYD in Schiedam and Hoofddorp in The Netherlands, The Times, London, reported.The raids are connected to Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover's case that BYD's Ti7 SUV infringes on the Land Rover Defender's IPR.The Defender is Jaguar Land Rover's...
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Two 17-year-old boys were brutally hacked to death by unidentified assailants near Samayapuram in Tiruchirappalli district late on Diwali night, officials said.The deceased have been identified as Rahul (17), a resident of Inam Samayapuram, and Vishal (17), son of Raja, from the same locality....
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US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that his administration's hardline immigration policies may have contributed to the Republican Party's setbacks in the November 3 midterm elections, admitting that the deportation drive targeting undocumented immigrants, including those with...
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Parliament's Monsoon session has remained unprorogued for 88 days since both Houses were adjourned indefinitely on August 13, breaking the previous record of 87 days in 2008.As of Monday morning, neither the Lok Sabha nor the Rajya Sabha had been formally prorogued, keeping open the possibility...
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Six members of a family were killed, and four others suffered injuries after a massive fire broke out at the three-storey house of a goldsmith in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district early on Monday, the police said.The incident occurred between 4 am and 4.30 am, a day after Diwali, at the house of...
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Four people, including three members of a family, were killed after a speeding SUV hit the motorcycle they were travelling on in Rajasthan's Jalore district on Sunday evening, the police said.The accident occurred near Dhanta village, leaving three people dead on the spot and a woman critically...
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A drone attack targeting the critical Khor Mor gas field in the Sulaimaniyah governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan has triggered a major energy emergency, slashing electricity generation across the national grid by approximately 2.8 gigawatts (GW), Al Jazeera reported.Citing Omid Ahmed, spokesperson for...
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Britain's The Sun newspaper reported that one of its sources had 'bumped into one of Josh's Golden Boy cast mates. Out of nowhere, and oiled by a few glasses of lager, they blurted out that Josh was the next James Bond.''They said he had confided in them about getting the role when the cast of...
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A major fire broke out in Mumbai's Dongri area late Sunday night, engulfing several shops and hutments, civic officials and residents said.The fire broke out at Haji Kasam Chawl, near Datta Mandir, on Dr Maheshwari Road, and spread across a large area.While residents also reported hearing loud...
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Three train passengers were arrested on Saturday night for allegedly assaulting an on-duty TTE (Train Ticket Examiner) and damaging his Hand-Held Terminal (HHT), a railway official said on Sunday.The TTE had entered the coach to resolve a dispute between passengers when he was attacked by some of...
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Air quality across the national capital continued to deteriorate, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) slipping into the 'Severe' category in parts of Delhi in the early hours on Monday, according to data shared by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).A thick layer of smog engulfed several...
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The rescued Indian seafarers/Image courtesy India In Yemen on X/ANI Photo
The embassy of India to Yemen has successfully evacuated 19 Indian seafarers who were stranded in Hodeidah and Sana'a (Yemen) for the past two weeks, the Indian Embassy in Yemen said on Sunday.In a post on X, the embassy said, The embassy of India to Yemen has successfully evacuated 19 Indian...
