Owaisi to join hands with Azad in UP after INDIA snub

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23:52

3.9 magnitude earthquake hits Shimla

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Image only for representation
An earthquake of magnitude 3.9 struck Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district on Wednesday night, with tremors felt in Jubbal and Rohru areas. No loss of life or damage has been reported so far, officials said.According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake struck around 9.50 pm at a...
23:46

Owaisi to join hands with Azad in UP after INDIA snub

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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) chief Chandrashekhar Azad are expected to hold a joint press conference in Lucknow on Thursday to announce a pact between their two parties for the upcoming 2027 Uttar Pradesh elections, party...
23:35

4 Indian seafarers stranded in Saudi after dispute with employer

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Four Indian crew members of a ship, who got stranded in Saudi Arabia following a dispute with their employer, will be flying back home after being assisted by the Indian Embassy in Riyadh.The Indian Embassy, in a social media post, said that it successfully assisted the four Indian crew members...
22:49

Hanuman Chalisa recited in House of Lords to mark Diwali

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An Indian community network within the governing Labour Party marked its Diwali celebrations in the House of Lords complex in London with the recitation of the 'Hanuman Chalisa'.Labour Asians Society was hosted at the Palace of Westminster on Monday by British Indian peer Lord Uday Nagaraju, one...
21:57

Will target US bases in Europe: Iran security chief

Photo: Iran's Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters
Photo: Iran's Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters
Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Major General Mohsen Rezaei, has warned that Tehran would target all US military bases, including distant installations in Europe, if Washington, DC launches another 'attack' on Iran, asserting that the country's defensive and offensive...
21:39

India reduces visa categories from 13 to 9

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The government has reduced the number of the main Indian visa categories from 13 to nine and sub-categories from 49 to 23, while cutting the number of fields in visa application forms by 65-70 per cent to simplify the process for foreign nationals, officials said on Wednesday.The changes are...
21:35

Rupee rises 6 paise to close at 93.71 against US dollar

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The rupee gained 6 paise to close at 93.71 against the US dollar on Wednesday, driven by domestic market strength and foreign capital inflows, alongside potential support from declining global crude oil prices.Forex traders said the Indian rupee gained as domestic markets rose to an eight-month...
20:27

NCP leaders meet Fadnavis amid merger buzz, seek finance portfolio

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Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party president Sunil Tatkare and his  colleague Dhananjay Munde met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai on Wednesday amid intense political speculation over a potential reunification between the two rival factions of the NCP.There was no immediate official...
19:55

Bursting of firecrackers for reel sets sugarcane field ablaze in Nanded

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A sugarcane crop across four acres was reduced to ashes in Nanded district after a group of youngsters burst firecrackers nearby for making a reel, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place at Maralak village on Tuesday.As per the complaint filed at Limbgaon police station, the youngsters...
19:53

Pakistan: Lawyers allowed to meet Imran Khan in Adiala Jail

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party lawyers were allowed to meet former prime minister Imran Khan in Adiala Jail on Wednesday, a day after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed authorities to facilitate the meeting.The 74-year-old founder of PTI has been incarcerated since 2023 and faces more than...
19:11

Saudi tanker hit in Hormuz, 3 Indian seafarers aboard

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A Saudi Arabia-flagged oil tanker, with three Indian seafarers on board, was involved in a possible attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Wednesday.Sonowal, in a social media post on X, said that all three Indian nationals, along with the...
18:56

Hijack hoax: Air India's Kolkata-Mumbai flight departs 7 hours later

Pic: Reuters
Pic: Reuters
A hijack threat to a Mumbai-bound Air India flight before take-off on Wednesday morning that prompted security officials to park the aircraft in an isolation bay of the airport in Kolkata and initiate statutory checks turned out to be a hoax, an official said.Authorities at the Netaji Subhas...
18:34

Mani Shankar Aiyar wins Nehru Fellowship for Jinnah project

Mani Shankar Aiyar. Pic: Jitender Gupta/ANI Photo
Mani Shankar Aiyar. Pic: Jitender Gupta/ANI Photo
The Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship for 2026 has been awarded to former Union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar for a project on Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah's 'Delhi Muslim proposals' of 1927, under which the Muslim League offered to give up separate electorates for Muslims in lieu of structural...
17:47

Navi Mumbai cleanest city in India, Indore falls off list

The Navi Mumbai International Airport. Pic: ANI Photo
The Navi Mumbai International Airport. Pic: ANI Photo
Navi Mumbai secured the top position as the cleanest city, followed by Surat and Vijayawada in the central government's annual cleanliness survey.In the 3-10 lakh population category, Ujjain emerged as the cleanest city, followed by Chandigarh and Guntur.However, Indore, which had been ranked the...
17:44

20-22 MLAs may ditch Sunetra Pawar anytime: Raut

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Amid the renewed buzz about the merger of the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party, Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that 20 to 22 MLAs of the Sunetra Pawar-led NCP could break away.Talking to reporters, Raut said NCP MLAs visiting...
17:36

Cheetah from Kuno crosses Chambal, enters Rajasthan

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A cheetah from Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park has crossed the Chambal river and entered Rajasthan, forest officials said on Wednesday.The cheetah, identified as KOMG-4, crossed the river near Gota Ghat on November 10 and reached the Ranthambore region, following which forest officials...
17:24

How the sensex fared on Wednesday

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For the second day on Wednesday, stock market indices Sensex and Nifty ended higher on the back of moderation in crude oil prices.The 30-share BSE Sensex rallied 772.75 points, or 0.95 per cent, to settle at 81,879.40. During the day, it jumped 1,413.75 points, or 1.74 per cent, to...
16:56

Constable dragged for 200 metres on car bonnet, driver absconds

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IMAGE: This is an AI-generated image and has been used only for representational purposes.
Police constable Dilip Bhoi was injured after he was dragged on the bonnet of a car for around 200 metres. The incident took place on November 9, Monday, during a routine check by the police in in Maharashtra's Raigad district.Bhoi sustained severe injuries, including a fractured leg, and is...
16:49

CJP's Saurav Das praises Sonia Gandhi's book

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Cockroach Janta Party's Saurav Das on Tuesday welcomed the release of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's book 'Belonging: A Journey of Love', describing her journey as extraordinary and praising her as an epitome of strength.Das said he had purchased the book after learning about its release and was...
16:36

Can't go a day without dal-chawal: Sonia

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Food has been an important part of Sonia Gandhi's life, even playing a role in her love story with former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Recalling how the two first met, she said she was looking for a good meal when she met Rajiv and eventually fell in love with him.In a video filmed before Diwali...
16:35

Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan's 'You've Got Mail' to get a reboot

Image Credit: You've Got Mail poster on Prime Video
Image Credit: You've Got Mail poster on Prime Video
The classic romcom You've Got Mail that released in 1998 is set to get a reboot. The movie that starred Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan will get a new version with Warner Bros. at the production helm.As per a report by Variety, Jason Orley, who is known for films such as I Want You Back and Big Time...
16:33

Former VP Dhankhar collapses during morning walk, hospitalised

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Former vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar was admitted to AIIMS in Delhi on Wednesday after collapsing during his morning walk, sources said.Dhankhar reportedly fell unconscious for a few minutes before security personnel accompanying him took him home in a police control room (PCR) vehicle. An ILBS...
16:21

Tight Security To Be Enforced For Diljit Dosanjh's Mumbai Concert

IMAGE: Diljit Dosanjh
IMAGE: Diljit Dosanjh
Plainclothes police personnel will be deployed at Diljit Dosanjh's Mumbai concert on November 27, 2026. Security has been upgraded at the Mahalaxmi racecourse -- the concert venue -- following a bomb threat e-mail. The Mumbai police will deploy plainclothes officers directly around Diljit, set up...
16:19

Sonia confesses Rajiv had a temper just like Indira

Rajiv Gandhi regretted sacking bureaucrat at presser
Rajiv Gandhi regretted sacking bureaucrat at presser
Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi once admitted to his wife Sonia that he had made a blunder by publicly announcing the dismissal of then foreign secretary A P Venkateswaran at a press conference in 1987. He regretted the remark almost as soon as he had made it, saying he wished he had kept his...
16:01

8 held after Tiger found dead in Maharashtra reserve

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Image used for representational purpose only. Image Credit: ANI
A tiger has been found dead in Maharashtra's Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in a suspected case of electrocution.Forest authorities have detained a farmer, whose farm is adjacent to the reserve's core boundary, and seven other persons. The tiger, identified as T-39 and aged around 4, was...
15:58

Assam Cracks Down On Poachers

IMAGE: Suspected poachers from the Hatishal area of Teok in Jorhat district.  Photograph: Kind courtesy The Assam Tribune/Sabir Nishat
IMAGE: Suspected poachers from the Hatishal area of Teok in Jorhat district. Photograph: Kind courtesy The Assam Tribune/Sabir Nishat
Nine suspected poachers have been arrested in two separate operations in Assam's Sonitpur and Jorhat districts, with forest officials recovering firearms, ammunition and sharp weapons.One of the suspects sustained injuries after being attacked by a rhinoceros during the operation in Jorhat.In...
15:57

Diminishes image: Anna Hazare on Sonia's BJP-RSS claim

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Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday rejected Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's assertion that his 2011-12 India Against Corruption movement had received covert backing from the BJP and RSS to bring down the Congress-led UPA government.Dismissing the claim made in Gandhi's memoir, Belonging: A...
15:52

Trash boom interceptor to be installed in Ganga for Ardh Kumbh

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Image used for representational purpose only. Image Credit: ANI
Ahead of Ardh Kumbh 2027, a trash boom interceptor will be installed in the river Ganga to prevent solid waste from polluting the holy river. The technology that is currently being used in hydropower projects in Uttarakhand, is being brought to Haridwar for the first time.Haridwar Municipal...
15:36

Jenson Huang Lobbied Trump To Lift Export Ban On Chips To China: Reports

IMAGE: A screengrab from CTI video footage obtained November 9, 2026 shows a woman identified by Reuters as Alice Huang attending a dinner with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (in black) at a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, May 22, 2025. Photograph: CTI via/Reuters
IMAGE: A screengrab from CTI video footage obtained November 9, 2026 shows a woman identified by Reuters as Alice Huang attending a dinner with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (in black) at a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, May 22, 2025. Photograph: CTI via/Reuters
Was his affair with Alice Huang the reason for Nvidia CEO Jenson Huang to lobby President Donald Trump to lift the export ban on chips to China?'President Trump is very clear. He wants America to win and and President Xi wants China to win, and it's possible for both of them too. And the reason...
15:29

Fresh snowfall transforms Gulmarg

Pic: Umar Ganie
Pic: Umar Ganie
Tourists visiting Kashmir are enjoying the region's scenic beauty, pleasant weather and popular attractions, with Dal Lake in Srinagar witnessing visitors taking shikara rides and soaking in the picturesque surroundings.Tourists were seen enjoying shikara rides on Dal Lake, taking in the...
15:16

Fire in Maharashtra forest min's bungalow, no casualties

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Image used for representational purpose only. Image Credit: Unsplash
A fire broke out in the AC unit in Maharashtra forest minister Ganesh Naik's bungalow in South Mumbai on Wednesday afer which the the fire brigade was alerted. Fire officials declared it a Level-I call, and doused the blaze by 12.42 pm.Naik was not present in the bungalow at the time and no...
15:10

VisionQuest resurrects fan-favourite character for Avengers: Doomsday

James Spader and Paul Bettany in VisionQuest
James Spader and Paul Bettany in VisionQuest
The finale of Marvel's new Disney+ series VisionQuest dropped a surprise for MCU fans, with its mid-credits scene bringing back a fan-favourite character. VisionQuest is considered the closing chapter of what is being called the WandaVision trilogy, following the 2021 mini-series and its 2024...
15:08

Modi regime NOT here to stay: Sonia in her book

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Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi believes the Modi government's position has weakened, saying the ground has shifted under their feet and that its actions reflect a growing sense of insecurity.In her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, Gandhi expresses confidence that the...
15:04

Goa: 2,450 kg chicken destroyed over food safety violations

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Image used for representational purpose only. Image Credit: Unsplash
Over 2,450 kg of chicken was destroyed by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) in South Goa during two inspections.A vehicle carrying 700 kg of chicken valued at Rs 1,36,500 was intercepted by the FDA at Margao Railway Station. The chicken was transported in thermocol boxes from Delhi without...
14:56

4 juvelines held for stabbing, killing man with bricks

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IMAGE: This is an AI-generated image and has been used only for representational purposes.
Four juveniles aged between 15 and 17 have been apprehended after a 24-year-old man was allegedly thrashed with bricks and stabbed to deathThe incident happened due to an an altercation in outernorth Delhi's Shahbad Dairy area.The police informed that the four minors have been apprehended and the...
14:52

Hollywood veteran Stacy Keach dies at 85

Stacy Keach and George Clooney in Jay Kelly
Stacy Keach and George Clooney in Jay Kelly
Hollywood actor Stacy Keach, best known for his roles in American History X, The Bourne Legacy and Prison Break, has died of heart-related complications at his home in Magdalenka, Poland, on November 10. He was 85. His death was confirmed by his wife Malgosia Keach in a statement to People, which...
14:50

Plane isolated after hijack threat in Kolkata-Mumbai Air India flight

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Image: Reuters
An Air India flight scheduled to depart at 10.20 am was taken to isolation bay after hijack threat note found in the washroom of a Mumbai-bound Air India flight before take-off.Officials got the note on November 11, Wednesday and took parked the flight into the isolation bay as the note...
14:44

Bihar again! Gang-rape survivor thrown off roof

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A 30-year-old gang-rape survivor was allegedly thrown off the roof of a building by a neighbour in Bihar's Begusarai district, prompting police to arrest the accused on Wednesday.The injured woman was taken to Sadar Hospital in Begusarai. Police said they arrested her neighbour, Bhongal Kumar,...
14:44

Kareena Kapoor Khan Faces Backlash Over Her Diwali 2026 Look

Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor Khan/Instagram
Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor Khan/Instagram
Kareena Kapoor Khan's Diwali 2026 look may have turned heads, but it has also sparked a fair share of controversy online. While her silver kaftan and matching turban drew mixed reactions from the fashion police, the bigger backlash centred on the 30-carat emerald pendant she wore. The Bhopal...
14:31

Gave up PM's post to become 'super PM': BJP's toxic swipe at Sonia

Sonia Gandhi with her memoir
Sonia Gandhi with her memoir
The BJP on Wednesday stepped up its criticism of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's memoir, accusing her of declining the prime minister's post in 2004 only to exercise power as a super PM.Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, party spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi also questioned...
14:26

Meet Ranbir's Double

Luke Loannou and Ranbir Kapoor, Photo: Kind courtesy, @iflip4tips/Instagram
Luke Loannou and Ranbir Kapoor, Photo: Kind courtesy, @iflip4tips/Instagram
Luke Loannou, who played Ranbir Kapoor's body double in Ramayana: Part 1, shared behind-the-scenes pictures of him with the actor on Instagram.'Feeling incredibly privileged to have been part of telling such an important story on Ramayana, stunt doubling for Ranbir Kapoor, truly one of the best...
14:18

Delhi-NCR's pre-Diwali pollution highest in 3 yrs

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Delhi-NCR's air quality has deteriorated further this year, with the average PM2.5 level in the week before Diwali reaching its highest mark in three years. Vehicular emissions and pollution drifting in from neighbouring regions continued to be major contributors to the toxic air, according to an...
14:17

Rohit Shetty warns fans to not engage with profiles impersonating him online

Image: @itsrohitshetty/ Instagram
Image: @itsrohitshetty/ Instagram
Filmmaker Rohit Shetty shared a post on his Instagram handle on Tuesday warning fans and followers not to engage with fake profiles on social media that are impersonating him. He made the statement after a fake post attributed to him went viral on Facebook and X platforms. Shetty clarified that...
14:09

Complaint filed against Priyank Kharge over RSS allegations

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Image: ANI Photo
Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge is facing another controversy after a complaint has been filed against him for circulating fake news and misleading information.The police said that Tejas A Gowda filed the complaint on November 10, Tuesday, against Kharge for allegedly attempting to link...
14:01

Mother Dairy milk to get expensive by Rs 2-4 per litre

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Image used for representational purpose only. Image Credit: Canva
With prices of daily necessities rising, another product in the market has hiked its price. Mother Dairy has hiked milk prices by Rs 2-4 per litre and the change will be effective from November 12, Thursday, following an increase in procurement prices of milk from farmers.. The brand had last...
13:58

35 Couples Tie Knot At Mass Marriage Ceremony In Srinagar

Photograph: Umar Ganie
Photograph: Umar Ganie
In a gesture aimed at promoting social harmony and making marriage ceremonies affordable for economically weaker sections of society, a mass marriage ceremony involving 35 couples was organised by the Al-Noor Trust, Bemina, at the Hajj House in Srinagar.The ceremony brought together 35 couples...
13:55

BJP leaders should...: Robert Vadra on Sonia Gandhi's memoir

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Businessman and Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra on Wednesday urged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders to read Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's memoir, 'Belonging: A Journey of Love', with an open mind, describing her as a strong and resilient woman whose life...
13:25

Redevelopment of Mumbai airport T1 to be done in phases: CM

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has suggested a phased redevelopment of Mumbai airport's Terminal 1 (T1), proposing that the existing terminal continue to handle flights until the new facility is ready. The move is aimed at avoiding disruption to flight operations during the...
13:21

When books travel with us

Photograph: AI-generated image
Photograph: AI-generated image
Book vendors were once much more part of Indian life. Child hawkers selling the latest Jeffrey Archer title thronged traffic signals. Every station had an AH Wheeler, a railway station book chain begun in 1877 in Allahabad, where you could purchase comics, the latest thriller, classics and an...
12:55

Huma Qureshi Returns As Rani Bharti In Maharani 5

Huma Qureshi as Rani Bharti in Maharani
Huma Qureshi as Rani Bharti in Maharani
Huma Qureshi's Rani Bharti isn't done with politics just yet! She is back as the shrewd politician in Maharani Season 5 and looks like her next political moves are something to watch out for.Created by Subhash Kapoor, the political drama began in 2021 with Rani being pushed into the chief...
12:49

What a welcome for Goddess Lakshmi

Photograph: Kind courtesy Visit Dubai/Facebook
Photograph: Kind courtesy Visit Dubai/Facebook
This Diwali, Dubai got its very first gold rangoli. Damas jewellers utilised 215 pieces of its inventory of stunning necklaces, rings, bangles, earrings --  totalling 6.5 kg in all -- to create a fantastic glittering rangoli at City Centre mall in historic Deira.  The rangoli was two metres by...
12:38

Paul McCartney is world's third-richest musician, guess his net worth?

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Image Credit: Wikipedia
Beatles artist Paul McCartney's net worth has risen to a whopping USD 1.4 billion, making him the world's third-richest musician.He ranks just below his friend, singer Taylor Swift, with who he sang The Beatles' first US number 1 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' during her her wedding toTravis Kelce at...
12:34

So what if Diwali pollution has increased, rages Yogi

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday dismissed concerns over rising pollution following Diwali celebrations, saying the effects would soon subside. He also took a swipe at those highlighting the pollution, questioning why they remained silent about people who, he alleged, had...
12:30

Cat found hanging from tree, locals suspect witchcraft

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IMAGE: This is an AI-generated image and has been used only for representational purposes.
The Sarvashri Nagar area under Hudkeshwar police station limits in Nagpur saw a bizarre sight of a dead cat suspended from a tree with a rope on November 8, Sunday.Locals suspect it was part of a witchcraft ritual, but the police have ruled it out. A local resident at informed Rashmi Shekhar...
12:18

Salman Abandons Superhero Project

Salman Khan, Photo: Salman Khan in Maatrubhumi movie
Salman Khan, Photo: Salman Khan in Maatrubhumi movie
Salman Khan has shelved his upcoming superhero film, which was to have been directed by Raj and DK.Taking to X, Maatrubhumi Director Apoorva Lakhia posted, 'Salman sir also shelved one of his upcoming big superhero film and has committed to doing another film with me.'Prime Minister Narendra...
12:12

Why JD-U is miffed with what Sonia wrote about Nitish

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The Janata Dal (United) on Wednesday took exception to the way its president and former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has been portrayed in Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's memoir, asserting that he was the driving force behind the formation of the opposition INDIA bloc.JD(U) national...
11:58

Hema Malini 'pleasantly surprised' after watching Ramayana, calls it 'unique'

Image: @dreamgirlhemamalini/ Instagram
Image: @dreamgirlhemamalini/ Instagram
Hema Malini is all praises for the latest adaptation of the epic Ramayan. She watched Namit Malhotra's Ramayana and came out gushing about the cast and the visual effects.She took to her Instagram handle to express her thoughts on the film saying she went in with the least expectations but was...
11:45

HC order forged online, FIR registered

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Image used for representational purpose only. Image Credit: Unsplash
The Allahabad high court has instructed the registration of an FIR against an unknown person in connection with a forged order of the court. Allahabad HC Joint Registrar N Chandra revealed that an email was received on October 30 from a Reuters news correspondent mentioning they discovered an...
11:36

'Misconception that Sonia Gandhi actually ran govt'

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Dhiraj Kumar Srivastava, who served as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, on Wednesday said a misconception had been deliberately created about her role in the two UPA governments, asserting that she never interfered in the functioning of...
11:35

'Deeply upset': Nitish Bharadwaj revokes appreciation for Ramayana

Image: @nitishbharadwaj.krishna/ Instagram
Image: @nitishbharadwaj.krishna/ Instagram
Best known for playing Lord Krishna in BR Chopra's television series 'Mahabharat', Nitish Bharadwaj has expressed a strong opinion on the latest release, Namit Malhotra's Ramayana. He withdrew his initial appreciation of the film and expressed his disappointment over the character portrayal and...
11:28

Modi supporter Mary Millben sings for Diwali

Photograph: Kind courtesy Mary Millben/Instagram
Photograph: Kind courtesy Mary Millben/Instagram
Mary Millben, fetchingly clad in an orange, zari border, ulta pallu sari, racked up 1 million views when she re-posted her version of Om Jai Jagdish Hare on Diwali. She starts out belting out the first stanzas on a lonely road surrounded by rust red canyon kind of arid landscape. She later...
11:10

Goa: 4-year-old raped, 2nd incident in a week

IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: Pexels
IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: Pexels
Cases of sexual assault against women, and even young girls are rising rapidly. In Goa, a man in his 20s allegedly raped a four-year-old girl on Tuesday night at Shristhal village in Canacona taluka of Kushavati district.According to the police, this is second such incident to happen in the state...
11:09

Sonu Nigam Buys Mumbai Home For....

Bollywood Singer Sonu Nigam. Photograph: ANI Photo
Bollywood Singer Sonu Nigam. Photograph: ANI Photo
Singer Sonu Nigam has bought a luxury residence in Mumbai for Rs 44.30 crore (Rs 443 million).The property is located on Juhu Versova Link road in north west Mumbai and has an area of 3,664.53 square feet.According to a statement by Liases Foras on X, 'The property is known as Vartaman (building)...
11:06

Handlooms, music...: Sonia's close bond with a Delhi CM

Sonia Gandhi like her mother-in-law, Mrs Gandhi, favours handloom saris
Sonia Gandhi like her mother-in-law, Mrs Gandhi, favours handloom saris
Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Wednesday thanked Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi for her warm words about his mother, former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, in her memoir. He said the two shared a close personal bond and often spoke about their common...
10:52

On a dark desert highway, hot Samosa Chaat in my hand...

Photograph: Kind courtesy Royal Chaat/Facebook
Photograph: Kind courtesy Royal Chaat/Facebook
The truck routes, stretching the length of California, are now dotted with Indian food joints and you would be forgiven for wondering if you were in Bathinda, Punjab, rather than America. For instance, Royal Chaat at Patterson, in the San Joaquin Valley,  serves up $7.99 plates of Samosa Chaat as...
10:37

Nepali-American found guilty of murdering, dismembering wife

Mamta Kafle Bhatt/Facebook
Mamta Kafle Bhatt/Facebook
A US jury has found Nepali-American Naresh Bhatt guilty of murdering his wife, hacking her body into pieces and disposing of it in a landfill in 2024.Bhatt, in a surprise testimony last week, admitted before the jury that he had dismembered and disposed of the body of his wife, Mamta...
10:34

How China's Spies Operate

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaks to Microducks, 25 cm tall biped robots, during his keynote at the NVIDIA GTC conference in Berlin,  October 21, 2026. Photograph: Annegret Hilse/Reuters
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaks to Microducks, 25 cm tall biped robots, during his keynote at the NVIDIA GTC conference in Berlin, October 21, 2026. Photograph: Annegret Hilse/Reuters
China's Ministry of State Security comes from a tradition which 'celebrates getting inside the adversary's decision making and shaping what they do,' Peter Mattis, a former CIA counterintelligence analyst and president of the Jamestown Foundation, told the New York Post, speaking in the aftermath...
10:13

Why are people calling Dadi and Chacha thieves: Young Rahul asked Sonia

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Rahul Gandhi's seventh birthday turned into a sombre affair after all but one of his friends skipped the celebration in the wake of his grandmother, Indira Gandhi's, electoral defeat in 1977.In her tell-all memoir, Belonging: A Journey Of Love, Sonia Gandhi recalls the incident as a painful...
10:08

Ship carrying 6 Indian seafarers hit in Persian Gulf

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Representational image
An oil tanker carrying six Indian seafarers was struck by a projectile while sailing through the Persian Gulf, Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Wednesday.The Liberia-flagged VLCC MT FUJAIRAH ENERGY was hit on November 10 while travelling from Al Ruwais to Dubai.In a post on X,...
09:54

Nvidia CEO addresses infidelity in meeting with staff

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It was business as usual at the Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara California on Monday and Tuesday despite the alleged 'spy scandal' surrounding CEO Jensen Huang.According to a report by CNBC USA, which cited people familiar with the developments, Jensen Huang was at the company HQ on Monday and...
09:46

This IKEA CEO prefers driving autos

Photograph: Kind courtesy Patrik Antoni/Instagram
Photograph: Kind courtesy Patrik Antoni/Instagram
Why is the Indian CEO of IKEA driving an auto rickshaw? Is IKEA doing so badly in India that he needed a second job? Patrik Antoni, who has been based in Bengaluru since last year, was recently spied puttering about in a bright blue IKEA rick. He was personally delivering IKEA online order...
09:37

Sensex rallies 1143 points in early trade

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The Indian stock markets opened sharply higher on Wednesday, with benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty registering strong gains, supported by continued buying by foreign investors, moderating crude oil prices, and better-than-expected second-quarter earnings.The positive momentum in the domestic...
09:26

Kennedy family members ask judge to block Trump's Arlington memorial arch

Former US president John F Kennedy
Former US president John F Kennedy
Nine members of the Kennedy family have asked a US judge to stop President Donald Trump's plan to build a 250-foot memorial arch, arguing that the towering structure would cast a shadow over the graves of their relatives at Arlington National Cemetery.The proposed arch would fundamentally alter...
09:20

Kedarnath Dham closes for winter

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A massive gathering of devotees assembled at Kedarnath Dham on Wednesday to catch the final glimpse of Lord Shiva ahead of the closing of the portals of the revered Himalayan shrine for the winter season at 8:30 am, following traditional rituals and Vedic chanting.The ceremonial palanquin (Chal...
09:12

Cong responds to Sonia's praise for Modi in her memoir

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The release of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi's memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, has triggered a political exchange, with Congress leaders welcoming the book while the BJP has questioned some of its claims.Published by HarperCollins India, the memoir hit bookstores on Tuesday. It...
09:05

Judge jails Meghan's father after he cuts off ankle monitor

Harry and Meghan have moved back to the UK
Harry and Meghan have moved back to the UK
The estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, was ordered to remain in jail on Tuesday after removing an electronic monitoring device from his ankle, just days after being charged with possessing child sexual abuse material.Thomas Markle, 82, was arrested and appeared before a federal court...
09:00

US Commerce Secy 'sent classified memo' on Nvidia CEO's affair

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A confidential alarm has been sounded at the highest levels of government. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick received a highly classified memo issuing a stark warning regarding Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang and his association with Alice Huang, an individual suspected of operating as a...
08:32

6 coaches of passenger train derails in Assam

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Six coaches of a passenger train derailed at Digaru railway station in Assam's Kamrup (Metro) district.Kapinjal Kishore Sharma, CPRO of Northeast Frontier Railway told ANI  that there is no report of any casualties so far.Six coaches of the Kolkata-Sairang express have derailed at Digaru railway...
08:06

Sonia Gandhi details battle with Cancer in memoir

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Sonia Gandhi in her memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love has for the first time revealed that she had been diagnosed with Cancer.The Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson further said that she had undergone surgery in 2010. 'Our second UPA term brought me some personal challenges. Apart from...
08:04

NCP's Sunil Tatkare visits Baramati amid merger buzz

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Amid renewed talk of merger of the two factions of the party, Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party president Sunil Tatkare on Tuesday visited Baramati and said he would be calling on Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar.Arriving in the town on Diwali, he first paid tributes at the memorial of...
07:59

Trump hails defeat of Hegseth's impeachment

Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
United States President Donald Trump railed into outgoing Congressman Thomas Massie as the House voted against the articles of impeachment of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Tuesday.In a post on Truth social after the articles were blocked by the Republicans in the outgoing House of...
07:48

Netanyahu warns against forming 'dangerous govt' with Arab parties

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Photo: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a fierce attack on political opponents over potential moves to assemble a ruling coalition, declaring it 'shameful' and 'forbidden' to form a 'dangerous government' reliant on Arab-majority parties Ra'am and the Joint List, whom he labelled...
07:46

Trump ally Jim Jordan elected House Minority Leader

Photo: Annabelle Gordon/Reuters
Photo: Annabelle Gordon/Reuters
Following significant setbacks in the midterm elections, the Republican Party has restructured its congressional leadership for the upcoming 120th United States Congress, electing staunch Donald Trump ally Jim Jordan as House Minority Leader, retaining Tom Emmer as Minority Whip, and re-electing...
07:41

Himachal: Russian paraglider gets stuck in high-tension wires

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A Russian paraglider in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi, who got entangled in high-tension electricity wires over 100 metres above the ground, was rescued after a 3-hour-long operation on Tuesday, police said.The incident occurred today near Tandu, when Alexey (48) took off from Bir Billing and got...
07:09

Hegseth narrowly survives impeachment bid

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In a significant show of party unity following bruising midterm election setbacks, House Republican leaders and White House officials on Tuesday night successfully quashed an effort to impeach United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, averting a potentially humiliating floor defeat for...