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A 22-year-old woman preparing for competitive examinations was injured after an unidentified man threw acid at her in Chhattisgarh's Balod district on Monday, the police said.The woman, daughter of a driver posted in the police department, suffered burns on her face and both hands, they said.The...
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Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, during which the latter assured the Centre's support in tackling the drought.Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Shinde said Modi held an extensive discussion on the drought situation in Maharashtra and...
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The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested a software developer from Madhya Pradesh for allegedly operating an interstate cybercrime syndicate that defrauded senior citizens and other people across India of over Rs 15.75 crore using malicious APK files, the police said on Monday.An investigation...
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Two people were killed and seven others were injured in a massive fire and explosions in a godown of firecrackers in Hingoli district in Maharashtra on Monday night, an official said.The incident occurred at 8 pm in Marwadi Galli, a densely populated residential area, he added.The fire spread...
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The Samajwadi Party on Monday said that it will field a third candidate for the October 16 Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday, the last day for filing nominations for the biennial polls.The BJP and the SP are gearing up for the Rajya Sabha elections for 10 vacant seats in Uttar Pradesh, with the...
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A five-year-old boy died after he allegedly fell from a goalpost while playing football inside the Akshardham temple complex in east Delhi, police said on Monday.The incident took place around 4:30 pm on Sunday, when the child was playing football inside the campus and climbed the goalpost pole...
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Rapper and singer Hirdesh Singh, popularly known as Yo Yo Honey Singh, has sought additional time from Maharashtra Cyber to appear before the investigating officer after he did not turn up for questioning on Monday.Honey Singh had been summoned by Maharashtra Cyber and was asked to appear before...
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Cracks appeared in the Opposition camp over the INDIA bloc's march against the Election Commission of India on Tuesday as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will refrain from the protest rally.AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Monday said his party would not take part in the INDIA bloc's march to the Election...
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Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Monday announced the reappointment of Akash Anand as the party's national convenor, saying the decision was taken in the interest of the party and the movement.After considerable thought, the party has decided, in the interest of the party and the movement,...
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A major fire erupted in the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking's Anik bus depot in central Mumbai on Monday evening, officials said.There is no report of any injury to anyone, they said, citing preliminary information.The fire broke out at 5:45 pm in the Anik depot yard...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday claimed that two Russian drones hit a civilian vessel carrying corn and owned by Turkiye. In an X post, he said that the captain of the ship has been killed adding that Azerbaijani and Indian citizens are on board the vessel.A horrific strike by...
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The rupee depreciated 5 paise to close at 96.30 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, as elevated oil prices and persistent foreign fund outflows kept the Indian currency range-bound near the critical 96 level against the US dollar.Forex traders said a boost in risk-on sentiment...
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The Supreme Court ordered on Monday that no coercive action be taken against Tata Chemicals over alleged environmental damage to a marine sanctuary in the Gulf of Kutch.A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana issued a notice on the company's...
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The Rohini Court Bar Association on Monday called off its abstention from judicial work following assurances from senior police and judicial authorities on the concerns raised by lawyers over an incident involving an advocate and his associate at a police station.In a circular signed by Bar...
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A 32-year-old college lecturer was allegedly abducted in a car and later killed by four individuals who attacked him with iron rods and sticks in Maharashtra's Beed district on suspicion of an illicit relationship with a woman, the police said on Monday.All four accused have been detained, a...
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A CISF jawan shows an injury mark on his hand during the protest by NSUI demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi on Monday./Ritik Sharma/ANI Photo
A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan was allegedly stabbed with a sharp-edged object during a protest in the New Delhi district on Monday, prompting the Delhi police to initiate legal action, an official said.The injured jawan was taken to a hospital for medical examination, he said.A...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ended higher on Monday amid a buying rush after a spell of heavy selloff, as easing oil supply concerns and positive global cues boosted investor sentiment.Softer-than-expected US jobs data reduced fears of further monetary tightening by the US Federal...
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Popular playback artist Arijit Singh on Monday announced a nine-city, stadium-scale India tour for 2027 to celebrate 20 years of music that includes chartbusters Agar Tum Saath Ho, Tum Hi Ho, Vida Karo and many more.Singh, who had shocked millions of his fans in January this year by announcing...
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Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi is likely to meet students and aspirants protesting in Pune for reforms in Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) on October 7 or 8, NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar has said.Demonstrations are being held at three locations in Pune with disparate demands, including an...
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Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna in Ranabaali
The makers of Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna-starrer Ranabaali have made an important clarification: There will be no ticket price hike in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.Producer Mythri Movie Makers posted on X: 'There have been reports that we have applied for ticket price hikes in Andhra...
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Three cousins from Gujarat's Mehsana district, who were kidnapped in Ethiopia while on their way to the US allegedly through an illegal route, have been safely released by the abductors following negotiations by the state police, an official said on Monday.The three -- identified by police as...
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Rakulpreet Singh, Courtesy. @rakulpreet/Instagram
Rakul Preet Singh has hit out at journalists for sensationalising and wrongly reporting the income tax raid at her home.Taking to her X account, Rakul said, 'It's heart breaking to see that there's a growing trend amongst the self-styled online reporters and some main stream media journalists...
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has shared a glimpse of his late-night thoughts, admitting that he often struggles to find enough time to sleep despite knowing how important rest is for the body.The actor, who is currently hosting the popular quiz show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', opened up about his sleep...
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Maharashtra to impose minimum 10 pc water cut in all urban and rural local bodies from Oct 16 amid deficient. State Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan said his department had undertaken detailed dam-wise and use-wise planning of available water stocks up to August 31, 2027, keeping in mind...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday announced the names of eight candidates, including minister Dharam Pal Singh, for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.The other seven candidates are Radhakant Ojha, Prakash Pal, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Gopi Krishna Pandey, Priyanka Singh Rawat, Ram...
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The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that it had not approved any modified version of Form 6, used for enrolling new voters in electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Chief Justice of India Surya Kant made the observation while hearing a plea seeking suspension and...
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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
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Leader of the Opposition of Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that women protesters and female journalists had faced mistreatment by the Delhi Police during recent incidents in the national capital and demanded accountability from the authorities.In a post on social...
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Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has betrayed the Constitution in letter and spirit at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, the Congress alleged on Monday after the Supreme Court issued notice to the Election Commission and the Centre seeking responses...
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Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde has assured farmers in drought-hit areas of her home district Beed that the Devendra Fadnavis government would make their Diwali season sweet, hinting at further assistance amid crop losses caused by deficient rains.Munde was visiting scarcity-hit areas in Beed,...
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass an ex-parte interim order seeking suspension of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over allegations that key decisions relating to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were taken unilaterally, saying the Election Commission and...
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The slogans are new, invoking samosas, kachoris, chai and suttas (cigarettes). The message is as old as the nation: Women protesting against sexual assault. But with a added twist of the right to equal public space.Ek sutta do chai, mard jaati hai hai.A series of sexual assaults through the month...
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Political economist Parakala Prabhakar has been a one-man army relentlessly fighting the working of the Election Commission of India, and the SIR process.In 2024 after the Lok Sabha elections, he told Rediff, 'All is not well with the Election Commission. They refused to be transparent and...
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The Congress on Monday attacked the Narendra Modi government over expensive medicines, saying patients are being financially burdened across the country, and yet the PM, much like Nero, remains busy playing his own tune.Congress general secretary in-charge, communications, Jairam Ramesh, said the...
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CEC Gyanesh Kumar. Pic: ANI Photo
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Election Commission and the Centre seeking responses in a week on a plea challenging the manner in which the poll panel led by CEC Gyanesh Kumar took decisions allegedly without the approval of two Election Commissioners.A bench comprising Chief...
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Janhvi Kapoor attended the BoF (Business Of Fashion) Gala in Paris, wearing a custom sari by Pankaj S Heritage that was Indian craftsmanship with a contemporary twist. Styled by Rhea Kapoor, the look was crafted with Bengal Muslin and was khud-rang, or unbleached, woven solely in India. The...
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Aditi Rao Hydari attended Maison Christian Louboutin's Spring/Summer 2027 show at Paris Fashion Week. She wore an intricate sheer longline coat by Self-Portrait, covered in heavy beadwork that added a bit of desi-ness and finished with dark-brown faux-fur trims framing the lapels and...
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After the BoF Gala, for her next Paris fashion moment, Janhvi swapped the timeless sari for something more fun. She attended Miu Miu's Spring/Summer 2027 womenswear show at Paris Fashion Week in a fall-ready skirt set that mixed rich textures, colourfulprints and plenty of attitude.She...
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The country's largest airline IndiGo on Monday announced a hike in fuel surcharge for domestic and international flights in the wake of rising jet fuel prices.The revised charges will be effective from October 6 and will push airfares higher.The quantum of hike ranges from Rs 100 to Rs 350 for...
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Arjun Das and Aishwarya Lekshmi in #Love.
Balaji Mohan is going to be quite a busy man in October. The Tamil filmmaker, known for directing Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi, Vaayai Moodi Pesavum and Maari (and its sequel), is making his Hindi debut with Nayyi Navelli, which is releasing on October 16. But two Fridays before that, his...
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Mrunal Thakur in Pooja Meri Jaan
Mrunal Thakur and Huma Qureshi come together for Director Navjot Gulati's legal thriller Pooja Meri Jaan, which is now available for streaming on Z5.The film deals with a young girl named Pooja who is taken into judicial custody after the suicide of her obsessive lover.The film also features...
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The Supreme Court on Monday said there was a need to create fear in the minds of goons committing crimes against women, while noting that there is a feeling that women are not safe in the city, particularly some vulnerable pockets.The court made the remarks while hearing a suo motu case over...
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Janhvi Kapoor, Courtesy. @Janhvikapoor/Instagram
Janhvi Kapoor has come down heavily on the misuse of technology to objectify women on the Internet.On her Insta stories, Janhvi wrote, 'The criminal misuse of technology to objectify women and circulate fictionalised content without consent is deeply violating, bordering on sexual...
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Piyush Mishra, Courtesy: officialpiyushmishra/Instagram
Piyush Mishra has taken a swipe at actor Naseeruddin Shah for keeping quiet on the Flydubai hijacking incident and a host of other student protests in Opposition party-ruled states.Piyush's statement came soon after Naseeruddin Shah met founder of Cockroach Janta Party Abhijeet Dipke at the...
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Five people, including veteran ghazal singer Talat Aziz, were treated for suffocation after a minor fire broke out at a residential building in Mumbai's Juhu late Friday night, officials said. All five were taken to a hospital and discharged after receiving treatment, police said.The injured were...
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US President Donald Trump appeared to confuse India with Brazil in a social media post on Sunday, citing India's non-existent presidential election while arguing that the US electoral system is corrupt.In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that 125 million people had voted in India's...
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US Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito has indicated that the Trump administration is preparing for heightened enforcement concerning foreign labour visa frameworks, taking to social media to signal that a significant period lies ahead as examinations intensify regarding the...
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Sundeep Kishan and Faria Abdullah in Sigma.
Superstar-turned-Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay's son Jason Sanjay makes his debut as a director with Sigma. It is a heist thriller, and the 26-year-old director has chosen two popular Telugu stars, Sundeep Kishan and Faria Abdullah, to lead his film.Apart from them, Sigma also stars Sampath...
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Take a walk into an Indian toy shop and as well as picking up a new favourite plaything for a child, you might just get an insight into how the nation is battling for a better economic relationship with its all-powerful neighbour China.Six years ago, in an attempt to push local manufacturing and...
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CJP activist Ashutosh Ranka
Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) activist Ashutosh Ranka on Monday alleged that CJP activists Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and he will be arrested before October 10 under the National Security Act (NSA) or other equivalent statutory provisions. Ranka declared that all three of them have been prepared...
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The hero plumber who was one of the passengers on the flight
Hamam al-Hammami, the Omani co-pilot behind the September 30 terrorist attack aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, had planned to direct the airliner into Ben Gurion Airport, according to reports published on Sunday by The Times of Israel.Channel 13 reported, as cited by The...
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Bengali film actor Rukmini Mallick, popularly known as Koyel Mallick, joined the BJP on Monday, a day after the party nominated her for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.The daughter of veteran Bengali film actor Ranjit Mallick had a short stint as a TMC Rajya Sabha MP from April 6 to July 16. She...
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The US State Department is actively monitoring unverified reports concerning a suspected fatal case of pneumonic plague originating within Russia, prompting an official appeal directed towards Moscow to promptly release precise information.Speaking anonymously to Fox News, a State Department...
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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said on Sunday that it has ordered Everest Food Products Pvt Ltd to recall a batch of its pre-packed cumin powder after the sample was declared unsafe.Separately, it has suspended the licence of West Bengal-based Creative Bakers and...
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Hamam al-Hammami, the Omani co-pilot behind the September 30 terror attack aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, had planned to direct the airliner into Ben Gurion Airport, according to reports published on Sunday by The Times of Israel.Currently detained and undergoing...
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The Congress on Monday said Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar must quit right away and claimed that his ability to execute G2's illegal orders has now made him a liability for the country.Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh's attack on the CEC came a day...
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A woman was allegedly drugged and gang-raped after being lured to Kalamassery in Kochi on the promise of a job as a spa manager, police said on Monday.The incident took place on October 2, and four people were allegedly involved in the assault, police said.The accused also allegedly recorded...
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Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has addressed his can't feel that peace in India remarks on Shekhar Tonite show, saying his comments on the show were made in the context of a scripted conversation without any intention to hurt or offend anyone.The 67-year-old actor was at the centre of a major online...
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The perfect chicken kabiraji is not something you can simply summon through a food-delivery app. You have to go looking for it, and even then, finding one is far from certain. These days, it has been pushed to the margins by gimbaps, burgers and other newer favourites. The ideal singara has...
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Neha Bora and Yogendra Yadav at the Delhi protests
Three female journalists have accused Delhi police officers of sexually harassing them while they were covering street protests in the Indian capital.The allegations emerged on Saturday, a day after police detained scores of young demonstrators demanding the resignation of Chief Election...
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The station house officer of Maker Police Station in Bihar's Saran district was suspended for allegedly brandishing a pistol at flood-hit people during the distribution of relief materials, said an official statement issued on Sunday.The action was taken after a video of the incident went viral...
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As Nandigram and Rejinagar vote on Tuesday, the two bypolls in West Bengal carry significance far beyond the seats at stake -- offering the BJP its first electoral test since ending the TMC's 15-year rule and opening a battle over which opposition party can emerge as its principal challenger.The...
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The flydubai co-pilot who attacked Indian Captain Smit Machchhar in an apparent bid to crash the Israel-bound flight likely acted alone, media reports said on Sunday.The co-pilot has been identified by multiple media outlets as Hamam al-Hammami, an Omani national, although his identity has not...
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The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has claimed that impending government crackdowns and potential arrests will fail to suppress the youth-driven movement, vowing that nationwide demonstrations will carry forward, and described the move as dictatorial. The remarks follow the police crackdown that...
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Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that the strategic Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States meets seven conditions based on the 14-point June Memorandum of Understanding, as tensions between Tehran and Washington continue to escalate amid the West Asia...
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Kash Patel recently got engaged to country singer Alexis Wilkins. The couple announced the good news via their respective posts on X. Alexis shared an adorable picture in which she could be seen flaunting her engagement ring as she posed with her...
