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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the 'system' has captured the entire country and it does not want students to raise questions.Speaking at his youth outreach programme 'Chhatron ki Goonj' at Indore in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Madhya Pradesh, he said only students can...
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Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) election results show that a majority of students are against the 'present regime' but remain divided, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) chief spokesperson Saurav Das said on Saturday, even as he questioned the Congress's handling of its outfit and the approach...
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National Students' Union of India (NSUI)'s Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) presidential candidate Vijai Shankar Meena on Saturday said that he would approach the court, alleging bogus and forced voting.We have not lost, and every Delhi University student won the election. Thank you so much...
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Actors Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh have announced the birth of their second child, a baby girl.Singh and Padukone, who have co-starred in films such as Ram-Leela, Bajirao Mastani and 83, shared the news with a post on Instagram on Saturday, which featured the poster with 'Welcome Baby...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday hailed the 'historic' victory of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) election, calling it a 'tight slap' on the face of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and an outright rejection of his 'politics of falsehood'.BJP...
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Nepal government has formed a seven-member expert panel to investigate what triggered last month's devastating floods, which killed more than 1,400 people and left over 6,000 missing, an official said on Saturday.The panel would also examine the possible role of climate change in the...
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Scores of SpiceJet passengers faced a tough time at the Delhi Airport on Saturday as three flights experienced inordinate delays.Delhi airport operator DIAL shared a video clip of many passengers standing at a boarding gate at the airport on X.DIAL said it regretted the inconvenience faced by...
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India's cumulative monsoon rainfall remained 14.88 per cent below normal from June 1 to September 19, with 695.6 mm recorded against the normal 817.2 mm.Of the 36 meteorological subdivisions, 18 recorded normal rainfall while 18 remained deficient.Rayalaseema recorded the largest deficit at 50...
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Indian equities ended the week lower, with the Sensex declining from 74,781.76 on September 11 to 74,294.96 on September 18, while the Nifty slipped from 23,398.10 to 23,346.40.Foreign investors were net sellers on most sessions, with cumulative net outflows of about Rs 8,551 crore during the...
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The rupee showed a mixed trend against major currencies during the week ended September 18.It weakened marginally against the US dollar, moving from Rs.95.72 to Rs.95.79, but strengthened against the pound, euro and yen.The rupee closed at Rs.128.09 to a pound, Rs.109.99 to a euro and Rs.60.99...
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A special court in Hathras on Saturday issued notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on a revision petition filed in a defamation case against him.The hearing was scheduled for Saturday but it could not take place as the judicial officer was not holding court, said Munna Singh Pundhir, advocate...
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A 21-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly strangling his 19-year-old wife to death for not extending proper respect to his family members in Bhiwandi city of Thane district in Maharashtra, police said.The matter came to light when the accused, identified as Tabrez Jamshed Alam,...
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An engineering student of Birla Institute of Technology Mesra in Ranchi was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her hostel room on Saturday, police said.The deceased has been identified as Anjali Suman (24), a resident of Mahagama in Jharkhand's Godda district.She was pursuing MSc in Physics...
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Newly elected Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) president Yash Dabas said on Saturday that his first task would be a safety audit of all college hostels and PGs, while vice-president Deepanshu Shokeen vowed to seek justice for those who died in the Satya Niketan building collapse...
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad won three of the four central panel posts in the high-profile Delhi University Students' Union election, while independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen, who was denied an National Students' Union of India ticket, won the...
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A total of 307 idols of Lord Ganesh and goddess Hartalika (Parvati) were immersed in Mumbai till 3 pm on Saturday, the sixth day of the 12-day Ganesh festival, civic officials said, adding that no untoward incident occurred.The immersions included 270 household idols of Lord Ganesh and 33 of...
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The Congress on Saturday slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party over the timing of party candidate Milan Pradhan's arrest ahead of the Nandigram bypoll in West Bengal, when former CM Mamata Banerjee has extended her support, saying the people will respond to such tactics at the right...
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Flight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke (retd), whose legendary dogfight over Kalaikunda during the 1965 India-Pakistan War remains a 'masterclass in aggressive air combat', has died, the Indian Air Force said on Saturday.The Vir Chakra awardee passed away in Delhi on Friday, a senior official...
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In the high-profile POCSO case involving well-known granite businessman R Veeramani (85), the Central Crime Branch has come to know that more minor victims were subjected to sexual harassment before 2003 or even earlier, police here said on Saturday.Additional victims' statements have been...
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Union Minister Amit Shah could not attend the scheduled event in Hubballi on Saturday after he developed health issues, official sources said.He was scheduled to inaugurate the new academic building of KLE Jagadguru Gangadhar Mahaswamigalu Moorusavirmath Medical College and the 1,200-bed KLE...
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Campaigning for the October 6 Assembly by-elections in Madurantakam and Dharapuram will gain momentum next week, with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Edappadi K Palaniswami set to campaign in the two SC-reserved constituencies.AIADMK...
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In the ongoing counting for the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections, National Students' Union of India candidate Vijay Meena is currently leading the presidential race with a margin of 494 votes against Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad's Yash Dabas after the 10th round of...
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Uttar Pradesh MLA Pooja Pal has lodged a first information report (FIR) against an unknown person regarding the unauthorised withdrawal of Rs 1.55 lakh from her Union Bank of India account via PhonePe.In her complaint to police, Pooja Pal, who represents the Chail constituency in Kaushambi...
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All India Congress Committee general secretary K C Venugopal on Saturday said the Congress would not withdraw its candidate Milan Pradhan from the Nandigram Assembly bypoll in West Bengal and would raise his arrest as a national issue.Pradhan was arrested on Friday in connection with an old case...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said developing countries are often unfairly blamed for carbon emissions while the fact is that developed nations have six times more per capita carbon emissions compared to India.Inaugurating an international conference on the environment and climate...
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In the ongoing counting for the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad candidate Yash Dabas is currently leading the presidential race with a margin of 609 votes against National Students' Union of India's Vijay Shankar Meena after the seventh round...
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Congress's Nandigram by-election candidate Milan Pradhan, arrested for his alleged involvement in at least four cases related to rioting, murder and criminal intimidation that were filed during the 2007 anti-land acquisition movement, will be produced before a court on Saturday, police said.The...
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Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission's decision to freeze the Trinamool Congress' name and party symbol amid a dispute between two rival factions of the TMC.The Election Commission on Friday allotted separate names and...
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A 22-year-old student of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay committed suicide in his hostel room after he was allegedly caught using his mobile phone during an examination, police said on Saturday.According to a statement from IIT Bombay, Sahil Ravindra Wakode, a native of Maharashtra's...
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ABVP's Yash Dabas
ABVP's Yash Dabas was leading in the early trends for the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) president's post on Saturday, followed by NSUI's Vijay Shankar Meena, as counting of votes got underway at the university's North Campus.The results will determine the composition of the DUSU central...
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Police have raided 18 spa centres at Sapphire 90 Mall in Gurugram and detained 30 women and 20 men, officials said on Saturday. The joint raid by the Haryana State Commission for Women and Gurugram police began on Friday at 10:00 pm and continued until 3:00 am on Saturday, officials...
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Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary asserted that his predecessor Nitish Kumar, the JD-U president, had given up the post of his own accord and was not elbowed out by the BJP.Choudhary, who is the first BJP leader to head a government in the state, also underscored that Kumar, who was now a...
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A newly married woman suffered 60 per cent burns and her husband was also injured after a barbecue at a homestay in Darjeeling's Sitong caught fire, allegedly after kerosene was poured instead of cooking oil, police said on Friday.The woman, identified as Nikita Saha, is undergoing treatment at a...
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Lieutenant governors of Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, and Delhi will be able to participate in the meetings of the Inter-State Council if there is President's rule in these Union Territories, as the related provisions have been amended by President Droupadi Murmu.The amendment in the...
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US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) announced what he described as an Infinite Life agreement with Denmark and Greenland, claiming the pact gives the United States permanent control over security and other security-related needs in Greenland and allows Washington to prevent...
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US President Donald Trump has extended by a year the USD 1,00,000 fee on employers for bringing in foreign workers on H-1B visas, the White House said.In a presidential proclamation issued on Friday, Trump said the 2025 decision to impose a USD 1,00,000 fee has led to a 92 per cent decrease in...
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India's smartphone exports reached a record $13.34 billion between April and July -- a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) surge of over 31 per cent driven by a rise in Apple iPhone shipments to the United States, according to government data.Shipments to the US accounted for 70 per cent of India's total...
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With Apple Inc starting its sales and deliveries of iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max from Friday, preliminary estimates show that there has been a 15 to 28 per cent uptick depending on city, with demand for the iPhone 18 Pro outperforming that for the iPhone 17 Pro, according to Counterpoint...
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United States President Donald Trump signed the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which seeks to impose steep levies on Moscow and its top energy buyers such as China and India.On Friday, September 18, 2026, the President signed into law: H.R. 5334, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and...
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A 31-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead by her husband following a quarrel over cooking vegetables at their house in Delhi's Tigri area on Friday evening, the police said.The accused, identified as Kamlesh, allegedly tried to mislead neighbours by claiming that his wife Poonam had shot...
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The fire department of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Friday sealed 11 Paying Guest (PG) hostels in Lohegaon and Nimbalkar Nagar areas for allegedly operating without mandatory fire-safety equipment, officials said.Colleges and other educational institutes which refer students to such...
