HC orders probe into caste-based humiliation charge in NLU

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23:56

Namibian cheetah 'Gaurav' dies in MP's Kuno National Park

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Namibian cheetah, 'Gaurav ', died in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park on Monday evening while undergoing treatment, an official said.Ten-year-old Gaurav was rescued from the wild on September 12 after he was observed to be weak and dull. On examination, he was found to be markedly weak, with...
23:52

6 children drown while bathing in pond in Bihar; CM announces ex gratia

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Six children drowned while bathing in a pond in Bihar's Bhagalpur district on Monday, the police said.Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary expressed grief over the incident and announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased children, according to a statement issued by the...
23:38

HC orders probe into caste-based humiliation charge in NLU

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The Allahabad high court has ordered an independent inquiry against the head of the Department of Law and warden of the boys' hostel at Dr. Rajendra Prasad National Law University, Prayagraj over allegations of caste-based humiliation and discrimination raised by two students.Justice Vinod...
23:29

Actor Radha files complaint against sister Ambika, brother alleging Rs 50 cr cheque fraud

Actor Ambika/Image courtesy X
Actor Ambika/Image courtesy X
Veteran actor Udayachandrika, popularly known as Radha, filed a formal police complaint on Monday against her sister, actress Ambika Nair, and their brother, Mallikarjuna Kunjan Nair alias Arjun Nair, alleging they conspired to steal and forge invalid cheques to defraud her of nearly Rs 50...
23:14

Raut defends Rahul Gandhi over mimicry act, says he has 'rattled' BJP

Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut/ANI Photo
Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut/ANI Photo
Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Monday came out in support of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over a stand-up comedy act mimicking Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event in Indore, stating that the Leader of Opposition's arrow has pierced the BJP's heart.Speaking to reporters, the Rajya Sabha...
22:43

One killed, 11 hurt as SUV rams into pedestrians on Guj highway

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A speeding SUV ploughed into a dozen pedestrians, including pilgrims, on a state highway, leaving one of them dead and 11 others injured in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district on Monday evening, the police said.The SUV driver, identified as Bharat Patel, has been arrested, and it is being examined...
22:20

US media unites against Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW

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US President Donald Trump/File image
In a rare show of unified resistance, major news networks, including members of the White House television pool, issued a joint statement condemning the US President Donald Trump administration's credential revocations, warning that no government has the right to block press access over critical...
22:17

Heavy rain forecast for parts of Andhra from Sep 21 to 25

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The IMD on Monday forecast heavy rain in parts of Andhra Pradesh from September 21 to 25, accompanied by strong winds reaching up to 50 km per hour.Isolated places in Coastal Andhra, Yanam and Rayalaseema are expected to receive heavy rain, a release said.Heavy rain is likely in isolated places...
21:50

F-35 aircraft likely to be part of exercise in 2nd edition of 'Tarang Shakti'

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File image of an F-35 fighter jet.
The second edition of India's premier multinational air exercise 'Tarang Shakti' is set to be hosted in Rajasthan's Jodhpur from September 26-October 12, with fifth-generation fighter aircraft F-35 of the US likely to be part of the exercise, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.While...
21:38

MP: Woman transport inspector killed in Bhopal, accused dies by suicide

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Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff
A woman transport inspector posted in Datia was allegedly killed at a rented house in Madhya Pradesh's capital, Bhopal and later the accused, reportedly her lover, also allegedly died by suicide, a police officer said on Monday.The incident was reported under the jurisdiction of Khajoori Sadak...
21:16

Pakistani RJ apologises for trolling Katrina Kaif over her appearance

Actor Katrina Kaif/Image courtesy Katrina Kaif/Instagram
Actor Katrina Kaif/Image courtesy Katrina Kaif/Instagram
Pakistani RJ Ejaz Waris has apologised for his remarks about Katrina Kaif's post pregnancy weight, saying he reflected on his words after Bollywood star Salman Khan called out the trolling of the actor.Salman Khan on Saturday criticised those trolling Katrina for her appearance, saying, Why do...
20:52

18 Cong-backed Raj councillors detained in Haryana?

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Congress leaders have alleged that the Haryana police detained 18 party-backed councillors from Rajasthan's Tijara in Panchkula district on Sunday evening while they were returning from Himachal Pradesh to vote in the election for the Tijara municipal council chairperson scheduled for Monday.The...
20:44

British Airways starts third daily flight between Delhi, London

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British Airways has started its third direct daily flight connecting Delhi and London Heathrow, increasing the total number of India services to 70 per week.The airline on Monday said the flight launch comes as the landmark UK-India Free Trade Agreement enters into force, strengthening business,...
20:37

Doctor couple alleges harassment at Kolkata mall, 6 arrested

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Six youths were arrested for allegedly harassing a couple at a multiplex in a shopping mall in Kolkata's Kasba area, the police said on Monday.The doctor couple, residents of Bansdroni, lodged a complaint at Kasba police station after the incident late on Sunday evening. It was alleged that the...
20:17

Shimla police seize drug traffickers' assets worth Rs 4.13 cr

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The Himachal Pradesh police have seized assets worth Rs 4.13 crore belonging to 19 drug traffickers and their associates, allegedly acquired using proceeds from the illegal drug trade, officials said on Monday.  The assets include two residential plots, two houses, an apartment, a home-stay and...
19:50

Militants gun down Naga teenager in Manipur's Tamenglong

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Security personnel during a patrolling in Manipur/File image
A teen was shot dead by suspected militants in Manipur's Tamenglong district on Monday, the police said.The Naga youth, identified as NK Wiphenbou (17), was walking alone from Upper Nkou village to Tamei town when he was attacked around 10.30 am.Naga village volunteers later found his body along...
19:28

Inmate stabbed to death by two fellow prisoners inside Delhi jail

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Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff
An undertrial inmate was allegedly stabbed to death by two fellow prisoners inside Central Jail No. 10 in Delhi's Rohini on Monday, the police said.The deceased, identified as Pradeep alias Mohinder (31), was lodged in barrack number 203 of the prison in judicial custody, they said.According to...
19:16

Cop on VVIP duty for deputy CM Shinde dies of heart attack

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Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde/File photo
A 57-year-old police sub inspector (PSI) died of a heart attack while on VVIP duty on Monday in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said.Vijay Shankar Sangde was on security duty for deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at a government rest house in Thane when he suddenly collapsed after...
18:55

Rupee rises 15 paise to close at 95.81 against US dollar

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The rupee appreciated 15 paise to close at 95.81 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday as crude oil prices retreated from their elevated levels on improved global risk sentiment amid expectations of diplomatic talks between the US and Iran.Forex traders said the Indian rupee firmed on...
18:35

Around 5 lakh Nagaland voters to receive notices over SIR discrepancies

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Nearly 5 lakh Nagaland voters to receive notices over SIR mapping discrepanciesKohima, Sep 21 (PTI) Nearly five lakh voters in Nagaland are expected to receive notices from electoral authorities over discrepancies in mapping their details with the 2005 electoral roll as part of the ongoing...
18:21

Soldier returning home on vacation killed in Mizoram road rage

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Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff
An Army man, travelling home on vacation, was allegedly beaten to death by a group of youths in an incident of road rage in Mizoram's Kolasib district, police said on Monday.Eight people, including two minors, have been held in connection with the incident, which took place on Sunday evening on...
17:45

BSE Sensex: Top gainers today

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Among the 30 Sensex firms, UltraTech Cement jumped 4.11 per cent. HCL Tech, Eternal, Titan, ITC and Tech Mahindra were also among the prominent winners.Bharti Airtel, Power Grid, Infosys and Adani Ports were among the laggards.
17:43

Sensex jumps 564 points, Nifty rises for 4th day

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Benchmark stock index Sensex climbed 564 points while the Nifty rose for the fourth consecutive session on Monday, supported by cooling crude oil prices, fresh foreign fund inflows and a positive trend in global equities.The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 564.03 points, or 0.76 per cent, to settle at...
17:23

Newly elected DUSU office-bearers visit Satya Niketan collapse site

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Newly elected Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) office-bearers affiliated with the ABVP on Monday visited Satya Niketan to pay homage to those who lost their lives in the September 6 building collapse and demanded accountability from the authorities.The DUSU president, secretary and joint...
17:17

Cong's Nandigram nominee sent to jail till Oct 5

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A court in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district on Monday remanded Congress' Nandigram bypoll nominee Milan Pradhan to 14-day judicial custody in connection with a case registered at the Khejuri Police Station 19 years ago.Pradhan was sent to judicial custody till October 5 by the Contai court,...
17:02

Woman pilgrim on Tungnath trail dies after falling into gorge

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A female pilgrim from Punjab, en route to the Tungnath temple here, died after allegedly falling into a deep gorge along the Chopta-Tungnath trek route, officials said on Monday.State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) officials said the woman was reported missing on Sunday evening after she...
16:04

Dimag ka dahi

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Reader Sumit Rajawade sent us this experience:'This tub of curd made me read the label twice. Manufactured: 16 Sep 2026. Use by: 03 Sep 2026.So what exactly am I looking at?If the manufacturing date is a misprint, was this then an expired product?If the expiry date is misprinted, perhaps the...
15:48

Look who came to dinner! Doc flags cockroach at 5 star

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Renowned cardiologist Ashok Seth has flagged a major hygiene lapse at a prominent luxury five-star hotel in Mumbai, alleging that he found a live baby cockroach crawling on his dining table over the weekend.Seth, Chairman of the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, took to social media platform X to...
15:36

Court sets aside order refusing probe in Sonia's pre-citizenship electoral entry

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A Delhi court on Monday allowed a revision plea challenging a September 11, 2025 magistrate's order refusing to probe the allegation that Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's name was included in the electoral roll three years before acquiring Indian citizenship in 1983.Special Judge Vishal Gogne...
15:10

NSE IPO subscribed nearly 4 times so far on final day

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The Rs 22,569-crore initial public offering of the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), the country's second-largest public issue, received 3.92 times subscription so far on the final day of bidding on Monday.The offering is India's second-largest public issue after Hyundai Motor India's Rs...
14:15

10-yo-girl's hands, legs tied up, sexually assaulted

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A 10-year-old Class 6 student was allegedly sexually assaulted after her hands and legs were tied inside a shop in Delhi's Sadar Bazar area, police said.According to police, the girl had gone out to purchase stationery items, including a notebook and pen, when the alleged incident took...
14:12

White House removes CNN from TV pool amid Trump rants

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The White House has removed CNN from its scheduled role as the television pool representative for Monday, escalating a dispute that began after US President Donald Trump announced a ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.CNN had been scheduled to serve as the TV pool network on...
14:05

Tata Group stocks under pressure as Tata Trusts-Tata Sons rift deepens

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Most Tata Group stocks remained under pressure during the early hours of Monday's trading session as the dispute between Tata Trusts and Tata Sons over the leadership and future structure of the conglomerate escalated, with investors closely watching the possibility of legal proceedings and...
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IIT Bombay dean suspended over student's suicide

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IIT Bombay on Monday suspended the deanship of Professor Suryanarayana Doolla with immediate effect and issued a formal apology retracting its earlier characterizations of the incident. The decision on suspension was taken by IIT Bombay Director Shireesh B. Kedare. The insititute also clarified...
13:58

India-New Zealand trade pact to come into force on Oct 20: Goyal

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The India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement will come into force on October 20, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday.The two countries had on April 27 signed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to boost two-way commerce in goods and services and promote investments.The agreement...
13:45

Several farmhouses razed in South Delhi

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Authorities on Monday launched a demolition drive along the Satbari Gaushala Road in south Delhi's Chhatarpur area as part of a road-widening exercise, officials said.The action was carried out on orders of the district magistrate (South), with bulldozers deployed to raze several 'unauthorised'...
13:05

IIT Bombay rubbishes reports of director's resignation

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IIT Bombay says its director has not resigned and rubbishes reports in connection with student's suicide. IIT Bombay says it regrets earlier communication concerning circumstances surrounding student's death.An earlier report by news agency PTI had said that the institute's director, Prof...
13:01

Effect of GST rate cuts on commodities neutralised by 'galloping' inflation: Cong

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The Congress on Monday claimed the effect of GST rate cuts on various commodities is being neutralised by galloping inflation, and said headline quarterly GDP numbers may give momentary elation to the ruling establishment but there are many faultlines in the India growth story that are not being...
12:33

IIT Bombay director to resign over student's suicide

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In view of protests over the suicide of an IIT Bombay student, the institute's director, Prof Shireesh Kedare, has said he will resign on Monday, but noted he must follow the process.The Board of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is scheduled to meet on Monday to discuss the...
12:08

Vande Mataram ends after 2 stanzas in K'taka Houses; BJP sings full version

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BJP legislators recited the full version of Vande Mataram at the beginning of the Legislative Assembly and Council proceedings on Monday, when the recording that was officially played in the House ended after two stanzas.The Karnataka government convened a three-day special legislative session to...
11:19

SC agrees to urgently list Mamata's plea on party name, symbol

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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for urgent hearing a plea by former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee 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.Senior advocate...
10:46

Man tied to tree, given electric shocks, beaten for Rs 1000

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A man was allegedly beaten to death in Bihar's Nalanda district following a dispute over an outstanding payment of Rs 1,000, with the deceased's wife alleging that the couple were abducted from their home, tied to a tree and subjected to electric shocks.The wife of the deceased, Surendra Manjhi,...
10:20

Case registered against 80 people in Ganpati visarjan row

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A dispute broke out between two groups in Thane's Titwala over which group's Ganpati idol would proceed first during the immersion procession, escalating from a verbal exchange to shoving and physical assault, police said.Following this, the Kalyan Taluka Police registered a case against 70 to 80...
10:17

Mumbai Crime Branch to probe suicide of IIT-B student

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The Mumbai Police has officially transferred the case of the alleged suicide of a second-year BTech student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to the Mumbai Police Crime Branch. The student allegedly died by suicide on Friday evening. The deceased's father filed a formal police...
10:07

2 Indian students killed during flight training in Canada

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Two Indian students have been killed in a tragic air accident in Canada during their flight training, the Indian mission has said.Manoj Sivakumar from Tamil Nadu and Srisaran Thirugnanasambantham from Puducherry died while they were on their flight training.The Consulate General of India in...
09:52

Sensex jumps over 400 points in early trade

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Indian benchmark indices opened higher on Monday despite muted cues from GIFT Nifty, as easing oil prices supported sentiment, with the Sensex gaining over 400 points and the Nifty holding above 23,360.Sensex opened at 74,535.18 and was trading at around 74,718.49, up 423.53 points or 0.57%...
09:48

Three-Day Strike: FinMin To Meet Bankers Today

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The finance ministry has called a meeting of chief executives of public sector banks (PSBs), regional rural banks (RRBs), the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) and Nabard on Monday to take stock of preparations ahead of a three-day nationwide bank strike beginning September 28.The meeting, chaired...
09:47

Nepal floods: Dead 1,451, missing 5,786, rescued 13,784

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The death toll in the Rasuwa floods has risen to 1,451, Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said on Sunday, as search, rescue and relief operations continued in the affected areas.Providing an update on the operations as of 7 PM on Sunday, the NDRRMA said a...
09:37

POCSO accused teacher dies after jumping off building

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A 49-year-old teacher accused of sexually assaulting children died after jumping from the third floor of the Bengaluru South district Superintendent of Police's office complex, police said on Monday.The deceased was identified as Shashidhar, a native of Vijayanagara district. He worked as a...
09:10

Heavy rainfall alert issued in 6 Keralam districts

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An orange alert has been issued in six districts of Keralam, with heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorms likely at isolated places on Monday, officials said.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued the orange alert at 7 am in Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam...
08:35

Iran rules out reopening Strait of Hormuz

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Iran has ruled out reopening the Strait of Hormuz or returning to the previous framework of negotiations with the United States until Washington, DC meets Tehran's conditions, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said, as tensions between the two countries continue to...
08:26

Italian PM Meloni bans burqa, niqab in schools

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced plans to prohibit face coverings such as burqas and niqabs in schools, while also proposing a legal cap on the number of foreign students permitted in each classroom.Speaking at Fenix, a youth event organised by her Brothers of Italy party in...
08:15

US issues fresh warning, urges citizens to leave Iran

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The United States has issued a fresh travel warning for Iran, urging American citizens not to travel to the country 'for any reason' and asking those already there to leave immediately amid rising tensions and the possibility of further escalation across West Asia.The US Virtual Embassy in Iran,...