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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have decided to extend their long-standing Cooperative Agreement for a further five years, until January 8, 2032.The agreement was renewed through an exchange of letters on the sidelines of the International Space...
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The police have registered an FIR against unknown accused for creating an obscene image of a school sports teacher using AI and digital editing, and circulating it on Instagram, officials said on Tuesday.According to the complaint, filed by the 26-year-old sports teacher employed at a private...
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Three infants died after a fire broke out in the SNCU of the state-run RIMS in Adilabad district, officials said on Tuesday.State health minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha, who visited the hospital, said an expert committee would conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the cause of the fire, lapses in...
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Tamil Nadu Minister for Social Justice Vanni Arasu has said that certain sections of students has requested for the addition of beef in government hostel menu and that the matter will be discussed with officials before arriving at a decision.Speaking to reporters after reviewing facilities at the...
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A Uttar Pradesh resident has been arrested from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur for allegedly posting anti-national content on his social media handle, the police said on Tuesday.According to the police, on September 17, 2026, it received a complaint regarding the individual's activities. The input...
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Karnataka Lokayukta sleuths on Tuesday searched more than 33 locations linked to eight government officials in disproportionate assets cases and found assets worth Rs 29.62 crore, officials said.The searches were carried out at the residences, offices and premises of relatives of the officials in...
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will use, if necessary, the enormous tariff authorities provided to him under a new law to end the disastrous war between Russia and Ukraine.Trump on Friday signed the 'Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026', which authorises the US...
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A government hospital doctor, his physician wife and their two young children were killed when a speeding truck crashed head-on with their car on the Kawai-Atru highway in Rajasthan's Baran district on Tuesday, police said.The victims were identified as Dr Suresh Gajraj (38), principal medical...
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 A 25-year-old man, who was allegedly abducted and beaten at a farmhouse in Jaipur last week, died during treatment at a hospital on Tuesday, the police said.Following the development, police detained five people for questioning.  Tunga SHO Sajjan Singh said the deceased, Omprakash Bairwa, was...
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An explosion in an alleged illegal firecracker manufacturing unit on Tuesday left a 55-year-old man dead and caused cracks in several nearby houses in Chhibramau area of Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, the police said.The factory operator has been arrested. The blast occurred at around 11:30 am...
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Six militants belonging to various banned outfits have been arrested by security forces in Manipur's Imphal East and Tengnoupal districts, a police statement said on Tuesday.A cadre of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (MFL) was apprehended by a joint team of state police commandos and...
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US President Donald Trump has expressed interest to his advisers in setting up a meeting with Iranian officials present in New York for the UN General Assembly's 81st session, if the conditions are right.Citing a US official familiar with the matter, CNN reported that the official noted any...
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The Delhi police tracked down a 27-year-old man through his social media profile, allegedly showing consumption of a suspected narcotic substance and recovered 10.34 grams of smack from his residential premises, officials said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Rehan, a resident of Kale Khan,...
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Elections to 11 seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council will be held on October 23, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday. The counting of votes will take place on October 27.Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa announced the schedule for the 2026 biennial elections...
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Gold prices fell for the second straight session, falling by Rs 1,500 to Rs 1.54 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday amid weak global trends.The yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity depreciated by Rs 1,500 to Rs 1,54,900 per 10 grams, inclusive of all taxes, from Monday's closing...
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Parents of 22-year-old Sahil Wakode, a second-year B.Tech student at IIT Bombay, arrive at the Powai Police Station on Saturday./ANI Photo
IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode's parents on Tuesday claimed that he had told them that he was facing casteist slurs and humiliation at the institute.Speaking to the media after visiting the Mumbai police crime branch office, they demanded a thorough examination of all evidence and action against...
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Prominent singer Simanta Sekhar on Tuesday resigned as the chairman of the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation and quit the BJP, citing personal reasons.The Assamese singer submitted two separate resignation letters -- one to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, announcing his...
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The rupee appreciated 20 paise to close at 95.58 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, supported by a sharp fall in crude oil prices on improved global risk sentiments and hopes of diplomatic talks to resolve the US-Iran war.Forex traders said Brent crude oil prices witnessed a sharp...
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Festivals can be celebrated without causing noise and air pollution, the Bombay high court said on Tuesday while ordering a complete ban on the bursting of firecrackers on public roads.Passing the order amid the Ganesh festival, a bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Neela Gokhale also said that...
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Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya on Tuesday expressed regret after his remark about weight gain by a woman councillor here sparked a political controversy, with the BJP leader also accusing the Congress of misrepresenting his statement.In a video of Vijayvargiya that surfaced on...
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Consumers in Haryana will now be able to get everyday food items tested for adulteration for just Rs 20, with preliminary results available within 10 to 12 minutes.Five mobile food safety vans provided by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) have now been deployed across the...
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday alleged a 'conspiracy' by the Centre to defame it, as 58 unknown shell companies have been registered at the address of its national headquarters in New Delhi.AAP's Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj said these businesses have been registered at the...
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A Delhi court on Tuesday granted interim bail for seven days from October 4 to activist Sharjeel Imam, accused in the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai allowed the plea by Imam seeking interim bail for a week to attend his cousin's...
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Security forces have recovered a cache of arms, ammunition and explosives, including a Chinese hand grenade, concealed in the past by Maoists in the forest areas of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, the police said on Tuesday.The latest recovery was made during a search and demining operation...
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The Delhi police detained 191 foreign nationals during a month-long operation aimed at identifying people allegedly residing illegally in the city and suspected of involvement in drug peddling and other unlawful activities, officials said on Tuesday.The operation, named Vista 1.0, focused on...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Tuesday despite a positive trend in global markets and easing crude oil prices, dragged by IT, financials and capital goods stocks.The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 329.91 points, or 0.44 per cent, to settle at 74,529.08. During the day, it lost...
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A government school principal was arrested for allegedly molesting girl students in Bihar's Nawada district, police said on Tuesday.Acting on a complaint that students of a government school were being subjected to molestation by a teacher, a team led by a woman police officer and constables...
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As many as 171 students of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) died by suicide or unnatural death over the last two decades, with around 70 per cent of the deaths recorded in the last 10 years, according to an IIT alumni group. The data, compiled for the period from 2006 to September...
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A controversy has erupted over a private school in Maharashtra's Thane district allegedly slapping a Rs 50 fine on students for bringing home-cooked food containing fenugreek vegetable during the recent Jain festival of Paryushan.The school in the Bhayandar area also allegedly prevented students...
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Two western Nepali provinces -- Gandaki and Lumbini -- are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and strong winds between Friday and Sunday, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said on Tuesday.Some areas of the two provinces could also...
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The special investigation team probing the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya has identified 105 instances of unauthorised removal or concealment of currency from the temple's counting room, the Supreme Court has noted in its order.A bench comprising Chief Justice...
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Krishna Mukerji, mother of actor Rani Mukerji, passed away on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 75.With heavy hearts, we share that Rani Mukerji's mother Mrs Krishna Mukerji, 75, passed away this afternoon, the production Yash Raj films said in a statement.The statement, however, didn't reveal the...
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The IMD on Tuesday said the low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal had intensified into a depression and was likely to become a deep depression within the next 10 hours.The weather system over the West Central and adjoining Northwest Bay of Bengal moved westwards at a speed of 18 km per hour...
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A man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl near Kalkaji Mandir was arrested after a police encounter in southeast Delhi while two others are being questioned in the matter, officials said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Asif, was allegedly among three men who posed as policemen, took the...
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IIT Bombay Faculty Forum president Dr Rajkumar Pant has claimed that student Sahil Wakode, who allegedly died by suicide last week, had not approached the institute's SC/ST cell with any complaint in the recent past.His remarks come following allegations by Wakode's family that he was subjected...
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that the instances of theft of Ram temple offerings have increased to 105 in the initial investigation and accused the BJP of being involved in the wrongdoing while sharing a screenshot on social media of a headline of what appeared to be a...
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Comedian Pulkit Mani, who appeared alongside Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at an event in Madhya Pradesh, has announced that his upcoming stand-up shows in Noida, Lucknow and Kanpur have been cancelled due to repeated threats from goon activists.Mani has been at the centre of a huge controversy...
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The main accused in the alleged harassment of a minor girl and her male companion in Bihar's Jamui was shot in the leg during a police encounter in the Town Police Station area on Tuesday, according to police sources.The action came after a video purportedly showing a minor girl and her male...
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India on Tuesday advised its nationals in Malaysia not to use the country's 30-day visa-free entry facility to seek employment.In an advisory posted on X, the High Commission of India in Kuala Lumpur said it has noticed a noticeable increase in Indian nationals arriving in Malaysia who are misled...
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday morning set off for New York to participate in the 81st session of the UNGA and to set forth the agenda for Iran, as reported by Iranian news agency IRNA.According to IRNA, the Iranian President received an official farewell from First Vice President...
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On 4 June 2020, as a deadly wave of Covid-19 swept through India, celebrity manager Disha Salian asked her father Satish Salian to call a police helpline to check if it was safe for her to travel.She was excited about an advertising campaign she was going to shoot and showed her parents a photo...
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Nepal's Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) has issued an alert over a low-pressure system developing over the Bay of Bengal that could bring heavy rain across parts of the country from September 24 to 27, with Lumbini, Madhesh and Koshi provinces likely to receive higher-intensity...
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Independent MP Pappu Yadav on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Bihar government over a viral video showing a young boy being assaulted and a girl being molested in Jamui, alleging that the administration is covering up the accused's links to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Condemning the...
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The IIT Bombay has initiated replacement of ceiling fans with wall-mounted fans after the recent death by suicide of second year B Tech student Sahil Wakode, sources familiar with the development said.Sahil, a Department of Energy Science and Engineering student hailing from Maharashtra's...
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The Mumbai Police Crime Branch is scrutinising CCTV footage covering the examination hall, campus and hostel in connection with the death by suicide of IIT Bombay student Sahil Ravindra Wakode, with the footage emerging as a key part of the ongoing investigation, a Crime Branch official said on...
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Move would mean deaths would rise in wealthier nations, according to NUS-Lancet Prime commission - which modelled a response to a flu pandemic based on population size, not purchasing power. Read the report here.Â
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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued new guidelines for planning and designing high-speed, access-controlled national highways, other than expressways, to bring greater uniformity in standards, strengthen road safety and improve operational efficiency across the network.The...
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday said inflows through its concessional swap window, operationalised on June 8, had topped $143.5 billion as of September 18 across foreign currency non-resident (bank), or (FCNR(B), deposits, overseas foreign currency borrowings (OFCBs), and external...
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Adding to Tamil Nadu's growing Global Capability Centre ecosystem (GCC), the world's largest chain of coffeehouses, Starbucks has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Tamil Nadu to establish its Global Capability Centre in Chennai.It is expected to create 800 high-value...
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A man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl near Kalkaji Mandir was arrested after a police encounter in southeast Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.He was among three men who posed as policemen and gang-raped the girl inside Astha Kunj Park on Monday evening.The accused, identified as Asif,...
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In a massive statewide crackdown ahead of the upcoming festival season, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Government of Maharashtra, seized and destroyed suspected adulterated, substandard, and unhygienic food items worth over Rs 1.36 crore during special drives conducted between September...
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Students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have demanded changes in the institute's student welfare system and greater focus on mental health, citing concerns raised in the wake of the Sahil Wakode suicide case.They also said that targeting one professor over the case was...
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The father of Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal, who was allegedly pushed to death off a cliff in Pune in June by his fiancee Siya Goyal and her lover, has said that he suspects the involvement of her family members in the conspiracy to kill his son.Talking to PTI Videos on Monday, Vishal Agarwal...
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United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned that Iranian airlines could be effectively shut out of international travel from Wednesday (local time), on September 23, as Washington threatens secondary sanctions against foreign companies that continue providing services to Iran’s...
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The White House on Monday launched Trump TV, a 24/7 streaming platform featuring past speeches by US President Donald Trump, administration announcements and updates, providing viewers with a dedicated platform for presidential content.Announcing the launch, the official X account of The White...
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Four men returning after attending a court hearing had a narrow escape on Monday when their bulletproof car was intercepted by armed assailants who fired nine rounds at the vehicle in Gohana area of Sonipat, the police said.Gohana DCP Jitender Gahlawat said that Ravinder of Barota village and...
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The police in Baghpat have arrested a man after a purported video circulated on social media allegedly showed him spitting on rotis while preparing them at a roadside eatery (dhaba) in the Khekra police station area, the police said on Monday.According to the police, the video was shared widely...
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Black flags were waved on Monday during an event attended by Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in Gwalior.The police intervened and removed those involved in the ruckus. Some men were detained and released later.  The incident occurred at the venue of the groundbreaking ceremony for the...
