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The Gurugram police have arrested four people for allegedly defrauding a man of around Rs 32.10 lakh by fraudulently obtaining a debit card linked to his bank account, officials said.Ten silver coins, gold earrings and two iPhones purchased with the allegedly defrauded money have been recovered,...
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Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Saturday demanded that the Union government confer the country's highest civilian award, the 'Bharat Ratna', on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, recalling his role in the formation of Telangana state and his contribution to India's economic...
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Popular actor Vishal Krishna on Saturday said he sustained an injury to his back while performing a stunt in Goa for his upcoming film Purushan.Days ago, while shooting the climax sequence for Purushan directed by Sundar C, while filming an important stunt shot, he sustained an injury to his...
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a revised schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Maharashtra, fixing November 16, 2026, as the date for final publication.Earlier, the date for final publication was November 4, 2026.According to a directive...
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Janata Dal-Secular leader H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday urged the EC to clarify the reports of differences among its three top officials and place the facts before the public to protect the institution's credibility.The Union minister said the Election Commission of India was a responsible...
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Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Saturday asked the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), state police and central agencies to work in close coordination to curb infiltration, drug trafficking and smuggling of counterfeit currency along the India-Nepal border.Chairing a high-level review meeting in...
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Suspected militants shot dead two Naga civilians and injured two others in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Saturday, officials said.The incident took place around 3 pm at Kalenjang village, near Naga-majority Senapati district.The deceased have been identified as Rocky Mao and Kumar Poumai.The...
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A teacher accused of sexually harassing a 14-year-old girl at a government residential school in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district was arrested in Rajasthan, officials said on Saturday.The accused, Devendra Kumar Dahiya, works as a computer teacher at an Eklavya Adarsh Awasiya Vidyalaya. He was...
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More than 36,000 Ganapati idols were immersed in Mumbai till Saturday afternoon with processions of prominent 'Mandals' or community Ganpati groups stretching into the second day.The 12-day festival came to an end on Friday.Lalbaugcha Raja and Chinchpokhlicha Chintamani Ganpati were immersed in...
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Vice President CP Radhakrishnan will undertake a one-day visit to Keralam on Monday, officials said.During his visit, the Vice-President will participate in the Vishwa Seva Dinam celebrations at Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Kollam, being organised on the occasion of the 73rd birthday of Mata...
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president MK Stalin on Saturday said the ministers themselves face power cuts in Tamil Nadu and mocked Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay over the issue, saying the CM appeared to have filmed 'reels' when he visited the headoffice of the power distribution corporation here...
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A three-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a Scorpio SUV in front of his mother in Rajasthan's Sanchore town, the police said on Saturday.The child was allegedly dragged for around 10 feet by the vehicle before the driver fled the spot.The deceased was identified as Jempa, the only son of...
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The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Shiv Sena (UBT), led by Raj and Uddhav Thackeray, respectively, will organise a mass protest march in Mumbai on October 4 against the Election Commission, led by CEC Gyanesh Kumar, dubbing it a branch of the ruling party.Alleging gross deception of voters under...
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A lottery ticket sold by an agency at Chakkarakkal in Kannur district has won the first prize of Rs 30 crore in the Thiruvonam bumper lottery, officials said on Saturday.The winner is yet to be identified, the state Lottery Department sources here said.Ticket number TL 360615 won the first prize...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday expressed confidence that India could achieve economic growth of more than 10 percent, stressing the need for greater adoption of technology and innovation across sectors.Speaking at a fireside chat organised by the IIT Madras Alumni...
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The Char Dham Yatra has been suspended for Saturday and Sunday in view of the 'red' and 'orange' alerts for rain issued by the meteorological department for most districts of Uttarakhand, officials said.Garhwal commissioner Anand Swaroop has issued a letter to all district magistrates in this...
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Mizoram's apex church body and the largest civil society organisation have opposed the decision to keep public sector banks and regional rural banks open this Sunday (September 27).In a statement on Saturday, the Council of Churches in Mizoram (CCM), which represents nine major churches,...
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Miscreants broke into the residence of a female Youtuber near here and looted 220 sovereigns of gold jewellery, the police said on Saturday.According to the police, Vinothkumar, an exporter residing at VIP Garden near Anthana Nadar Kudiyiruppu, had gone to Tirunelveli with his family on Thursday...
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A month after the devastating flash floods hit Nepal's central and northern districts, at least 1,453 people have died and 5,285 remain unaccounted for, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).NDRRMA said the bodies of 1,451 people have been recovered...
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Around 525 people have been evacuated to safer locations in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district following severe flooding triggered by heavy rainfall in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, district officials said.According to district officials, the evacuation operation in the Bhamragad area began on...
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US President Donald Trump has shared a map on Truth Social showing the Strait of Hormuz labelled as Trump Strait. This action follows his rejection of an Iranian seven-day framework proposal aimed at reopening the crucial waterway and restarting nuclear negotiations.According to The Washington...
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A Punjab police inspector, posted in the Counter Intelligence wing, was arrested with over 3 kg of heroin and weapons in Ferozepur, police said on Saturday.Inspector Baldev Singh was nabbed on the Ferozepur-Moga road after his vehicle was stopped by a team of police at a checkpoint, a senior...
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Five second-year college students have been arrested for allegedly assaulting two first-year students in Mangaluru, the police said on Saturday.The victims, both 19-year-old first-year BBA students from Kerala, were allegedly taken away by a group of senior students on motorcycles while they were...
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Stones and eggs were allegedly hurled at TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh's car in West Bengal's Hooghly district on his way to Serampore on Saturday to attend a meeting of party supremo Mamata Banerjee.The incident occurred in the Uttarpara area when a group of people carrying black flags surrounded Ghosh's...
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A man allegedly fired a shot in the air during a quarrel between two groups near Kasturba Underpass in east Delhi's Vivek Vihar area, the police said on Saturday.A PCR call regarding the firing was received at around 11 pm on Friday, following which a police team reached the spot and recovered...
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Heavy rain has flooded parts of Bangkok, disrupting traffic and forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate as severe weather continued across Thailand on Saturday, reported Associated Press.The downpour began on Thursday, with the Meteorological Department warning that intense rainfall could...
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Incessant rain disrupted normal life in Jharkhand on Saturday, with low-lying areas inundated across districts, vehicle movement affected, and several rivers flowing above danger levels, officials said.People were seen wading through knee-deep waters in some areas, and several vehicles were stuck...
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Realty firm Prestige Estates has shelved plans to launch an initial public offering of its hotel business because of uncertain market conditions and other factors.In April last year, Prestige Estates Projects Ltd's subsidiary Prestige Hospitality Ventures Ltd (PHVL) filed a Draft Red Herring...
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After initially kicking off its food delivery service Ownly from Bengaluru, ride-hailing firm Rapido has now expanded the service to Hyderabad.The service was formally launched at the beginning of this year after a six-month pilot. During the pilot phase, which started in August last year, the...
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Maharashtra Government on Saturday declared 265 of the 358 talukas in the state as drought-affected, an official notification said.The measure covers 74 percent area of the state, according to a Government Resolution.The decision follows CM Devendra Fadnavis' recent visit to some drought-affected...
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A speeding car allegedly involved in a race with another vehicle rammed into an auto-rickshaw and a cycle rickshaw in southeast Delhi's Sukhdev Vihar area on Saturday morning, killing the auto driver on the spot and injuring one or two others, an officer said.The incident took place at around 7...
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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Friday launched the Digital Connectivity Rating (DCR) platform which will enable consumers, property developers and holders to provide visibility of property ratings.It also launched an app for testing digital connectivity inside buildings,...
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Four men were electrocuted and three others injured after a live power cable snapped and fell on them while they slept inside a Ganesh pandal in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district early Saturday morning, the police said.The incident occurred at Hirapur village in Nainpur, around 50 km from the...
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A 16-year-old girl was allegedly sexually abused by a 19-year-old man whom she had befriended through social media at a secluded spot on the city outskirts, and he was arrested soon after, the police said on Saturday.The Tambaram city police, quoting a complaint lodged by the girl's mother, said...
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Residents of four tribal hamlets in Attappadi in Palakkad district have sought government intervention after being without electricity for the past 20 days.Electricity supply has been disrupted in Anavai, Kadukumanna, Kinattukara and Murugala hamlets, with only solar-powered street lights...
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Students of a private university near Rajpura in Patiala held a protest and also allegedly damaged a police vehicle over unverified claims about two female students' suicide on the campus, with police saying they are conducting an inquiry into the matter.The administration of Chitkara University,...
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It took him nearly three decades and several failed attempts, but a 59-year old man from Uttar Pradesh has finally achieved the dream he set his sights on in 1999 -- becoming a government teacher.Vijay Kumar Sharma, a resident of Badhwad village in the Baraut area of Baghpat, has been selected as...
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At least 19 people have died allegedly after drinking spurious liquor in Nagaland, with police forming a team to trace the supply chain of suspected adulterated liquor in the state where a prohibition law has been in place since 1990.Police said Mokokchung district reported eight deaths and...
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The Bihar Police have registered a case against a social media user for allegedly uploading several AI-generated videos of a girl, molested by a group of people in Jamui district a few days ago, and her friend, an official statement said.The videos uploaded by a person with the user ID Kishori...
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A 59-year-old woman from Maharashtra's Thane city was allegedly duped of Rs 1.1 crore by cyber fraudsters, who lured her into investing through a fake share trading application promising high returns, police said on Saturday.The complainant, a resident of Ghodbunder Road, alleged that the...
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The government has appointed Mandeep K Bhandari chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), according to an order issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Friday.Bhandari is a 2001-batch Indian Administrative Service officer from the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram...
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United States President Donald Trump has shared on social media a video clip of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's speech at the United Nations, where he thanked the American leader's 'timely intervention' in halting Operation Sindoor.In the 87-second clip shared by Trump on Truth Social on...
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The sharp fall in PB Fintech’s prices over the last two trading sessions has led to a loss of nearly Rs 11,000 crore for mutual fund investors.MFs held a combined 151.5 million shares of PB Fintech at the end of August, according to Prime Database.The holding, which was valued at Rs 28,561 crore...
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Exercising India's right of reply to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's speech at the United Nations General Assembly, First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN, Petal Gahlot, on Friday warned that cross-border terrorism by Pakistan will have consequences, while strongly...
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Banks, particularly state-owned lenders, are set to waive ATM charges for customers during the three-day bank employees’ strike from September 28 to 30 to minimise inconvenience to customers.The State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, Indian Bank and...
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The White House has barred CNN from flying aboard Air Force One on Saturday as part of the television press pool covering US President Donald Trump's trip to Tennessee for a college football game.The White House's daily guidance and press schedule for Saturday listed RAV as the secondary...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met his counterparts from Iran and Russia, with discussions ranging from bilateral issues, cooperation in the BRICS grouping and the Gulf conflict.Jaishankar met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and discussed bilateral issues as well as...
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Uttar Pradesh is likely to witness intense rainfall activity over the next two days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday, issuing a 'red alert' for several districts, while warning of heavy to very heavy rain at several places, and extremely heavy rainfall at isolated...
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In a development that will put the world and West Asia on tenterhooks, Wall Street Journal has reported that President Trump has rejected Iran's proposal for a seven-day ceasefire. According to the report, which quoted US officials, the US President has told aides he expects to resume bombing...
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The Calcutta high court on Friday reserved judgment on a petition by the Congress alleging a discrepancy between the age and the school passing-out year mentioned in the affidavit of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Nandigram bypoll candidate Hasirani Rath.The court also said that the result of the...
