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Former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi has criticised the Election Commission over its recent press note and the handling of Form 6, used for voter registration. Quraishi said the commission's own statement appeared to acknowledge shortcomings in its functioning, including the absence...
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Water storage in 109 of 206 dams in Gujarat is below 50 per cent, according to State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) data released on Monday.Another 28 dams are 50 to 70 percent full, while water storage in 37 dams is between 70 and 100 percent, it said, adding that 32 dams are full.The...
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Three men, including a BSF trooper, were killed and 14 others injured in separate road accidents in Kathua, Jammu, Rajouri and Kishtwar districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. Raj Kumar and Gablesh Kumar, both residents of Bani, were killed when their car skidded off a hilly...
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At least four persons including a three-year-old boy died, while three others sustained injuries, after a domestic LPG cylinder exploded, causing a two-storey building to collapse in Malwan town in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district on Monday evening, the police said.Among the injured, two are out...
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India is among the countries attending a three-day meeting of the National Coordinators of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which commenced in Islamabad on Monday to prepare for the next year's Council of Heads of State summit.The SCO member states included Russia, India, Iran,...
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Two Congress leaders were arrested on Monday for allegedly defacing the wall and the main gate of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's home in Agra with the words Gyanesh Gaddar, Gyanesh Chor (Gyanesh traitor, Gyanesh thief), the police said.  The incident unfolded during the Congress...
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The Puducherry administration has banned with immediate effect the erection, installation and display of all types of banners, flex boards and temporary structures in public places or on any private property.The decision was taken due to the onset of the northeast monsoon, prevailing seasonal...
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Gold prices tumbled Rs 2,600 to Rs 1.5 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday, tracking a sharp selloff in global markets amid rising crude oil rates and a firm US dollar.The yellow metal of 99.9 percent purity had closed at Rs 1,52,600 per 10 grams in the preceding session.Silver...
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The death toll in a road accident in Indore, where a municipal transport bus hit pedestrians and an autorickshaw, rose to two after one more person succumbed to injuries, a police official said on Monday.The bus driver has been arrested and charged with culpable homicide, said the official.The...
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A 55-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after setting himself ablaze on a pyre he had prepared in the backyard of his house at Chathinamkulam here on Monday, the police said.The deceased was identified as Hareendran Pillai, a resident of Chathinamkulam near Panayam.According to police,...
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The Maharashtra government has cancelled leaves of officers and employees from 11 departments involved in drought management and directed them to attend field duty to assess crop damage, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Monday.He said nearly 75 percent of Maharashtra is facing...
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A 63-year-old Uttar Pradesh government agency official died after allegedly falling from the first floor of a hotel in Greater Noida on Saturday morning, the police said on Monday.Invest UP is an investment promotion and facilitation agency working under the industrial development ministry of the...
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The total number of 'FASTag Annual Pass' has crossed the significant milestone of one crore since its launch on August 15 last year, reflecting strong adoption among National Highway users, an official statement said on Monday.The milestone reflects growing acceptance of the Annual Pass among...
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Tata Trusts, which hold a 66 percent stake in Tata Sons Private Limited (TSPL), have proposed a strategic reorganisation of the Tata Group holding company that would result in TSPL ceasing to be classified as a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) or a Core Investment Company (CIC), according to...
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It was a repeat of scenes witnessed during Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's roadshows and public outreach events.Despite the scorching sun, huge crowds, a big chunk of them young people, gathered here on both sides of the road to welcome or to just take a closer look of the chief...
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The rupee depreciated 28 paise to close at 96.03 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, on risk-off sentiments in global markets after the US rejected a deal proposal by Iran, diminishing hopes of reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.Forex traders said global risk sentiments deteriorated as...
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Senior BJP leader Awadhesh Narayan Singh on Monday resigned from the post of Chairman of Bihar Legislative Council, in what is said to be part of power-sharing arrangements between his party and ally JD-U, an official said.Singh, who was appointed to the post in June, 2024, has tendered his...
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The Mumbai police issued an order prohibiting the use of paragliders, flying balloons, high-riser crackers, light-emitting objects, kites and laser light beams in the free flight zone surrounding Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Juhu Aerodrome as well as naval air station INS...
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RSS affiliate Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) will hold its first-ever women's conclave here on September 30, seeking greater representation for women farmers in agricultural policymaking and highlighting their contribution to farming, livestock and fisheries, a senior office-bearer said on...
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Two more bodies were recovered on Monday from the site of an avalanche at Himlung Himal peak in Nepal, taking the death toll to four, while eight people remained missing, according to Nepalese officials.The avalanche struck the base camp of the 7,126-metre Himlung Himal peak in the Nar Phu area...
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Three members of a family -- a woman, her son and daughter-in-law -- were killed, while two children sustained injuries after the car in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck on a national highway stretch here on Monday, the police said.The accident took place around noon near...
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Stock markets tumbled on Monday, with the benchmark Sensex plunging 1,124 points to a six-month low and the Nifty closing below 22,800 as surging crude oil prices, geopolitical uncertainties, and weak global trends hit investor sentiment.The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 1,124.02 points, or 1.52...
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The upcoming rabi (winter) crop season is likely to be challenging for rainfed areas due to the El Nino weather pattern, and foodgrain production could be affected, Agriculture Secretary Atish Chandra said on Monday, highlighting that the challenges of climate change have become a...
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A lawyer on Monday submitted a complaint to Goa police alleging that the son of a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party MLA threatened and abused his kin during a road rage incident.Lawyer Shantaram Kudchadkar (70) claimed the incident took place on September 26 near Pontemol Junction and Shivaji Circle...
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Two passengers who arrived from Bangkok at Kempegowda International Airport here were arrested for concealing hydroponic ganja, valued at Rs 6.33 crore, officials said on Monday.The incident occurred on September 26, they said.According to officials, the first passenger was intercepted after it...
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One person died and another was hospitalised after two labourers hired by a housing society fell into a sewer manhole while cleaning a drainage line in Mumbai on Monday, officials said.The incident occurred at Bhavya Niketan housing society on Golibar Road No. 8, opposite V N Desai Hospital in...
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Multiple villages were cut off and traffic movement was disrupted after a landslide hit Janglikh village here on Monday, officials said.There were no reports of anyone being injured.Stones had been rolling down the hill since Sunday, the officials said.A video of the incident is doing the rounds...
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The BJP knows that there is no leader in its ranks who can match Modi's popularity or have his cult following, and what awaits is a return to the Vajpayee numbers, when allies called the shots, argues Saisuresh Sivaswamy.Read the column here.
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Did love make Bhagat Singh a weaker revolutionary? In a heated argument once, Sukhdev accused him of allowing his fascination with a woman to come in the way of revolutionary duty.Bhagat Singh's answer, in a letter days later, was a defence of love as a revolutionary's strength, not a weakness.On...
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Delhi University on Monday suspended three students and barred their entry into the university premises in connection with the alleged stalking and harassment of two women students in northwest Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar last week.The action comes after Delhi Police registered an FIR over the...
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The main accused in the Jamui incident
Jamui and the Kalkaji, two incidents just days apart, have shaken the nation and drawn women's safety back into public conversation.In Bihar's Jamui district, a purported video on social media went viral, showing a minor girl and her male companion allegedly being harassed and molested by a group...
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The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a petition challenging the decision to impose a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified UPI person-to-merchant transactions above Rs 2,000.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V...
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea challenging the Bombay high court's order acquitting 22 accused, including 21 police personnel, in the 2005 alleged fake encounter case involving gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and his aide Tulsiram Prajapati.A bench comprising...
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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Sanjay Raut on Monday accused Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) officials of indulging in extortion and threatening hotels and quick-commerce businesses with licence suspensions, and demanded an independent inquiry against them.In a letter...
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IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode phoned a female friend shortly after being caught allegedly copying in an exam on September 18, expressing regret over it before taking his own life, police officials said on Monday.The Mumbai Police's Crime Branch has found that Wakode made phone calls to several...
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The father of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay student Sahil Wakode, who allegedly died by suicide 10 days ago, began a sit-in protest at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai on Monday, demanding action against those responsible for his son's death.Ravindra Wakode has said he would continue his...
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Asserting that the medical fraternity cannot be touched, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Bombay High Court order granting bail to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre who was accused of assaulting doctors at a municipal hospital in Thane district. The corporator was directed to surrender...
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The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the gang-rape of a minor in a moving bus in Delhi-NCR, observing that such cases underline a systematic failure on the part of law enforcement authorities.A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran said one cannot help but draw...
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The share of 'zombie' firms in India's corporate sector fell to 5.5 per cent in 2025 from 8.1 per cent in 2017, showing that companies are better able to service their debt, according to Dun & Bradstreet's latest report.The study looked at around 6,000 listed firms between 2015 and 2025, and...
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A taxi driver allegedly harassed a 38-year-old woman and fled with her Rs 60,000 in cash near Shamshabad on Friday evening, the police said. According to the FIR registered at RGIA Airport Police Station, the complainant, Naini Nandini, is a resident of Nalgonda, running a departmental shop...
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Indian equity benchmarks opened lower on Monday, with the Nifty 50 slipping below the crucial 23,000 level as rising crude prices, pressure on the rupee and higher global bond yields weighed on sentiment.The market is also heading into the month-end expiry of the Nifty and Bank Nifty contracts on...
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A two-and-a-half-year-old girl, who fell into a nearly 200-foot-deep borewell while playing in Seehi village here, was declared dead after being pulled out early Monday, police said.The girl, identified as Neha, was playing with other children near the borewell when she fell into it on Sunday...
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Around 1,500 pilgrims stranded near Chirbasa on the Kedarnath route late Sunday night due to a landslide were safely rescued and escorted to Gaurikund by joint teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and District Disaster Response Force...
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The US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz on Sunday said that the United States rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz because Tehran sought sanctions relief and access to billions in frozen assets before negotiations on its nuclear programme.They were asking for...
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A free walking tour may not be quite as free as it sounds.On a wet December morning in Rome, my friend Daphne* waits near Piazza Barberini for five people who have booked her tour. Half an hour passes. No one turns up.It is the third consecutive tour for which she has had no guests.The travellers...
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In India, doing one's job as a civil servant should hardly be news. Yet every few years, an officer becomes a public figure precisely because of it. Tukaram Mundhe, 51, is one such officer. His career points to a curious question: why do some bureaucrats become celebrated for doing what the job...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday assured the citizens that they should recite the 'Bhagwat Gita' without fear as he asserted that times have changed in the state. Adressing an event for Bhagwat Gita recitation in Kolkata, CM Adhikari said action would be taken against those...
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US President Donald Trump stated Sunday that global oil prices will decrease further once the conflict with Iran concludes, asserting that fuel costs are already lower than during his predecessor Joe Biden's administration.Speaking briefly before departing the White House prior to taking off for...
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Two bodies have been recovered following an avalanche at the base camp of Himlung Himal in Nepal's high-altitude Manang district. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), via Nepal Police headquarters, confirmed in a post on X that search and rescue personnel...
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CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday claimed that Mumbai Police has denied permission for the pressure group's proposed protest on October 2 amid the ongoing row over the Election Commission, and announced that CJP would launch a Jail Bharo Andolan in Mumbai on Gandhi Jayanti if the right to...
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At least 21 people have been killed, five remain missing, and five others were injured following four days of torrential rainfall, flooding, and landslides across Nepal. According to an official update released by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), landslides...
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Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, in an interview with NBC News' Meet the Press on Sunday, said his country is ready for a doomsday war with the US after President Donald Trump publicly rejected Tehran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.In the interview with NBC News on...
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United States President Donald Trump expressed confidence that the conflict with Iran will be won very soon, while acknowledging that fresh military strikes ahead of the US midterm elections are possible.Speaking to Fox News on the sidelines of the PGA Tour Presidents Cup on Sunday (local time),...
