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A delegation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Wednesday visited the Line of Control where it was briefed by the Pakistani military officials on the latest security situation along the LoC....
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A lawyer in Bareilly has moved a court seeking registration of a criminal case against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for allegedly undermining the communal harmony by equating Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah with India's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel....
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A court here on Wednesday issued summons to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya in a defamation case filed against him by Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe. The court of the civil judge and judicial magistrate...
21:54
Former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati, a key figure in the previous Akhilesh Yadav government, was on Wednesday convicted by a special court for lawmakers of raping a woman. Special Judge P K Rai held Prajapati...
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Amir Khan Muttaqi. Photo: Reuters.
Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday evening on a three-day visit to Pakistan for wide-ranging talks on bilateral matters -- the first visit to Pakistan by an Afghan minister since the Taliban seized control of Kabul on August 15, reports Tahir...
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President of Howrah Sadar Bharatiya Janata Party district organisational committee was expelled from the party on Wednesday, hours after he made adverse comments against senior party leader Suvendu Adhikari. Surojit Saha was expelled after...
20:25
The rupee tumbled by 32 paise to end at 74.37 against the US currency on Wednesday, weighed down by a muted trend in domestic equities and strong greenback in the overseas market.Besides, persistent foreign fund outflows also put pressure on the domestic unit, forex dealers said. -- PTI
20:15
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said he was getting admitted to a hospital for the treatment of neck pain on the doctors' advise.He and his government have been working relentlessly battling the COVID-19 pandemic for the last about two years, Thackeray said in a...
20:05
A wrestler named Nisha Dahiya and her brother were shot dead by unknown assailants at an academy in Sonipat on Wednesday, the murdered woman's identity becoming a cause of confusion as several reports mistook her for under-23 world championship bronze-medallist of the same name. The killed...
20:03
West Bengal minister Subrata Saha was on Wednesday evening attacked by a mob in Murshidabad district shortly after he met family members of an accident victim, a senior police officer said.The Trinamool Congress leader, however, escaped unhurt.The mob threw bricks at his vehicle and its window...
19:52
Mumbai police have arrested a 23-year-old man from Hyderabad for issuing online rape threats to cricketer Virat Kohli's baby daughter following India's back-to-back defeats in the recent T20 World Cup matches, an official said.Ramnagesh Akubathini, a software engineer and a resident of Sangareddy...
18:45
Congratulations are in order for the team of Akshay Kumar-starrer Sooryavanshi as the film crossed the Rs 100 crore mark at the Indian box office. Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted the figures. He wrote, #Sooryavanshi is NOT OUT... Continues to attract substantial footfalls...
18:23
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Manoj Tiwari on Wednesday reached the Yamuna Ghat in Sonia Vihar and said that he will not follow the orders barring Chhath celebrations at river ghats, adding that nobody can stop people from performing the rituals.Tiwari's visit to the Yamuna Ghat came on the third day...
18:04
After over a year, the Special Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court in Mumbai on Wednesday allowed actor Rhea Chakraborty's application to defreeze her bank account and to release her gadgets that were seized, subject to certain conditions.The court has ordered to return her...
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Devotees offer prayers at Patna College Ghat on the occasion of Chhath Puja.Can you spot a mask among the throng?
17:42
Nykaa's founder Falguni Nayar (right)
Shares of FSN E-Commerce Ventures, which runs an online marketplace for beauty and wellness products Nykaa, closed the day with a huge premium of over 96 per cent against the issue price of Rs 1,125 on Wednesday. The stock debuted at Rs 2,001, reflecting a jump of 77.86 per cent on the...
17:26
Family mourn the death of farmer Lakhbir Singh who died last month
A 45-year-old farmer from Punjab, participating in the protest against the Centre's farm laws at the Singhu border, allegedly hanged himself to death from a tree near the border, police said on Wednesday. Identified as Gurpreet Singh, the victim was a resident of Fatehgarh Sahib...
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A magistrate court in Mumbai today issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in connection with a extortion case registered at the Marine Drive police station. This is the third NBW issued against Singh. Earlier also, courts had issued...
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Following a let-up, showers resumed in Chennai and nearby regions while the low pressure area turned well marked on Wednesday, the Meteorological Department said. It is likely to become a depression and cross north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coast on November 11 evening, the...
16:42
IndusInd Bank skid -3.38 per cent today. The other scrips that were down are alongside.
16:22
A mother grieves her son killed in the school shootout
Imran Khan on Wednesday faced a barrage of questions at a hearing of the 2014 terror attack on an Army-run school during which the Supreme Court bench asked the Pakistan prime minister why he was negotiating with the culprits of the massacre.A total of 147 people, 132 of them children, were...
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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will hold a meeting on Thursday with health ministers of all states and union territories on taking forward the campaign of 'Har Ghar Dastak' to ensure vaccination of all adults who have not got their first dose of Covid vaccine or are overdue for their...
16:05
The 8-nation NSA meet in Delhi today
China said on Wednesday that it will attend a meeting on Afghanistan convened by its all-weather ally Pakistan, after skipping a security dialogue hosted by India on the situation in the war-torn country, citing scheduling reasons. Pakistan will host senior diplomats from the US, China and...
15:58
Equity benchmark Sensex declined by 81 points on Wednesday due to losses in HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and HUL amid a weak trend in global markets. The 30-share index ended 80.63 points or 0.13 per cent lower at 60,352.82. Similarly, Nifty fell 27.05 points or 0.15 per cent to...
15:46
Union Cabinet decides to restore MPLADS fund for remainder of 2021-22, announces Minister Anurag Thakur. The Cabinet in its meeting held on 6th April, 2020 had decided not to operate MPLADS for the Financial Years 2020-21 and 2021-22; and place the MPLADS funds for these two-years at the disposal...
14:51
Asha workers get Rs 1000 pm in UP
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of insulting the work done by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and promised an honorarium of Rs 10,000 per month for ASHA and Anganwadi workers if her party is voted to power in the assembly polls...
14:36
A truck collided head-on with a bus in Rajasthan's Barmer district on Wednesday, leaving 11 people dead and 22 others injured, police said.The accident occurred near Bhandiyawas village on the Barmer-Jodhpur National Highway and both vehicles caught fire following the collision. Ten bodies...
14:23
Over 16,000 villages and five municipal corporations in Gujarat have inoculated 100 per cent of their eligible population with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, state Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters in Gandhinagar, Patel said the entire eligible...
14:08
Hong Kong has recognised Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech's Covaxin on its approved COVID-19 vaccine list.With this, as many as 96 countries have recognised Covaxin and Covishield. Both of these COVID-19 vaccines have also received emergency use listing (EUL) from the World...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets NSAs of seven countries including 5 Central Asian countries, Russia and Iran. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval today chaired the Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan in Delhi.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to meet heads of banks and financial institutions next week to remove friction in credit flow to productive sectors of the economy battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.The two-day conference, beginning November 17, would see participation from all...
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A 20-year-old police informer, who had also helped in the setting up of a police camp, was killed by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, a senior official said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday night when Umesh Markam, who was working as 'Gopniya Sainik' (secret...
13:04
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
Islamist radicalism is on the rise in Bangladesh despite efforts by the Hasina government. Madrasas are booming. As per the government's estimates, the number of Qawmi madrasas could be anything between 13,902 and 33,000.There are another 70,000 mosque-based Furqania maktabs and more than 4,000...
12:40
Accused Ashish Mishra
A forensic report has confirmed that weapons recovered from Union minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra and others after the Lakhimpur violence had been fired.Protesting farmers had alleged that Ashish Mishra had opened fire. Though the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report confirmed...
12:21
The doubling time of COVID-19 cases in Navi Mumbai town of Maharashtra has improved to 3,196 days as against 3,000 days a month ago, civic officials said on Wednesday. The number of active cases also came down considerably to 308 on November 8, as compared to 11,605 on April 11 this...
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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the CBI's challenge to a trial court order allowing inspection of documents by Congress leader P Chidambaram, son Karti Chidambaram and other accused in the INX media case. The CBI had sought to set aside a special judge's March 5 order that...
11:20
Karim Massimov
Expressing concerns over the prevailing situation in Afghanistan, Karim Massimov, Chairman of Kazakhstan National Security Committee, on Wednesday said the social and economic situation of Afghans is deteriorating and the country is facing a humanitarian crisis.Speaking at a regional security...
11:14
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chairs Air Force Commanders' Conference at 'Vayu Bhawan' in New Delhi.
10:55
Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) Secretary Mahendra Sharma announced on Tuesday that fans with at least one dose of covid vaccine will be allowed for the first T20 International match between India and New Zealand at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on November 17.Guidance was sought from...
10:47
Equity benchmark Sensex slumped over 400 points in early trade on Wednesday dragged by losses in index-heavyweights HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and Infosys amid a negative trend in global markets and sustained foreign fund outflow. The 30-share index was trading 417.45 points or 0.69 per...
10:34
Residents complain of breathing issues in Delhi
The air quality in the national capital continued to remain under the very poor category on Wednesday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) standing at 382, as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).However, its impact on Delhi's PM2.5 is reducing gradually. Today's...
10:24
India added 11,466 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the country's infection tally to 3,43,88,579, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.With this, the active caseload in the country presently stands at 1,39,683 which is the lowest in 264 days. The...
10:15
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval chairs the regional security dialogue on Afghanistan in New Delhi on Thursday which is being attended by his counterparts of five Central Asian countries, along with Russia and Iran.The Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan --held at the level of...
09:46
Struck by extreme poverty, a 32-year-old woman from Shirdi town in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district allegedly sold her three-day-old son to a man in Mumbai for Rs 1.78 lakh, police said in Thane on Wednesday. Police have detained the woman, the man who...
08:53
As many as 96 countries have recognised Covaxin and Covishield and both of these COVID-19 vaccines have received emergency use listing from the World Health Organisation, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday.The WHO has included 8 vaccines in EUL (emergency use listing) so far....
08:08
Four Asiatic lions at a Singapore zoo have tested positive for COVID-19 after coming in contact with infected staff, according to a news report.All the lions remain bright, alert and are eating well, the Channel News Asia report quoted Dr Sonja Luz, vice president of conservation, research and...
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Four suspected persons were detained along with four gelatin sticks and some quantity of phosphorus sulphate from a forest area in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The...
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