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Five members of a family, including three children, have died in a house fire in west London, the Metropolitan police said on Monday as it announced an investigation into the tragic incident. While the victims are yet to be named by the police, local reports suggest the family was of Indian...
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Fourteen people, including five members of a family, died and eight others were injured in four separate road accidents in Barmer, Gangapur City, Alwar and Pratapgarh districts of Rajasthan on Monday, the police said. Three children were also among the five who were killed in a collision...
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Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange on Monday accused activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party of tearing banners put up by Maratha supporters outside a village to stop visits by political leaders. A clash occurred at Boregaon Jahangir village in Bhokardan tehsil in Jalna district on...
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Law enforcement agencies have seized cash, gold, liquor and 'freebies' worth over Rs 552 crore in poll-bound Telangana, since the model code of conduct came into force in the state on October 9. A total of Rs 188.5 crore in cash, 292.7 kg gold, 1,172 kg silver, and other valuables all worth...
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A bullet pierced through the wooden window frame of an IAS officer's residence in Chandigarh on the night of Diwali but no one was injured by it, officials said. The police said the source of the firing is yet to be ascertained, and added that it is probing the possibility of celebratory...
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Five judges were transferred to various high courts on Monday. Justice Vivek Kumar Singh of the Allahabad high court was transferred to the Madras HC. Justice Shekhar B Saraf of the Calcutta High Court has been sent to the Allahabad HC and Justice Bibek Chaudhary of the Calcutta HC to...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met newly-appointed British Foreign Secretary David Cameron in London and held a detailed discussion on realising the full potential of the bilateral strategic partnership. The meeting came hours after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...
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India has surpassed China to become the largest source of international graduate students in the United States of America for the first time since 2009-10, a report said on Monday. For the third year in a row, a record number of Indian students travelled to America to pursue higher...
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A three-member delegation of foreign diplomats based in New Delhi will be visiting Indore on November 14-15 to experience and get first hand insight in the Bharatiya Janata Party's election campaign, the party said on Monday. Michael Rees, second secretary in the Australian high commission,...
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The armed forces tribunal in New Delhi has suspended the life sentence of an Army captain who was found guilty of killing three men in a staged encounter in south Kashmir's Amshipora village in July 2020. The tribunal also granted conditional bail to Captain Bhoopendra Singh and directed him...
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Rahul Ramagundam, an associate professor at the Jamia Millia Islamia, was awarded with the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship 2023 on the eve of the 134th birth anniversary of the country's first prime minister. The fellowship was awarded by the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund for Ramagundam's...
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A total of fourteen persons, including a fireman, have been injured in the fire that gutted seven firecracker shops and 10 motorcycles in Gopalbagh on the outskirts of Mathura city, an official said on Monday. Of the 14 injured persons, eight are in serious condition, and were referred to SN...
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All 40 workers trapped in an under-construction tunnel on the Char Dham route are safe and being sent food and water, authorities assured Monday but said the rescue operation could take up to two more days. A portion of the tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the...
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Amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Monday that he will visit multiple Middle Eastern countries to discuss humanitarian access and assistance in the war-torn region. He asserted that the...
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The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Monday said it will invite more than 10 crore families in the country and abroad to take part in the consecration ceremony to be held at Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, VHP central working president Alok Kumar said...
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A 40-year-old man died after he was shot with a firecracker gun on his private part here in Jhandapur locality, police said on Monday.The incident took place on the night of Diwali on Sunday, when the accused, Pradeep, fired a cracker from an iron pipe below the hip of Afzal alias...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured people of Madhya Pradesh that all promises made by Bharatiya Janata Party to them will be fulfilled after the party retains power in the state.He also said the Centre's free ration scheme, covering 80 crore poor people, will continue for five more...
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Among the Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, ICICI Bank, Nestle, Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries were the major laggards.
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Benchmark stock index Sensex declined on Monday due to selling pressure in IT, consumer durables and financial stocks as investors turned cautious ahead of the release of inflation data.Besides, persistent foreign fund outflows and weakness in the rupee hit investor sentiments, traders...
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The concentration of fine, lung-damaging particulate matters PM2.5 and PM10 increased by 45 percent and 33 percent respectively on Diwali compared to last year, according to an analysis by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).The pollution control body also said nearly all air quality...
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A second Chinese vessel carrying a ship-to-shore crane for the international deep-sea facility at Vizhinjam docked at the port on Monday, sources at the port said. The ship, Zhen Hua 29, had reached the Kerala coast on November 9 and was awaiting clearance from the ministry of home affairs...
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The Nepal government on Monday decided to ban the Chinese-owned social network platform Tiktok, citing its negative effects on social harmony. According to government spokesperson and Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, Monday's Cabinet meeting decided to...
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The government on Monday banned nine Meitei extremist groups and their associate organisations, which mostly operate in Manipur, for their anti-national activities, and launching fatal attacks on security forces. According to a notification issued by the ministry of home affairs, the groups...
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Former United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron has been appointed as the new foreign secretary, Downing Street announced.The unexpected appointment of the former PM comes after Suella Braverman was fired as home secretary and James Cleverly was appointed to replace her, leaving the top job...
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Superstar Salman Khan on Monday urged fans to enjoy his Diwali release Tiger 3 without putting people at risk after videos of viewers bursting firecrackers inside a movie theatre during the screening of the film went viral on social media.During a show of the film, a group of fans burst...
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Jamia Millia Islamia Pro-Vice Chancellor Eqbal Hussain took over as the university's officiating vice chancellor on Monday, as the tenure of Najma Akhtar, who was the first woman to hold the post, ended. Hussain will serve as the acting vice chancellor till the time an appointment is made...
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Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has been appointed the district chief of Krishnanagar (Nadia North), which falls under her Lok Sabha constituency. Moitra got the new role in the party led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee amid a huge controversy in the cash-for-query case...
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The Chinese and Pakistani navies are holding week-long drills in the Arabian Sea during which the two all-weather allies will also conduct joint maritime patrols for the first time, a media report said on Monday. The Chinese and Pakistani navies at a naval base in Karachi on Saturday...
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Ganga Devi, who was the oldest voter of Himachal Pradesh and the aunt of BJP chief JP Nadda, passed away at her home in Kullu on Monday. She was 104. Devi was honoured by the Election Commission as the oldest voter during the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly polls.She died around 7 am...
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has claimed that those behind Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal's murder last year were BJP people, who had been freed from police detention days before the incident under the party's pressure.He levelled the charge during a meeting in Jodhpur on Sunday with...
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak began a cabinet reshuffle on Monday morning and began by sacking his home secretary, Suella Braverman, after days of speculation over her job since it emerged a controversial newspaper article attacking the Metropolitan Police was published without clearance...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the Congress over corruption and said the countdown has begun for the exit of its government in Chhattisgarh. Addressing a rally in Mungeli district of Chhattisgarh, Modi also took a dig at the purported power-sharing agreement between Chief...
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Survival drama series Kaala Paani has been renewed for a second season, streaming platform Netflix announced on Monday.The series is described as a a grounded story about the fight for survival and questions audiences on how far they would go to survive.Kaala Paani comes from Sameer Saxena, who...
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A local Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead at Joynagar in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Monday morning, prompting a group of people to lynch an alleged assailant, officials said. Saifuddin Laskar, TMC area president of Bamungachi in Joynagar was shot dead near his...
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Billionaire Gautam Singhania on Monday announced separation from wife Nawaz, saying the two have decided to pursue different paths. Singhania, 58, had married Nawaz Modi, daughter of solicitor Nadar Modi, in 1999. This Diwali is not going to be the same as many in the past,...
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A gun battle has erupted between the Kerala police's specialised team Thunderbolt and Maoists in a forest area in northern district of Kannur, the police said on Monday. The firing was reported from the Karikkottakari police station limits, they said. It (firing) is still...
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At least six people died after a massive fire broke out at a multi-storeyed apartment complex in Nampally area here on Monday, police said. The blaze erupted in the ground floor of the building where some drums containing chemicals were stored. So far 21 people were evacuated...
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The Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Monday took a dig at Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, comparing him to a fictional character of 'Allabaksh'. The criticism came after Shinde campaigns for the BJP in the four states -Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Chhattisgarh- where...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir here on the occasion of Diwali and prayed for the peace, harmony and prosperity of the Indian community around the world, hours after he called on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Downing Street. Jaishankar...
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The Israel Defence Forces on Sunday alleged that the troops had recovered a copy of Mein Kampf -- the autobiography of Adolf Hitler -- from a Hamas terrorist base in Gaza. The Arabic translation of the autobiography of the dictator was discovered in a child's bedroom, which was being...
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Rescuers who worked overnight to rescue around 40 workers trapped after an under-construction tunnel on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri National Highway collapsed in Uttarkashi have established contact with them and provided them with food and water, officials said on Monday. The workers are safe...
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The Delhi Fire Service received 208 calls of fire-related incidents, 22 of them caused by firecrackers, on Diwali, an official said on Monday.There were major fire incidents in Sadar Bazar, East of Kailash and Tilak Nagar on Sunday, although no one was injured, the official said.According to the...
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Netflix drama Fauda fame television producer, Master Sgt. (res.) Matan Meir, 38, has been killed in a blast from a booby-trapped tunnel shaft next to a mosque in the Beit Hanoun area of Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and militant group Hamas. Meir, from Odem in the Golan...
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The air quality in Delhi and nearby cities reached hazardous levels a day after Diwali with the widespread violation of the firecracker ban across the National Capital Region on Sunday raising pollution concerns.The overall air quality in the national capital as of 6 am stood poor with AQI at...
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