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Telugu star Chiranjeevi makes it to Guinness Book

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Megastar K Chiranjeevi on Sunday received the Guinness World Records certificate as the most prolific film star in the Indian film industry.A representative of the Guinness World Records handed over the certificate to Chiranjeevi at an event in Hyderabad.The most prolific film star in Indian Film...
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Modi concludes address to NRIs

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Address to NRIs done and dusted, Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes his way out of the Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, New York state.
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Modi announces new consulates in Boston, LA

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PM Narendra Modi told the NRI event in New York state, Last year, I declared that our government would open a new consulate in Seattle, it has been started now. We have also sought suggestions for two new consulates. I am happy to tell you that after your suggestion, India has decided to...
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When India says something the world listens: Modi

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A view of the audience
Addressing the Indian diaspora in New York, PM Modi says, We are also a strong voice of the Global South. Today, when India says something on a global platform, the world listens. Some time ago when I said that this is not the era of war, its severity was understood by all. India's priority...
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This is Modi's guarantee, PM tells NRI event

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That day is not far when you will see the made-in-India chip in America. This small chip will take India's flight of Viksit Bharat to a newer height. Yeh Modi ki guarantee hai', Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at an NRI community event in Nassau Coliseum, New York state, on Sunday morning local...
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Working on Made In India 6G, says Modi in NY

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Addressing an NRI event in New York state on Sunday morning local time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said , Today, India's 5G market is bigger than America. It has happened within two years. Now, India is working on made-in-India 6G. India is now the land of opportunities. It doesn't wait...
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In third term we have to achieve big targets: Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the NRI reception in New York state, After a long process of election, this time something unprecedented has happened in India... For the third consecutive time, our government has returned to power. Such a thing didn't happen in the last 60 years. This mandate...
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AI also means American-Indian spirit: Modi

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Addressing the PIOs in New York state on Sunday morning local time, PM Modi said, Elections are about to be held here. The elections that were just held in India were the biggest elections held so far in human history. We had almost double the number of voters than the total population of...
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AI also means American-Indian spirit: Modi

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Addressing the PIOs in New York state on Sunday morning local time, PM Modi said, Elections are about to be held here. The elections that were just held in India were the biggest elections held so far in human history. We had almost double the number of voters than the total population of...
22:27

AI also means American-Indian spirit: Modi

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Addressing the PIOs in New York state on Sunday morning local time, PM Modi said, Elections are about to be held here. The elections that were just held in India were the biggest elections held so far in human history. We had almost double the number of voters than the total population of...
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No sea can distance you from India, Modi tells NRIs

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Addressing the Indian diaspora at Nassau Coliseum in New York, PM Modi said, We belong to a country where there are dozens of languages and dialogues, all faiths and religions of the world and yet we are moving forward united. You have connected India to America and America to India. Your...
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You are India's 'rashtradoots', Modi tells NRIs

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Addressing the Indian diaspora at the Nassau Coliseum in New York state on Sunday morning local time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, I have always understood the capabilities of the Indian diaspora. I understood it even when I held no official position...For me, you all have been strong brand...
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Modi enters Nassau Coliseum to rousing welcome

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PM Modi enters the Nassau Coliseum arena to address the Indian diaspora, and receives a thunderous welcome.
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Modi arrives at NRI event in Nassau Coliseum

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday arrived at the Nassau Coliseum in New York where he will address the Indian diaspora. A series of cultural performances was staged before his arrival at the Coliseum on Long Island. On Saturday, he was in Wilmington, Delaware, to attend the Quad...
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E&Y employee death: FM calls for stress management

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called for stress management lessons to be imparted by colleges and universities that will help increase the students' inner strength, comments made in apparent reference to the death of a young CA professional employed with EY that came under sharp...
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15,000 PIOs from 42 US states gather for PM Modi's event

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PM Modi is set to address the Modi and US programme around noon local time at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York state, where 15,000 members of the Indian diaspora have gathered from 42 American states to welcome him. Speaking to ANI, a member of the event organising committee,...
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Anura Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka presidential poll

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Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday was declared winner of the Sri Lankan presidential election by the country's Election Commission after an unprecedented second round of counting of votes.   Dissanayake, 56, the leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party's...
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Ayodhya: SP MP Awadhesh Prasad's son booked for assault

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An FIR was registered on Sunday against Samajwadi Party's Faizabad MP Awadhesh Prasad's son Ajit Prasad for allegedly kidnapping, threatening, and assaulting a man, police said.SP MP has denied the allegations terming its a politically motivated as his son is the party candidate for Milkipur...
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Parliament panel on Waqf Bill receives over 1.2 crore responses

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A parliamentary panel examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill has received a staggering 1.2 crore email responses amid campaigns launched by rival groups to ratchet up support for their respective viewpoints regarding the draft law.  Parliamentary sources said the Joint Committee on the Waqf...
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Why you are unable to access Adani airport lounge

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Adani Group's subsidiary Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL) on Sunday said passengers at airports across the country have been experiencing disruptions in accessing airport lounge, owing to suspension of services by Dreamfolks.  AAHL, in a statement, said it is actively working with...
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Cong's structure 'dilapidated' like Babri: UP CM

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday mounted a sharp attack on the Congress saying the party's structure has become as dilapidated as once Babri was in Ayodhya.  The Uttar Pradesh chief minister, who addressed poll rallies at Narwana in Jind, Rai in Sonipat and Assandh...
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Cong govt takes loans, gives it to Sonia: Kangana

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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kangana Ranaut on Sunday alleged that the Himachal Pradesh government takes loans and gives it to former Congress president Sonia Gandhi which has made the state's coffers hollow.   Addressing people after launching a BJP membership drive at a village in...
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Quad is here to stay, says Modi at summit

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the Quad is not against anyone, but for a rules-based international order and respect for sovereignty. Our message is clear -- Quad is here to stay, to assist, to partner and to complement, Modi said in his opening remarks at the summit...
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Military train halted after detonators found on track

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Ten detonators, which the railways terms harmless, recently went off on tracks in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district, prompting the authorities to briefly halt a military special train, officials said on Sunday.The incident happened on Wednesday near Sagphata between Nepanagar and Khandwa stations...
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Uday Bhanu Chib is new president of Indian Youth Congress

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The Congress on Sunday appointed Uday Bhanu Chib as the president of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), replacing Srinivas B V. Chib was currently serving as the general secretary of IYC and is a former president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress. Congress President...
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Tiger found dead in Rajasthan's Ranthambore National Park

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A three-year-old male tiger was found dead on Sunday following a territorial battle in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, located in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district, an official said. Ramanand Bhaskar, Deputy Conservator of Forest told PTI that the forest guards discovered the tiger's body in...
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BJP will be wiped out in Maha poll: Satya Pal Malik

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Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik met Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Sunday and said he will campaign for the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the upcoming Maharashtra polls.Speaking to reporters, Malik, a vocal critic of the current administration,...
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Fan throws phone at Diljit Dosanjh in Paris, his reaction is winning hearts

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A concertgoer hurled his smartphone at Diljit Dosanjh during the Paris show of his ongoing Dil-Luminati Tour 2024 and the Punjabi performer's calm and composed response to the incident is winning hearts online.  In a video purportedly doing social media rounds, Dosanjh can be seen stopping...
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Reprimand Naidu: Jagan to Modi on Tirupati laddu row

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Dubbing the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister as a habitual liar, YSR Congress chief YS Jagana Mohan Reddy on Sunday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to reprimand Chandrababu Naidu over the Tirupati laddu adulteration issue.In a letter addressed to Modi, Jagan alleged that CM...
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5 held for converting people in UP's Mathura

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Five persons have been arrested for allegedly trying to convert people to Christianity in Mathura, police said on Sunday. According to the police, they received information regarding a Dharm Sabha (religious gathering) being conducted in the Tulsi Nagar Indrapuri colony. They rushed to...
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Sri Lanka polls: Dissanayake fails to meet 50% votes

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The Election Commission of Sri Lanka on Sunday ordered a second preference count after no candidate secured over 50 per cent of the votes needed to win the presidential election.  Election Commission Chairman R M A L Rathnayake said that Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith Premadasa have...
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Do you agree with BJP's politics?: Kejriwal to RSS chief

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Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh if it agreed with the Bharatiya Janata Party's politics of using central agencies to break up parties and topple opposition governments, and inducting corrupt leaders...
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Biden compliments Modi's historic trip to Ukraine

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United States President Joe Biden commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic visit to Ukraine last month and his message of peace as the two leaders held wide-ranging talks that figured pressing global challenges, including the situation in the war-ravaged country.   The US...
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India retain same squad for 2nd Test vs Bangladesh

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The national selectors on Sunday retained the Indian team, which hammered Bangladesh by 280 runs in the opening Test here, for the second and final match in Kanpur.    The hosts won the first Test with as many as five sessions to spare, and in the run-up to the series opener, there...
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Govt to kick off FY26 Budget making exercise from next month

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The finance ministry will commence the exercise to prepare the annual budget for 2025-26 from the second week of next month in the backdrop of the Indian economy recording 7 per cent growth rate for the fourth consecutive year.   The budget for the next financial year would focus on...
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Now, gas cylinder found on rail track in UP

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An empty gas cylinder was found placed on the tracks by the loco pilot of a goods train, who applied emergency brakes and stopped the train near Prempur railway station here on Sunday, the second such incident in the state this month.Police said the incident occurred at 8:10 am when the train was...
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Majority of users will stop using UPI if...: Survey

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Around 75 per cent UPI users will stop using it if any transaction charge is levied on the service, a survey by Localcircles said on Sunday.   The survey found that 38 per cent of users make over 50 per cent of their payment transactions via UPI instead of debit, credit or any other...
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Modi arrives in New York

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday landed in New York to attend an Indian community event in New York and to address a key conclave at the United Nations.After wrapping up the Quad Leaders' meeting in Wilmington, hosted by President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Modi left for New York.The Quad...
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Pakistani intruder arrested along LoC

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A 35-year-old Pakistani intruder was arrested by Indian army troops guarding the Line of Control in Mendhar sector of Poonch district on Sunday, security officials said.The intruder was intercepted and taken into custody by the troops when he tried to sneak into this side from across the border...
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Karnataka HC judge expresses regret over remarks

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Justice V Srishananda of the Karnataka High Court has expressed regret over the alleged objectionable remarks he made recently during judicial proceedings, which have gone viral prompting the Supreme Court to take cognisance of it.On September 20, a five-judge bench of the Apex court headed by...
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US hands over 297 antiquities smuggled out of India

Photograph: @MEAIndia/X
Photograph: @MEAIndia/X
The United States has handed over to India 297 antiquities, which were smuggled out of the country, during the ongoing visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said on Sunday.Official sources said the illicit trafficking of cultural property is a longstanding issue that has affected...
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Row over demolition of 600-year-old Chhatri by Kota Development Authority

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Photo: Kind courtesy @Shivsa_Firwasi/X
The demolition of a 600-year-old 'Chhatri' (canopy) of erstwhile Bundi royal Rao Surajmal Hada by the Kota Development Authority has sparked a row, with Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat demanding an inquiry into the matter.Villagers claimed that it was revered site for the Rajput community...
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China testing us, Biden tells Quad leaders

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United States President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic telling leaders of the Quad nations that China was testing them, thus reflecting upon the American seriousness of the emerging Chinese threat.Biden's remark came during the Quad Leaders' Summit on Saturday, which was attended by Prime...
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First look: Quad leaders ahead of summit

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PM Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Australian PM Anthony Albanese and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida pose for a photograph ahead of the Quad meeting in Wilmington, US.
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Modi-Biden bilateral meeting done, over to Quad summit

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves from US President Joe Biden's personal residence in Greenville, Delaware, after the conclusion of the bilateral meeting. Next on the agenda is the Quad leaders' summit.
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'Every time we meet...': Biden tells Modi

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As the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden concluded in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday (local time), the latter said that each time the two leaders sit down, they find new areas of cooperation. The bilateral meeting between the two leaders...