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The Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj Party on Saturday dissolved all its organisational units, from the panchayat level to the state level, following the humiliating performance in the recently concluded Bihar polls.In a statement, party spokesperson Syed Masih Uddin said new units will be formed...
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A 3.3 magnitude earthquake jolted a suburb near Bangladesh capital on Saturday. The quake that hit Ashulia of Savar on Dhaka outskirts was an aftershock after Friday's massive magnitude 5.7 earthquake that jolted Dhaka and many parts of the country. According to the Bangladesh...
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Economist Parakala Prabhakar on Saturday claimed that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls means that it is the government choosing the voters instead of the other way round.He also alleged that the aim of the SIR is to weed out 'those people' who the government thinks should...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Saturday that 'Miyas' vote unitedly, which has ensured that they are moving 'forward politically', whereas the votes of our people are scattered. He asserted that 'pressure' has to be maintained on illegal settlers so that they cannot move...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has told voters at Malegaon in the district that he will ensure there is no shortage of funds for the town if they elected the candidates of his party, but if they rejected them, he will also reject. Pawar, who heads the Nationalist Congress...
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The Commission for Air Quality Management has tightened the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) for Delhi-NCR, advancing several pollution-control measures to earlier stages to prevent further deterioration of air quality in the region. The revised schedule, finalised on November 21...
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The heads of state attending the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg on Saturday adopted a Declaration by consensus despite US attempts to stop it. It is a great moment for us because we believe that this will revolutionise the (African) continent, South Africa's Minister of International...
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A couple and their two minor daughters were injured after a fire brigade vehicle that was part of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's convoy rammed into their motorcycle in Beed district on Saturday, police said. The incident occurred on Telgaon-Dharur Road in Dharur tehsil...
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Saturday accused the BJP government and the Election Commission of conspiring to delete more than 50,000 voters from each Assembly segment where his party and the INDIA bloc fared strongly in the last general elections. The allegations came amid the...
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The Congress in Maharashtra appeared divided on allying with the MNS in the upcoming local body polls, with senior leader of the grand old party Vijay Wadettiwar favouring a united contest, while MP Varsha Gaikwad said it was firm on not aligning with the Raj Thackeray-led party in...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for a profound rethink of the global development parameters and proposed setting up of a G20 initiative to counter the drug-terror nexus and a global healthcare response team. Addressing the opening session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in...
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A cleaner was sacked after a video showing stray dogs lying on beds for patients at a government community health centre in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district went viral, sparking outrage. The incident took place at Killaud Community Health Centre, said an official.Block Medical Officer...
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Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro was arrested on Saturday, just days before he was supposed to start his 27-year prison term.Brazil's federal police confirmed the arrest in a short statement without naming him.According to AP, the 70-year-old leader was taken from his home in a gated,...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued clear instructions to all district magistrates of the state to take prompt and strict action against illegal immigrants, an official statement said Saturday. He stated that law and order, national security, and social harmony are...
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A portion of a road sank in Shimla on Saturday, allegedly due to a nearby tunnel construction, prompting the authorities to halt the work until further notice, officials said. Deputy Commissioner Shimla, Anupam Kashyap, has also directed the additional district magistrate (law and...
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The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has opened its Namo Bharat trains and stations to celebrate personal milestones, offering options for birthday events, pre-wedding shoots and other private occasions, an official statement said on Saturday. Under the new...
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As part of the annual MandalaMakaravilakku pilgrimage arrangements, a Rapid Action Force (RAF) team has been deployed at Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple to strengthen security. A 140-member unit led by Deputy Commander Bijuraj from Kollam assumed charge at Sannidhanam, the temple...
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An 11-year-old schoolboy displayed exemplary courage as he fought back a menacing leopard with the help of his friend by hurling stones and raising an alarm, which forced the big cat to beat a hasty retreat in Palghar district of Maharashtra, officials said on Saturday. The encounter...
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The Delhi Traffic Police has imposed fines of over Rs 84.98 crore for Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate violations during GRAP stages one and two from October 14 to November 18, officials said. The amount corresponds to 84,981 challans according to official data accessed by PTI, each...
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Three people, including a police constable, have been arrested in connection with the Rs 7.11 crore robbery in Bengaluru following a manhunt involving over 200 personnel, City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said on Saturday.Briefing reporters on the sensational heist where a gang posing...
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The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has temporarily stayed the Mhow Cantonment Board's notice to remove unauthorised construction at the ancestral house of Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, the chancellor of Al-Falah University, which is at the focus of the Delhi blast probe. The high...
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Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Ratan U Kelkar on Saturday said that BLOs are being provided all possible assistance to carry out the SIR of the electoral roll, and there is no intention to pressurise them.Speaking to reporters, Kelkar said the targets given to Booth Level Officers are intended...
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A major fire broke out in huts close to the Harbour line local train tracks in Dharavi area of Mumbai on Saturday afternoon, leading to the temporary suspension of train services on the affected stretch, officials said. Nobody was injured as per the preliminary information. The fire in...
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Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Mata Prasad Pandey, on Saturday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party may oust Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from power in the near future. The senior Samajwadi Party leader also charged that by focusing all its attention on...
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The Central Railway has launched efforts to trace a woman passenger after her viral video of cooking instant noodles using an electric kettle inside an AC coach of an express train has raised safety concerns, officials said on Saturday. A Central Railway official told PTI that the...
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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has constituted a 5-member committee to hold seat-sharing parleys with DMK for the 2026 Assembly election, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President K Selvaperunthagai said on Saturday.The Congress team tasked to hold talks with the ruling DMK will be led by...
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A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar allocated the portfolios among the state ministers, lobbying has intensified for the post of Speaker in the assembly, sources in the ruling NDA said on Saturday. BJP MLA Prem Kumar, who has been elected for the ninth consecutive term from...
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Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir has sparked a controversy as he said that he will lay the foundation stone of Babri Masjid on December 6 in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, marking 33 years of demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya. We will lay the foundation stone of Babri...
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A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death by two individuals, including a minor, following an altercation at Jyoti Nagar in northeast Delhi early Saturday, police said. Information about a stabbing incident in the Kardampuri area was received on the intervening night of Friday-Saturday. When...
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Two teachers-cum-Booth Level Officers (BLOs) tasked with conducting voter list survey for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) died of 'illness' in Raisen and Damoh districts of Madhya Pradesh on Friday, officials said. Relatives and friends of the deceased teachers-cum-BLOs, however,...
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A case has been registered after a fake video of the Chief Election Commissioner related to the local body election in Kerala circulated on social media platforms, officials said on Saturday.According to officials, Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Police registered a case after the fake video was...
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United States President Donald Trump has again claimed to have solved the conflict between India and Pakistan, repeating his assertion during a meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office.Mamdani flew to Washington, DC for his first meeting with Trump in the White...
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A case of electoral fraud has been registered by police in Bengaluru following a complaint alleging large-scale inclusion of fake voters in the Mahadevapura Assembly Constituency voter rolls in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.According to the FIR, the complainant, Y Vinoda (39),...
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India's real-time payments rails Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will be interlinked with TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS), the instant payment system operated by the Eurosystem, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. The UPITIPS interlinkage is aimed at facilitating cross-border...
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A Pakistani drone was sighted over a forward village along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, officials said on Saturday. The drone, which was seen coming from the Chak Bhura post in Pakistan late Friday, hovered over Regal village in the Ghagwal area for a few...
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The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that chartered accountants must be treated on a par with advocates for appointment as accountant member of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), the Supreme Court on Friday ruled, holding that 10 years' professional experience qualifies CAs to be considered...
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Online aggregators, which include companies like Zomato, Swiggy, Zepto, will now be required to contribute up to 2 per cent of their annual turnover, capped at 5 per cent of payments, towards the welfare of gig and platform workers.The development comes as the country announced four Labour Codes...
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Looking at the nature of the Tejas aircraft crash during the Dubai Air Show 2025, defence expert Captain Anil Gaur (Retd) speculated that the incident might have occurred due to the pilot losing control or a blackout due to the g-forces induced by gravity.Speaking to ANI on Friday, Captain Gaur...
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A 13-year-old girl studying in Class 8 died after she allegedly jumped off the third floor of her school building in Jalna city of Maharashtra on Friday morning, the police said. The deceased was identified as Aarohi Deepak Bidla, a resident of Mastagad, and the incident took place in CTMK...
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Shiv Sena MLA Nilesh Rane on Friday alleged that there were bogus voters in electoral rolls in Kankavali in Sindhudurg district. In a letter to the returning officer, Rane said Sameer Nalawade, who is running for the post of president of the nagar panchayat, lives in house number 422 in ward...
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The NHRC has issued a notice to the district magistrate and the deputy commissioner of police of central Delhi, after a class 10 student committed suicide allegedly due to mental harassment and discriminatory treatment meted out by some teachers of a reputed city school, according to proceedings...
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