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Indian Navy warship INS Imphal participated in a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with the US Navy's Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) in the Arabian Sea, a Defence statement said on Tuesday. The exercise included tactical manoeuvres, cross-deck flying, anti-piracy...
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The Rajasthan police claimed to have a busted a racket involved in honey-trapping, insurance fraud and illegal arms trade in Jhalawar district, arresting 13 people including a woman, officials said on Tuesday. The police suspect that 20 to 25 more people from Uttar Pradesh and other...
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A man claiming to be a Shiv Sena-UBT worker and his associate forcibly entered two hotels in Thane city and vandalized television sets, apparently as an act of protest against India-Pakistan cricket match in the Asia Cup final, the police said on Tuesday. The Kasarvadavali police have...
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A devastating accident occurred at the Ennore Thermal Power construction site in Tamil Nadu, where a steel arch collapsed, resulting in the deaths of nine workers on Tuesday.According to Dr J Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO), these...
21:54
Maharashtra recorded the highest 763 cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act in the country in 2023, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Interestingly, the state also topped the list in copyright violation cases. As many as 335 such cases were...
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The Kolkata police on Tuesday asked organisers of the Tridhara Akalbodhan' Durga Puja Committee to immediately halt the staging of a dance performance around the pandal area, citing safety concerns for visitors, a senior officer said. In a letter to the organisers, the officer-in-charge of...
21:02
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi
Former Maharashtra minister and CWC member Naseem Khan on Tuesday demanded a security upgrade for opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and other members of the Gandhi family. In a letter addressed to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Khan said BJP spokesperson Printo Mahadevan had allegedly threatened...
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Three militants belonging to the banned United Tani Army (UTA) outfit surrendered before the police in Arunachal Pradesh's capital Itanagar on Tuesday. The operatives were identified as Jonali Basumutary, a self-styled corporal, Jummik Riba, the group's finance secretary and self-styled...
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Tension erupted in the Rajasthan University campus here after NSUI activists confronted RSS volunteers ahead of its proposed event on the sports ground in the campus. However, the situation was brought under control by the police force deployed in view of the protest by NSUI. The police...
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Nine persons have been arrested with 'ambergris' (whale vomit) worth Rs 8.77 crore in Gujarat's Surat city, the police said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted the accused who were carrying the contraband in two vehicles in the Umra area of the city, an official...
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The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday released video clippings showing violation of norms at the rally of actor-politician Vijay in Karur and said the estimated crowd that attended had more than doubled, thus causing a lot of hardships. Supporting the government's stand through a series of...
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A First Information Report has been registered against a local man at Boisar in the district for allegedly sharing a distorted photograph of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media, the police said on Tuesday.Palghar district BJP chief Mahendra Chandrakant Bhone had...
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The rupee fell 4 paise to an all-time low of 88.79 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, pressured by sustained foreign capital outflows amid global trade uncertainties. However, a steep fall in global crude oil prices, along with a weaker greenback, prevented a sharp decline in...
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Amid chaos over the I Love Mohammad row, the Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday arrested Maulana Mohsin Raza in connection with the September 26 protests in Bareilly.A group of people had gathered outside Ala Hazrat Dargah and Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan's house,...
18:38
People from various walks of life and government officials paid tributes to victims of the devastating earthquake in the Latur region of Maharashtra on its 32nd anniversary on Tuesday. The tragic events date back to September 30, 1993, when a 6.4 magnitude temblor rocked the Latur-Osmanabad...
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In the early 1980s, one of Punjab's most turbulent periods, then Congress MP Captain Amarinder Singh was tasked by Rajiv Gandhi with a critical mission -- arranging a meeting with Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. The meeting, which ultimately never took place, was reportedly called off at the...
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The Air Intelligence Unit of the Customs department has seized cocaine weighing 2 kg from a passenger who arrived here from Singapore, official sources said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, the department sleuths intercepted the passenger on his arrival at the international airport here on...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release a specially designed commemorative postage stamp and a coin highlighting the RSS' contribution to the nation at a programme here on Wednesday to mark the centenary celebrations of the Hindutva organisation. An official statement said Modi will be the...
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A female elephant, allegedly stolen from Jharkhand's Palamu district and sold for Rs 27 lakh, has been rescued from Chapra district of Bihar, the police said on Tuesday. Narendra Kumar Shukla, a resident of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, had filed a police complaint over theft of the female...
17:08
How monsoon 2025 fared
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday assured help to farmers who have been affected due to flooding in the Marathwada and other regions of the state, owing to heavy downpour. Shinde stated that the Mahayuti government has begun providing financial assistance of Rs...
17:06
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower on Tuesday after a volatile session, marking the eighth consecutive session of southward movement due to relentless foreign fund outflows and caution ahead of the RBI's interest rate decision. Giving up early gains, the 30-share BSE Sensex...
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A court in Bengaluru on Tuesday reserved its order for October 9 on a petition concerning the jail facilities provided to actor Darshan, who is currently lodged in Bengaluru prison as an accused in the Renukaswamy murder case. Jail authorities submitted a report to the 57th Sessions court...
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Students of Delhi government schools will soon be taught about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), featuring lessons on freedom fighters including Veer Savarkar, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Education Minister Ashish Sood said on Tuesday.The chapter on RSS is being...
16:46
The Election Commission on Tuesday announced that it has come out with the final electoral roll in Bihar, taking into account all the claims and objections to the draft lists, which were published as part of special intensive revision (SIR). Ahead of the assembly elections, the Chief...
16:25
Over 1.16 lakh cases of kidnapping and abduction were reported across the country in 2023, of which nearly 18,000 cases -- involving 9,000 children and 8,800 adults -- were of elopement, according to the latest report from the National Crime Records Bureau. In 2023, a total of 1,13,564...
16:13
Days after a rally led by him in Tamil Nadu's Karur witnessed 41 stampede deaths, actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) founder Vijay on Tuesday said he hasn't visited the affected persons so far as his presence there would lead to an unusual situation. The top actor said he has never...
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TVK chief and actor Vijay finally opens up about the Karur stampede: I have never faced such a painful situation in my life. I am in deep pain. Leaving aside all politics, we always request permission from the police for a safe place. But things that shouldn't have happened have happened. I will...
15:56
Harry Potter author JK Rowling penned a lengthy note on X to address her rift with Emma Watson on Monday, saying the actor cannot go on criticising her publicly and then hope for reconciliation. Watson played the role of Hermione in the film adaptations of the Harry Potter books alongside...
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Hema Malini who arrived in Karur on Tuesday to inspect the site of the stampede that took place on September 26 during a public event of the TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam) chief and actor Vijay, claiming 41 lives said that the large number of gathering should have...
15:06
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said he would rather resign than enter into an alliance with the BJP to hasten statehood for the Union Territory.Speaking at an event in Achabal area of Anantnag district, Abdullah said he was not ready to make any political compromise...
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Since 17-year-old Rehana was a child, she dreamt of supporting her family. An only child to parents struggling to make ends meet in Bangladesh, she says, I always thought, I have no brother, who will look after my parents? She had wanted to take on that responsibility herself, but at 14, her...
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Update: Aviation regulator DGCA has granted an aerodrome licence to the Navi Mumbai International Airport. NMIA will be the second airport in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) marks a significant milestone with the grant of its Aerodrome Licence from the...
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Aviation regulator DGCA grants aerodrome licence to Navi Mumbai airport: Statement.
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Close to 4.5 lakh crimes against women were reported in 2023, up marginally from the previous two years, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. A total of 4,48,211 crimes against women were reported in 2023, an increase from 4,45,256 cases in 2022 and 4,28,278 in...
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Gitanjali J Angmo
Wife of education reformist and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, Gitanjali J Angmo, has slammed the police after allegations were made against her husband in connection with recent unrest in Leh, claiming a fabricated narrative has been created to avoid implementing the sixth schedule and make...
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Yet another slice of cinema history is set to pass into the ages. Mahalaxmi's Famous Studio, a hub of film facilities from shooting to sound recording and mixing for the last 79 years, will soon be razed for a high-end residential project. This time, the studio owner himself is to redevelop the...
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Eight Arab and Muslim majority nations on Tuesday welcomed US President Donald Trump's 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza and restore peace in the troubled region. The plan, unveiled after talks between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, proposes an immediate end to the...
12:44
The Taliban government in Afghanistan has imposed a nationwide shutdown of telecommunications, weeks after it began severing fibre-optic internet connections.The country is currently experiencing a total internet blackout, internet watchdog Netblocks reports.International news agencies...
12:40
A portion of Padma Shri awardee Olympian Mohammed Shahid's house in Varanasi was demolished by a bulldozer in a road-widening drive, triggering a protest from the late hockey player's family. According to the administration, the demolition was carried out only on those properties for which...
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Carl Lewis, widely recognised as one of the greatest athletes of all time, has been named the International Event Ambassador for the upcoming Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon. The organisers of the event on Tuesday said the nine-time Olympic gold medallist American sprinter and long jumper will...
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A 22-year-old student died after a tipper truck crushed her while trying to avoid a pothole near Budigere Cross in Bengaluru on Tuesday, said the police. The accident happened under the jurisdiction of Avalahalli Traffic Police Station on Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL) Road. The...
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said that the delegation of BJP-NDA leaders visiting Tamil Nadu's Karur will first hear the views of the people who lost their family members in the stampede before collecting feedback from officials and submitting a report regarding the...
11:31
Gold prices on Tuesday soared Rs 1,217 to hit fresh record high of Rs 1,17,561 per 10 grams in the domestic futures market tracking sharp gains in the overseas market, as investors weighed the risk of a looming US government shutdown alongside expectations of further interest rate cuts by the...
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Chaitanyananda Saraswati, against whom a case of alleged sexual harassment has been registered, has shown no remorse for his actions and is not cooperating with the police during questioning, the Delhi Police said on Tuesday.According to the Delhi Police, the accused has been giving evasive...
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An IndiGo flight from Mumbai to the national capital received a bomb threat on Tuesday morning, according to a source. The flight 6E 762 had around 200 people on board and security agencies found the threat to be non-specific, the source told PTI. The source also said a full emergency was...
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BJP MP Hema Malini, leading an 8-member NDA delegation on Tuesday, said that the panel of MPs would look into the cirucumstances that led to the stampede by visiting Karur. Anurag Thakur, MP, said they would meet the local people, officials and get information on what happened on September 27...
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Quick commerce (qcom) order volumes saw an over 85% year-on-year (YoY) increase during the first week of the festival season sale while e-commerce orders saw a 21% rise, according to an analysis by e-commerce enablement software-as-a-service platform Unicommerce.The trend highlights the growing...
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Maharashtra BJP chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhye on Tuesday said various temples have come forward to help flood victims in the state, and asked why places of worship from other religious communities had not extended similar support. This is not an issue of Hindu or Muslim, but of...
10:39
Leading Indian IT companies have approached the government, saying they will substantially reduce their dependence on H1B visas and bring more work back to India to serve their US clients, according to sources privy to the discussions.The companies had discussions with the government after the US...
10:29
The police have said the godman continues to lie even when shown proof
Chaitanyanand Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing 17 students at a private institute in New Delhi, was on Tuesday confronted with his two women aides who allegedly threatened victims and forced them to delete his lewd messages, a police officer said. Police have found chats with many...
10:09
For a first-time visitor, landing in India's financial capital Mumbai can be quite an experience. At approach, as the flight cuts across the Arabian Sea and flies past the mangrove marshes, the great metropolis emerges - swarming with railway tracks, towering skyscrapers and the dense habitation...
09:58
A special POCSO court in Bahraich sentenced a man to life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a six-year-old girl, officials said on Tuesday. Convicted serial rapist Avinash Pandey, who was also fined Rs 160,000, faces four cases of similar crimes. Additional Superintendent of Police...
09:45
An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck Myanmar on Tuesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said in a statement. According to the NCS, the tremor occurred at a shallow depth of 15 km, which increases the likelihood of aftershocks and surface-level shaking. In a post on X, NCS said,...
09:38
Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde on Tuesday said that an eight-member NDA delegation will leave for Karur in Tamil Nadu today to investigate the circumstances surrounding the recent stampede during a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) rally, which claimed over 40 lives.The delegation will stay in Karur...
09:32
Elon Musk-owned X on Monday said it would challenge the Karnataka high court's decision upholding the central government's right to take down online content through the ministry of home affairs' Sahyog portal.In a post on X, the social media platform's global government affairs team said the...
09:28
Long waiting queues and frustrating delays in cooking gas deliveries could soon become a thing of the past, with the government on Monday proposing guaranteed 24-hour delivery of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) refills for consumers.Under the new framework proposed by the Petroleum and Natural Gas...
09:21
Mumbai Police registered an FIR against an unidentified person as the Maharashtra BJP filed a complaint against an X post by the State Congress showing a BJP office on fire amid protests. Maharashtra BJP Social Media Cell Coordinator Prakash Gade filed the complaint alleging incitement of...
09:15
Pune-based gangster Nilesh Ghaywal has managed to secure a passport and visa and travel abroad despite facing multiple serious criminal cases, prompting police to launch a probe into the matter, officials said. A Look Out Circular (LOC) had been issued against Ghaywal, believed to be abroad...
09:12
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday welcomed US President Donald Trump's plan to end the Gaza conflict, saying that it provides a viable path to long-term peace, security and development for the Palestinian and Israeli people, as well as the larger West Asian region. In an X post after...
09:07
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said there will be a significant number of changes in the H1B visa process before February 2026, when the new fee of USD 100,000 goes into effect, as he described as just wrong the idea of inexpensive tech consultants coming into the country and bringing their...
08:54
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned a foreword to Italian to the Indian edition of Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni's autobiography. Modi describes the book, which is scheduled to be launched on October 7, 2025 as Meloni's 'Mann Ki Baat', taking a cue from his own monthly...
08:41
A statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London's Tavistock Square was vandalised just days ahead of his birth anniversary on October 2.The High Commission of India has strongly condemned the incident, calling it a shameful act and an assault on the legacy of nonviolence.@HCI_London is deeply saddened and...
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In view of the Dasara festivities in Mysuru, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on Monday announced special fare hikes on buses along the Bengaluru-Mysuru route, increasing fares by Rs 20 and Rs 30 for express, non-stop, and premier services.The special fare collection during...
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Ahead of Dussehra, the police on Monday imposed a ban on burning of towering effigies of 240-foot-long Ravana and 190-foot-long Meghnad and Kumbhakaran in Ayodhya due to security reasons, officials said. Ayodhya's Film Kalakar Ramleela Samiti organised an event to burn 240-foot Ravana...
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