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Manipur has seen several incidents of ethnic violence in the recent months. On the morning of October 21, Wednesday, new incidents of violence were reported in the Khiokai Kuki village near Chassad village.Several homes in the village in Manipur's Kamjong district were set on fire, leading to...
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My morning routine feels incomplete without two cups of green tea, which leave me feeling calm yet refreshed.Beyond the comfort and enjoyment of a warm cup of tea, research has linked tea consumption to several health benefits, including a reduced risk of heart disease, stroke and dementia. Now,...
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Amid the Dussehra festivities, a fire broke out at a Durga Puja pandal in Bihar's Siwan district injuring 10 people, five of whom were children.The local police officials said that the incident that took place on October 20, Tuesday evening at Rasulpur village saw five children sustaining severe...
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Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka on Wednesday withdrew from the Delhi High Court their plea challenging the extension of their judicial custody by a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM).Justice Subramonium Prasad told the counsel appearing for the CJP co-conveners to...
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Chennai and northern districts were inundated with water due to heavy rains on October 21, and schools were shut as a holiday was declared in Chennai, and in Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts.The Met department has predicted heavy rains for the next 48 hours as the northeast...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited Tiger Shroff at his home after the shooting.
Haryana Police has identified the accused from the state in the firing case involving actor Tiger Shroff and is assisting Mumbai Police with the investigation, Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Ajay Singhal said.Singhal said the state police would continue to extend all necessary...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said only followers of Sanatan Dharma would be permitted to handle Durga idols during immersion in the Hooghly river, saying religious customs and traditions must be respected.Adhikari made the remarks during a review of immersion...
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The popular spin-off of The Big Bang Theory that brought a cult fan following to the character of Sheldon Cooper, and Young Sheldon has gained equal amount of fame. Iain Armitage, who played the titular role in Young Sheldon recently revealed that is happy the show ended after airing for...
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Lana Nusseibeh with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Photograph: Kind courtesy X
Lana Nusseibeh, a minister of state in the United Arab Emirates, is poised to be the surprise entrant in the race to replace António Guterres as United Nations secretary-general.Nusseibeh -- who is of Palestinian origin -- served as the UAE's popular ambassador to the UN from 2013 to 2024...
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Durga idol immersion ceremony in a canal in Rajasthan's Kota turned fatal as two young men died during a boat capsize.The incident occurred in an area where idol immersion had been prohibited.During the search and rescue operation, the bodies of Suraj Singh (22) and Vikas Verma (22), both Kota...
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Shares of Reliance Industries rose nearly 2 per cent on Wednesday after its digital arm, Jio Platforms, saw its Rs 30,213-crore initial public offering fully subscribed within just 100 minutes of opening. The rapid response set a record for the fastest full subscription of a public issue.On the...
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In another case of police crackdown, a hand grenade, two pistols and over 3 kg of heroin have been recovered in Punjab. Police officials informed on October 21 that seven people have been arrested in the operation.Director general of police Gaurav Yadav took to his social media handle on X...
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Modi with Putin at SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, August 2026. Photograph: @mfa_russia X/ANI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Russia in 2027, Dmitry Peskov, official representative of the Kremlin, told Russian news agency TASS when asked if the Indian PM would make the trip this year.PM Modi and President Vladimir Putin have met twice this year, most recently during the...
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Neha Bora with Saurav Das. File pic
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday agreed to hear pleas filed by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka challenging the extension of their judicial custody by a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM).Justice Subramonium Prasad will also hear a separate petition filed by...
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Investigators probing the firing incident involving actor Tiger Shroff's car have uncovered details of an alleged arms supply network, with weapons reportedly collected from a pre-arranged spot in Amritsar before being transported to Mumbai, sources said.The weapons were allegedly picked up...
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A deadly fire broke out at 6.18 pm on October 20, Tuesday at the Abdul Rashid Compound on Khairani Road in Sakinaka, Mumbai. The fire was extinguished by 12.30 am on Wednesday. As per the fire brigade officials, the fire spread over 4,000 sq. feet, and more than 60 commercial units and...
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mid several bizarre incidents of altercations, this one takes the cake. Or the veg roll.In Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district, a man was allegedly stabbed to death and three others got injured after a fight over an order for a veg roll at a food stall near a Durga Puja pandal.The police said...
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A 27-year-old financial content creator died by suicide at a rented villa near Muttukadu in Chennai following alleged cyberbullying over his investment advisory credentials, police said on Wednesday.Identified as V Harish, the victim ran the popular social media brand Finance With Harish, and had...
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Fermi Explorer will launch first spacecraft to another star. Photo, courtesy, Fermi Explorer.
Mankind's first step into interstellar space travel, outside our solar system to the nearest star will take 80,000 years!A spacecraft slated for launch in 2028 will carry scientific research equipment to the star Proxima Centauri, 4.4 light years away from Earth in a 25.8 trillion-mile journey,...
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SpaceX and Tesla are studying a deal to unite Elon Musk's two public companies in a multitrillion-dollar combination that would be the largest merger of all time, reports the Financial Times.'The world's richest person on Tuesday said both companies had formed special committees to study a...
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A passenger bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on October 20, Wednesday, when the bus was travelling from Pechound to Ramnagar. The accident occurred at Gulli Gala area at around 8 am in which two people were killed and 15 others got...
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Jio Platforms Ltd’s (JPL) IPO was fully subscribed within 100 minutes of opening on Wednesday, setting a record for the fastest subscription of a public issue.The Rs 30,213-crore IPO, priced in a band of Rs 1,065 to Rs 1,119 per share, saw strong demand from institutional investors soon after...
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An imported case of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease has been reported in Nigeria, making it the fifth country to detect the virus since the outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on May 15. The first report has come from Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with 44 contacts identified and...
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US President Donald Trump has indicated that a trade agreement with India is close to being finalised, echoing recent remarks by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the progress of negotiations between the two countries.Asked at a news briefing on Tuesday (local time) whether a deal with India was...
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Ajay Banerjee, The Tribune newspaper's always-on-top-of-the-story defence correspondent, points out a lacuna in the social media rules governing armed forces personnel.'Serving personnel are barred from tagging their locations online and are required to report any social media interaction...
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Devendra Fadnavis with Marco Rubio yesterday
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio left Mumbai for Jamnagar on Wednesday, beginning the second leg of his India visit. Jamnagar, in Gujarat, is home to one of the world's largest refining complexes, operated by Reliance Industries. Rubio's visit is expected to focus on strengthening bilateral...
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The Jio Platforms' IPO saw the portion marked for Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) fully subscribed at over 2x demand, within a few minutes of issue opening on Wednesday, according to sources.The QIB portion's demand was 2.86 times at 10 AM, sources said.Institutions moved within minutes of...
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Indian stock markets opened higher on Wednesday, with the Sensex and Nifty gaining ground amid hopes of a possible India-US trade deal. However, rising crude oil prices and elevated US bond yields continued to weigh on investor sentiment.The BSE Sensex was up 570.89 points, or 0.77 per cent, at...
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Second-hand online marketplace Vinted has removed listings suspected of being linked to looted goods in France and tightened checks on suspicious adverts as authorities crack down on the online sale of items stolen during recent riots.The company said it had taken immediate action to identify and...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said India had reached a major turning point in its fight against Naxalism, declaring that the country was free of the insurgency as of March 31, 2026.Addressing the National Police Commemoration Day parade, Shah paid tribute to police personnel who lost...
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The three key accused arrested in connection with the firing at actor Tiger Shroff's car were brought to Mumbai from Kota, Rajasthan, on Wednesday.After undergoing a medical examination, the accused were taken to the Anti-Extortion Cell office for questioning. They are expected to be produced...
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has promised a “massive” police deployment ahead of fresh protests planned for October 24, as the government extends overnight curfews and steps up security following days of violent unrest over the rising cost of living and worsening conditions in...
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Prince Harry recently shared that he wants to resolve his family rift with King Charles and Prince William, saying that reconciliation is the most important thing amid everything happening in the world.According to PEOPLE, the Duke of Sussex spoke about his relationship with his father and elder...
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Delhi Police has transferred another case registered against Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to the Crime Branch, sources said.The Crime Branch will now investigate two cases against the CJP leaders.The other case linked to Das and Ranka allegedly entering the Jantar...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets the family of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota. Photo: @AmitShah/X
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case into the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab's Mansa and taken over the investigation, officials said on Wednesday.A team of CBI officials has already reached Punjab to probe all angles of the killing, they...
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The United States and India are 'pretty close' to making a trade deal, which will be much different than the earlier pacts, US President Donald Trump said in Washington, DC.Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said India and the US were pretty close to making a trade...
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South African Navanethem Navi Pillay, who has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Photograph: Valentin Flauraud/Reuters
The first Nobel prizes were awarded 125 years ago, in 1901. Since then, the prizes have been awarded annually with a few exceptions, including during World War I and II. Women make up half the global population, but have won just 70 of the total 1,034 awards (7 per cent). This year, Canadian...
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Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested four people, including two women, in connection with the firing at actor Tiger Shroff's car in Mumbai, an official said on Tuesday.Police suspect they were acting on the directions of Anil Pandit, a gangster operating from abroad, he said.The arrested...
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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has prescribed a new form for furnishing information to claim income-tax exemption on interest income and capital gains from government securities, according to a government notification.\The CBDT notified the Income-tax (Seventh Amendment) Rules, 2026,...
