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A 78-year-old woman, swept away by the swollen Brahmani river in Odisha's Jajpur district, was rescued in Kendrapara after floating for over 12 hours in floodwaters, officials said.Kasi Dalei, a resident of Kalakhanda village in Jajpur, was carried away by strong river currents around 9 pm on...
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) collected 2,754.85 tonnes of post-immersion idol material during the recently concluded Ganesh festival.The waste material was collected between September 16 and 27 and transported through 707 vehicle trips to designated temporary storage facilities,...
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Banking services, including cheque clearance, cash withdrawals and deposits, are likely to be disrupted for three days beginning Monday as bank unions go on nationwide strike to press for a five-day working week and other pending demands.The impact is expected to be felt primarily at public...
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Boeing has detected a software issue in some of its B737 MAX planes that could result in disengagement of the automated flight guidance system after a missed landing approach and the aircraft maker is working on a permanent solution, according to sources.In India, there are around 96 Boeing 737...
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Two men suffocated to death on Sunday after allegedly inhaling a toxic chemical inside a public toilet in suburban Mumbai, civic officials said.According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials, the incident occurred in the early hours at a public toilet near the Parsi Panchayat...
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The UK's counter-terror police are leading an investigation on Sunday after several men were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act near a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in a UK village.Gloucestershire Constabulary declared a major incident as the British Army sent in its bomb...
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Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma landed in a controversy on Sunday after a video showing him allegedly slapping a man recording a road inspection in Tilak Nagar circulated on social media.AAP MLA from Tilak Nagar Jarnail Singh, who was present at the spot, pulled out portions of the newly laid...
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The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea challenging the Centre's decision to impose a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified UPI person-to-merchant transactions of over Rs 2,000.Ending nearly six years of fully free UPI payments, the government has introduced a 0.4 per cent fee on...
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The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday revoked a controversial order that exempted the state's Public (Law and Order) Department from the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, following intense pushback from political allies of the ruling TVK and transparency advocates.The...
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In a cryptic social media post on Sunday, senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said he loves swimming in the sea when it is rough, as it teaches one that rough is just another kind of calm.I love swimming in the sea when it's rough. It teaches you that rough...
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NCP-SP MLA Rohit Pawar on Sunday claimed the number of voters deleted in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra could rise from the current 2.07 crore to nearly 3 crore, alleging irregularities in the verification process.Targeting Chief Election Commissioner...
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Actor Swara Bhasker said she has been body-shamed for her post-pregnancy weight by a section of users online.Bhasker and Fahad Ahmad welcomed their daughter, Raabiyaa, on September 23, 2023. The actor, who gained weight after the pregnancy, has been a target of trolls for the last three years.The...
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Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh, aligned with the Mamata Banerjee camp, on Sunday alleged that his car was attacked while he was on his way to a programme in his Beliaghata constituency in east Kolkata.Ghosh claimed motorcycle-borne attackers smashed his car's windshield with hammers while one...
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Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday backed the Cockroach Janta Party's proposed October 2 protest seeking accountability from Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, saying efforts to improve accountability in the country and the electoral process deserved support.While he expressed his support...
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OpenAI has paused all training, evaluation and tool-based use of its most capable artificial intelligence models after an AI agent in one of its training runs got around the company's internet restrictions.The agent, OpenAI said, bypassed the curbs through a gap in its Domain Name System (DNS)...
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Mobile phone retailers across India plan to observe October 2 as No UPI Day in protest against 0.4 per cent merchant discount rate charges on UPI transactions, a senior official of industry body AIMRA said.The government has introduced a 0.4 per cent fee on UPI transfers exceeding Rs 2,000 to...
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A 15-year-old boy who allegedly left his Delhi home following a dispute with his parents over his studies was traced in Ghaziabad after nearly 21 months, police said on Sunday.The boy, a resident of Todapur, left home after his parents insisted that he should attend school regularly and focus on...
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Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday claimed that the outfit's co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and several of his supporters have been detained by police in Guwahati and taken to an unknown location ahead of a small volunteers meet-up.Ranka, who reached Guwahati a day ago, was...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday blamed former CM Mamata Banerjee for the deletion of 27 lakh names from the state's electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision, asserting that neither the BJP nor the Election Commission could be held responsible for the...
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Students of a private university in Punjab's Phagwara went on a rampage on the campus early Sunday, damaging property and blocking a national highway over claims that a female student was raped by an outsider in the university premises.Police said an FIR will be registered on a complaint by the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the 2016 surgical strikes were India's decisive response to the pain of terror attacks and presented a bold example of the country's counter-terrorism policy.Asserting that India follows a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism, he said in his...
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Former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli has released a video from an elderly care centre here, assuring fans about his health and recovery.Kambli is at the Nidan Centre for Elderly Care in Thane and in the video, the 54-year-old offered assuring words regarding his health and ongoing recovery...
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Russia has backed India's candidature for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, saying that any reform of the UN body cannot involve additional seats being allocated to Western countries, especially Germany and Japan.Our principled approach is the following: UN Security Council...
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India and Canada are preparing to take their relationship to a higher level, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said after holding a productive discussion with his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).Always a pleasure to meet FM @AnitaAnandMP of...
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At least 10 people have gone missing after an avalanche struck the base camp of Himlung Himal in western Nepal, bordering Tibet, amid relentless rainfall and snowfall that have triggered fresh floods and landslides across the Himalayan country.Expedition organiser Mingma Gyalje Sherpa confirmed...
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A tremor of magnitude 3.6 has struck Palghar district in Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.The tremor was reported at 10.33 pm on Saturday, with its epicentre at a depth of 5 kilometres in the Talasari area, they said.There is no case of any injury or damage to houses, district Disaster...
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Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was 'pulled from the rubble' of a Tehran hospital after United States and Israeli strikes reportedly hit the medical centre where he had been taken following earlier strikes, the New York Post reported. According to the news report, Mohsen Heydari, a...
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The Indian Youth Congress on Saturday night held a protest outside Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's official residence in New Delhi, demanding his resignation and accountability over reported objections raised by two election commissioners on electoral roll-related decisions.IYC...
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A five-member SIT has been constituted to further probe the murder of 20-year-old law student Rohan Rathi in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, after his family expressed dissatisfaction with the police investigation, officials said on Sunday.SSP Sanjay Kumar said the SIT will function under the...
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Students of a private university in Phagwara held a massive protest and went on a rampage on the campus early Sunday following unverified reports on social media about the alleged rape of a female student.Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kapurthula, Gaurav Toora said police have no...
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Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai on Saturday demanded the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) row, calling him a 'corrupt and dishonest person'.Speaking to reporters in Agra, Rai also demanded that the 2024 Lok Sabha election in...
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Seven people, including three women, have been booked for allegedly assaulting a man, partially shaving his head and beard, tying him to a tree and forcing him to drink urine, police said on Sunday.The incident took place on Thursday in a village under the Akrabad police station area, around 40...
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India on Saturday told world leaders in the United Nations General Assembly that targeting of commercial shipping and seafarers amid the ongoing conflict in the Gulf is 'simply unacceptable'.This year, we are witnessing a conflict in the Gulf, one that is exacerbating an already difficult...
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Iran will remain resolute and not retreat in the face of the United States and Israel, as US President Donald Trump rejected Iran's proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.Addressing people who had gathered at the...
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A video purportedly showing a massive protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar is old and no such demonstration took place there on Saturday, the Delhi Police said.In a post on X, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Sachin Sharma said the claim of a live, massive protest at Jantar Mantar was false...
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India's right to defend itself against terrorism will be exercised and friendship and goodwill cannot co-exist with the scourge, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday, calling out Pakistan's misrepresentation of facts in the UN General Assembly.Yesterday, a serial practitioner...
