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The Meghalaya government was considering shifting the state secretariat and other administrative offices to New Shillong Township in a bid to decongest the capital, officials said on Thursday. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma along with Urban affairs minister S Dhar and top officials of the...
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The New York Post website and its Twitter account have been hacked and the publication is now investigating the hack that led to a series of vulgar and racist tweets and headlines published on its website and social media channel, the publication said Thursday. New York Twitter posts...
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The body of a priest was found hanging inside a temple here on Thursday, the police said. Charan Das, who was a priest at a Shiva temple here, was found dead in the morning. His body was found hanging from a hook in the ceiling of the temple, Saunkh police outpost in-charge Sandeep Kumar...
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Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda was on Thursday unanimously re-elected as the national president of the Janata Dal-Secular, a post he has been holding since its inception in 1999, party sources said. During the JD-S national executive meet held on Thursday at JP Bhavan in Bengaluru, a...
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The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued a notice to Rajasthan government over reports that girls are being auctioned on stamp paper in half a dozen districts of the state and the refusal thereof is resulting in the rape of their mothers to settle financial disputes on the diktats...
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An air-conditioned bus of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport undertaking caught fire in the city's northern suburb of Kandivali on Thursday evening, although no passenger was hurt in the incident, a civic official said. A fire call was received at 6.04 pm, after which police...
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Bharatiya Janata Party's information and technology cell head Amit Malviya on Thursday said that he has decided to file criminal and civil proceedings against news website The Wire and alleged that they forged documents with a view to malign and tarnish his reputation. The matter pertains to...
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The launch of a Kannada book based on the life of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was called off following protests by some Hindu outfits in Bengaluru. The book titled Imran Khan Ondu Jeevanta Danta Kathe (Imran Khan a living legend), authored by Sudhakar SB, was supposed to be...
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An Army jawan was killed and a local terrorist of Lashkar-e-Tayiba arrested during an anti-terror operation in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir which began on October 26, the police said on Thursday. A search operation is underway to nab another terrorist who is a Pakistani national,...
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UK foreign secretary to reach India tomorrow in his maiden official trip UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will arrive in India on Friday for his first official trip to the country -- to meet his counterpart and discuss strengthening the UK-India relationship, said the British...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to new British premier Rishi Sunak with the two leaders agreeing on the importance of early conclusion of a comprehensive and balanced free trade agreement between the two countries. It was their first conversation since Indian-origin Sunak took...
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Explosive materials were recovered in a suspicious bag that was found near a taxi stand in Jammu railway station in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, according to a police official. Senior superintendent of police GRP Arif Rishu said that 18 detonators and some wires were recovered from the...
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Messaging platform WhatsApp has submitted its report to the IT ministry on the service outage that happened on Tuesday, according to government sources. The ministry had asked the Meta-owned messaging platform to share reasons for the service disruption. WhatsApp services snag on...
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Filmmaker Kamal Kishor Mishra was on Thursday brought to a police station in suburban Mumbai from home for questioning after his wife accused him of hitting her with his car and causing injuries, an official said. The alleged incident took place on October 19 in the parking lot of the...
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A fast-track court hearing a plea seeking permission to allow worship of the 'shivling' claimed to have been found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi will pronounce its verdict on November 8. Advocate Anupam Dwivedi, appearing for the Hindu side, said that the fast-track court of...
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Huge quantities of heroin and cannabis worth over Rs 11 crore, have been seized from two Assam districts during search operations by the state police, officials said on Thursday. The Assam police intercepted a truck at Jorabat bordering Meghalaya and seized 2500 kg of cannabis valued at...
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The Central Board of Direct Taxes on Thursday extended the deadline for filing quarterly TDS statement in Form 26Q for the June quarter by a month till November 30. Form 26Q is used for quarterly filing of TDS returns on payments other than salary. Considering the difficulties in filing...
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AAP MP Raghav Chadha on Thursday wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, seeking his intervention for the expeditious return of 100 Punjabi immigrant workers stranded in Abu Dhabi. In his letter to the Union minister, Chadha sought to bring to his notice that an estimated 100...
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Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday approached the High Court seeking the transfer of a case pertaining to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs' poaching allegations against the party, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to...
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In the South, the Bharat Jodo Yatra is at least bringing the Congress back into the political imagination of people, explains Dr Shilp Shikha Singh, assistant professor at the Lucknow-based Giri Institute of Development Studies whose research is focussed on marginalities and governance,...
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Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan gets three years in jail for hate speech on Yogi Adityanath.Azam Khan was on Thursday convicted by a court in Uttar Pradesh in a hate speech case filed against him over his comments against state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. A case was...
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SSP GRP Arif Rishu says a suspicious bag was found at Jammu railway station. We recovered a bag near the taxi stand in Jammu railway station. Explosive materials packed in two boxes were found in the bag. 18 detonators and some wires were recovered. Around 500gm of wax-type material was...
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China on Thursday said India and Pakistan should resolve the Kashmir issue through dialogue and consultations and avoid taking unilateral actions that could further complicate the situation. Replying to a question on the Kashmir issue raised by a Pakistani journalist, Chinese Foreign...
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A 55-year-old man and his two grandchildren died and two others took ill on Thursday in Mainpuri in a village after drinking tea allegedly spiked with a chemical, police said. Shivanandan, his sons Shivang (6) and Divyansh (5), his father-in-law Ravindra Singh (55), and neighbour...
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We buried my dad on Friday. He asked to be interred in a pine box. He had long ago lost his once ardent interest in organized religion, but he remained committed right up to the end to the idea that burial helps the soul escape the body.He endured a long sojourn in the twilight of dementia....
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The Central government on Thursday ordered a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the October 23 Coimbatore LPG cylinder explosion in a car, considering the possibility of cross-state developments and the role of international elements in the investigation.The Counter-Terrorism and...
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A push for PM Narendra Modi's Make in India drive. C-295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force to be made by Tata-Airbus at Vadodara in Gujarat, say Defence Officials.Apart from making 40 aircraft, this facility at Vadodara would be manufacturing additional aircraft for Air Force...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said Pakistan is committing atrocities against people in its occupied Kashmir and will have to bear its consequences. Hinting at retrieving Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the minister said the goal of overall development in the twin Union...
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Scientists have uncovered more knowledge about the risk of developing a very rare blood clotting condition following vaccination against Covid-19, according to a study. Based on health data from five European countries and the US, the study shows an increased risk of the condition, called...
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Seven people fell sick after chlorine gas leaked from a cylinder at a water filtration plant in Bhopal, bringing back grim memories of the 1984 gas tragedy in the Madhya Pradesh capital.A 900 kg chlorine cylinder leaked on Wednesday at the water treatment plant of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation...
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Exhumation begins at a mass grave with Ukrainian soldiers in Kharkiv Oblast. Head of Kharkiv Oblast Police Volodymyr Tymoshko said that about 17 Ukrainian soldiers, who were killed while retreating from the oblast in April, were buried in the mass grave.
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After a gap of four days, the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Makthal in Narayanpet district of Telangana on Thursday. The yatra kicked off at 6.30 am from Makthal with State Congress president A Revanth Reddy, MP Uttam Kumar Reddy, CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka and a number...
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BCCI announces the implementation of pay equity policy for contracted Indian women cricketers. The match fee for both Men and Women Cricketers will be the same.
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Making a distinction between freebies and welfarism, the BJP has suggested in a reply to the Election Commission that parties should place emphasis on voter empowerment and capacity building rather than increase the dependency of people, a party insider said. The BJP spelt out its stance on...
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The portals of the Kedarnath Dham were closed on Thursday morning for the Winter season.The doors of the 11th Jyotirlinga Lord Kedarnath were shut for the winter as per rituals with chanting of Vedic hymns accompanied by music played by local musical instruments, the tunes of the army band, and...
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In the race to the bottom that now seems to define Indian politics, a new depth has been plumbed by the Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal with his utterly cynical and bizarre assertion that the Indian economy can be made to prosper if the photos of Laxmi and Ganesh are added to currency...
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Police have arrested a 52-year-old man for allegedly hoisting Pakistan's national flag at his house in Chhattisgarh's Sarangarh-Bhilaigarh district, an official said on Thursday. The action was taken against Mustaq Khan, a fruit vendor, on Tuesday evening after police received a complaint...
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Indian stock indices are on a roll as they rallied during eight out of the nine past sessions. At 9.37 am this morning, Sensex traded at 59,892.18 points, up 348.22 points or 0.58 per cent,whereas Nifty traded at 17,770.30 points, up 113.95 points or 0.65 per cent. Good second quarter...
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As a large part of India worships Goddess Lakshmi on the festival of Diwali, we recount the astonishing story of how Lakshmi inspired the most well known cosmetic brand of India. A thread on the Goddess, a French Opera, star-crossed lovers and Lakme. Read the thread here.
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Salman Khan's 'bhai' look on bhai dooj yesterday
Superstar Salman Khan has recovered from dengue and will soon resume shooting for reality show Bigg Boss 16, a source close to the actor said. The 56-year-old star, who has been hosting Bigg Boss since 2010, was diagnosed with dengue last week and was unable to shoot for the 'Weekend Ka...
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Extending Diwali greetings to everyone, Britain's newly-appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed that he will do everything to build a Britain where children and grandchildren can light their Diyas and look to the future with hope. Sunak, 42, attended a Diwali reception at 10 Downing...
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Police have registered a case against filmmaker Kamal Kishor Mishra for allegedly ramming his car into his wife after she spotted him with another woman in the vehicle in Mumbai, an official said. The filmmaker's wife was injured in the incident which took place on October 19 in the...
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Malaika Arora Khan in an 'item' number
A special court in Mumbai has sentenced a man to one-and-a-half years imprisonment for harassing a minor girl, observing that calling a girl an item is derogatory and objectifies her in a sexual manner. In the order passed on October 20, the court refused to show leniency to the accused and...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is also in charge of the home department, will not attend the two-day meeting of home ministers of states convened by the Centre at Surajkund in Haryana, a senior official has said.The state government will not send Home Secretary B P Gopalika or...
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Sandeep Dhaliwal
A jury in the US state of Texas has sentenced a man charged with killing Sandeep Dhaliwal, America's first turbaned Sikh police officer, to death.Sandeep Dhaliwal, who was the first Sikh deputy for the Harris County department, was killed in the line of duty in September 2019, Fox News...
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Religious freedom is the fundamental American value and supporting it is a priority for United States President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a Diwali reception hosted by him.Blinken made these comments on Wednesday, while addressing an impressive gathering of Indian...
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Ahead of his $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal, Elon Musk visited the headquarters of Twitter in San Francisco, and walked the halls of the office carrying the bowl of a sink on Wednesday.Musk tweeted a video of him and described his visit as an experience that he was trying to 'sink in' as...
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