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New Delhi: US president Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that India would soon stop buying Russian oil as Prime Minister Modi has personally assured him. The Indian government is however yet to confirm the US President's assertion. From the White Housing, Trump told reporters that he expressed his concern to PM Modi regarding purchase of Russian crude which according to him is funding Moscow's war on Ukraine. "I was not happy that India was buying oil. And he assured me today that they will no ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday said the Supreme Court's decision to permit green firecrackers during Diwali would be implemented with strict monitoring to prevent any violation of its conditions. He announced that district magistrates will soon designate specific areas for the sale of eco-friendly firecrackers and issue temporary licenses to retailers, while ensuring that banned varieties stay out of the market. Welcoming the court's order, Sirsa said ...Read More >
Jammu/New Delhi: Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command, has warned that Operation Sindoor 2.0 could be more destructive if Pakistan persists in its terror activities against India. Addressing journalists in Jammu, Lt Gen Katiyar emphasized that India's future response would surpass the devastation of the first Operation Sindoor, which targeted multiple Pakistani airbases and military installations. "Unless Pakistan changes its mindset, it wil ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Individual Taxpayers' Forum (ITPF) has appealed to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to direct the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) not to collect property taxes as taxpayers have been denied basic infrastructure. In a letter to the CM, the forum from Bengaluru East City Corporation limits said not much is being done to improve the city's crumbling infrastructure. With bad roads and drainage, and poor transport and garbage clearance systems, people are left to fend for themselves. Sa ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court will hear the arguments on Thursday on a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the Telangana government challenging the High Court's interim orders staying the implementation of 42 per cent BC quota in the local body elections. In view of the hearing in the apex court, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy spoke to legal experts, including state counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi, on phone and advised them to make strong arguments on behalf of the state government to implement ...Read More >
Patna, October 16: The BJP on Thursday released its third and final list of 18 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, completing its share of 101 seats under the NDA's seat-sharing arrangement. Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) also announced its list of four candidates. According to the RLM's first list, Madhav Anand will contest from Madhubani, Prashant Kumar Pankaj from Ujiarpur, Snehlata -- wife of party chief Upendra Kushwaha -- from Sasaram, and Alok Kumar Singh from ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: After an eight-day impasse, the family of senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar gave their consent to Chandigarh Police to conduct a postmortem on Wednesday morning. The cremation was carried out in the evening, with both daughters performing the last rites.A nerve-wracking time for the family and Haryana govt came to close. The family's insistence on action against those named in Puran Kumar's suicide note, including DGP Shatrujeet Kapur and then Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, had put Har ...Read More >
New Delhi: The BJP announced its candidates for all 101 seats which the party got after the seat-sharing arrangement in the NDA, with the party on Wednesday evening releasing the third list of 18 nominees for the upcoming Bihar polls. Earlier in the day, the party released the second list of its 12 candidates for the assembly polls, fielding singer Maithili Thakur from Alinagar seat and former IPS officer Anand Mishra from Buxar. On Tuesday, it released the first list of 71 candidates for the ...Read More >
Bihar polls: BJP releases final list of candidates; RLM also announce 4 names Patna: The BJP on Thursday released its third and final list of 18 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, completing its share of 101 seats under the NDA's seat-sharing arrangement. Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) also announced its list of four candidates. According to the RLM's first list, Madhav Anand will contest from Madhubani, Prashant Kumar Pankaj from Ujiarpur, Snehlata -- wife of pa ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Rain is expected to intensify across Kerala from Thursday as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast the onset of the northeast monsoon over the country. According to the IMD, the southwest monsoon will withdraw from India within the next 24 hours, paving the way for the northeast monsoon to begin over the southeast peninsular region, covering Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Lakshadweep during the same period. The IMD has predicted thunderstorms across Kerala till Oct ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 16 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Jay Dholakia as its candidate for the Nuapada Assembly by-election in Odisha on Wednesday. In addition to Nuapada, the Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party has approved several candidates for the 2025 Assembly by-elections in various states. Agha Syed Mohsin and Sushri Devyani Rana have been selected as candidates for the Budgam and Nagrota by-elections, respectively, in Jammu and Kash ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 15 (ANI): The Rashtriya Lok Morcha, led by former Union Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha, on Wednesday released the list of six candidates for the upcoming Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections 2025. The party has announced six candidates across different districts for the state polls. According to the official release issued by State General Secretary Subhash Chandravanshi, Tittu has been fielded from the Basopatti constituency in Siwan district. From ...Read More >
CHENNAI: One in three convicts and undertrial prisoners in Tamil Nadu's prisons are from the Scheduled Castes (SCs), the highest proportion recorded among all states in the country, according to the National Crime Records Bureau's Prison Statistics India 2023. The report highlights the disproportionate incarceration of SC communities in the state, far exceeding their share of the population. Among convicts, SCs account for over 31 per cent of Tamil Nadu's prison population, nearly double the n ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 16 (ANI): Telangana's Hyderabad city is gearing up to celebrate the annual Sadar Festival, a significant celebration observed by the Yadav community. This year, the Telangana State government has officially declared October 19 as the day to commemorate this grand festival, also known as Dunnapothula Panduga.Congress MP Anil Kumar Yadav held a meeting with the Yadav community to discuss arrangements for the festival and participated in traditional Sadar danc ...Read More >
Visakhapatnam: The Indian Navy is hosting the fifth edition of the Indo-Indonesian joint bilateral maritime exercise 'Samudra Shakti - 2025' in Visakhapatnam. The participating units include INS Kavaratti, an Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette of Eastern Fleet under the aegis of Eastern Naval Command (ENC) and the Indonesian Navy Ship KRI John Lie, a Corvette (with an integral helicopter), which arrived at Visakhapatnam. Commenced on October 14, the exercise will continue till October 17. The ha ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 16 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Jay Dholakia as its candidate for the Nuapada Assembly by-election in Odisha on Wednesday. In addition to Nuapada, the Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party has approved several candidates for the 2025 Assembly by-elections in various states. Agha Syed Mohsin and Sushri Devyani Rana have been selected as candidates for the Budgam and Nagrota by-elections, respectively, in Jammu and Kash ...Read More >
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], October 16 (ANI): Following the tragic bus accident in Jaisalmer that claimed at least 20 lives and left several others injured, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) MP Hanuman Beniwal held the state government responsible for the incident and demanded accountability at the highest levels. He said, "The incident that occurred in Jaisalmer yesterday is a huge failure of the government..." Adding further, he said, "We demand that CM Bhajanlal Sharma and Union Home Minist ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The BJP on Thursday released its third and final list of 18 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, completing its share of 101 seats under the NDA's seat-sharing arrangement. Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) also announced its list of four candidates. According to the RLM's first list, Madhav Anand will contest from Madhubani, Prashant Kumar Pankaj from Ujiarpur, Snehlata -- wife of party chief Upendra Kushwaha -- from Sasaram, and Alok Ku ...Read More >
West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose has submitted a report on the gang rape of a medical student in Durgapur to President Droupadi Murmu and the Union Home Ministry, a Raj Bhavan official said on Wednesday (October 15, 2025). In the report, Mr. Bose has given a detailed account of his findings in the case and also about his interactions with the survivor and her parents who hail from Odisha, he said. Durgapur gang rape case: police reconstruct crime scene; male friend arrested "A report has ...Read More >
MARTOLI, India (AP) -- Dozens of dilapidated stone buildings are what is left of the once-thriving border village of Martoli, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Nestled in Johar Valley and surrounded by Himalayan peaks -- the most notable being Nanda Devi, once considered the tallest mountain in the world -- this village had traded sugar, lentils, spices and cloth for salt and wool with Tibetans across the border. The nomadic occupants of several villages spent the winter months in th ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The United Nations Troop Contributing Countries (UNTCC) Chiefs Conclave, hosted by the Indian Army in New Delhi from 14 to 16 October, continued on Wednesday with the Chiefs witnessing an Integrated New Age Technology Demonstration, an official statement by the Ministry of Defence stated. The UNTCC Chiefs travelled to Agra where they witnessed an Integrated New Age Technology Demonstration and were shown an array of New Generation Equipment by the Indian Arm ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The United Nations Troop Contributing Countries' (UNTCC) Chiefs Conclave, hosted by the Indian Army in New Delhi from 14 to 16 October, continued on Wednesday with the Chiefs witnessing an Integrated New Age Technology Demonstration, an official statement by the Ministry of Defence stated. The UNTCC Chiefs travelled to Agra where they witnessed an Integrated New Age Technology Demonstration and were shown an array of New Generation Equipment by the Indian Ar ...Read More >
Bihar Assembly election 2025: The Bharatiya Janata Party has released its third list for the Bihar Assembly elections. This list has given tickets to 18 candidates. This means that, as per the NDA seat-sharing formula, the BJP has already allocated candidates for all seats in its quota. In the third list, the BJP has nominated Satish Kumar Yadav against former Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav. By giving Yadav a ticket against Tejashwi Yadav, the BJP has made the contest interesting. The BJP had f ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 16 (ANI): In a heartfelt tribute, both daughters of Haryana-cadre IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar performed the 'mukhagni' to his mortal remains during his last rites at the Sector 25 crematorium. The solemn ceremony was attended by Haryana DGP OP Singh, along with other dignitaries, honouring the legacy of the esteemed officer. Also Read | Zubeen Garg Death Case: Rahul Gandhi to Visit Assam to Pay Homage to Legendary Singer and Cultural Icon. Puran Kumar alle ...Read More >
Imphal, Oct 15: Manipur divers Willson Singh Ningthoujam and Indiver Sairem, who won India's first ever medal at the Asian Aquatics Championships earlier this month, have now set their sights on next year's Asian Games to be held in Japan. Ningthoujam, a havildar in the Indian Army, had won the bronze medal in men's 10m synchronised platform at the event in Ahmedabad with Sairem, who took part in the competition despite suffering a thumb injury. Both Ningthoujam (23) and Sairem (15) are now ba ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The European Union (EU) and India organised a first-of-its-kind counterterrorism training from October 13 to 15 to protect critical infrastructure and soft targets against emerging threats from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or drones, as they are commonly known, as per an official release. The release said the rapid proliferation of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and their misuse by state and non-state actors pose serious security challenges. Also Read | Ind ...Read More >
Mumbai: The rupee reversed its retreating trend Wednesday to close at 88.0750 against the US dollar, with market participants attributing the steepest appreciation in nearly four months to unexpectedly heavy Reserve Bank of India (RBI) dollar sales that seemingly underscored Mint Road's discomfort with speculative positions. The rupee had closed at 88.7975 against the dollar Tuesday. The 0.8% rise through the day comes after the rupee consistently closed in 88.51 to 88.80 range in the last three ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 15 (ANI): The Rashtriya Lok Morcha, led by former Union Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha, on Wednesday released the list of six candidates for the upcoming Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections 2025. The party has announced six candidates across different districts for the state polls. According to the official release issued by State General Secretary Subhash Chandravanshi, Tittu has been fielded from the Basopatti constituency in Siwan district. From ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The United Nations Troop Contributing Countries' (UNTCC) Chiefs Conclave, hosted by the Indian Army in New Delhi from 14 to 16 October, continued on Wednesday with the Chiefs witnessing an Integrated New Age Technology Demonstration, an official statement by the Ministry of Defence stated. The UNTCC Chiefs travelled to Agra where they witnessed an Integrated New Age Technology Demonstration and were shown an array of New Generation Equipment by the Indian Ar ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that 'Mera Booth, Sabse Mazboot' is not just a programme but the strongest link in the BJP's success at the grassroots level. Interacting with BJP workers from poll-bound Bihar via NaMo App, PM Modi said that the youth of Bihar are gaining from the improved situation in the state. Also Read | Zubeen Garg Death Case: Rahul Gandhi to Visit Assam to Pay Homage to Legendary Singer and Cultural Icon. He said there ...Read More >
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