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Jammu: The Congress has decided not to contest the Nagrota assembly by-election in Jammu and Kashmir, even though the National Conference has offered it the seat. Both the coalition partners had fought last year's assembly elections together, but the alliance has been going through a rough patch ever since the National Conference (NC) refused a safe seat to the Congress for the Rajya Sabha elections. Elections to the four Rajya Sabha seats in the Union Territory will be held on October 24. Byp ...Read More >
Hajipur: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's elder son and Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav has been booked for violating the model code of conduct (MCC) during the filing of his nomination papers from the Mahua assembly seat in Bihar's Vaishali district, police said on Sunday. According to a statement issued by the district police, the Circle Officer of Mahua lodged a complaint with the police station concerned after a video, which went viral on social media, showed Yadav using a SUV, bearing ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted everyone on Diwali and urged Indian consumers to buy domestically made "Swadeshi" products during the festival, encouraging the purchase of Indian-made products and supporting local artisans. Wishing the people of the country, PM Modi said, "Greetings on the occasion of Diwali. May this festival of lights illuminate our lives with harmony, happiness and prosperity. May the spirit of positivity prevail all around us." The Prime Minister ...Read More >
Mumbai: Speaking at an event in Mumbai on Sunday, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said in ancient times, Indians travelled world over to propagate culture and science, but never conquered or indulged in religious conversion. At the launch of the Arya Yug Vishay Kosh encyclopedia attended by a large number of thinkers, scholars and dignitaries from various fields, Bhagwat said many invaders have looted and enslaved India, and the last ones to invade looted the minds of Indi ...Read More >
Raipur: The recent surrender by 210 Naxalites in Chhattisgarh is being seen as a big boost for the security forces amid the central government's claims of wiping out the Naxal menace from the country by 2026. Former Director General of Police (DGP) DM Awasthi, who had led the first anti-Naxalite operation in the state, sees it as a landmark phase in the fight against left-wing extremism. On Friday (Oct 17), 210 Maoists, including a Central Committee member, surrendered before the police and pa ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday demanded that Delhi be renamed 'Indraprastha' to connect the national capital with its ancient history and culture. In a letter to Delhi Culture Minister Kapil Mishra, the Delhi unit of the VHP has also demanded renaming Indira Gandhi International Airport as Indraprastha International Airport, Delhi Railway Station as Indraprastha Railway Station and Shahjahanabad Development Board as Indraprastha Development Board. "The name of Delhi shoul ...Read More >
Patna: As parties announce candidates for the high-stakes Bihar assembly election, Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) leader Madan Shah on Sunday tore his clothes and broke down during a protest outside the residence of party president Lalu Prasad Yadav after being denied ticket. Shah alleged fraud in RJD's ticket distribution saying party MP Sanjay Yadav had demanded Rs 2.7 crore from him for the party ticket. Shah chased after party president Lalu Prasad Yadav's car as the former CM arrived at his res ...Read More >
Patna: Union minister Giriraj Singh has once again courted controversy by making a scathing remark against a minority community, saying that he doesn't need the votes of 'namak haraams' (betrayers). He made the remark while addressing a public rally in Bihar's Arwal district on Saturday. The BJP MP from Begusarai said, "Once I asked a 'maulvi' (cleric) whether he had Ayushman Bharat health card and he replied in the affirmative. I asked whether such cards were distributed on the basis of Hindu- ...Read More >
Palamu: For the first time, tigers will be counted outside the corridors of wildlife sanctuaries across the country, as part of tiger census, conducted every four years by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of India. For the first time, tigers will be counted across Jharkhand. Apart from Palamu Tiger Reserve, counting will be done in other areas including Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Dumka, Khunti, Simdega and Jamshedpur. Palamu Tiger Reserve has imparted training to Forest department personnel o ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rain continued to batter the high-range areas of several districts in Kerala on Sunday and many low-lying regions experienced flooding. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert in six districts -- Ernakulam, Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur, and Kasaragod. A yellow alert has been issued for the remaining eight districts. The IMD has also declared an orange alert in Lakshadweep. The orange alert indicates "very heavy rainfall" ranging be ...Read More >
Darjeeling: BJP MP Raju Bista from Darjeeling was allegedly attacked while visiting the landslide-hit areas in the North Bengal hills. It has been alleged that stones were pelted at his convoy while he was returning from visiting the Majhidhura area of Sukhiya Pokhri block of Darjeeling district on Saturday night. Subsequently, MP Raju Bista went to the Jorbunglow police station after the attack and filed a written complaint. While the central government recently appointed a high-ranking mediat ...Read More >
Ayodhya: Preparations are underway to set not one, but two world records this time in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. On Saturday, 21,000 devotees gathered for the Saryu Aarti, creating a record for the largest number of participants in an Aarti anywhere in the world. Organisers confirmed that a Guinness Book of World Records team was present during the event to verify the record claim. Meanwhile, preparations are in full swing to set another world record on Sunday evening by lighting 26,11,101 lamps a ...Read More >
Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party is gearing up for massive rallies in poll-bound Bihar featuring top leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, and BJP national president JP Nadda. The rallies are set to kick-start after Diwali. BJP Bihar state president, Dilip Jaisawal, informed ANI that PM Modi's proposed visit to Bihar is on 24th October. "In Bihar, he (PM Modi) will address public ralli ...Read More >
New Delhi: The sixth vessel (Named as INS Magdala) in the series of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts (ASW SWC) was launched on Saturday at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Kochi, the Ministry of Defence said in a press release. The ship was launched by Renu Rajaram in the presence of Vice Admiral Rajaram Swaminathan, Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition (CWP&A), along with senior officials from the Indian Navy and CSL. This ship is indigenously designed and built by ...Read More >
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party on Saturday said Rs 20 lakh each has been credited to the families of those who lost their lives in the Karur stampede on September 27. The sum was directly credited to the bank accounts of the affected families, the party said. "The money, Rs 20 lakh each, has been sent to 39 families, totalling to Rs 7.8 crore," the party said in a post on the social media platform 'X'. Though the actor had planned to meet the victims' familie ...Read More >
Guwahati: Ahead of the 2026 Assam Assembly polls, the BJP government in the state has expanded its cabinet by forming an alliance with the regional party, the Bodoland People's Front (BPF). On Saturday, two-time Majbat MLA Charan Boro was sworn in as Minister of State in Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's Cabinet. Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya administered the oath of office and secrecy to Boro. With this inclusion, the BPF, a strong political force in Bodoland, has joined the Natio ...Read More >
Lucknow: Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has deployed more than 200 leaders from Uttar Pradesh, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, to support its campaign in the state, party officials said. A key campaigner for the NDA, Adityanath has already held many rallies in Danapur and Saharsa districts and will likely conduct around 20 more across Bihar to boost support in areas where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance faces tough competiti ...Read More >
Chennai: Mounting a scathing attack on the BJP-led Centre on Saturday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin accused it of political discrimination and undermining the federal spirit of governance. His remarks came a day after state finance minister Thangam Thennarasu, during Assembly discussions on the first supplementary demands for grants, alleged that the Centre had persistently shown "political bias" against Tamil Nadu by withholding funds meant for education, welfare, and infrastructure pro ...Read More >
Mumbai: ICICI Bank on Saturday announced that its consolidated profit for the September quarter inched up 3.2 per cent to Rs 13,357 crore. The lender had reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 12,948 crore in the year-ago period. On a standalone basis, the second largest private sector lender reported a 5.2 per cent growth in its post tax profit at Rs 12,359 crore, up from Rs 11,746 crore in the year-ago period. The core net interest income increased 7.4 per cent to Rs 21,529 crore on the bac ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Almost after eight months, star batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will take the field when India take on Australia in the opening game of the three-match ODI series in Perth on Sunday. Having retired from Tests and T20Is, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will now play under charismatic Shubman Gill. The right handed batter from Punjab, who is India's Test captain and T20I deputy, will lead the side in ODIs for the first time against Australia. Ahead of the much-anticipated game, a da ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday quashed multiple FIRs registered at Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, against the vice chancellor of a university and its officials over the alleged offence of "mass religious conversions" of Hindus into Christianity. A bench comprising justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, 158-page judgment, said the criminal law cannot be allowed to be made a tool of harassment of innocent persons, allowing prosecuting agencies to initiate prosecution at their whims an ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that the Rights of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and Rights of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020, have been brutishly reduced to dead letters. The apex court emphasised that the Centre and states have exhibited a grossly apathetic attitude towards the transgender community, by defacing the lived realities of this community with their inaction. A bench comprising justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, in a 1 ...Read More >
New Delhi: Stating that tribal communities are an important part of India's socio-cultural diversity, President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said that tribal traditions remind us that development must be in harmony with nature. "The government has taken several concrete steps to ensure the overall development of tribal communities. These efforts aim not only to provide financial assistance but also to provide opportunities for education, health, employment, technical skills, and equal participation ...Read More >
New Delhi: A court in Antwerp on Friday cleared the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, noting that his arrest by the Belgian authorities on India's request was valid, officials in the know of the development said. The order has come as a strong validation for India's case seeking his extradition, with Choksi having the option of appealing against the decision in a superior court in Belgium, they said. "The order has come in our favour. The court has termed his arrest by the Belg ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held separate meetings with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya and Egypt's Foreign Minister Dr. Badr Abdelatty, discussing key bilateral and regional issues. In his meeting with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya at his official residence, PM Modi discussed a range of issues such as development cooperation and the welfare of Indian fishermen. "Glad to welcome Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ms. Harini Amarasuriya. Our discussio ...Read More >
Coimbatore: The wild elephant, locally infamous as 'Rolex', which had been causing panic among residents in the Thondamuthur region, was finally captured on Thursday night after a prolonged operation by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, assisted by Kumki elephants and veterinary experts. Coimbatore district, lying adjacent to the Western Ghats, frequently witnesses the movement of wild animals such as elephants and leopards in its foothill villages. Among these areas, Thondamuthur has faced rep ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Indian stargazers can embrace themselves this October to witness the Orionid meteor shower in the night sky. This annual celestial event will be at its peak on the night of October 21 to the early morning of October 22, as per Indian Standard Time. The peak timing for nightwatchers in the US is on the night of October 20 to the early morning of October 21. In the clear dark skies and with a bit of patience, skywatchers can witness up to 20 meteors per hour and enjoy this astronomical ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Contractors Association (KSCA) on Friday threatened to stop works from December if their pending dues running upto Rs 33,000 crore were not cleared within a month. They also alleged that the commission racket has continued unabated under the Congress regime too. Addressing a press conference, Association President R Manjunath said that despite making several requests and meeting Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah 2-3 times in the last two-and-a-half years since ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday took serious note of the digital arrest of a senior citizen couple, on the basis of forged orders of the apex court and probe agencies by fraudsters to extort Rs 1.05 crore, and issued notice to the Centre, Central Bureau of Inverstigation (CBI) and others after registering a suo motu case relating to digital arrests scams resulting into defrauding of senior citizens of their life savings. The matter came up before a bench comprising Justices Surya Kant an ...Read More >
Patna: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, whose averments on Nitish Kumar's continuance as Chief Minister of Bihar have been fuelling speculations in the poll-bound state, on Friday met the JD(U) president here. Shah, who had arrived here the previous evening on a three-day visit, drove down to 1, Anney Marg, the official residence of the CM, before devoting himself to the day's engagements, including a rally in Saran district and an interaction with intellectuals in the state capital. The former ...Read More >
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