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Bambolim: Punjab FC made a bright start to their Super Cup campaign with a 3-0 win against Gokulam Kerala FC at the Athletic Stadium, Bambolim, on MondayMuhammad Suhail forced an own goal from Gursimrat Singh in the second minute itself, and when captain Nikhil Prabhu headed the second from a corner kick inside ten minutes, Gokulam Kerala were pushed against the wall. Princeton Rebello then made it 3-0 before half-time to put an end to the match as a contest.Gokulam Kerala put up an improved per ...Read More >
Panaji: The FIDE World Cup returns to India for the first time since 2002. That year, Viswanathan Anand defeated Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the two-game final held in Hyderabad, a victory that helped cement India's emergence as a major force in world chess.Now, as the World Cup returns to Indian soil, this time in Goa, top seed Gukesh D, current World Champion and one of the favourites, will look to create a major impact."I am really excited and looking forward to playing in the World Cup," said Guk ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: J&K government has sought permission from NIA to carry out ground surveys and technical studies for the proposed 1.4km gondola project in Pahalgam, where a terrorist attack on April 22 left 26 people dead, including 25 tourists and a local pony operator.The attack in Baisaran -- a popular meadow above Pahalgam -- forced the closure of the area and rattled visitor confidence in one of the region's top resort towns. Keen to help tourism rebound, govt has pushed to restart the halted cabl ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met over 50 citizens at Janata Darshan in Lucknow on Monday, where he directed officials to urgently address the complaints he received. Among the issues brought to the CM's attention were matters related to encroachments on govt land. He directed officials to investigate the matter and clear the land of encroachment. In another case, a citizen sought financial assistance for medical treatment. The CM asked for a cost estimate from the hospital and assured ...Read More >
Vasco: Verna police registered a non-cognisable offence against local taxi operators at Arossim for harassing and abusing a tourist and forcing him to travel by their vehicle instead of the taxi booked by him to get to the airport.The tourist said that on Sunday, he had booked a taxi to drop him at the airport from the hotel he was staying at, but the car in which he was travelling was blocked outside the hotel gate by some local taxi operators. The tourist added that the local taxi operators ha ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: For the first time since assuming office in Oct 2024, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday admitted his optimism regarding the restoration of statehood was fading."I was hopeful from day one about the restoration of statehood," he said. "Now, the hope has diminished. The longer you keep us waiting and delay statehood, the less hopeful we'll be," Omar said while interacting with reporters in his office at J&K Assembly, which is in session currently.Asked about reports claiming he ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Alleging that the Congress govt deceived auto drivers with false promises during the 2023 assembly elections, BRS has initiated a unique programme where party leaders travelled in autorickshaws and interacted with the drivers. BRS working president KT Rama Rao, ex-minister and Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao, MP Vaddiraju Ravichandra, MLA Vemula Prashant Reddy, and others travelled in autos in the city from various destinations. They demanded that the govt release pending arrears of 24,000 ...Read More >
New Delhi: Police have apprehended a brother-sister duo linked to Thak-Thak gang for a spate of chain-snatching incidents across south Delhi. The accused, a 24-year-old woman and her 17-year-old brother from Dakshinpuri, were allegedly involved in multiple cases reported from Malviya Nagar, Kotla Mubarakpur and Kartavya Path. According to police, the siblings -- nicknamed "Bunty and Babli" -- mostly targeted women walking alone. The minor drove a two-wheeler while his sister, riding pillion, sna ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A 22-year-old delivery agent, working for an online grocery delivery firm, was arrested by RT Nagar police for allegedly sexually harassing a Brazilian woman in her city flat.The accused, Kumar was remanded to judicial custody and is lodged at Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara. The 21-year-old woman has been working as a model for a private company for the last two months. The firm had provided accommodation in a flat at Sultanpalya to the woman and two other foreign nationals workin ...Read More >
Chennai: A day after the ruling DMK vowed to oppose Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Tamil Nadu, the principal opposition, AIADMK and the state unit of its ally BJP said they welcomed the exercise.AIADMK organizational secretary D Jayakumar said on Monday the SIR was intended to 'cleanse' the state's electoral rolls. In a statement, he said AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has been urging for a complete scrutiny of the electoral rolls and release of a fresh one after removing d ...Read More >
Panaji: The frequency of cyclones has shown significant variations, with four cyclones recorded in 2024 and two so far in 2025, reflecting the ongoing impact of increased atmospheric warming in the Indian Ocean. While the numbers have decreased from previous years, the intensity of cyclonic activity continues to affect various regions, particularly impacting states like Goa, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh.Goa experienced severe effects from cyclone Asna and minor impact from Fengal in 2024. Thi ...Read More >
Vadodara: Vadodara city and district have been receiving rain since Sunday night, with the rainfall largely concentrated in a few talukas while others saw negligible showers.Isolated drizzles on Sunday morning set the tone for the spell, but rain picked up across most parts of the city by evening. Restaurants and street food joints, usually crowded on Sunday nights, reported fewer customers as the weather turned wet.The scene on Monday morning resembled a typical monsoon day, as the city witness ...Read More >
Gandhinagar: The office of the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Gujarat will begin the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls from Tuesday. The exercise is scheduled to be completed by Feb 7, 2026.According to the schedule issued by the CEO's office, training of personnel for the revision exercise will be conducted from Oct 28 to Nov 3. House-to-house verification by both level officers (BLOs) will take place between Nov 4 and Dec 4, followed by the publication of the draft electora ...Read More >
Ayodhya/Lucknow: The Ram temple trust in Ayodhya announced on Monday that all construction work related to Ayodhya's Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple has been completed. The construction includes the main temple premises and six other temples around the parkota wall. The trust, in a post on X, said, "It is with great joy that we inform all devotees of Prabhu Shri Ramlalla Sarkar that all Mandir construction work has been completed." The trust is gearing up for Nov 25, the day when another big event w ...Read More >
Itanagar: IAS officer and former deputy commissioner of Itanagar Capital Region (ICR), Talo Potom, who was wanted after a 19-year-old youth was found dead in his rented room last Friday, surrendered before police on Monday morning.ICR Naharlagun SP Nyelam Nega said Potom surrendered at 7.30am on Monday but withheld details. Later in the day, the judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) court in Yupia remanded Potom to 14 days of judicial custody.Potom, currently serving as PWD special secretary wi ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Private sector Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) on Monday posted a 4.9% rise in net profit at Rs 318 crore in the quarter ended Sept 30, 2025, against Rs 303 crore during the corresponding quarter last year. Its deposits grew by 12.3% on a YoY basis at Rs 55,421 crore in Q2 FY26 over Rs 49,342 crore during the year-ago quarter. The advances were at Rs 46,930 crore in the July-Sept quarter of 2025-26, an increase by 10.3% when compared with Rs 42,533 crore in the same quarter of FY25. Whil ...Read More >
Mandya: Deputy commissioner Kumara instructed the officials concerned to take necessary measures for the eradication of tuberculosis (TB) in the district. Currently, 710 patients are receiving TB treatment in the district. He expressed happiness that the number of TB cases in the district is decreasing every year.Presiding over the District Level TB Forum meeting organised at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday, he stated that free TB testing is being conducted for those suffering from TB ...Read More >
Guwahati: The devotional fervour of Chhath Puja this year found an added emotional rhythm as songs of Zubeen Garg once again became the soothing backdrop to the rituals performed at ghats in the city.Devotees in the city joined the pan-India celebration as the Chhath Puja, a four-day festival devoted to the sun god, commenced from Monday. While maintaining the traditional sanctity of the festival, the city, however saw the devotees playing music of Zubeen Garg, blending the Assamese sentiment wi ...Read More >
Mysuru: A passenger's laptop, accidentally left on a platform at Harihara railway station in Davanagere district, was safely recovered within minutes. The recovery was thanks to the alertness and swift action of railway staff.On Oct 25, Nandakishore SN, who boarded a train from Harihara, realised soon after the train's departure that he forgot his laptop on platform No. 3. Fortunately, Avinash, travelling ticket examiner (TTE), and K Imtiyaz Ahmed, commercial-cum-reservation clerk at Harihara, a ...Read More >
Mumbai: The BJP in Maharashtra no longer walks on crutches; it stands on its own feet, declared Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Mumbai on Monday as he attended the bhoomipujan programme for the party's new regional headquarters to be built near Churchgate station. He exhorted party workers to ensure the opposition is wiped out in the forthcoming local elections so much so that they are "not seen even with the help of binoculars."Addressing party workers on the occasion, Shah said, "Just like in ...Read More >
Chennai: Sundaram Home Finance (SHF) reported a 69% rise in net profit for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, at Rs 74.68 crore, up from Rs 44.15 crore in the same period last year. Total disbursements increased 9% to Rs 1,681 crore from Rs 1,543 crore a year ago.Assets under management grew 21% to Rs 18,572 crore as of September 30, 2025, compared to Rs 15,405 crore a year earlier.The company's Emerging Business (EB) segment -- catering to small-ticket and affordable housing loans -- saw dis ...Read More >
Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has decided to pay the pending salaries of doctors and staff working under the 'Aapla Dawakhana' initiative using the Rs 2.89 crore bank guarantee and withheld dues of the private operator. Municipal commissioner Saurabh Rao has instructed the civic health department to use these funds to prevent disruption in healthcare services.Deputy municipal commissioner (health) Umesh Birari, said the civic body took the step after the contractor stopped operati ...Read More >
Jind: Distressed, the youths deported from the US have completely distanced themselves from the media.According to information, 14 youths from Kaithal district and three from Jind were deported from the US after they were found without legal travel documents. All of them were kept in shackles during the flight, and upon arrival at Delhi airport, they were received by the respective police teams.When an attempt was made to speak with the family of a Safidon youth, they flatly refused. The youngst ...Read More >
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on has censured Panjab University, Chandigarh, for allegedly stopping a seminar dedicated to the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, organised by the Students' Union on the university campus.In a statement issued on Monday, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami said preventing a seminar dedicated to the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur was an anti-Sikh action and a direct attack on the freedom of expression ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Monday announced that all construction work related to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, including the main shrine of Ramlalla, has been completed.In a post on X, the trust said, "It is with great joy that we inform all devotees of Prabhu Shri Ramlalla Sarkar that all Mandir construction work has been completed. This includes the main Mandir and the six Mandirs within the precinct, dedicated to Mahadev, Ganesh Ji, Hanuman Ji, Suryadev, Maa Bha ...Read More >
Navi Mumbai: In a big blow to India's campaign, with just 48 hours to go before their 2025 Women's ODI World Cup semifinal clash against mighty Australia at the DY Patil Stadium, in-form opener Pratika Rawal was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament due to knee and ankle injuries she sustained during India's final league-stage match against Bangladesh at the same venue on Sunday night. While the match was abandoned due to unrelenting, unseasonal rain, Rawal twisted her ankle in the 21st o ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Over the past six months, Shaina Manimuthu participated in various domestic tournaments across India to refine her skills and enhance her performance as a player. The rigorous schedule resulted in ankle pain for the Karnataka shuttler, which she carried into the Badminton Asia U-17 and U-15 Championships in Chengdu, China. Determined to improve upon her pre-quarterfinal exit last year, the teenager worked towards it.Shaina's perseverance paid off as the top-seeded player lost only one ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Delhi saw the month's fifth day of very poor air quality as the AQI rose to 321 on Sunday. A day earlier, it was 292 at 4 pm, which is in the poor category.Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Sunday did not release its daily 24-hour average AQI bulletin - it is released at 4 pm - till the filing of this report. CPCB's Sameer app showed that Delhi's AQI was last updated at 12 pm at 321. An official, who did not want to be named, said all stations were active and gathering data bu ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old DU student suffered burn injuries after being attacked with acid, allegedly by a stalker and his two associates, in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar on Sunday.In her statement, the victim, a second-year student enrolled in a non-collegiate programme at a college, said she was on her way to attend an additional class in Ashok Vihar when she was attacked around 11am. Police were alerted around 12pm after she was taken to a hospital with burns. "She was walking towards the col ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old woman, her ex-boyfriend and his friend have been arrested for allegedly killing her live-in partner, a UPSC aspirant, in north Delhi's Timarpur earlier this month and staging it as a fire incident.According to police, she planned the murder as she suspected he possessed a hard disk containing "objectionable" videos and photographs of her.The accused - Amrita Chauhan, her ex-boyfriend Sumit Kashyap (27) and his friend Sandeep Kumar (29) - hail from UP's Moradabad, where t ...Read More >
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