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11:12 PM

PM Modi congratulates Indian cricket team on their 'splendid' victory against New Zealand

10:06 PM

Chhattisgarh assembly polls: Congress releases 3rd list with 7 candidates

The Congress on Sunday released another set of seven candidates for the Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Ambica Singh Deo, the granddaughter of the erstwhile king of Koriya, Ramanuj Pratap Singh, has been fielded by the party from Baikunthpur assembly constituency which she currently represents.

9:33 PM

PM Modi conveys best wishes to Indian contingent participating in Asian Para Games

9:30 PM

Infiltration bid foiled in J&K's Uri sector, two militants killed

Security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir by killing two militants, a defence spokesperson said on Sunday. 

8:40 PM

CM Kejriwal inaugurates Sarai Kale Khan flyover, hails PWD for saving money on projects

The three-lane Sarai Kale Khan flyover was opened for traffic on Sunday, facilitating better connectivity between Central, East and southeast Delhi. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who inaugurated the flyover, congratulated and thanked everyone involved in its construction including PWD officials, engineers, contractors, agencies, and workers.

8:28 PM

India’s humanitarian aid for the people of Palestine arrives in Egypt

7:59 PM

UP Transport Corporation is lifeline of state: CM Yogi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that the UP Transport Corporation is considered the lifeline of transportation within the state. The Chief Minister launched 'Mission Mahila Sarathi' at Saryu Guest House, Ramkatha Park in Ayodhya under the Mission Shakti Abhiyan and flagged off 51 ordinary buses (BS 6).

7:13 PM

Operation Ajay: Sixth flight carrying Indians departs from Tel Aviv

As 'Operation Ajay' continues, the sixth flight carrying Indian nationals has departed from Tel Aviv for Delhi. Confirming the same, the Indian Embassy in Israel posted on social media platform X, "The sixth flight has taken off from Tel Aviv to Delhi. Embassy wishes everyone on board a safe journey." The fifth flight carrying 286 Indian nationals including 18 citizens of Nepal arrived in New Delhi late on Tuesday night.

6:47 PM

Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolts Nepal, informs NCS

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter Scale, jolted Nepal on Sunday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). Meanwhile, earlier today, a strong quake of 5.3 also jolted Nepal. The NCS stated that the earthquake occurred at 07:24 am (IST) on Sunday at a depth of 10 kilometres.

5:45 PM

17 trucks bringing aid to besieged Palestinians reaches Gaza from Egypt

A convoy of 17 trucks bringing aid to besieged Palestinians crossed into Gaza on Sunday, Egypt's state-run media reported. The delivery would be the second shipment into the territory in the past two days. Residents of Gaza have been under an Israeli blockade that cut off food, water, medicine and electricity since Hamas militants rampaged through southern Israel on October 7.

4:53 PM

15 injured in collision between tractor-trolley, bus in UP's Saharanpur

Fifteen people were injured when their tractor-trolley collided with a roadways bus here, police said on Sunday. Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sagar Jain told PTI that 18 devotees from Muzaffarnagar were going to visit a temple here on Saturday evening when the tractor-trolley they were travelling in collided with a roadways bus in Deoband area.

4:19 PM

Problems we have are with certain segment of Canadian politics: EAM Jaishankar

"If we see progress in safety of our diplomats in Canada, we would like to resume issuance of visas there," EAM Jaishankar said as per media reports.

3:56 PM

ISRO prefers woman fighter test pilots for its manned mission: S Somanath

ISRO prefers woman fighter test pilots or female scientists for its much-awaited human space flight programme Gaganyaan mission and it is possible to send them in the future, the space agency chief S Somanath said on Sunday. He also said ISRO would send a female humanoid - a robot that resembles a human - in its unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft next year. The ambitious mission aims to send humans into space on a Low Earth Orbit of 400 km for three days and bring them safely back to the Earth.

3:19 PM

Groundwater contamination in Dwarka: NGT asks DPCC to submit report

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to submit a report regarding groundwater contamination in rainwater harvesting systems installed across housing societies in Dwarka. The alarming part of the report is that in 180 societies, contamination was found on account of the presence of ammonical nitrogen and total dissolved solid in sample water and there is no plausible explanation in the report for the presence of ammonical nitrogen in the collected samples, the bench also comprising judicial member Justice Sudhir Agarwal and expert member A Senthil Vel said in a recent order.

2:55 PM

They've turned Madhya Pradesh into 'Choupat' state: Kamal Nath attacks BJP

Ahead of the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly polls, Congress leader Kamalnath on Sunday launched attack on the Madhya Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, stating that they have turned the state into a "Choupat" (destroyed) one.

"They have turned Madhya Pradesh into a 'Choupat' state. People from every section of society are distressed here. The economy is 'Choupat', and the health facilities are 'Choupat' here. Be it educational facilities or agriculture, everything is ruined", Kamalnath said while addressing a public rally in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni.

2:42 PM

Adityanath flags off 51 buses with women drivers, conductors in Ayodhya

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday flagged off 51 buses of the state transport corporation that will have women drivers and conductors.

On the second day of his Ayodhya tour, the chief minister inaugurated the "Mission Mahila Sarathi" from Ram Katha Park here and asserted that for the all-round development of a society, it must respect its women and protect their dignity.

2:25 PM

BJP MLA Rajender to slug it out with CM KCR in Gajwel Assembly segment, to contest from 2 seats in Telangana

BJP legislator Etala Rajender is set to take on Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in Gajwel constituency in November 30 assembly polls, according to the first list of candidates released by the BJP on Sunday.

Three of the BJP's sitting Lok Sabha members - Bandi Sanjay Kumar (former Telangana BJP chief and Karimnagar MP), Dharmapuri Arvind (Nizamabad MP) and Soyam Bapu Rao (Adilabad MP) will contest in the elections.

2:01 PM

1 person killed as bus rams into crane on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway

One person was killed when a Gujarat state transport bus rammed into a crane on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Sunday, police said.

The incident took place at around 3 am when the crane which had hit a road divider on the highway was being reversed, an official from Palghar police station said.

1:59 PM

Shivakumar warns leaders against speaking on internal party issues to media

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar warned the party MLAs and leaders against speaking to the media about the internal discussions in the party.

Shivakumar's reaction came in the backdrop of Assembly Chief Whip Ashok Pattana's recent comments about the "cabinet reshuffle after two and a half years" and Minister Satish Jarakiholi's comments that Shivakumar is not the only leader who brought the Congress to power in Karnataka.

 

1:50 PM

China ramped up troop presence, infrastructure along LAC in 2022: Pentagon report

China increased the deployment of forces and continued infrastructure build-up, including underground storage facilities near Doklam, a second bridge over Pangong Lake and a dual-purpose airport and multiple helipads, along the LAC in 2022 amid border tensions with India, a Pentagon report has said.

The Indian and Chinese troops are locked in an over three-year confrontation in certain friction points in eastern Ladakh even as the two sides completed disengagement from several areas following extensive diplomatic and military talks.

1:38 PM

Centre working on plan to assess vulnerability of all glacial lakes: Sources

In collaboration with the states, the Centre will reassess the vulnerability of all glacial lakes in the country through ground surveys and establish a monitoring system to disseminate information about potential glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), according to government sources.

This decision follows the devastating floods caused by the Lhonak lake outburst in Sikkim due to heavy rains earlier this month. It resulted in at least 60 fatalities and extensive damage in Mangan, Gangtok, Pakyong, and Namchi districts. It also led to the destruction of the Chungthang dam, also known as Teesta III dam, a vital component of a major hydropower project in the state.

1:17 PM

Three Lok Sabha MPs in BJP's list of 52 candidates for Telangana polls

Three Lok Sabha MPs, including its former Telangana president Bandi Sanjay Kumar, figured on Sunday in the BJP's first list of 52 candidates for the November 30 state assembly polls.

The BJP has also given ticket to its firebrand Hindutva leader T Raja Singh from his Goshamahal seat after revoking his suspension, effected last year for alleged insulting remarks towards Prophet Mohammad.

12:48 PM

Illegal bauxite mining in Jharkhand: NGT forms panel, seeks report

The National Green Tribunal has formed a panel and asked it to submit a factual and action-taken report on the alleged illegal mining of bauxite in Jharkhand's Lohardaga.

The NGT was hearing a petition which was registered following a media report on illegal bauxite mining in Lohardaga.

12:37 PM

BJP to start 'Sadbhavna Yatra' in December to connect with minorities

Bharatiya Janata Party's Minority Morcha is set to embark on a 'Sadbhawana Yatra' across the country before the Lok Sabha elections to reach out to the minority communities. This yatra aims to connect with the 543 Muslim-majority Lok Sabha constituencies in India.

Jamaal Siddiqui, the National President of the BJP Minority Morcha, explained that this Sadbhwana Yatra intends to acquaint the Muslim, Sikh, Jain, and Parsi communities with the welfare schemes of the Modi government at the centre.

12:27 PM

Telangana least corrupt state, BRS targets 95-100 seats in polls: K Kavitha

Exuding confidence that BRS will come back to power, MLC K Kavitha said her party has set a target of winning between 95 and 100 seats in November 30 assembly polls in Telangana.

In an exclusive interview with PTI, she also said Telangana, according to the Central government survey, is the least corrupt state in the country.

 

12:04 PM

French intel points to Palestine rocket, not Israeli strike, for Gaza blast

An assessment by French military intelligence indicates the most likely cause of the deadly explosion at Gaza City's al-Ahli hospital was a Palestinian rocket that carried an explosive charge of about 5 kilograms (11 pounds) and possibly misfired, a senior French military official said Friday.

Several rockets in the arsenal of the Palestinian militant group Hamas carry explosive charges of about that weight, including an Iranian-made rocket and another that is Palestinian-made, the intelligence official said.

11:44 AM

Steelbird lines up Rs 250 cr capex for new plant in South India

Leading helmet maker Steelbird Hi-tech India aims to invest over Rs 250 crore to set up a new manufacturing facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, as it looks to scale up capacity to cater to rising demand, according to a top company official.

The company, which has four plants each in Baddi (Himachal Pradesh) and Noida, is looking to roll out over 20,000 units from the Hosur plant in two years time.

11:28 AM

Rural recovery for FMCG companies takes a pause amid food inflation, uneven rains

The FMCG industry has witnessed a challenging September quarter amid subdued consumer demand and a decline in rural consumption due to persistent food inflation and uneven rains in some regions.

The operating environment remained tough for the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry as rural demand continues to be sluggish, and some green shoots, which were visible in the preceding June quarter, seem to have paused following adverse conditions.

11:01 AM

India sends medical aid, disaster relief material for Palestine amid Israel-Hamas conflict

10:57 AM

16 people rescued after fire breaks out in Delhi's Sabzi Mandi building

Sixteen people, including six children, were rescued after a fire broke out in a flat in central Delhi's Subzi Mandi area on Sunday, the Delhi Fire Service officials said.

A call was received at around 7:40 am about the blaze on the second floor of a building and eight fire engines were pressed into service.