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10:22 PM

PM Modi reaches Nassau Coliseum in New York, set to address Indian diaspora

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday arrived at the Nassau Coliseum in New York where he will address the Indian diaspora. A series of cultural performances was staged before his arrival at the Coliseum on Long Island.

8:55 PM

Delhi CM Atishi may take charge of office on Monday

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, who took the oath of office a day ago, is likely to take charge on Monday, officials said. She was sworn in as the eighth chief minister of Delhi on Saturday along with her cabinet. The Delhi Assembly's session will be held on September 26 and 27.

8:24 PM

Anura Dissanayake, a Marxist leader, wins Sri Lanka's presidential poll

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday was declared winner of the Sri Lankan presidential election by the country's Election Commission after an unprecedented second round of counting of votes. Dissanayake, 56, the leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party's broader front National People's Power (NPP), defeated his closest rival Sajith Premadasa of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).

7:54 PM

Will move out of official residence during Navratri festival: Arvind Kejriwal

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that he would move out of his official residence during the upcoming Navratri festival that begins on October 3. In his first public address after tendering his resignation on September 17, the AAP chief also hit out at the BJP for allegedly implicating him in a false case and asserted that he cannot live with the "stain of dishonesty".

7:40 PM

Previous government played with people's sentiments, says Andhra CM Naidu on Tirupati Laddu

The Chief Minister said that the previous government simply played with the sentiments of the people and did not honour their feelings. "Not only that government has destroyed Amaravathi but also counter-attacked those who raised their voice and spread false propaganda against such persons," he said.

6:56 PM

BJP govt will be out, criminals, drug smugglers should exit Haryana before Oct 8: Hooda

Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda Sunday claimed the BJP government in Haryana is on its way out and criminals and drug smugglers should leave the state before the Assembly poll results are declared or they have to face the heat. Campaigning for Congress candidates in the four assembly seats of Sirsa district, he expressed concern over the drug menace and said, "Today, more deaths are taking place in Haryana due to drugs than in Punjab."

6:49 PM

Indian diaspora gets ready at Nassau Coliseum for PM Modi's interaction event in New York

Preparations are in full swing at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York, as members of the Indian diaspora arrive for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's highly anticipated community event, "Modi and US," on Sunday. Community members have started gathering about five hours before the event, with artists from different groups preparing to showcase traditional music.

5:45 PM

Jammu and Kashmir elections: Pre-poll alliance with Congress to avoid hung assembly, says Omar Abdullah

The National Conference's pre-poll alliance with the Congress for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections was formed to give people an option to avoid a hung House, party vice-president Omar Abdullah said. Abdullah, who spoke to reporters at a shikara rally in the Dal lake in support of the party's Zadibal candidate Tanvir Sadiq -- said, "Maybe they have something which allows them to see what has gone into the machines, we don't know what has gone into the machines. What we have heard from the people, there is no room for hung elections."

5:14 PM

Fire breaks out at garment store in Delhi's Narela, no injuries reported

A fire broke out at a garment shop in outer Delhi's Narela on Sunday afternoon, officials said, adding that no one was injured in the incident. According to an official of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the fire department received a call at 1.30 pm about the blaze at the shop located in Narela's main market. Eight fire tenders were pressed into service which took one-and-a-half hours to douse the blaze, the official said.

5:00 PM

People injured in clash in UP village, cops attacked while chasing accused; one held

Three policemen were attacked while they were chasing a man who had allegedly opened fire upon some villagers during a clash here, officials said on Sunday.

4:55 PM

Military special train halted after 10 harmless' detonators go off on track in MP; probe on

Ten detonators, which the railways terms harmless, recently went off on tracks in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district, prompting the authorities to briefly halt a military special train, officials said on Sunday.

4:50 PM

J-K elections: Pre-poll alliance with Congress to avoid hung assembly, says Omar Abdullah

The National Conference's pre-poll alliance with the Congress for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections was formed to give people an option to avoid a hung House, party vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Sunday.

4:43 PM

BSF creates open-air gyms, bathrooms for women along India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal

Three open-air gymnasiums and a number of tin sheet-covered bathing sheds for women have been created by a BSF battalion deployed in this frontier area of West Bengal to guard the India-Bangaldesh international boundary.

4:36 PM

Mamata again writes to PM Modi on Bengal flood, says her govt not consulted on water release by DVC

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote another letter to PM Narendra Modi on the flood situation in West Bengal, maintaining that Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) released water from its reservoirs without consulting her government, inundating several districts.

4:24 PM

Fish Importers' Assn welcomes Bangladesh's decision to export Hilsa to India during festive season

4:16 PM

BJP govt must in J-K to teach Pak lesson; no stone-pelter, terrorists will be released: Amit Shah

There will be no talks with Pakistan till terrorism is eliminated, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday, asserting it is imperative that the BJP comes to power in Jammu and Kashmir to ensure peace and teach the neighbouring country a lesson.

3:54 PM

FIR registered against SP MP Awadhesh Prasad's son Ajit Prasad for assaulting man

3:42 PM

India announces $500,000 scholarship for Indo-Pacific students

India has announced a new initiative to award fifty Quad scholarships, worth $500,000, to students from the Indo-Pacific. These scholarships will enable students to pursue a four-year undergraduate engineering programme at a Government of India-funded technical institution, said the Wilmington Declaration issued after the fourth in-person Quad Summit.

3:36 PM

Delhi BJP stages protest against Kejriwal over failure to fulfil promises in manifesto

The BJP staged a protest against former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal at Rajghat on Sunday and claimed that the AAP-led Delhi government had failed to fulfil none of the promises mentioned in its election manifesto.

3:30 PM

India to clock 7% growth in FY25 despite headwinds: Deloitte

3:24 PM

SC to deliver verdict on Monday on plea against HC ruling that watching child porn not POCSO offence

The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver on Monday its judgment on a plea challenging a Madras High Court ruling that has said mere downloading and watching child pornography is not an offence under the POCSO Act and the information technology law.

3:01 PM

Quad nations form 'Cancer Moonshot' partnership to combat cervical cancer

The Quad grouping has announced that they had formed the Quad Cancer Moonshot partnership to combat cervical cancer, a joint statement by the leaders of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States said.

2:07 PM

Gujarat AAP MLA, 20 others booked for attacking restaurant owner over bill settlement

A case has been registered against an MLA of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and 20 others for allegedly attacking a restaurant owner in Gujarat's Narmada district, police said on Sunday.

1:35 PM

Kejriwal lashes out at PM Modi, BJP; poses five questions to RSS chief

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking the RSS if it agreed with the BJP's politics of using central agencies to break up parties and topple opposition governments, and inducting "corrupt" leaders into its fold.

1:34 PM

Lok Sabha MP's complaint against SEBI chief 'falls short' of persuading us to order probe: Lokpal

Anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal has said that a complaint by a Lok Sabha MP alleging impropriety and conflict of interest by capital markets regulator SEBI's chairperson, Madhabi Puri Buch "falls short" of persuading it to order any probe.

1:16 PM

More than 60 lakh viewers flock to theatres on National Cinema Day

Over 60 lakh moviegoers went to the theatres on National Cinema Day, which was celebrated on Friday, the Multiplex Association of India (MAI) has announced.

1:00 PM

No stone pelter, terrorist will be released in J-K: Shah

Talking tough on terror, Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said no stone pelter or terrorist will be released in Jammu and Kashmir and there will be no talks with Pakistan till terrorism is wiped out.

12:59 PM

India signs IPEF's clean, fair economy agreements

India on Sunday signed the 14-member IPEF (Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity) bloc's agreements on a clean and fair economy with an aim to enhance cooperation in these areas.

12:55 PM

Give new poll symbol to Ajit Pawar led NCP too: Sharad Pawar group

12:52 PM

President Biden welcomes progress towards India's procurement of 31 MQ-9B drones from US

US President Joe Biden welcomed the progress made towards India sealing procurement of 31 long-endurance MQ-9B armed drones from American defence major General Atomics, as he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to boost reciprocal supply of military hardware between the two sides.