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Aurangabad railway station renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar station
Mumbai: Three years after the renaming of the Aurangabad city in Maharashtra, the Central Railway on Saturday said the Aurangabad railway station has been officially renamed as “Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar railway station.” Its…
- India
PM Modi expresses grief over demise of Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief over the demise of Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, and said her lifelong dedication to public service will continue to inspire generations. “I…
- India
Watch: Passenger from Dubai held at Delhi airport with gold hidden in bottle cap
New Delhi: Delhi Customs officials have arrested a passenger arriving from Dubai after seizing 170 grams of gold worth over Rs 21 lakh concealed inside a beverage bottle cap at Indira Gandhi…
- India
Maha doctor suicide: Sub-inspector accused of rape arrested
Pune/Satara: Police have arrested sub-inspector Gopal Badane in connection with the alleged suicide of a woman government doctor in Maharashtra’s Satara district, officials said. Badane surrendered at the Phaltan Rural Police Station…
- India
Rights groups hold protest rally in Kolkata against SIR
Kolkata: Rights groups including Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) on Saturday held a protest rally against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls planned in West Bengal by the…
- Offbeat
Bengaluru woman hires musical band to wake her teenagers
A Bengaluru woman, tired of her teenage daughter sleeping in late, resorted to extreme measures to wake them up. She didn’t just turn off the fan or simply open the lights and…
- India
Hindutva group pastes ‘I Love Mahadev’ stickers on vehicles in Mumbai
Mumbai: Members of a Hindutva organisation in Malad, Mumbai, were seen pasting stickers on vehicles with “I love Mahadev” written on them. The video of the incident surfaced on October 25, showing…
- Offbeat
Kerala couple file marriage digitally, get certificate in a day
A couple in Kerala’s Kawassery Panchayat completed their marriage registration using a digital verification process, Video KYC, bringing the centuries-old tradition into the modern era. A heartwarming clip of the incident shows…
- India
‘I Love Muhammad’ graffiti on UP temple sparks tension, 8 arrested
Aligarh: Tensions prevailed here on Saturday after “I love Muhammad” graffiti was found on the walls of five temples in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhagwanpur and Bulaqigarh villages, prompting heavy police deployment. Senior police…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh faces cyclonic storm threat, CM alerts officials
Amaravati: The India Meteorological Department on Saturday said the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal moved westwards and is likely to intensify into a deep depression and further into a cyclonic…
- Andhra Pradesh
234 smartphones contributed to Kurnool bus fire tragedy: Forensic team
With the Bengaluru IT body urging a probe into the tragic Kurnool bus fire accident in Andhra Pradesh, recent developments in the case suggest that a shipment of 234 smartphones was inside…
- Middle East
Indian man stranded in Saudi Arabia, threatened by associate
A man from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, claimed he is being forced to remain in Saudi Arabia, prompting the Indian embassy there to take notice. Delhi-based lawyer Kalpana Shrivastav posted the video on…
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11 booked for assaulting, urinating on Dalit youth
A group of 11 persons, allegedly kidnapped and brutally thrashed a 22-year-old man, urinated on him, and abused him over his caste in Maharashtra’s Ahilyanagar district, officials said on Friday, October 24.…
- India
Bihar polls: Modi predicts record win, launches twin rallies
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday blazed through poll-bound Bihar with back-to-back rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai districts, calling upon voters to keep at bay the opposition RJD-Congress combine led by…
- India
Delhi pollution soars, Govt orders 15 air purifiers for Secretariat
New Delhi: Days after Delhi celebrated Diwali, sending pollution levels soaring into the toxic range, the state government has ordered the installation of 15 smart air purifiers costing a whopping Rs 5,45,175…