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Highest 'severe', 'almost severe' days: Delhi on course for its worst Nov air

The Capital is on course to recording its worst November air quality in at least eight years, as pollution levels jumped into the \"severe\" zone on Friday, a grim record that underscores the severity of the health emergency that residents of Delhi have been subjected to.

Tunnel rescuers hope to get 41 trapped men out today

There was hope of an immediate breakthrough at the site of a tunnel collapse in Silkyara as the drilling to reach the trapped workers resumed around 10am on Thursday morning, after a 14-hour-long halt due to a metal object in the debris damaging the blades of the drilling machine.

Foxconn founder drops out of Taiwan prez race

Foxconn Technology Group's billionaire founder Terry Gou has quit the race to become Taiwan's next president.

LIC shares surge 10% on growth outlook

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the largest insurer in the nation, jumped the most in eight months on the expectation of double-digit growth in new business premiums.

Nagal, Mukund set to skip Pak tie

Sumit Nagal, India's top singles tennis player, has decided to not participate in the Davis Cup tie between India and Pakistan scheduled in February 2024 in Pakistan, leaving officials in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) unhappy.

Satwik-Chirag enter semi-finals

India's HS Prannoy made unforced errors galore to make an exit but Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the men's doubles semi-final at the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament here on Friday.

'Centre to miss divestment targets by more than half'

The Indian government will struggle to raise even half the proceeds it had targeted from planned sales of state-run firms this year and will miss divestment targets for the fifth straight year, people with knowledge said, as elections shift government priorities.

Berkshire Hathaway exits Paytm with ₹507 cr loss

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway or BH International has exited listed fintech company One 97 Communications (Paytm's parent) in an open market transaction, bulk deals' data published by bourses shows.

'No unusual pathogen found in disease data'

China called for vigilance on Friday as a surge of respiratory illness hit schools and hospitals and the World Health Organization, which has asked the government for disease data, said no unusual or novel pathogens had been detected.

34 arrested in Dublin after large-scale riots

Irish police on Friday said they had made 34 arrests for rioting in Dublin overnight and that more protests could follow after the stabbing of five people including three young children triggered violence rarely seen before in the capital.

SC tells Kerala guv to refer to its verdict on pending bills

The Supreme Court on Monday suggested Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan should go through its judgment released a day ago, mapping out the powers and corresponding duties of governors with regard to the bills sent for their assent by state legislatures.

Accused in Mahadev app case retracts statement against CM

Asim Das, a driver who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) earlier this month in connection with the 508 crore Mahadev gambling app case, on Friday retracted his statement that earlier allegedly implicated Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, and said that he is \"being made a scapegoat\".

PM TO VISIT HAL TODAY AS FIRM EYES BIG ORDERS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bengaluru on Saturday and is expected to review the functioning of the state-run plane maker and visit some of its manufacturing facilities, including the production facility for the light combat aircraft (LCA), officials aware of the matter said.

15 yrs of 26/11: LeT flourishes in Pak with China's backing

Fifteen years after the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, the Pakistan based Lashkare-Taiba (LeT) terrorist group continues to flourish in Muridke with the country's all weather friend China shielding Islamabad against sanctions targeted at the principal perpetrators of the attack by the UN 1267 Committee.

Shah mounts attack on KCR with graft charge

The Bharatiya Janata Party, if voted to power in the upcoming Telangana elections, will launch a probe into the alleged scams and financial frauds that surfaced during the Bharat Rashtra Samithi regime, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Friday.

52mn voters in focus as Raj seals electoral fate in key battle today

Around 52.5 million voters in 199 of the 200 constituencies in Rajasthan will cast their votes on Saturday in assembly elections that will decide whether the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will come to power in the desert state or if the Congress will buck the province's political tradition of voting out the incumbent.

Bypassing of environmental nod in focus after U'khand tunnel collapse

The under-construction tunnel from Silkyara to Barkot comes under the 880-km Char Dham project or Char Dham Pariyojana which bypassed environment impact assessment (EIA) after the project was divided in to several stretches that were small enough to not warrant EIA or environmental clearance.

It's a risky job, but we are committed to saving them'

For three hours, 42-year-old Praveen Kumar Yadav had little wiggle room.

UP anti-cow slaughter law doesn't ban beef transportation, says HC

JUSTICE PANKAJ BHATIA ALLOWED A REVISION PLEA BY A FATEHPUR RESIDENT AGAINST THE CONFISCATION OF HIS BIKE OVER CLAIMS THAT IT WAS USED TO TRANSPORT BEEF

T2 for only short int'l flights from 2024

Terminal 2 (T2) of the Delhi airport may temporarily be converted into a concourse for short-haul international flights by the end of next year, amid a surge in global travel demand, said senior officials aware of the matter, adding that the terminal may be shut for three to six months starting in March or April next year to prepare for the transition.

Ggm Chintels may not go down like Noida twin towers

Manual demolition will likely be carried out to raze the five unsafe towers in Chintels Paradiso instead of controlled blasting, the developer of the project said on Friday.

You suggest, and let Delhi decide: SC to Centre on chief secy

The Supreme Court on Friday suggested that the central government propose names of officials for the post of the Delhi's chief secretary, from which the state government may take a final pick.

'Arrest based on approver claims': AAP MP seeks bail

Jailed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) parliamentarian Sanjay Singh on Friday moved a bail application before a Delhi court while his judicial custody was extended till December 4 in the money laundering case related to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy.

Three die by electrocution at pvt hospital

Three people - a man and his son, and a 59-year-old electrical engineer-died by electrocution inside an underground water tank on the premises of a private hospital at Vikas Nagar, near Ranhola in outer Delhi on Friday afternoon, police officers said.

Village life before and after the Myanmar crisis: Hard to harder

For the past year, Rambamithleng has a fixed routine. He stirs out of bed- a soiled sheet stretched over planks of rotting wood-even before the slightest streak of red has bloodied the eastern sky, finishes his morning chores, and then shuffles towards the far side of the makeshift tents perched precariously on the hillside that he now calls home.

Tunnel rescue hits fresh hurdle in its final stretch

Officials working to rescue 41 workers trapped inside a tunnel in Silkyara in Uttarakhand for the past 13 days were unable to make any progress through the debris on Friday as the drilling could not resume a day after a metal object in the rubble damaged the blades of the machine, people familiar with the operation said.

Some terrorists are ex-Pak soldiers: Gen

Some terrorists who infiltrated into India from across the border are retired Pakistan soldiers, one of the army's senior-most generals said on Friday, a day after forces gunned down a top Lashkar-eTaiba (LeT) commander and his associate during a 31-hour gunfight in Jammu's Rajouri district that also saw five soldiers, including two army captains, losing their lives.

City's 'severe' pollution crisis refuses to abate

Delhi's pollution aggravated into the deep-red severe zone for the first time since November 17 on Friday, evidenced by another round of watery eyes, itchy throats and nausea, as residents of the city stared at another battle with an air emergency, even though farm fires in upwind states have started to dwindle.

SC To Hear Same-Sex Marriage Verdict's Review Plea On Nov 28

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider on November 28 a bundle of petition seeking a reconsideration of its October 17 judgment that had refused to grant legal recognition to same-sex couples and said only Parliament and state legislatures can validate their marital unions.

Rohit's Return In T20Is Not Ruled Out

Even at the lowest ebb of his captaincy stint, after India were outclassed by England in the 2022 T20 World Cup semi-final at Adelaide, Rohit Sharma knew exactly what he had to work for next. The Indian skipper plotted and planned all through 2023, which culminated in a remarkable ODI World Cup campaign for the home side; one in which they fluffed their lines in the big final.