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Blinken asks Israel to capitalise on Sinwar's death for Gaza ceasefire

He pressed for more aid to be allowed as concerns rise for civilians

Charges framed against MLA over CAA protest

A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday framed charges against activist-turned-MLA Akhil Gogoi and three of his associates for their alleged role during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests in Assam.

Oppn plans to take up RG Kar against Mamata in 6 bypolls

WITH by-elections to six Assembly seats in West Bengal scheduled for November 13, the Opposition parties have decided to corner the ruling Trinamool Congress over the RG Kar incident, in which a 31-year-old post graduate student was raped and murdered while on duty. The EC announced bypolls for Sitai (SC), Madarihat (ST), Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, and Taldangra, as their MLAs have contested and won seats in the Lok Sabha.

Of 193 Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Bastar, 68 women

CHHATTISGARH has witnessed more casualties of women Maoist cadres than any other Indian state. The outlawed CPI (Maoist) is believed to be most active in Chhattisgarh where they have been waging a war on the security forces for nearly four decades.

Prosecution sanction against Ram Rahim in sacrilege cases okayed

DAYS after the Supreme Court vacated a stay on the prosecution of Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government on Tuesday gave the prosecution sanction for the controversial sect head in three sacrilege cases of 2015.

Powerful blast at Jabalpur ordnance factory kills 2 workers, injures 15 others

A powerful blast inside the Ordnance Factory Khamaria (OFK) premises in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh killed at least two workers and wounded 15 others on Tuesday.

Budgam village loses the healer in terror attack

WE have lost the healer and an honest man,\" said Abdul Gaffar, an elderly resident of Nadigam village of central Kashmir's Budgam district. Dr Shahnawaz was among seven persons killed on Sunday in the terror attack on a workers' camp at an under-construction site belonging to APCO Infratech company at Gagangir in central Kashmir's Ganderbal.

Shah's big push for coop sector

Minister says govt to set up 2 lakh new farm credit societies to empower rural communities

Teesta can go abroad to attend film festival: SC

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted social activist Teesta Setalvad to travel from November 14 to 24 to attend the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam.

15-seat Maha hurdle between Congress and Uddhav sorted?

THE opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Tuesday decided to iron out its differences over seat-sharing by negotiating the disputed seats for the Maharashtra assembly polls.

Rlys widens search for specialised technical staff

TO address specialised technical requirements, the Ministry of Railways has announced that it will recruit officers for the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) through both the Civil Service Examination (CSE) and the Engineering Service Examination (ESE) conducted by the UPSC starting next year.

SC says 171 encounters in Assam 'very serious'

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday described the matter concerning 171 police encounters in Assam from May 2021 to August 2022 as \"very serious\", noting that such petitions \"could not be brushed aside as premature.\"

Clamour for relook as 35 of 66 BJP candidates are turncoats

AS many as 35 of the 66 BJP candidates in the Jharkhand Assembly polls are turncoats, upsetting the party workers who say their credibility is being doubted within the party. Besides, many of the close relatives of some top politicians have managed to get tickets, putting BJP workers in a tight spot over their plank of dynastic politics.

On 19th year, RTI reels under vacant positions amid uptick in complaints

A year after the Supreme Court directed the Central and the state governments to take immediate steps to fill the vacancies in the Central Information Commission (CIC) and state information commissions (SICs), the transparency watchdog is functioning with reduced capacity, leading to inordinate delays in resolving RTI cases and backlog of complaints.

BJP's minority outreach: 26L members brought to saffron party fold during drive

MORE than 26 lakh people from minority communities, including a large number of Muslims, have become members of the BJP during its nationwide membership drive. Nearly six lakh people from minority communities have taken memberships offline. So far, the party has managed to rope in more than 10 crore members.

FOCUSING ON STATES TO ACHIEVE A VIKSIT BHARAT

THERE has been a growing realisation of the need to accelerate economic growth at the state level to take the Indian economy to a higher growth path. At NITI Aayog's ninth meeting of the governing council on July 27, Narendra Modi observed that states could play an active role in achieving Viksit Bharat by 2047. Even earlier, at NITI Aayog's governing council meeting on June 15, 2019, the PM had appealed to the states to recognise their core competence and work towards making India a $5-trillion economy.

NETANYAHU: THE MAN AND HIS MISSION

With the world waiting for Israel's response to attacks from Iran and its proxies, it's essential to understand the anxieties and convictions that drive its leader, Bibi Netanyahu

Drone tech game-changer, I will be brand ambassador, says Naidu

ASSERTING that Andhra Pradesh government is committed to develop Amaravati as the hub for drone technology, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu rolled out the red carpet for investors and pitched himself as the best ambassador for the drone industry.

Students ask cops for matchbox to light ganja, beedi

“DO you have a matchbox,” asked a group of school students after entering a building in Adimaly, reckoning it to be a workshop. They requested the matchbox to light a beedi rolled with ganja.

Cyclone Dana to hit Odisha today

Landfall point remains unclear, IMD predicts coastal districts will start getting heavy rains

Priyanka, along with Sonia, reaches Wayanad for bypoll

CONGRESS general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is making her electoral debut in the bypoll from Wayanad, reached the constituency on Tuesday evening. Her mother and Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi accompanied Priyanka on her maiden poll tour. Priyanka will file her nominations on Wednesday.

North Bengaluru crumbles under massive cloudburst, daily life severely affected

AN overnight cloudburst pulverised North Bengaluru, especially the Yelahanka zone, and other key city areas, exposing the I-T City's fragile infrastructure and inadequacies in enduring heavy rains.

Appoint nodal officer for better probes in PMLA cases, ED tells TN police

TN only state without a nodal officer for info

IIT-D offers MSc in 'Healthcare Technology'

IN a programme aimed at bridging the gap between medicine and engineering, the Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CBME) at IIT Delhi has launched an exclusive Master of Science (Research) program in 'Healthcare Technology'.

Centipede in curd, customer alleges; IRCTC says old incident

A Delhi man was disgusted to find a live centipede in his IRCTC meal and took to social media to highlight the issue of food safety recently. The photograph of the centipede in the 'raita' went viral on social media on Tuesday.

LG extends nurses' contract; orders clearance of pending 11k electricity connections

DELHI Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the extension of services for 962 nursing staff working in city hospitals on a contractual basis for an additional year. The LG's approval is aligned with the one-time regularisation policy issued on October 11, 2020, according to a statement from Raj Niwas.

2020 riots: No bail to accused who pointed pistol at policeman

THE Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Shahrukh Pathan, who gained widespread attention for pointing a gun at a police constable during the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots.

‘Matter of right’: Man moves HC to get his wife’s gender checked

IN a unique legal battle, a husband has moved the Delhi High Court, requesting a medical examination of his wife at a Central Government hospital to verify her gender.

Sacked employees of DCW will be reinstated: Kejriwal

Services of contractual workers were terminated over 'illegal' hiring

Specially-abled with high needs to get ₹5K monthly assistance: Minister

DELHI Social Welfare Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday said AAP-led city government has decided to provide a monthly financial assistance of ₹5,000 to disabled persons with high special needs.