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PM reviews conventional, new challenges with security brass

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed the country’s top police and intelligence brass on the second day of the closed-door annual security conference in the pink city.

The first to win World Cup as player and coach dead

At four, Mario Zagallo has one more World Cup trophy than Pele. And since he was 10 years senior, for Zagallo it was never a case of having played with Pele but the other way round. The most durable symbol of Brazil's supremacy in football, Zagallo, as per a post on his official Instagram account on Saturday, has died aged 92.

25-yr-old set on fire by woman dies, probe on

A 25-year-old man, who was set on fire allegedly by a 23-year-old woman in north Delhi's Wazirabad on January 3, died of burns in a government hospital on Friday, the Delhi Police said on Saturday, adding that it has registered a case on charges of attempt to murder.

Govt pushes to complete, expand airports by March

OF THE AT LEAST 8 AIRPORTS TO BE INAUGURATED, FIVE ARE IN UTTAR PRADESH, TWO IN MADHYA PRADESH AND ONE IN PUNJAB

Navy destroyer's strategic deployment foiled hijack bid

NEW DELHI HAS ALWAYS BEEN CLEAR THAT IT IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING SEA LANES SAFE FROM SOMALI PIRATES

127-day journey paves way for crucial data on space weather

The Aditya-L1 spacecraft on Saturday completed a 127-day journey to reach its final parking spot, readying itself for five years of crucial observations about various aspects of the Sun.

Lookout notice issued against TMC's Sheikh

A team of officials from the Enforcement Directorate was attacked by a mob for the second time in a row within a span of a few hours in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas after they arrested a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader late on Friday night for his alleged involvement in the multi-crore ration distribution scam in West Bengal.

INDIA'S STAR RISES

Another giant leap in space programme as Isro's Aditya-Ll is successfully placed in halo orbit near sun

Zooming into view

Big spenders are keenly tracking these luxury car launches. Sedan, SUV, electric, and fuel powered, they'll be here soon

Hitting the high notes

From flavourful grocery store sandwiches to surprisingly good movies, 2023 had a lot of unexpectedly stellar hits

Surprise! You need help

In S2 of Arrested Development, the family plans an intervention but end up drunk themselves. Ideally, seek advice from a counsellor before attempting to sit down with someone.

Going through a phrase

Those railing against the phrase delulu is the solulu, what's the fight about, exactly?

Anshuman-Sierra are pregnant; expecting their baby in March

Anushman Jha has more reasons to celebrate the new year. The actor who got hitched in October last year, is soon going to be a dad. We've learnt that he and wife Sierra Winters are expecting their first child.

Titas takes four to guide India to easy victory over Australia

The Bengal pacer's haul helps hosts romp to nine-wicket win in the first T20I

Tough pitch: Making sense of the Cape Town Test

642 balls, 464 runs, 33 wickets.

BWH Hotels eyes expansion in south Asian market

BWH Hotels, a hospitality company, which runs mid-market hotel brands like Best Western Hotels & Resorts, and SureStay Hotels, is looking to expand its presence in the south Asian market. At present, the company has 27 hotels in India, globally it has 4,300 hotels.

Services sector growth hits 3-month high in Dec

The services sector PMI climbed to 59 in December from 56.9 a month before

That familiar unease

Vivek Shanbagh's terrific new novel, Sakina's Kiss (translated from the Kannada by Srinath Perur) is an intimate portrait of a middle-class, middle-aged man bewildered and isolated by the changes brought to his life, which he had painstakingly built for himself and his family over the years.

Amid fighting, Israeli defence minister lays out post-war plan

The health ministry in Gaza said it had recorded 162 deaths in the past 24 hours as a result of massive Israeli bombardment

Portfolio allocated in Raj, CM keeps 8 depts

The long-awaited portfolio distribution of the new ministers was announced on Friday with chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma retaining the home department while deputy chief minister Diya Kumari got the finance and tourism departments.

Koreas conduct drills, escalating animosities

The rival Koreas fired artillery rounds into the sea as part of provocative drills along their disputed sea boundary on Friday, in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean agreement, and threatened strong responses against each other if provoked.

Shah calls for tech upgrade at key meeting of top cops

India's top police and intelligence brass on Friday began annual deliberations on a host of internal and external security issues, with a focus on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), deepfakes, security at India's borders, unauthorised people staying in the country, and a road map for the implementation of three new criminal codes, people familiar with the matter said.

After 126 days, Aditya-L1 to reach final destination today

Aditya-L1, the country's first solar observatory, is set to reach its destination on Saturday evening, after completing a 126days long journey to Lagrange Point 1 (L1) about 1.5 million kilometres from us The craft has already covered the intended 1.5 million kilometres and the Indian Space Research Organisation will inject the satellite into a halo orbit around L1 on Saturday, Jagdev Singh, from Bengaluru's Indian Institute of Astrophysics, said.

Justice Nagarathna calls for inclusive, diverse judiciary

The participation of women in the judiciary is not only a constitutional imperative but also a necessary step to achieve the goal of robust, transparent, inclusive, effective and credible judicial process, Supreme Court judge BV Nagarathna said on Friday, emphasising that having more women on the bench can contribute to a more effective space for the delivery of justice in India.

17/17/5/1: INDIA appears to seal Bihar seat share pact

Bihar's four-party ruling coalition is close to sealing a seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, three leaders aware of developments said on Friday, making it the potentially the first state where members of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) are on the verge of resolving an issue that can prove thorny across India.

Ensure double-engine govt's benefits reach all: PM tells Raj BJP leaders

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Rajasthan to \"work towards providing the benefit of the double-engine government to every household\", people familiar with the matter said.

Pleas on withdrawal of CBI sanction referred to CJ for a larger bench

A single-judge bench of Karnataka High Court on Friday referred a batch of petitions challenging the withdrawal of sanction given to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to probe an alleged disproportionate assets case against deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar, to the chief justice for placing it before a larger bench of his choice.

'India will give $75mn as quake aid to Nepal'

India will provide a financial assistance package of Nepali Rs 1,000 crore or $75 million for rebuilding infrastructure damaged by an earthquake that hit western Nepal in November last year, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.

DDA flat sold for ₹5.77 cr

Seven of the 14 penthouses that the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) offered for sale via e-auction have been sold, officials aware of the matter said on Friday, adding that the highest bid received for one of the flats was 5.77 crore.

Fog blanks out sun as Delhi shivers on another cold day

Delhi's bitterly cold and grey start to 2024 continued with the peak temperature staying under 15 degrees Celsius five notches below normal for this time of the year - and Friday being officially classified by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) as a \"cold day\".