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1,700 participate in int'l Kashmir marathon

WITH the improvement in ground situation and decline in militancy, the first-ever international marathon was held in picturesque Kashmir on Sunday in which over 1700 runners, including 12 foreign nationals, participated.

Petition seeks to make snakebite treatment available at PHCS

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to make available poly-venom (anti-venom) and snakebite treatments at PHCS, CHCS and district hospitals along with all the government hospitals in the country.

Plea in SC seeks urgent relief from demolitions after Bahraich violence

THREE people allegedly involved in the October 13 Bahraich violence in UP have approached the Supreme Court seeking urgent relief against the demolition notices issued to them for Sunday.

URBAN FLOODING CALLS FOR SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONS

A recent 'landslide' and 'waterfall' at a deep excavation site in Bengaluru, where an ambitious skyscraper is due to come up, has become the subject matter of much social media mockery and a political slugfest.

TRUDEAU'S PATHETIC POSTURING WITHOUT PROOF IS SHOWING

BY framing the Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder last year as an infringement on national sovereignty by Indian state actors without proper contextualisation and making bilateral diplomatic ties hostage to its resolution, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau appears to have sunk further in the quicksand of perception.

Pineapple farmers in Kerala hit sweet spot as price spike prolongs

PINEAPPLE farmers are enjoying the fruit of their labour. They have not had it this good in a long time, especially in Vazhakulam, near Muvattupuzha, considered the hub of the tropical plant's cultivation in the country.

Atishi targets central govt, questions law and order situation in city

REACTING to the bomb blast incident outside a school in Rohini on Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi said it revealed the crumbling state of the city's security.

Doc, 6 migrant workers shot dead in J&K's Ganderbal dist

IN a major terror attack, militants on Sunday evening shot dead a local doctor, identified as Dr Shahnawaz, and six migrant labourers working in a key infrastructure project at Gagangir area of Sonmarg in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district.

A festive curation

Pili Taxi comes to Delhi with a two-day festive pop-up bringing 20-plus sustainable lifestyle brands

TRAVEL LIGHT, FOLLOW THE HOOPOE

THE hoopoe skips up to the book that's fallen from my sleepy fingers. My half open eyes greedily devour its crisp jewelled crest, idly wondering if enough poetry has been written on this soft-spoken beauty.

White Ferns world champions

WELL, all the odds are, they are in my favor; Something's bound to begin; It's gotta happen, happen sometime; Maybe this time, I'll win... sung Liza Minnelli in the debut motion picture named Cabaret, directed by Bob Fosse. Her character, Sally Bowles, a Manic Pixie American Dream Girl living in 1931's Berlin, through this song has an air of \"desperate hope\" around it.

Liverpool pass Chelsea test

LIVERPOOL passed a major test of their Premier League title credentials to move back to the top of the table by beating Chelsea 2-1 at Anfield on Sunday.

Dubai show up to cheer for the new winners

ON Sunday, all roads in the United Arab Emirates led to the Dubai International Stadium.

Why non-bank lenders continue to come under regulatory axe?

Several NBFCs and lending apps are accused of usurious loan pricing and employing heavy-armed recovery methods that include social media humiliation

WHY REAL ESTATE IS NOT A RETIREMENT PLAN

That means people believe retirement is possible only if you own a house. It also shows the inadequacy of retirement planning and execution at all levels.

YOU ARE LOSING MONEY WITHOUT KNOWING IT!

SEE how you have been losing money, some knowingly and some unknowingly! Some of it could be hereditary and some of it is your own behaviour.

Reliance Infrastructure's ₹6k cr fund raising plan gets shareholders nod

RELIANCE Infrastructure on Sunday in a stock exchange filing said it plans to raise ₹6,000 crore through preferential issue of shares and qualified institutional placement (QIP) route.

Starbucks feels inflation heat; revenue grows at 2% in Q2

TATA Starbucks, a joint venture between Starbucks Coffee Company and Tata Consumer Products Limited, is facing the pinch of sluggish consumer spending in urban areas as revenue growth remained underwhelming in the current financial year.

Chinese brand Vivo secures top spot in India's smartphone market

CHINESE mobile maker Vivo has captured the top spot in India's smartphone market, achieving a 19% market share by shipping 9.1 million units in the third quarter of this year. According to Canalys research, Vivo experienced a 26% year-on-year growth; it held a 17% market share with shipments of 7.2 million devices during the same period last year.

Bibi blames Hezbollah for house attack

ISRAEL's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday accused Iran-backed Hezbollah of trying to assassinate him, with the Middle East already on edge after Israel had vowed retaliation for an Iranian missile barrage.

87 killed in Israeli strikes on north Gaza

40 others injured in attack on Hamas target in Beit Lahiya; three Lebanese soldiers killed in an airstrike on Sunday

Drones from Kyiv shot down, Russia sends missiles

RUSSIAN air defences shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones on Sunday over Russia's western regions, Moscow officials said, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack.

Pak cabinet approves bill to reduce judicial independence

The Pakistan Cabinet on Sunday approved the proposed draft of the controversial 26th Constitutional Amendment during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after seeking consensus from the coalition partners.

Dollar-starved Maldives notifies new forex rules

DOLLAR-STARVED Maldives has floated a new foreign currency regulation, limiting types of transactions allowed in foreign currency and imposing mandatory foreign currency exchange controls on tourism establishments and banks.

SC revives judicial council, rules B'desh Parliament power to sack judges illegal

BANGLADESH'S Supreme Court on Sunday reinstated the Supreme Judicial Council with authority to investigate allegations of judicial misconduct, while upholding its previous ruling that declared the 16th constitutional amendment, which transferred the power of removing judges to parliament, as \"illegal\".

Laundering case: IAS officer to be questioned

IAS officer Sanjeev Hans is likely to be taken on remand for further questioning in connection with a money laundering case lodged against him.

Kanchi seer hails PM, says he is key factor in progress

KANCHI Kamakoti Peetham pontiff Jagadguru Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal on Sunday hailed the strong leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is the \"key factor behind the nation's progress\".

After Omar cabinet call for statehood, all eyes on Assembly's first session

AFTER the passage of a resolution on statehood restoration in the first cabinet meeting of the Omar Abdullah-led government in J&K, it remains to be seen if the ruling National Conference would move a similar resolution in the first session of the Assembly.

Junior doctors firm on health secy's exit, threaten to resume cease-work

A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to the junior doctors and called a meeting on Monday to resolve the impasse over RG Kar hospital rape-murder, agitation junior doctors on Sunday said they would launch a cease-work along with senior doctors from Tuesday if their demands are not met in the meeting.

Tigress' 400-km journey from MP to C'garh reveals two safe corridors

A tigress' 400-km-journey from Pench Tiger Research to neighbouring Chhattisgarh's Achanakmar Tiger Reserve, has made wildlife establishment upbeat about the safety of two key tiger corridors connecting three tiger reserves in the adjoining states.