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Fires in Punjab higher than last year so far: Data

With 119 farm fires recorded on Monday in Punjab, the state saw a jump of 66% in stubble burning activity recorded last year between September 15 to October 2.

'Most wanted' IS terrorist nabbed, say Delhi Police

The Delhi Police special cell on Monday announced that they have arrested a 32-year-old terrorist who was on the National Investigation Agency (NIA) most wanted list for his alleged involvement in a Pune module of banned extremist organisation Islamic State (IS).

Unfriendly winds, farm fires spark bad air fears

The Capital's air quality may worsen in the next few days with the number of daily farm fires gradually picking up in the neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab, and winds beginning to blow towards Delhi and the nation capital region (NCR), according to officials aware of the matter.

Usha's record finds company, at last

{400M HURDLES} REVISITING A LEGEND

Silver streak continues in track & field as India's tally swells past 60

Women athletes continued India's stellar run at the 2022 Asian Games with silvers by Parul Chaudhary in 3000m steeplechase and by Ancy Sojan in long jump on Monday taking the country's total medal tally to 60.

NAIDU GOES ON A HUNGER STRIKE IN JAIL TO PROTEST AGAINST ARREST

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday went on a hunger strike in Rajahmundry central jail to protest his arrest in the skill development scam, a statement from the party said.

{SAVING HUMANITY FROM COVID} - Kariko, Weissman win medicine Nobel for work that enabled mRNA vaccines

In 2020, as the world frantically tried - amid lockdowns, disinformation and fear to build a vaccine to battle and control the pandemic, messenger RNA (mRNA) technology fine-tuned by biochemical scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman paved the way for the first weapon against Covid-19.

Modi slams Oppn in poll pitch for MP, Rajasthan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit the campaign trail in the two poll-bound states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, saying that a \"double-engine (government) means double development\" in the first, and hitting out at the Congress-led regime in the second.

BJP guards its turf as INDIA says addressing inequality

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that withstood pressure from its allies and opposition parties to agree to a caste-based enumeration, on Monday said, it does not oppose the survey, results of which were released by the Bihar government earlier in the day, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the opposition of dividing the people of the country on the basis of caste.

Caste survey puts OBC count in Bihar at 63.13%

Backward communities comprise nearly two-thirds of Bihar’s population, the results of a landmark caste survey in the state announced on Monday, marking the completion of an exercise that has the potential to upend heartland politics and propel caste into the core of the electoral discourse in the 2024 polls.

Raveena Tandon on telling her daughters of past relationships: It's an open book

Actor Raveena Tandon recently revealed that she has told her daughters everything about her past romantic relationships.

Rohan on dad Vinod Mehra: He doesn't get the credit he deserves

Taking forward the legacy of his father, late actor Vinod Mehra, actor Rohan Mehra is determined to carve a niche for himself in the industry.

NEVER IMAGINED 2018 WOULD GO FOR OSCARS: JUDE

Director Jude Anthany Joseph was stunned when he learnt that his film 2018 had been selected as India's official entry to the Oscars 2024.

OMG 2 director calls out CBFC's hypocrisy

In an earlier interview, OMG 2 director Amit Rai had said that they would release an uncensored version of the film on OTT, which would include the 27 cuts that were suggested by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

Jim: I'd forgotten we applied for International Emmy Awards

Jim Sarbh has received his first International Emmy Award nomination in the Best Performance by an Actor category for his web show Rocket Boys (2022).

With gold within grasp, Aditi stumbles to silver

Aditi Ashok won the first-ever medal for Indian women’s golf in the 19th Asian Games at Hangzhou, but what looked like a sure-shot gold at the start of the day, turned into a silver nobody expected, thanks to the mind-numbing vagaries of the sport.

Moment of reckoning for Rohit as the leader

Having been left out of the victorious 2011 World Cup squad, he will captain the team as India bid to repeat that success at home

India go down to China, bag historic silver

India were 2-0 up, Kidambi Srikanth was leading 18-14 in the first game against Li Shifeng and the men's team looked all set to win a first-ever gold medal in badminton at the Asian Games.

Sable makes it look easy as Toor wins with final throw

Saroj Kumar and Harmilan Bains win silver in men's and women's 1,500m; Seema Punia wins discus bronze at 40

GST collection crosses ₹1.6 lakh crore in Sep

A buoyant economy and robust domestic demand has seen indirect tax collection breach ₹1.62 lakh crore in September, the finance ministry said on Sunday, making it the fourth highest since the goods and services tax (GST) regime kicked in six years ago, and the third highest in the current financial year with a 10% annualised rise.

Festive spirit drives record Sep car sales

Maruti, Hyundai, Mahindra report highest-ever monthly sales

Australia's southeast risks bushfires as it swelters in heatwave

CLIMATE CRISIS - THE CATASTROPHIC 2019-20 BUSHFIRES KILLED 33 PEOPLE

Suicide bomber blows himself up in Turkey, second one neutralised

Turkey's government said on Sunday two terrorists carried out a bomb attack in front of the Interior Ministry buildings in Ankara, adding one of them died in the explosion and the other was \"neutralised\" by authorities there.

Nightclub fire kills 13 in Spain, toll likely to rise

At least 13 people were killed in a fire in a Spanish nightclub on Sunday morning, authorities said, with fears the toll could still rise as rescue workers sift through the debris. The fire appears to have broken out in a building housing the \"Teatre\" and \"Fonda Milagros\" clubs in the city of Murcia in southeastern Spain in the early morning hours.

US Congress passes funding bill, averts govt shutdown

A small group of hardline Republicans had defied their own party leadership to press for deep spending cuts

Actor arrested after car crash kills woman and injures husband

Kannada film actor Nagabhushan NS has been arrested, after a speeding car allegedly driven by him rammed into a couple, killing a 48-year-old woman, and critically injuring her 58-year-old husband, police said on Sunday.

Quota to be a poll plank but unclear if BJP will field more women candidates

The new law that reserves 33% seats for women in the Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies will be a major poll plank in the assembly polls in five states and 2024 general elections, where the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s outreach will be designed to focus on women’s issues and policies. It is, however, not clear whether the party will field more women candidates.

Guv appoints V-Cs of 6 univs, govt hits out

West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose, who is chancellor of all 31 state-run universities, once again drew the ire of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government on Sunday by appointing interim vice-chancellors at six universities without consulting the administration.

Loss and damage fund, Paris goal review on COP28 agenda

Operationalising the loss and damage fund and setting out an energy pathway to keep the Paris Agreement goal of containing global temperature rise within 1.5 degrees Celsius are among the key parameters to determine the success of the upcoming UN climate summit to be held in Dubai later this year, a key official said.

Those above 80 yrs of age, disabled can now vote from home, says CEC

Chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Sunday said that the \"vote-from-home\" facility will be made available to senior citizens and differently-abled in Rajasthan for the upcoming assembly elections.