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'CHINA HAS NO CLAIM OVER ARUNACHAL'

China has no claim over Arunachal Pradesh as the state has been and will always be part of India, chief minister Pema Khandu said on Friday, amid Beijing's aggressive posture at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) for the past four years and its recent renaming of the northeastern state as Zangnan.

Radical Meitei group takes out rally in Imphal; CM defends govt

The present crisis in Manipur is the \"handiwork\" of a group of people who want to \"disintegrate\" the state, chief minister N Biren Singh said on Saturday, even as the day also witnessed members of a radical Meitei outfit taking out a rally in Imphal amid a fresh bout of violence that erupted earlier this week over the alleged killing of two students.

Accomplished 4 significant tasks in three months: Shah lauds PM Modi

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Chandrayaan-3 mission, the G20 summit, women's reservation act and new Parliament building, saying that he helped achieve four crucial milestones in just three months which otherwise would have taken 50 years.

Gehlot: BJP is nervous, will field parliamentarians in coming polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party is \"nervous\" which is why it will field members of Parliament (MPs) in the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections, chief minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday.

Rahul reiterates caste census pitch at rally in poll-bound MP

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said his party would conduct a caste-based census to know the exact number of Other Backward Class (OBC) people living in the country if it is voted to power at the Centre.

'Didn't even spare cow dung': PM levels graft charge at Baghel govt

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stepped up the attack on the Congress government in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, saying that it was mired in corruption and was biased against the Dalits, tribals and backward classes.

Seelampur minor's rape: Family looks for closure, one suspect evades police

A 10-year-old boy was brutally assaulted, raped, and suffered serious injuries to his private parts and died after battling for life for 10 days at a Delhi hospital. A year on, his family, which lives in north-east Delhi's Seelampur area, is still grappling for answers and staring at uncertainty as the police are yet to track down one of the three suspects who were named by the victim in a video.

Stalker stabs doctor at her clinic in Tagore Gdn area

A 47-year-old woman doctor was seriously injured after she was allegedly stabbed multiple times by her stalker at her hair transplant clinic in Tagore Garden in west Delhi on Saturday afternoon, the Delhi Police said.

Delhi govt proposes overhaul of drains, roads in industrial areas

The Delhi government has proposed the redevelopment of 26 non-conforming industrial areas across the Capital, that cumulatively house thousands of factories and employ hundreds of thousands of residents of the city, officials aware of the matter said.

Stalker who slit woman's throat held after 6 months

Nearly six months after he slit the throat of his former live-in partner in north Delhi's Roop Nagar, a 27-year-old man was arrested by the Delhi Police's crime branch from Gujarat, senior police officers said on Saturday.

Suspect made two visits to Delhi to conduct recce

JANGPURA HEIST - ONE SUSPECT IN POLICE NET

Delhi govt on course to remove mountains of garbage: Kejriwal

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal inspected the Bhalswa landfill in north Delhi on Saturday and said over 4.5 million tonne of garbage will be removed from the site by May 15, 2024. Kejriwal said that nearly 35 acres of land will subsequently be reclaimed, adding that the work was progressing at a fast pace.

Vande Bharat sleeper coaches roll-out soon

MAY START OPS IN FEB 2024

'Those involved unknown to our community': Glasgow gurdwara

Unlike the SGPC, the Glasgow Guru Granth Sahib Gurdwara has apologised to Indian high commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami, who was confronted by London-based Sikh extremists on Friday and prevented by them from entering the temple premises.

Defence, tech in focus at bilateral meetings

External affairs minister S Jaishankar and US secretary of defense Lloyd Austin shared perspectives on security issues in East Asia and the Indian Ocean region, while focusing on deepening defence industrial cooperation, logistical and operational synergy, and defence innovation initiatives.

Envoy stopped from entering gurdwara

{IN SCOTLAND} BY KHALISTAN SUPPORTERS

Do not normalise what is taking place in Canada, says Jaishankar

Even as he made his most scathing comments about the \"climate of violence\" in Canada, its lack of responsiveness to Indian extradition requests and the relentless threats against Indian diplomats and diplomatic facilities, external affairs minister S Jaishankar reiterated that India hasn't closed its doors and is willing to look at any \"relevant and specific\" information Ottawa may want to share on its allegation.

Mughal-era practice behind unclear estimates?

{FOOD OUTPUT} DIVERGENCE IN GOVT, PVT NUMBERS

India clinch squash gold, beat Pak 10-2 in hockey

India and Pakistan have found an unusual venue to celebrate their vaunted rivalry, and the world is watching. Just yesterday (Friday), India's young pistol sensations Palak Gulia and Esha Singh took the gold and silver in women's 10m air pistol range with Pakistan's Kishmala Talat for company in third. Less than 24 hours later, Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra was posed with the inevitable Arshad Nadeem question, and as the day wore on, the India-Pakistan chatter intensified with India's men's squash team beating Pakistan in a hotly contested final in Hangzhou Sports Park Gymnasium.

I'll be back in a year: PM at Sankalp event

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that he will return in a year's time to review the success of the Aspirational Blocks Programme as he launched the \"Sankalp Saptaah\" at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.

'Below normal' end for patchy monsoon: IMD

This year's monsoon brought only 94% of the rain it usually brings across the country, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday, classifying it as a \"below normal\" season that officially draws to a close on September 30.

Fearless Gill can be the game-changer: Yuvraj

If one had to pick just a couple of defining memories from Yuvraj Singh's stellar international career, his role in the heady World Cup triumphs of 2007 and 2011 is likely to take precedence.

On the verge of history, heartbreak for Kusale

The noise sounded like a crashing wave. The Chinese fans, rattled by some exemplary shooting from Swapnil Suresh Kusale, roared for him to flounder. His eight years of international experience and countless routines behind him, Kusale stood ramrod straight under the spotlight. Fifty metres away waited the perfect tease-the concentric rings that define his sport and the innermost dot that shooters work so hard to hit.

The day India got introduced to Palak's shots on the clock

The 17-year-old Palak started the sport in 2019, then left it and only took to it up again in 2021. Now, she is an Asiad winner

Windfall tax on crude oil raised

The Union government on Friday raised the windfall tax on locally produced crude oil to 12,100 per tonne, from 10,000 per tonne in the last two weeks.

Output of infra sector grows 12%

Output of eight infrastructure industries grew 12.1% in August, its fastest pace in 14 months, aided by double-digit growth in coal, gas, refinery products, cement, steel and electricity sectors, commerce ministry data showed.

Tech companies nudge employees back to offices

India's largest technology services firm Tata Consultancy Services (Ltd) has asked some of its teams to attend office five days a week, a move which may prompt rivals with a hybrid work model to follow suit.

Vedanta to demerge biz into six firms

With restructuring, Agarwal aims to create independent 'pure play' firms

'US democracy in peril from extremist Trump'

President Joe Biden launched a blistering personal attack on \"extremist\" Donald Trump on Thursday, accusing his likely 2024 challenger of plotting to subvert the US constitution if he wins a return to power next year.

Saudi may reopen Israel ties if it clinches military pact with US

Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a military pact requiring the United States to defend the kingdom in return for opening ties with Israel and will not hold up a deal even if Israel does not offer major concessions to Palestinians in their bid for statehood, three regional sources familiar with the talks said.