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Trump accused of reaping over $1bn from fraud as trial begins

Donald Trump is accused by New York attorney general Letitia James of inflating his assets and his own net worth from 2011 to 2021

TMC, BJP lock horns over funds for schemes

The Trinamool Congress began a two-day agitation in New Delhi led by party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday over alleged delay in the release in funds for the centrally sponsored rural jobs guarantee and state housing schemes, even as police imposed curfew in Rajghat, where TMC leaders had gone to pay respects to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary.

Shutdown in Manipur distt brings normal life to a halt

The tribal-dominated Churachandpur district came to a standstill on Monday, a day after several Kuki organisations called for an indefinite shutdown to protest against the arrest of five people from the area by central agencies in separate cases, people aware of the matter said.

Odisha CM targets BJP, Cong in '24 LS poll prep

The sole job of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress in Odisha is to \"mislead people\" ahead of every election, chief minister Naveen Patnaik said on Monday, as he kick-started the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)'s preparations for the state legislative and Lok Sabha polls next year.

Caste data may set off political churn in Bihar: Experts

Ninety-two years after they were last enumerated, the Bihar government on Monday announced the results of a caste survey carried out by the state government over four months earlier this year, and in the process, cemented the political battlelines around caste, ahead of the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the 2025 assembly elections in Bihar.

New strand to India's identity politics

Bihar has opened up Indian politics again with its caste survey. How it plays out will show how Indian society has changed, or not changed, in the past three decades

Ggm may shift its Metro depot

The Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation Limited (HMRTC) has floated a proposal to shift the depot of the upcoming Gurugram Metro from the existing location earmarked for the facility in Sector 101 near Basai, to Sector 33 near Subash Chowk, officials aware of the matter said on Monday.

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.