Mercury below 20°C, first time this season

Cold northwesterly winds and clear skies helped push Delhi's minimum temperature below 20 degrees Celsius (°C) for the first time this season, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Can Brand Chopra break the mould?

{WEAVING HIS MAGIC} ONE OF INDIA'S BIGGEST SPORTING FACES

News portal founder arrested after raids

The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested the founder and the head of the human resources department of online portal NewsClick after sweeping raids across five cities over allegations of irregularities in the website's cashbooks and foreign funding.

{MAJOR DAMAGE AVERTED} 6.2 quake hits Nepal, tremors felt in Delhi

A 6.2 magnitude (M) earthquake struck Nepal while its tremors were felt across north India, including Delhi and the National Capital Region, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday at 2.51pm.

India directs Canada to cut diplomatic presence

India has asked Canada to withdraw several dozen diplomats from its missions in the country, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday amid the diplomatic row over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegation linking Indian agents to the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Caste survey will help us work for all: Nitish amid reservation clamour at all-party meet

Data collected in Bihar's landmark caste survey will help the state government work for the upliftment of all sections, chief minister Nitish Kumar told an all-party meeting on Tuesday, even as members of the state's ruling coalition pushed for higher reservations to socially and economically backward communities and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) flagged flaws with the exercise.

Linking quota, population a ploy to divide India, says PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the Congress of trying to divide society through its call of apportioning resources proportional to the demographic weight of communities, and asked if it was advocating for curtailing the rights of minorities, marking his first response to Bihar's landmark caste survey that has the potential to upend heartland politics and trigger a churn in key caste groups.

Aarathy takes a crash course to skating medal

Aarathy Kasturi Raj can't remember the number of times she has crashed and hurt herself in the skating rink. In May, she needed multiple stitches on the forehead after a fall in training. A month later, she escaped injury during the trials. All those mishaps were only minor hurdles on the way to win an Asian Games medal.

Colleges aim to boost microchip tech talent pool

In a move aimed at nurturing a skilled workforce for semiconductor testing and manufacturing, around 300 engineering colleges in India have introduced chip and circuitry engineering programmes with a particular emphasis on very large-scale integration (VLSI).

AI weighs hub in South, to augment ops in Mumbai

Air India Ltd is planning its second hub in the country at an airport in South India as it works to strengthen international and domestic operations and maximize network utilization, two executives aware of the plans said. Currently, the airline's only hub in India is in New Delhi.

Biden tells US Congress to 'stop playing games' over Ukraine aid

President Joe Biden said on Sunday that American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing for now as he sought to reassure allies of continued US financial support for the war effort. But time is running out, the president said in a warning to Congress.

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

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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.