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PM Flags Off First Doon-Delhi Vande Bharat Express Train

The world wants to come to India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday as he virtually inaugurated Uttarakhand's first Vande Bharat Express, between Dehradun and Delhi, and announced 100% electrification of the state's rail tracks.

I had to audition for my first Hollywood project

Having done films and web projects in India, actor Ishaan Khatter is now set to explore a new avenue - Hollywood.

'THERE'S PRESSURE BUT IT'S ALSO REWARDING'

Urvashi Rautela, whose sartorial outings at the 76th Cannes Film Festival raised eyebrows, talks about her time at the prestigious gala

Resurgent Mumbai stand in Gujarat's route to final

Hardik Pandya's team is backing itself to reach their second successive IPL final but Rohit Sharma's Mumbai won't make it easy for the hosts

PM Modi declares KIUG open at grand ceremony

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually declared open the third edition of the 10-day Khelo India University Games (KIUG) at the BBD University Cricket Ground here with a grand opening ceremony.

Germany suffers first recession since covid

Germany suffered its first recession since the start of pandemic, extinguishing hopes that Europe's top economy could escape such a fate after the war in Ukraine sent energy prices soaring.

Ola Electric hires Goldman, Kotak for IPO in early 2024

Ola Electric, India's top electric two-wheeler maker, has appointed Goldman Sachs and Kotak Mahindra Capital to manage a potential initial public offering (IPO) early next year, two people aware of the matter said.

Submit revival plan in 30 days: DGCA to Go First

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked Go First to submit a comprehensive revival plan for sustainable operations in 30 days, the regulator said on Thursday.

Banks to flag big ₹2K deposits to I-T dept

Banks are mandated to report such transactions to tax department

3 die in Japan gun and knife attack

A woman and two male police officers were killed in a shooting and stabbing attack at a farm in central Japan on Thursday, police said.

Imran, his aides behind attacks on military installations: Police

Law enforcement agencies in Pakistan have arrested 10,000 people, mostly leaders and workers of Khan's PTI party for violence

K'taka ex-top cop Sood takes over as CBI chief

Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Praveen Sood took over as the 34th director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday.

BJP leaders meet CM Chouhan amid friction in party's MP unit

Senior Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party leaders including Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Patel held a meeting with chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday night to discuss rising voices of dissent against the party's leadership in the state, internal friction, and some senior leaders joining the opposition Congress, party leaders familiar with the developments said.

Case filed against 2 BJP MLAs for remarks against K'taka CM

Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs in Karnataka have been booked for allegedly making objectionable remarks against chief minister Siddaramaiah, police said on Thursday.

Fight for stringent punishment will go on, says Rakbar's family

Family members of Rakbar Khan, the 28-year-old man from Haryana's Nuh who was fatally assaulted in Alwar by a vigilante group claiming to work for protection of cows in 2018, have said that they will appeal against the decision that handed down prison terms of seven years to four accused, and acquitted the fifth.

Foodgrain output pegged at record 330MT for 2022-23, says ministry

India's food grain production in 2022-23 is estimated to be 330.53 million tonnes, with record output of rice, wheat, maize, soybean, rapeseed, mustard and sugarcane, according to the third advance estimates released by the agriculture ministry on Thursday.

Stop Amul from TN milk procurement: Stalin to Shah

District Co-operative Milk Producers Union (better known by its brand, Amul) is preparing to source milk from the milk shed (the region from which a co-operative sources milk) of Tamil Nadu's cooperative Aavin (the brand of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation), Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin said in a letter to Union home and co-operatives minister Amit Shah, seeking the latter's intervention in preventing an infringement which he said would lead to \"unhealthy competition\".

Navy's MiG-29K fighter jet carries out its first night landing on INS Vikrant

An Indian Navy MiG29K fighter jet on Wednesday landed on the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant for the first time at night, an important step towards the warship becoming fully operational along with its air wing by the year-end, navy officials said on Thursday.

Confident Speaker will invite Modi to address US Congress: Ro Khanna

A day after he wrote to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, urging him to invite Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi to address a joint meeting of the United States (US) Congress, Congressman Ro Khanna has said that he is \"very confident\" that the Speaker will extend an invite to PM Modi.

EAM AND GARCETTI DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS AND REGIONAL ISSUES

US ambassador Eric Garcetti called on external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues, a month ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to the United States.

Manipur tense day after 1 killed in fresh violence

A day after fresh incidents of ethnic violence were reported from parts of Manipur, the state returned to a sense of tenuous calm on Thursday, with a strict curfew reimposed in Imphal and Bishnupur; but worried residents continued to stay indoors, and businesses counted their losses.

Candidates with same name, roll number claim 44th UPSC rank

Sitting 1,324 km apart, two people from Haryana and Bihar with the same name and purportedly the same roll number staked claim to the All India Rank (AIR) of 44 in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination, the results of which were declared on Tuesday.

Rust, no maintenance: Open gyms at many colony parks lie neglected

Shivangi, a resident of Mayur Vihar Phase 3, used to regularly visit the local neighbourhood park in B5 pocket in the mornings for her daily exercise routine.

NDMA alerts on SMS to warn of adverse weather in Capital

Mobile phone screens in Delhi lit up in the early hours of Thursday after residents received an SMS alert by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), warning of thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds of up to 45 km/hour in several parts of Delhi in the next 24 hours.

Rain keeps Delhi cool, improves air quality

Rain and gusty winds lashed the Capital on Wednesday night, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) attributing the weather to a western disturbance affecting northwest India.

Pawar pledges support to AAP on services ordinance

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar pledged support to Delhi's chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday in his efforts to challenge in Parliament the central government's ordinance aimed at restricting the Delhi government's administrative powers.

Ex-minister Jain in ICU, put on oxygen support

Former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain has been put on oxygen support and admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Lok Nayak Hospital for further treatment after he fell in a bathroom in Tihar jail on Thursday morning, people aware of the matter said.

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WRESTLERS' PROTEST - REALITY CHECK

ED probe illegal, will not have any poll impact, claims Baghel

With crucial assembly elections less than six months away, and central agencies conducting raids and arresting officials close to him in two separate investigations, Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday said that people were being \"pressured\" to implicate him and his son, and indicated that he, too, could soon be called in for questioning.