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Doc, 6 migrant workers shot dead in J&K's Ganderbal dist

IN a major terror attack, militants on Sunday evening shot dead a local doctor, identified as Dr Shahnawaz, and six migrant labourers working in a key infrastructure project at Gagangir area of Sonmarg in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district.

A festive curation

Pili Taxi comes to Delhi with a two-day festive pop-up bringing 20-plus sustainable lifestyle brands

TRAVEL LIGHT, FOLLOW THE HOOPOE

THE hoopoe skips up to the book that's fallen from my sleepy fingers. My half open eyes greedily devour its crisp jewelled crest, idly wondering if enough poetry has been written on this soft-spoken beauty.

White Ferns world champions

WELL, all the odds are, they are in my favor; Something's bound to begin; It's gotta happen, happen sometime; Maybe this time, I'll win... sung Liza Minnelli in the debut motion picture named Cabaret, directed by Bob Fosse. Her character, Sally Bowles, a Manic Pixie American Dream Girl living in 1931's Berlin, through this song has an air of \"desperate hope\" around it.

Liverpool pass Chelsea test

LIVERPOOL passed a major test of their Premier League title credentials to move back to the top of the table by beating Chelsea 2-1 at Anfield on Sunday.

Dubai show up to cheer for the new winners

ON Sunday, all roads in the United Arab Emirates led to the Dubai International Stadium.

Why non-bank lenders continue to come under regulatory axe?

Several NBFCs and lending apps are accused of usurious loan pricing and employing heavy-armed recovery methods that include social media humiliation

WHY REAL ESTATE IS NOT A RETIREMENT PLAN

That means people believe retirement is possible only if you own a house. It also shows the inadequacy of retirement planning and execution at all levels.

YOU ARE LOSING MONEY WITHOUT KNOWING IT!

SEE how you have been losing money, some knowingly and some unknowingly! Some of it could be hereditary and some of it is your own behaviour.

Reliance Infrastructure's ₹6k cr fund raising plan gets shareholders nod

RELIANCE Infrastructure on Sunday in a stock exchange filing said it plans to raise ₹6,000 crore through preferential issue of shares and qualified institutional placement (QIP) route.

Starbucks feels inflation heat; revenue grows at 2% in Q2

TATA Starbucks, a joint venture between Starbucks Coffee Company and Tata Consumer Products Limited, is facing the pinch of sluggish consumer spending in urban areas as revenue growth remained underwhelming in the current financial year.

Chinese brand Vivo secures top spot in India's smartphone market

CHINESE mobile maker Vivo has captured the top spot in India's smartphone market, achieving a 19% market share by shipping 9.1 million units in the third quarter of this year. According to Canalys research, Vivo experienced a 26% year-on-year growth; it held a 17% market share with shipments of 7.2 million devices during the same period last year.

Bibi blames Hezbollah for house attack

ISRAEL's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday accused Iran-backed Hezbollah of trying to assassinate him, with the Middle East already on edge after Israel had vowed retaliation for an Iranian missile barrage.

87 killed in Israeli strikes on north Gaza

40 others injured in attack on Hamas target in Beit Lahiya; three Lebanese soldiers killed in an airstrike on Sunday

Drones from Kyiv shot down, Russia sends missiles

RUSSIAN air defences shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones on Sunday over Russia's western regions, Moscow officials said, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack.

Pak cabinet approves bill to reduce judicial independence

The Pakistan Cabinet on Sunday approved the proposed draft of the controversial 26th Constitutional Amendment during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after seeking consensus from the coalition partners.

Dollar-starved Maldives notifies new forex rules

DOLLAR-STARVED Maldives has floated a new foreign currency regulation, limiting types of transactions allowed in foreign currency and imposing mandatory foreign currency exchange controls on tourism establishments and banks.

SC revives judicial council, rules B'desh Parliament power to sack judges illegal

BANGLADESH'S Supreme Court on Sunday reinstated the Supreme Judicial Council with authority to investigate allegations of judicial misconduct, while upholding its previous ruling that declared the 16th constitutional amendment, which transferred the power of removing judges to parliament, as \"illegal\".

Laundering case: IAS officer to be questioned

IAS officer Sanjeev Hans is likely to be taken on remand for further questioning in connection with a money laundering case lodged against him.

Kanchi seer hails PM, says he is key factor in progress

KANCHI Kamakoti Peetham pontiff Jagadguru Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal on Sunday hailed the strong leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is the \"key factor behind the nation's progress\".

After Omar cabinet call for statehood, all eyes on Assembly's first session

AFTER the passage of a resolution on statehood restoration in the first cabinet meeting of the Omar Abdullah-led government in J&K, it remains to be seen if the ruling National Conference would move a similar resolution in the first session of the Assembly.

Junior doctors firm on health secy's exit, threaten to resume cease-work

A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to the junior doctors and called a meeting on Monday to resolve the impasse over RG Kar hospital rape-murder, agitation junior doctors on Sunday said they would launch a cease-work along with senior doctors from Tuesday if their demands are not met in the meeting.

Tigress' 400-km journey from MP to C'garh reveals two safe corridors

A tigress' 400-km-journey from Pench Tiger Research to neighbouring Chhattisgarh's Achanakmar Tiger Reserve, has made wildlife establishment upbeat about the safety of two key tiger corridors connecting three tiger reserves in the adjoining states.

No bias in govt works, says Modi

WHILE visiting his parliamentary constituency Varanasi for the second time after Lok Sabha election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that since his government was working with good intention to bring about a positive change in the life of each countrymen for the last one decade, the country was also blessing the BJP-led NDA repeatedly and the outcome of Haryana polls was the testimony to it.

BJP retains 71 MLAs in first Maha list of 99

THE BJP on Sunday announced its first list of 99 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly polls on November 20, retaining 71 MLAs.

Amid seat deadlock, Cong defers CEC meet

AS the stalemate over seat-sharing of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies for the Maharashtra polls continues, the Congress postponed its crucial Central Election Committee (CEC) for Monday.

Prasar Bharati plans live telecast of TV channels on mobile phones, trial on

PUBLIC broadcaster Prasar Bharati has moved a step ahead to facilitate telecast of live TV channels on smartphones without an internet connection as the trials to check feasibility of the direct-to-mobile (D2M) technology took off.

Statistics ministry asks CPWD to undertake upkeep of ISI campuses

THE Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoS&PI) has approached the Central Public Work Department (CPWD) to take up upkeep work of premises of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) — an institution of national importance — in states, including its historic campus spreading over 32 acres in Kolkata.

RSS starts outreach for BJP to propel Maha Yuti victory

WITH the Maha Yuti and Opposition MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) set for a keen contest in the elections to the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has launched an extensive outreach programme to shape public opinion in favour of the BJP-led ruling alliance in the state, sources said.

J'khand: INDIA rift out, RJD threatens to go solo

RIFT in the INDIA bloc widened over seat sharing, with the RJD threatening on Sunday to go it alone in the Jharkhand Assembly polls if not given a reasonable number of seats.