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Israeli strikes kill at least 49 in Lebanon, 19 in Gaza: Officials

Israeli airstrikes on Saturday claimed at least 49 lives in Lebanon and 19 in Gaza, according to local authorities and rescue teams, as the conflict escalates in the region.

Trump announces more picks for his new administration

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday that he'll nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary.

AAP's Punjab bypoll performance foreshadows Delhi result: Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the party winning three of the four assembly seats in Punjab bypoll was a pre-cursor to the victory of the AAP in the February 2025 Delhi assembly polls, and a testament of people's faith in the governance of AAP.

Adani summoned by US SEC amid bribery case

THE ADANI GROUP HAS STRONGLY DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS AS 'BASELESS' AND VOWED TO 'SEEK ALL POSSIBLE LEGAL RECOURSE'

Seven booked for assaulting man at Gurugram nightclub

AFTER AN INITIAL FIGHT SUBSIDED, THE VICTIM WAS BLOCKED WHEN TRYING TO LEAVE AROUND 4AM AND WAS THRASHED

Odisha set to amend state Universities Act 'for better autonomy'

The Odisha government on Saturday decided to amend the Odisha Universities Act, 1989 and change certain provisions of the Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR), 2015.

Pal meets Muslim delegation, discusses Waqf amendments

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Jagdambika Pal, chairman of the joint parliamentary committee of the Waqf (Amendments) Bill, met a delegation of Muslim scholars on Saturday to discuss the proposed amendments to the bill, which is likely to be taken up during the winter session of Parliament beginning next week.

Delay in clearing imports hits Indian medical industry

MANUFACTURERS HAVE ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO IMPORT ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS ON VALID MD-9 CERTIFICATION TEMPORARILY

MAN KILLS KIN OF WOMAN HE WAS STALKING, DIES BY SUICIDE IN ASSAM

A 35-year-old man allegedly killed three members of the family of a woman he was stalking, days before she was scheduled to get married with another man, and later died by suicide in Nagaon district of Assam, police said on Saturday.

Amid tensions, curbs on net extended in Manipur

The Manipur government on Saturday extended suspension of mobile internet services for two more days in nine districts in the wake of prevailing law-and-order situation, according to a home department order.

Another JEE aspirant dies by suicide in Kota

THE DEATH OF THE 18-YEAR-OLD STUDENT MARKED THE 19TH SUICIDE CASE IN THE COACHING HUB THIS YEAR

Delhi to install 400 PUC cameras

POLICE SAID THAT SO FAR, THESE CAMERAS HAVE HELPED GENERATE 43,000 CHALLANS OF ₹10,000 EACH FOR INVALID PUCS

BJP wins Gzb by margin of over 69K votes

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained the Ghaziabad assembly seat, as Sanjeev Sharma inflicted a 69,351-vote defeat on his nearest rival, Singh Raj Jatav of the Samajwadi Party (SP).

Woman kills daughter to marry lover

A 27-year-old woman from Wazirabad village, northwest Delhi, has been arrested for allegedly strangling her five-year-old daughter after her boyfriend's family refused to take care of the child, police said on Saturday.

CLEAR 'DELAYED' SALARY DUES OF DSFDC: LG WRITES TO DELHI GOVT

Lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, on priority, to look into pending salaries of DSFDC (Delhi SC/ST/OBC/Minority, Safai Karamcharis and Handicapped Financial and Development Corporation), officials with the LG secretariat said on Saturday.

1ST TRAFFIC ENGG CENTRE IN NATION COMES UP IN GGM; FOCUS ON SAFETY

Haryana Police and the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) inaugurated India's first Traffic Engineering Centre (TEC) and Organisational Development Centre (ODC) at the Traffic Towers, Gurugram, on Friday, officials said.

Delhi continues to suffocate as 'severe' air quality persists

NEW DELHI: Air quality in the Capital, after a two-day respite, continued to remain in the \"severe\" category on Saturday, as western disturbances in the region brought down the wind speed, effectively trapping pollutants within Delhi.

Police constable stabbed to death in Govindpuri

A 28-year-old Delhi Police constable was tragically stabbed to death while on patrolling duty in Govindpuri, southeast Delhi, early on Saturday.

After Maharashtra, fate of Opposition

Of the two states that went to polls, Maharashtra was the big prize. And, the incumbent BJP-led Mahayuti has made a stunning turnaround to win the state.

Welfare politics swings the polls

Incumbent alliances that delivered cash handouts gain as swing voters hold sway

Lessons from the polls for BJP and Congress

THE LANDSLIDE VICTORIES OF THE INCUMBENTS IN BOTH STATES INDICATE THAT THE REGIONAL DIVIDES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC FAULT LINES HAVE BEEN FLATTENED

What clicked for the JMM in Jharkhand

So, what worked for the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led INDIA grouping in the just concluded assembly election in Jharkhand?

In Maharashtra, a tale of two coalitions

The sweep for Mahayuti marks a definitive political turn for the state, and a moment of reckoning for Congress, Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar

After LS losses, BJP gets UP boost with bypoll wins

After the reverses in the Lok Sabha elections this summer, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday swept the assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, with the party-led NDA candidates winning seven of the nine seats that went to the by-elections, and dealt a blow to the Opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) which failed to repeat its success from the general elections.

BJP, allies win 25 seats in assembly bypolls

All eyes may have been on Maharashtra and Jharkhand, but Saturday also saw results being announced for bypolls to 46 assembly and two Lok Sabha seats across 15 states.

Wayanad: On electoral debut, Priyanka wins by huge margin

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra registered a comfortable victory on her electoral debut as she won the Wayanad Lok Sabha (LS) bypoll on Saturday by over 400,000 votes.

PRASHANT KISHOR'S CANDIDATES LOSE DEPOSITS IN 3 OF 4 BYPOLL SEATS

The Jan Suraaj Party, floated recently by former political strategist Prashant Kishor, failed to make any impact in its electoral debut, with all four of its candidates losing the bypolls to four assembly seats in Bihar.

Big issues that decided the J'khand outcome

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led alliance on Saturday retained its hold over the state, bucking the trend of voting out the incumbent, buoyed by a campaign that banked heavily on tribal identity and welfare schemes.

3 factors that explain Jharkhand poll result

Three factors explain the JMM's big victory—it is the biggest ever in the state's history—in these elections: complete consolidation of its core constituency among Scheduled Tribe (ST) voters, better outreach among non-ST voters with a wider alliance, identity-agnostic welfare schemes, and some external help from a nativist party making its debut which hurt the BJP alliance far more than the JMM alliance.

WHY BJP FAILED TO MAKE A MARK AMONG TRIBALS IN EASTERN STATE

The BJP's narrative that Muslims were changing Jharkhand's demography and marrying tribal women to take over their land failed to take off.