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RBI adds 27 tn gold in Oct, 50% of central banks' buying
THE Reserve Bank has bought 48% of all the gold that the central banks bought in October, adding a whopping 27 tonne to its home reserves, taking the total tonnage to 882.
Syrian rebels reach Damascus suburbs
INSURGENTS' stunning march across Syria gained speed on Saturday with news that they had reached the suburbs of the capital and with the government forced to deny rumours that President Bashar Assad had fled the country.
S Korea president Yoon's impeachment fails
Most lawmakers from his conservative party boycott proceedings leaving Oppn unable to garner two-thirds of vote
Notre Dame re-opens five years after inferno
40 heads of state in Paris
Woman brings brother's body tied to taxi roof
UNABLE to afford the exorbitant fee charged by the ambulance service, a woman was forced to travel 195 kilometers from her village to Haldwani by tying the body of her brother, who died by suicide, to the roof of a taxi.
Hit by bullet, Bihar man drives passengers to safety
IN an act of courage and bravery, a driver saved the life of at least 15 people in Bihar's Bhojpur district.
BJP MLA wants ban on beef sale, JD(U) sees red
INSPIRED by his senior party colleague and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Bihar BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul on Saturday demanded a ban on sale of beef in hotels, restaurants and public places of the state.
Lack of snowfall at Badrinath raises concerns, climate change blamed
EXPERTS and priests of the Badrinath shrine have expressed concern over the absence of snowfall in the region until December, attributing to climate change.
Four BJP MLAs inducted into Assam ministry
WITH around 15 months left for Assam to go to elections, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday expanded his ministry by appointing four BJP MLAs as ministers.
Modi made welfare state a reality, 25 cr lifted out of poverty, says Shah
HOME Minister Amit Shah on Saturday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for transforming the vision of a welfare state into a reality, a feat he claimed previous governments before 2014 pursued only in bits and pieces.
MoS defence Seth says he got ₹50 lakh ransom threat, 2 held after probe
MINISTER of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Saturday said he has received an extortion call of ₹50 lakh via text message from Ranchi while attending the winter session Parliament in New Delhi.
THE HERO WHO ENCHANTS A NATION
When the trailer of Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2: The Rule was launched in Patna, thousands thronged the event, eager to catch a glimpse of the star who embodies the almost-mythical protagonist of the franchise.
Temple burnt in Dhaka: ISKCON
Kolkata official says idols gutted, expresses concern over arrested Krishna Das's safety
Warm Nov made sugarcane less sweet, prone to pests
WARMER winter has reduced the sweetness of jaggery and created a conducive weather for pest attacks on sugarcane plants in western Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest sugarcane producer belts in the country.
India issues Syria travel advisory, asks citizens to return at the earliest
INDIA on Saturday issued an advisory for its citizens in Syria to return at the earliest and also urged others to drop any travel plans to the insurgency-hit country.
Working on resolution of Ukraine conflict, says EAM
Jaishankar says needle moving towards negotiations than a longer war
India's TB burden on the fall since '15, says health minister
UNION Health Minister JP Nadda on Saturday said the rate of decline of tuberculosis incidence in India has doubled since 2015 and is ahead of the global average.
Canadian Parliament rejects motion to declare 1984 Sikh riots as 'genocide'
THE Canadian Parliament has rejected the motion to declare the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as genocide following stiff resistance from lawmakers like Chandra Arya, who claimed that he was threatened inside the parliament building for opposing the motion, which he described as being influenced by a \"politically powerful Khalistani lobby.\"
Indian youth brutalised in Myanmar cyber fraud cell hospitalised, say relatives
TWENTY-two-year-old Ajay, one of the Indian youths trapped in a cyber scam centre in Myanmar, has been hospitalised after being brutally beaten up, his relative revealed.
EVOLVING BEYOND THE MODI FACTOR
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance's victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections has been both celebrated and scrutinized, with the slogan \"Batenge to katenge\" often highlighted as the pivotal factor behind this success.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S ON THE PLATE
A recent report on Lindt dark chocolates stated that they contain lead and cadmium above the acceptable levels, which has not been denied by the company.
Central team assesses Fengal damage in Villupuram, Kallakurichi
₹945cr given to TN by centre is SDRF due: Thangam
Man tries to set sub-registrar, self on fire, held
A travel agent, who was irked with the officials and attempted to set the Karungal sub-registrar and others on fire, was arrested by the Karungal police.
Graft-tainted Ooty official suspended from new Nellai post
ASSISTANT Commissioner of Tirunelveli Corporation A Jahangir Basha, who was caught red-handed by DVAC sleuths for allegedly accepting a bribe ₹11.7 lakh while serving as the Ooty Municipality commissioner, was suspended a week ago, said Director of Municipal Administration S Sivarasu on Saturday.
State urged to halt eviction of Manjolai estate workers
AFTER the Tirunelveli district administration attempted to evict the former workers and their family members from the Manjolai estate earlier in the day based on the Madras High Court's verdict, People's Watch executive director Henri Tiphagne and high court advocate Robert Chandra Kumar urged the state government to halt the eviction process until all arrangements are in place.
4 Myanmarese fishermen arrested for crossing IMBL
FOUR Myanmar fishermen were apprehended by the Indian Coast Guard on Friday after their raft allegedly crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line.
New system may bring rain from Dec 11
A new low-pressure system has developed over the Bay of Bengal on Saturday and is heading towards Tamil Nadu.
₹20 crore modern market project on Papermills road lands in legal tangle
THE ₹19.30 crore Modern Market project at Papermills Road in Kolathur is caught in a legal tangle after it was constructed on 1.05 acres of land that is allegedly involved in a dispute.
Water level in Poondi reservoir climbs eight feet in seven days
THE water level in the Poondi reservoir has increased by 8 feet in the last seven days due to the steady inflow from catchment areas.
Court enhances working woman's accident compensation to ₹50 lakh
THE Madurai Bench of Madras High Court dismissed an appeal filed by TNSTC against a tribunal order directing it to issue ₹36 lakh compensation to a victim, whose arm was amputated after an accident in 2016, and also enhanced compensation to ₹50.29 lakh.