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MORE OLA STORES, MODELS; BUT THERE'S A BACKLOG
LA Electric's co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal has just announced an ambitious plan to open as many as 3,200 stores by the end of December.
UltraTech's India Cement buyout under CCI scrutiny
The acquisition of India Cements by UltraTech Cement has come under the lens of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
Wooden Street raises ₹354 cr funding from Premji Invest
FURNITURE and home decor brand Wooden Street has raised $43 million or nearly ₹354 crore in series-C round from Premji Invest.
Mahindra to rename electric SUV as 'BE 6'
The car manufacturer says it will contest the brand rights of 'BE 6e' in court, asserts that IndiGo's claim is baseless
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.
Notre Dame re-opens five years after inferno
40 heads of state in Paris
Qatar PM says Gaza truce talks gathering momentum ahead of Don's return
QATAR's prime minister said on Saturday that momentum had returned to talks aimed at securing a truce and hostage exchange deal in Gaza following the election of Donald Trump as US president.
Police recover bag carried by suspect from Central Park
THE gunman who killed the CEO of the largest US health insurer likely left New York on a bus soon after the brazen ambush that has shaken corporate America, police officials said Friday.
Nobel winners flag AI's risks, call for strong regulation
PHYSICS Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton and chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis on Saturday insisted on a need for strong regulation of artificial intelligence, which played a key role in their awards.
Blast destroys housing block in Netherlands
AN explosion and fire rocked a neighbourhood in the Dutch city of The Hague on Saturday, killing one woman and injuring other people and destroying several apartments, according to authorities.
S Korea president Yoon's impeachment fails
Most lawmakers from his conservative party boycott proceedings leaving Oppn unable to garner two-thirds of vote
Syrian rebels 'encircling' Damascus
REBELS on a lightning advance through Syria said on Saturday they have begun to encircle Damascus as government forces denied they had withdrawn from areas near the capital.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Temple burnt in Bangla: ISKCON
Kolkata official says idols gutted, expresses concern over arrested Krishna Das's safety
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.
Season's first cold wave to hit by next week
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
Drop in India's TB burden doubled since 2015: Nadda
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.
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 hospitalized after being brutally beaten up, his relative revealed.
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.\"
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.
EVOLVING BEYOND THE MODI FACTOR
HE 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.
New low-pressure system develops over Bay of Bengal, to approach TN
A new low-pressure system has developed over the Bay of Bengal on Saturday and is heading towards Tamil Nadu.