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TOLL AT 124 AS 13 MORE DEAD IN SECTARIAN VIOLENCE

Sectarian feuding in northwest Pakistan killed 13 more people, a local government official said on Saturday, as warring Sunnis and Shias defied repeated ceasefire orders in recent conflict claiming 124 lives.

Two associates of Hindu leader arrested in B'desh

Two associates of arrested former member of Iskcon Bangladesh and Hindu community leader Chinmoy Krishna Das have been held from the northeastern port city of Chattogram, a spokesperson of Kundalidham Monastery run by the Hindu leader said on Saturday.

KOSOVO SAYS BLAST AT WATER FACILITY A 'TERRORIST ACT', BLAMES SERBIA

Kosovo's prime minister said an explosion late Friday night that damaged a key water canal was a \"terrorist act\" and accused groups aligned with Serbia of having been behind it — an accusation Serbia called baseless.

Ukraine prez: Ready for truce if Nato guarantees Security

An invitation for Ukraine to join Nato is one key point of Volodymyr Zelensky's 'victory plan', which he presented to Western allies in Oct

Trudeau, Trump hold crucial talks on trade, border

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday as the two leaders discussed trade, the border and fentanyl, subjects of the incoming US leader's tariff threat on its neighbour.

Diss track

Australia has a long history with trash talk. India learnt to respond in kind. Now, the banter is friendlier, effective and more fun

Bone of contention

'Logic and reason don't belong to any one group of people,' Irawati Karve famously said. See how the anthropologist took on racist theory, won awards, and faced her own demons too

Mind craft

Exactly how does the brain take shape in the embryo? Tole has won awards for her efforts to answer that question. She has now been picked to head the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), the first person from outside Europe and North America to do so. Snehal Fernandes sits down with her to discuss absurd questions faced by women in STEM, her abiding questions about dreams, and how dance helps her think more clearly

Gandhi's other great trial & Manu Gandhi

Among all Gandhians or associates of Mahatma Gandhi, Mridula Gandhi (1927-1969) stands out. Manu, as she was known, was with Gandhi when he faced his most acute inner crisis.

Climate crisis: A Plan B needed for wild weather

Going for smaller tangible targets instead of chasing net zero could be a way to arrest the spiralling climate crisis

On interviewing and the art of interrupting

AN INTERRUPTION IS DUE IF THE ANSWER HAS NO BEARING TO THE QUESTION. IT IS ALSO NEEDED TO GET CLARITY OR REMOVE CONFUSION. FINALLY, IT CAN OCCUR SOMETIMES AS PART OF AN ANIMATED CONVERSATION

Redesign POSH law for informal sector

In the recent assembly polls, we were once again inundated with information about how much of a difference the women's vote made to the outcome.

MAN, 35, STABS POLICEMAN IN NE DELHI, HELD

A 35-year-old man who stabbed a head constable while escaping from a police booth in New Usmanpur, northeast Delhi on Friday was arrested on Saturday after an exchange of fire with a police team, police said.

India's constitutional tenets, structure may need reflection

While there may have been reasons to draft an executive-oriented document in 1949, a public debate is needed on what an alternative constitutional vision might look like

HC SLAMS POLICE FOR DETAINING PREGNANT WOMAN WITH KID

The Allahabad high court has slammed the Uttar Pradesh Police for \"unlawfully detaining\" a pregnant woman accompanied by her two-year-old child for over six hours to record her statement in a kidnapping case filed by her family, terming it \"abuse of authority\" and \"torture\".

ITLF TO BURY 12 KUKIS AFTER 'SATISFACTORY' AUTOPSY REPORTS

The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF), an influential Kuki group in Manipur, expressed satisfaction on Saturday with the autopsy reports of 12 individuals who were killed in the Jiribam district earlier this month.

22-YR-OLD FROM T'GANA SHOT DEAD IN U.S., BODY TO RETURN NEXT WEEK

A 22-year-old student from Khammam district of Telangana was shot dead by unknown miscreants at a gas station in the United States, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

Kashmiri Pandit women can retain migrant status, says HC

THE COURT SAID THAT THESE WOMEN LEFT KASHMIR DUE TO NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN

Not the first time we faced such challenges, says Adani

Adani Group founder Gautam Adani responded for the first time on Saturday to allegations by US authorities that he was part of a $265 million bribery scheme, saying that his ports-to-power conglomerate was committed to world-class regulatory compliance.

ED busts invoicing racket, identifies irregularities worth ₹4,800 crore

In a unique case of trade-based money laundering, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has unearthed an organised syndicate that allegedly managed a one-stop shop for undervalued imports from China for a large number of domestic traders, people familiar with the development said, adding that it has identified illegal remittances of over ₹4,800 crore so far.

'Former BNP leader' arrested with fake IDs in Kolkata

A Bangladeshi national, who claimed to be a former leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was arrested with fake identity cards from a guest house in central Kolkata on Friday night.

PRO-KHALISTAN GANGSTER ARSH DALLA GRANTED BAIL IN CANADA

Khalistani radical and designated terrorist Arshdeep Singh Gill, or Arsh Dalla, has been granted bail in Canada on the condition that he pay a $30,000 surety, according to reports on Saturday.

OVER 200 DRONES FROM PAKISTAN SHOT DOWN: BSF

At east 269 drones that brought in drugs and weapons from Pakistan through the Indo-Pak border were shot down and recovered, the BSF said in a statement on Saturday.

EPFO board pitches amnesty plan for PF payment violations

In a key decision, the central board of trustees of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), in its 236th meeting chaired by labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday, approved reinvesting 50% of its redemption proceeds from exchange traded funds (ETFs) back into equities.

Ensure an end to atrocities against Hindus, appeals RSS

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday appealed to the Bangladesh's interim government to ensure that atrocities on the members of the Hindu community are stopped and Iskcon monk Chinmoy Krishna Das is released from jail immediately.

DDA plans more parks in Dwarka

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is planning to identify water bodies in Dwarka and turn some of them into public recreational spots.

Dallewal begins fast; farmers vow to launch march on Dec 6

A day after he was discharged from the Ludhiana hospital, Punjab farm leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal continued his fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border point to press the Centre for the acceptance of farmers' demands on Saturday.

WOMEN SHOULD COME FORWARD, TAKE BENEFITS OF SCHEMES: FM

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday urged women to come forward and take benefits of central schemes to make them more capable and empowered.

CONGRESS WAIVED OFF ₹18,000 CRORE CROP LOAN: REDDY

The Congress government in Telangana has waived crop loans to the tune of about ₹18,000 crore, benefitting 22 lakh farmers within 10 months after coming to power, chief minister A Revanth Reddy said on Saturday.

HC designation of senior advocates under shadow

SENIOR ADVOCATE NANDRAJOG SAID THE LIST WAS SENT TO HIM FOR A POST-FACTO SIGNATURE WHILE HE WAS AWAY ON OTHER DUTIES