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IUML distances itself from Salam’s remarks against CM Vijayan
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has distanced itself from its state general secretary PMA Salam’s inflammatory comments targeting Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
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November 03, 2025
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Rahul slams Modi with ‘dance for vote’, Ambani-Adani jibe
Unmoved by criticism over his “dance for vote” remark directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi repeated it in Bihar on Sunday, adding, “Tell him to do yoga, and he'll even perform a few asanas. But after the elections, the Prime Minister will do whatever his industrialist friends Ambani and Adani ask him to do.”
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November 03, 2025
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Bengal shows the way ~ II
West Bengal’s journey since 2016 shows how a well-coordinated campaign can evolve into institutionalised governance and measurable outcomes. The ‘Safe Drive, Save Life’ initiative, coupled with SRSC reforms, technology adoption, and community engagement, has made road safety a mainstream governance issue. The challenge now is extending these successes to rural districts, where weak enforcement, poor infrastructure, and rising motorization continue to fuel accidents. If West Bengal succeeds, it will also emerge as a national exemplar in saving lives on the road
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November 03, 2025
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Fake currency notes worth ₹16 lakh seized from MP madrasa
Policein the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh seized fake currency notes worth nearly Rs 16 lakh from the roomofanimaminamadrassa located near a mosque in a village on Sunday.
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November 03, 2025
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Vijay slams EC’s voteroll revision, calls DMK’sall-party meeta ‘political theatre’
Boycotting the all-party meeting convened by the ruling DMK on Sunday to discuss the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ofthe electoral roll, actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President Vijay launched a scathing attack on both the Election Commission and the State government, alleging that
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November 03, 2025
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3rd PLF to unfold a fascinating world of deliberations
A unique confluence of author-translators, art-connoisseurs, critics, budding writers, commentators on Assamese lyrics, performing arts, translations along with history and young people is scheduled for 14, 15 and 16 November 2025 in the prehistoric city of Guwahati in northeast India as the 3rd Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival takes its turn to mesmerize the participants with a series of fascinating deliberations.
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November 03, 2025
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Scorched Future
India’s unrelenting summer of 2024 was not merely another chapter in a long history of seasonal extremes. It was a warning written in heat. For the first time, science has quantified what millions of Indians already feel in their bodies ~ that climate change is not an abstract environmental concern, but a lived public health crisis. The rising mercury is no longer a matter of discomfort; it is a measure of human vulnerability.
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November 03, 2025
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VP Radhakrishnan hails libraries as temples of learning, empowering communities
Vice-President C P Radha-krishnan Sunday hailed libraries as “temples of learning” that nurture critical thinking and empower individuals and communities.
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November 03, 2025
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Jairam Ramesh questions PM Modi and Nitish Kumar over Bihar’s plight
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Sunday posed three questions directly to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, criticising their governments’ performance in addressing the state’s issues.
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November 03, 2025
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Steel industry pushes for stronger safeguards to curb cheap imports
Indian steelmakers have urged the government to introduce additional measures to curb rising steel imports, particularly from countries such as China, as increasing inbound shipments continue to pressure domestic production and prices.
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November 03, 2025
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DMK-led all-party meet decides to challenge SIR in Supreme Court
Describing the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls as antidemocratic, the all-party meeting convened by the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Sunday termed the Election Commission as a puppet of the BJP, decided to challenge the exercise in the Supreme Court.
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November 03, 2025
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Successfullaunch of GSAT-7R boost for national security
India on Sunday beefed up its security with the launch of its latest military satellite, the44 ton GSAT-7R or CMS-03, for the use of the Indian Navy, bythe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
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November 03, 2025
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‘It’s clear which way the wind is blowing’: PM Modi in Bihar
Those sitting in Delhi doing political arithmetic should come here and see which way the wind is blowing.\" Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, as he addressed a well-attended election rally in Arrah in Bhojpur, Bihar.
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November 03, 2025
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235 butterfly species spotted during Wakro Meet in Arunachal
A total of 235 butterfly species, including 35 rare and uncommon species, were recorded during the 2nd Wakro Butterfly Meet, which also marked the 8th Northeast Butterfly Meet (NEBM), held from October 23 to 26 at Wakro Valley and Kamlang Tiger Reserve & Wildlife Sanctuary in Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh.
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November 03, 2025
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Trump threatens Nigeria with potential military action, escalates claim of Christian persecution
‘S President Donald Trump on Saturday said he’s ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria as he stepped up his allegations that the government is failing to rein inthe persecution of Christians in the West African country.
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November 03, 2025
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VCK, MDMK hit out at SIR, call it assault on citizenship
WARNING OF DEMOGRAPHIC DISTORTION, VAIKO SAID THE REVISION COULD FACILITATE LARGE-SCALE INCLUSION OF NON-LOCAL VOTERS IN TAMIL NADU.
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November 03, 2025
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BPCL posts 169 per cent surge in Q2 PAT, strong performance in H1 FY26
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), one of India’s leading energy companies, has reported a strong financial and operational performance for the second quarter (Q2) and first half (HI) of FY 2025-26, driven by robust refining margins andimproved market sales.
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November 03, 2025
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'We foresee significant rise in govt & PSU tenders for solar going forward'
Ata little over 18 and even while pursuing B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering at the prestigious Delhi Technological University formerly DCE (Delhi College of Engineering), he is at the helms of Galo Solar, a leading provider of solar energy solutions in India.
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November 03, 2025
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Microsoft to hire for AI after layoffs: Nadella
After a year of major layoffs, Microsoft is preparing to grow its workforce again ~ but this time with a clear focus on artificial intelligence (AI).
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November 03, 2025
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Science & technology must be aligned with people-centric development: Kerala Governor
The 8th Regional Consultative Meeting on “Ease of Doing Research and Development” was organised by NITI Aayog at the National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS), Thiruvananthapuram, on October 30-31.
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November 03, 2025
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IPL2026 auctionlikely tobemoved overseas again
While news about the IPL 2026 mini-auction taking place in India surfaced earlier, there seems to beachange in approach concerning the auction location, which is nowlikely totake place abroad.
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November 03, 2025
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Raj govt sets up 5-member panel to probe Class IV student’s death
The Rajasthan government has formed a five-member team to conduct an inquiry into the circumstances and factors that led to the death of aClassIV student, whojumped from the fourth floor of her school building on Saturday.
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November 03, 2025
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Jagan Mohan Reddy condemns YSRCP leader Jogi Ramesh’s arrest in liquor case
YSR Congress Party President and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday condemned the arrest of party leader and former minister Jogi Ramesh in the spurious liquor case and alleged that Chief Minister N. Chandra-babu Naidu was trying to escape after his fake liquor factories were exposed.
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November 03, 2025
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Medical student airlifted from Kazakhstan for treatment dies at Jaipur hospital
A medical student, Rahul Ghosalya, who was airlifted from Kazakhstan on the day of Diwali for treatment at the SMS Hospital in Jaipur, succumbed to a brain haemorrhage on Sunday.
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November 03, 2025
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Shafali, Deepti's halftons help India set SA 299 target
Washington, Arshdeep star as India level T20I series
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November 03, 2025
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Fog lights on
The latest US interest rate cut reveals a central bank attempting to steer an economy through dense uncertainty, guided more by instinct than data.
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November 03, 2025
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Over 80 arrested for Mokama violence, Bihar DGP asserts rule of law is supreme
JD-U Mokama candidate Anant Singh was sent to Beur Jail in Patna after being remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody. He was arrested late Saturday night
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November 03, 2025
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Foreign investors return to Indian markets with ₹14,610 crore inflows
After three months of steady withdrawals, foreign investors made a strong comeback in October, turning net buyers in the Indian market with an investment of Rs 14,610 crore.
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November 03, 2025
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Chief secys of states, UTsto appeartoday before Supreme Court in stray dogs case
THETOP COURTHAD EARLIER EXPRESSED STRONG DISAPPROVAL OF THE FAILURE OF MOST STATE GOVERNMENTSTO FILE COMPLIANCEAFFIDAVITS, DESPITE CLEAR ORDERS ISSUED ON 22 AUGUST.
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November 03, 2025
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US politics reaches peak whataboutism
US President Donald Trump commuted the seven-year, federal prison sentence of acknowledged criminal George Santos because, as he explained in a Truth Social post late last week, the disgraced former New York congressman “had the Courage, Conviction and Intelligence to Always Vote Republican!”
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