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Tough acts to follow
They say elite footballers’ children are rarely as successful in the sport as their parents. But look around. It isn’t true
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October 19, 2025
Hindustan Times Pune
'THIS DIWALI IS MORE SPECIAL AS IT'S OUR FIRST WITH EVAARAH'
The Shetty household is brimming with excitement this festive season as it marks a very special milestone — the family’s first Diwali with its youngest member, cricketer KL Rahul and actor Athiya Shetty's daughter, Evaarah. Proud mamu, actor Ahan Shetty says the celebration feels “extra bright” this year.
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October 19, 2025
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{ AFTERMATH OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN KAPILDHARWADI } Village evacuated after deep cracks develop in Beed dist
vs WK
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October 19, 2025
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Uncertainty looms over Grand Alliance seat deal
At the heart of the Opposition Grand Alliance’s Bihar seat-sharing deadlock are at least eight contentious seats and growing discontent among the allies over proposed seat swaps, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
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October 19, 2025
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Gill's new captaincy chapter, with Rohit-Kohli by his side
It can’t be lost on India that the only ODI defeat that mattered in the last five years came against Australia in a World Cup final watched by 120,000 at home.
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October 19, 2025
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Big bang theory
They were used to scare away evil spirits, carried by traders to keep large animals at bay. See how fireworks were born, and why we might want to replace them with a light that is brighter still
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October 19, 2025
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The links in our bio
What makes it possible for us to hum a tune 'without thinking', choose the right footwear, make a joke? What does the fallout look like, when one of these unnoticed abilities begins to waver? In his award-winning first book, Dr Masud Husain, a professor of neurology at Oxford, traces how intricately different parts of our brain tether us to our shared reality. And what happens - to individuals, families, shared lives - when one of those tethers snaps
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October 19, 2025
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JMM to go solo in Bihar, set to contest on 6 seats
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Saturday said that the party would not contest the Bihar elections as part of the opposition INDIA bloc as it announced plans to contest six constituencies.
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October 19, 2025
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HC slams UP police for ‘illegal’ detention of interfaith couple
The Allahabad high court on Saturday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh Police for the “illegal detention” of an interfaith couple, and ordered their release, ruling that the couple could not be detained by police due to social tensions arising from their marriage.
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October 19, 2025
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TRUMP GRANTS CLEMENCY TO POLITICIAN SCORNED BY HIS OWN PARTY
President Donald Trump said on Friday he had commuted the sentence of former US lawmaker George Santos, who was slated to serve more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. Santos’ lawyers said that he was released from jail in New Jersey.
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October 19, 2025
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Tanvi a step from emulating Saina as junior world champ
India’s Tanvi Sharma rode on her brilliant form to come up with a nearperfect performance against China’s Liu Si Ya to enter the girls’ singles final of the BWF World Junior Championships at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati on Saturday.
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October 19, 2025
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Pakistan army, Pasni port, and a sell-out to America
It makes little strategic and commercial sense for Washington to invest ina project in Balochistan. For the transactional US president, the numbers just don’t add up. They look even worse now as the war at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border heats up
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October 19, 2025
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Fresh strikes by Pak cloud Afghan peace talks in Doha
Pakistani and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar to seek a path back to calm, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes that killed at least 10 Afghanis following a brief truce.
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October 19, 2025
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Bureaucrats running govt in Bihar: Kishor
Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday launched a scathing attack on ruling JD(U), saying that “bureaucrats are running the government”, and took a swipe at Rash-
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October 19, 2025
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Rape and victim-blaming cues from leaders, judges
West Bengal chief minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee had some advice for the medical student in Durgapur who was raped outside her campus. “We are not defending anyone but girls should not leave campus at night,” said one of only two women CMs in India at present.
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October 19, 2025
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India fall to Oz in final of Sultan of Johor Cup
The Indian junior hockey team lost 1-2 to Australia in the final of the Sultan of Johor Cup in Johor, Malaysia on Saturday.
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October 19, 2025
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US talks proceeding cordially, says Goyal
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that India’s most recent meetings with US officials had been cordial, but emphasised that New Delhi is committed to a mutually beneficial trade agree
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October 19, 2025
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THIS DIWALI, IT ALREADY FEELS LIKE WE ARE A FAMILY OF THREE
With a baby on the way, this Diwali feels unlike any other for actor-couple Rajkummar Rao and Patralekhaa. Adding to the joy are some career milestones too. \"We are super excited. Firstly, the baby's coming, and our first production is also going to come up in a couple of months. We are editing our second film too. There is a lot happening,\" she tells us.
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October 19, 2025
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Revoke appointment of Gorkha issues’ interlocutor, Mamata to PM
Days after the Centre appointed former deputy national security advisor Pankaj Kumar Singh as an interlocutor to hold discussions on the issues relating to Gorkhas in north Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee termed the decision as “shocking” and “unilateral” while requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revoke the appointment.
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October 19, 2025
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KOHLI, ROHIT SET TO RETURN AS INDIA TAKE ON AUSTRALIA
India will take on Australia in the first ODI of the three-match series on Sunday, with Shubman Gill set to lead the side for the first time in the 50-over format.
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October 19, 2025
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Rage finds an unlikely ally: Hope
When Iggy Pop recommends a band on his BBC Radio 6 Music show, it's time to listen.
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October 19, 2025
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Stop now, end war: Trump to Ukraine, Russia
President Donald Trump on Friday called on Ukraine and Russia to “stop where they are” and end their brutal war following a lengthy White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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October 19, 2025
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Afrojack says India gig in November will be ‘the last for next few years’
For Dutch DJ-producer Nick Leonardus van de Wall, aka Afrojack, India is a place that keeps calling him back.
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October 19, 2025
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US court prohibits Pegasus maker from targeting WhatsApp
A US court has ordered Israel's NSO Group to stop targeting Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp messaging service, a development the spyware company warned could put it out of business.
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October 19, 2025
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Oppn allowing infiltration to increase vote bank, says Shah
Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused the Opposition of supporting infiltration for vote bank politics, whilst warning Bihar voters against allowing “jungle raj wearing a new mask’ to return to the state.
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October 19, 2025
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Satwik-Chirag lose in Denmark Open semis
India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty fell agonisingly short of a final berth, going down to Japan's Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in their men’s doubles clash at the Denmark Open here on Saturday.
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October 19, 2025
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In sickness, in health, in law
Push back, but with love. Argue, but with love. Building a bond with in-laws can be as simple as asking: How would I deal with this if it were my parent? Lord knows, they're not perfect
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October 19, 2025
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Oppn impasse on Bihar seat-share deal deepens
The Opposition bloc's Bihar seat-sharing deadlock deepened on Saturday as the state Congress chief accused Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) Tejashwi Yadav of “sabotaging” the alliance even as other coalition partners announced the number of seats they are “contesting” despite no official consensus.
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October 19, 2025
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Rashid Khan calls Pak air strikes that killed three Afghan cricketers ‘barbaric’
Afghanistan cricket captain Rashid Khan has condemned the recent Pakistani air strikes on civilian areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, which claimed the lives of three young cricketers among other civilians.
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October 19, 2025
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Zaira Wasim announces marriage in first Insta post in years
Zaira Wasim returned to Insta after a long gap on Friday night, only to announce that she is now married. This is her first public update in the many years since she walked away from the industry in 2019, citing religious reasons.
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