Month: September 2026

BJP MPs raise concerns over slow pace of infrastructure projects in Odisha

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Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MPs in Odisha have raised serious concerns over the slow pace of infrastructure projects in their constituencies and the poor quality of construction, putting the Mohan Charan Majhi government in an uncomfortable position. In separate letters addressed…

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‘Modinomics’ transformed India: Rajnath Singh in Kolkata

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‘Modinomics’ transformed India: Rajnath Singh in Kolkata

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses a press conference, in Kolkata on September 16, 2026. West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari also present. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) said that “Modinomics” has transformed India, adding that before 2014, India did not have the necessary leadership to tap…

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U.S. troops must prepare to fight around the moon: Trump’s top military adviser

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U.S. troops must prepare to fight around the moon: Trump’s top military adviser

Chairperson of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine. File | Photo Credit: AP American troops need to prepare for combat not only in Earth’s orbit but around the moon, President Donald Trump’s top military adviser said on Wednesday (September 16, 2026), looking ahead to a new frontier in warfare after the U.S. revealed…

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Saudi club Al-Taawon fined and ordered to play behind closed doors after Diogo Jota fan ‘taunts’

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Saudi club Al-Taawon fined and ordered to play behind closed doors after Diogo Jota fan ‘taunts’

Saudi club Al-Taawon. Credit: X/@Altaawoun_EN Saudi club Al-Taawon has been fined and ordered to play behind closed doors after video appeared to show fans chanting about the late Portugal forward Diogo Jota. The Saudi soccer federation said fans had “chanted phrases and slogans that violated” its ethics. Al-Taawon was fined 100,000 Saudi Riyals (around $26,700)…

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Saudi club Al-Taawon fined and ordered to play behind closed doors after Diogo Jota fan ‘taunts’

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Saudi club Al-Taawon. Credit: X/@Altaawoun_EN Saudi club Al-Taawon has been fined and ordered to play behind closed doors after video appeared to show fans chanting about the late Portugal forward Diogo Jota. The Saudi soccer federation said fans had “chanted phrases and slogans that violated” its ethics. Al-Taawon was fined 100,000 Saudi Riyals (around $26,700)…

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Trump lauds India’s crackdown on poppy farming; lists 23 major drug transit nations

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Trump lauds India’s crackdown on poppy farming; lists 23 major drug transit nations

President Donald Trump walks toward Marine One on the Ellipse, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) | Photo Credit: Allison Robbert U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to curb illicit poppy cultivation even as he identified India, China and…

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Trump lauds India’s crackdown on poppy farming; lists 23 major drug transit nations

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Trump lauds India’s crackdown on poppy farming; lists 23 major drug transit nations

President Donald Trump walks toward Marine One on the Ellipse, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) | Photo Credit: Allison Robbert U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to curb illicit poppy cultivation even as he identified India, China and…

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Sudan gold mine collapse kills at least 82 people with many more missing

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Sudan gold mine collapse kills at least 82 people with many more missing

The death toll from the collapse of an informal gold mine in a remote area of Sudan has risen to 82, according to local officials and activists, as rescuers struggled on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) to search for the missing with limited equipment. It is the latest tragedy in a nation mired in a devastating…

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Delhi Police, Chandrashekhar Azad oppose in HC YouTuber’s anticipatory bail plea in SC/ST Act case

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Delhi Police, Chandrashekhar Azad oppose in HC YouTuber’s anticipatory bail plea in SC/ST Act case

Chandrashekhar Azad, chief of the Bhim Army, had alleged in a complaint to the Delhi Police that Ajeet Bharti made caste-based, abusive, derogatory and humiliating remarks against him, members of the Scheduled Caste community and B.R. Ambedkar on social media. | Photo Credit: ANI The Delhi Police on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) opposed YouTuber Ajeet…

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DUSU polls: Delhi HC rejects challenge to participation of students affiliated with NSUI, ABVP; says no violation of Lyngdoh report

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DUSU polls: Delhi HC rejects challenge to participation of students affiliated with NSUI, ABVP; says no violation of Lyngdoh report

New Delhi: A student walks along a footpath past a wall covered with posters of candidates contesting the upcoming Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections, at North Campus of Delhi University. | Photo Credit: PTI The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) rejected a challenge to the participation of candidates affiliated with student…

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