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Workers instal a cableway to cross Trishuli river at Indrayani Ghat in Bidur in Nuwakot district, Nepal, following deadly flash floods and mudslides, in this handout obtained by Reuters on September 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal surged to 1,050 on Tuesday (September 1, 2026),…
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a press conference following the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, September 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) that Russia was winning the war in Ukraine and portrayed the Ukrainian leadership as “terrorists” with whom it was not possible…
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta with Transport Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh. | Photo Credit: file photo The Delhi Transport Department has announced September 17 as the last day for women commuters to avail of free travel on DTC and cluster buses using the ‘pink tickets’ system. After this, the scheme will not be extended, an…
Delhi CEO Ashok Kumar briefing the media on Monday. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma More than six in every 10 names left out of Delhi’s draft roll published on Monday are marked ‘permanently shifted’ and account for the largest share of the 47.56 lakh exclusions in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) drive. Of…
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Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight with 229 passengers on board returned to Goa about 30 minutes after takeoff on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) and made an emergency landing at Manohar International Airport after one engine failed mid-air, sources said. The aircraft landed safely at the airport…
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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) reviewed the annual performance of all 16 defence Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). In a meeting, the Minister called upon the defence PSUs to reduce import dependence, strengthen research and development, ensure timely delivery of major projects, and transform themselves into globally competitive defence companies, the…
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said “the BJP and the ‘vote theft commission’ keep changing their tactics, and they will continue to do so. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Flagging the exclusion of 2.06 crore names in Maharashtra’s draft electoral rolls after the special intensive revision (SIR), the Congress…
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CHENNAI The Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) continues to play an important role in bringing together industry, government and other stakeholders to address emerging opportunities and challenges for businesses across southern India said its president Arun Alagappan at the chamber’s 116th Annual General Meeting. “India’s ambition for 2047 will not be settled…
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The Mattancherry police on Tuesday arrested a 36-year-old man with 21 litres of suspected Indian Made Foreign Liquor. Libin Jose P.A. of Panayappilly, Thoppumpady, was arrested following a raid at his residence based on a tip-off that he had stored liquor beyond the permissible limit. The liquor was found in 42 bottles of 500 ml…
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Kozhikode Aboobacker, who passed away in Kozhikode aged 80, was a composer of several popular Mappilapattu songs and a musician who belonged to the golden period of music in the city. He worked along with the legendary composer of melodies in Malayalam cinema, M.S. Baburaj, and had accompanied K.J. Yesudas when he first performed in…
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