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Homeowners gassed up generators, filled bathtubs with water and bought last-minute supplies along the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday (October 9, 2026) while Hurricane Isaias gained strength as it charged toward the beaches of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The Category 3 storm has grown into a major hurricane — the first of an unusually…
At least three activists of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) were allegedly detained at different places in Rajasthan on Friday (October 9, 2026) ahead of the outfit’s protest scheduled at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The CJP alleged that Rajasthan police were harassing its office-bearers and preventing them from going to Delhi. CJP’s organisational co-in-charge Deepak…
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While Israel continues to attack one of Palestine’s two non-contiguous regions, Gaza, it is slowly and violently restructuring the other, West Bank. Israel’s occupation of Judea and Samaria, the biblical term for West Bank used by the Israeli government, began in 1967 following the Six-Day War. Despite being considered illegal under international law, Israel has…
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Two FIRs have been registered against senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya a day after his house came under attack by miscreants. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has warned him of legal action for his “Hindutva” comments. “He wrote on his verified social media platform yesterday morning, describing the incident as an ‘attack…
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The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday struck down a 2019 State law that had increased reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category from 14% to 27%, holding that the government could not demonstrate any “extraordinary conditions or emergent situations” to breach the 50% ceiling on reservation. A Division Bench of Justices Anand Pathak…
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Protesters at sit-in outside the Parliament Street Police Station in New Delhi on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI Several protesters who were arrested earlier this week after they protested outside the Parliament Street police station demanding an FIR against a police officer accused of harassing a woman journalist held a press conference in Delhi on…
FILE PHOTO: A model of a pump jack is seen in front of the displayed word “sanctions” and U.S. and Russian flag colours in this illustration taken March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo | Photo Credit: Dado Ruvic The U.S. on Friday (October 9, 2026) lifted sanctions on the sale of Russian diesel till April…
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The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to urgently list a petition filed by the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) challenging the Delhi Police’s decision to deny permission for a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar. The court said it would hear the matter on Monday. The plea, filed by IYC national…
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Barricades being unloaded from a police van in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: BHAWIKA CHHABRA The New Delhi district was placed under a security lockdown on Friday, a day before the proposed youth-led protest at Jantar Mantar against alleged irregularities in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls, with thousands of…
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia will immediately supply diesel to the U.S., President Donald Trump announced on Friday (October 9, 2026) after talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The surprise announcement comes against the backdrop of a U.S….
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