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Meghalaya IPS officer injured in ‘deliberate’ hit by two-wheeler

September 18, 2026 admin

GUWAHATI The Meghalaya Police have registered a case against unidentified two-wheeler riders for attempting to murder an IPS officer during a routine road check on Friday (September 18, 2026). The police suspect the riders were members of the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), a pressure group with a history of violence. Dangsan Khyriem, the Superintendent of…

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Odisha revises schedule for ward delimitation, seat reservation ahead of urban local body polls

September 18, 2026 admin

The Odisha government has revised the schedule for the delimitation of wards and reservation of seats for municipalities and Notified Area Councils (NACs) in the run-up to forthcoming urban local body elections next year. In a letter addressed to collectors of all district except Boudh, Director of Municipal Administration Arindam Dakua said the issue of…

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U.S. Treasury’s Bessent plans to discuss AI and rare earths with China’s He: report

September 18, 2026 admin

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent plans to ‌discuss AI, trade, rare earths and economic issues when he meets ⁠with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York City this weekend, according to a ‌source familiar with his plans. The…

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Taps run dry in Kolkata colony for 50 days; residents allege bias

September 18, 2026 admin

The residents alleged that the water connection has been cut off deliberately in the name of repairing the pipeline For the last 52 days, residents of Jyoti Nagar colony in Kolkata’s Cossipore have been surviving without drinking water. Five public taps serving the area had run dry since July 29, following pipeline work carried out by the Kolkata Municipal…

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728 voters in Yamuna JJ cluster seek return to draft electoral roll

September 18, 2026 admin

Weeks ago, long-time residents of a jhuggi-jhopri (JJ) cluster on the Yamuna floodplains, falling under the Bela Estate polling area of the Chandni Chowk Assembly constituency, were shocked to learn that their names would not figure in the post-special intensive revision draft electoral roll after their houses were demolished by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA)…

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Jantar Mantar protest fuelled interest but money, muscle persist in DU politics: students

September 18, 2026 admin

Security personnel deployed to maintain law and order during the DUSU Elections 2026 at North Campus , Delhi University ,in New Delhi on Friday. Photo: | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA As students went to cast their votes on Friday, some said the large-scale protests at Jantar Mantar encouraged many to “raise their voices” and…

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HAL hands over two LCA trainer plane to Air Force

September 18, 2026 admin

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Minister of Civil Aviation Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu during the handover ceremony where Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is handing over Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Final Operational Clearance (FOC) Twin Seater Trainers & HTT 40 Basic Trainer Aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF). | Photo Credit: ANI A…

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Over 43,700 Ganesh idols immersed across four commissionerates in Hyderabad

September 18, 2026 admin

With the main Ganesh idol immersion still a week away, as many as 43,763 idols have already made their way into water bodies across Hyderabad and its surrounding areas. A total of 43,763 immersions have been recorded across the four police commissionerates as of Friday, with the number expected to rise sharply before the main…

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Trump bans media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House

September 18, 2026 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House on September 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday (September 18, 2026) he was banning news outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, accusing them without specifics of reporting “fiction…

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‘Whose responsibility is women’s safety?’: Rahul hits out at Shah over rape-murder of 16-year-old in Delhi

September 18, 2026 admin

Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over women’s safety in Delhi following reports of the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl. Unlike other full-fledged States, in Delhi the police report to the Union Home Ministry. Body…

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