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West Bengal CM defends ‘godman’ who sought to avoid meat during Durga Puja

September 10, 2026 admin

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. File | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on September 10 (Thursday) defended the remarks made by Dhirendra Krishna Shastri alias Bageshwar Baba advocating vegetarian food during the upcoming Durga Pujas. Speaking in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Mr. Adhikari said that the ‘saint’ had advocated his…

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ED coercing people to testify against Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter Veena: Mohamed Riyas

September 10, 2026 admin

CPI(M) Keralam State secretariat member P.A. Mohamed Riyas addressing a press conference in Kozhikode on Thursday. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] Keralam State secretariat member P.A. Mohamed Riyas has alleged that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is intimidating people to issue statements against him, his wife T. Veena, and her…

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U.K. anti-migrant protesters mistakenly target Pakistan U-19 cricket team hotel: reports

September 10, 2026 admin

Immigration and the arrival of tens of thousands of asylum seekers annually on small boats from mainland Europe has become a politically toxic issue in Britain. Representational file picture of protesters at an anti-immigration demonstration | Photo Credit: Reuters Anti-immigration demonstrators in southern England massed outside a hotel where Pakistan’s Under-19 cricket team were staying…

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Death toll rises to 16 in landslides in southeastern China

September 10, 2026 admin

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers search for survivors in a mudslide-hit area of Mingkeng village in Suichuan, in China’s eastern province of Jiangxi, on September 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Searchers in southeastern China have found another body from rain-triggered landslides last weekend in Jiangxi province, raising the death toll…

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The ecosystem divide: why Indian bright minds thrive abroad but stall at home

September 10, 2026 admin

Walk into MIT, Stanford, Caltech, or Bell Labs, and you will find Indian-origin scientists driving quantum computing, mRNA therapeutics, agentic AI, and graphics processor design. They run corporate research divisions, win Nobel Prizes, and turn lab prototypes into trillion-dollar companies. Their schooling, their instincts, their work ethic—all of them trace back to India. (Sign up…

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ED raids continue on houses of PWD Minister and associates in Karnataka

September 10, 2026 admin

Home of PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi in Belagavi. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Officers from the Enforcement Directorate continued to search the houses of PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi, his relatives, and associates in Karnataka on September 10. ED personnel showed up in the houses of Satish Jarkiholi, his children Priyanka and Rahul, and brother-in-law Y….

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Suspected gunman in Thailand kindergarten shooting surrenders after 18-hour standoff

September 10, 2026 admin

In this photo released by the Chonburi government’s Public Relations Department, police officers gather inside Nongplalai Municipal Kindergarten after a gunman fatally shot a teacher in Chonburi, Thailand, on September 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP A police officer who allegedly gunned down his wife at the kindergarten where she was a teacher in eastern…

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UN chief to stress multipolarity, UNSC reforms at BRICS Summit in India

September 10, 2026 admin

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is expected to underscore that multipolarity can help bring balance to global systems and institutions. File | Photo Credit: AP United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will underscore the importance of multipolarity and the need to reform multilateral institutions, including the Security Council, to reflect contemporary realities when he addresses the…

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Coco Gauff rallies to reach U.S. Open semifinals against new women’s No. 1 Elena Rybakina

September 10, 2026 admin

Coco Gauff knows what she is up against in her U.S. Open semifinal against Elena Rybakina, whose firepower has vaulted her to the top of the tennis rankings. “I know I’m going to have some aces hit on me and some winners hit on me, but I’m going to keep fighting and give it my…

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CBI secures return of accused in Singapore scam case from U.S.

September 10, 2026 admin

The accused, Harnek Singh, against whom an Interpol Red Notice and a Look-Out Circular (LOC) were in force, was deported from the United States and taken into CBI custody on his arrival at Delhi airport on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has secured the return…

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