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Sugar mills will start operating 10-15 days before the normal schedule for the 2026-2027 sugar marketing season to ensure adequate availability of sugar during the festival season this year. At a meeting held with the Joint Secretary (Sugar) last month, the Indian Sugar and Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) and the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar…
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Muslim and non-Muslim Pakistanis continue to move in unison to thwart any nefarious design against the country. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s top leaders on Monday (October 20, 2025) extended Deepavali greetings to the minority Hindu community members, reiterating commitment to protect the rights of minorities in…
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Image for representative purpose only An elderly man was allegedly beaten to death in Haryana’s Faridabad after he objected to people bursting firecrackers in his locality, police said on Friday (August 1, 2024). A case has been lodged on the basis of a complaint from the victim’s son. According to the complainant, Vinod, three men…
The firecracker ban was flouted on a large scale in Delhi. New Delhi: The skyrocketing pollution in Delhi – which was reported to have the highest pollutant levels in the world the day after Diwali – is directly impacting people’s health, with 69% of families in the capital and the National Capital Region (NCR) reporting…
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Some people argued with children bursting crackers, cops said. (Representational) Indore: An argument over children bursting crackers in Diwali escalated into a clash between two groups in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city on Friday, resulting in injuries to four persons and prompting police to hold a flag march to restore order. The incident occurred in the…
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Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) soared to 359 as people defied a ban on firecrackers on Diwali New Delhi: The air quality in Delhi worsened this morning as people defied a ban on firecrackers during Diwali celebrations on Thursday. The relentless bursting of firecrackers caused severe noise pollution and blanketed the national capital in dense…
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New Delhi: Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that the United States’ “great partnership” with India and “my good friend Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi” will be strengthened under his administration. In a post on X, Trump also extended his greetings on Diwali. “… Happy Diwali to All. I hope the…
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Hyderabad: One person was killed and six were injured in an accident involving firecrackers in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district. A man on a two-wheeler was carrying a shipment of ‘onion bombs’ – a speciality Diwali firecracker – when the bike hit a pothole near a local temple, and the ‘bombs’ fell off and exploded. Reports…
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New Delhi: Indian and Chinese troops have exchanged Diwali sweets on five locations long the Line of Actual Control, including two in Ladakh. This comes a day after the two sides completed military disengagement from the Depsang and Demchok areas, in line with last week’s patrolling agreement. Sweets have been exchanged at Chushul Maldo and Daulat…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings to the citizens on the occasion of Diwali. New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah extended their greetings to the citizens on the occasion of Diwali on Thursday. “On the auspicious occasion of Diwali, I extend my greetings and best wishes…
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