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The central government has accepted Manipur’s request to provide ₹38.06 crore compensation to farmers affected by the ethnic clashes in the state. According to officials, farmers have been unable to cultivate at least 5,127 hectares of the state’s 1.95 lakh hectares of agricultural land. Bishnupur has been among the worst-hit districts. State’s agriculture commissioner RK Dinesh said their priorit...

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee reached Delhi on Sunday ahead of the party’s planned protest against denial of MGNREGA and housing scheme funds to Bengal government in the national capital. Forty-nine busloads of TMC supporters are slated to reach Delhi on Monday. The TMC will hold a peaceful sit-in by its MPs and state ministers at Rajghat on October 2, and a peaceful rally of the MGN...

The CBI arrested four persons and detained two minors in connection with the murder of two Meitei students in Manipur. According to NDTV, the suspects were captured from Churachandpur district, about 51 km from Imphal. This comes days after pictures of the victims' bodies went viral on social media. The couple, a 17-year-old girl and a 20-year-old youth, had gone missing in July in the violence-hi...

The Congress on Gandhi Jayanti on Monday vowed to "expose" the "total hypocrisy" of those who appropriate Gandhian symbols and project his legacy to the world, "but are simply unable and unwilling to uphold the values he championed." The opposition party also resolved to work towards the victory of "truth over lies", and ensure that the politics of compassion prevails over the "politics of hate, v...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary and said his timeless teachings "continue to illuminate our path." The nation remembered Bapu and former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, revered freedom fighters and stalwarts of India, both of whom were born on October 2. Modi on Monday also paid floral tributes to Shastri at Vijay Ghat memo...

A tribal woman who was carried in a 'dholi' (makeshift stretcher) due to the lack of proper roads after she went into labour gave birth in transit in Shahapur taluka of Thane district of Maharashtra on Sunday. A video of the woman being carried in the dholi has gone viral on social media. The woman from Patikacha Pada hamlet was being carried in the dholi in the late morning hours by her family me...

Five people, including four children, suffered burn injuries after a ‘helium’ balloon burst into flames after coming into contact with an electric wire. The incident occurred during a birthday party in Bengaluru on September 30. The injured have been identified as HAL employee Vijay Aditya Kumar, 44, Dhyan Chandra, 7, Ishan, 2, Sanjay, 8, and Sohila, 3, the Indian Express reported. Neighbours rush...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday teamed up with fitness influencer Ankit Baiyanpuriya in a cleanliness exercise as part of his call for everyone to undertake sanitation measures for an hour on the eve of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary. "Today, as the nation focuses on Swachhata, Ankit Baiyanpuriya and I did the same! Beyond just cleanliness, we blended fitness and well-being also into th...

A waitress working at a five-star hotel in Mumbai has been booked after she allegedly spilled hot tea on a seven-year-old girl's hand. According to the child's family, the waitress who was carrying hot tea in a kettle on a tray, bumped into the child, causing her a burn injury. The girl said that the waitress asked her not to shout. When the parents came to know about the incident, they rushed the...

The Karnataka government has announced a ban on app-based carpooling services in Bengaluru. A fine ranging from ₹5,000 to ₹10,000 will be imposed if anyone is found violating the government order. Many ride-hailing apps like BlaBla Car, Quickride, Rideshare, Commute Easy and Carpool Adda were running carpool services. The ban comes after taxi associations complained to the government that the carp...

Probe agency NIA has revealed that militant groups based in Myanmar and Bangladesh conspired with a section of militant groups in India to carry out violent activities in Manipur, India Today reported on Sunday. 'Investigation revealed that Myanmar and Bangladesh-based militant groups have entered into a conspiracy with a section of militant leaders in India to indulge in incidents of violence wit...

A 22-year-old woman who was sitting with her 23-year-old fiance in Sai Upvan city forest in Ghaziabad was allegedly sexually harassed by police. According to the woman, three men, who arrived in a police vehicle, slapped her fiance and demanded ₹10,000 for letting them go. “It was around 12 noon when three men arrived on a PRV and started threatening us. They slapped my fiance and one of them dema...

An electric car caught fire in the middle of a road in JP Nagar area of Bengaluru on Saturday. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, which showed the vehicle burst into flames and plumes of black smoke billowing out. Although the car was completely destroyed in the incident, no casualties were reported. The reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained. Multiple incidents of el...

The Victoria and Albert ( V and A) Museum is all set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government next week, which will see 17th century ‘Tiger Claws’ weapon believed to have belonged to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj make a journey back to India for an exhibition. During a protracted military engagement in 1659, the legendary Maratha leader held metal claws, or wagh na...

Noting the remarkable progress in the India-US relationship, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, on Sunday, stated that India-US ties were at an all-time high. Speaking at an event organised by the Embassy of India at India House in Washington, D.C., he reiterated that the Modi government was committed to elevating the bilateral relationship to unprecedented levels, suggesting that their bila...

The air pollution issue is expected to take center stage in the winter season between the AAP and the Centre. After the government announced GRAP- anti-pollution measures, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, in a press conference on Friday, announced a 15-point 'winter action plan' to deal with the yearly menace. Kejriwal said the city will be checking construction sites for enforcement of dust pollution no...

The Afghanistan Embassy in New Delhi announced Saturday night that it is ceasing its operations from October 1, citing a "lack of support from the host government", failure to meet expectations in serving Afghanistan's interests, and reduction in personnel and resources. In a statement, the Afghanistan Embassy in New Delhi said it regrets announcing the decision to cease its operations, effective...

Two of the three extremists who stopped Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami from attending an event at a gurudwara in Scotland have been identified as Shamsher Singh and Ranveer Singh, both based in London. The Hindustan Times reported on October 1, 2023. Out of this Ranveer Singh is a supporter of Jagtar Singh Hawara, who was involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the 12th Chief Ministe...

The Glasgow Gurudwara in Scotland has personally apologised to the Indian High Commissioner to UK Vikram Doraiswami, who was confronted by London-based Sikh extremists on 29th September 2023 and prevented by them from entering the temple premises. In a letter, Glasgow gurdwara committee has assured the High Commissioner that the three persons involved in the unsavory incident were not part of thei...

The Graded Response Action Plan -- a set of anti-air pollution measures followed in the Delhi-NCR region in the winter season -- will come into force on Sunday. The Commission for Air Quality Management, an autonomous body tasked with improving air quality in Delhi and the adjoining areas, had made crucial changes to the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) last year and again in July this year. The...

The announcement of the Afghanistan embassy shutting down its operations in India from 1st October comes months after a power struggle at the Afghan embassy in Delhi. According to a report in The Indian Express on 29th September, Ambassador Farid Mamundzay, appointed by the previous Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, was battling to stay in office in defiance of the Taliban-run Ministry of Foreign A...

After Indian High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami was allegedly stopped from entering a gurudwara in Scotland, India issued a statement calling the incident disgraceful. The High Commission of India in London said that three persons deliberately disrupted a planned interaction organized by the Gurudwara Committee for the community. "On September 29, 2023, three persons-- all from areas ou...

A woman and her sick child were stuck inside an ambulance in Patna for about an hour as they were stopped to allow Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's convoy to pass. The police did not allow the ambulance that was stuck in heavy traffic to pass despite the woman's request. The woman broke down as the child fell unconscious. Nitish Kumar was returning to Patna after inaugurating an ethanol factory...

A tin roof of a shop collapsed after several people climbed on it to watch the air show in Bhopal on Saturday. Several people were left injured in the incident. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media. The air show was conducted by the Indian Air Force to mark its 91st anniversary. The venue saw a huge crowd even before the event began. During the fly-past programme, IAF helicopters...

Congress slammed the central government after a PTI report claimed that Delhi's National Museum will likely be vacated by the end of 2023 as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said the move is simply barbarism. "A historic building of immense architectural importance is to be demolished and replaced by a cookie-cutter government building! And in the meantim...