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Commuters rush to safety as driverless burning car speeds through busy road in Jaipur

Jaipur: A fire-engulfed driverless car sped down the busy elevated road on Ajmer Road towards Sudarshanpura Pulia on Saturday, causing panic and forcing motorists to rush to save their vehicles, a viral video of the incident showed.

'The change-maker we need': Ex-British PM Boris Johnson praises PM Modi in his book

London: In his memoir Unleashed, set to hit UK bookstores soon, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reflects fondly on his relationship with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing him as the "change-maker" needed to strengthen ties between India and the UK, media reports said.

'Champion of India-Israel friendship: Netanyahu condoles Ratan Tata's demise

Tel Aviv/New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed his condolences to Narendra Modi today on the passing of industrialist and global icon Ratan Tata, adding that many in Israel are mourning his loss.

'Champion of India-Israel friendship: Netanyahu consoles Ratan Tata's demise

Tel Aviv/New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed his condolences to Narendra Modi today on the passing of industrialist and global icon Ratan Tata, adding that many in Israel are mourning his loss.

NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique shot dead in Mumbai: Two suspects arrested

Mumbai/IBNS: Former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique, who was an influential person in political and social circles, was shot dead on Saturday night in front of his son's office, police said.

PM Modi, President Droupadi Murmu wish the nation on Dussehra, take part in festivities

New Delhi: Dussehra was celebrated nationwide on Saturday, with enthusiastic crowds gathering to witness the burning of effigies of Ravana, marking a grand conclusion to ten days of festivities filled with rituals, songs, dances, and processions.

'Generic letters, no legal validity': West Bengal on doctors' mass resignation

Kolkata: The West Bengal government clarified on Saturday that the 'mass resignations' submitted by senior doctors in support of their junior colleagues were symbolic and had no legal validity, media reports said.

Why Omar Abdullah is keen on meaningful ties with Centre after winning Jammu Kashmir polls

Srinagar: The results of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections have revealed key realities that will shape the region's government for the next five years. National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah is acutely aware of these dynamics, and his remarks since his party emerged as the single-largest in the Assembly have reflected a tone of cooperation, particularly with the Narendra Modi-led central government.

7 labourers die in wall collapse in Gujarat's Mehsana

Mehsana (Gujarat): Seven construction workers lost their lives after a wall collapsed on them at a construction site in Gujarat's Mehsana district on Saturday, media reports said.

Railway officials find cause of Darbhanga Bagmati Express collision, further investigations on

Chennai: The railway officials have found the reason behind the Darbhanga Bagmati Express collision with a goods train, media reports said.

Ensure safety and security of Hindus: India to Bangladesh amid reports of attack on Durga Puja pandal

New Delhi/Dhaka/IBNS: India has sharply reacted to the attacks on Hindu temples and pandals as well as the theft of a Goddess Kali crown which was gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangladesh.

Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma deletes tribute post for Ratan Tata after backlash

Mumbai/IBNS: Paytm chief executive office Vijay Shekhar Sharma has deleted his tribute post for late industrialist Ratan Tata facing backlash on social media over one particular line.

Nexus of crime and politics: Mohan Bhagwat on RG Kar rape-murder case

Nagpur/IBNS: Rashtriya Swayamsevam Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has called out the "nexus of crime and politics" in response to the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Hindus should be united and strong, being weak is a crime: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

Nagpur/IBNS: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has given a call to the Hindus to be united in his speech at the annual Dussehra event of the involuntary organisation.

Muslim men threatened to break Durga idol storming into pandal in dispute over music, alleges Kolkata puja club

Kolkata/IBNS: The New Bengal Sporting Club in Kolkata's Garden Reach area on Friday alleged members from the Muslim community objected to their Ashtami and Navami Durga Puja rituals creating a ruckus inside the pandal, media reports said.

Tamil Nadu derailment: 19 injured in Darbhanga Bagmati Express collision with goods train, 13 coaches jump track

An express train collided with a stationary goods train near Chennai on Friday evening, injuring at least  19 people and causing derailment of 13 coaches due to the impact of the crash, officials said. Two coaches caught fire in the mishap.

PM Modi meets Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith, holds bilateral talks

Laos/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday congratulated Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith for successfully hosting the ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit.

PM Modi meets President of Lao PDR, holds bilateral talks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday congratulated Lao PDR President Sisoulith for successfully hosting the ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit.

6 coaches of express train derail after collision with goods rake in Tamil Nadu

Chennai/IBNS: Six coaches of an express train derailed after it collided with a goods rake in Tamil Nadu's Triuvallur district on Friday, media reports said.

Air India Express flight lands safely at Tiruchirappalli airport after reporting technical snag following take-off

Tiruchirappalli/IBNS: An Air India Express flight that reported a hydraulic failure shortly after taking off from the Tiruchirappalli airport in Tamil Nadu has landed safely, media reports said.

After being snubbed by Congress in Haryana, AAP offers support to National Conference in J&K

New Delhi/IBNS: The Aam Aadmi Party has decided to support the incoming National Conference government in Jammu and Kashmir, the Arvind Kejriwal-led outfit has said.

RG Kar: Junior doctor Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised falling ill due to hunger strike, critical but stable

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Junior doctor Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised after falling ill due to an indefinite hunger strike on Thursday late night, is now critical but stable.

Bengaluru man gives acid-attack threat to woman over choice of clothes, loses job

Bengaluru/IBNS: A man in Bengaluru has been fired by his employer for giving an acid-attack threat to a woman over her choice of clothes, media reports said.

Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP after he was denied permission to garland JP Narayan's statue

Lucknow/IBNS: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has launched a fierce attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister was denied permission to garland a statue of socialist leader and politician Jayaprakash Narayan on his birth anniversary in Lucknow.

PM Narendra Modi stresses on ASEAN's central role in Indo-Pacific regional architecture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attended the  19th East Asia Summit (EAS) when he stressed ASEAN's central role in the Indo-Pacific regional architecture, in India’s Indo-Pacific Vision and in Quad cooperation.

Narendra Modi meets Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra on the sidelines of East Asia Summit, discusses bilateral issues

Indian PM Narendra Modi met his Thai counterpart Paetongtarn Shinawatra on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Vientiane on Friday when they discussed a wide range of bilateral issues.

RG Kar: Bengal junior doctor Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised falling ill due to hunger strike, still critical

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal junior doctor Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised after falling ill due to hunger strike over RG Kar rape-murder incident, is still critical, media reports said.

Deeply concerned: India on theft of Goddess Kali crown gifted by Modi from Bangladesh temple

New Delhi/IBNS: India has expressed "deep concern" over the reports claiming a Goddess Kali crown, which was gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is stolen from a Bangladesh temple.

RG Kar: Protesting junior doctor Aniket Mahato hospitalised after his health deteriorates amid hunger strike

Kolkata/IBNS: One of the agitating junior doctors "fasting unto death" was on Thursday night taken to RG Kar Hospital's Intensive Care Unit after he fell sick at the site of the hunger strike at Kolkata's downtown Esplanade.

Ahead of assembly polls, Maharashtra cabinet attempts to appease SC, OBCs with key decisions

Mumbai/IBNS Eyening a repeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party's success in Haryana, the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP coalition in Maharashtra has reached out to two key groups - the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in an attempt to appease them ahead of the Assembly polls to be held later this year.