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Sameer Wankhede vs Aryan Khan, Round 2: Why IRS officer has taken Ba****ds of Bollywood to court

Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd and Netflix are among the parties named in the defamation suit filed in the Delhi HC by ex-Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede. 

BNP wants archrival Awami League to contest Bangladesh polls. ‘Why repeat Hasina’s misdeeds?’

Scrapping of existing Constitution & constituent assembly polls are not the only points of BNP-NCP discord. The students' party wants Sheikh Hasina's Awami League to be brought to trial.

YS Viveka murder case: Andhra Pradesh cop turns heads with Rs 1.45 crore defamation notice to CM Naidu

Jogi Sankaraiah, a Circle Inspector (CI) with the state police’s Kurnool Range, has also sought a public apology from the Andhra Pradesh CM.

BJP muscles up team Bihar: Dharmendra Pradhan is in-charge, KP Maurya & CR Paatil co-incharges

Besides Pradhan and Yadav, BJP appoints its national vice-president Baijayant Panda as incharge for Tamil Nadu. UP Dy CM Maurya & Union minister Paatil to be co-incharges for Bihar.

INDIA bloc vows law to protect EBCs in poll-bound Bihar, turns up heat on BJP amid UP caste rallies ban

New Delhi: The INDIA bloc Wednesday pledged to introduce a law to prevent atrocities against Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs) in poll-bound Bihar, even as...

Amid tussle, Kerala govt includes chapter on governor’s duties in Class 10 Social Science textbook

The four-page section that appears in the second part of the Social Science textbook under the chapter Democracy: An Indian Experience, describes the governor not as an elected authority, but a 'nominal figure'.

Stalin censors DMK’s 2nd rung from reacting to AIADMK, Vijay’s TVK. ‘Needless attention to Oppn’

DMK leadership wants ground-level leaders to focus on membership drive & attacking the BJP. However, Udhayanidhi Stalin & Kanimozhi encouraged to take on AIADMK boss Palaniswami.

What’s behind Congress reluctance in declaring Tejashwi Yadav as opposition’s CM face in Bihar

Apparent standoff between INDIA bloc allies RJD & Congress over declaration of CM face comes at a time when they are locked in tense seat-sharing talks for Bihar assembly polls.

In Nagaland, decks cleared for CM Rio-led NDPP & NPF’s merger, alliance with BJP to remain intact

Merger based on idea that a small state need not have two regional parties. Final decision to be taken on 18 October at NDPP’s general convention.

Indore market tense amid MLA son’s diktat to fire all Muslim workers in ‘bazaar ka shuddhikaran’

'Vidhayak putra' Aklavya Singh Gaur also wants all Muslim traders to vacate rented shops in the next 2 months. The trigger for this direction seems to be a recent ‘love jihad’ case.

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.