Sensex, Nifty scale record highs on rate cut hopes, foreign fund inflows  

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Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty scaled fresh lifetime highs in intra-day trade Thursday before closing marginally higher amid positive global trends on growing hopes of a US Fed rate cut and foreign fund inflows. Rising for the second day, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 110.87 points or 0.13 per cent to settle at 85,720.38. During the day, it hit a record high of 86,055.86, reflecting a jump of 446.35...

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Heavy rain to lash Tamil Nadu as Cyclone Ditwah moves northwest

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Chennai: The weather system brewing over the southwest Bay of Bengal and the adjoining Sri Lanka coast intensified into a deep depression Thursday, with meteorologists warning that it will strengthen into a cyclonic storm by Thursday evening. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), the system is expected to move northwestwards across the southwest Bay and the Sri Lankan coastline toward north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coast...

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SC asks Centre to mull stringent law to deal with derogatory remarks against disabled

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New Delhi: Highlighting the need for a stringent law to protect the dignity of the disabled, the Supreme Court Thursday asked the Centre to consider framing a statute to make derogatory remarks ridiculing persons with disabilities and rare genetic disorders a penal offence on the lines of the SC-ST Act. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 criminalises casteist slur, acts of discrimination, humiliation, and violence against...

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ED conducts first-ever raids along India-Myanmar border in Mizoram in drug-linked money laundering case

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New Delhi/Aizawl:  The Enforcement Directorate Thursday conducted maiden searches along the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram, apart from some places in Assam and Gujarat, in a drugs trafficking linked money laundering case, officials said. The federal probe agency also seized Rs 35 lakh cash apart from some digital devices. Locations across Aizawl and Champhai in Mizoram, Sribhumi (Karimganj) in Assam and Ahmedabad in Gujarat are being searched under the provisions of the...

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Viral video: Stampede-like situation at UP’s mass marriage ceremony over potato vada

Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh): A viral video, coming straight from Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur, shows a stampede-like situation created at a refreshment serving counter during a mass marriage ceremony organised by the Chief Minister’s office. Chaos broke out at the Hamirpur mass wedding event when people rushed to grab refreshments, turning the entire counter area into a stampede-like scene....

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Heavy rain to lash Tamil Nadu as Cyclone Ditwah moves northwest

Chennai: The weather system brewing over the southwest Bay of Bengal and the adjoining Sri Lanka coast intensified into a deep depression Thursday, with meteorologists warning that it will strengthen into a cyclonic storm by Thursday evening. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), the system is expected to move northwestwards across the southwest Bay and the...

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Odisha: President Murmu inaugurates ‘Kalinga Atithi Nivas’ at Raj Bhavan

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu Thursday inaugurated the ‘Kalinga Atithi Nivas' on the Raj Bhavan premises in Bhubaneswar during her two-day visit to Odisha. The ‘Kalinga Atithi Nivas' will provide accommodation to visiting VVIPs, and its design reflects Odisha's ancient art, culture and tradition, an official said. Murmu is set to script history by becoming the first President...

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Ashes: Pat Cummins set to play Brisbane Test

New Delhi: Pat Cummins is set to be included in Australia’s squad for the second Ashes Test, providing another significant boost following their victory in Perth. Reports earlier indicated that it has not yet been confirmed if the team's captain will play in the game at the Gabba starting December 4. However, The West Australian confirmed that...

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Aamir Khan to join Tata Mumbai Marathon 2026 with family

New Delhi: Aamir Khan and his family will run as part of the Home Run Squad to support the Paani Foundation and Agatsu Foundation at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2026 in January. Khan, ex-wife Kiran Rao, son Azad Rao Khan, and daughter Ira Khan will join the Dream Run (5.9 K), Junaid Khan will take on the...

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After 50 years with AIADMK, Sengottaiyan joins Vijay’s TVK

Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu Minister and nine-time MLA K. A. Sengottaiyan has formally joined actor-turned politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), bringing an end to his decades-long association with the AIADMK. The move comes shortly after he was expelled from the AIADMK by General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami for leading the call to reunite expelled party workers,...

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ED conducts first-ever raids along India-Myanmar border in Mizoram in drug-linked money laundering case

New Delhi/Aizawl:  The Enforcement Directorate Thursday conducted maiden searches along the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram, apart from some places in Assam and Gujarat, in a drugs trafficking linked money laundering case, officials said. The federal probe agency also seized Rs 35 lakh cash apart from some digital devices. Locations across Aizawl and Champhai in Mizoram, Sribhumi (Karimganj)...

 

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