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Mumbai/IBNS: Mumbai Congress veteran and five-time city corporator Ravi Raja ditched his party to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just weeks before the Maharashtra Assembly Election, scheduled for November 20.
Hyderabad/IBNS: One person died and six others received injuries as 'Onion bombs', a specialty of Diwali firecrackers, exploded in Andhra Pradesh's Eluru district, media reports said.
Fatehpur (UP): A news agency journalist was fatally stabbed in Bisauli on Bhitora Road located in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district, allegedly over a property dispute, late Wednesday night. His friend also sustained critical injuries in the attack and is currently under care at Hallett Hospital in Kanpur, media reports said.
Fatehpur (UP): A news agency journalist was fatally stabbed in Bisauli on Bhitora Road located in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district, allegedly over a property dispute, late Wednesday night. His friend also sustained critical injuries in the attack and is currently under care at Hallett Hospital in Kanpur, media reports said.
Bhuj/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday celebrated the Hindu festival Diwali with soldiers in the Kutch district of Gujarat.
Mumbai/IBNS: In an apparent setback for the grand old party, Congress veteran Ravi Raja on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, media reports said.
Washington D.C./IBNS: The United States has called Canada's allegations that India's Home Minister Amit Shah was involved in a plot targeting Khalistani separatists in Ottawa "concerning", media reports said.
Gandhinagar/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said some forces both inside and outside the country are worried about India's rise in the global map and hence they are in a bid to weaken the country.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian and Chinese troops exchanged sweets along the Line of Actual Control as the border disengagement process completed marking the end of more than four-year conflict between the two Asian giants, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the disengagement of Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is "almost complete" updating about the consensus reached by the two Asian giants.
Gandhinagar/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government is working towards 'One Nation, One Election' and 'Uniform Civil Code'- dotting the issues as highlights of a united India.
Gandhinagar/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday referred to the abrogation of Article 370 and Jammu and Kashmir's new Chief Minister taking oath on the Constitution of India in flagging the unity in the country on the birth anniversary of independence activist Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Kolkata/IBNS: Tension erupted in a district of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas after the Mamata Banerjee government released lists of beneficiaries in the state's housing scheme, media reports said.
Mumbai/IBNS: The Mumbai Police Wednesday arrested a man for threatening to kill actor Salman Khan, media reports said.
Hyderabad/IBNS: The Telangana government Wednesday banned raw egg-based mayonnaise over food safety concerns, after taking into account multiple incidents of poisoning linked to mayonnaise reported in the state in recent times.
RPF enhances security measures for Diwali travel rush
Bengaluru/IBNS: Britain's King Charles is on a secret trip to Bengaluru, his first visit to India since being crowned as king of the United Kingdom last year. He is joined by his wife Queen Camilla during his trip, media reports said.
Jaunpur/IBNS: In a brutal incident of murder, a teenager's head was chopped off by a few men on Wednesday as a result of a four-decade-old land dispute between two sides in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur, media reports said.
India and China have disengaged in the Depsang and Demchok regions of Eastern Ladakh, keeping track of the timeline that was announced earlier.
A mood of celebration and happiness has set in the Nepali city of Janakpur, which is historically and religiously connected with Ayodhya, for the first Diwali celebration since the 'Pran Pratistha' event of the iconic Ram Temple in the north Indian city.
A 31-year-old woman died after consuming momo from a roadside stall in Hyderabad city recently.
Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has received a fresh death threat in the form of an anonymous message where he was asked to pay Rs. 2 crore as ransom, media reports said.
Bengaluru/IBNS: Actor Yash starrer Kannada film Toxic has landed in a controversy after Karnataka Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre alleged that hundreds of trees were cut down on a forestland for the shooting, media reports said.
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa for six weeks on medical ground in connection with the Renukaswamy murder case, media reports said.
Canadian Police have arrested five Punjab-origin people, including a woman and her two children, for their alleged role in drug and arms smuggling in the Region of Peel and across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on Wednesday.
Mumbai/IBNS: Even as the last date to file nominations for the Maharashtra Assembly Election is over, there is uncertainty over 15 seats where candidates' names have not been announced by either the ruling alliance or the opposition.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission Tuesday slammed the Congress for making "baseless allegations... when faced with inconvenient electoral outcomes" and claimed that the Haryana polling process was flawless.
Hyderabad/IBNS: A visually challenged elderly couple lived with the body of their 30-year-old son for four days not knowing or realising that he was dead, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Spiritual orator Jaya Kishori has responded to the controversy surrounding her custom Dior bag valued at over Rs. 2 lakh, which she was spotted carrying in her recent public appearance.
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