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Top News Headlines of September 21, 2025 | ‘Will not happen’: Netanyahu rejects Palestinian state recognition by UK, Canada and Australia

Top News Headlines of September 21, 2025 | Netanyahu criticised the move, saying it gave a “prize” to Hamas. “It will not happen. A Palestinian state will not be established west of the Jordan River,” he said.

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Top News Headlines of September 21, 2025 | A White House decision to impose a $100,000 entry fee on H-1B visa holders has sparked alarm among Indian tech workers and students, the largest group using this route to the US. The measure, effective from midnight on September 21, applies to those entering America on H-1B visas, but exempts individuals already in the country who are extending or changing their status.

When a murder convict pleaded for his life sentence to be suspended by promising to pledge himself to any cause, the Madhya Pradesh High Court came up with an uncommon middle-ground. Given that he had already been in prison for a decade, it released him with a caveat – that he should plant 10 neem saplings and care for them to “counter the idea of violence”.

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Mohali Mayor Amarjit Singh Jeeti Sidhu on Friday visited Mohali’s Kumbhra village, where a year ago two local children were brutally murdered reportedly by migrants living as paying guests. Moved by the family’s plight, the Mayor handed over Rs 50,000 in financial assistance to victim Damanpreet’s mother after learning about the dilapidated condition of their house, which villagers said was at risk of collapsing.

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Sep 21, 2025 10:39 PM IST
World News Live Updates | ‘Will not happen’: Netanyahu rejects Palestinian state recognition by UK, Canada and Australia
Netanyahu criticised the move, saying it gave a “prize” to Hamas. “It will not happen. A Palestinian state will not be established west of the Jordan River,” he said.
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Sep 21, 2025 10:01 PM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | Months after MCOCA invoked against ‘sex traffickers’, Act dropped after no sanction
A sanction is required under the Act from a sanctioning authority, who is usually a police officer of the rank of an Additional Director General of Police.
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Sep 21, 2025 09:44 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Israeli strikes kill more than 40 in Gaza, say health officials
Health officials at Shifa Hospital, where most of the bodies were taken, said 14 people died in a strike late Saturday that hit a residential building in the southern part of the city.
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Sep 21, 2025 09:15 PM IST
Pune News Live Updates | NEW GST slab to take effect from today, Pune hopes for better prices
On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation urged the corporates to pass on the benefits of the GST rate revision to the consumers.
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Sep 21, 2025 09:09 PM IST
World News Live Updates | French towns fly Palestinian flag despite government orders ahead of state recognition
The war in Gaza and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict are expected to be at the top of the agenda of world leaders at their annual gathering at the UN General Assembly starting Monday.
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Sep 21, 2025 08:52 PM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | Former Shiv Sena MLA Sada Sarvankar sparks political row over fund allocation
Whereas Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad said some election expenses have become prohibitively high, putting pressure on party workers.
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Sep 21, 2025 08:47 PM IST
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Sep 21, 2025 08:38 PM IST
India News Live Updates | 2-year-old toddler dies after falling into an open drain in Giridih, he was out shopping with his parents
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Sep 21, 2025 08:28 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Egyptian pharaoh’s 3,000-year bracelet stolen from museum, melted for gold
Tourism and Antiquities Minister Sherif Fathy said on state television late Saturday that the bracelet was taken on 9 September while staff were preparing artefacts for an exhibition in Italy
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India News Live Updates | 5 stories you must read today, September 21: From PM Modi’s Swadeshi call to 3 countries recognising Palestine as state and more
Read about what PM Modi said in his address to nation ahead of new GST rates rollout, recognition of Palestine as a state by UK, Canada, Australia and more.
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Sep 21, 2025 08:11 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Protests in Dehradun as elevated corridor project raises more concerns following last week’s rain disaster
The Rs 6,200-crore project envisions two roads over the Rispana and Bindal rivers, and is aimed at reducing congestion in Dehradun and helping tourists reach Mussoorie faster
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Sep 21, 2025 08:00 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Unprecedented scenes in Guwahati as lakhs bid farewell to Assam’s icon: ‘No one can be like Zubeen da’
Zubeen Garg’s remains were brought to Guwahati on Sunday morning. The 25-km procession from the airport to his home was undertaken in 5 hours as adoring fans thronged the streets.
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Sep 21, 2025 07:51 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Intense gunfight in J-K’s Kishtwar after security forces establish contact with terrorists
The encounter took place after a team of security forces started searches in Keshwan forests upon learning that 2-3 terrorists were hiding there, sources said
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Sep 21, 2025 07:42 PM IST
Lucknow News Live Updates | Days after Mukhtar’s son gets bail, UP Police opens his history sheet for ‘close surveillance’
28-year-old Umar Ansari was arrested for cheating and forgery, police say 7 cases are pending against him
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Sep 21, 2025 07:39 PM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | Seven months after irregularities flagged, state committee recommends tightening MSP crop procurement rules
The recommendations, submitted by Thube-Patil to the Principal Secretary (Marketing), have now been sent to the state’s Marketing Department for approval.
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Sep 21, 2025 07:37 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Like passenger trains, four new Rly freight services run with fixed, notified timings
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Sep 21, 2025 07:26 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Canada, UK and Australia formally recognise a Palestinian state
More than 145 UN member states already recognise Palestine.
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Sep 21, 2025 07:06 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Canada has recognised a Palestinian state, says PM Mark Carney
Carney added that the Palestinian Authority had given Canada “direct commitments” to reform governance, to hold general elections in 2026 in which Hamas “can play no part,” and to demilitarise the Palestinian state.
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Sep 21, 2025 07:05 PM IST
India News Live Updates | ‘Double bonanza for poor, middle class’: PM Modi’s swadeshi pitch ahead of new GST roll out
Stressing on the income tax exemption for those earning up to Rs 12 lakh, PM Modi termed it a relief for a major section of society and a "double bonanza" for the poor, neo-middle class, and middle class.
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Sep 21, 2025 06:51 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Taliban reject Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan
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Sep 21, 2025 06:45 PM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | Bengal readies for Durga Puja, political parties eye 2026 Assembly polls
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated three puja pandals on Saturday and is expected to inaugurate around 3,000 puja pandals across the state over the next five days.
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Sep 21, 2025 06:10 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Man is arrested and charged in deadly New Hampshire country club shooting
Authorities had initially thought there could be two shooters but later said there was only one.
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Sep 21, 2025 06:03 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Over 65,000 cases pending in different courts in Tripura; conviction rate down: CM Manik Saha
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Sep 21, 2025 05:41 PM IST
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The students have been demanding the resignation of Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti amid allegations of financial mismanagement, misconduct and sexual harassment.
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Chandigarh News Live Updates | Military Digest | The 1965 IAF war hero who deserved Param Vir Chakra
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Sep 21, 2025 03:38 PM IST
Lucknow News Live Updates | Kanpur police search Yamuna after man ‘murders partner, stuffs body in black suitcase, throws it into river’
2 men arrested after they allegedly transported the suitcase containing the body on a bike from Kanpur for 100 km before throwing it into the river in UP’s Banda district
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Sep 21, 2025 03:18 PM IST
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The dwarf virus has affected paddy crops in around 11,000 acres, mostly in Patiala (7,000 acres) and Fatehgarh Sahib (3,500 acres) districts, even though it was detected in June, barely a month after transplantation.
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Sep 21, 2025 02:49 PM IST
India News Live Updates | After Delhi, Kochi Metro plans to launch freight services on its network
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Sep 21, 2025 02:42 PM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | ‘Even we can’: Children with Down syndrome design theme, decorate Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata
The pandal showcases the life journey of children with Down syndrome, emphasising the challenges they encounter and how they find a place for themselves in society.
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Sep 21, 2025 02:27 PM IST
World News Live Updates | UK set to recognise Palestinian state despite opposition from the US 
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, who was foreign secretary until earlier this month, said an announcement on the recognition of a Palestinian state will come later Sunday from Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Sep 21, 2025 02:24 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Don’t attach third-party property without due process: Telangana High Court to cooperative officials
The Telangana High Court found that the officials had directly attached the petitioner's properties without issuing a showcause notice or conducting a proper inquiry into the nature of her ownership.
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Sep 21, 2025 02:14 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Japan’s Shinkansen E-10 trains to run on Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train corridor
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Sep 21, 2025 01:57 PM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Reader’s Corner: How a 90-year-old Partition survivor’s wish was fulfilled by PM Modi
Gen V P Malik recounts a personal experience involving his aunt, Uma Sachdev, who wished to present two books authored by his late uncle, Colonel Hari Krishan Sachdeva, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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World News Live Updates | Trump says major announcement soon on autism findings: ‘One of the most important things we’ll do’
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India News Live Updates | Quoting Nehru and Castro, Kerala CPM leader denounces ‘malicious campaign’ against her on social media
A school teacher who contested Lok Sabha polls last year, K J Shine filed a police complaint over the defamatory posts, after which a local Congress leader was booked
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There is a patch near the international border in Punjab's Gurdaspur district where farmers prefer cauliflower to paddy with more than double per acre investment.
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Sep 21, 2025 12:52 PM IST
Pune News Live Updates | Spells of heavy rain ruin kharif gains for farmers
Khariff 2025 for Maharashtra had started on a good note. Farmers had sown crops over 1.47 crore hectares as against the 1.45 crore hectares that the state had reported during last kharif.
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Sep 21, 2025 12:40 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Trump claims credit for India-Pakistan ceasefire again, says he deserves Nobel Prize for ‘ending seven wars’
Speaking at the American Cornerstone Institute Founder's Dinner on Saturday, Trump said, “Think of India and Pakistan... And you know how I stopped that – with trade."
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Sep 21, 2025 12:38 PM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | For traffic volunteers, Himachal Police lowers age from 18 to 16, hikes honorarium from Rs 15 to Rs 50 per hour
The police have shared details of the proposed changes on social media along with a helpline number for interested citizens to enroll.
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Sep 21, 2025 12:28 PM IST
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Sep 21, 2025 12:08 PM IST
Pune News Live Updates | ‘Drones, missiles everywhere, I knew I had to get out of there’: biker from Pune rode solo to London amid shadows of war in Iran
Abhijeet Ganu became the first Indian to ride to the North Cape and completed his journey in the UK, returning to India on September 6.
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Sep 21, 2025 11:48 AM IST
India News Live Updates | PM Modi Speech Today Live Updates: On eve of GST 2.0 launch, PM Narendra Modi to address nation at 5 pm
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Sep 21, 2025 11:29 AM IST
Delhi News Live Updates | With 10-km-long canvas painting at Kartavya Path, NDMC sets ‘world record’
Participants illustrated their vision of India in 2047 in the canvas painting event organised at Delhi's Kartavya Path lawns.
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Sep 21, 2025 11:26 AM IST
World News Live Updates | ‘Firm approved 5,189 H-1B visas, cut 16,000 US jobs’: White House defends fee hike as move to ‘protect American jobs’
The administration’s defence of the policy centred on what it called widespread misuse of the H-1B programme by large companies.
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Sep 21, 2025 11:24 AM IST
World News Live Updates | Thousands protest in Philippines over massive corruption scandal
The United States and Australian embassies issued travel advisories asking their citizens to stay away from the protests as a safety precaution.
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Sep 21, 2025 10:19 AM IST
Pune News Live Updates | With lift repair in limbo, elderly residents ‘left to suffer’ in PMC-owned building
Residents were relocated to building in 2008 for road-widening work
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Sep 21, 2025 10:03 AM IST
Delhi News Live Updates | Delhi Police is trying to make its Special Cell special again. Here’s how.
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World News Live Updates | New Hampshire country club shooting: One dead, several injured as suspect detained
Authorities initially received reports suggesting two shooters, but officials later clarified there was only one suspect.
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Sep 21, 2025 09:54 AM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | BMC designates 84-acre plot in Mumbai’s Eksar area for mangrove nursery
According to senior civic officials, the land proposed for development is owned by M/S Dynamix Clubs and Resorts Pvt Ltd and has provided its land to the civic body free of cost.
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Sep 21, 2025 09:49 AM IST
World News Live Updates | Trump and MAGA movement will honor Charlie Kirk at Arizona memorial
The memorial service for Kirk, whom Trump credits with playing a pivotal role in his 2024 election victory, is expected to draw tens of thousands of mourners.
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Sep 21, 2025 09:38 AM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | Demolition notice to illegal Vashi buildings: Bombay HC seeks to know if plea against Dy CM Ekanth Shinde’s stay on demolition of 2 Navi Mumbai buildings can be treated as PIL
On September 17, the HC noted that though the NGO has not taken up a cause of encroachment on public land or a public street or land belonging to the government, "a serious issue was raised as regards illegal structures being erected since 2002-2003 onwards".
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Sep 21, 2025 09:18 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Day after recovery of woman’s charred body in Tripura’s Gomati district, 4 suspects arrested, 1 policeman suspended
The death of the woman also sparked a political controversy as the suspects turned out to be alleged associates of a local MLA.
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Sep 21, 2025 08:43 AM IST
World News Live Updates | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s YouTube account offline as tensions with US escalate
Maduro’s YouTube account had more than 200,000 followers before it became unavailable Friday and was used to publish the Venezuelan president’s speeches.
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Sep 21, 2025 08:35 AM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | ‘End of an era’: After 60 years of covering Parsi events and raking up hot-button issues, Parsiana to publish its final edition in October
Helmed by Parsi founders and editors, and anchored by Parsi patrons, the fortnightly magazine was launched in 1964
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Sep 21, 2025 07:58 AM IST
World News Live Updates | Trump nominates White House aide Lindsey Halligan to be top US prosecutor for office probing Letitia James
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Sep 21, 2025 07:51 AM IST
World News Live Updates | ‘Bad things are going to happen’: Trump issues warning to Afghanistan to return Bagram air base
The withdrawal of the American military from Afghanistan in 2021 led to a takeover of US bases, and the US-backed government in Kabul was toppled by Taliban.
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Sep 21, 2025 07:49 AM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | Mamata invokes ‘Bangla-asmita’ as Durga Puja inaugurations begin
Chief minister condemns harassment of Bengali migrant workers, visits three pandals ahead of Mahalaya
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Sep 21, 2025 07:30 AM IST
Delhi News Live Updates | Shankar, Delhi zoo’s lone African elephant, died of ‘acute heart failure’. Lessons from a life in isolation
Over the years, the Delhi Zoo made multiple attempts to find Shankar a companion. It also introduced several enrichment measures to improve the elephant’s quality of life
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Sep 21, 2025 07:30 AM IST
India News Live Updates | To ‘counter idea of violence’, Madhya Pradesh HC orders murder convict to care for neem saplings
A Division Bench said the directions are a part of a pilot initiative so the ‘idea of violence and evil may be countered by creation and harmony with nature’. As a result, the convict, who had already spent 10 years in jail, was asked to nurture the saplings.
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Sep 21, 2025 07:30 AM IST
Thiruvananthapuram News Live Updates | At Ayyappa Sangamam, Pinarayi Vijayan takes on critics: ‘The only true devotees can do this’
This comes at a time when the BJP and the Sangh Parivar organisations have come out against the event, questioning the political motive of Vijayan’s Left Democratic Front government.
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Sep 21, 2025 07:30 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Jharkhand gangster who made ‘catch me if you can’ video in March killed in police encounter
Uttam Yadav, a wanted man in the state who first gained notoriety for a video daring the police to arrest him, was allegedly killed in an encounter in Chatra district.
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Sep 21, 2025 07:25 AM IST
India News Live Updates | ‘Wrath of the police falls on poor’ – Chhattisgarh HC’s slams police for ‘stunts’ performed on national highway
The HC took suo motu cognizance of media reports that a large group of youngsters were performing stunts on the national highway. Police have impounded 18 cars after videos went viral.
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Sep 21, 2025 07:05 AM IST
World News Live Updates | Pete Hegseth-led Pentagon plans to limit journalists’ access for releasing ‘unauthorised information’
The new rule, that includes restrictions on the movement of journalists within the Pentagon facility, is reportedly part of an updated press credentialing process.
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Sep 21, 2025 07:00 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Jhumri’s journey: How one tigress helped revival of big cat numbers at Achanakmar Tiger Reserve
Today, ATR’s tiger population is thriving, up to 18 – 10 adults and eight cubs — from the five recorded in 2022. According to officials, much of this is down to conservation efforts, spurred on since Jhumri’s arrival.
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Sep 21, 2025 06:40 AM IST
India News Live Updates | ‘I don’t know what awaits me in the US’: The lives upended by Trump’s H-1B proclamation
According to the World Telugu Federation, one in every three Indians in Silicon Valley is a Telugu-speaking person from either Telangana or Andhra Pradesh.
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