Oct 19, 2025 11:54 PM IST
Pune News Live Updates | BJP MP Medha Kulkarni ‘purifies’ spot in Shaniwadwada where ‘namaz’ was offered
Ajit Pawar-led NCP seeks filing of police complaint against her
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Oct 19, 2025 11:22 PM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | Mumbai: Navy personnel booked for assaulting two cops during raid at dance bar
The bar manager also told him to leave the premises as the raid was going on, but Singh did not listen
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Oct 19, 2025 10:48 PM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Working through the fireworks: The keepers of Diwali night
Duty over diyas, meet some professionals who work while we celebrate the festival of lights
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Oct 19, 2025 10:17 PM IST
Lucknow News Live Updates | Ayodhya Deepotsav: New world record with 26.17 lakh diyas, 2128 people performing aarti together
Representatives from the Guinness World Records made the announcement after verifying the count of the diyas using drones, a government statement said.
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Oct 19, 2025 10:08 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Israel halts Gaza aid ‘until further notice’ after accusing Hamas of ceasefire violations
Israeli media also reported that the halt would apply to all aid convoys entering through the Kerem Shalom and Rafah crossings.
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Oct 19, 2025 09:39 PM IST
Pune News Live Updates | In tense decider, Yerawada Prison’s chess team topples El Salvador at Intercontinental Championship
The chess team of Yerawada Central Prison started taking shape in the mid-2021 under the Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC) social stewardship programme "Parivartan: Prison to Pride.'
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Oct 19, 2025 09:27 PM IST
India News Live Updates | BJP leaders slam Akhilesh Yadav over ‘learn from Christmas’ remark, call it ‘anti-Sanatan’
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sudhansu Trivedi accused Akhilesh Yadav of speaking against his own community and becoming blinded by the love of votes of fundamentalists.
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Oct 19, 2025 09:12 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Israel strikes Gaza after exchange of fire, testing week-old ceasefire
Hamas denied any role in the exchange of fire, saying its fighters were not involved in clashes near Rafah.
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Oct 19, 2025 08:50 PM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Doctors wish a safe Diwali, here’s how
Of the 10 to 12 patients Dr Ashok Sharma, director, Cornea Centre, treats this time of the year, half suffer from severe injuries due to firework accidents during Diwali that result in blindness.
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Oct 19, 2025 08:46 PM IST
Delhi News Live Updates | GRAP Stage II imposed in Delhi-NCR on Diwali eve, AQI ‘very poor’
"The AQI of Delhi has shown an increasing trend since morning and has been recorded as 296 at 4:00 pm and 302 at 7:00 pm. The forecast by IMD/IITM also predicts further deterioration of AQI in the coming days."
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Oct 19, 2025 08:21 PM IST
World News Live Updates | 4 minutes, 1 window: How thieves pulled off the quickest-ever heist at Louvre Museum
The heist, which lasted less than four minutes, has once again cast a shadow on museum security in France.
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Oct 19, 2025 07:57 PM IST
Patna News Live Updates | Union minister Giriraj Singh’s ‘namak haraam’ remark at Bihar poll rally sparks controversy, JD(U) among critics
The Union minister of Textiles, who is an MP from Begusarai, said at a rally in Arwal that the BJP did not want votes from “namak haraams (betrayers)” while referring to a purported conversation he had with a Muslim cleric.
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Oct 19, 2025 07:31 PM IST
Pune News Live Updates | First Indian Citizen Science Research initiative: Researchers discover most powerful ‘odd radio circle’ with help of citizen scientists
ORCs are among the most bizarre and beautiful cosmic structures that may hold vital clues about how galaxies and black holes co-evolve, hand-in-hand.
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Oct 19, 2025 07:27 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Trump calls Colombia President a ‘drug dealer’, vows to end US aid to country
Trump said that Petro “does nothing to stop it, despite large-scale payments and subsidies from the USA that are nothing more than a long-term rip-off of America.”
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Oct 19, 2025 07:18 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Diwali 2025: Chennai metro revises train timings on October 20-21
Chennai Metro Diwali train timings: Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has announced revised train timings for the Diwali holidays on October 20 and 21.
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Oct 19, 2025 07:17 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Ranchi restaurant owner shot for serving chicken biryani, Cong Kanke MLA S K Baitha hints at property angle
The accused customer had reportedly ordered vegetarian biryani and taken it home, but later discovered that it was chicken biryani.
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Oct 19, 2025 06:56 PM IST
World News Live Updates | North Korean soldier defects across heavily guarded border to South Korea
The soldier crossed through the central part of the border, known as the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), and was taken into custody by South Korean troops.
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Oct 19, 2025 06:40 PM IST
Bangalore News Live Updates | All you need to know about Karnataka’s draft Bill on domestic workers, now open for public feedback
The draft Karnataka Domestic Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill 2025 aims to regulate domestic work and extend social security, welfare, and decent working conditions to domestic workers.
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Oct 19, 2025 06:30 PM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | IIT Kharagpur ‘clash’: 3 expelled, 4 suspended students appeal to director to reconsider decision, request they be given opportunity to rectify behaviour
Seven IIT Kharagpur students, who faced disciplinary action for engaging in a fight on the campus earlier this month, have recently written to the director of the institute to withdraw the decision to save their careers from being destroyed. The parents of the affected students have also learnt to have appealed for a reconsideration of the decision. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur expelled three students and suspended four students for one semester for engaging in on-campus violence. IIT Kharagpur officials said that for the first time in the institute’s history, students have been expelled. They informed that the […]
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Oct 19, 2025 06:30 PM IST
Pune News Live Updates | Jain trust land deal: Union Minister Mohol faces heat, refutes allegations of involvement with builders
Says he withdrew partnership with builder who purchased the property, much before the sale deed was finalised.
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Oct 19, 2025 06:29 PM IST
India News Live Updates | 5 stories you must read today, October 19: From Louvre museum robbery, India’s defeat in ODI to Trump’s AI video and more
Read about JNU students booked a day after scuffle, Parineeti Chopra and Raghav Chadha welcoming their baby boy and more.
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Oct 19, 2025 06:26 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Xi Jinping calls for China’s ‘reunification’ with Taiwan in message to newly elected opposition leader
Cheng, a former lawmaker who takes charge of the KMT on November 1, did not mention reunification in her reply to Xi.
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Oct 19, 2025 06:19 PM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | WB NUJS to get new vice chancellor, CJI B R Gavai picks O V Nandimath as replacement for outgoing VC N K Chakrabarti
The student body at WB NUJS had given an ultimatum that if VC N K Chakrabarti did not resign by October 31, then it would start a ‘full-scale protest’ in November.
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Oct 19, 2025 06:04 PM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | Maharashtra needs 1,100 food safety officers but has only 130 on field, 194 in training; impossible to inspect every eatery: FDA Commissioner
Rajesh J Narvekar says Maharashtra FDA has been training street vendors and women’s self-help groups for the last few years.
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Oct 19, 2025 05:41 PM IST
Pune News Live Updates | Turning waste into worth: ‘For underprivileged children, a notebook can be the difference between staying in school and dropping out’
Pritu Chaudhary, founder of the Pune-based NGO Little Leaf, has transformed over 1,00,000 kilograms of waste paper into 13,000 notebooks for underprivileged children.
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Oct 19, 2025 05:29 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Diwali 2025: Northern Railway announces 10 additional Special trains for Bihar – check route, stoppages
Diwali Special trains 2025 for Bihar: To ensure smooth travel for passengers returning home for Diwali and Chhath Puja, Indian Railways (IR) has announced the operation of six additional trains to Bihar.
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Oct 19, 2025 04:44 PM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | Navi Mumbai to get one of India’s largest radiation therapy centres
The Navi Mumbai facility is part of ICICI Bank’s Rs 1,800 crore commitment to support the Tata Memorial Centre in establishing three cancer care hospitals across the country.
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Oct 19, 2025 04:34 PM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | ‘Govt hospital issuing fake birth and death certificates,’ Bengal BJP MLA writes to Amit Shah ahead of SIR
Owing to an extended festive season, the official launch of the special intensive revision (SIR) in West Bengal is expected in the first or second week of November.
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Oct 19, 2025 04:25 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Congress Candidates List for Bihar Elections 2025: Congress finalises candidates for 53 seats, state party chief Rajesh Ram to contest from Kutumba
Congress Candidates List for Bihar Elections 2025:
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Oct 19, 2025 04:16 PM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | From carpenter’s son to AI innovator: How Kulbir Singh built Designers X from scratch
After failing his Class 12 exams and losing a multimillion-pound startup deal, the Jalandhar-born technologist rebuilt his journey through resilience and innovation, leading one of Mohali’s fastest-growing AI firms.
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Oct 19, 2025 04:05 PM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Shivraj Singh Chouhan acknowledges agri-Influencers’ role in bridging gap between farmers and policy
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets agricultural influencers and content creators, who are shaping the way farmers access knowledge across India through digital platforms.
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Oct 19, 2025 03:44 PM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | Direct flights between India and mainland China to resume after 5 years; Kolkata-Guangzhou IndiGo flight to take off on Oct 26
IndiGo Airlines has also announced plans to launch a daily direct flight between Delhi and Guangzhou starting November 10.
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Oct 19, 2025 03:43 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Louvre Museum in Paris shut after thieves armed with chainsaws loot Napoleon-era jewels
According to Le Parisien, the criminals entered the Louvre through the façade facing the Seine River -- an area currently under construction -- and used a freight elevator to reach the Apollo Gallery, home to some of the museum’s most valuable artifacts.
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Oct 19, 2025 03:38 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Tripura intensifies anti-narcotics operation after massive drug bust, Opposition leader alleges involvement of ruling party and administration
Recent operations have yielded drugs valued at over Rs 134.50 crore, highlighting concerns about a broader smuggling network.
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Oct 19, 2025 03:15 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Watch: Amid ‘No Kings’ uprising, Trump shares AI video of himself flying fighter jet, dropping sludge on protesters
From major cities like New York and Los Angeles to smaller towns, protesters voiced frustration over what they see as threats to democracy and growing authoritarianism under Trump.
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Oct 19, 2025 03:15 PM IST
Delhi News Live Updates | Delhi Police book 6 JNU students after scuffle with cops, 3 office bearers of students’ union ‘bound down’
Left student groups instead accused the Delhi Police of brutality.
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Oct 19, 2025 03:13 PM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | From khoi bags to Diwali hampers, a retired civil servant reflects on the changing spirit of giving
The joy of giving a gift is only matched by the joy of receiving one. As a little girl, dolls and more dolls wrapped in colourful sheets came my way.
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Oct 19, 2025 02:59 PM IST
Delhi News Live Updates | Indian Railways ticket booking alert: Reservation counters at several locations in Delhi-NCR to remain closed on Oct 20 for Diwali – full list
Diwali 2025: The Passenger Reservation System (PRS) at several locations across Delhi-NCR will remain partially or fully closed on October 20 in view of the Diwali celebrations.
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Oct 19, 2025 02:10 PM IST
Lucknow News Live Updates | Stenographer dies by suicide at Kanpur court; FIR registered against unidentified person
The Kanpur police say they are investigating all possible angles to determine the circumstances leading to the woman’s alleged death by suicide.
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Oct 19, 2025 02:01 PM IST
India News Live Updates | In Photos | Ayodhya readies for grand Diwali, eyes Guinness record with 26 lakh diyas
The highlight of this year is a 32-foot-tall Pushpak Viman at Ram Ki Paidi that will display scenes from the Ramayana, offering visitors an immersive experience.
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Oct 19, 2025 01:58 PM IST
Pune News Live Updates | Pune’s Diwali market under GST 2.0: a season of stability
Prices for gold remain high but demand is steady, as customers continue their traditional purchases regardless of rates. Sweets and namkeen prices have decreased by 7 to 8 per cent, though overall demand remains strong.
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Oct 19, 2025 01:53 PM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Military Digest | IPKF veterans find Mani Shankar Aiyar’s comments ‘misguided and disrespectful’
Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar recently blamed the Army and intelligence agencies for letting down then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi over the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) deployment in Sri Lanka.
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Oct 19, 2025 01:44 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Bolivia heads to polls in a tight runoff as voters seek a president to lift them from crisis
Since 2023, the Andean nation has been crippled by a shortage of US dollars that has locked Bolivians out of their own savings and hampered imports.
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Oct 19, 2025 12:36 PM IST
World News Live Updates | WATCH: Indian man threatens people in Bangkok with pistol-shaped lighter, arrested
Police officers responding to the scene found the man, identified as Sahil Ram Thadani, 41, behaving erratically and waving the lighter at pedestrians.
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Oct 19, 2025 12:14 PM IST
India News Live Updates | 3 Indians killed, one injured, 5 rescued in Mozambique boat accident
2 from Kerala among 5 missing; boat capsized during crew transfer operations off Beira port
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Oct 19, 2025 12:06 PM IST
World News Live Updates | ‘Indians come to US, drain our pockets’: Florida politician Langevin draws flak over calls for mass ouster of Indian immigrants
Palm Bay council member Chandler Langevin, who was elected last year, made the offensive comments against the Indian community in a series of posts on X.
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Oct 19, 2025 11:56 AM IST
World News Live Updates | A father returns from Israeli detention to find Gaza and his family shattered
Descending from the bus that brought him and other released Palestinian detainees to Gaza last week, the 45-year-old medical technician was reunited with his wife and two young children.
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Oct 19, 2025 11:27 AM IST
World News Live Updates | US warns of ‘credible reports’ of Hamas planning Gaza ceasefire violation
The warning came as Israel said Hamas handed over two more coffins of deceased hostages under the ongoing phased peace deal.
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Oct 19, 2025 11:20 AM IST
Hyderabad News Live Updates | Telangana High Court upholds TGPSC’s retrospective application of 33.3% horizontal reservation for women
The petitioner secured the first rank in the Computer Science/Information Technology category following interviews conducted in February 2023. However, the final selection list was delayed for over a year.
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Oct 19, 2025 10:58 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Bihar Assembly polls: AIMIM releases list of 25 candidates
The voting for 243-seat Assembly is scheduled on November 6 and November 11. The counting of votes will be held on November 14.
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Oct 19, 2025 10:54 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Gold Today Rate, 19 October: Check 18, 22 and 24 carat gold prices for Dhanteras 2025 in Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and other cities
Today's 18, 22 and 24 Carat Gold Prices in Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi: The price of gold in India today, October 19, is Rs 13,086 per gram for 24 karat gold, Rs 11,995 per gram for 22 karat gold and Rs 9,814 per gram for 18 karat gold.
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Oct 19, 2025 10:42 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Silver Today Rate, 19 October: Silver price today in Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai; check city-wise silver rate list
Silver Rate on 15 October, Silver Rate Today Per KG in Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai: As of October 19, 2025, the price of silver in India today is ₹172 per gram and ₹1,72,000 per kilogram, with the prices remaining consistent from yesterday.
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Oct 19, 2025 10:37 AM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | Kolkata Metro Timings on Diwali: Special night trains on Metro’s East‑West line for Kali Puja
Kolkata Metro had previously announced special night services on the Blue Line (Shahid Khudiram-Dakshineswar stretch) for October 20, with the last train departing Dakshineswar station for Shahid Khudiram at 10.51 pm instead of the normal timing of 9.28 pm.
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Oct 19, 2025 10:36 AM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Out of bounds for almost a decade, Viceregal Lodge’s kitchen wing likely to open for visitors in November
Renovation work started in 2020 to be completed in November this month
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Oct 19, 2025 10:13 AM IST
World News Live Updates | Prince Andrew quits royal titles after Epstein revelations: Why now?
The decision comes after a series of events that intensified scrutiny on Andrew, including concerns over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, unresolved questions about his finances, and alleged connections to a Chinese spy.
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Oct 19, 2025 10:06 AM IST
World News Live Updates | ‘Interesting’: Trump responds to idea of tunnel connecting US and Russia, Zelenskyy says ‘Not happy’
President Trump was asked about the idea of a tunnel connecting Russia and US during a press conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday.
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Oct 19, 2025 08:50 AM IST
World News Live Updates | ‘25,000 Americans would’ve died: Trump releases video of US strikes against ‘drug-carrying vessel’ in Caribbean, 2 survivors repatriated
The US military rescued the pair after two suspected “narco terrorists” were killed in the strike at the submersible vessel on Thursday, in what was at least the sixth such strike in the Caribbean by the US forces since September.
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Oct 19, 2025 08:02 AM IST
World News Live Updates | ‘Constitution is not optional’: What are ‘No Kings’ protests, drawing huge crowds in US against Trump?
The “No Kings” protests in the US on Saturday was the third mass mobilisation since Trump returned to the White House in January, and it comes in the backdrop of a government shutdown which is close to completing three weeks.
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Oct 19, 2025 08:00 AM IST
Delhi News Live Updates | Is Delhi choking before Diwali? Here’s what data shows and what to expect
As per forecasts, on Diwali day, air quality is likely to reach the upper end of the ‘very poor’ category, and may reach the ‘severe’ category on October 21
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Oct 19, 2025 08:00 AM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | BJP MP Raju Bista’s ‘convoy attacked’ near Sukhia Pokhri in Darjeeling, probe on
Trinamool Congress terms the incident a result of internal feud in the BJP
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Oct 19, 2025 07:40 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Probe into minor’s sexual assault busts open inter-state sex racket
The case began on October 16 after police received a report of the alleged rape and registered a case of sexual assault under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
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Oct 19, 2025 07:40 AM IST
Delhi News Live Updates | Delhi-NCR AQI (19 October 2025): Delhi air quality slips into ‘severe’ category ahead of Diwali; NCR pollution levels rise further
Delhi-NCR AQI Level Today, 14 October 2025: Check the latest air quality index, pollution level, and smog conditions across Delhi and NCR with health safety advice and AQI category updates.
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Oct 19, 2025 07:29 AM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | Air quality worsens in Mumbai hotspots; Colaba tops chart at 209 AQI
Mumbai AQI Level Today, 19 October 2025: Check the latest air quality index, pollution level, and smog conditions across Mumbai and AQI category updates
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Oct 19, 2025 07:18 AM IST
India News Live Updates | In Nagaland, two major players are now one
The Naga People’s Front (NPF) and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio’s Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), formed in 2017 by NPF rebels who supported Rio, merged under the NPF banner on Saturday.
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Oct 19, 2025 07:13 AM IST
World News Live Updates | Israel says Hamas hands over ‘2 coffins of deceased hostages’ from Gaza
Hamas has now handed over the remains of 12 of the 28 dead hostages in Gaza, a key step in the week-old ceasefire process meant to end two years of war.
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Oct 19, 2025 07:12 AM IST
Jaipur News Live Updates | Day after detention for ‘false news’ on Rajasthan Deputy CM, 2 from Bhopal news portal released, asked to rejoin questioning in 5 days
According to police, the two claimed that an alleged extortion video of them demanding money to take down stories against Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari was AI-generated
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Oct 19, 2025 07:05 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Allow jailed J&K legislator Mehraj Malik to cast vote in Rajya Sabha polls, High Court says
According to official sources, the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Secretary Manoj Pandit, who is also the returning officer for the elections, has sent three postal ballots to the Kathua jail superintendent for the jailed Doda MLA.
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Oct 19, 2025 06:44 AM IST
World News Live Updates | Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to immediate ceasefire after border clashes
The decision came after a week of deadly border clashes that left dozens dead and hundreds injured in the worst fighting between the two neighbours since the Taliban took power.
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