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Maharashtra local body election 2025 updates: Voting underway; counting postponed to Dec 21 after HC order
Maharashtra local body election 2025 live updates: Voting is underway across 264 municipal councils and nagar panchayats for the first phase of the Maharashtra local body polls, a battle taking place amid friendly fights, alliance strain and legal tangles a year after assembly polls.
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Cyclone Detwah in pics: Strong winds, high tides, and a wave of destruction
Cyclone Detwah: The system, which weakened into a deep depression, will further weaken and the remnants could cause rain across Tamil Nadu, the IMD said.
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Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun Expressway opens for trial run, promising to halve travel time to Uttarakhand
The Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun Expressway stretches across three states — Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand — and is structured in four distinct sections.
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Unprecedented chill grips Maharashtra: Pune plummets colder than hill station Mahabaleshwar
The IMD observatory in Pashan, Pune, recorded a minimum temperature of 9.4 degrees Celsius, representing a sharp drop of 4–5 degrees Celsius from Saturday's reading of 13.7 degrees Celsius.
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Coimbatore murder: Husband killed wife after receiving her intimate photo, learning of affair
The accused, S Balamurugan from Tirunelveli, had been separated from his wife, Sri Priya (30), for the past four months following repeated marital disputes.
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Delhi blast probe: NIA raids Dr Shaheen Shahid’s Lucknow home over alleged terror funding, ‘revenge’ plot
Delhi blast probe: The raids included a search at the Lucknow residence of former medical college faculty member Dr Shaheen Shahid, who is currently under arrest and in the agency’s custody.
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‘Useless police…’: SP MP Rajeev Rai slams Bengaluru’s ‘notorious traffic’ after one-hour gridlock
Taking to social media platform X, Samajwadi Party MP Rajeev Rai criticised Bengaluru's traffic management and the lack of police presence on the roads.
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Delhi pollution crisis: CAQM inspection flags dust buildup on roads, puts MCD under spotlight
The Commission for Air Quality Management’s (CAQM) flying squads conducted the inspections on Saturday, assessing 321 road stretches under the jurisdiction of three civic agencies in Delhi.
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Delhi wedding horror: CISF constable shoots teen dead for collecting money thrown by 'baraatis'
Delhi Police said the accused officer has been identified as Madan Gopal Tiwari, who is posted in Kanpur. He had come to Delhi on leave to attend his cousin’s wedding. After the incident, he fled to his hometown Etawah, where he was later arrested.
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Mumbai enforces GRAP-4 amid ‘severe’ AQI, but rules differ from Delhi - key differences explained
Under the GRAP-4 restrictions in Mumbai, the BMC has halted construction and other dust-generating activities in the worst-affected areas. Stop-work or shutdown notices have been issued to around 50 construction and Ready-Mix Concrete (RMC) sites.
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After monsoon havoc, tourists return to Kullu-Manali as fresh snow, restored roads rebuild travel confidence
Months of landslides, road blockages and travel disruptions had triggered one of the weakest tourist seasons in the Kullu-Manali circuit in years, but the return of snow and improved connectivity is now fuelling cautious optimism.
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Navi Mumbai International Airport passes passenger trial, set to launch flights from Dec 25
Navi Mumbai International Airport: From check-in counters and security screening to boarding gates, arrivals and baggage claim, each step was closely monitored for efficiency and coordination.
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Bengaluru shivers as Cyclone Ditwah-induced chill delivers coldest day of the year amid ‘good' AQI readings
The forecast for Monday suggests little immediate relief for Bengaluru. Patchy rain is expected nearby, with temperatures ranging between 26 degrees Celsius and 19 degrees Celsius.
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Mumbai AQI worsens: BMC implements GRAP-4 pollution curbs; flying squads deployed
Mumbai AQI worsens: Under the GRAP-4 curbs, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has stopped construction and other dust-generating activities in these zones.
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Haryana's Nuh, linked to Delhi blast, unmasked as nucleus of vast cyber fraud and terror funding network
Haryana's Nuh, already under scrutiny as an operational base for a ‘white-collar’ terror module linked to the 10/11 Delhi blast case, is now identified as the nucleus of Madhya Pradesh’s largest-ever cyber fraud operation.
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Delhi AQI slips back near ‘very poor’ mark; Noida suffers worst air in NCR
Delhi AQI: Delhi had seen a short break from the choking pollution when the AQI dropped to 279 on Sunday. This was the second-best air quality reading recorded in November, with the lowest being 202 on November 5.
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Delhi-NCR air pollution: PMO directs CAQM and CPCB on new emission study, road dust action plan
Delhi-NCR air pollution: This development comes just days after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was informed that current actions against air pollution are based on an old emissions inventory, despite a 2023 real-time source-apportionment study having been completed.
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Cyclone Ditwah weakens into deep depression: 3 dead in Tamil Nadu, schools closed in Puducherry
Cyclone Detwah: IMD had earlier issued a red-category warning for the north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts.
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Chandigarh shocker: Woman found with throat slit in Rose Garden; police probe murder angle
The deceased was identified as Diksha Thakur, 30, based on documents found on her, including a Bihar Staff Selection Commission application form.
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Pan masala baron’s daughter-in-law endured years of abuse, dragged and assaulted during pregnancy: FIR
Deepti Chaurasia, 38, was found hanging in her home in Delhi's Vasant Vihar on November 25. Her mother subsequently filed a complaint with the Delhi Police, leading to a case being registered against Deepti's husband, Arpit, and her mother-in-law for abetment of suicide and cruelty.
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Noida: Women, 24, shot dead by partner after she refuses marriage proposal
Noida Phase 2 SHO Vidhiyanchal Tiwari said the victim, Sonu (25), hailed from Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh. She worked as a domestic help and lived in the rented accommodation with her two sisters and brother.
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Speeding Mercedes rams into 3 in Delhi's Vasant Kunj, leaving one dead
Delhi Police said three men, aged 23, 35 and 23 years, all employees of a restaurant in Ambience Mall, were found lying injured at the spot. The driver of the vehicle, Shivam (29), a resident of Karol Bagh, has been apprehended.
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MCD bypolls 2025: Voting begins in 12 wards; BJP, AAP & Congress in intense battle
MCD bypolls 2025: The voting will end at 5.30 pm. The polls are expected to reveal the voters' mood in the national capital after a comprehensive victory of the BJP in the assembly election earlier this year.
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Cyclone Ditwah: Havoc in Sri Lanka as death toll nears rises, India continues evacuation efforts
Cyclone Ditwah Tracker Live Updates: IMD warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall, with extremely heavy rain at isolated spots, likely over Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Villuppuram, Chengalpattu districts, and the Puducherry-Karaikal region.
