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'Mumbai will shake after blasts': High alert after police get chilling threat - '34 human bombs, 14 Pak terrorists'
Mumbai Police on high alert: The message claimed that 400 kg of the high explosive RDX would be used in the planned attacks, which it alleged could kill “up to one crore people”.
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Hyderabad: Traffic curbs in place for Ganesh idol immersion on September 6-7
The main immersion procession will start from Balapur and pass through Keshavagiri, Chandrayangutta, Falaknuma, Aliabad, Charminar, Afzalgunj, Abids, Basheerbagh, Liberty, Ambedkar Statue, before reaching Necklace Road via NTR Marg and PVNR Marg
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To avoid festival gridlock, Maharashtra moves Eid-e-Milad holiday in Mumbai to Sept 8
Officials explained that keeping the holiday on September 5, a day before Ganesh immersion, could have created challenges in crowd and traffic management as both processions would have closely overlapped.
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Bengaluru auto driver upgrades regular seat with gaming chair, photo goes viral
Social media users couldn’t stop joking, with comments ranging from “Herman Miller auto-rickshaw edition” to “Tell me you’re in Bengaluru without telling me you’re in Bengaluru.”
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Watch: Dramatic arrest as SP leader Kaish Khan found hiding wrapped in mattress
Kaish Khan arrest video: Police located the politician concealed in a loft and wrapped in a matress, demonstrating what officials described as an attempt to evade detection.
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Heavy showers likely in Gurugram, Faridabad today, says NDMA
Besides Gurugram and Faridabad, the heavy rain alert by NDMA was also issued for Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra and several other towns in Haryana.
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Mumbai’s 4-decade-old iconic New Yorker restaurant to shut doors on September 11
The Instagram post also hints that Mumbai’s iconic Chowpatty Restaurant New Yorker may relocate to another location in the city. There is speculation that the building may be going in for redevelopment and that is the reason for the restaurant’s closure.
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'Halal Lifestyle Township' near Mumbai sparks political firestorm, NHRC demands answers
Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) spokesperson Krishna Hegde demanded the withdrawal of the campaign and called for an inquiry into whether such religiously targeted marketing contravened constitutional principles of equality.
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BSF vacates dozens of posts as 30 km of Indo-Pak border fence washed away; video shows submerged border
Officials said on Wednesday that around 30 kilometers of the iron border fence have been washed away, while more than 50 BSF checkposts breaches have been reported in the bundhs across Gurdaspur, Amritsar, and Pathankot districts.
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Delhi floods: Boating banned, Yamuna Bank Metro road shut, vehicles barred on Old Wazirabad Bridge
The raging water even entered some of the relief camps set up in the national capital, keeping authorities on their toes. They have cautioned people against swimming, boating, or engaging in any recreational activity on the river.
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Noida apartment horror: Woman forced to undress as delivery boy holds her child at knifepoint
An officer from the Surajpur police station said that while Gaurav fled before initial police efforts to locate him, he was subsequently tracked down and arrested.
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Punjab floods, J&K landslides, Himachal cloudbursts, Yamuna rising: What's behind north India's 'wettest' fortnight
Why did the rains intensify? The deluge was the result of rare back-to-back interactions between two weather systems, western disturbances carrying moist winds from near the Mediterranean converged with monsoon currents from the east.
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Twin push for Bengaluru's growth: Double-decker metro and hi-tech township
The Cabinet also cleared Rs 956.67 crore for the construction of six new sewage treatment plants (STPs).
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Flood alert in Delhi, relief camps submerged as Yamuna flows above danger mark
Despite the decline in the river's water level in the capital, the Yamuna River continues to flow above the danger mark of 205.33m. Following heavy rains, a flood alert has been issued for Delhi.
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Only 114 engines for 257 boats: Flood-hit Punjab struggles as boat shortage hampers relief ops
NGOs and other organizations have alleged that most of the boats owned by Punjab government were busy ferrying ministers and MLAs to flood-hit villages, forcing them to buy their own motorised boats to carry out relief works.
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Sandalwood tree valued at Rs 1cr now pegged at Rs 10,981; railways move HC to recover payout from Yavatmal farmer
The case began with the acquisition of 2.29 hectares of farmland owned by Keshav Tukaram Shinde in Kharshi village of Pusad taluka. The land was taken over for the Wardha–Yavatmal–Pusad–Nanded railway project.
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Dowry torture in Aligarh: Woman jumps off roof after husband’s dare, survives | Video
Aligarh police registered a case against five members of her in-laws’ family, including her husband. The accused, however, are absconding.
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J&K on high alert as Jhelum river breaches danger mark, Dal Lake and houseboats under threat
The adverse weather has severed the Kashmir Valley’s road links to the rest of the country.
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‘No Kannada word for Greater?’: Bengaluru residents question BBMP’s new authority name as it takes charge
A viral post on X (formerly Twitter) questioning the use of "Greater" in the name of the new Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has sparked controversy in Bengaluru.
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Why snakebites are suddenly Karnataka's fastest-growing health crisis
The state has registered a staggering 13,494 cases and 79 fatalities from January 1 to August 17 this year alone
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Chennai to have its own Water Metro like Kochi, feasibility study begins on Rs 5,000-cr project
The Tamil Nadu government has taken inspiration from Kochi’s Water Metro, which began operations in 2023
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Bihar clears way for hosting international cricket, Rajgir stadium handed to BCA
The BCA is officially affiliated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which means the stadium can now host both domestic and international matches.
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Moradabad SHO, SI among 10 cops suspended for burying beef, hiding seized car to shield smugglers
The 10 suspended police personnel are SHO (Pakbada) Manoj Kumar, Chowki in-charge Anil Kumar, sub-inspectors Mahavir Singh and Taslim, head constables Bansat Kumar and Dhirendra Kasana, constables Mohit, Manish, and Rahul, and constable driver Sonu Saini.
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Haryana: Flood fears mount in Sirsa villages as Ghaggar swells
The river has swelled by nearly three feet in the past 24 hours. The situation has worsened due to backflow from Pehowa, while several drains are now overflowing
