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Ajit Pawar, of the NCP, met his counterpart and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis at the latter's residence in south Mumbai to discuss withdrawal of nominations. Pawar later met independent candidate Nana Kate from Chinchwad assembly seat in Pune district to prevail upon him to opt out of the poll fray. Kate, however, remained adamant about contesting. The Nationalist Congress Party, the BJP and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena comprise the ruling alliance, also called the Mahayuti. Fadnavis, on his part, held meetings with party colleagues and also contacted some rebels. CM Shinde held a meeting with his colleagues at his residence in Thane to discuss the possible impact of rebels on the results and the way forward.

Nicholas Pooran will join the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for the upcoming 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season, ahead of the mega auction of the coveted annual cricket league. The 29-year-old cricketer recently met with LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka at the RPSG House in Kolkata to finalise the terms of his contract. Pooran will be the franchise's key retention, commanding a salary of Rs 18 crore, which marks him as the first official signing for the new season. His previous auction value was Rs 16 crore, when LSG acquired him in 2023 after his release from the Sunrisers Hyderabad, according to the Times of India.

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Sarbananda Sonowal visited the Pandu Port Complex to review the ongoing construction activities including the Northeast India’s First Ship Repair Facility as well as the Elevated Road corridor. The Union Minister also met with the senior officials of the Ministry as well as the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), the nodal agency for the development of waterways in the country, to assess the progress of various projects being developed along the river Brahmaputra (National Waterways 2) with an investment of Rs 645 crores. Speaking on the occasion, the Union Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal said, “Waterways have always been the lifeline for the people along the river. Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, this important aspect of our civilization became a focal point of renewed attempt at finding sustainable solutions for economic development and prosperity.

paddy procurement Sunday evening decided to lift their blockade from national highways at four places in Punjab but said their roadside sit-in would continue. The farmers under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha on Saturday held road blockades at a few places in the state for an indefinite period to protest the «tardy» paddy procurement and lifting and other issues. On Sunday, a two-and-a-half-hour meeting was held between the farmers' representatives with two Punjab ministers, after which agitating farmers declared to lift their blockade. The meeting was held between Food and Civil Supplies Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak and Agriculture Minister Gurmit Singh Khudian, leaders of farmers' bodies including Sarwan Singh Pandher of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, Manjit Singh Rai and Satnam Singh Sahni of BKU(D) and ADGP (Law & Order) SPS Parmar, DIG (Border Range) Satinder Singh and other officials.

Jaishankar on Sunday highlighted the significant transformations in India's foreign policy over the past decade. He emphasised the government's commitment to the welfare of the Indian diaspora and the growing opportunities for Indian businesses abroad. Sharing a post on X, Jaishankar wrote, «Pleased to address business leaders, eminent intellectuals and professionals in Mumbai today. »Spoke about a decade of transformations in India's foreign policy, our commitment to diaspora welfare and growing prospects and opportunities for Indian businesses abroad," he added.

Amritpal Singh, for their involvement in illegal arms smuggling, drug trafficking, extortion, and other criminal activities. Revealing the details, the Commissioner of Police stated that this racket had been operational in the state and was planning a major action to disrupt law and order. The four individuals have been identified as Lakhwinder Singh from Haibowal village, Garhshankar Police Station, Hoshiarpur; Gurbhej Singh from Gudara village, Bajakhana Police Station, Ferozepur; Satinder Singh (alias Kala) from Palahi village, Mehtiana Police Station, Hoshiarpur; and Bharat (alias Bhau) from Barar Mohalla, Patti, Tarn Taran.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—Two weeks before Israeli warplanes struck Iran Saturday morning, President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on the parameters of the attack in a half-hour phone call, their first in almost two months. After mounting worry that Israel might strike Iran’s oil infrastructure or even nuclear installations, the Israeli leader set his sights on military targets—to the relief of American officials.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena announced a fifth list of 15 candidates for Maharashtra assembly elections. MNS has nominated Yogesh Chile from Panvel, Shivshankar Lagar from Khamgaon, Mallinath Patil from Akkalkot, Nagesh Paskanti from Solapur City, Madhya Amit Deshmukh from Jalgaon, Jamod Bhayyasaheb Patil from Mehkar, Rupesh Deshmukh from Gangakedhe Shekhar Dunde from Umred, Balasaheb Pathrikar from Fulambri Rajendra Gapat from Paranda Devdutt More from Osmanabad (Dharashiv) Sagar Dudhane from Katol Someshwar Kadam from Beed Faisal Popere from Srivardhan Yuvraj Yeddre from Radhanagari. Earlier in the day, MNS candidate for the Worli Assembly seat, Sandeep Deshpande, criticised incumbent MLA Aaditya Thackeray--son of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray--alleging that Thackeray has not met his constituency's residents over the past five years.

Nirmala Sitharaman urged the G7 and G20 nations to intensify their support for the African countries and highlighted India's commitment to the continent, particularly in areas such as infrastructure development and healthcare. The Finance Minister participated in the G7 African Ministerial Roundtable on Saturday (local time), the Ministry of Finance stated. During her address at the meet on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings 2024, Sitharaman highlighted the «deep-rooted partnership between India and Africa, which has been redefined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through 10 guiding principles» that aim to support Africa's growth by focusing on capacity-building, enhancing public services, and addressing climate change, the Ministry added.

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma stated that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will award a compensation to two parties claiming same plots of land; so that the construction work of a four-lane highway between Vairengte and Sairang can begin adding that this is the first compensation of such its kind in the history of India. Lalduhoma while talking to media persons said that during his week-long tour of New Delhi, he participated in a review meeting on highways led by the Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari. The Chief Minister stated that he later met Gadkari and apprised the Minister that the construction of a four-lane highway between Vairengte and Sairang cannot be started as forest clearance could not be obtained; and added that though the Supreme Court had directed the Chief Secretary to find an alternative solution to the problem, the claim of the land by both the forest department and the land owners has credibility with both parties accurate in their claim.

Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh has said that there are ample opportunities for investments in manufacturing, renewable energy, bio energy, aqua and petrochemical sectors in the state. Lokesh, who is currently touring the USA to participate in the ITServe Alliance Synergy Conference to be held in LAs Vegas on October 29, met some industrialists in San Francisco on Friday. In a post on 'X', Lokesh further said the government is moving forward with the 4P policy (Public-Private-People-Partnership) and will have goals to be achieved for every 100 days of rule for the comprehensive development of the state.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. U.S., Arab and Israeli officials are planning to meet this weekend in Qatar to renew talks over a cease-fire in the war in Gaza, with mediators proposing a short-term pause in fighting that could build toward a permanent agreement. Negotiators are skeptical of a breakthrough in the talks, which are scheduled for Sunday in Doha.

Akshay Kumar recently met Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang. Based in Santa Clara, Nvidia Corporation is a multinational tech firm. Huang was on a visit to India. The ‘Khiladi’ shared a photo of himself posing with the billionaire and wrote on X, “Imagine meeting the world’s biggest authority on Artificial Intelligence and ending up chatting about martial arts!!! What an amazing man you are Mr #JensenHuang. Now I know why @nvidia is the absolute giant that it is (sic)," In the picture, Kumar and Huang are seen recreating a martial arts pose. The post went viral on X, gaining 13K likes. One X user quipped that the actor may be depicting Huang in a biopic. “We get it! @akshaykumar playing Jensen in the new biopic..” read the comment. Another commented, “Akshaya's next movie would be AI-generated, and it will perform better than his previous 3-4 year movies…” On Thursday, Nvidia introduced a streamlined artificial intelligence model crafted specifically for Hindi, one of India’s most spoken languages. The tech giant aims to tap into the country’s rapidly growing demand for AI solutions. Nvidia also announced that its CEO, Jensen Huang, will engage in a discussion with Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries, during a conference in Mumbai.

At record index levels and indeed across market cycles, most investors tend to focus entirely on the returns that an investment could generate. The underlying risk in achieving a specific return is often ignored.

Twitter (now X) exploded with the hashtag #KamalaGropedMe, with thousands of posts. Ironically, many users were tweeting in confusion, wondering what it was about. One confused X user tweeted, «What is this #KamalaGropedMe?» A response explained that the hashtag is trending in reaction to a former model's allegations against Donald Trump, claiming he groped her in the 1990s. The ex-model, Stacey Williams, alleged in an interview with The Guardian that the incident occurred during a visit to Trump's New York office in the 1990s, after being introduced to him by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Both sides should take on their international responsibilities and set an example for the development of other emerging economies, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV cited Xi as saying in a meeting with Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia's Kazan. PM Modi and Xi Jinping held their first bilateral talks in five years today, signalling that ties between the Asian giants damaged by a deadly military clash in 2020 had begun to recover.

Xi Jinping held their first formal talks in five years on Wednesday, signalling that ties between the Asian giants damaged by a deadly military clash in 2020 had begun to recover. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, the Indian government and Chinese state media said, two days after New Delhi announced that it had reached a deal with Beijing to resolve the four-year military stand-off on their disputed Himalayan frontier. Relations between the world's two most populous nations — both nuclear powers — have been strained since a clash between their troops on the largely undemarcated frontier in the western Himalayas of Ladakh left 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers dead in 2020.

BJP leader and former Minister C P Yogeeshwara on Wednesday quit his party and joined the Congress, which is now expected to field him in the November 13 Assembly bypolls from Channapatna. He met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who is also the State Congress chief, after resigning from the primary membership of the BJP earlier in the day. Shivakumar inducted Yogeeshwara, who quit as an MLC on Monday, into the party at the Congress state headquarters here in the presence of Ministers Ramalinga Reddy, Krishna Byre Gowda, Cheluvarayaswamy, and Zameer Ahmed Khan, among other party leaders.