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Five killed after car collides with state transport bus in Maharashtra’s Beed district: Police.
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YS Jagan Demands Election Commission Reforms, Regrets Support for 2023 Act
October 18, 2026
Amaravati, Oct 18: YSRCP president and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has called for reforms in the appointment of Election Commissioners at the Central and State
Children Have Right to Internet, Can’t Impose Blanket Ban, Says SC
October 17, 2026
CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke Gets Conditional Bail in Delhi
October 17, 2026
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Telecom ‘Star’ War: Musk Must Understand India’s Security Concerns Before Starlink Gets the Green Light
By Gopavajhala Diwakar The global corporate rivalry between Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Elon Musk, the chief of SpaceX and Tesla, has escalated into a war of words in India, with the proposed entry of Starlink satellite internet acquiring political and national security overtones. While Musk has taken a sarcastic swipe at Ambani by referring to him as the
International News
Former Bangladesh air force chief arrested in Qatar over graft charges
October 18, 2026
Dhaka, Oct 18 Bangladesh’s former air force chief Sheikh Abdul Hannan has been arrested in Qatar over graft charges against
Paris police report 855 arrests after violent clashes, looting during protests
October 18, 2026
Paris, Oct 18 (AP) Paris police said Sunday that 855 people were arrested in the French capital region after violent
Blaze at St Petersburg oil sites as Kyiv launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia
October 18, 2026
Moscow, Oct 18 (AP) Ukrainian attacks set an oil export terminal ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday, as Kyiv launched
US ambassador to Israel condemns settler attack on US journalist, and other West Asia news
October 18, 2026
Dubai, Oct 18 (AP) The US ambassador to Israel condemned a settler attack on an American journalist that left her
National News
3 kin arrested for abetment to suicide after 5 family members found dead in Greater Noida
October 18, 2026
Noida, Oct 18 Three people have been arrested for the alleged suicide of a couple and their three children, whose
MP truck accident: Condolences pour in for victims, Kharge questions crowd management
October 18, 2026
Gwalior, Oct 18 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday expressed deep
Kolkata stampede: Role of traffic guards at Chorbagan Durga Puja under scanner, says CM Suvendu
October 18, 2026
Kolkata, Oct 18 West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday brought under the investigation scanner temporary home guards deployed
We work more, but publicise less: Gadkari to BJP workers
October 18, 2026
Nagpur, Oct 18 Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday told BJP workers to be proactive in publicising the work done
Regional News
Two open fire at man in Mumbai’s Wadala, held within an hour
October 18, 2026
IAF helicopter rescues 12 in wake of flooding in Chhattisgarh
October 17, 2026
Business News
FSSAI asks food business operators to ensure temperature-controlled transport for all perishables
October 18, 2026
New Delhi, Oct 18 Food regulator FSSAI has asked food business operators (FBOs) to transport perishable items under controlled-temperature conditions
Ex-IMF Director KV Subramanian dismisses Pakistan’s global financial leadership claim
October 18, 2026
New Delhi, Oct 18 India’s former executive director at the International Monetary Fund, Krishnamurthy V Subramanian, on Sunday dismissed Pakistan’s
India bars sugar-based ethanol in 2026-27 tender, cuts maize incentive
October 18, 2026
New Delhi, Oct 18 State-run oil marketing companies have barred ethanol made from sugarcane juice, sugar syrup and B-heavy molasses
Vance defends ‘indentured servants’ remark on H-1B workers, admits ‘rhetoric’ has been ‘imperfect’
October 18, 2026
Washington, Oct 18 US Vice President J D Vance has admitted that his rhetoric has been “imperfect” when he referred
Sports
Bahadur bats for more women golfers, calls golf an ‘equaliser’
October 18, 2026
Entertainment
Deva, who crafted ‘Tamil gana,’ gave mesmerising hits, dies
October 17, 2026
