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President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday greeted citizens on New Year's Eve and urged everyone to take "our society and nation" further on the path of unity and excellence. The coming of the new year marks the beginning of new hopes, dreams and aspirations, she said in a message. The occasion provides an opportunity to march forward with renewed vigour to fulfil "our wishes", Murmu said. "Let us welcome the new year with joy and enthusiasm and take our society and nation further on the path of unity and excellence," she said. The president extended her "heartiest greetings and best wishes to all Indians, living in India and abroad".
December power demand in Delhi crosses 5,000 MW for first time, reports PTI.
Output growth of eight core sectors slows down to 4.3 per cent in November against 7.9 per cent in the same month last year, according to govt data.
The Telangana High Court has paused KT Rama Rao's arrest till a decision has been taken on his petition in alleged Formula E racing scam.
Appealing to all sections to "forgive and forget" the past, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday apologised to the people of the state for the ethnic violence that has been occurring since May 2023.
The Punjab government told the Supreme Court that an application has been moved seeking three days more time for compliance of the court's December 20 order, on shifting of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been fasting for past 35 days over various demands, to hospital.
India is extending all possible help to explore relevant options in the case of Nimisha Priya, a nurse hailing from Kerala, who has been reportedly given capital punishment for allegedly murdering a Yemeni citizen, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Tuesday.
A US court has upheld a jury's finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The columnist had testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack after they playfully entered the store’s dressing room. The federal appeals court issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted to E Jean Carroll for defamation and sexual abuse.
Isro Chairman S Somanath has announced that the space organisation is aiming to achieve a significant milestone with a Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle mission scheduled in January set to become the 100th launch from the Sriharikota spaceport.
"So, all of you have seen the majestic lift-off and the launch of the SpaDeX (Space Docking Experiment) rocket, and for us, this is the 99th launch of any vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Centre so, that is also a very important number. So, we are going for the 100th launch at the beginning of the next year", he said.
Six people were shot at a New York City convenience store, including a 12-year-old girl and her mother, as one of the intended targets used the woman as a shield, police said. The mother ended up shot in the stomach while the person who grabbed her went unscathed, police interim Chief of Department John Chell said. There was no immediate information on the condition of those wounded in what Chell called a brazen and heartless attack on innocent New Yorkers and cowardly intended victims.
Police believe the two shooters were aiming for people in a group standing outside the store on White Plains Road, a commercial thoroughfare in the Bronx,
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