News updates: There will be no tinkering with the current reservation system, says Amit Shah

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Modi govt firm that there will be no tinkering with the current reservation system in country, says Amit Shah.  Officials from the Haryana police  fired teargas shells and used a water cannon to disperse a group of protesting farmers from heading towards Delhi at the Shambhu border point on Saturday. A few farmers who were injured and taken to a nearby hospital in ambulances stationed at the protest site, officials said.

  President Yoon Suk Yeol has been impeached by South Korea's lawmakers over his decision to briefly institute martial law.  Veteran BJP leader and former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani fell ill on the morning of December 14 and was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Delhi. He is currently being observed by doctors.    A former Artificial Intelligence (AI) researcher at OpenAI was found dead in his San Francisco apartment.  Twenty-six-year-old Suchir Balaji worked for OpenAI from November 2020 to August 2024. "No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation," Officer Robert Rueca, a spokesperson with the San Francisco Police Department, said.   A Delhi school received a bomb threat on Saturday, officials said, marking the third instance of threat emails being sent to schools in the national capital this week. The fire department, local police, dog squads and bomb detection teams reached the school and launched a search operation, the official said. 

  Popular actor Allu Arjun was taken into custody on Friday in connection with a stampede that took during the premiere of his film Pushpa 2 at Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad on December 4, which resulted in the death of a 39-year-old woman. Arjun was released on Saturday morning from the jail where he spent the night after being arrested in connection with the death of a woman in a stampede here during the premiere of his latest film. Arjun had to spend Friday night in prison despite the Telangana High Court granting him bail as the authorities had not received a copy of the bail order until late last night. "He has been released," Ashok Reddy, his counsel, told reporters at the Chanchalguda prison. 

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Modi govt firm that there will be no tinkering with the current reservation system in country, says Amit Shah

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Bengal students doing better in civil services exams, they'll lead Indian bureaucracy again: Mamata

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Cong and BJP should stop invoking Savarkar, Nehru for their politics: Aaditya Thackeray

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Six Indians lured into illegal jobs in Myanmar rescued

Six Indian nationals, who were victims of a fake job scam in Myanmar's Myawaddy, have been rescued, the Indian embassy in Yangon said on Saturday. One hundred and one Indians have been repatriated to India since July, it said once again urging those looking for jobs in Myanmar to be careful so that they are not lured into fake or illegal employment.

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Elon Musk congratulates D Gukesh on winning FIDE World Championship

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk on Saturday congratulated India's newly-crowned International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Champion, Gukesh Dommaraju.

 

Gukesh made history on Thursday by becoming the youngest champion in the sport's history, defeating China's Ding Liren in the final game of their FIDE World Championship match.

 

On Friday, Gukesh received his FIDE World Championship trophy following his remarkable triumph.

 

"Congratulations!" Musk wrote on X in response to Gukesh's post.

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5.7 acres of illegal poppy plantation destroyed in Churachandpur: Manipur CM

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday said that 5.7 acres of illegal poppy plantation was destroyed in Churachandpur district.

 

Singh lauded the state police, Assam Rifles and the forest department for the joint drive in Thinghangjang area.

 

In a post on X, Singh said, "Well done, combined team of Churachandpur Police, 36 AR, CCPur Forest Division, and NAB for their successful operation in the Thinghangjang area under Tuibuong Sub-division. The destruction of approximately 5.7 acres of illicit cultivation is a commendable achievement."

 

"Let us continue to approach future operations with the same zeal and determination," the CM added.

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Pakistan reports 4 new polio cases, year's tally rises to 63

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Ex-soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili becomes Georgia's president as the ruling party consolidates power.

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Junior doctors, Left, Cong bring out protest rallies in Kolkata after suspects in RG Kar case get bail

A day after two key suspects in the rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar hospital got bail, the Left parties and the Congress on Saturday took out protest rallies at various locations in Kolkata, alleging that the CBI has "failed" to deliver justice in the case. They also alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal and the BJP-led Centre have a "tacit understanding".

 

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Cong needs to critically examine its strike rate, learn lessons for future elections: J-K CM Abdullah

INDIA bloc's existence can't just be about six months before Parliament elections, need regular interactions, Omar Abdullah said. 

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News update: Ex-football player Mikheil Kavelashvili becomes Georgia's president

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IndiGo plane makes emergency landing in Karachi; later flies back to Delhi

A Jeddah-bound IndiGo plane was diverted to the Karachi airport on Saturday due to a medical emergency on board and later flew back to Delhi. The aircraft was in the Pakistani airspace when a male passenger fell seriously ill, following which the plane made an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. According to Geo News, the passenger was a 55-year-old Indian man. The flight's pilot contacted the air traffic control at the Karachi airport after the passenger did not get better even after he was given oxygen.

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No ifs and buts, you said J-K will be back as full state; so that has to be done now: J-K CM Omar Abdullah

Ultimately, Prime Minister and Home Minister have to sit down and decide,  Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah said on the statehood restoration issue.

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IndiGo to send planes to bring passengers from Istanbul

IndiGo is sending two planes to Istanbul to bring back passengers stranded in the Turkish capital after their flight to Delhi was cancelled on Friday due to a technical issue. On Thursday, hundreds of IndiGo passengers were stuck at Istanbul airport after their flights to Delhi and Mumbai were delayed. They were stranded for over 24 hours, and many took to social media to complain about the delays and lack of facilities.

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Farmers suspend foot march to Delhi for the day

Protesting farmers on Saturday suspended their foot march to Delhi for the day after some of them suffered injuries in tear gas shelling by Haryana security personnel here along the state's border with Punjab. Farmer leader from Punjab Sarwan Singh Pandher told reporters that the two forums have decided "to call back our 'jatha'". Replying to a question, Pandher said 17-18 farmers have sustained injuries during the Haryana security personnel action. Farmer leader Manjit Singh Rai alleged that rubber bullets were also used by security personnel and one farmer was seriously injured.