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Were Delhi’s mass detentions legal? Former SC judge and lawyers question grounds as Supreme Court takes up the issue
Prohibitory orders covered only the New Delhi district, yet protesters were picked up across the capital and in Gurugram. Legal experts say people held must be told why, whatever the police call it.
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Trump says Ukraine needs a ‘new president’ a day after striking a diesel deal with Putin
The US President blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for failing to end the war and warned Kyiv to stop hitting Russian refineries. Ukraine’s foreign minister said…
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Ganga water to stop for weeks in Noida and Ghaziabad as Upper Ganga Canal shuts for desilting from October 21
More than 20 lakh residents who rely on Ganga water face a festive-season squeeze. Both cities are lining up borewells, Ranney wells and tankers…
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India rejects UN rights office’s concern over Delhi protest detentions as ‘misplaced’ interference
The UN Human Rights Office urged the release of those held ‘arbitrarily’ during the anti-CEC protests. Within hours, India’s mission in Geneva said courts…
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Nine dead, including two children, in mass shooting at a home in Erie, Pennsylvania
The gunman, who barricaded himself inside the house during a police standoff, is among the dead. The city’s police chief called it the worst…
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CAQM readies 80-90 drones to catch evening farm fires in Punjab that satellites miss
With the paddy harvest under way, the air quality panel reviewed anti-burning measures in Amritsar and Tarn Taran, two of Punjab’s worst stubble-burning hotspots,…
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CJP calls fresh ‘Chalo Jantar Mantar’ march for Sunday 10 am; Delhi Police keep curbs, traffic diversions from 6 am
Metro gates have reopened after Saturday’s 45-station shutdown, but police say Sunday’s deployment will match Saturday’s, with Metro and train measures depending on the…
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India-US trade pact will be finalised in light of ‘changed circumstances’, says Piyush Goyal
The commerce minister said the interim deal framework agreed in February is being revisited, while talks with Mexico open next week and negotiations with…
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Eritrea asks UN Security Council to act against Ethiopia as Tigray conflict edges towards open war
Asmara wants the Council to invoke Chapter VII powers after Addis Ababa accused it of an ‘all-out invasion’ of Tigray, with Eritrean troops reportedly…
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Supreme Court to sit on Sunday over Delhi protest detentions and transit shutdown as UN voices concern
A special Bench will hear a habeas corpus plea on the preventive detention of Opposition leaders and a contempt petition alleging the authorities ignored…
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Russian glide bombs flatten apartment blocks in Zaporizhzhia, killing at least 15 including three children
Rescuers were still searching the rubble for the missing as Zelensky linked the strike to a US deal easing curbs on Russian diesel, calling…
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Delhi court throws out Deputy CM Parvesh Verma’s defamation complaint against AAP’s Saurabh Bhardwaj
The Rouse Avenue court said Bhardwaj’s social media posts were framed as questions to the government, not attacks meant to damage Verma’s reputation, and…
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Over 5,000 detained as Delhi Police block protest against Chief Election Commissioner
Former chief ministers Mamata Banerjee and Pinarayi Vijayan were among those held as the capital was placed under heavy restrictions. The Supreme Court will…