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New Delhi: AAP leader Atishi officially took charge as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi today, following the resignation of Arvind Kejriwal. Drawing a symbolic comparison to the Hindu epic Ramayana, Atishi said, “My situation is like that of Bharat, when Lord Shri Rama went into exile, and Bharat had to govern in his absence.” Atishi, 43, vowed to run the government for the next four months until the upcoming elections, just as “Bharat ruled with Lord Ram’s ‘khadaun’ (sandals) on the throne”. After assuming office, Atishi placed an empty chair next to hers, in a symbolic gesture towards her…

NEW YORK: In a key development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held another bilateral meeting with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, this time in New York. This was the third meeting between the two leaders in the last four months amidst the Russia-Ukraine war that is ongoing since 2022. Significantly, Modi also met Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas in New York a day earlier. The key meeting in New York between Modi and Zelenskyy was the prime minister’s last engagement on the three-day tour and came as a surprise to many. India said the Ukrainian side had requested the meeting. Modi’s…

At least 492 people were killed and more than 1,000 wounded, including women and children, as Israel launched fresh airstrikes in Southern Lebanon on Monday in one of the deadliest attacks since 2006. The Israel military warned the southern and eastern Lebanon citizens to evacuate ahead of its widening air campaign on Hezbollah positions in the country. Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed that the Israeli strikes killed 492 people, including 35 children and 58 women, and wounded over 1,000 people in a staggering one-day toll for the country still recovering from the fatal attack on communication devices last week. The Lebanese…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Stating government is Gaondongrim ignoring villagers and doing injustice to the village Anganwadis, village sarpanch Dhillon alias Yeshtwant Dessa has threatened to sit on an indefinite hunger strike, till the agriculture department distributes all the materials obtained under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) to the village Anganwadi. In a decision likely to be finalized in the upcoming panchayat body meeting, all the panch members will sit on a chain-hunger strike and Sarpanch of Gaondongrim Sarpanch Dhillon (Yeshwant) Dessai will sit on an indefinite hunger strike till the materials obtained under Water conservation Initiative of PMKSY is…

Hyderabad: The row over the alleged use of animal fat in Tirupati laddoos may have sparked a massive political row in Andhra Pradesh, but it has not hit the sale of this prized prasad at Sri Venkateshwara Temple, which draws over 60,000 pilgrims daily. According to the temple administration, over 14 lakh Tirupati laddoos have been sold over four days. A total of 3.59 lakh laddoos were sold on September 19, 3.17 lakh on September 20, 3.67 lakh on September 21, and 3.60 lakh on September 22. The sales figures match their average of 3.50 lakh laddoos daily. When NDTV…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Margao police have registered an offence against Aslam Bepari and his family members for alleged involvement in the illegal business of slaughtering cows/bulls. Police have registered an offence against the accused person Aslam Bepari and his family members, all residents of Sirvodem, near Quba Masjid, Khareband, Margao. The police stated that the accused were found in illegal possession of two bulls and allegedly involved in the illegal business of slaughtering cows/bulls, which are scheduled animals, thereby committing mischief by slaughtering cows for preparation of cow fat for sale in an illegal slaughterhouse in the residential house, thereby…

New Delhi: Akshay Shinde, accused of sexually abusing two minor girls at a school in Maharashtra’s Badlapur, died in retaliatory firing by police after he snatched a cop’s gun and opened fire. The incident happened on September 23, while Shinde, who worked as a sweeper at the school, was being taken to Badlapur from Taloja jail for investigations in the case. Gunshots were heard in the vicinity as the police vehicle approached the Mumbra bypass. Shinde was admitted to a hospital in Thane’s Kalwa, where he succumbed to his injuries. An assistant police inspector, who was injured in the firing…