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NATION:
- Rubio meets Adani, Tata chiefs before heading to Jamnagar for Reliance refinery visit
Mumbai: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran in Mumbai on Wednesday morning before heading to Jamnagar in Gujarat to visit Reliance Industries' giant oil-refining complex, the world's largest single-site refinery, along with Vantara and giga factories being developed by the conglomerate. - Modi govt has no moral right to remain in power: Cong flags 'lapses' in PM-DAKSH scheme
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday attacked the Modi government over alleged "lapses" in its PM-DAKSH initiative to provide skill training to eligible individuals, saying a government that cannot even implement a scheme effectively has no moral right to remain in power. - 'Vote Chor, Paper Chor Sarkaar must go': Cong slams govt on CBSE OSM row
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday attacked the government over the CBSE on-screen marking row, saying the "vote chor, paper chor sarkaar" must go. - CBI registers FIR into anti-drug activist's murder in Punjab; Autopsy to be done at PGIMER
New Delhi: The CBI has taken over the investigation into the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab's Mansa, with a team of experts reaching the state to examine all angles of the killing, officials said on Wednesday. - Manipur crisis political, not security issue, says Kuki-Zo Women's forum, seeks President's Rule
New Delhi: Demanding the reimposition of President's Rule in Manipur, the Kuki-Zo Women's Forum on Wednesday said the state's crisis is political and cannot be resolved merely by deploying more security forces. - Polls in 5 states: EC team in Manipur to review preparedness
New Delhi: A team of senior Election Commission officials is in Manipur to oversee preparations for the upcoming assembly polls. - GRAP-1 curbs imposed in Delhi-NCR as air quality slips into 'poor' category
New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Wednesday imposed stage one measures in Delhi-NCR under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as air quality slipped into the 'poor' category. - CMRL bribery case: SC stays for a week probe against ex-Keralam CM Vijayan, others
New Delhi: In temporary relief to former Keralam chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the investigation for a week against him, his daughter, and her husband in the alleged Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) bribery case. - SBI probes suspected dark web exposure of 3,897 customer records, no impact on business continuity
New Delhi: The country's largest bank, SBI, on Wednesday said it is investigating a suspected dark web exposure of 3,897 customer records containing personally identifiable information, after receiving alerts on October 16 from its threat intelligence service provider, the Defense Cyber Agency, and CERT-In.
WORLD
- India, US trade deal to be much different: Trump
Washington: The US and India are "pretty close" to a trade deal, which will differ significantly from earlier pacts, US President Donald Trump said here. By Sagar Kulkarni
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Published: 21 Oct 2026, 06:35 pm IST
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