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AI videos of mosque being razed mobilised crowd, led to Ujjain clashes: Cops

According to police, AI-generated videos falsely showing the entire Shahi Masjid being demolished fuelled rumours and helped mobilise a crowd in Ujjain. The videos circulated widely online, with over 100 Instagram accounts under scrutiny and 5 of the 20 people named in FIRs being content creators. AI-generated videos falsely showing the demolition of the Shahi

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Eknath Shinde, Uddhav Thackeray acquitted in 17-year-old defamation case

After a 17-year-long trial, the court found that the prosecution failed to establish what was displayed at the Shiv Sena leaders’ rally and subsequently acquitted them in the NCP leader’s case. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and former MP Anand Paranjpe have been acquitted by a court in

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BRICS can help Global South build resilience beyond supply chains: China Daily ahead of Xi-Modi meeting

BRICS Summit: Chinese President XI Jinping is landing in New Delhi to take part in BRICS Summit 2026 in New Delhi today. This will be Xi’s first visit to India in nearly seven years. Xi will hold bilateral talks with PM Modi in the evening. BRICS Summit: The 18th BRICS Summit kicks off in New

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India’s cleanest Indore loses top spot by 1 point to this UP city in clean air survey

The rankings were announced at the fifth edition of the Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan Awards on Monday. Indore, India’s cleanest city, failed to retain the top spot and took the second place in the 2026 Clean Air Survey, with local authorities citing an increase in PM10 for the slip.Following the survey, the city administration announced enhanced

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‘Barred’ from temples, an Ahmedabad community strives to keep a sacred art form alive, 9 generations later

‘Mata ni Pachhedi’ is a ritual textile painted with Goddess Durga as the central theme. Mastered by the Chitaras, a community of Devipujaks (earlier called Vaghri), it started as a form of protest over 300 years ago, when the community was not allowed inside certain temples. The community largely resides in and around Ahmedabad By Kalindi

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Navy Chief Krishna Swaminathan: INS Nipun will enhance our critical underwater capabilities

INS Nipun is the second Diving Support Vessel (DSV) of the Nistar Class and is a strong addition to the Navy’s deep-sea diving and underwater support capabilities. INS Nipun will significantly enhance the Navy’s niche underwater capabilities required for multi-domain operations, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan said on Monday. He emphasised that this

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2 injured in gurdwara stabbing in Canada’s Edmonton; PM Carney calls attack ‘appalling’

The attack comes a week after police confirmed that they were looking into threat calls made to two Sikh gurdwaras in Calgary. Two people were injured in a stabbing attack at a gurdwara in Edmonton, Canada. The accused has been arrested but is yet to be identified.The knife attack took place at Nanaksar Gurdwara around 5

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Vijay’s delimitation stand sparks row in Tamil Nadu, Opposition accuses him of ‘U-turn’

The chief minister did not repeat the resolution passed in the assembly on August 12 which demanded permanent freezing of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday sought a “clear legislative assurance” from the Centre that southern states would not lose their share of seats in Parliament because

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Going Overboard’: Rs 5 Lakh Fine On Maharashtra Food Body For Not Restoring Pune Shop’s License

The bench, while permitting the shop to reopen its business, ordered the department to pay the owners Rs 5 lakh compensationwithin a month. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra FDA to pay Rs 5 lakh compensationto a Pune-based sweets shop for keeping its license suspended despite a 98 per cent compliance report

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Exclusive: For 4 Seconds, Air India Phuket-Delhi Plane Had No Flight Controls

The autopilot system of the airliner then disconnected, and the co-pilot who was flying at the time pushed his control stick forward after the aircraft’s systems are believed to have generated stall warnings in the cockpit. New Delhi: Airbus’s initial reading of the Digital Flight Data Recorder (black box) of the A-320 jetliner, which violently

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