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An isolation ward has been set up in the civil hospital for treatment of those injured. Morbi: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel visited Morbi city in the state on Sunday night and took stock of the ongoing rescue operation after a newly-restored suspension bridge over Machchhu river collapsed in the evening, killing at least 90 people. After reaching Morbi, Mr Patel along with Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi, reached the river bank and took details about the ongoing rescue operation from the officials a state government release said. Mr Patel and Mr Sanghavi then reached the Morbi Civil Hospital to meet the injured victims of the mishap. During the visit, survivors narrated their ordeal to the chief minister. Earlier, the state government announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the families of the victims and Rs 50,000 for the injured, the release added. An isolation ward has been set up in the civil hospital for treatment of those injured in the bridge collap

Four people were charred to death, while 18 others were hospitalised. Aizawl: At least 4 people were killed and 18 others injured when a petrol tanker caught fire and exploded in Mizoram's Aizawl district on Saturday evening, police said. The incident occurred at Tuirial village, about 18 kilometres east of the state capital, at around 6 pm when the tanker was going to Champhai. The tanker caught fire when locals tried to collect petrol oozing out of the tanker due to some reason. Four people were charred to death, while 18 others were hospitalised with burn injuries. The condition of five of them was critical, the police said.  (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) Featured Video Of The Day Adblock test (Why?) from NDTV News- Special https://ift.tt/PvAJFlw https://ift.tt/x5i2eKl via IFTTT

The victim, a Class 11 student, was riding her bicycle to school in Umri when she went missing. Bhind: A 17-year-old girl was raped and strangled to death by her relative, who is a minor, in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district, police said on Saturday. The police apprehended the accused on Saturday for the crime that took place on October 19, an official said. The victim, a Class 11 student, was riding her bicycle to school in Umri when she went missing, Superintendent of Police (SP) Shailendra Singh said. The decomposed body of the girl was recovered four days later in a field and her school bag was found nearby. Villagers had staged a protest and blocked a road after the death came to light, he said. Following a probe, the police zeroed in on the girl's 17-year-old relative who lived in the same neighbourhood, the official said. During the interrogation, the accused had tried to mislead the police, but later admitted to the crime and informed that he took the girl to th

Elon Musk has tweeted that Twitter will instate a 'Content Moderation Council' comprised of people with 'widely diverse viewpoints'. One of the key functions of this council will be to consider unblocking the accounts of people who have been permanently suspended. No major decisions about content moderation or reinstating blocked accounts will be made without without that council, according to Musk's tweet. This suggests that the rumoured unblocking of controversial users, potentially including former US President Donald Trump, will not happen all of a sudden and might not happen at all. Musk has previously indicated that he considers account bans contrary to a commitment to free speech, and he envisions Twitter as a digital "public square".   Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints. No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Octobe

On May 25, district court Judge had ordered the transfer of the suit to a fast-track court. Varanasi:  A fast-track court hearing a plea seeking permission to allow worship of the "shivling" claimed to have been found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex here will pronounce its verdict on November 8. Advocate Anupam Dwivedi, appearing for the Hindu side, said that the fast-track court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) Mahendra Pandey heard the arguments of both sides and reserved its order on the suit till November 8. On May 24, plaintiff Kiran Singh, who is general secretary of Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh, had filed the suit in the Varanasi district court seeking a ban on the entry of Muslims into the Gyanvapi complex, handing over the complex to the Sanatan Sangh and permission to offer prayers at the "shivling". On May 25, district court Judge A K Vishvesh ordered the transfer of the suit to a fast-track court. In this suit, Varanasi district magistrate, police

Qatar's World Cup organisers on Thursday hit back at criticism of the Gulf state's rights record by the Australian football team, insisting that "no country is perfect". In response to the Australian call for better treatment of migrant workers and the LGBTQ community, a World Cup spokesperson said imposing "robust" labour laws had also been a "challenge" for Australia. "We have committed every effort to ensuring that this World Cup has had a transformative impact on improving lives," the organisers' Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy said. "Protecting the health, safety, security, and dignity of every worker contributing to this World Cup is our priority." Sixteen members of Australia's football men's team appeared in a short video on Thursday explaining their position. They acknowledged Qatar's attempts to improve conditions for migrant workers but said the changes had been "inconsistent".

Musk's on-again, off-again acquisition of the influential website appeared to be entering its final phase New York: Closing in on his Twitter megadeal, Elon Musk said Thursday his goal is to enable "healthy" debate of ideas and counter the tendency of social media to splinter into partisan "echo chambers." The billionaire entrepreneur pursued the deal "because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence," Musk tweeted on the eve of a court-imposed deadline to finalize the $44 billion purchase. The Tesla boss's on-again, off-again acquisition of the influential website appeared to be entering its final phase after Delaware Judge Kathaleen McCormick paused litigation on October 6 on a Twitter suit against Musk after he previously walked away from the deal. Since then Musk has reportedly been lining up financi

Priyanka Chopra with brother Siddharth. (courtesy: priyankachopra) New Delhi: Priyanka Chopra, after delighting her fans with stunning pictures from her Diwali celebrations with family in Los Angeles, shared a Bhai Dooj greeting for her brother and entrepreneur Siddharth Chopra. On her Instagram story, the actress shared a picture of Siddharth with his pet pooch and she captioned it: "Happy Bhai Dooj Siddharth Chopra. Keep smiling always." Earlier on Thursday, she posted pictures from Diwali festivities along with mom Madhu Chopra, husband Nick Jonas and daughter Malti Marie. In her Diwali post too, Priyanka Chopra tagged her brother Siddharth and wrote, "Missed you." Here's what Priyanka Chopra posted on Bhai Dooj: Screenshot of Priyanka Chopra's Instagram story. Sharing pictures from her Diwali album, she wrote: "Love, peace and prosperity to all. From a heart truly laden with gratitude, I wish you all a Happy Diwali. Sorry I'm a little

Her family is in shock, unable to digest that she could have been saved. Kanpur: In a bizarre and deeply disturbing incident from Uttar Pradesh, a man filmed his wife attempting to hang herself and showed the video to her family after her death by suicide. Sanjay and Shobita Gupta had been married for four years. A mobile phone video, apparently taken by Sanjay Gupta, shows Shobita, with a noose around her neck, trying to hang herself from the fan over her bed. Sanjay Gupta makes no attempt to stop her at any point, even when she seems to be on the brink. He is heard saying: "Great. This is your mindset. You have a very poor mindset." Shobita takes off the noose and glares at him. It is not known what went down next. Shobita's father Raj Kishore Gupta says he received a call from his son-in-law on Tuesday that she had died by suicide. Her family rushed to her home to see her body lying on the bed and Sanjay Gupta apparently giving her CPR. Sanjay Gupta showed

Rishi Sunak said, "I told the truth for the good of the country." London: Britain on Wednesday saw the outlines of the next no-holds-barred general election campaign, after multimillionaire Rishi Sunak took office as the third prime minister of the year. Sunak gave as good as he got from the opposition Labour party at his first session of "Prime Minister's Questions" -- delighting his Conservative backbenchers after the turmoil of recent weeks. First Boris Johnson was forced out, after one scandal too many. Then the MPs voted for Sunak against Liz Truss as leader, only for the party's largely white, wealthy and southern English members to overrule them. "The only time he ran in a competitive election, he got trounced by the former prime minister, who herself got beaten by a lettuce," Labour leader Keir Starmer mocked Sunak in a febrile House of Commons. Truss suffered a political demise so rapid that a celebrity lettuce outlasted her in an

The 4 men even threatened to kill NSG commando before fleeing the spot, police said. (Representational) Gurgaon: An NSG commando was allegedly assaulted by four men over a minor scuffle here, police said on Tuesday. A case has been lodged at the Kherki Daula police station, they said, adding that one of the accused has been arrested. According to complainant Chunnu Ansari, a native of Uttar Pradesh and posted at the National Security Guard (NSG) centre in Manesar, he had gone to a popular fast food outlet in sector 80 to get some food packed on Monday evening. As he came out of the outlet at around 6 pm, there was a car blocking the road with four men inside it, Mr Ansari said in his complaint. The occupants of the car were allegedly under the influence of alcohol, he said. As Mr Ansari asked the men to move their car, they verbally abused him and then beat him up, the complainant alleged. The four men even threatened to kill the NSG commando before fleeing the spot, accordi

Rishi Sunak as the United Kingdom's Prime Minister is "pretty astounding", Joe Biden said. Washington: The election of Indian-origin Rishi Sunak as the United Kingdom's Prime Minister is "pretty astounding" and a "ground-breaking milestone", United States President Joe Biden has said. In his remarks at the White House Diwali celebration on Monday, the president said the festival of lights is a reminder that each of us had the power to dispel darkness and bring light to the world. "It's a choice. And we make that choice every day. It's true in our lives and in the life of this nation, especially in the life of a democracy, whether here in America or for the families back in India marking 75 years of independence," he said. "And whether it's the United Kingdom, where just today we've got the news that Rishi Sunak is now the Prime Minister," Biden said amidst a big cheer from the select guests of more than 2

Delhi's air quality turned "very poor" on Monday after the bursting of firecrackers on Diwali. New Delhi:  A large number of high-decibel firecrackers thundered throughout Diwali night on Monday as people in Delhi flouted the ban imposed on these by the city government. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai last week said bursting firecrackers in the national capital on Diwali will attract a jail term of up to six months and a fine of Rs 200. Despite the legal deterrent in place, people in many parts of the city, including in south and northwest Delhi, started bursting crackers by dusk. High-intensity firecrackers could be heard going off on the ground or mid-air. And, as the night progressed the intensity of firecrackers increased breaching permissible decibel limits, prompting some to wonder "if there was any ban at all". Bursting of firecrackers on Diwali is an age-old tradition, but authorities in Delhi said the decision to restrict it was taken afte

Russia must not use it as a pretext for escalation, NATO said. Brussels: Russia must not escalate the conflict in Ukraine with false claims that Kyiv is planning to unleash a so-called "dirty bomb", the head of NATO warned Monday. Jens Stoltenberg weighed in following Moscow's repeated allegations that Ukraine could deploy such a weapon, sparking fears Russia could use one and blame Kyiv. The head of the US-led military alliance said he had spoken with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace "about Russia's false claim that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb on its own territory." "NATO Allies reject this allegation. Russia must not use it as a pretext for escalation. We remain steadfast in our support for Ukraine," he wrote on Twitter. Moscow has alleged that Ukraine is close to developing a dirty bomb, and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted the threat is real. "This is not empty inform

Arindam Bagchi said the ministry continues to monitor all developments related to this case. (File) New Delhi:  India on Monday described as "very disturbing" the circumstances surrounding the abduction of two Indians in Kenya and the subsequent lack of information in the case.  Indian High Commissioner to Kenya, Namgya Khampa, met Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto and requested him for expediting the investigation into the matter, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. A close aide of the Kenyan President last week claimed the two missing Indians, Mohammad Zaid Sami Kidwai and Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan, have been killed by the disbanded DCI (Directorate of Criminal Investigations) unit, according to a media report. It is learnt that the Kenyan government has not said anything officially on the report. Kidwai and Khan, who were part of the Kenya Kwanza digital campaign team, went missing alongside taxi driver Nicodemus Mwania from Mombasa Road in July. "We h

Donald Trump dismissed the charges and called it as a "political stunt". New York: The trial of Donald Trump's family business on fraud and tax evasion charges began in New York on Monday, with the former US president immediately dismissing it as a political stunt. Manhattan prosecutors have charged the Trump Organization, currently run by Trump's two adult sons, Donald Jr and Eric Trump, with hiding compensation it paid to top executives between 2005 and 2021. Trump, who is not named in the case, slammed the charges as a "witch hunt" by rivals, weeks ahead of congressional elections on November 8. "The highly partisan Democrat Witch Hunt goes on, this time in New York... right during the important Mid-Term Elections, of course," he said on social media. The company faces potential fines of over $1.5 million if found guilty. One of the implicated executives, longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg, has already pleaded guilty to 15 counts of tax fr

His family alleged that he was murdered owing to some old enmity, police said. (Representational) Sultanpur, UP: A 19-year-old Dalit youth was found dead on a railway track on Monday, police said. According to the police, Deepak, the dead youth, was crushed by an incoming goods train in an accident. However, his father, Vijay, has claimed that his son was killed by a couple of men in bad blood. According to Vijay, on Monday morning, Deepak got a call from someone and left the house after receiving it. He was found dead by his father on the railway track in Baghrajpur locality when he was out on a morning walk. According to him, Narendra and Ravindra of Baghrajpur locality had enmity with his son. They had allegedly got a case registered against Deepak, and got him a jail sentence, claimed Vijay, said police. Deepak had come back home on bail in July. Police have sent Deepak's body for a post-mortem examination. Circle Officer (Kotwali city) Raghvendra Chaturvedi said

Earthen lamps were lit up across millions of homes in India to mark Diwali New Delhi: Colourful lights illuminated buildings and earthen lamps dotted houses as people across the country celebrated Diwali with pomp on Monday after two years of muted festivities due to the pandemic. People, dressed in their finest, exchanged sweets and gifts, visited temples and greeted each other. Some restrictions on bursting of firecrackers, particularly in the national capital, however, remained in force. President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the people of the country and hoped the festival will bring happiness, wellbeing and strengthen the spirit of mutual cooperation and harmony. Like previous years, Prime Minister Modi celebrated Diwali with soldiers. This time it was in Kargil. Addressing the soldiers, he said India is against war, but also underscored the need for strength to ensure peace and asserted that its growing power b

Apple has increased the prices of some of its subscription services including the popular Apple Music and Apple TV+ around the world, including in the US and UK. However, users in India will not have to spend more than they are currently used to. According to Apple, the changes were necessary because of licensing price increases and the overall size of its content catalogues. An Apple statement has been reported by 9to5mac.com, and indicates that artistes and content creators can expect to earn more per stream as a result of this change. The company recently announced that Apple Music has amassed over 100 million tracks available to stream. In India, Apple Music will continue to cost Rs. 99 per month for individual users and Rs. 149 for a family with up to six members. The Student tier costs Rs. 59 per month if you can show valid identification, and the voice-only plan which only lets you stream tracks and curated radio stations with Siri voice commands, costs Rs. 49 per month. The p

New Delhi: Akshata Murty, the Indian wife of Britain's next Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, is fabulously rich thanks to her billionaire father, a fortune that is attracting controversy as ordinary people reel from a cost-of-living crisis. Sunak's father-in-law, N.R. Narayana Murthy, 76, co-founded tech giant Infosys in 1981. The outsourcing behemoth now worth around $75 billion helped drive India's transformation into the "back office of the world". One of only two non-Americans in Fortune magazine's 2012 list of the "12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time", the Infosys chief's life-changing moment came in 1974 when he was locked up for four nights in communist Eastern Europe. "That cured me from being a confused leftist to a determined compassionate capitalist," Narayana said afterwards. Sunak's mother-in-law Sudha meanwhile was Tata Motors' first female engineer after famously complaining via a postcard to the chairman abo

Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022 Indian startup founders have increased their philanthropic contribution by around two times, according to the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022. Three startup entrepreneurs have made it to the list. These include Zerodha's Nithin and Nikhil Kamath, Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, and Ronnie and Zarina Screwvala of the Unilazer group. Last year, five startup founders were part of the list. The three collectively gave Rs 166 crore in philanthropy in the financial year 2022, roughly doubling their contribution of Rs 83 crore in the previous year. Nikhil Kamath and Nithin Kamath increased their donation by 300 per cent to Rs 100 crore. Nikhil Kamath is also the youngest philanthropist in this year's Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List. On the other hand, Binny Bansal contributed Rs 37 crore through his company 3 State Ventures, increasing the donation by 174 per cent. According to the report, startup entrepreneurs

File photo of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma Virat Kohli helped India edge past Pakistan by four wickets in a last-ball thriller at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. The batting maestro scored an unbeaten 82 off 53 balls to guide India to a win in the nail-biting Super-12 game of the ongoing T20 World Cup. Chasing 160 runs against Pakistan, India were on the brink of losing the game after being reduced to 31 for 4 in 6.1 overs, but Kohli's magical knock kept them in the hunt till the last ball of the match and the side eventually won the thriller to get off to a winning start at the T20 extravaganza. "You beauty!! You freaking beauty!! You have brought sooooo much joy in peoples lives tonight and that too on the eve of Diwali! "You are a wonderful wonderful man my love. Your grit, determination and belief is mind boggling !! I have just watched the best match of my life I can say and although our daughter is too small to understand why her mother was dancing

COVID-19 Live Updates: India reported 4 new Covid-related deaths in the last 24 horus. India reported 2,112 new infections raising the COVID-19 tally to 4,46,40,748, while the number of active cases declined to 24,043, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death count has climbed to 5,28,957 with four fatalities which includes three deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.76 per cent, the health ministry said. Here are the live updates on coronavirus cases in India: Adblock test (Why?) from NDTV News- Special https://ift.tt/WheMg5o https://ift.tt/RB1Zcbu via IFTTT

The proposed changes would lift maximum penalties for serious data breaches. (Representational) Canberra: Australia will introduce laws to parliament to increase penalties for companies subject to major data breaches, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said, after high-profile cyberattacks hit millions of Australians in recent weeks. Australia's telco, financial and government sectors have been on high alert since Singtel-owned Optus, the country's second-largest telco, disclosed on Sept. 22 a hack that saw the theft of personal data from up to 10 million accounts. That attack was followed this month by a data breach at health insurer Medibank Private, which covers one-sixth of Australians, resulting in personal information of 100 customers being stolen, including medical diagnoses and procedures, as part of a theft of 200 gigabytes of data. Dreyfus, in an official statement issued on Saturday, said the government would next week move to "significantly increase penaltie

Other rallies in support of the protesters were also held Saturday in Berlin and Tokyo. (File) Washington: Thousands of people, including many of Iranian origin, marched Saturday in Washington to show support for nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini last month. They chanted slogans such as "Women, life, freedom" and "Justice for Iran" as they walked from the National Mall -- the vast green expanse that is home to the Washington Monument -- to the White House. Siamak Aram, one of the organizers, said attendance would surpass 10,000 by the end of the procession and that this was the fifth such rally in Washington, in solidarity with women-led protests in Iran that are now in their sixth week. "I believe this is the biggest one," Aram told AFP. Some of the protesters came from other cities such as a 28-year-old woman from Boston who gave her name only as Mahshid and wore a T-shirt that read "Help free Iran." &quo

The court will consider the matter again on October 31 Image credit: File Photo Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday prevented Governor Arif Mohammed Khan from appointing new members to the senate of Kerala University to replace 15 Senate members removed by him in his capacity as the chancellor of universities two days ago. Considering a plea filed by the ousted senate members challenging the Governor's action, the high court also sought explanation from the Raj Bhavan and directed it to produce all documents related to the matter. The court will consider the matter again on October 31. ALSO READ | Kerala University Senate Members Removal: Action On Governor Arif Mohammed Khan Ruled Out In their plea, the ousted senate members sought to quash the notification issued by the Governor, as the chancellor of universities in the state, contending that it was an illegal order. The notification was issued as his October 15 direction to the Vice Chancellor of Kerala University to

The film's craze has spread to Japan following its release on October 21 in the country. There are several songs that were chartbusters this year, not just in India but around the world. Among them is RRR's Naatu Naatu . The film's craze has spread to Japan following its release on October 21 in the country. A video has surfaced on the internet that shows Mayo, a popular Japanese YouTuber showing her dancing skills by recreating the iconic steps of the song. The video was posted by the actor and YouTuber on Twitter on Thursday. While sharing the post, she wrote, "After the interview with @AlwaysRamCharan @tarak9999 @ssrajamouli, for RRR release in Japan, we got so excited and made another video on the way back home. Thank you @kaketaku85 for always having my back!" After the interview with @AlwaysRamCharan@tarak9999@ssrajamouli, for #RRR release in Japan, we got so excited and made another video on the way back home😂@RRRMovie@RRR_twinmovie #NaatuNaatu#RR