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Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by party leaders Kamal Nath, Jaivardhan Singh and Jitu Patwari. Bhopal: Congress's Rahul Gandhi made his offerings today at a second Jyotirlinga in Madhya Pradesh, where he is currently leading the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra. Clad in dhoti, red angvastram and a set of rudraksh , Mr Gandhi performed all the rituals at the Mahakaal temple in Ujjain this evening. He also took the blessings of Jain seer Pragya Sagar Maharaj in Ujjain. He was accompanied by party leaders Kamal Nath, Jaivardhan Singh and Jitu Patwari for the rituals at the sanctum sanctorum and the adjacent "Nandi Griha". On November 23, Mr Gandhi had offered puja at the temple of Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh, where assembly elections are due next year. "This is a country where tapasvis (ascetics) are worshipped. I have been on a tapasya (penance) for the last three months, But that is too small in front of the real tapasvis -- the farmers and workers --

In 1974, India became the first non-Arab nation to recognise the Palestine Liberation Organisation. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reiterated India's "unwavering support to the Palestinian cause" on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, an annual United Nations-organised observance. "On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, I reiterate India's unwavering support to the Palestinian cause," PM Modi said in a statement. "India's ties with the friendly people of Palestine are rooted in our common history. We have always supported the Palestine people in their pursuit of economic and social development with dignity and self reliance," he added. "We are hopeful that direct talks between the Palestinian and Israeli sides will resume to find a comprehensive and negotiated solution." Message of Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi on the occasi

The probe agency NIA said the convicts were trained by Pakistan-based Jaish e-Mohammad. New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday awarded life imprisonment to five terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) for recruiting and training youths for terror activities across the country. Special Judge Shailender Malik awarded the jail term to Sajjad Ahmed Khan, Bilal Ahmed Mir, Muzaffar Ahmed Bhat, Ishfaq Ahmed Bhat and Mehraj-ud-din Chopan after they pleaded guilty in the case. The judge also awarded a five-year jail term to Tanveer Ahmed Ganie in the case. The judge noted that all the convicts were in conspiracy with each other to wage war against India. It said that the convicts were "not only members of JeM but they have been supporting/harbouring terrorists/members of JeM by providing them arms/ammunition, logistic supports and explosives." "The accused were also involved in enticing/ motivating locals of Jammu & Kashmir to go into militancy and arranging funds, etc.

Congress Party denied the claims, calling it a conspiracy by the BJP. (File) Bhopal: BJP leaders on Sunday registered a case against Madhya Pradesh Congress Media Department Head Piyush Babele and IT Head Abhay Tiwari over the 'pro-Pakistan' slogans raised during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh. In the complaint made by the party's state spokesperson Pankaj Chaturvedi and state co-media in-charge Narendra Shivaji Patel to the Crime Branch, it stated that Congress' Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Kamal Nath, and the entire Congress party have organized anti-national-activities-in the country under the guise of Bharat Jodo Yatra. The BJP leaders alleged that slogans of 'Pakistan Zindabad' are being raised in the yatra to disturb the peace of the country. Earlier, on Friday Advocate Ankit Mishra, a Chhattisgarh Congress functionary registered an FIR at Civil Line Police Station, Raipur against Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Lokesh Parashar for sharing a purpor

Russian forces completed their withdrawal from the city of Kherson on Nov 11. (File) At least 32 people in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson have been killed by Russian shelling since pro-Moscow forces pulled out two weeks ago, the head of Ukraine's police said on Saturday. Russian forces completed their withdrawal from the city of Kherson on Nov. 11 after an almost nine-month occupation. They are now positioned on the eastern bank of the Dnipro, from where they have been shelling the city regularly. "Daily Russian shelling is destroying the city and killing peaceful local residents. In all, Russia has killed 32 civilians in the Kherson region since the deoccupation," National Police chief Ihor Klymenko said in a Facebook post. "Many people are evacuating to seek refuge in calmer regions of the country. But many residents remain in their homes, and we need to provide them with the maximum possible security," he continued, saying police were once ag

The Holodomor has long been a source of hostility between Russia and Ukraine. (File) Kyiv: President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Saturday that Ukraine would continue to resist Russian attacks, as the country marked the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor famine that affected millions of Ukrainians under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Several European leaders travelled to Ukraine to pledge support after weeks of Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy grid caused widespread power and water cuts as temperatures plunge with the onset of winter. "Once they wanted to destroy us with hunger, now -- with darkness and cold," Zelensky said in a video posted on social media. But he added: "We cannot be broken." In the meantime -- and despite the war -- Ukraine had sent 12 million tons of food to the world market, including 2.5 million tons to countries suffering food crises of their own, he said. Leaders from Belgium, Lithuania and Poland were in Kyiv on Saturday to comm

Rahul Gandhi offered floral tributes to a statue of Dr Ambedkar. (File) Mhow, Madhya Pradesh: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) want to "finish off" the Constitution discreetly. He was speaking at a rally after his Bharat Jodo Yatra reached Mhow, the birthplace of Dr B R Ambedkar, on Constitution Day. The Congress leader also spoke about the assassinations of late prime minister Indira Gandhi, his grandmother, and his father Rajiv Gandhi, and said he still does not harbour hatred for anyone including his political foes. Without naming the RSS, Gandhi said, "There is an organisation which has not unfurled our beloved Tri-colour of the Constitution at its office for 52 years." "Why? The work which Ambedkar ji and the Congress did jointly, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose ji... (Such) Great personalities gave us the Constitution," he said.

Ukraine had released 50 Russian soldiers who had been captured. Moscow: Russia and Ukraine carried out the latest in a series of prisoner of war exchanges on Thursday, with both sides handing over 50 people, officials in Kyiv and Moscow said. Russia's defence ministry said Ukraine had released 50 Russian soldiers who had been captured. Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, said on Telegram that Ukraine received 48 soldiers and two officers, among them marines, infantrymen, border guards and members of the territorial defence, "We have managed to bring back 19 defenders of Mariupol ... as well as 15 prisoners (of war) from the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and seven from Zmiiny Island," Yermak said. Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-backed head of the part of Ukraine's Donetsk region that is under Russian control, said earlier that a prisoner swap with Kyiv was taking place, involving 50 prisoners on each side. Kyiv and Moscow have so far

It will take Orion about a week to complete half an orbit around the Moon Washington: NASA's Orion spacecraft was placed in lunar orbit Friday, officials said, as the much-delayed Moon mission proceeded successfully. A little over a week after the spacecraft blasted off from Florida bound for the Moon, flight controllers "successfully performed a burn to insert Orion into a distant retrograde orbit," the US space agency said on its web site. LIVE NOW: The @NASA_Orion spacecraft is performing a burn to enter a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon, an orbit that is high altitude from the surface of the Moon and opposite the direction of the Moon travels around Earth. #Artemishttps://t.co/gknxQkBWFc — NASA (@NASA) November 25, 2022 The spacecraft is to take astronauts to the Moon in the coming years -- the first to set foot on its surface since the last Apollo mission in 1972. This first test flight, without a crew on board, aims to ensure that the vehicle is

Twitter has met a Thursday deadline to respond to France's communications regulator about whether the company can meet its legal obligations, a spokesperson for the regulator said. Arcom sent a letter on Monday to Twitter asking if it can meet its legal obligation to guarantee transparent information in spite of steep job cuts at the firm. "Twitter responded to our letter," the spokesperson for Arcom said. "We will analyse their response. The dialogue is continuing." A few days back, it was reported that Twitter's head of French operations, Damien Viel, said he was quitting the social media platform, whose new owner Elon Musk recently fired top executives and enforced steep job cuts at the company. "It's over," Viel tweeted on Sunday, thanking his team in France, which he led for the last seven years. Viel confirmed he was leaving Twitter in a separate message to Reuters. He didn't elaborate on the circumstances of his departure and

The seized opium is worth around Rs 14 crore in the international market. New Delhi: Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) Neemuch, have busted inter-state drug cartels involved in trafficking of illicit Opium from North East India to Rajasthan. The seized opium is worth around Rs 14 crore in the international market. On recieving a tip off, that drug traffickers of Rajasthan were using Trawler trucks having specially built cavities for smuggling huge quantities of illicit opium from North Eastern States to Rajasthan, officers of CBN initiated "Operation Tulip" to bust these inter-state cartels, said a press release. On November 15, 2022, officers of Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN), intercepted an Ashok Leyland Trawler (22-Wheeler) at Rajadhok Toll Plaza, Jaipur-Agra Highway, Jaipur (Raj) and seized 95 packets of Opium weighing 102.910 kg. added the statement. During this operation the drug traffickers tried to escape by ramming the truck into the government vehicle esc

UK launched a probe into the domination of tech giants Apple and Google. (Representational) London: Britain launched Tuesday an in-depth competition probe into the domination of US tech giants Apple and Google of cloud gaming and mobile internet browsers. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regulator will investigate whether consumer choice is limited by the behaviour of the Silicon Valley pair, it said in a statement after an initial study earlier this year. Apple and Google "have an effective duopoly on mobile ecosystems that allows them to exercise a stranglehold over operating systems, app stores and web browsers on mobile devices" to the detriment of competition, it said. An overwhelming 97 percent of all mobile internet browsing in Britain took place using Apple or Google technology in 2021, the CMA added. The watchdog will investigate "the way that Apple and Google dominate the mobile browser market and how Apple restricts cloud gaming through its

Arvind Kejriwal said Satyendra Jain was not receving massage in Tihar jail. New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday refuted the BJP's claims of VIP treatment given to jailed minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain, saying the viral video from inside Tihar jail is of Mr Jain receiving 'physiotherapy' and not 'massage' as alleged by the saffron party. Speaking to reporters in Vadodra on Monday, the AAP national convenor said, "They are calling it a massage and VIP treatment, but it's merely physiotherapy." He further alleged that Home Minister Amit Shah was the one who received VIP treatment in Gujarat. "When Amit Shah was minister here in Gujarat, he received VIP treatment here, no such thing has happened for Jain," he said. Earlier on Saturday, a CCTV video of Mr Jain purportedly receiving a full-body massage in Tihar Jail went viral on social media -- two days after demands to shift the minister fr

Coach Graham Arnold said on Monday he refuses to even mention the word France, let alone any of their players, as outsiders Australia prepare for their World Cup opener against the reigning champions in Qatar. Even without Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema, midfielders Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kante and centre-back Presnel Kimpembe, France are full of global stars, led by Kylian Mbappe. But Arnold doesn't want his players to get overawed by illustrious opponents and has tried to present the French as faceless positions with specific strengths and attributes rather than star individuals. "It's not being disrespectful at all but I've hardly mentioned the word France and I've hardly mentioned any players' names," said the Socceroos coach. "They all play in positions, the players know who they are but it's about identifying those players' strengths and it's one against one. "There's 10 blue shirts against 10 yellow shirts and

18 people were wounded in the shooting shortly before midnight, police said. (Representational) Colorado Springs, United States: The gunman who opened fire inside an LGBTQ Colorado nightclub, killing at least five people, was stopped by two "heroic" people inside the club, police told a press conference Sunday. They identified the suspect as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, and said he had used a long rifle at the club, where partygoers were apparently marking Transgender Day of Remembrance, which pays tribute to trans people targeted in violent attacks. Eighteen people were wounded in the shooting shortly before midnight, police said, adding that an unspecified number of the wounded remained in critical condition. They said at least one other firearm was found at the club. The shooting is the latest in a long history of attacks on LGBTQ venues in the United States, the deadliest of which claimed 49 lives at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in 2016. The suspect in C

Qatar became the first home team to lose their opening World Cup match as Ecuador cruised to a 2-0 victory over the hosts, with Enner Valencia scoring twice in the tournament curtain-raiser on Sunday. Asian champions Qatar enjoyed the backing of the majority of the crowd at the 60,000-capacity Al Bayt Stadium, but could not follow a glitzy opening ceremony with a statement performance. Ecuador thought they had made a dream start when they silenced the home fans as Valencia headed in, only for the goal to be ruled out by VAR for an offside in the build-up. Valencia did break the deadlock with a penalty in the 16th minute and doubled his tally just after the half-hour mark. Qatar improved slightly in the second period, but by the end of the 90 minutes, the excitement which greeted the build-up -- featuring Morgan Freeman and BTS star Jung Kook -- was a distant memory as thousands of fans left early amid a deflated atmosphere. Felix Sanchez's Qatar will likely need a positive resu

Social media absolutely loved the trio's bond in the video. A video of a woman rollerblading with her horse and pet dog is going viral on the internet. Posted by Buitengebieden, the clip is winning hearts on social media. The 27-second video features a woman gracefully skating on an empty stretch of road along with her dog and horse. The beautiful sunrise and the short clip will instantly light up your mood. Along with the video, the caption read, "Happiness." The video has amassed more than 2.7 million views on Twitter. Social media absolutely loved the trio's bond in the video. Watch the video here: Happiness.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/x425OoTB0U — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) November 20, 2022 A user wrote, "Every time I see this video (which is longer in its entirety) I think, "Who is this woman, and why is she living my best life?" And then I think that my best life does not include being followed by someone on a 4-wheeler while I skate.&qu

The court also noted that child marriages have been regarded as a human right violation. Kochi: Kerala High Court has held that marriage of minors under Muslim personal law is not excluded from the sweep of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. If the bride or the groom is a minor, irrespective of the validity or otherwise of the marriage, offences under the POCSO Act will apply. The Single Bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas further observed, "The POCSO Act is a special statute enacted specifically for the protection of children from sexual offences. Sexual exploitation of every nature against a child is treated as an offence. Marriage is not excluded from the sweep of the statute. "The POCSO Act is a special enactment. The advances and progress achieved in societal thinking have resulted in the enactment. This special statute was enacted based on principles arising out of jurisprudence relating to child abuse. The child abuse jurisprudence evo

Briton David Hunter appeared before the Paphos criminal court on Friday. (Representational) Nicosia, Cyprus: A British pensioner in Cyprus accused of murdering his terminally ill wife will plead guilty to lesser manslaughter charges to avoid a life sentence, his lawyers said Friday. In a trial thought to be the Mediterranean island's first involving euthanasia, Briton David Hunter faced a maximum 25-year prison term if found guilty of premeditated murder. He appeared before the Paphos criminal court on Friday, where judges were told a deal had been reached to have him plead guilty to manslaughter when the court reconvenes next month. "Mr Hunter will be entering a plea to manslaughter on agreed facts at the next hearing on December 5," defence lawyer Michael Polak told reporters. "We are very pleased that the murder charge is no longer on the table as our objective all along has been to get David out of prison and back home as soon as possible." The 75-

Gaza Fire: Palestinian president considered the Gaza fire "a national tragedy". (Representational) Jabalia, Palestine: A large fire that ripped through a home north of Gaza City where fuel was being stored killed at least 21 people including seven children on Thursday, official and medical sources said. Hamas Islamists, who control the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian enclave, said firefighters had managed to contain the blaze in Jabalia that left charred walls and mounds of black soot before being put out. Gaza's civil defence unit confirmed in a statement that 21 people had been killed. The head of the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia, Saleh Abu Laila, told AFP that the facility had received the bodies of at least seven children. While the cause of the fire remained unknown, a spokesman for the civil defence unit told AFP that supplies of fuel were stored in the house. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank -- a separate Palesti

Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 9 years in prison after a fraud conviction in March this year. Moscow: Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Thursday said he has been transferred to a solitary punishment cell, a development he said was clearly designed to shut him up. Navalny, the most prominent domestic critic of President Vladimir Putin and a strong opponent of the war in Ukraine, is already serving prison terms totaling 11-1/2 years for fraud, contempt of court and parole violations, all of which he rejects as trumped-up charges. Navalny said that just days before close family members had been due to arrive to see him, prison officials told him he was considered an "egregious offender" and would be transferred to a cramped cell, where long visits were not allowed. "So I will not have any more visits ... oh well, I'll take it philosophically. They're doing it to shut me up," he said in a series of tweets. "So what's my fi

The Pentagon's top general warned that any Chinese attack on Taiwan would be a strategic mistake. Washington: The Pentagon's top general warned Wednesday that any Chinese attack on Taiwan would be a strategic mistake as bad as Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "I think it would be unwise, it would be a political mistake, a geopolitical mistake, a strategic mistake, similar to what the strategic mistake is that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin has made in Ukraine," said US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley. (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 "He Confessed In Front Of Me": Father Of Woman Killed By Live-In Partner Adblock test (Why?) from NDTV News- Special https://ift.tt/0PRE5gp https://ift.tt/RXJcxwn via IFTTT

US crypto investors sued FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and several celebrities who promoted his exchange including NFL quarterback Tom Brady and comedian Larry David, claiming they engaged in deceptive practices to sell FTX yield-bearing digital currency accounts. The proposed class action filed on Tuesday night in Miami alleges that FTX yield-bearing accounts were unregistered securities that were unlawfully sold in the United States. FTX filed for bankruptcy and is facing scrutiny from the US authorities amid reports that $10 billion (nearly Rs. 81,500 crore) in customer assets were shifted from FTX to Bankman-Fried's trading company Alameda Research. At least $1 billion in client funds are missing, sources have told Reuters. When the crypto exchange faltered on liquidity concerns, US investors sustained $11 billion (nearly Rs. 8,140 crore) in damages, the lawsuit says. The lawsuit seeks damages from Bankman-Fried and 11 athletes and other celebrities who promoted FTX, incl

Bolsonaro supporters want military must intervene to prevent Lula da Silva taking power. Rio de Janeiro: Thousands of Brazilians gathered outside Army barracks in Rio de Janeiro,  Brasilia and other cities on Tuesday demanding the military intervene to prevent leftist president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva taking power next year. "We want a better Brazil. We don't want Lula to take charge on January 1, we don't want a communist country," bank employee Lais Nunes, 30, told AFP in Rio. Protesters draped in green and gold waved Brazilian flags and sung the national anthem on what was a bank holiday. "There is various information that there was electoral fraud ... we can't accept that," added police officer Leandro de Oliveira, 38, who claimed the national electoral tribunal was responsible for the supposed fraud. Supporters of outgoing far-right President Jair Bolsonaro have alleged fraud surrounding the electronic voting system that has been us