Bareilly: A minor quarrel over a spilled glass of liquor turned fatal in Bareilly’s Bithri area, where a 23-year-old man was stabbed to death on Wednesday evening. Police have arrested four suspects in connection with the incident, while one remains absconding. The...

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New Delhi: After five years of prohibition, Delhi is preparing for a Diwali that’s not only brighter but also unexpectedly chaotic. The Supreme Court’s decision to lift restrictions on the sale of firecrackers between October 18 and 20 has triggered a buying frenzy...

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Chennai: Despite efforts to promote cashless travel, digital payments remain marginal among Chennai’s bus commuters. Of the 10.4 crore passengers who used Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) services last month, only 2.73% paid through Singara Chennai cards, UPI,...

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Gradually, fewer Brahmin families sought to train their sons as priests, opting instead to send them to Western-style schools introduced during the colonial period. “This could have suffocated Sanskrit scholarship very quickly, but it survived partly because of these...

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ISLAMABAD/KABUL: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend their 48-hour ceasefire until the conclusion of peace talks in Doha, sources from both sides confirmed on Friday. The truce follows days of intense border clashes that killed dozens and injured hundreds....

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MOSCOW/KYIV: Russia on Friday said its forces had captured three villages — Pishchane and Tykhe in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region and Pryvillia in Dnipropetrovsk — marking a gradual but costly advance across eastern Ukraine. The areas were among those Kyiv had retaken...

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