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One more fatality takes death toll due to viral fever and dengue to 58 in Firozabad (PTI)

Hurricane Larry hits Newfoundland (NYT)

AAP elects new 34-member executive body (PTI)

Russia uses new hardware at big military drills (Reuters)

Justice Hari Pal Verma sworn in as Haryana Lokayukta (PTI)

Indian economy firmly on the path to recovery, long-term renewal: VP Naidu

Djokovic goes for first calendar Slam since 1969 in US Open final (AFP)

Boeing flight from Turkey makes emergency landing at Russian airport (Interfax news agency)

Body of 1 missing victim of Brahmaputra boat capsize found, search on for another

The body of one of the two missing victims of the Brahmaputra boat capsize in Assam's Jorhat district was found on Saturday 100 km downstream, while the search was on for the other person, an official said.

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Gujarat BJP legislature party likely to meet on Sunday to choose new CM (PTI)

Kozhikode plane crash: AAIB report finds pilot's non-adherence to SOP probable cause (PTI)

F1 leader Verstappen on pole for Italian Grand Prix (AFP)

Debt of farmers increased, not their income: Rahul Gandhi

AFSPA extended in Assam for another six months (PTI)

BJP leader goes 'rafting' on waterlogged Delhi road

Students to get laptops not cash as dole, says Andhra government

The Andhra Pradesh government is placing an indent to buy 6,53,144 laptops for distributing them free of cost to students above Class IX in the 2021-22 academic year.

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NEET-PG held across India with 1.6 lakh candidates appearing for it (PTI)

People should rise against sale of PSU assets: Congress leader Kharge

People should raise their voice against the BJP government’s move to sell the prime assets of the country, Opposition Leader in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday.

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Hindu activists in Udupi barge into church during prayers, allege conversions

Tension prevailed in the coastal town of Karkala in Karnataka's Udupi district after activists from a Hindu group barged into a church at the time of prayers, alleging religious conversions.

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Rupani’s soft-spoken image may have been his undoing, say observers

Vijay Rupani may have been a soft-spoken chief minister, but political observers feel that it may have also contributed to his image of being a ‘weak’ CM, who allowed bureaucrats to overrule the political leadership in taking key decisions. Some observers also point to the way he handled the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic and economic and social distress that followed it, even suggesting that it may have contributed to his downfall. (PTI)

Initiative taken for NCC as elective subject in NEP: NCC DG

Fadnavis accuses MVA of 'interfering in police department'

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday alleged that there has been "increased interference" of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government in the state police department.

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Fadnavis accuses MVA govt of 'interfering in police dept', says cops should be treated with respect (PTI)

Bairstow, Malan pull out of IPL citing personal reasons

Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Jonny Bairstow and Punjab Kings batsman Dawid Malan have pulled out of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) due to personal reasons.

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Raids across Tamil Nadu after 10-year-old dies eating stale biryani

The officials of food safety department in Tamil Nadu conducted raids across the state on eateries specifically non-vegetarian restaurants and hotels and wayside eateries on Friday and Saturday.

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China tells Alibaba, Tencent to open platforms up to each other (Reuters)

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani resigns (ANI)

9/11 terrorists failed to shake belief in democracy, says UK PM Boris Johnson (PTI)

Doing things the hard way made Djokovic tougher, says Pilic (Reuters)

Maharashtra: Man stabbed to death over petty dispute; two held

A 25-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by two persons over a petty dispute at a village in Kalyan taluka of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Saturday. The Thane district rural police have arrested brothers Sandeep and Deepak Damle for allegedly stabbing Anil Dudhale at Mharal village on Friday evening, the station house officer of the Kalyan taluka police station said. (PTI)

4 cops suspended for allegedly trying to shield cow slaughter accused in UP

Four police personnel have been suspended for allegedly trying to shield a cow-slaughter accused here, an official said Saturday.

Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Singh said the action against the four policemen -- sub-inspectors Shami Ashraf and Aneesh Kumar Singh, head constable Manoj Kumar and constable Rajesh Tiwari -- followed a complaint by villagers and a probe a circle officer. (PTI)

Over 72 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses provided to states, UTs so far: Govt

More than 72 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.

The doses were provided through the government of India (free of cost channel) and through the direct state procurement category, it added.

The ministry said over 5.75 crore (5,75,43,795) balance and unutilised Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered. (PTI)

Visva-Bharati tells HoD to keep rustication order in abeyance

Visva-Bharati University authorities have notified two expelled students that the rustication orders issued against them on August 23 was not being implemented now in adherence to the recent order of Calcutta High Court.

Three expelled postgraduate students - Somnath Sow, Falguni Pan and Rupa Chakraborty - had sent separate emails to the proctor on September 9 urging him to allow them to attend classes immediately as directed by the high court. (PTI)

Homage paid to Tamil poet Bharathi on his 100th death anniversary in Pondy

Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Chief Minister N Rangasamy, Ministers and legislators were among those who paid floral tributes to revolutionary Tamil poet Subramania Bharathi on his 100th memorial day here on Saturday. Talking to reporters after paying homage to the poet's statue here, the Lt Governor said the territorial administration would soon unveil a special scheme to take the message of the poet to the younger generation. (PTI)

Major fire at Kolkata godown, 20 engines deployed

A major fire broke out at a godown in South Kolkata's Taratolla area on Saturday morning, officials said. Twenty fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames, first spotted around 10 am, they said. There was no immediate report of casualty or anyone being trapped inside the storage facility, the fire brigade officials said. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained and will be found out once it is brought under control, they added. (PTI)

UP: Man killed in road accident, boy drowns in pond

A man was killed and his friend critically injured when their motorbike got hit by a speeding vehicle on the Delhi-Haridwar National Highway here, police said on Saturday.

Police said the incident took place on Friday evening near Nawala village here when the two men -- Vipul Kumar and Rahul -- were travelling on their bike to Haridwar from Ghaziabad.

Vipul died on the spot while Rahul has been admitted to hospital with critical injuries, they said. (PTI)

Eight people were killed by an explosion and fire Saturday caused by a leak from a liquefied gas cylinder in an apartment building in northeastern China, a state news agency reported.

Five others were hospitalised with injuries after the predawn fire in the coastal city of Dalian, the Xinhua News Agency said. It said the cause was under investigation.

Earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred today around 8:50 am at 137 km North of Diglipur in Andaman and Nicobar: National Center for Seismology

1 to go: Djokovic into US Open final, nears year Grand Slam

If Novak Djokovic does complete the first calendar-year Grand Slam for a man since 1969 — and he is headed to the USOpen final, just one victory away — he, and everyone else, will remember one particularly pivotal, and epic, game along the way.

It came at the conclusion of the third set of what eventually became a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Alexander Zverev in the semifinals at Flushing Meadows on Friday night, making Djokovic 27-0 in major championships this season. (AP)

Twitch sues unnamed pair linked to 'hate raids'

Twitch is suing two users in US federal court, accusing them of orchestrating 'hate raids' spewing abuse at video game play streamers who are not white or straight.

The Amazon-owned platform is seeking unspecified cash damages from the pair, identified in the lawsuit as a Netherlands resident behind the account CruzzControl and a Vienna resident with a CreatineOverdose account.

In about August of this year, CruzzControl and CreatineOverdose "began coordinating attacks on Twitch's streamers by raiding their channels and spamming those communities with hate," Twitch said in the lawsuit filed Thursday in San Francisco. (AFP)

An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 hit 31 km WSW of Joshimath, Uttarakhand at 05:58 amtoday, according toNational Center for Seismology.

Thunderstorm to occur in parts of Delhi, NCR

Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain and winds with speed of 20-40 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of few places of Delhi, NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula) during next 2 hours (issued at 03:55 IST): IMD (ANI)

Israel captures two of six Palestinian jail breakers

Two of six Palestinian inmates who escaped from a high security prison in Israel this week in one of the most spectacular breakouts in the country's history were captured Friday, Israeli police said.

"Police in the northern zone captured two escaped prisoners a short while ago... in the city of Nazareth," they said in a statement. (AFP)