Monday, November 9

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Trump sees Ukraine deal with changed borders

Trump sees Ukraine deal with changed borders

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Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said he believed an agreement to end the Ukraine war was close, while suggesting that the country would emerge with changed borders and declining to say whether he trusted its leader more than Russia’s president.In an interview with Ross Douthat for CBS News’ “60 Minutes”, Trump blamed hostility between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for obstructing peace. He offered no detailed terms for a settlement.“I believe we're very close to making a deal,” Trump said.Asked which leader he trusted more, Trump replied: “Well, I'd rather not say, but I get along with both.”Trump predicted that the war would end soon.Douthat challenged Trump’s description of mutual hostility as the main obstacle, asking whe...
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Smriti Mandhana to lead defending champions Maharashtra in Senior Women’s T20 Super League

Smriti Mandhana to lead defending champions Maharashtra in Senior Women’s T20 Super League

SPORTS
Pune, Nov 9 (IANS) India skipper Smriti Mandhana will captain defending champions Maharashtra in the Super League stage of the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy, with Tejal Hasabnis named as her vice-captain in a 16-member squad announced by the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) on Monday.Smriti was unavailable for the league stage of the competition due to her leading India to white-ball series wins over Zimbabwe at home last month. After taking a short break post the completion of the series against Zimbabwe, Smriti will be back to state duties and help Maharashtra retain the title they won last season.Experienced campaigners such as Devika Vaidya, Anuja Patil, Mukta Magre and Gautami Naik are present, while the specialist wicketkeepers are Shivali Shinde and Damini Bankar.The eight sides th...
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‘Namo Yamuna Cruise Safari’ service to be launched tomorrow: Delhi Minister

‘Namo Yamuna Cruise Safari’ service to be launched tomorrow: Delhi Minister

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New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra announced that the 'Namo Yamuna Cruise Safari' will be launched tomorrow.In a post on X, the Delhi Minister wrote, “To promote tourism on the Yamuna, the 'Namo Yamuna Cruise' will be handed over to Delhi residents starting tomorrow.”“Delhi residents will be able to enjoy this exciting journey from Sonia Vihar in our constituency to the Jagatpur Shani Temple. In view of preparations for tomorrow's event, I inspected the site in Sonia Vihar along with officials from all departments. Our government is fully committed to fulfilling all its promises to Delhi residents,” he wrote.Earlier on October 26, Mishra accompanied Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on a trial run of the service and inspected the six-kilometre route between Sonia Vihar ...
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Rape case accused absconding Trinamool MLA arrested at Kolkata Airport

Rape case accused absconding Trinamool MLA arrested at Kolkata Airport

INDIA, TOP STORIES
Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) Absconding Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator Paresh Ram Das, the MLA representing Canning (Paschim) in South 24 Parganas district, was arrested at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Monday evening while allegedly attempting to flee to Mumbai.Das, an accused in a high-profile rape and extortion case, had been evading law enforcement for 17 days and repeatedly failed to respond to summons issued by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police.A special operations group from the Baruipur Police District, acting on specific intelligence, tracked Das to the airport and apprehended him with assistance from the Bidhannagar City Police.The joint operation was conducted under the direct supervision of the Superintend...
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Owaisi urges TG SAFE to give time to hotels to improve standards

Owaisi urges TG SAFE to give time to hotels to improve standards

INDIA, TOP STORIES
Hyderabad, Nov 9 (IANS) AIMIM President and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday urged Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) Commissioner Avinash Mohanty not to suspend the licenses of hotels without giving them time to improve standards of food safety.Along with a delegation of the Twin Cities Hotel Owners Association, Owaidi met the TG SAFE Commissioner and requested that, before taking strict action of suspending the licenses of hotels, improvement notices be issued to them so that they get time to improve the standards as per the regulations of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.He told the media after the meeting that he requested the Commissioner to first give improvement notices, identify the gaps, and give a week’s time to improve. If they fai...
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Bill Skarsgard reveals how he keeps his misbehaving kids in check

Bill Skarsgard reveals how he keeps his misbehaving kids in check

ENTERTAINMENT
Los Angeles, Nov 9 (IANS) Actor Bill Skarsgard has a bit of a sinister side, and he doesn’t shy away from playing it out in dire straits. The actor has shared that he uses the voice of his terrifying ‘IT’ character Pennywise when his kids misbehave.The 36-year-old actor has played Stephen King's horror clown in two films, ‘IT’ and the sequel ‘IT: Chapter 2’, as well as in TV series ‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ and he has said that his two children with partner Alida Morberg sometimes hear the creepy voice of Pennywise as well as the vampire from his 2024 Nosferatu remake.The actor recently appeared on the ‘Happy Sad Confused’ podcast, where he was asked if his children had heard his "Pennywise voice".Responding to the same, he said, "Yeah, if they misbehave. He can slip out there. Can slip in,...
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Bengaluru mass murder case: Police search Shiradi Ghat forest for two more bodies

Bengaluru mass murder case: Police search Shiradi Ghat forest for two more bodies

INDIA, TOP STORIES
Bengaluru, Nov 9 (IANS) Police teams have launched a search operation in the dense forest region of Shiradi Ghat spread across Karnataka's Hassan and Mangaluru districts for the bodies of two more victims in the alleged seven-member family murder case, based on the information provided by the accused, Indushekar.The police team, accompanied by the accused, reached Shiradi Ghat on Monday and began searching for the bodies of his brother-in-law Shankar and sister-in-law Nalini. Police have so far recovered five bodies, including that of a 10-year-old boy, while the search for the remaining two victims is continuing.According to the police, the bodies of Indushekar's wife Sunitha and mother-in-law Roopavathi were traced near Tamil Nadu's Salem. The bodies of his brother-in-law Shivakumar and ...
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MP: Four killed, five injured in Sagar road accident

MP: Four killed, five injured in Sagar road accident

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Sagar, Nov 9 (IANS) Four persons were killed and five others injured when a speeding truck collided head-on with a sports utility vehicle (SUV) on National Highway 44 in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district on Monday morning, an official said.The accident took place near Gopalpura village under Deori police station limits when the truck coming from the opposite direction rammed into the SUV, carrying nine occupants. According to officials, all the occupants of the SUV, identified as a Maruti Ertiga, were residents of Bhainsa village and were travelling to Barman in neighbouring Narsinghpur district to take a holy dip in the Narmada River on the occasion of Amavasya. The collision was so severe that the front portion of the SUV was badly crushed, leaving its occupants trapped inside the mangl...
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Mizoram CM calls for timely implementation of Aizawl urban transport project

Mizoram CM calls for timely implementation of Aizawl urban transport project

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Aizawl, Nov 9 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Monday emphasised the need for proper and timely implementation of Externally Aided Project (EAP) schemes to ensure that the benefits of these projects reach the people. The Chief Minister made the observation while chairing a meeting to review the implementation of the Aizawl Sustainable Urban Transport Project (ASUTP), being taken up under the Externally Aided Project scheme.Lalduhoma stressed the importance of developing a reliable public transport system to ease traffic congestion in Aizawl. He said that to encourage more people to use public transport, the services must be clean, properly managed and operated according to a strict and punctual schedule.The Chief Minister also expressed his appreciation for the Asian Development ...
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Jennifer Garner revisits ‘incredible’ time from her marriage with Ben Affleck

Jennifer Garner revisits ‘incredible’ time from her marriage with Ben Affleck

ENTERTAINMENT
Los Angeles, Nov 9 (IANS) Hollywood actress Jennifer Garner recently reflected on her marriage with ex-husband Ben Affleck, and said it was an "incredible" time.The couple parted ways as they took divorce in 2018. The actress revealed she took the former couple's kids out of school and moved to London for 6 weeks while Ben was shooting a superhero movie in the UK and they used the time to explore Europe with trips to France and Italy.She recently appeared on the ‘Happy Hour’ podcast, and said, “When my kids were really little, I went to Paris. Ben was shooting some Batman-ish movie in London and we went for 6 weeks. I took them out of school. It was the last time I really took kids out of school, but it was wonderful. It was incredible. It was so fun. And part of that is that we bopped a...
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