September 8, 2026

Mumbai Metro One commuters face delays, overcrowding as post-maintenance speed limits slow trains | Mumbai News

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Metro One delays after maintenance trigger overcrowding MUMBAI: Commuters on the Mumbai Metro One corridor faced delays and overcrowding on Thursday after the operator imposed temporary speed restrictions following rail grinding work.The maintenance exercise, carried out in collaboration with Bangalore Metro, is aimed at improving track quality and ride safety. However, the resulting speed curbs…

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No lungi, no vote? CAPF faces backlash in Bengal as elderly voters stopped at polling booth over attire | Kolkata News

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Image used for representational purpose only GAIGHATA: A controversy erupted during polling in the Gaighata Assembly constituency in North 24-Parganas after central forces personnel prevented several elderly men from entering a booth allegedly for wearing lungi, prompting charges of harassment and raising questions on the security forces’ role.This took place at Kuchulia Primary School in…

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For your eyes only

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Your smart TV is a mole. As TOI reported yesterday, it collects snapshots of everything you watch and hear, and sends them to ‘data brokers’, so that they can refine your profile, and sell it to advertisers. Are we surprised? Yes, although we shouldn’t be, knowing that our phones – and the apps on them – tablets…

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Edward The Confessor Seal: Lost for 40 years: 1,000-year-old royal seal of Edward the Confessor found in Paris | World News

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An 11th-century seal once owned by Edward the Confessor has been found again in the French National Archives in Paris. Historians hadn’t seen it for over 40 years. Dr Guilhem Dorandeu, a researcher at the University of Exeter, came across this artefact while examining medieval documents. Dating back to the 1050s, this seal was originally…

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Mamata Banerjee: Mamata storms EVM strongroom; TMC, BJP lock horns over tampering claims: How late-night drama unfolded | India News

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NEW DELHI: Streets of Kolkata witnessed a showdown between the Election Commission and Trinamool Congress days after the West Bengal assembly polls, as the latter staged a sit-in protest alleging irregularities inside strongrooms housing EVMs.Alleging procedural lapses, TMC leaders claimed party workers stationed outside the strongroom were asked to leave in the afternoon and later…

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Netanyahu Mocks Flotilla: ‘Continue seeing Gaza on YouTube’: Netanyahu mocks flotilla as Israel intercepts more than 20 ships with 175 activists; draws global flak

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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country had successfully intercepted and turned back a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying activists, commending the country’s navy for the operation.In a post on X on Thursday, Netanyahu praised the Israeli Navy for stopping the vessels before they reached Gaza. “Well done to our Navy! I instructed them to prevent…

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