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A suspect has been detained and questioned on day 16 of the search for a seven-year-old girl who vanished from her home near Gingee in Villupuram district on 12 October. The CB-CID has the case, and police say there is a 90 per cent chance she is alive. She has not been found.
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Larsen & Toubro's consolidated net profit rose 33% to Rs 5,202 crore in the September quarter, with revenue up 16% to Rs 78,750 crore. Order intake rose 28% to Rs 1,47,665 crore, 63% of it international, taking the order book to Rs 8.54 lakh crore. EBITDA margin fell to 8.6%.
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The song 'Mangal Rang' from Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, composed by AR Rahman and sung by Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal, has drawn criticism for a qawwali and Sufi-like sound that some think unsuited to a Hindu epic. Singer Chinmayi backs Rahman. The film releases on 5 November, reports say.
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Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its workforce, in the US, Canada, the UK and India, for some teams. Staff must decide by early December and those who accept leave on 31 December. The firm ties it to heavy infrastructure spending.
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Andhra Pradesh has identified about 5.7 lakh people as vulnerable to Cyclone Arnab and began evacuations on Monday evening. Beaches are shut, coastal road traffic stops from Tuesday afternoon, and 1,763 shelters are ready. Landfall is expected between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam on Wednesday forenoon.
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Two suspected steel bombs exploded in Kannavam in Kannur district, near the forest range office and at nearby Chundayil, between 11.30 pm on Sunday and midnight. Windowpanes were broken and no one was hurt. Police have registered a case under the Explosive Substances Act; no suspect is named.
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A Boston Consulting Group report says electric two-wheeler penetration reached 9.9% in FY27 so far, up from 5.5% in FY24, and electric scooters 24.1%, up from 16.8%. Some 43% of two-wheeler buyers now consider an EV for their next purchase. September retail sales of electric two-wheelers rose 88.7%.
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Actor Imran Khan, a US citizen and OCI cardholder, has asked the Bombay High Court to quash a notice telling him to leave India by 28 October, issued after his brief detention at a 10 October protest in Mumbai. The hearing was put off to Tuesday at both sides' request.
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Former Supreme Court judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul says in his forthcoming memoir 'Without Fear or Favour' that then CJI D.Y. Chandrachud floated a sixth name at the last minute and asked whether to phone the government first. Kaul objected to 'pre-approval'. The claims come from excerpts.
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Silver has fallen Rs 16,503 a kg in four trading days to Rs 1,94,415, and gold is down about Rs 4,800 per 10 grams to Rs 1,41,630, by IBJA rates. Higher crude, rising yields and a firmer dollar are being blamed. Dhanteras is on 6 November and Diwali on 8 November.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched development works in the Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area and opened the Uran bypass. He said the 'Third Mumbai' will create 15 lakh jobs, give locals first right, and return 40 per cent of farmers' land as developed plots.
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Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will meet Maharashtra's Devendra Fadnavis at the Sahyadri guest house in Mumbai on Monday. The talks are to settle clearances for the Tummidihetti barrage, stuck on its height: Maharashtra agreed to about 148 metres, Telangana wants 150 to 152.
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