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IRCTC flags 9 crore user accounts, expands AI monitoring across railway kitchens

Times of India - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 17:39
IRCTC has taken decisive action against ticket booking fraud, deactivating over three crore suspicious user IDs and verifying six crore more. Simultaneously, an AI-powered kitchen monitoring system, utilizing 2,394 cameras, now oversees 800 kitchens, detecting nine types of hygiene issues to ensure food quality for millions of passengers.
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Video shows man trying to escape through smoke in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar hotel fire

Times of India - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 17:23
A devastating fire in Malviya Nagar claimed 21 lives, including foreigners, as thick smoke choked the building. Amidst the chaos, a mattress trader, Riyazuddin Mansuri, and his son bravely used their goods to create a makeshift safety net, saving eight lives before the fire brigade arrived. Their selfless act provided a crucial cushion for desperate jumpers.
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Russia delivers fourth squadron of AI-enabled S-400 air defence system

Hindu - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 17:22
Three S-400 squadrons have already been inducted into service; the fourth has now arrived, following delays linked to the Russia-Ukraine conflict
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Calls for bringing Attakulangara school campus alive

Hindu - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 17:17
Improving the school’s standards and bringing its vast campus alive with children from the neighbourhood in the evenings and weekends are some of the suggestions to prevent further neglect
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Explained | How D.K. Shivakumar finally became Karnataka’s Chief Minister

Hindu - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 17:15
For decades, D. K. Shivakumar answered questions about becoming Chief Minister with a simple line: “Efforts may fail, but prayers do not.” Now, after a political journey spanning nearly four decades, he has finally reached Karnataka’s highest office.
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Delhi hotel fire: Locals turn saviours amid wails, screams, burning bodies

Hindu - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 17:14
Rescuers say building’s single entry-exit point and lack of accessible windows made the rescue operation difficult
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Former NFL scout sparks outrage with claim amid Russini-Vrabel scandal

Times of India - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 17:09
Severe allegations have surfaced regarding female journalists and NFL coaches. A former NFL scout suggests ten current female reporters have engaged/are engaging in relationships with NFL coaches, executives, agents, or players. This follows the Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel’s Sedona cheating scandal. Crissy Froyd, a journalist, was fired from USA TODAY after commenting on Dianna Russini’s resignation from The Athletic. She believes some reporters trade relationships for stories. And they are corrupting the industry she has known since she was 15.
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Nepal is a priority partner, says Modi after meeting RSP chief

Hindu - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 17:08
By focusing on shared civilizational bonds, digital corridors, and seamless connectivity, we can truly build a partnership defined by progress and mutual trust, says Rabi Lamichanne
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Congress asks why PM protects Pradhan despite Education Ministry’s ‘incompetence and corruption’

Hindu - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 17:06
The transfer of the CBSE’s top leadership has failed to address the issue of accountability at the highest levels of the Education Ministry, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh says
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Trinamool leader Jay Prakash Majumdar arrested for illegally occupying a house over year

Hindu - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 17:03
Jay Prakash Majumdar, the state vice president of Trinamool Congress, joined the party in 2022 after he was suspended from BJP for publicly criticising the party for their defeat in 2021 assembly election. 
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BCCI likely to not call Suryakumar Yadav for next selection meeting

Times of India - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 16:45
As BCCI looks for successors, India T20I skipper unlikely to be called up for selection meeting
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Census fieldwork contradicts government data, enumerators asked to revisit, review data

Hindu - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 16:44
Director Census Operations (DCO), Rajasthan, writes to all district functionaries that ‘during the analysis of field data collected so far, some discrepancies have been noticed’; enumerators allege they have been asked not to ‘select options that may show the government in poor light’
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West Bengal govt. downgrades Sourav Ganguly’s security cover

Hindu - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 16:31
It’s part of an ‘ongoing routine exercise’ in reviewing security cover for prominent personalities based on threat assessments, officials say
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Cockroach Janta Party zeroes in on Pradhan resignation demand, sets protest for June 6

Hindu - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 16:22
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke will come from the U.S. to seek permission for Jantar Mantar protest; CJP calls on people across the political spectrum to join protest without party or organisational banners
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