Football · SAFF Championship
SAFF Championship: India meet Bhutan in Saturday's semi-final, with VAR for the first time
Defending champions India, two wins from a record 10th title, play the 192nd-ranked side at 2:30 PM IST in Dhaka.
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November 2026
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Cricket · ICC awards
Deepti Sharma, Marco Jansen named ICC Players of the Month for October
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Bollywood · Box office
Ramayana: Part One crosses ₹1,000 crore worldwide in eight days, say trade estimates
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Cricket · U-19 Asia Cup final
India U-19 vs Pakistan U-19 Asia Cup final on Saturday: what to watch
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India · PoliticsNew Delhi
MEA cites 'national policy' on Pakistan as Punjab CM Mann seeks Lahore clearance
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Mumbai · Markets closeMumbai
Sensex falls 319 points to 81,592, Nifty at 25,144 as inflation weighs; weekly gains hold
The Sensex fell 318.56 points to 81,592.45 and the Nifty slipped 155.05 points to 25,144.30 on Friday as October inflation of 6.09% and rising crude prompted profit-taking. Both indices still gained for the week, helped by foreign investors' buying of ₹21,653 crore, while domestic institutions sold. IT stocks fell about 3% on the week.
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India · FintechMumbai
RBI gives Paytm in-principle nod to revive wallet; shares top listing-day high
The RBI has given Paytm Payments Services in-principle approval to issue prepaid payment instruments such as digital wallets. Paytm shares rose to ₹1,960 intraday, above their 2021 listing-day high, and closed at ₹1,939.90. The wallet cannot restart yet: the company must submit a system and cybersecurity audit within six months and get final RBI authorisation.
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India · Consumer rightsNew Delhi
CCPA fines Ola ₹10 lakh over pre-ride tip prompts, orders them stopped
India's consumer regulator, the CCPA, has fined Ola's operator ₹10 lakh for asking riders to pay a tip or add-on before a ride was confirmed. It called the feature an unfair trade practice and a dark pattern, and ordered it stopped. Ola's own June data showed add-on requests were accepted less often. Rapido was fined earlier; Uber and Namma Yatri are under investigation.
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Kanpur · RailwaysKanpur
New daily Kanpur–Anand Vihar overnight train to be flagged off on 16 November
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is to flag off a new daily overnight train between Kanpur Central and Anand Vihar Terminal on 16 November, according to Kanpur MP Ramesh Awasthi. Train 14153 is scheduled to leave Kanpur at 8:40 PM and arrive at 4:50 AM. The return, 14154, leaves Anand Vihar at 11:25 PM. It adds a second night option after Shram Shakti Express.
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Kanpur · TrafficKanpur
Kanpur Chhath traffic plan: heavy vehicles barred near ghats from Sunday 2 PM
Kanpur Commissionerate Police has announced a Chhath traffic plan. From 2 PM on Sunday, 15 November, until devotees return on Monday, 16 November, medium and heavy vehicles are barred on routes to Ganga Barrage, Atal Ghat, Karbala, Panki and Barra. Extra force and barriers will stand at 18 points, and parking is marked at seven locations near the main ghats.
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Fact check · Viral video
Fact check: Rajnath Singh videos on Army morale and China are deepfakes
Two viral videos show Defence Minister Rajnath Singh saying Army morale is low and that the India-China standoff is no big issue. Fact-checkers The Quint, NewsMeter and Vishvas News found both are deepfakes. Real footage from a Sikkim Diwali address and an earlier ANI clip was paired with AI-generated voice. The Army's fact-check unit also called the morale clip manipulated.
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OTT · Weekend watchlist
OTT releases on 13 November: what to watch this weekend
Friday 13 November brings new films and series to streaming. JioHotstar has Shanaya Kapoor's Student of the Year: After Dark, SonyLIV has Pankaj Tripathi's Parivarik ManuRanjan, and ZEE5 has Tamannaah Bhatia's Bandra. Netflix adds Heartland and Murder in Galicia. Two more Netflix titles, Ranabaali and Daayra, are reported by one outlet only.
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New Delhi · Air qualityNew Delhi
Delhi air turns severe: AQI crosses 400, IIT Delhi at 487
Delhi's air turned severe on Friday 13 November, with the AQI above 400 and IIT Delhi at 487. Hindustan Times said a mixing layer that shrank to about 400 metres and still air trapped PM2.5, which doubled in 24 hours. IITM puts firecrackers at 7 per cent of the load. IMD sees no rain and only light winds for three days.
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