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Folks, if you’re glued to the markets like I am, you know those days when a stock just blasts off like a rocket? Today, October 14, 2025, is one of those electric mornings. Nova Minerals (NVA), the folks digging for gold and that sneaky powerhouse mineral antimony up in Alaska, is up a whopping 57% as of this writing—trading around $53.74 after jumping from yesterday’s close. That’s not just a tick up; that’s the kind of move that gets your heart racing and has traders whispering about what’s cooking behind the scenes. But hold your horses—let’s break this down without…

Fresh trouble seems to be brewing in the Congress in Kerala after differences surfaced within the party over not appointing Abin Varkey as the president of the state Youth Congress.A leading contender for this post, Varkey has instead been appointed as a national secretary of the Congress’s youth wing. The development has come in the wake of the unceremonious exit of Rahul Mamkootathil as the Kerala Youth Congress chief amid allegations of sexual misconduct and ahead of the upcoming local body and Assembly polls. The Congress on Monday appointed O J Janeesh and Binu Chulliyil as the state president and…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom New Delhi: When RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, then Bihar chief minister, began scouting for his successor in June 1997 amid a likelihood of his arrest in the fodder scam case, his wife Rabri Devi was not his first choice. Yadav had first zeroed in on his party MP Kanti Singh, backing her election as the RJD legislature party leader. But a single conversation between Yadav and then Prime Minister I K Gujral about his decision flipped the entire script ahead of the final move and brought Rabri Devi,…

New Delhi: Two days after the NDA announced its seat-sharing formula for Bihar, there is a firestorm in the JD(U), clearly indicating the lack of consultation within the party. JD(U) MP from Bhagalpur Ajay Mandal has written to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, asking permission to resign from his parliamentary position.Apart from him, a four-time JD(U) MLA from Gopalpur in Bhagalpur district, Gopal Mandal, staged a demonstration outside the CM’s residence, demanding to contest the Gopalpur seat for a fifth time on the party symbol, even though JD(U)’s alliance partners have not yet announced a candidate for Gopalpur. Kumar was later…

Just days after the passing of multi-talented comedy actor Yashwanth Sardeshpande, the Kannada film and theatre industry has been struck by another tragic loss — ace comedian Raju Talikote has passed away following a heart attack on set. Though he had recovered from a previous heart ailment, this time it proved fatal. According to close sources, he had pleaded to be taken to the hospital, asking to be saved from death. Raju Talikote, aged 62, was known for living life to the fullest. He was bold and open, often speaking candidly about his personal life. In a memorable conversation at…

In terms of just the number of promises being made by both sides, this Bihar Assembly election is “unlike at least the last three state polls”, says an official of the state Finance Department.Just before the model code of conduct kicked in, the NDA government led by Nitish Kumar capped its series of sops – with ample help from a friendly Centre – with a new scheme under which Rs 10,000 was transferred to 1.21 crore “prospective women entrepreneurs” each. The Mahagathbandhan’s de facto chief minister face, Tejashwi Yadav, then unveiled his counter: a government job for each family without…

Lucknow: NDA constituent Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) will contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections independently, with its chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, a minister in the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, expressing dismay at not being allocated even a single seat in the neighbouring state as part of the BJP-led alliance.Declaring the SBSP is prepared to field candidates on 153 seats, Rajbhar said he had no option after talks with the BJP failed. The National Democratic Alliance Sunday announced its seat-sharing formula for 243-member Bihar assembly. While the BJP and the JD(U) would contest 101 seats each, Chirag Paswan’s…

New DelhiOctober 14, 2025 07:43 PM IST First published on: Oct 14, 2025 at 06:53 PM IST In its first and second lists of candidates for the November Bihar Assembly polls, election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) has fielded a candidate each from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) and the Scheduled Caste (SC) groups, respectively, from general seats. Earlier this year, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief and Union minister Chirag Paswan, who belongs to the Paswan (SC) community, had also suggested that he would contest from an unreserved seat in the Bihar polls. An NDA ally, the LJP(RV)…

Katy Perry and former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau were spotted kissing and canoodling on the singer’s yacht over the weekend, reigniting romance rumors that had seemed to fizzle out with the summer.Trudeau, 53, was shirtless and Perry, 40, wore a bathing suit as they shared a passionate embrace aboard the 79-foot vessel anchored off Southern California’s Santa Barbara coast, as TMZ reported. Numerous outlets credited photos obtained by The Daily Mail of the pair standing on the deck, lips locked and bodies intertwined, to prove their romance point.The two first sparked dating whispers in July, when the “Roar” singer and…

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Vignir Kristinsson smiles as two women, the only customers all morning, enter his gift shop filled with handmade things of oak. After perusing decorations ranging from animals to kitchen cutting boards, one woman bought a small black-stained tree.After decades of making cabinets for a living, Kristinsson, 64, said his daughter persuaded him to turn passion for woodworking into a business. Five years ago he and his wife opened the shop in Grindavik, a coastal town of 3,800 people about 50 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik. Business was good.Then the volcanic eruptions began.Since December…