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All hookah bars in Kolkata will be shut down after allegations were received that some of these places were being used for dealing in drugs, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday. Licence of any bar will also be cancelled if they are found secretly selling hookah, he said. There are...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the Delhi liquor scam case, on Friday issued notice to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter and TRS MLC K Kavitha for questioning her on December 6. The central agency has issued the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India developed strong relations with Islamic nations like Saudi Arabia after he assumed office in 2014. Addressing an election rally after leading a road show in Ahmedabad on the penultimate day of campaigning for...
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The Western Railway on Friday said it would install fences along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route by May next year to stop animals from straying onto the tracks and getting run over by trains, a move coming in the backdrop of the prestigious Vande Bharat Express hitting cattle four times since its...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that BJP and RSS people do not lead their lives the way Lord Ram led his. Speaking at a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Agar Malwa during his Bharat Jodo Yatra, he also said, citing an interaction with a priest on...
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Amidst the border row, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday took exception to the proposed visit of two Maharashtra Ministers to Belagavi next week, saying the visit was not good. ...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed over 31 rallies and led three big road shows in Gujarat wrapping up on Friday his campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the assembly polls as the party looks to maintain its uninterrupted winning streak there since 1995 in a triangular contest involving...
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The head of Pakistan's mission in Kabul survived an attack on Pakistan's embassy in Kabul on Friday, drawing immediate condemnation and a demand for a probe from Islamabad.Pakistan's Charg d'Affaires to Afghanistan Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani was targeted by unidentified gunmen while he was taking a...
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A SpiceJet flight from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) bound for Kozhikode with 197 passengers, including six crew, onboard had an emergency landing at the Cochin International Airport Limited on Friday evening following hydraulic failure, an airport spokesperson said. ...
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Describing India as a strong partner of the United States, President Joe Biden on Friday said he was looking forward to supporting his friend Prime Minister Narendra Modi during India's G20 presidency. India formally assumed the G20 Presidency on Thursday. India is a strong...
19:29
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has revealed that he experienced racism growing up in the United Kingdom but the country has made incredible progress since then in confronting the issue.The British Indian leader was speaking to reporters on Thursday night in the wake of a racism row at...
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The United States is undertaking tremendous efforts to solve the problem of long wait time in issuance of visas in India, US Charge d'Affaires Ambassador Elizabeth Jones said on Friday, acknowledging that the situation in the country is particularly bad because of the high demand. The...
18:32
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested Saumya Chaurasia, a deputy secretary rank officer posted in Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's office, in connection with a money laundering investigation into an alleged coal levy scam in the state, official sources said. ...
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The United States on Friday echoed India's reaction in rejecting China's opposition to an India-US joint military exercise near the Line of Actual Control in Uttarakhand and asserted that it is none of their business. Ambassador Elizabeth Jones, the newly-appointed US Charge d'Affaires to...
17:16
Starry Night at Van Gogh 360
Legendary Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh's iconic paintings will be part of an immersive 360-degree multimedia exhibition from January 20 at the World Trade Centre in Mumbai. The Starry Night, Sunflowers, and a self-portrait will be among more than 300 artworks on show in the first...
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said people like Kapil Sibal who maintained a dignified silence after leaving the party could be allowed to return, but not the ones like Jyotiraditya Scindia or Himanta Biswa Sarma. Ramesh, who is the Congress's media...
16:57
The graffiti on the walls of a building in the campus
A day after several walls in the Jawaharlal Nehru University were defaced with anti-Brahmin slogans, the teacher and student bodies on Friday urged the varsity administration to conduct a free and fair enquiry to ensure peace in the campus. Students had earlier claimed that the walls...
16:45
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) have recorded an increase in international offers for its students with several of them bagging packages exceeding Rs 1 crore per annum during the 2022 placement drive. At IIT Madras, at least 25 students have bagged offers with pay packages...
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The legend, Ameen Sayani
December 3 will be the 70th anniversary of the most beloved radio entertainment show. Happy birthday Binaca Geetmala!Read the column here.
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Actor Priyanka Chopra, on Thursday, sent warm wishes to her husband Nick Jonas with a sweet message on the occasion of their 4th wedding anniversary. The 'Mary Kom' took to her Instagram handle and posted a throwback picture from her wedding ceremony where she can be seen dancing with...
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A pair of dogs welcomed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with bouquets when he stopped for tea during the party's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Madhya Pradesh's Agar Malwa district on Friday. Sarvamitra Nachan, the owner of the six-year-old labradors, reached Tanodiya town with his pets to...
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Mhyochi, the South Korean YouTuber, who made news when she was molested in Mumbai, while she was shooting a video, shares this image with the men who helped her. Lunch with two Indian gentlemen who help me to post the video and save me on the street Aditya & Atharva, she tweeted.Mhyochi...
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With the 30th anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and 65th death anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar falling on December 6, the Mumbai police as a precautionary measure has announced prohibitory orders in Mumbai as part of its standard procedure from December 2 till...
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The NCW on Friday sought strict action against the Rouse Avenue court judge who was allegedly seen engaging in a sexually explicit act with a woman inside his office, a video of which surfaced online earlier this week. The Delhi High Court has restrained the sharing of the video, which...
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Three months after walking out of the Congress with scathing remarks against the Gandhis, Jaiveer Shergill was appointed a spokesperson by the BJP on Friday, as it announced new roles for several prominent leaders who have switched over from the grand old party. Shergill used to be the...
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The BJP Friday appointed ex-Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and Sunil Jakhar as well as its former Uttar Pradesh president Swatantra Dev Singh as members of its national executive. It also appointed former Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill its national spokesperson, the...
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Chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa believes becoming a world champion is a realistic possibility and has given himself three to four years to achieve the feat. One of the country's youngest grandmasters, the 17-year-old defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen thrice in just six months, something that...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega roadshow in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday was attended by more than 10 lakh people, as per sources. With attendees of over 10 lakh, it was prime minister's largest and longest roadshow in the country, as it spanned around 50 kilometres and passed through as...
13:27
Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament. File pic
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge may continue as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, say reports. If Kharge holds two posts, it will be a complete reversal of the One Person, One Post policy that Rahul Gandhi had decided upon while addressing the Ashok Gehlot rumblings in...
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Top Congress leaders will hold deliberations on Saturday on the party's strategy to corner the government during the Winter session of Parliament starting December 7. Sources said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, chief...
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American Rapper Ye , formerly known as Kanye West has been suspended from Twitter for violating the microblogging site's rules against incitement to violence. The rapper's Twitter account had an account suspended notice posted on it on Friday. Twitter CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to...
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Tihar jail administration has increased the security outside Aaftab Amin Poonawalla's barrack, as the four-member Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team reached Tihar for the 'Post-Narco Test Interview', as per the Jail authorities. Reportedly, after the narco analysis test of Aaftab...
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Tarn Taran Police in a joint search operation with BSF have recovered a Hexacopter drone equipped with modern technology & packets containing heroin weighing 5Kgs from fields near the India-Pakistan border, the DGP Punjab Police said.
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The Mumbai police has announced a curfew in the city from today, December 2, till January 2. The measures are being taken to ensure peace and avoid disruptions in public order, says the Mumbai police.Gatherings of five or more people will be prohibited across the city during this period.Any...
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The Supreme Court Friday quashed the Kerala High Court order granting anticipatory bail to four people, including a former Director General of Police (DGP), in a case of alleged frame-up of scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 ISRO espionage matter. A bench of Justices M R Shah and C...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor drops this image on Twitter: Wonderful to take our mother to a special holiday for her birthday. Most of us hadn't visited the Taj in a quarter-century. Rare for us all to be together -- & in a wonderful place on a day that means so much to all of us.That's the MP...
10:53
Gangster Goldy Brar, one of the main conspirators in the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, has been detained in the US, say reports.A member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Goldy Brar had recently moved to the US from Canada, where he was based since 2017.The gangster was detained in...
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Bear Grylls
British adventurer and TV presenter Bear Grylls recently met Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the war-torn country.Taking to Instagram, Grylls penned a note sharing he wanted to know how Zelenskyy was coping for an upcoming programme, but got so much more.This week I had the privilege to...
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Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj
India does not need to be told what to do on democracy, the country's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, who assumed Presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of December, said here on Thursday.India on Thursday assumed Presidency of the 15-nation UN Security...
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Russia refused to provide Pakistan a 30-40 per cent discount on Russian crude oil after the Pakistani delegation asked for a reduction in price during talks in Moscow, The News International reported on Thursday.Earlier, on Wednesday, the Pakistani delegation comprises of State Minister for...
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Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Thursday issued an order to rename the state's all government schools which have been named on the basis of caste and fraternity. In a statement, Bains said, Several cases have come to the notice regarding the names of many...
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