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Amid the fear of a surge in COVID-19 cases, Mumbai's civic body on Monday said it was gearing up by creating special wards and replenishing medicine stocks as well as oxygen facilities. Nations like China, Japan and the United States of America are seeing a spike in cases, believed to be...
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With continuing uncertainty over Jet Airways' future, at least two senior executives as well as some pilots and cabin crew have quit the airline, according to sources. Jalan Kalrock consortium emerged as the winning bidder for Jet Airways under the insolvency resolution process in June 2021...
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Kerala saw an overall five per cent increase over last year's sales of alcohol during the Christmas season this year, according to a source in Kerala State Beverages Corporation Ltd. The source said sales between December 22 and December 25 generated around Rs 250 crore. This number...
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Senior Congress leaders met Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday to discuss security arrangements for the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra which will enter the Union territory next month. ...
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A video of two students offering namaz on the Maharaja Sayajirao University campus in Gujarat's Vadodara city went viral on Monday, with authorities saying they will counsel the duo to refrain from offering prayers in future since it is an educational institution. Just two days before, a...
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The first session of the Tamil Nadu assembly in 2023 will commence on January 9 with the customary address by Governor RN Ravi, Speaker M Appavu said on Monday. The governor's address and also the...
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A British national and an Indian coming from abroad were suspected to be infected with Covid-19 following a rapid antigen test at the Netaji Subhas Chandra International Airport in Kolkata, a senior official of the West Bengal health department said on Monday. The British woman, aged around...
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Over Rs 200-crore revenue was generated by the Lord Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala in the last 39 days of the two-month long annual pilgrimage season. Travancore Devaswom Board president K...
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The border forces of India and Bangladesh on Monday held a sector-level meeting along the international border in West Bengal's Murshidabad district to discuss several issues such as cross-border movement, smuggling and infiltration, a BSF official said. ...
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The Indian Coast Guard and the Gujarat anti-terrorism squad recovered arms, ammunitions and 40 kg narcotics worth Rs 300 crore from a Pakistani fishing boat which was apprehended with 10 crew members in Indian waters on Monday. The Coast Guard said in a tweet that the Pakistani fishing boat...
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Three fresh criminal cases, including one under the stringent Gangsters Act, were registered against jailed Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki here on Monday, a police officer said. Two of these cases -- one under the UP Gangsters & Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act and another...
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Police on Monday averted a major terror plan after recovering an improvised explosive device (IED) in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, officials said. IED-like material weighing around 15 kilogram and stored in a cylindrical object and 300-400 grams of RDX, seven 7.62mm...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday attacked the Congress and demanded an apology over unsavoury remarks made against former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee by a leader attached to the Congress chief's office, even as the opposition party distanced itself from the controversy. ...
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Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Monday asserted that all minority groups were secure in the country, more than anywhere else in the world, though parties opposed to the BJP suggested otherwise because of appeasement politics. Rai made the averment at a press...
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A Central Bureua of Investigation court in Mumbai on Monday remanded former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar, and Videocon group founder Venugopal Dhoot in CBI custody till December 28 in connection with a loan fraud case. ...
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Shares of NDTV climbed 5 per cent in intra-day trade on Monday after its founders Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy said they will sell all but 5 per cent of their remaining shareholding in the news broadcaster to Adani Group for up to Rs 647.6 crore. The stock jumped 4.99 per cent...
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Maharashtra minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Girish Mahajan has alleged the death of television actress Tunisha Sharma is a matter of love jihad and that the state is planning to bring a strict law to curb such incidents. Mahajan's comments came on...
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Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remark that China and Pakistan could attack India jointly by saying the latter was probably still living in 1962. India had suffered reverses in a border war with China in...
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Sanjay Dutt on celebrating Christmas: The best of all gifts during Christmas is the presence of family wrapped up in each other May you all have a bright, happy, and joyous Christmas.
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In view of rising Covid-19 cases in some countries, the Karnataka government on Monday said masks will be compulsory during the New Year celebrations. Celebrations on New Year's Day should last only till 1 am, Health Minister K Sudhakar said. On the vaccination front, the minister said...
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The Congress on Monday appointed observers for the upcoming assembly elections in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland early next year, with party MP Mukul Wasnik named senior observer for the three states. The Congress appointed two observers each for the states.The Congress president has...
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The ruling Mahagathbandhan' in Bihar on Monday cried foul over reports of a corruption case being reopened against Lalu Prasad, the founding president of the RJD which helms the alliance. The central agency which is often accused, by parties opposed to the BJP, of having become a political...
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Former MD and CEO of ICICI bank Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar were brought to the CBI court in connection with the ICICI bank-Videocon loan fraud case.
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Four international travellers from Myanmar tested positive for the Coronavirus infection at the Delhi airport. The Genome sequencing of their samples is being done, the sources said. Four of the 690 Covid-19 sample tests of the International travellers from Myanmar at Delhi Airport...
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In a bizarre accident, 90 sheep were run over by a train on the Gorakhpur-Gonda route in Balrampur, an official said on Monday. A second train then ran over eight vultures feeding on the carcasses. The incident occurred on Sunday when Vishanpur Kodar village resident Prabhu Ram, who had gone...
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Two Covid positive cases have been detected at Kolkata Airport. One of the positive passengers came from Dubai on December 24 while another came from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Both samples have been sent for genome sequencing, says Kolkata airport. The random Covid test of international...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India needs to break free from the narrow views of the past to take the country to heights of success. Speaking at the first 'Veer Bal Diwas' event, Modi paid tributes to Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh, Guru Gobind Singh's sons who laid down their...
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In a significant breakthrough in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, sources in the Delhi Police claimed to have recently accessed a video of the accused Aaftab in conversation with Shraddha in which she is heard asking Aaftab 'not to quarrel'.The purported video is believed to be from Mumbai,...
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On 23 December, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted, China's COVID situation is predictable and under control. Just four days earlier, the Chinese government reported its first COVID-related deaths -just two of them, mind you -- since Beijing released a ten-point easing plan on 7...
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A court in Maldives found former President Abdulla Yameen guilty in a corruption and money laundering case and sentenced him to 11 years in prison and also fined him USD 5 million, Avas, a Maldives-based newspaper reported.The criminal court, in its verdict, found Yameen guilty of the charges and...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here on Monday, sources said. The 63-year-old has been admitted in a private ward of the hospital. She was taken to the hospital around 12 noon. More details are awaited. -- PTI
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Deceased TV actor Tunisha Sharma's mother on Monday accused Sheezan Khan, the prime suspect in her daughter's death case of cheating on her and breaking his promise to marry her as she urged the police not to spare him.Vanita Sharma accused her daughter's former boyfriend of cheating on Tunisha...
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Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said in the state Legislative Council that the central government should declare Karnataka-occupied Maharashtra areas as a Union Territory. Speaking in the Upper House on the raging boundary dispute between Maharashtra and...
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Aaftab Poonawalla, the prime accused in the Shraddha Walkar murder case was on Monday brought to the Central Bureau of Investigation headquarters in the national capital for a voice sampling test. Tihar jail officials were seen taking Aaftab to the forensic lab this morning for the...
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Update: The CBI on Monday arrested Videocon group founder Venugopal Dhoot in connection with the ICICI Bank loan fraud case, officials said.The 71-year-old Dhoot was arrested from Mumbai, nearly three days after former CEO and MD of the ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar...
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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is scheduled to hold a virtual meeting with the Indian Medical Association on Monday. The IMA informed that Mandaviya will hold the meeting via video conferencing at 4 pm regarding the Covid-19 situation and preparedness. On Saturday,...
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Central Bureau of Investigation arrests Videocon chairman Venugopal Dhoot in ICICI bank fraud case: CBI sources.Shift Kashmiri Pandits to safer Jammu till situation improves: Ghulam Nabi Azad.Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to hold meeting with Indian Medical Association today
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The minimum temperature in Kashmir rose by a couple of degrees but stayed below the freezing point offering little respite from cold conditions, officials said on Monday. The valley is going through a dry spell with no major precipitation forecast till the end of December. However, there is a...
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The White House announced US President Joe Biden will nominate Richard Verma as deputy secretary of State for management and resources. He currently is chief legal officer and head of global public policy at Mastercard. Read more here. So, who is Richard Verma? Read...
10:35
November proved to be a good month for private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds as far as exits via IPOs and sell-downs in listed firms were concerned.The month recorded six PE-backed IPOs worth $361 million.Meanwhile, PE investors sold shares in 13 listed firms worth $857 million,...
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So, T-shirt has been trending on Twitter. The ubiquitous, uber-comfy Tee has been trending after Netizens spotted former Congress president Rahul Gandhi continuing to wear his white T-shirt in Delhi despite freezing temperatures. A cold wave swept through parts of Delhi on Monday and dense...
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As biting cold conditions engulfed entire North India, fog and poor visibility remained a severe cause of concern on Monday.According to the India Meteorological Department, visibility across most of the northern states remained poor with Bhatinda in Punjab and Bikaner in Rajasthan recording zero...
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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi visited the memorials of Mahatma Gandhi and several former prime ministers here on Monday morning. He visited Veer Bhumi, Shakti Sthal and Shanti Van, the memorials of former prime ministers Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Rahul...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday noted that the BJP's massive victory in the recently concluded Gujarat Assembly polls will change the entire political picture, while also confiding that it will have a positive impact on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Citing the historic win of the...
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Equity mutual funds pruned their holdings from the secondary markets to create dry powder for investing in maiden share sales.According to the data provided by Nuvama Wealth Management, MFs pumped in a cumulative Rs 3,300 crore (Rs 33 billion) into 8 IPOs that hit the market in...
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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi pays tributes to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Sadaiv Atal.Rahul will also be visiting Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat, Jawaharlal Nehru's Shanti Van, Lal Bahadur Shastri's Vijay Ghat, Indira Gandhi's Shakti Sthal and Rajiv Gandhi's samadhi Veer Bhumi on Monday.
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China's military sent 71 planes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan's defense ministry said Monday, after China expressed anger at Taiwan-related provisions in a US annual defense spending bill passed on Saturday.
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A lethal blizzard paralyzed Buffalo, New York, on Christmas Day, trapping motorists and rescue workers in their vehicles, leaving thousands of homes without power and raising the death toll from storms that have chilled much of the United States for days.At least 34 people have died in U.S....
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China on Sunday staged 'strike drills' around Taiwan's airspace, saying it was conducted in response to the provocation from the self-governed island and the United States, Al Jazeera reported.The Chinese army's Eastern Theatre Command stated in a terse statement that it had conducted 'combined...
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