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With the polling for the third phase of Uttar Pradesh state elections due on Sunday, Farrukhabad's four assembly constituencies will see a cumulative deployment of 55 companies of Central Armed Police Forces, including 26 quick response teams. There are 25 check-posts in the district where...
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Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and senior Samajwadi Party leader Ahmed Hasan died at a hospital in Lucknow on Saturday following a prolonged illness. He was 89. He is survived by two sons and five daughters. Hasan was admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia...
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The Centre on Saturday decided to give 'Y' category security to former leader of Aam Aadmi Party Kumar Vishwas, official sources said. The central government had reviewed the security of Vishwas and the threat perception based on intelligence inputs in the wake of his allegations against AAP...
18:34
Amid falling COVID-19 cases, the Uttar Pradesh government has lifted the night curfew with effect from Saturday. The night curfew has been lifted due to the decline in COVID-19 cases, said Awanish Kumar Awasthi, additional chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh in an order. The night...
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Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Congress candidate Sidhu Moosewala from Mansa seat have been booked for violating the model code of conduct. They were found campaigning in Mansa after the 6 pm electioneering...
18:09
A verbal duel broke out on Saturday between a Bharatiya Janata Party agent in a polling station near here when he objected to a woman voter wearing a 'hijab' and others and the saffron party man was finally sent out of the booth. When the hijab clad woman voter turned up at a polling...
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The Dakshina Kannada district administration in Karnataka has extended the prohibitory orders currently prevailing around the schools and colleges of the district till February 26. The decision has been taken in view of the simmering...
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A National People's Party candidate's father has been shot at by unidentified people in Manipur's Imphal East district, deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh said on Saturday. The incident took place at the gates of the residence of the party's Andro candidate L Sanjoy Singh when he,...
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Eighty per cent of India's adult population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 175 crore, according to official data. India has...
16:10
Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan cast his vote for the local body elections at a government school in Chennai's Teynampet on Saturday. The Urban Local Body elections in Tamil Nadu are underway for 12,607 posts in 21 corporations, 138 municipalities, and 490 town panchayats. The...
15:58
The National Investigation Agency on Saturday conducted searches at eight locations across Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan in Jammu and Kashmir terrorism conspiracy case. The anti-terror agency carried out searches in districts including Sopore, Kupwara, Shopian, Rajouri, Budgam, Ganderbal...
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Days after avian influenza was reported in Maharashtra's Thane, this infection has now been detected among birds at a poultry farm in Vasai-Virar region of its neighbouring Palghar district, an official said on Saturday. Palghar's district veterinary officer Dr Prashant Kamble said that some...
14:22
The Central Industrial Security Force on Saturday foiled an infiltration attempt at Mumbai airport, said aviation security at Mumbai airport. The CISF intercepted an intruder at Crash Gate No. 27 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, added the aviation security. -- ANI
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A 12-year-old girl was seriously injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. Jameela Bi was returning home after grazing her goats when she accidentally stepped on a landmine near her Sokud-Bagyal Dhara village...
12:48
Burning coach of Swatantrata Senani Express
Soon after fire broke out in the halted train at Bihar's Madhubani railway station on Saturday, the Eastern Central Railway said that a high-level inquiry into the incident will be conducted. According to a statement by the ECR, the fire broke out at 9.13 am on Sunday and was doused at 9.50...
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Voting for 59 assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh will take place on Sunday in the third phase of the polls. Campaigning for the third phase of the state elections ended on Friday, with senior leaders of the parties making a final effort to woo voters. As...
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Veteran Kannada actor 'Kalatapasvi' Rajesh passed away in Bengaluru early on Sunday morning. He was 89.The actor was hospitalised a week ago due to old-age related health problems. -- AGENCIES
11:23
Kirit Somaiya to appear before Mumbai police in COVID norms violation case Bhartiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya on Saturday stated that he will present himself at the Santacruz police station on February 20 in response to the summons issued against him. An FIR was registered against...
11:18
Senior journalist and Indian Express national bureau chief Ravish Tiwari has died. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled Tiwari's demise and said he was ''insightful'' and ''humble''. Destiny has taken away Ravish Tiwari too soon. A bright career in the media world comes to an...
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The Jharkhand government withdrew Bhojpuri and Maghi from the list of regional languages of Dhanbad and Bokaro amid widespread protests. The Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasha withdrew a notification dated December 24, 2021 that allowed these two languages in...
10:59
United States Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy has announced that he along with his wife and two young children have tested positive for COVID-19 despite best efforts to stay safe and urged fellow Americans to get vaccinated against the deadly disease that has claimed over nine lakh lives in the...
10:56
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence that India's rising capability in the drone sector will give the world a new leadership, as he flagged off 100 'kisan drones' in different parts of the country for spraying pesticides and other farm materials. Modi launched the drones on...
10:42
Chitra Ramkrishna
That the income tax department conducted searches at the Mumbai residence of Chitra Ramakrishna, former managing director and chief executive officer of the National Stock Exchange this week, is well known. But what is not so well known is that also raided by the tax department was the...
09:55
India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 4,28,02,505 on Saturday as 22,270 more people tested positive for the viral disease, while the active cases came down to 2,53,739, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll reached 5,11,230 with 325 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am...
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An unidentified terrorist was on Saturday killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Acting on specific input about the presence of terrorists at Chermarg in the Zainapora area of Shopian, security forces launched a cordon and search...
09:19
Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Prem Shukla on Friday claimed Mulayam Singh Yadav is not with the Samajwadi Party from his heart and his blessings are with his daughter-in-law's party. Notably, Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav had recently joined the BJP.Talking to...
08:25
United States President Joe Biden on Friday said that he believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine.Speaking about the latest developments at the White House over Russia-Ukraine crisis, Biden said, As of this moment, I am convinced he's made the decision.Biden...
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Kirit Somaiya
Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya on Friday filed a complaint with the police in Raigad district seeking an inquiry into 'bungalows' allegedly linked to Rashmi Thackeray, wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Somaiya tweeted his complaint filed with the...
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