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A Special Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act Court, conducting the Gauri Lankesh murder trial in Bengaluru, recorded the examination of two more witnesses on Friday, the last day of the trial for July. The trial will resume on August 8 and will have day-to-day hearing for five...
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Nearly all the electricity users across categories in Maharashtra will be paying more for every unit of electricity they consume over the next four months, power utilities said on Friday. The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission, the sector regulator, has approved discoms' requests...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis met Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Friday, amid the buzz over expansion of the council of ministers after the formation of the new government earlier this week. Shinde and Fadnavis, who arrived here late...
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There will be no change of guard ceremony on the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday as the government announced a day of mourning as a mark of respect to former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. Abe (67), one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, died after...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde flew to Delhi on Friday evening, officials said. During his first visit to the national capital after he took over as chief minister, he is expected to meet the top BJP leadership, sources said. The visit also comes ahead of a crucial hearing in...
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The Congress on Friday appointed senior leader Mohan Prakash to conduct an inquiry into the recent political developments in Maharashtra, where the party saw cross-voting by seven of its MLAs in the legislative council elections, while nearly a dozen legislators were absent during a trust...
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Noted journalist Zubair Ahmed was found dead in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, police said on Friday. The body of Ahmed, the editor of weekly news magazine The Light of Andamans, was found hanging on Thursday at the Crescent Public School in South Andaman, they said. The police said they...
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YouTube has taken down popular Punjabi singer Kanwar Grewal's song Rihaee, which calls for the release of Sikh prisoners. Content Unavailable. This content is not available on this country domain due to a legal complaint from the government, the social media platform said. The...
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Rishi Sunak, the former UK chancellor of the exchequer, on Friday formally launched his leadership bid to succeed Boris Johnson as the new Conservative Party leader and future British prime minister. The British Indian minister, who resigned from Johnson's Cabinet earlier this week setting...
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Rajendra Gavit, the Shiv Sena MP from Maharashtra's Palghar Lok Sabha seat, has asked party chief Uddhav Thackeray to support the candidature of Draupadi Murmu in the July 18 Presidential election. While Gavit, who belongs to a tribal community, is the second Sena MP to suggest that the...
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At least eight persons were killed in a cloudburst near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas Friday evening, damaging 25 tents and three community kitchens, officials said. The cloudburst struck around 5.30 pm amid heavy rainfall, they said. The gushing waters...
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed sadness over the horrific killing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and said he will always remember his collegiality and commitment to multilateralism. Abe, 67, was shot from behind in Nara in western Japan while giving a...
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Distribution of rainfall in India between June 1 and July 8.
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The Sensex and Nifty marched higher for the third session on the trot on Friday as investors continued to accumulate banking, infrastructure and FMCG stocks despite unabated selling by foreign funds.Larsen & Toubro was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 4.72 per cent, followed by...
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The national flag will be flown at half-mast throughout India on Saturday on all buildings where it is flown regularly with the government announcing a day of mourning as a mark of respect to former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. Abe, one of his nation's most powerful and influential...
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Popular Tamil actor Vikram has been admitted to a hospital in Chennai with complaints of chest discomfort and he is now clinically stable, the hospital said on Friday. The actor would be discharged soon, the hospital said. He was evaluated and treated by our team of specialists. He...
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Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Punjab minister Vijay Singla in a corruption case. On May 24, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann sacked Singla from his Cabinet following corruption charges against him. Shortly after that, he was...
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The authorities on Friday disallowed congregational prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, the grand mosque's managing body said. This comes a day after the Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema, the largest religious body in Kashmir, urged the Jammu and Kashmir administration to allow Friday...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday asked the police not to provide special protocol for his convoy in Mumbai and elsewhere in the state. Shinde gave the directions after holding discussions with state director general of police Rajnish Seth and Mumbai police commissioner...
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Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai tweets this image with Shinzo Abe, writing, Sending my deepest condolences and prayers to Shinzo Abe's family, friends, colleagues and the Japanese people. I am shocked and saddened by his assassination. I will always remember his hospitality, kindness and personal...
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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has instructed security be tightened for Cabinet ministers and other politicians following the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, Japan's public broadcaster NHK World said.Kishida discussed responses to the attack with National Public Safety...
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Foreign minister S Jaishankar shares this picture with former Japan PM Shinzo Abe who was killed today. A sad day for Japan, for India,the world and for me personally. A quarter century of memories of Shinzo Abe. No words to express them, Jaishankar tweeted. Abe was prime minister of Japan...
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September 26, 2006: Shinzo Abe became Japan's prime minister for the first time, overseeing economic reforms while taking a hard line on North Korea and seeking to engage with South Korea and China. In the picture alongside, former US President Barack Obama places his hand on former Japanese...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a picture from his most recent meeting with my dear friend, Shinzo Abe in Tokyo. Always passionate about strengthening India-Japan ties, he had just taken over as the Chairman of the Japan-India Association.Incidentally, Shinzo Abe was a dynast. He is political...
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Shinzo Abe received over 100 units of blood in transfusions over four hours as he hemorrhaged from a wound in the heart, the New York Times reports. Hidetada Fukushima, the professor in charge of emergency medicine at Nara Medical University Hospital, where Abe was taken told the NYT that the...
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Media outside the hospital where Shinzo Abe was taken
PM Modi tweets, I am shocked and saddened beyond words at the tragic demise of one of my dearest friends, Shinzo Abe. He was a towering global statesman, an outstanding leader, and a remarkable administrator. He dedicated his life to make Japan and the world a better place.
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I am shocked and saddened beyond words at the tragic demise of one of my dearest friends, #ShinzoAbe, tweets Prime Minister Narendra Modi.As a mark of our deepest respect for former Prime Minister #ShinzoAbe, a one day national mourning shall be observed on 9 July 2022, Modi added. India has...
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Earlier today, Akie Abe, the wife of Shinzo Abe, arrived on Friday at the hospital where Abe was being treated, according to video footage aired by local media. Abe was not showing any vital signs after he was shot.Pic: Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images
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Update: Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot this morning while campaigning for a parliamentary election, has died. He was 67.Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had said Abe, 67, was in grave condition and hoped he would survive. Kishida condemned the shooting, which...
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Breaking: Officials say former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been confirmed dead. He was shot during a speech on Friday in the city of Nara, near Kyoto, reports news agency ANI quoting Japan's NHK World News.
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Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray holds a presser. Nobody can take away Shiv Sena's symbol, amid tussle with party rebels who formed government in Maharashtra. The Shiv Sena symbol is the bow and arrow. Updates in a bit.
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A Chinese Air Force aircraft flew very close to a friction point in the eastern Ladakh sector on the Line of Actual Control in the last week of June, after which the Indian Air Force responded swiftly as per standard operating procedures.The incident took place at around 4 am on one of the...
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After reports on the attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese nationalists on Friday started posting celebratory messages on social media hailing the 'hero' assailant and sending 'death wishes' to the Japanese leader.Abe, 67, was shot while he was campaigning in the west...
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First look: A man, believed to be the suspect who shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is held by police officers at Yamato Saidaiji Station in Nara, in this photo taken by the Yomiuri Shimbun. Pic: The Yomiuri Shimbun/via Reuters.Abe was shot in western Japan and airlifted...
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Time magazine features Ukraine First Lady Olena Zelenska on its cover. Titled Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska takes on the trauma of war, the cover story addresses the overwhelming mental toll of Russia's war against Ukraine.
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A woman who was at the scene where former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was shot in western Japan says Abe collapsed right after a second gunshot, reports public broadcaster NHK.The witness said she saw a man approaching from behind Abe as the former prime minister was delivering a...
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From the New York Times: Nobuo Kishi, Japan's defense minister and the brother of Shinzo Abe, said of the shooting on Friday: This is a profanity against democracy. Especially suppression of free speech should not be allowed in the midst of the upper house election. We pray for his definite...
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued a red alert in Mumbai from 1 pm today till the next 24 hours.Several parts of Maharashtra have been witnessing heavy rainfall over the past few days.Red alert in Mumbai from 1 pm today till next 24 hours. We request Mumbaikars to plan...
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Japanese Police have identified the suspect arrested for shooting former prime minister Shinzo Abe on Friday as Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old resident of Nara City.Japan's public broadcaster NHK, citing police said that the suspected shooter is being held for questioning at the Nara Nishi...
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UK PM Boris Johnson also tweeted his shock and dismay at the Shinzo Abe shooting. Utterly appalled and saddened to hear about the despicable attack on Shinzo Abe. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones, Johnson said.
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The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, addressed Shinzo Abe directly in a tweet, and asked him to 'stay strong.' Our thoughts and prayers are with your family and the people of Japan, she tweeted.
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Japanese Police have identified the suspect arrested for shooting former prime minister Shinzo Abe on Friday as Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old resident of Nara City, according to local media.
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Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair wearing a cap
Supreme Court grants interim bail to Alt News' co-founder Mohammad Zubair in the case registered against him in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh; also issues notice to the UP police on Zubair's plea challenging Allahabad High Court order.
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A man who is believed to be former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is carried on a stretcher as he arrives at a hospital in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, western Japan. Pic: Kyodo/via Reuters
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Update: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who appeared emotional, called the shooting a heinous act.' He said that while the motives aren't known, Elections are being held. This is the very foundation of democracy and such an incident took place. It is barbaric and malicious and it cannot...
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PM Modi with then Japan PM Abe in 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep distress at the attack on former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, who is in a critical condition after being shot during a campaign speech on Friday in western Japan. Abe was airlifted to a hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped,...
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Japan PM Fumio Kishida
Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a news conference on Friday said, Doctors are fighting to save former Japan leader Shinzo Abe.It is barbaric and malicious and it cannot be tolerated. We will do everything we can... At this moment, doctors are working very hard to save Mr Abe, PM Kishida...
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The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on July 11, a fresh plea of the Uddhav Thackeray led faction challenging appointment of Eknath Shinde as chief minister of Maharashtra. A vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari said it will be listed before an appropriate bench...
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Amravati-based pharmacist Umesh Kolhe was hacked to death
The brutal killing of Maharashtra's Amravati-based pharmacist Umesh Kolhe on June 21 was an act of larger conspiracy by a group of persons who conspired to strike terror amongst a section of people of India and to promote enmity on the grounds of religion, the National Investigation Agency (NIA)...
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Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who belongs to the same political party as Shizo Abe, is on his way to Tokyo on a helicopter from his own campaign destination of Yamagata, in northern Japan. All Cabinet ministers are to return to Tokyo from their campaign trips. In another footage,...
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An ambulance reaches the spot where Shinzo Abe was shot
Shinzo Abe shooting: A fire official in Japan says the former Japan PM was not breathing and his heart stopped while being airlifted to a hospital for a gunshot wound. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Cabinet ministers are returning to Tokyo, a government spokesperson says.The former Japanese...
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Nine tourists from Punjab drowned on Friday morning as their car fell into the Dhela river in Uttarakhand's Ramnagar and was washed away by its strong current, police said. The accident occurred at 5:45 am when the tourists, all residents of Patiala, were on their way back to Punjab....
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This has left the authorities concerned in India scrambling to find a solution to deal with the pressing problem. Read the report here.
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Asserting his Bharatiya Janata Party is ever ready for elections, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday it was for the Election Commission to decide when assembly polls would be held in Jammu and Kashmir.As far as the BJP is concerned, it is always ready for any election, be it...
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Shinzo Abe shooting update: The Fire department says Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe is in cardiopulmonary arrest. He's scheduled to be transferred by medevac to Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara City in the prefecture. Police say Abe appears to have been shot from behind with a shotgun,...
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Social media giant Twitter, while challenging multiple blocking orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, contended that the orders are manifestly arbitrary and procedurally and substantially not in consonance with Section 69A of the IT Act.In a petition filed...
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The Army will hold recruitment rallies under the newly announced Agnipath scheme in Uttar Pradesh from next month, a spokesperson said on Thursday.Shantanu Pratap Singh PRO (Defence) Lucknow, in a press statement, said, 'The recruitment rally in Bareilly will be held between August 19 and...
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe collapsed during a speech in the city of Nara, in Western Japan.Initial reports say he may have been injured.Japan's NHK TV says Abe apparently was shot at and collapsed during a campaign speech.'An NHK reporter on site heard something that sounded like a...
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An audio clip of a rebel Shiv Sena MLA complaining about Gulabrao Patil, former minister and another legislator in the Eknath Shinde camp, went viral on social media on Thursday. In the nearly seven-minute-long audio clip, Chimanrao Patil, MLA from Arandol in Jalgaon district, claimed that...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will visit New Delhi on Friday, his first tour of the national capital after taking oath of his new office last month, an official said on Thursday. According to his tour itinerary, Shinde, who was sworn in as chief minister on June 30, will take a...
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