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Two Border Security Force personnel, who were part of the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo, were killed on Tuesday during violent protests, a spokesperson for the force said. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said he was deeply grieved at the loss of the two valiant Indian peacekeepers...
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An Indian army soldier was arrested in a case of espionage, a police official said on Tuesday. The accused soldier Shantimoy Rana (24) was posted in Rajasthan and was honey-trapped by two women. He shared classified information related to his regiment and videos of army exercise with...
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The nexus between Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group and Punjab-based gangsters came to the fore as the State Investigation Agency Tuesday filed a chargesheet against five accused in a terror funding case registered last year. The case was registered in November last year following the recovery...
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Haryana DSP Surender Singh
The Haryana police on Tuesday conducted a special search operation at Rohingya camps here and seized 30 vehicles for verification purpose as part of its probe into the death of Haryana DSP Surender Singh. The police said further investigation into the matter is on. The raids come in the...
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Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Punjab assembly deputy speaker's decision to reject 10 votes as unconstitutional and named PML-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi as the chief minister of the politically crucial province, in a major setback to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Pervez...
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The Chhattisgarh assembly on Tuesday passed a set of bills effecting a hike in salaries of the chief minister, the Leader of Opposition, ministers and legislators. Another set of bills that proposed to increase salary and allowances of the assembly speaker, the deputy speaker and parliamentary...
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The 28-year-old man arrested for allegedly threatening actor couple Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal on a social media platform used to keep watch on their residence in Mumbai and had also followed their car, the police said. A court in suburban Bandra on Tuesday remanded the accused,...
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Meghalaya BJP vice-president Bernard N Marak who is accused of operating a sex racket at his farmhouse in the state was arrested in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, a senior police officer said. Marak, a former militant leader, is absconding following a police raid at the farmhouse at Tura in the...
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One of the contacts of the monkeypox-infected resident of Delhi has complained of body ache and is being monitored to check for any other symptoms, sources said on Tuesday. The west Delhi man, who was the first reported monkeypox case in the capital, is currently recovering in the isolation...
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Amarnath Yatra has been suspended between Panchtarni and the cave due to inclement weather, officials said on Tuesday. Heavy rainfall occurred in the mountains around the holy cave shrine this afternoon due to which water level in a nearby stream also rose, they said. The pilgrims were...
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The police on Tuesday issued a lookout notice against Meghalaya BJP vice-president Bernard N Marak who is accused of operating a sex racket at his farmhouse in Tura in West Garo Hills district of the state. A lookout notice is issued to make sure that a wanted person is not able to leave the...
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As part of Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations, Pangode Military Station in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday organised a demonstration by artist 'Da Vinci' Suresh by installing an underwater portrait of late Captain Vikram Batra, Param Vir Chakra. The event was organised by the Indian Army in...
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A class 12 girl in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore was found dead at her home, the third such instance in the state this month, according to a police official on Tuesday. The girl allegedly died by hanging at Virudhachalam in the Cuddalore district. A case of suspicious death has been registered...
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Over 1,800 NGOs' FCRA licences were cancelled by the government for the violation of provisions of the law in the last three years, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in New Delhi on Tuesday. ...
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Uddhav Thackeray
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led government issued a whopping 400 government orders in its last days in office and allotted funds that were five times more than the budgetary allocation. These government orders (called...
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The government on Tuesday invited applications for the post of chairperson of competition watchdog Competition Commission of India. The tenure of current chairperson Ashok Kumar Gupta will be ending later this year. The CCI, keeps a tab on anti-competitive practices across sectors in...
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The Karnataka high court on Tuesday allowed social media giant Twitter Inc to place the various 'blocking orders' issued by the Union government before it in sealed envelopes. Justice Krishna S Dixit, who is hearing the case, also directed the microblogging...
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The Trinamool Congress lashed out at the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday over the suspension of Rajya Sabha members from the Upper House, alleging that it had turned Parliament into a deep, dark chamber. Democracy has been suspended in India. Parliament has been turned into a deep, dark...
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Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi arrives at the ED office after the lunch break. Her second round of questioning in connection with the National Herald case began, earlier today.The ED recorded the statement of Congress President Sonia Gandhi for about 2.5 hours on the second day of her...
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The nineteen opposition MPs, including seven from the TMC and six from the DMK, were suspended on Tuesday from attending the sitting of the Rajya Sabha for the entire week for disrupting the House proceedings.
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Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday slammed the Congress for criticising investigation agencies and claimed that the opposition party has never shown any respect for the Constitution. The senior BJP leader cited the instance of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tearing an ordinance...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat and Tamil Nadu on July 28-29 to attend various events, including inauguration and laying the foundation stone of several projects, the PMO said on Tuesday. Modi will launch multiple projects of Sabar Dairy at Sabarkantha in Gujarat on...
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TMC MPs Sushmita Dev, Dr Santanu Sen and Dola Sen among other Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for rest of the week for misconduct by entering well of the House and sloganeering. A total of 19 Opposition MPs from the RS were suspended. House adjourned for a while.
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There was no clear winner between former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Tuesday after the UK's prime ministerial candidates went head-to-head in their first television debate as finalists and clashed fiercely on their economic policies and tax plans. A snap...
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Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik is being given intravenous fluids as he is on a hunger strike for the last five days in Tihar Jail in Delhi after the Centre did not respond to his plea that he be allowed to physically appear in a Jammu court hearing the Rubaiya Sayeed abduction case, in...
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Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders detained and kept at the Kingsway Police camp in New Delhi.
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The Indian government stopped a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist from flying to Paris in June, providing no explanation for violating her fundamental right to life and liberty and the norms of natural justice. Other Kashmiri journalists, barred from travelling abroad in recent years, were...
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The Allahabad High Court today denied bail to Ashish Mishra, the son of junior Union Home Minister Ajay Mishra, in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.Ashish Mishra had requested fresh bail after Supreme Court cancelled a bail order granted by the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad...
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BJP MP Kirron Kher meets Amit Shah. Had a good meeting with the Honourable HM @AmitShah ji. It's always a pleasure to meet the brave and decisive Home Minister of India, writes Kher.
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A local train derailed when it moved in reverse direction at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai on Tuesday morning, affecting suburban services on the Harbour Line, an official said.No one was injured in the incident which took place on platform no. 1 of the CSMT around 9.40 am,...
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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and several party MPs were detained by police at Vijay Chowk on Tuesday after they staged a protest against the ED questioning of Sonia Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi and other Congress MPs gathered at Vijay Chowk to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhawan to draw...
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Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge detained by police during protest against ED questioning of Sonia Gandhi in National Herald case.
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The Mumbai Police on Tuesday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh over his nude pictures on social media, an official said. A Mumbai-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) had approached the Chembur police here with a complaint against the...
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The Indian Coast Guard on Tuesday launched a rescue operation in the waters of the Bay of Bengal for a woman who reportedly went missing while taking selfies at the Rama Krishna beach.The rescue operation was being carried out using two ships and a Chetak helicopter. It was suspected that the...
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Neeraj Chopra will not take part in Commonwealth Games 2022. He is not fit as he got injured in the finals of World Athletic Championship. He informed us about this, Rajeev Mehta, Secretary General, IOA tells ANI.
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After monkeypox was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization, concerns have emerged about sexual behaviour considering that the virus can be spread through close contact of any kind, including through kissing, touching, oral and penetrative vaginal or anal sex with...
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Pratibha Devisingh Patil, former President of India along with her daughter met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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The Supreme Court to hear a fresh plea from the Uddhav Thackeray-led camp of the Shiv Sena on August 1. The plea seeks a stay on the proceedings before the Election Commission of India on the Eknath Shinde group's claim for recognition as the 'real' Shiv Sena. A bench comprising Chief...
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The much-awaited auction for the 5G telecom spectrum commenced on Tuesday. Reliance Jio, Adani group, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are the four major participants in the auction.The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently approved the Department of Telecommunications...
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'...He was hit by a volley of bullets. Even before breathing his last, Cliffy killed a Pakistani soldier in hand-to-hand combat...'Captain Keishing Clifford Nongrum, who was just 24, received the Mahavir Chakra posthumously for his superhuman act of valour in the Kargil War.Archana...
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India's wealthiest person, Gautam Adani, on Tuesday said his ports-to-energy conglomerate has never slowed or walked away from making investments in India as the group's growth is aligned with the country's growth story. Speaking at the group's annual shareholders meeting, he said the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, first time after her assumption of office yesterday.
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The Opposition's vice-presidential candidate Margaret Alva voices her opinion on the current dispensation in India. The fear that Big Brother is always watching & listening permeates all conversations between politicians across party lines in new India. MPs & leaders of parties carry...
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Equity benchmark indices continued to fall for the second day running on Tuesday with the BSE Sensex sliding 283 points in early trade amid foreign funds outflow and mixed trends in global markets. The 30-share BSE benchmark fell 282.85 points to 55,483.37. The broader NSE Nifty...
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Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, who recently lost the presidential poll as an opposition candidate, on Tuesday said he will not join any other political party and remain independent. Sinha, 84, also said he is yet to decide on what role he wants to play in public life going ahead. I...
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The death toll due to the consumption of spurious liquor in Gujarat's Botad district has gone up to 21, officials said on Tuesday. The police control room in Botad confirmed that 16 people from the district have died so far.Five people from Dhandhuka taluka of neighbouring Ahmedabad...
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Opposition's vice presidential candidate Margaret Alva on Monday said she was unable to make or receive calls from her mobile, and in a tongue-in-cheek comment promised government-owned telecom operator MTNL that she would not call any MP from the BJP, TMC or BJD tonight if it restores her...
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Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urging her to sack Partha Chatterjee from Ministership immediately. Partha Chatterjee, who was admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Monday, landed at the Kolkata airport early Tuesday morning, from where he was taken to...
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Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday compared rebel party leaders to rotten leaves of a tree and said let there be elections to make it clear whether people support him on the rebel faction. In his first interview to Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' after stepping down as the chief...
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Musk with Google co-founder Sergey Brin
Tesla CEO Elon Musk denied a media report that alleged that he had an affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of billionaire Google co-founder Sergey Brin.Replying to a link to the story posted on Twitter, Musk described the report as total bs.This is total bs. Sergey and I are friends and were at...
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President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said 'Kargil Vijay Diwas' is a symbol of extraordinary valour of the armed forces, and people will always be indebted to the brave soldiers who laid down their lives to protect Mother India. On July 26, 1999, the Indian Army had announced the successful...
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At least ten persons died and 20 others were admitted to different hospitals after consuming spurious liquor in Botad district of Gujarat, officials said on Monday night. Some of the patients are in critical condition, they said. ...
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The upcoming 74th Emmy Awards, which will be held in Los Angeles on September 12, 2022, will stream exclusively in India on Lionsgate Play. The awards will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater on Monday, September 12, (8-11 pm EDT/5-8 pm PDT) on NBC and will stream live exclusively...
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The Allahabad high court will deliver its verdict on Tuesday on the bail plea of Ashish Mishra alias Monu, the son of Union Minister of State for Home minister Ajay Mishra, in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. A bench of Justice Krishna Pahal had reserved its order on July...
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