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Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday asserted passenger safety is paramount to the government and that DGCA's measures to ensuring this would continue in the coming days in the backdrop of increased technical snags being reported by different airlines in the country.Aviation...
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There is an urgent need to address the global energy and food crisis triggered by disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Tashkent on Friday.With Chinese Foreign Minister...
22:15
A student association on Friday alleged that the seats reserved for OBC, SC and ST categories were not filled up while admitting students to the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) for the academic year 2021. Members of the Students Association of FTII also staged a protest...
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More than 30,000 kg of narcotics will be incinerated in four locations across the country on Saturday in the virtual presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Shah will be in Chandigarh to attend a national conference on drug trafficking and national security. During the conference,...
21:15
Actor Will Smith has apologized to Chris Rock for slapping the comedian at the Oscars earlier this year, addressing the incident in a new video posted to social media.It's been a minute... the text at the beginning of the video reads. Over the last few months, I've been doing a lot of thinking...
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After a near washout of House proceedings for two weeks, Lok Sabha is likely to have a debate on price rise on Monday, followed by Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, political sources said. Since the beginning of the session on July 18, the Opposition in both the House had been raising the issue...
20:57
More than 47,000 cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act were registered in 2020, while 1,70,271 such cases were pending trial by the end of the year, the Women and Child Development Ministry said. Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Women and Child...
20:14
Karnataka minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan
Amid outrage over the murder of a Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing leader, Karnataka minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan on Friday favoured encounter killings of perpetrators of such incidents and said the state government is ready for it. Without giving...
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Rapper-singer Drake/Reuters
Rapper-singer Drake paid another heartfelt tribute to Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala as he wore a t-shirt with the late musician's picture printed on it at a recent concert. Drake, who has previously condoled Moosewala's demise on various platforms including social media and his radio show,...
19:38
Tauru DSP Surendra Singh
The Haryana police on Friday arrested a 12th man in connection with the recent mowing down of a deputy superintendent of police probing illegal stone-mining and indicated that they have now wrapped up the case. Nuh police identified him as the person for whom stone was being transported in...
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Four inmates, including two women, at a district jail here, are stitching 10,000 tricolour flags as part of the Centre's Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, an official said on Friday. Har Ghar Tiranga campaign is...
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A total of 7.58 crore people have got the precaution dose of COVID vaccine as on July 26, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. In a written reply, she said that according to WHO, 203 countries have included booster or additional dose in their...
18:51
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde
Nihar Thackeray, nephew of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, on Friday met Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and extended his support to the latter. Nihar Thackeray is the son of late Bindumadhav Thackeray, the eldest son of Sena founder Bal Thackeray. A statement from...
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In the wake of the deteriorating situation of women and minorities in the country, the Taliban on Thursday called for the implementation of Sharia law in Afghanistan, stressing the need for preserving Islamic values.The Islamic Emirate leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada held a gathering...
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The new National Education Policy (NEP) is in sync with the nation's roots and has gained unprecedented acceptance from the entire country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Noting that the NEP is rooted in Bharatiyata while assimilating global perspective, Shah said the policy...
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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and said it is important for Delhi's development that both of them work together. Saxena had last week rejected the Aam Aadmi Party government's proposal for Chief Minister Kejriwal's Singapore visit to...
17:29
A fire broke out at a film set in suburban Andheri on Friday afternoon, a civic official said. The blaze erupted at a film set installed at Chitrakoot Ground next to the Andheri Sports Complex around 4.30 pm, she said. The fire erupted on the sets of filmmaker Luv Ranjan, say...
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Four confirmed cases of Monkeypox disease, three from Kerala and one from Delhi, have been reported in the country as on July 27, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar told the Lok Sabha on Friday. No death due to Monkeypox disease has been reported in the country,...
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Amid recent crashes involving its vintage Russian combat aircraft fleet, the Indian Air Force is now going to retire one more squadron of the MiG-21 Bison aircraft by September 30.On Thursday evening, a MiG-21 Type 69 Trainer aircraft crashed in Barmer, Rajasthan killing both the pilots including...
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Karnataka CM at the BYJM leader's home
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said the probe into the murder of a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha worker will be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). One more person was arrested on Friday in connection with the killing of Praveen Nettar in Dakshina...
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Smriti Irani rages in the Lok Sabha
Congress workers on Friday staged a protest at the district headquarters here demanding Union Minister and local MP Smriti Irani's resignation for her alleged misbehaviour with Sonia Gandhi in Parliament a day ago.Congress workers gathered in Amethi in the morning and after a meeting at the party...
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As commendable her confidence is, Janhvi's metamorphosis from bechari to bold is slight, observes Sukanya Verma. Read the review on Rediff.com here.
16:15
Indian Navy's guided missile frigate, INS Tarkash, completed her Mediterranean deployment and entered the Atlantic Ocean to continue with her long-range voyage. INS Tarkash is on her passage to South America to visit Rio Di Janeiro, Brazil to hoist the National Flag on 15 August.
15:54
Indian students who were in last year of their undergraduate medicine course in Ukraine, but had to return to India due to the Russian invasion and have subsequently completed their studies and have been granted a certificate of completion of course on or before June 30, will be permitted to...
15:46
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued summons to Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and Netta D'souza in a civil suit filed by Union Cabinet Minister Smriti Irani. The court also directed the congress leaders to remove the post, videos, tweets, retweets, and morphed pictures of the...
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Lanka PM Renil Wickramsinghe
The World Bank does not plan to offer new financing to crisis-hit Sri Lanka until an adequate macroeconomic policy framework is in place, the global funding body has said. The statement by the World Bank was released on Thursday, two days after the International Monetary Fund-- another...
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Thirty years ago, a bold plan was cooked up to spread doubt and persuade the public that climate change was not a problem. The little-known meeting - between some of America's biggest industrial players and a PR genius - forged a devastatingly successful strategy that endured for years, and the...
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In the memory of Sidhu Moosewala, his father Balkaur Singh paid an emotional tribute to the late singer by getting his face tattooed on his arm. A video was shared on Sidhu Moosewala's Instagram page in which a tattoo artist is seen painting the former's portrait on Balkaur Singh's...
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Activist Pramod Zinjade, who heads the campaign against evil practices related to widowhood, has urged sarpanchs of all villages in Maharashtra to allow widows to hoist the tricolour this Independence Day on August 15. In a public appeal to all sarpanchs, Zinjade said widows should be asked...
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A day after he was stripped of all posts in the TMC and relieved of ministerial duties, following his arrest in connection with a school recruitment scam, Partha Chatterjee on Friday said that he was a victim of a conspiracy hatched against him.The 69-year-old leader, who is under the custody of...
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On-demand convenience platform Swiggy on Friday said it will allow permanent work-from-anywhere for a majority of its employees. Going forward, corporate, central business functions and technology teams will continue to work remotely, the company said in a statement. They...
14:17
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju continues the tirade against Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury: It was not a slip of tongue. If you watch the clip, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury clearly (referred to President Murmu as) 'Rashtrapati' twice, then he corrected himself to say 'Rashtrapatni.' Such matters...
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Rescuers evacuate a woman from under rubble in Donetsk
At least 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war captured during the fighting for Mariupol have been killed by Ukrainian shelling, Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine said. Daniil Bezsonov, a spokesman for the Russia-backed separatists in the Donetsk region, said that at least 40...
13:53
Congress leaders raise slogans against the ruling government in front of the Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex, a day after an alleged face-off between the party's interim President Sonia Gandhi and Union Minister Smriti Irani in the Lok Sabha.
13:43
India made the highest number of legal demands globally to remove content posted by verified journalists and news outlets on Twitter during July-December 2021, the microblogging platform said.In its latest transparency report, Twitter said India was only behind the US in seeking Twitter account...
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Smriti Irani
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued summons to Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and Netta D'Souza on a civil defamation suit filed by Union minister Smriti Irani seeking damages of over Rs 2 crore for allegedly making baseless allegations against her and her daughter. Justice...
12:33
A jumbo Covid centre in Malad
All jumbo Covid-19 centres in Mumbai will be closed, said BMC officials on Friday after the number of cases dropped in the city.As per BMC data, the city registered 281 new COVID cases on July 28, with an overall recovery rate of 98 per cent. Earlier, BMC had shut three centres and now the...
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Ratan N. Tata on JRD Tata's birth anniversary today. I remember JRD fondly on his 118th birth anniversary as a warm hearted and caring human being who had an enormous influence in my life. We shared many common interests, but what I really miss is his affection and kindness. Although Jeh...
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Both houses of Parliament adjourned till 11 am, Monday.Lok Sabha: proceedings were disrupted on Friday after opposition staged protests and BJP members countered, leading to adjournment of the House till noon immediately after it assembled for the day. As soon as the House met at 11 am,...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah calls on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.
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Union Minister Smriti Irani along with MoS Dr Mahendra Munjpara and MoS John Barla calls on President Droupadi Murmu.
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Bodies of five Assam labourers, who were among the 19 missing from a road construction site in Arunachal Pradesh's Kurung Kumey district for a fortnight, were found in a dense forest, a senior district official said on Friday. Rescue teams have found the five decomposed bodies in the dense...
11:24
The auction of 5G spectrum for ultra-high-speed internet services entered day four on Friday after garnering bids worth Rs 1,49,623 crore in 16 rounds of bidding conducted so far. The high interest for spectrum in the 1800 MHz band in Uttar Pradesh East circle saw Jio and Airtel locked...
11:17
When politicians have no respect for personal liberty and order arrests indiscriminately, it is silly to expect policemen and bureaucrats to not follow their example, writes Vir Sanghvi. Read the column here.
11:15
President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping are exploring a meeting in person, after the leaders spent more than two hours Thursday talking through the future of their complicated relationship.Tension over Taiwan is once again emerging as a flashpoint. Biden conducted the telephone call from...
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An IndiGo flight from Jorhat in Assam to Kolkata skidded off the runway during take off and a pair of its wheels got stuck in the muddy outfield, the airline said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday when the aircraft was taxing out for take off with 98 passengers on board and the...
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Opposition MPs continued their 50-hour day-night sit-in protest on Friday morning in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue inside Parliament premises to mark their strong protest against their suspension and the central government which they claimed was not ready to hold discussion over key issues...
10:25
Last rites of the man killed yesterday
Prohibitory orders have been clamped in the city following back-to-back murders of two people belonging to different communities in the last couple of days. Security has been beefed up in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts in view of the tense situation, police said on Friday....
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BJP Yuva Morcha worker Praveen Nettar was also hacked to death
A 23-year-old youth was hacked to death by an unidentified group on the outskirts of Mangaluru, said the police on Thursday.The deceased has been identified as Fazil and was attacked by lethal weapons. Following the incident, Section 144 was imposed at Surathkal, Mulki, Bajpe and Panambur.At...
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A sessions court in Ahmedabad is likely to pass its order on Friday on the bail applications of activist Teesta Setalvad and former Director General of Police R B Sreekuamr arrested for allegedly fabricating documents to frame innocent people in the 2002 riots cases.Additional principal judge D D...
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The Goa Excise Commissioner will on Friday hear a complaint filed by lawyer-activist Aires Rodrigues alleging that the licence to run a controversial upmarket restaurant in Assagao in North Goa was obtained 'illegally' and that it was renewed this year in the name of a person who died in 2021.The...
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The Enforce Directorate conducted a raid at another apartment linked to Arpita Mukherjee, a close associate of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, in Kolkata's Chinar Park area on late Thursday evening, an official said.The ED sleuths raided the flat a day after recovering around Rs 28...
08:20
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his United States counterpart, Joe Biden, not to 'play with fire' over Taiwan and asked the US to abide by the 'One China' principle, during a phone call between both leaders on Thursday.Those who play with fire will perish by it. It is hoped that the US will...
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday six pleas challenging the validity of certain provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. The petitions are listed for hearing before a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Aniruddha Bose. The apex court...
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