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Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh on Thursday announced that it will not participate in the nationwide strike called by trade unions on March 28-29. BMS has termed the upcoming strike as 'politically motivated' to ensure the survival of selected political parties. BMS will not participate in the...
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A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the death of eight people in a fire tragedy in West Bengal's Birbhum district. The plea filed by Vishnu Gupta, the national president of the Hindu Sena, alleged that local authorities are trying...
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Army Chief Gen MM Naravane on Thursday presented the 'President's Colours' to two battalions of the Dogra Regiment at a ceremony in Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh. The battalions that received the prestigious 'President's Colours' are 20 DOGRA and 21 DOGRA.The Colour Presentation Parade was...
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Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba would travel to India next week on a maiden visit during which he would hold talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and other senior leaders. Deuba is visiting India from April 1 to 4 at the invitation of Prime Minister Modi, an aide of the...
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Filippo Osella, an anthropologist and academician from the UK currently involved in research on traditional fishing in Kerala, was deported to his country by India soon after his arrival at the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday, official sources said. He (Osella) was...
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India on Thursday abstained in the UN General Assembly on a resolution by Ukraine and its allies on the humanitarian crisis in war-torn eastern European country. The 193-member General Assembly resumed its 11th Emergency Special Session on Ukraine and voted Thursday on a draft resolution...
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After being elected leader of Bharatiya Janata Party legislature party, Yogi Adityanath on Thursday met Governor Anandiben Patel to stake claim to form government in Uttar Pradesh. After dropping Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the airport, Adityanath went to the Raj Bhawan to meet...
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi on Thursday. Wang Yi is likely to meet his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval tomorrow. Earlier today Wang Yi was in Kabul, Afghanistan, after his three-day visit to...
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The Birbhum police on Thursday suspended Rampurhat sub-divisional police officer Shayan Ahmed in connection with the Bogtui village arson that claimed eight lives, and put on him on 'compulsory waiting', a senior officer said. The suspension came hours after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met a group of eminent Sikh personalities and intellectuals on Thursday as he continued with his engagement with the community. The meeting went for over 90 minutes at the prime minister's residence as Modi spoke about his association with Sikhs over the years...
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India on Thursday said references made to it at a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Islamabad were based on falsehoods and misrepresentation. The strong reaction by the ministry of external affairs came a day after the OIC at its foreign ministerial meeting in Pakistan...
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The rupee appreciated 6 paise to close at 76.33 against the US dollar in a restricted trade on Thursday, as investors assess the global economic impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict amid elevated global crude oil prices to find a decisive direction. A weak trend in domestic equities and...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed on Thursday that a phone call was made from the Prime Minister's Office to the state election commissioner asking him to defer the municipal corporation polls in the national capital. This would not have happened anywhere in the world that a PM is...
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All five Aam Aadmi Party nominees for the Rajya Sabha polls have been elected unopposed from Punjab, officials said on Thursday. The AAP had nominated former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, party leader Raghav Chadha, Lovely Professional University founder Ashok Mittal, IIT Delhi professor...
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The National Human Rights Commission issued a notice to the West Bengal government and the state police chief on Thursday in connection with the killing of eight people in Birbhum district, and sought a report within four weeks, detailing the steps taken to ensure the safety of people, officials...
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Yogi Adityanath was on Thursday unanimously chosen the leader of the BJP legislature party in Uttar Pradesh in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Adityanath will now visit the Raj Bhawan to meet Governor Anandiben Patel and stake claim to form the government.The...
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Trinamool Congress Rampurhat-1 block president Anarul Hossain was arrested on Thursday in connection with the killings in Bogtui village in West Bengal's Birbhum district, the police said. He was arrested from Tarapith in the district within hours of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee directing...
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to NATO: Don't say Ukraine's army doesn't meet Alliance's standards. In a virtual address to NATO, President Zelenskyy said that he has one demand. After such a war against Russia' Please, never, never again tell us that our army does not meet NATO...
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The West Bengal government orders a 10-day special clean-up drive and directs the police to uncover illegal arms and ammunition across the state.CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday condemned the killing of eight people in West Bengal's Birbhum district, saying this cult of...
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Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to NATO: The NATO Alliance can still prevent deaths of Ukrainians from Russian attacks.In a virtual address on March 24, President Zelensky said that Ukraine is asking for only 1 per cent of NATO's jets and tanks to help it defend itself from Russian...
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CNN: Half of all Ukrainian children have been displaced since February 24, according to UNICEF. Since the start of the war a month ago, out of every boy and girl in the country, one out of two now has had to flee their homes,' UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told CNN. Image: People, mainly...
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Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed with losses in highly volatile trade on Thursday as banking and financial stocks retreated amid a weak trend in global equity markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 89.14 points or 0.15 per cent to settle at 57,595.68. During the day,...
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Birbhum killings: Tridip Pramanik, Inspector of Police, presently posted as Inspector-in-Charge, Rampurhat police station, has been suspended with immediate effect for his gross misconduct and dereliction of duty unbecoming of a member of a disciplined police force, Additional DGP Law &...
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The bodies of 11 migrant workers, hailing from Bihar, who were charred to death in a massive fire that swept through a scrap godown in the city were flown from here to Patna on Thursday, police said in Hyderabad. All the 11 bodies were shifted to the airport here from the state-run...
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The Supreme Court orders 5 criminal cases lodged by Maharashtra Police against ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh be transferred to CBI for impartial probe. The SC asks the state police to hand over the cases to CBI within a week and directs all officials to extend full cooperation to...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top BJP leaders, leading industrialists and seers will participate in the mega ceremony in which Yogi Adityanath will take oath as Uttar Pradesh chief minister for the second consecutive term.The ceremony on Friday will be attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah,...
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Congress president Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of party general secretaries and state in-charges on March 26 to discuss organisational elections, the party's membership drive and the current political situation besides planning agitational programmes. Congress general secretary...
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Mumbai Police in a press note clarifies that there is no input about any threat for IPL 2022. All the necessary arrangements have been done in the view of providing security for players and IPL matches, the police said. Reports said that special security arrangements have been put in place...
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When the dust settles on the grime of Indian politics, it's moments like this that keep hopes alive for a better democracy.Today, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Raghav Chadha tendered his resignation from the Delhi Legislative Assembly to Speaker Ram Niwas Goel. He has been nominated for the Rajya Sabha...
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TMC's Derek O'Brien and Sudip Bandyopadhyay with Amit Shah
A Trinamool Congress delegation met Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday and sought the ouster of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar as a political fight over the horrifying killing of eight persons in the state's Birbhum district continued to echo inside and outside Parliament. In the Lok...
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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on his meeting with PM Modi, earlier today: We need the support of the Center to maintain national security. Punjab's financial condition is in doldrums. We've demanded Rs 50,000 crores package per year for 2 years to improve state's financial situation.
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Joe Biden, world leaders open first of trio of summits focusing on Russian war in Ukraine. Details awaited. Image: A Russian army soldier stands next to local residents who queue for humanitarian aid delivered during the Ukraine-Russia conflict, in the besieged southern port of...
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni has resigned as the captain of Chennai Super Kings and decided to hand over the leadership to Ravindra Jadeja to lead the team in IPL 2022.Jadeja, who has been an integral part of Chennai Super Kings since 2012, will only be the third player to lead CSK. Dhoni will...
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2008 Malegaon blast: Another witness turns hostile, denied identifying anyone except Lt Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit who was present in the court. He is the 19th witness to turn hostile. The next hearing will be on March 25th.
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia's losses as of March 24, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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The government is examining various trade-related aspects, including those related to payments, in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.He asserted that the crude oil imported from Russia is very little. Replying to...
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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann meets PM Narendra Modi in Delhi. The PM met Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan earlier.
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Continuing with its successful run at the box office, Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Kashmir Files' has now entered the Rs 200 crore club. The film, starring veteran actor Anupam Kher, has minted a total of Rs 200.13 crore, becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film in the Covid-19 pandemic...
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With eyes on 2024 BJP plans a mega event at the swearing-in ceremony of UP Chief Minister, writes Sheela Bhatt. Read the column here.
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Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday defended the government over the hike in fuel prices in the country, saying it is due to the increase in prices in the international market. He, however, assured that efforts are being made to make fuel available to people at affordable...
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A TMC delegation including Derek O' Brien, Mahua Moitra and others arrive at Parliament to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee hands over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of those killed in the Birbhum violence. Financial aid of Rs 2 lakh will be given for reconstructing affected houses. Families of the people who died in the fire will be given a job and Rs 5 lakh, she says.Suspects of the...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday reached Bogtui village, where eight people were burnt alive earlier this week, and spoke with the family members of those killed.She took a helicopter from Dumurjola Stadium in Howrah and landed on a helipad near the village amid tight...
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.Mann will also call on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after the meeting. Notably, this is Mann's maiden visit to Delhi as Punjab's Chief Minister.Mann took the oath of office and secrecy at Khatkar...
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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray
The Maharashtra Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that aims to make use of Marathi language mandatory in official works of local authorities, including civic bodies and corporations formed by the state government. State minister Subhash Desai said the introduction of the...
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VP Singh, LK Advani, Narasimha Rao, Vajpayee, and UPA govts all failed to recognise the pain of Kashmiri Pandits. Now The Kashmir Files is rectifying that, writes Vir Sanghvi. Read the column here.
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Update: A Delhi court on Thursday denied bail to former JNU student Umar Khalid in a case of larger conspiracy in connection with Delhi riots during February 2020.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat had reserved the order on March 3 after hearing arguments from the counsel appearing for...
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A Delhi court on Thursday, March 24, dismissed the bail plea of Umar Khalid, an accused in a larger conspiracy case related to North East Delhi violence of February 2020.The court on Wednesday, deferred the order in Umar Khalid's bail plea for the third time, stating that it was under...
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Some good news via the KyivIndependent: Bucha City Council says, Ukraine's military surround the towns of Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel near Kyiv. It means that the Russian troops north-west of Kyiv are now encircled.Image: Women sew vests for body armours that are to be sent to the front...
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A man was allegedly forced to rub his nose inside the temple in Behror town of Rajasthan's Alwar district over his comment on 'The Kashmir Files' on social media, said police on Wednesday. The incident, which occurred under Behror police station on Tuesday, was captured on camera, and a...
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Rakesh Kumar, the hotel owner
The Delhi Police on Wednesday clarified that it has not issued any direction against giving reservation in hotels to those furnishing identity cards from Jammu and Kashmir. The statement comes after a purported viral video on social media shows a man allegedly being denied reservation...
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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan called on PM Modi, in Delhi today. The CM is meeting the PM to seek clearance for the SilverLine project.
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The eight people, including three women and two children, who were burnt alive in Bogtui village in West Bengal's Birbhum district were badly beaten up before the carnage, their post-mortem examination has revealed. According to preliminary findings of the forensic experts, who conducted the...
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US creates contingency plans in case Russia uses chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons in Ukraine. The White House has quietly assembled a team of national security officials to sketch out scenarios of how the United States and its allies should respond if President Vladimir V. Putin of...
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Mihilal Sheikh, 40, had to run at least 12km through paddy fields, along with his elder brother Banirul, after their homes were set ablaze at Bogtui near Rampurhat in Birbhum district on Monday night.Mihilal, a grocer, lost eight family members, including his wife, eight-year-old daughter and...
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No prime minister in Pakistan's recent history has survived long in office after appointing an ISI chief who did not have the army chief's confidence. Read Rana Banerji's column here.
10:55
A search is on for the second black box from the China Eastern passenger jet that crashed in southern China with 132 people on board earlier this week. Rain has been impeding the search for a second straight day. Yesterday, one of the black boxes, believed to be the cockpit voice...
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Polling began at 8 am on Thursday in 109 urban local bodies of Odisha, including three municipal corporations of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur, amid tight security, State Election Commission officials said. Voting will continue till 5 pm across 47 municipalities, 59 NACs (Notified Area...
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Ukraine President Volodymr Zelenskyy called on people worldwide to gather in public on Thursday to show support for his embattled country on the one-month anniversary of the Russian invasion that he said breaks the heart of every free person on the planet. Zelenskyy whose video...
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With 1,938 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of cases rose to 4,30,14,687, while the active cases further declined to 22,427, according to Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll has climbed to 5,16,672 with 67 daily fatalities, the...
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Update from Birbhum: CCTV cameras are being installed in the violence-affected area of Rampurhat, West Bengal where eight people were burnt to death after their houses were set ablaze. The Calcutta HC yesterday had directed the installation of CCTV cameras for 24x7 surveillance. West...
09:13
Russian journalist Oksana Baulina working for the independent news site The Insider was killed in a shelling incident in Ukraine, the media outlet said in a statement on Wednesday.A statement by The Insider said, 'Oksana Baulina had been filming the shelling destruction in the capital's Podilskyi...
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Russia has expelled several American diplomats from the United States Embassy in Moscow and declared them 'persona non grata', a State Department spokesperson has said, days after the US ousted Russian staff at the United Nations.Earlier this month, the US expelled 12 diplomats from Russia's...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again won hearts on Wednesday by wearing an Uttarakhandi cap to the swearing-in of Pushkar Singh Dhami as the chief minister of the state. Dhami began his second term with a ceremony at which eight other members of his new cabinet were also sworn in. As...
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India on Wednesday rejected as uncalled for Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's comments referring to Jammu and Kashmir at a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Islamabad, amid contacts between the two sides over a possible visit by him to New Delhi this week. The ministry...
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