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Russia's leading independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta is putting its operations on hold until the end of the war in Ukraine, reported Deutsche Welle. The suspension of the operations comes after alleged pressure from the Russian government for its coverage on the war, said the...
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will head home, vigilance and personnel among the 34 departments with him as the portfolios of the new Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Uttar Pradesh were announced on Monday. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya gets rural development and food...
22:19
Aslam Shaikh and Varsha Gaikwad
An FIR was registered on Monday against Maharashtra education minister Varsha Gaikwad, textiles minister Aslam Shaikh and AICC minority department chairman Imran Pratapgarhi for allegedly brandishing swords at a function in suburban Bandra, a Mumbai police official said. The alleged incident...
21:12
SS Rajamouli's directorial RRR has reached Rs 500 crore worldwide gross box office collection on the third day of its release. The highest-grossing film at the worldwide box office in the last three days boasts of a powerful star cast including Jr NTR, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn...
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Amid the new COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the Chinese city of Shanghai is going into a two-phase lockdown starting on Monday. This comes after Shanghai has seen a surge in cases of virus, forcing the Chinese authorities to redirect some international passenger flights to other cities...
20:40
Three-time MLA Pramod Sawant, who led the Bharatiya Janata Party to win 20 seats in the recently concluded elections to the 40-member Goa assembly, was sworn in as the state's chief minister for the second time on Monday.
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The Taliban arrested an Afghan journalist in Kandahar province for unknown reasons, media reports said on Monday. The family of journalist, Mirwais Atal, said that he is still being held by the Islamic group, TOLO news reported. Atal is director of Zema Radio in Kandahar. My son is...
19:56
Abdul Khader Nadakattin receives the Padma Shri
President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday presented two Padma Vibhushan, nine Padma Bhushan and 54 Padma Shri awards for the year 2022 at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for...
19:37
The rupee appreciated 8 paise to 76.16 against the US dollar on Monday, supported by positive domestic equities and a fall in global crude oil prices. However, a strengthening American currency overseas and concerns over renewed foreign capital outflows capped the gains in the domestic unit,...
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BJP MPs protest against WB assembly incident in New Delhi/ANI
Accusing Trinamool Congress MLAs of 'violently assaulting' its legislators in the West Bengal assembly on Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party asserted that the Centre cannot remain a 'mute spectator' to the state government 'flouting' constitutional norms. Expressing concern over the state of...
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The Taliban on Sunday banned British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Voice of America (VOA) broadcast services in Afghanistan.The ban is the latest in a series of restrictions the Islamist group has imposed on Afghan media to stifle freedom of expression since taking control of the country...
18:45
This Ukrainian cat Stepan has raised $10,000 on Instagram to support animals suffering from Russia's war in Ukraine. According to Stepan's Instagram account, the money will go to several Ukrainian charities supporting animals.
18:27
Aryan Khan drugs-on-cruise matter: SIT of NCB seeks 90-day additional time from Mumbai Sessions Court to file chargesheet in the matter. It was supposed to file the chargesheet by 2nd April. Aryan Khan spent 22 days in Arthur Road jail following his arrest during a drug raid on a cruise...
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Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray is on a 3-day visit to Konkan. He inspected the Malvan Jetty embankment.
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As many as 28,056 suicide cases have been registered in Assam since 2012, the Assembly was informed on Monday.In a written reply, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who also holds the Home portfolio, said inquiry into such cases has revealed that individuals have taken their own lives for...
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Foreign Ministers of five nations including Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Myanmar and Panama will visit China from March 31 to April 4, the Chinese Foreign Ministry informed on Monday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Thailand,...
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Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has tabled the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. Pakistan has been on the edge since Opposition parties on March 8 submitted the no-confidence motion before the National Assembly Secretariat, alleging that...
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A woman who had suffered burns in the violence at Bogtui village in Birbhum district last week died in a hospital on Monday, raising the toll to nine, a police officer said. Out of the nine deceased, seven are women and two are children. The woman, Najema Bibi, had nearly 65 per...
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President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Vibhushan award to Hindustani classical vocalist Prabha Atre.
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Singer Sulochana Chavan receives Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind.
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President Ram Nath Kovind presents the Padma Shri award to Ireland's Professor Rutger Kortenhorst for his contribution to popularising Sanskrit in Irish schools.
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Tokyo Olympic Gold medallist Neeraj Chopra receives Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind.
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President Ram Nath Kovind begins conferring the Padma awards for the year 2022 at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. Amongst the prominent awardees at today's Investiture ceremony will be Padma Vibhushan recipients - Dr Prabha Atre and Kalyan Singh (Posthumous),...
17:32
Bharti Airtel rose the most by 3.4 per cent among Sensex stocks. Axis Bank rose by 2.13 per cent, ICICI Bank by 1.59 per cent and SBI by 1.44 per cent. Reliance Industries rose by nearly 1 per cent, helping the barometer recover from losses. IndusInd Bank rose by 1.33 per cent, Bajaj Finserve...
17:21
Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty reversed early losses to close higher by 0.40 per cent on Monday helped by buying in index heavyweight Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank and Bharti Airtel amid gains in global equities. After falling 537.11 points to a low of 56,825.09 in morning...
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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence in New Delhi.The agenda of the meeting has not been disclosed yet. The meeting comes amid the ongoing row between Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party over the issue of Birbhum...
16:51
A special court in Delhi on Monday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to collect a handwriting specimen of Chitra Ramkrishna, former managing director and chief executive officer of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in connection with the NSE co-location case.The CBI Judge Sanjeev...
16:41
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the talks between Russia-Ukraine negotiators could take place on Tuesday but there are no plans for a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the Russian Times, Peskov...
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A fire broke out at the dumping yard of east Delhi's Ghazipur area on Monday, fire officials said. Six fire tenders have reached the spot to bring the blaze under control, they said. A call was received around 2.30 pm about a fire in Khaata at Ghazipur, they said. Further details are...
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After seemingly finding permanence on the 2nd spot for over a year, Maharashtra now finds itself on the fifth spot for the number of Covid-19 cases among states. Karnataka has unfortunately taken Maharashtra's spot.
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Updates from Ukraine: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells the Economist: Some mayors abducted by Russia have turned up dead. (Russians) are kidnapping the mayors of our cities. Some of them we cannot find. Some of them we have already found, and they are dead, Zelenskyy said. In...
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A CBI team takes the Birbhum violence accused to the CBI camp this afternoon for a probe into the arson and killings of eight people. A 30-member team of the central agency visited the Bogtui village in Birbhum on Saturday and started investigation into the case.Bhadu Sheikh,...
15:32
American rapper and actor Jaden Smith has weighed in on the eventful night that his parents had at the 94th Academy Awards.His father Will Smith went on to win the Best Actor award for his performance in 'King Richard' after earlier getting into a heated exchange with Chris Rock, in which he...
15:26
A youth in Salem paid Rs 2.6 lakh to buy a bike with Re 1 coins he collected in three years. Imagine the pain of counting the coins!
15:21
Films like 'The Kashmir Files', which turn pain into propaganda, facilitate polarising politics, writes a Kashmiri Pandit. Read the column here.
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The Kyiv Independent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of March 28, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.Russian forces have made no significant progress in the past 24 hours amid continuing supply problems and aggressive resistance from Ukrainian fighters,...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that there is no question of weakening state-owned companies operating in the defence sector and asserted that the government is taking all steps to strengthen them with equity support, clearing liabilities besides giving high-level...
14:53
Bhuvneshwar Kumar shares this loved up picture with his baby daughter with a sprinkling of heart emojis. Bhuvi will be leading the bowling for SunRisers Hyderabad again this IPL season tomorrow. Bhuvi and his wife Nupur gave birth to their daughter on November 24th 2021.
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Chris Rock has declined to file a police report following an altercation with Will Smith at the 94th Academy Awards.Smith took to the stage during the ceremony and slapped Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.A full statement from the Los Angeles Police Department...
14:38
A SpiceJet flight collided with an electric pole at the Delhi airport during pushback of the aircraft. The aircraft was changed for the passengers on board; investigations have been launched, an airport official said. More clarity from a SpiceJet spokesperson: Today, SpiceJet flight SG 160...
13:52
The Kyiv Independent: 143! Russia kills 143 children in Ukraine. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 143 children have been killed and 216 injured, according to Ukraine's Ombudsman. The actual numbers may be higher as Ukraine cannot reach some cities due to heavy...
13:52
FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday attacked the previous UPA regime for its alleged failure to recover money from those who turned their loan accounts into non performing assets, and said under the Modi government, banks for the first time got back money from...
13:42
Writing With Fire, the Indian documentary that chronicled the rise of a newspaper run by Dalit women, lost to Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) in the best documentary feature category at the 94th edition of the Oscars, Hollywood's biggest awards...
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Writing With Fire, the Indian documentary that chronicled the rise of a newspaper run by Dalit women, lost to Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) in the best documentary feature category at the 94th edition of the Oscars, Hollywood's biggest awards...
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Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar and cinema veteran Dilip Kumar were not included in the 'In Memoriam' segment of the 94th Academy Awards, an apparent oversight from the organisers that left Indian fans enraged. The absence of two of Indian cinema's giants from the 2022 Oscars ceremony was...
13:32
Suvendu Adhikari and 4 other BJP MLAs were suspended
Five BJP MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, were suspended by West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay on Monday for their alleged unruly conduct in the House. Adhikari, along with BJP legislators Dipak Burman, Shankar Ghosh, Manoj Tigga and Narahari Mahato,...
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced the rollout of the doorstep ration delivery scheme, saying the poor will no longer need to stand in queues as good quality ration will be delivered at their doorstep. However, the scheme will be optional for the eligible beneficiaries,...
12:45
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has moved the Supreme Court against Karnataka High Court order which dismissed pleas against the ban on Hijab in educational institutes.In the petition filed through advocate MR Shamshad, the petitioners All India Muslim Personal Law Board and two Muslim...
12:33
Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha
Senior leader of Aam Aadmi Party, Raghav Chadha took a walk down the fashion lane as a showstopper at the Lakme Fashion Week 2022.On Sunday, Chadha walked the ramp for his maternal uncle and fashion designer Pawan Sachdeva. Dressed in a leather jacket, paired with leather pants and...
12:10
A 48-hour Bharat Bandh or a nationwide strike called by various trade unions, including banking staff, to protest government policies began in several states on Monday, affecting normal life in some areas. Banking services were partially impacted as a section of employees did not report for...
12:03
Shortly after midnight of March 25, 1971, a message was sent to Chittagong. ...from today Bangladesh is independent...' it read. It was from Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, also known as Bangabandhu. Nine months later, the War of Liberation was finally over and a new nation was delivered. Director Shyam...
11:39
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, according to his media adviser. Bennett, 50, was scheduled to visit India from April 3 to 5. It is not yet known if the visit will be called off. The Prime Minister is feeling well and will continue to work from...
11:34
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday took oath as member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. After Adityanath, Akhilesh Yadav, who has been named as the Leader of the Opposition, took oath as MLA. While Adityanath won the recent state polls from the Gorakhpur Urban seat,...
11:25
Pramod Sawant takes oath as Goa Chief Minister for the 2nd consecutive term. The key attendees included Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President JP Nadda, Haryana CM ML Khattar and Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.Vishwajeet Rane, Mauvin Godinho, Ravi Naik, Nilesh Cabral,...
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BJP Parliamentary party meeting scheduled to be held tomorrow, 29th March, at Ambedkar International Centre, Delhi.
10:58
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday will introduce The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha.The bill aims at authorising the police to take measurements of convicts and other persons for the purposes of their identifications and investigations in criminal matters to...
10:52
Empty offices seen due to strike
As the two-day nationwide strike called by trade unions began on Monday, the Maharashtra government has invoked the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act or MESMA barring employees of state-run electricity companies from joining the protest.Maharashtra Power Minister Nitin Raut confirmed...
10:44
With 1,270 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,20,723, while the active cases further declined to 15,859, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,035 with 31 daily...
09:53
China began locking down most of its largest city of Shanghai from Monday to curb an Omicron-driven Covid outbreak.In the second phase of the lockdown, the vast downtown area west of the Huangpu River that divides the city will then start its own five-day lockdown from Friday. Residents will...
09:28
Walt Disney Pictures' Encanto, a Colombia-set story of a family living in a magical house, won the best animated Oscar at the 94the Academy Awards. Directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard and co-directed by Charise Castro Smith, the film was a box office success and also charmed the critics...
09:13
Petrol price on Monday was hiked by 30 paise a litre and diesel by 35 paise, taking the total increase in rates in the last one week to Rs 4-4.10 per litre. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 99.41 per litre as against Rs 99.11 previously while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 90.42 per...
09:02
In a wild and what appeared to be an unscripted moment at the Oscars, Will Smith strode to the stage and landed a punch on Chris Rock after the comedian cracked a joke about the Hollywood star's wife Jada Pinkett-Smith. Smith later won the best actor Oscar for his role in biographical drama...
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A scene from 'Writing With Fire'
Writing With Fire, the Indian documentary that chronicled the rise of a newspaper run by Dalit women, lost to Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) in the best documentary feature category at the 94th edition of the Oscars, Hollywood's biggest awards ceremony. ...
08:21
Denis Villeneuve's Dune, which is nominated in 10 categories, won early Oscars for the best sound, best editing, best cinematography, best score, best production design and best visual effects in the controversial pre-taped announcement by the Academy this year. The Academy had decided to...
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