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A 31-year-old fireman suffered from suffocation while dousing a fire that broke out on Monday evening on the 14th floor of a 21-storey residential building situated near Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's residence 'Mannat' in Mumbai's Bandra Bandstand area, a Fire Brigade official said. The...
23:42
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A soldier and two civilians were injured during an encounter that broke out in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.The police informed that the injured have been airlifted to Srinagar hospital for advanced treatment and one of the civilians is in a critical situation.During initial...
23:18
An explosion took place at the headquarters of the intelligence wing of the Punjab police in Mohali on Monday night, sources said. There was no report of injury to anyone so far, the sources said. The police have cordoned off the area. Senior officials of the Punjab police have...
23:12
The prime accused in the Kodanad heist-cum-murder case was questioned on Monday by the Special Investigation Team probing the case. KV Sayan, a native of Thrissur in Kerala, is one of the 10 persons against whom charges were framed by a court in the Nilgiris district. The SIT questioned...
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There was a likelihood of COVID-19 cases increasing in June and July, and speeding up the vaccination drive against the infection was the best way ahead, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said in Jalna on Monday. He said the precaution dose was being given to frontline and health...
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The battery of an electric two-wheeler exploded while it was being charged in Ramadugu mandal in Karimnagar district of Telangana, though no one was injured in the incident, the police said on Monday. The incident happened on Sunday night in Ramachandrapur village when the owner of the...
22:03
The Border Security Force shot down a drone that entered the Indian territory from Pakistan with a consignment of heroin in Punjab's Amritsar, said the force on Monday. The BSF said they recovered nine packets of heroin, thwarting a smuggling bid from across the border. The BSF...
21:42
Independent MP Navneet Rana met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday and apprised him of the episode of her arrest along with her husband by the Mumbai police, and said she will depose before Parliament's privilege committee and give a written statement on the matter. Navneet Rana and her...
21:33
A major fire broke out in a 21-storey residential building situated near Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's bungalow 'Mannat' in Mumbai's Bandra Bandstand area on Monday evening, a fire brigade official said. No casualties are reported so far. According to the fire official, the fire...
21:22
A sessions court in Ahmedabad on Monday allowed withdrawal of a rioting and trespassing case against Congress leader Hardik Patel on a plea moved by the Gujarat government. The state government had filed a revision petition in the sessions court after the metropolitan court on April 25...
20:51
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The Central Bureau of Investigation registered a case of corruption against a former staffer of the then Union minister Babul Supriyo, who quit the Bharatiya Janata Party last year and joined the Trinamool Congress. The CBI has named Sushanta Mallick, Supriyo's former staff member, in the...
20:41
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Eighteen Char Dham pilgrims have died on way to the Himalayan temples since the start of the yatra on May 3. In most cases, the cause of death is suspected to be cardiac arrest. In the latest incident, a 40-year-old man from Bengaluru died on Monday on the way to the Yamunotri temple,...
20:18
Extending its losses for a second day, the rupee on Monday slumped by 54 paise to close at a record low of 77.44 against the US dollar, pressured by the strength of the American currency overseas and unabated foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said risk appetite has weakened amid rising...
20:15
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation lodged a complaint with the police against AAP MLA Aamanatullah Khan and his supporters for obstructing the civic body's anti-encroachment drive in Shaheen Bagh on Monday, hours after state BJP chief Adesh Gupta asked the SDMC mayor to do so. In a...
20:00
Last October, India teetered on the brink of a power crisis when stocks at more than half of the country's 135 coal-fired plants ran critically low, or below 25% of normal levels. Now coal stocks are said to be critically low in 108 of its 173 power plants. The war in Ukraine means global prices...
19:52
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A 28-year-old woman claiming to be a Telugu movie junior artiste staged a 'nude' protest in front of the office of a film production company here on Monday, the police said. The 'mentally unsound' woman reportedly undressed herself and staged a protest on the road in front of the production...
19:40
Severe cyclonic storm Asani packing gale-force winds up to 120 kmph which is moving towards the east coast bringing along heavy rain, is likely to recurve in a north-northeastward direction on reaching near the shore and weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm, the Met office said on Monday. -- PTI
19:38
The wife of Maharashtra BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on Monday filed a written complaint against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, accusing him of making malicious and mischievous statements against her in the media, a Mumbai police official said. Dr Medha Somaiya claimed Raut had made...
19:07
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The station house officer of Jahangiripuri police station has been transferred weeks after a communal clash broke out in the area following a religious procession on Hanuman Jayanti, officials said on Monday. A senior police officer termed it as part a routine order. The outgoing SHO...
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Former Gujarat MLA and Congress leader Vasant Bhatol on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at the party's 'Kamalam' headquarters in Gandhinagar. Bhatol had left the BJP ahead of the general elections in April 2019 and joined the...
18:09
Both the runways at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport will be shut for pre-monsoon maintenance and repair work tomorrow from 11 am to 5 pm. Therefore, there will be no flights taking off or landing at this time. Both the airport's runways. 14/32 and 09/27, will...
17:27
Equity benchmarks began the week on a downbeat note on Monday, weighed by heavy selling in market heavyweight Reliance Industries and persisting weakness in global bourses. The rupee plunged to its lifetime low against the US dollar amid unabated foreign fund outflows, underscoring the...
17:25
Under the garb of environmental protection, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Tibet is carrying out the oppression of the local nomads, and damming the numerous rivers that originate on the roof of the world, a media report said, calling the actions as 'greenwashing'.The term greenwashing,...
17:21
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday opposed the plea filed by former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh seeking permission to avail of medical treatment at a private hospital. The ED said that Deshmukh can get similar treatment at the state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai....
16:54
Defence of Ukraine tweets catastrophic figures of casualties: War's most horrific moments are when civilians die at once.Mariupol Theater -- 600 deadBilohorivka School -- 60 deadKramatorsk train station -- 59 deadTwo apartment houses in Borodyanka -- 41 dead. We need more air defence...
16:50
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting underway at AICC headquarters.
16:47
'The Kashmir Files', a Bollywood movie on the exodus of Hindus from the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley, will be banned in multi-racial Singapore as the film has been assessed to be beyond the city-state's film classification guidelines, a media report said on Monday. The authorities...
16:41
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has bristled at Prashant Kishor's unflattering take on his father and party president Lalu Prasad's term in power that he had neglected economic development, and dismissed the political strategist as non factor in Bihar. The leader of the opposition has...
16:33
More than 700 RSS swayamsevaks are participating in a special 25-day training programme which commenced on Monday at the Hedgewar Smruti Mandir in Maharashtra. A Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh functionary informed that Sangh volunteers from various states in the age group of 18 to 40...
16:13
How are we to understand a nation state which renews its legitimacy through regular civilian elections that are fairly held but uses vigilante violence against nominated minorities as a strategy of political consolidation? Unlike, say, Myanmar, this is not a military dictatorship. Unlike Sri...
16:05
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns, says local media.Once the Prime Minister resigns, the President is expected to invite all the political parties in Parliament to form an all-party Cabinet, reported Colombo Gazette. Earlier, the opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya...
16:01
Investors mask their worries
Benchmark indices continued to remain under pressure on Monday, with the Sensex tumbling nearly 365 points following a sell-off in global markets and decline in shares of index major Reliance Industries. Unabated foreign fund outflows and rupee hitting an all-time low also weighed on...
15:36
Two days after defending the country's colonial-era sedition law and asking the Supreme Court to dismiss the pleas challenging it, the government on Monday made an about-face, saying it has decided to re-examine and reconsider provisions of the law and requested the court not to take up sedition...
15:27
Sri Lankan authorities on Monday imposed a nationwide curfew and Army troops were deployed in the capital after pro-government groups attacked protesters outside embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office, leaving at least 23 people injured. The violence occurred following...
14:50
The Supreme Court refuses to entertain CPI (M) party's plea against the demolition of buildings in South Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area. The court grants liberty to the petitioner to approach the High Court. The SC asks the petitioner to better approach High Court in connection with the CPI (M)...
14:29
Took best possible decision under difficult circumstances. We offer our sincere regrets to the affected family for the unfortunate experience, IndiGo CEO on specially-abled child being barred from boarding flight.A day after it came to light that IndiGo barred a specially-abled child from...
14:01
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, on Monday, set social media abuzz with his latest Twitter post, where he talked about dying under mysterious circumstances.This trademark cryptic tweet from the world's richest man not only confused the entire Internet but also received a stern response from his mother, Maye...
13:52
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Communist Party of India-Marxist's plea against the demolition of buildings in South Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area, today at 2pm, ANI reports.Protests erupted in the area as soon as the South Delhi Municipal Corporation officials reached the spot with...
13:24
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Another day, another encounter.An encounter has started between terrorists and security forces in the Shirmal area of Zainapora village in South Kashmir's Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir.Further details are awaited. Earlier on Sunday, a Pakistani terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and a...
13:10
Farmers harvest ripe, red, juicy strawberries in Kashmir. Pic: Umar Ganie
12:38
Amit Shah at the Kamakhya temple in Assam
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday reviewed the situation along the Assam-Bangladesh border from the Mankachar sector of the state. Shah, who arrived at the Kamakhya Hilltop via a chopper earlier in the day, offered prayers at the temple there before leaving for the Mankachar. He was...
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Update: Protests erupted in Shaheen Bagh ahead of an anti-encroachment drive on Monday as hundreds of people including women started dharna in the area as soon as the SDMC officials reached the spot with bulldozers to carry out the exercise. Protesters raised slogans against the BJP-ruled...
12:06
Residents of the Shaheen Bagh area in South Delhi protest as the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) launched its anti-encroachment drive. Delhi Police personnel were seen providing security cover to the bulldozer drive. Locals were seen sitting on roads and stopping bulldozers that were...
12:02
Police detain Sri Ram Sena workers
Hanuman Chalisa, Suprabhata, Omkara and devotional songs were played at temples in different parts of Karnataka on Monday morning as part of a campaign by Hindu groups including Sri Rama Sene, alleging failure on part of the state government to take action against loudspeakers installed at...
11:45
Apex child rights body NCPCR on Monday took cognisance of IndiGo airlines barring a specially-abled child from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport, and said appropriate action will be taken. The airline barred the specially-abled child from boarding the flight on Saturday as he was...
11:21
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer to stand down as the prime minister on Monday, political sources said, as pressure mounts on the embattled government led by his younger brother and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to form an interim administration to overcome the worst economic crisis...
10:59
Shares of Reliance Industries Ltd declined 3 per cent in early trade on Monday, after the company's March quarter earnings failed to cheer investors. The stock has been quoting lower for the past many days and further slumped 3 per cent to Rs 2,542.10, amid a weak trend in the broader...
10:54
Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas says she is overjoyed that her daughter has returned home after spending more than 100 days in the neonatal intensive care unit at a hospital in Los Angeles.Priyanka and her pop star husband Nick Jonas became parents to their first child, a baby girl, through surrogacy...
10:21
A day after it came to light that IndiGo barred a specially-abled child from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport as he was in a state of panic, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday that no human being should have to go through this and he himself is investigating the...
10:16
RIL was among the major laggards
Equity benchmarks continued to face heavy drubbing on Monday, with the Sensex tumbling over 713 points in early trade, following a sell-off in global markets and decline in shares of index major Reliance Industries. Unabated foreign fund outflows and firm crude oil prices also continued to...
10:13
The rupee extended its losses and touched an all-time low of 77.42 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday weighed down by the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and unabated foreign fund outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at...
09:53
Asani, the severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, packing gale force winds up to 120 km per hour, was moving towards coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha at a speed of 25 km per hour on Monday, but expected to weaken gradually over the next two days, the weather office said. The...
09:46
A man stole a lawnmower in Texas but not before he used the gadget to mow the owners' front and backyards before fleeing, according to police. The man, identified as one Marcus Hubbard, was caught in the act on security video according to the Texas police department, which put out on its...
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Local train services of the Western Railway were delayed due to a technical snag during the Monday morning rush hour, affecting several commuters, mostly office-goers, many of whom got down from trains and started walking along the tracks to reach their offices. According to a Western...
09:17
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is in Assam on a three-day visit, during which he will attend the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government's first anniversary celebrations, and travel to the India-Bangladesh border.Shah was received at the Guwahati airport by Sarma and other senior state BJP leaders late...
09:07
The Paramekkavu Devaswom, an important temple group that is among the organisers of the renowned Thrissur Pooram, on Sunday ran into a controversy after its authorities decided to feature Hindutva icon V D Savarkar in an ornate umbrella as part of the upcoming festivities. However,...
08:55
IndiGo barred a specially-abled child from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport as he was in a state of panic, following which the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation has started a probe and asked the airline to submit a report, officials said on Sunday. ...
08:42
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are on cloud nine as their newborn daughter Malti Marie is finally home.On the occasion of Mother's Day, Priyanka took to Instagram and shared the first photo of her baby, revealing that the little one had to be kept in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) for...
08:14
The Himachal Pradesh Police booked Sikhs for Justice leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun under anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and sealed the state's borders after Khalistsni flags were put up on the gates of the state assembly complex in Dharamshala on Sunday. ...
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