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A court in Bhojpur district of Bihar is in news for having disposed of a civil dispute, over a piece of land measuring three acres, 108 years after it was filed.It has been a while since Additional District and Sessions Judge Shweta Singh decided the case in favour of Atul Singh, ending the legal...
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An application was moved in a court in Mathura on Thursday for sending an Archeological Survey of India (ASI) team to the Shahi Idgah Masjid to report on the presence of 'signs of a Hindu temple' there.Two separate applications on the Shri Krishna Janmasthan-Shahi Idgah mosque dispute were filed...
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After an early arrival over Andaman & Nicobar islands, south-west monsoon is racing towards the mainland with the weather office forecasting onset over Kerala by the middle of next week.Conditions will continue to be favourable for further progress leading to onset of Southwest Monsoon over...
21:39
Mumbai's single-day coronavirus infection tally crossed the 200-mark on Thursday after a gap of three months with 223 new cases, the civic body said.On February 19 this year, the city had reported 201 COVID-19 cases, but the daily infection figure kept going down since then.However, over the past...
21:35
Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen emerged world champion with a comfortable 5-0 victory over Thailand's Jitpong Jutamas in the flyweight (52kg) final of the Women's World Championships in Istanbul on Thursday.The Telangana boxer out-punched her Thai rival to win via unanimous 5-0 verdict.With this win,...
20:54
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu can contest future elections despite the Supreme Court sentencing him to one-year jail in a 1988 road rage case, a legal expert said on Thursday, citing provisions of the electoral law.If the sentence was two years or more, then he would have been disqualified...
20:29
The Hindu Mahasabha organised a special puja at its office in Meerut on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse on Thursday and demanded that Meerut in Uttar Pradesh be renamed after him.Hindu Mahasabha state spokesperson Abhishek Agarwal said activists of the outfit...
19:42
A day after reports emerged that China was building a second bridge across Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, India on Thursday said the area where the reported construction is being undertaken is under the occupation of that country for decades.At a media briefing, External Affairs Ministry...
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Rupee fluctuation against US dollar this week.
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Normal dates of monsoon onset.
19:05
A hoarding warning of strong repercussions across Maharashtra if Raj Thackeray came to any harm has cropped up in south-central Mumbai, ahead of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief's Ayodhya visit next month.Thackeray is going to visit Ayodhya on June 5, but Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Uttar...
18:38
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the third Quad leaders summit in Tokyo on May 24, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the forthcoming Quad summit will provide an opportunity for the Quad leaders to exchange views about...
18:13
The Punjab CM with the Union Home Minister
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured him of providing 10 paramilitary or Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) companies to Punjab by this evening.Mann made the statement while speaking to the media after his meeting with Shah at his...
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The headmistress of a school in Goalpara district of Assam was arrested and sent to jail for bringing to school cooked beef for her lunch, officials said on Thursday. The headmistress allegedly brought the cooked beef during the 'Gunotsav 2022', an exercise to evaluate the performance...
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A special CBI court in the city on Thursday said Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, can walk out on bail after furnishing a bond of Rs 2 lakh as it finalised her bail conditions. Mukerjea (50) was granted bail by the Supreme Court on Wednesday,...
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The Assam Police has issued an advisory to Oil India Ltd (OIL) and ONGC regarding probable subversive activities by banned ULFA(I) militants on their installations in the state as well as their employees, officials said on Thursday. The two PSU energy majors have taken the security...
17:27
From the Sensex firms, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the major laggards. ITC and Dr Reddy's emerged as the gainers.
16:54
With India witnessing a decline in COVID-19 cases and following the administration of 191.79 crore vaccine doses, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will review the coronavirus vaccination program with all the states and union territories on Friday, informed sources. India's COVID...
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The Academy of Family Physicians of India (AFPI) on Thursday highlighted the need for reviving the concept of family physicians and popularising family medicine as a clinical speciality.World Family Doctor Day is being observed on May 19 to highlight the role and contribution of family doctors in...
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A Varanasi court hearing the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case on Thursday posted the matter to May 23 for the next hearing. Both the parties filed their objections and counter-objections on Thursday. In view of the Supreme Court's order to the lower court not to proceed with the matter till...
16:24
Speaking in Dallas this afternoon, former US President George W Bush made a significant verbal slip-up while discussing the war in Ukraine. He tried referencing what he described as the wholly unjustified and brutal invasion -- but said Iraq, instead of Ukraine. He corrected himself and...
15:59
Dr Reddy's was among the few gainers
Equity benchmarks fell sharply on Thursday, mirroring a sell-off in global markets, with the Sensex and Nifty tumbling over 2.60 per cent on across-the-board selling. Persistent foreign fund outflows also continue to dampen sentiment. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex dived 1,416.30...
15:57
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Congress leader on Navjot Singh Sidhu's being sentenced to a year in jail. No one can challenge SC's decision...The loss Sidhu has caused to Congress party no one can repair. What Congress couldn't do, SC has done today. In Feb, I had asked Rahul Gandhi to expel Sidhu...
15:44
Dhritiman Chatterjee, a post-graduate in economics, came from a world outside of cinema, yet made an impressive debut in the first film in Satyajit Ray's Calcutta trilogy, Pratidwandi. He played Siddhartha Chaudhuri, forced by his father's sudden demise to quit his studies and hit the...
15:34
Kuldeep Bishnoi with ML Khattar
Senior Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi, who is learnt to be miffed with the party after he failed to get a position in the revamped Haryana unit, met Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, triggering speculation about his next move. Bishnoi, the 53-year-old son of former Haryana chief...
15:30
The Pakistani rupee continued its month-long run of devaluation, with the currency trading at its all-time low of Rs 200 against the US dollar on Thursday. The Pakistani rupee (PKR) continues to slide in line with the predictions of analysts who fear more losses ahead as the country...
15:18
Will submit to the majesty of law, tweets Navjot Singh Sidhu after Supreme Court imposes one-year jail term on him in 1988 road rage case.A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and S K Kaul allowed the review plea filed by the victim's family on the issue of the sentence awarded to Sidhu.Though the...
14:59
Former diplomat KC Singh on today's news highs: Look at the news cycle. Hardik Patel gets overshadowed by Sunil Jakhar, in turn eclipsed by Navjot Sidhu. #PunjabPolitics.
14:56
Amid deepening crisis in Congress with the party's working president in Gujarat Hardik Patel quitting the party ahead of the Assembly polls, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday left for London to address an 'Ideas for India'.This afternoon, senior party leader Sunil Jakhar joined the BJP. Rahul Gandhi,...
14:44
Update: The Supreme Court Thursday imposed a one-year sentence on cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu in a 1988 road rage case. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and S K Kaul allowed the review plea filed by the victim's family on the issue of the sentence awarded to...
14:37
AG Perarivalan, his mother Arputhammal and other members of their family meet MDMK chief Vaiko in Chennai. The Supreme Court ordered the release of Perarivalan yesterday. He was one of the convicts serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.
14:29
The Supreme Court imposes a one-year sentence on cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu in a 1988 road rage case. Navjot Sidhu has to surrender before a court.The case involves charges that on December 27, 1988, Sidhu beat Gurnam Singh on his head, leading to his death.The court had...
14:15
Former Punjab Congress Chief Sunil Jakhar joins Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of party president JP Nadda in Delhi.I welcome Sunil Jakhar to Bharatiya Janata Party. He is an experienced political leader who made a name for himself during his political career. I am confident he will play a...
13:29
Union Home Minister Amit Shah at and event at Delhi University. -- India a geo-cultural country. Till we understand this, we will not understand idea of India.-- From 2014 to 2022 under PM Modi, India achieved several things and 80 crore people started considering themselves as part of...
13:23
A court team visiting the Gyanvapi mosque
Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid dispute: Mathura district court allows hearing of lawsuit in lower court over removal of Shahi Idgah Masjid. The mosque is built on the land belonging to the Keshav Dev temple, the birthplace of Lord Krishna, a lawyer for the Hindu side...
13:22
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on Thursday that no shoot-on-sight orders were issued to the Defence Ministry amidst violent anti-government protests in the island nation. On May 10, Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence ordered the Army, the Air Force and the...
13:05
An anti-encroachment drive scheduled to take place in northwest Delhi's Sultanpuri area was cancelled on Thursday due to unavailability of adequate police force, civic authorities said. According to a North Delhi Municipal Corporation official, the drive to remove temporary and permanent...
13:03
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu rides an elephant in order to protest over inflation in Patiala. 'Elephantine rise in prices' is what he suggests.
12:59
A day after resigning from the Congress, Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Thursday said he has not taken any decision yet on joining any other party, be it the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat or the new entrant Aam Aadmi Party. Addressing a press...
12:43
A Delhi court on Thursday convicted Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who had earlier pleaded guilty to all charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), in a terror funding case. Special Judge Praveen Singh directed the NIA authorities to...
12:35
The killing of Ranjit Singh in a grenade attack by terrorists in north Kashmir's Baramulla district has snatched away his family's sole breadwinner.Singh had infused the hope of a better life in his family of seven, living below the poverty line, when he took up the job of a salesman at a...
12:19
The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea of the Sapoorji Pallonji (SP) group seeking a review of the 2021 verdict which had upheld the Tata group's decision to remove Cyrus Mistry as the executive chairman of the Tata Sons. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana, however,...
12:16
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim bail to jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in a cheating case. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao invoked its special power under Article 142 of the Constitution to grant relief to Khan in view of the peculiar facts of the case.The apex...
12:04
Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Anand
No lessons learnt about remaking iconic films. Remember what happened to Sholay and Padosan?Over 50 years after its release, Hrishikesh Mukherjee's cult classic Anand is headed for a remake. Sameer Raj Sippy, grandson of N C Sippy, the producer of the 1971 hit, is working on a new version of...
11:57
Several sculptures of gods and goddesses along with other structures related to Hindu belief were seen in the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, said advocate Ajay Kumar Mishra, who was appointed commissioner by Varanasi court to survey the Gyanvapi-Gauri Shringar complex but was later removed for...
11:31
A commission appointed by a court here to conduct a videographic survey of the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi Mosque complex submitted its report on Thursday, an advocate said. Special Advocate Commissioner Vishal Singh submitted the report of the survey work carried out on May 14,...
11:26
As the Ukraine conflict impacts the global GDP, India is projected to grow by 6.4 per cent in 2022, slower than the last year's 8.8 per cent but still the fastest-growing major economy, with higher inflationary pressures and uneven recovery of the labour market curbing private consumption and...
11:12
Amid the Gyanvapi Mosque row, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambekar on Wednesday said that the time has come to put historical facts in the right perspective before society. Speaking at the Devrishi Narad Patrakar Samman Samaroh, an RSS event,...
10:45
Equity investors became poorer by over Rs 5 lakh crore in early trade on Thursday as domestic benchmark indices tumbled mirroring weak trends in global equities. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex tanked 1,154.78 points to 53,053.75 in early deals tracking weak global markets,...
10:23
Nosing around for Covid
India added 2,364 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,31,29,563, while the active cases declined to 15,419, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,303 with 10 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8...
09:58
Equity benchmarks fell sharply on Thursday in line with an extremely weak trend in the global markets, with the Sensex plunging over 1000 points in early trade. Persistent foreign fund outflows and a spurt in crude oil prices also dampened sentiment.The 30-share BSE benchmark was...
09:38
United States President Joe Biden would travel to Japan for the second in-person Quad summit during which he would hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his national security advisor said Wednesday. Formed with Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, Quad...
09:19
Domestic cooking gas LPG price was on Thursday hiked by Rs 3.50 per cylinder, the second increase in rates this month. Non-subsidised LPG now costs Rs 1,003 per 14.2-kg cylinder in the national capital, according to a price notification of state fuel retailers. The hike comes on the...
08:59
The US' Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Wednesday confirmed a single case of monkeypox virus infection in an adult male with recent travel to Canada, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts said in a press release. According to the release, the initial testing was completed on late...
08:57
National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said there has been no improvement in the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A. Targeted killings are taking place continuously one after another. In this week, three such...
08:25
Calling out the West, India on Wednesday said that food grains should not go the way of the Covid-19 vaccines as it voiced concern over hoarding and discrimination amid the unjustified increase in food prices. It stressed that its decision to restrict wheat exports will ensure it can...
01:25
Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in his meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday and emphasised that Islamabad desires peace with all its neighbours, including India, which will continue to remain...
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