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Ashok Chandna
A day after expressing anguish over the conduct of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's principal secretary and asking to be freed of his ministerial responsibilities, Rajasthan Sports Minister Ashok Chandna met the senior Congress leader in Jaipur on Friday and asserted everything was okay within the...
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In a rare instance, a special CBI court has directed former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala to pay Rs 5 lakh to the agency in defraying the expenses incurred in the investigation and prosecution of a disproportionate assets case against him, in which he has been sentenced to four years...
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The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 193.11 crore on Friday, the Union health ministry said. More than 12 lakh vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm, it...
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India on Friday slammed the comments by OIC-IPHRC criticising India for judgment in the case of Yasin Malik. India finds unacceptable the comments by OIC-IPHRC on Friday criticising India for judgment in the case of Yasin Malik, said the ministry of external affairs. Through these...
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Mizoram has the lowest infant mortality rate in the country with three deaths per thousand live births, as per data published by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. The Northeastern...
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The estimated project cost of the executive enclave which will house a new prime minister's office has gone up by over Rs 100 crore to Rs 1,316 crore as the CPWD floated a fresh tender cancelling its earlier one, according to the agency's bid document. A Central Public Works Department...
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Delhi on Friday logged 445 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.04 per cent, while no new death was reported due the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department in New Delhi. With the new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally increased to 19,05,512 while the...
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China continues to be the table topper while India in the second spot in the top 20 countries by number of persons vaccinated against COVID-19 till Friday.
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India on Friday handed over 25 tonnes of medical supplies worth over $700,000 to Sri Lanka as part of its ongoing efforts to help the island nation combat its worst economic crisis and shortage of medicines. Ongoing commitment to the people of #SriLanka!!!..., the high commission of India in...
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The Akshay Kumar-led period drama Prithviraj will now be titled Samrat Prithviraj, Yash Raj Films announced on Friday following multiple discussions with the Shree Rajput Karni Sena that had objected to the earlier name on grounds that it was disrespectful. YRF's decision comes a day after...
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The iconic rifle and the soldier's war helmet, which were part of the Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate, were moved to the National War Memorial on Friday. The defence ministry said the armed Forces shifted the inverted rifle and the helmet from India Gate, which was the symbol of fallen...
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The Jammu and Kashmir high court on Friday ordered for exhuming the body of a civilian, who was dubbed as a terrorist by police during the Hyderpora encounter in November last year, and handing it to his family for last rights. I am inclined to allow this petition of the father of the...
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The southwest monsoon is expected to reach Kerala during the next two to three days, marking a sluggish start to the seasonal rains that are the lifeline of India's agri-based economy. Earlier, the India meteorological department had forecast the onset over Kerala on Friday (May 27) with...
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All 34 gram panchayats in Maharashtra's South Kolhapur assembly constituency will pass resolutions on June 6 to eradicate funerary rituals that see women forcibly wiping off vermilion and breaking bangles of a widow, Congress MLA Rituraj Patil said on Friday. It was on June 6 that legendary...
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A special NIA court in Mumbai has sentenced an ISIS terrorist to seven years imprisonment for a conspiracy hatched in Syria for radicalising Indian youth through internet wherein they were instructed to fabricate an IED locally. Mohammed Shahed Khan, a resident of Parbhani in Maharashtra,...
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Equity indices extended their winning run to a second straight session on Friday, buoyed by robust demand for IT, bank and auto stocks amid a supportive trend overseas.Tech Mahindra was the top performer in the Sensex pack, spurting 4.10 per cent, followed by IndusInd Bank, Wipro, Bajaj Finance,...
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Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, who is currently in judicial custody, has been admitted to a hospital after he complained of high blood pressure and chest pain, his aide said on Friday. Deshmukh was suffering from uncontrolled high blood pressure and chest pain, and was...
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A Mohali court on Friday sent sacked Punjab minister Vijay Singla to 14-day judicial custody. Singla, who held the health portfolio in the state government, was arrested on corruption charge on Tuesday after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann sacked him as he was accused of demanding one per cent...
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Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly Speaker Satish Mahana on Friday warned that if anybody's mobile phone rings during the proceedings of the House, then it will be confiscated. Mahana asked House members to switch off their mobile phones. Mahana's warning came as the mobile phone of a...
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An aide of top film producer Boney Kapoor has filed a complaint against an unidentified person after the latter's credit card was fraudulently used to carry out transactions totalling Rs 3.82 lakh, a Mumbai police official said on Friday.As per the complaint, which was filed in Amboli police...
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File pic: The vehicle fell into a gorge in Ladakh
Seven soldiers were killed when a vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge near Shyok river in Ladakh on Friday, officials said. A party of 26 soldiers was moving from Partapur transit camp to a forward location in Turtuk in Leh district, they...
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Sameer Wankhede
Anti-narcotics officer Sameer Wankhede, who initially investigated the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case, faces action for allegedly submitting a fake caste certificate and shoddy investigation into the drugs case, reports ANI.NCB chief SN Pradhan say, The principle of preponderance and...
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Equity markets extended their rally on Friday, with the Sensex and Nifty jumping over 1 per cent each, in tandem with a positive trend in global equities. Buying in Infosys and banking counters helped markets maintain their winning run. The 30-share BSE Sensex rallied 632.13 points or...
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JKLF chief Yasin Malik is an accused in the case
A CBI court in Jammu has issued summons to Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, to appear before it on July 15 in a case related to her abduction in 1989, officials said on Friday. This is the first time that Rubaiya Sayeed has been...
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A hangover pic from Karan Johar's birthday bash. Malaika Arora posted this pic with her sister Amrita and bestie Kareen Kapoor. Ok , we sure know how to make an entrance ... @amuaroraofficial @kareenakapoorkhan '. N @karanjohar you sure know how to throw a party ¥(p.s ....
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Resumption of 'Char Dham yatra' after a gap of two Covid-marred years is a welcome development for thousands of people whose livelihoods depend on it, but the death of 78 pilgrims on way to the Himalayan temples in less than a month is causing concern. Though the death of pilgrims due to...
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Shahrukh Pathan, whose photograph of pointing a gun at an unarmed policeman during the communal riots in Northeast Delhi went viral, received a grand welcome during a visit to his home on parole, according to a video. The footage, which has gone viral on social media, purportedly...
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Delhi Court awards four-year jail term to former Haryana CM O P Chautala in disproportionate assets case imposes Rs 50 lakh fine. As per the chargesheet filed by the CBI, Chautala is responsible for amassing assets worth Rs 6.09 crore, allegedly disproportionate to his legitimate income,...
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A day after Rajasthan sports minister asked to be relieved from his post over the conduct of the CM's principal secretary, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said Ashok Chandna's tweet should not be taken seriously as he might be under pressure due to the workload. Chandna on Thursday...
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Vijay Kumar (25) was killed for his alleged interfaith relationship in Wadi town of Kalaburagi district of Karnataka. A case has been registered under 302 & 34 IPC and SC/ST Act at Wadi PS.The girl's father & brother stabbed my son, stated the deceased's mother in the FIR.Vijay Kumar was...
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Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan and five others were cleared in the drugs-on-cruise case by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday.The anti-drugs agency has filed a 6,000-page chargesheet, naming 14 accused, after drugs were found on a cruise ship off Mumbai last...
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Sounding a note of caution, the Reserve Bank said on Friday said there is a risk of high wholesale price inflation (WPI) putting pressure on the retail inflation, albeit with a lag. In its annual report, the RBI said that the cost-push pressures from high industrial raw material...
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Sambhaji Raje withdraws his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections. I have withdrawn my nomination to avoid horse-trading. I'm a descendant of Shivaji Maharaj and I also have my own pride. I'll strengthen Swarajya organisation in Maharashtra, he says.With Shiv Sena fielding Kolhapur...
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National Conference (NC) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has been summoned by the ED for questioning in a money laundering case in Delhi on May 31, official sources said on Friday. The questioning is reported to be in connection with a case of...
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Making a strong case for structural reforms, the Reserve Bank on Friday said they are essential for sustained, balanced and inclusive growth, and also to deal with the after-effects of the pandemic. In its annual report, the Reserve Bank of India also stressed that the future path of...
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The Supreme Court collegium has recommended transfer of six high court judges. A three-member Supreme Court collegium comprising Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices UU Lalit and AM Khanwilkar, which deals with transfer/repatriation/elevation of judges of high courts has recommended the...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday started questioning Congress MP Karti Chidambaram for the second consecutive day in connection with an alleged scam pertaining to the issuance of visas to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was home minister.Karti...
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The Union government is planning to repurpose the Co-WIN platform for India's Universal Immunisation Programme and other national health programmes while continuing with its current function of recording Covid vaccination and issuing certificates.The vaccination record under the Universal...
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A Nepali rapper with an educational degree in structural engineering, Balendra Shah, an independent candidate in lately held local level elections, has been elected as the mayor of the capital city Kathmandu.According to the Election Commission, Balendra Shah who is known as 'Balen' amongst the...
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Rajasthan Minister Ashok Chandna on Thursday appealed to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to relieve him of the ministerial post and to give all the departments to Kuldeep Ranka, the principal secretary to Gehlot. Chandna took to Twitter to vent out his anger.He wrote, 'Honourable chief minister, I...
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Another model was found hanging from the ceiling of her room in her family residence in Kolkata's Patuli area on Friday, the second such incident in three days, police said.Her mother claimed that the deceased, identified as Manjusha Niyogi, was suffering from acute depression after the death of...
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Equity markets continued their previous day rally, with the Sensex jumping 500 points in early trade, mirroring positive trends from global equities. The 30-share BSE Sensex rallied 500.05 points to 54,752.58.The broader NSE Nifty gained 159.2 points to 16,329.35.From the Sensex pack, IndusInd...
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Get your booster shots if you are due
India logged 2,710 new coronavirus infections in a day taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,31,47,530, while the active cases rose to 15,814, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,539 with 14 fresh fatalities, the data...
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A bombed hotel in Chernihiv, Ukraine
The Biden administration is preparing to step up the kind of weaponry it is offering Ukraine by sending advanced, long-range rocket systems that are now the top request from Ukrainian officials, multiple officials say, reports CNN.The administration is leaning toward sending the systems as part...
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China held a rare nationwide meeting via teleconference Wednesday to bolster an economy battered by Covid, reports CNBC. The timing and scale indicated to analysts the level of urgency and current challenges for the country to achieve its target of around 5.5% GDP growth for the year. Read the...
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In an effort to minimize the impact of the ongoing fuel crisis on the common man, Transport and Highways Minister Bandula Gunawardena said that public transport will be restructured soon.The most appropriate step that can be taken as a public transport service is to reorganize and improve public...
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Fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia
Fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia was killed in her Texas classroom on Tuesday, massacred along with her co-teacher and 19 students. Two days later, a family member says her brokenhearted husband died. The motive for the massacre the nation's deadliest school shooting since Newtown,...
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Author Geetanjali Shree's Hindi novel 'Tomb of Sand' has become the first book in any Indian language to win the prestigious International Booker Prize.Her novel titled Ret Samadhi, was translated into English as Tomb of Sand by Daisy Rockwell.It is also the first Hindi-language book to be...
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A US Presidential Commission has recommended the translation of key government websites, such as the White House and other federal agencies, in languages spoken by Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, including Hindi, Gujarati and Punjabi. A series of recommendations to include these...
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Maharashtra, followed by Manipur and Uttar Pradesh, have recorded the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in 2020, when 1.6 lakh people succumbed to the virus in the country. In 2020, the total number of registered deaths in the country was 81,15,882 of which 18,11,688 were medically...
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