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The Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday booked Congress state general secretary Sachin Chaudhary over his alleged objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The case under relevant sections of the law was registered at Sambhal Kotwali based on a complaint filed by the...
20:03
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed India's security challenges and operational readiness of the armed forces to deal with them at a key conclave of top commanders from the army, navy and air force in Bhopal. The defence ministry said Modi called upon the three services...
19:49
China has issued visas to over 18,000 Indians in the last three months, a Chinese diplomat said. Interacting with a group of journalists in Kolkata, Minister Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in India, Chen Jianjun, said he was looking forward to more Chinese being given visas by...
19:47
A moderate intensity earthquake was recorded with its epicentre at Suri in the Dolakha district of Nepal on Saturday morning. The earthquake of 5.2 magnitude was recorded at 11.27 am in Dolakha, 180 km east of Kathmandu, according to the National Seismological Centre here. The tremor...
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India's unemployment rose to a three-month high in March to 7.8 per cent as the country's labour markets deteriorated, according to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. Unemployment rate in the country surged in December 2022 to 8.30 per cent but declined in January to 7.14...
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The Congress on Saturday accused the government of making no efforts to bring about a compromise with the opposition to help end the deadlock in Parliament. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed that no middle path has been found in Parliament yet, and added the budget session may...
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Senior Janata Dal-Secular leader A T Ramaswamy joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi on Saturday in presence of Union Minister Anurag Thakur, BJP national general secretary Dushyant Gautam and Rajya Sabha member Lehar Singh Siroya.With the Karnataka Assembly elections scheduled on May...
18:49
A Dubai-bound cargo plane suffered a bird hit soon after take off on Saturday morning and returned to the Delhi airport, according to an official. A full emergency was declared at the airport for the landing of the aircraft and there was apparently a crack in the windshield due to the...
18:23
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu walked free on Saturday after spending nearly 10 months in Patiala central jail in a 1988 road rage death case. He was wearing a sky blue jacket when he came out of jail. There were expectations that he would be...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said some people are hellbent to dent his image and are colluding with people inside and outside the country, and have given a supari (contract) for this. He was addressing a gathering at Rani Kamalapati railway station after flagging off the...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday appealed to the remaining active militants of the Northeast to join the mainstream. Addressing a rally in Aizawl after virtually inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for 11 projects worth Rs 2,414 crore, he...
17:17
A 63-year-old Swedish national was arrested for allegedly molesting a crew member onboard an IndiGo flight, a Mumbai police official said on Saturday. Accused Klas Erik Harald Jonas Westberg was allegedly in an inebriated state when the incident took place...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off the Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express train in Madhya Pradesh capital. The semi-high speed train was flagged off at the Rani Kamalapati railway station in Bhopal city in the afternoon.Addressing a gathering after the flagging-off...
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The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells its dairy products under the popular brand name 'Amul', on Saturday increased milk prices by Rs 2 per litre in the state. Prices of Amul milk have been raised across Saurashtra, Ahmedabad...
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Income Tax officials on Saturday conducted searches at the Hassan District Cooperative Central Bank, which has Janata Dal-Secular leaders on its board, sources said.This comes just days after the schedule for Assembly polls in Karnataka was announced as the Model Code of Conduct came into effect...
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Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Saturday alleged that illegal constructions carried out on the stepwell led to the Indore temple tragedy in which 36 people lost their lives.The local civic body did not pull down the unauthorised constructions on the stepwell due to the pressure from...
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Most of India, barring parts of northwest and peninsular region, is expected to experience above-normal maximum temperatures from April to June, the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday. It said above-normal heatwave days are predicted in most parts of central, east and...
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A fresh CCTV footage has surfaced on social media purportedly showing Papalpreet Singh, a close aide of radical preacher Amritpal Singh, in a dera in a village in Hoshiarpur even as police continued their search for them in the district on Saturday. The footage is said to be of March...
15:09
The Delhi Police on Saturday filed an 800-page chargesheet against seven accused in the Kanjhawala hit-and-drag case in which a 20-year-old woman was killed after being dragged under a car in the early hours on January 1.Metropolitan Magistrate Sanya Dalal has posted the matter for consideration...
15:06
The high court of Karnataka has extended the stay on proceedings against state Congress chief D K Shivakumar in the disproportionate assets case being probed by the CBI till April 6.The interim stay was extended on Friday by the single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan, which heard the petition...
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Naxalites on Saturday torched a bus in Chhattisgah's Dantewada district after asking the passengers to alight, police said. The incident occurred in the morning between Malewahi and Bodli police camps when the private passenger bus was on its way to Dantewada from Narayanpur town,...
14:22
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has cancelled his tour of Sasaram in Bihar where prohibitory orders are in place following communal tension sparked off during Ram Navami festivities, state Bharatiya Janata Party chief Samrat Choudhary said on Saturday. ...
13:42
People, who have the right to know about the academic qualification of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are 'stunned' by the Gujarat high court's verdict, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday. The Gujarat high court on Friday quashed a seven-year-old order of the...
13:18
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday slammed the Centre over the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha and said that the Congress leader was not given a chance to speak (in the Parliament) to present his case.Gehlot said that Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister today because...
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The government's total liabilities rose to Rs 150.95 lakh crore in December quarter from Rs 147.19 lakh crore in the three months ended September 2022, according to the latest public debt management report. The increase reflects a quarter-on-quarter increase of 2.6 per cent in...
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India and Malaysia can now use the Indian rupee to settle trade in addition to other currencies, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday. The move follows the decision by the Reserve Bank of India in July last year to allow settlement of international trade in Indian...
12:03
Uddhav Thackeray faction leader and MP Sanjay Raut has allegedly received a death threat message from Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Mumbai Police said on Saturday.Raut has filed a written complaint in this regard and an investigation into the matter is underway, the police said.Sanjay Raut received...
11:27
Donald Trump raised over USD 4 million towards his 2024 presidential run in 24 hours after a Manhattan grand jury indicted the former United States president on charges related to paying off a porn star, his office has said. According to the former president's campaign, over 25 per cent of...
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India's defence exports reached an all-time high of Rs 15,920 crore in the financial year 2022-2023, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday describing the rise as a remarkable achievement. The country's defence exports in 2021-22 was Rs 12,814 crore, according to official...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bhopal on Saturday morning to take part in the ongoing combined commanders' conference and to flag off a Vande Bharat Express train that will run between the state capital and Delhi. Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel and Chief Minister Shivraj...
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Police deployment in a trouble-hit area of Nalanda district of Bihar/ANI
Over 20 people were arrested after a clash broke out in Nalanda district of Bihar between two groups following a Ram Navami procession on March 31, in which eight persons were injured, a police official said on Saturday. The clash broke out on the 10th day of Ram Navami celebrations near...
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Five Congress workers sustained burns during the 'mashaal march' campaign launched by the party against the Centre over Rahul Gandhi's disqualification and to save democracy in Jagdalpur on Friday. Four of them have 10-15 per cent burns, while the other one has suffered...
09:58
Authorities in Italy have blocked chatbot ChatGPT with immediate effect in the country. With this, Italy becomes the first European country to block the advanced Artificial Intelligence software, which is capable of emulating and elaborate human conversations among other...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Mizoram on Saturday to inaugurate development projects worth Rs 2,414 crore, officials said. Shah will inaugurate the Assam Rifles battalion headquarters complex at Zokhawsang and the integrated command and control centre under the smart city...
09:20
Former US president Donald Trump raised over $4 million in 24 hours after a grand jury in Manhattan voted to indict him for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, his office has said. Significantly, over 25 per cent of donations came from first-time donors to the Trump Campaign,...
09:03
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu will speak to the media outside the Patiala jail on Saturday. Will address the media outside Patiala jail around noon,' said Sidhu in a tweet on Saturday morning. Sidhu is likely to be released from the Patiala jail on Saturday, said his counsel HPS...
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Petroleum and oil marketing companies reduced the price of commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 91.50 per unit with immediate effect from Saturday, sources said. A 19 kg of commercial LPG cylinder will now cost Rs 2,028 in the national capital. However, no changes have...
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The Georgia assembly has passed a resolution condemning Hinduphobia, making it the first American state to take such a legislative measure. Condemning Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu bigotry, the resolution said Hinduism is one of the world's largest and oldest religions with over 1.2 billion...
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The accused in the Jaipur serial bomb blast arriving at court, in Jaipur/PTI
The Rajasthan government has decided to challenge in the Supreme Court the acquittal of four accused in the Jaipur serial blasts case by the high court, an official said. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the government will file a special leave petition in this matter in the top...
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At least 800 shops were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in a multi-storey commercial building and quickly spread to adjacent towers in the Bansmandi area in Kanpur early Friday, a senior official said. Despite the continuous efforts of fire officials of Kanpur and its nearby...
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The alcohol limit of a man accused of running over and killing a jogger was 137 milligrams in 100 millilitres of blood, much higher than the 30mg per 100 ml permissible content set as per the Motor Vehicles Act, Mumbai police said while opposing his bail plea. Rajalakshmi Ramakrishnan, a...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
Poll-bound Karnataka will witness a 'clash of the Titans' on April 9 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi will have different events that day, with the opposition party rescheduling Gandhi's programme that would now coincide with that of the PM. Disqualified...
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Priyank Kanoongo/ANI
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairperson Priyank Kanoongo on Friday claimed that he was roughed up by the police officers while visiting the residence of a minor girl in Kolkata's Tiljala area, who was killed by a neighbour earlier this week. The police, however,...
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