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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had dialled Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the Election Commission revoked Trinamool Congress's national party status to request him to repeal the decision.Adhikari's...
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Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi visited the Matia Mahal market in old Delhi and the Bengali market on Monday and treated himself to popular dishes of these areas.The Congress leader, who returned to the national capital after two days of campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka, visited old Delhi's...
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Full emergency was declared at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday for a Delhi-bound Air India flight owing to a glitch, a source said.The flight had 180 passengers on board.Air India, in a statement, said that its flight AI858 operating on Pune-Delhi route landed ahead of its...
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After straying out of Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur, male cheetah Oban has ventured into the Madhav National Park in neighbouring Shivpuri district where two tigers were released recently, an official said on Tuesday.He said a cheetah entering a neighbouring forest is a...
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With just two days left for filing of nominations to end for May 10 assembly polls in Karnataka, the Congress on Tuesday announced its fourth list of seven candidates, confirming the ticket to former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who joined the party after quitting the Bharatiya Janata...
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A special court in Bengaluru on Tuesday rejected Congress leader Vinay Kulkarni's request to enter Dharwad, from where he is the party's candidate for the May 10 assembly polls in Karnataka, over stipulations laid down by the Supreme Court barring his presence in the district.Kulkarni, an accused...
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D K Shivakumar
Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar and his dependents' wealth grew from Rs 840.08 crore in the 2018 assembly polls to Rs 1,413.78 crore in the 2023 election, showing an increase of 68.29 per cent over the last five years. The Kanakapura MLA, who is contesting again from the same...
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On the occasion of Civil Services Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address civil servants in New Delhi on April 21, his office said on Tuesday. Noting that Modi has constantly appreciated the contribution of civil servants towards nation-building and encouraged them to work even...
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday attached properties to the tune of Rs 11.04 crore belonging to Congress MP Karti Chidambaram in the INX money laundering case, an official statement said. The ED said that out of four attached properties, one is an immovable asset located in Coorg...
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The Andhra Pradesh Police has invoked the SC-ST Act against a hotel that served food on paper plates with the pictures of Dr B R Ambedkar on those, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) said on Tuesday.The NCSC received a complaint on July 8 last year through Twitter, alleging that...
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At least 32 people were killed in two separate fire incidents involving a hospital and a factory in China, official media reported on Tuesday. A hospital's admissions building in Beijing's Fengtai district caught fire at 12:57pm (local time) on Tuesday, leaving 21 dead, state-run China Daily...
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The death toll due to sunstroke at the 'Maharashtra Bhushan' award event in Navi Mumbai rose to 14 after the death of a 34-year-old woman while seven patients are undergoing treatment, a civic official said on Tuesday. The deceased included ten women and four men.A 34-year-old woman resident...
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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has barred noted business school Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) from offering distance learning and online programmes due to gross violation of norms, an official said on Tuesday.The UGC has also cautioned potential students against...
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Union minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday targeted Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav for allegedly referring to slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad with an honorific, and said he should 'hang photographs of the don in his office'.I would suggest that the Bihar chief minister and deputy...
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh police over the killing of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf when they were being escorted by the police in Prayagraj, officials said on Tuesday. In its notice to the director general of...
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Former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday blamed Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh for rejecting his plea for a ticket in the poll-bound state a day after quitting the party and joined the Congress.The Congress honoured Shettar, a...
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A two-and-half-year-old boy drowned in a pit dug up by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to lay water pipeline near Gollarahatti in Bengaluru on Tuesday. The pit was filled with water, the police said.The child's parents alleged that no warning signs or safety measures...
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The Centre and the Gujarat government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that they may file a plea seeking a review of its March 27 order asking them to be ready with original files on the grant of remission to the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case.A bench of Justices K M Joseph and B V Nagarathna...
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Smoke rises from the burning tarmac at Khartoum airport. Abdullah Abdel Moneim/Reuters
The Indian Embassy in Sudan on Tuesday issued a precautionary advisory for Indian citizens against venturing out, suggesting to ration supplies as the situation may continue for a few more days.We have come across many instances of looting. All Indian nationals are advised please not to venture...
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Atiq Ahmed
A crude bomb was hurled near the home of Atiq Ahmed's lawyer in Prayagraj. The police said no casualties were reported.This morning, Atiq Ahmed's lawyer Vijay Mishra said the gangster had written a letter with instructions to send it to the Uttar Pradesh chief minister and the chief justice of...
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Delhi's Patiala House Court on Tuesday granted seven days of custody of Lawrence Bishnoi to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a terror funding to pro-Khalistani outfits-related case.Seven days of custody have been granted. The court has also allowed the legal meetings of the council...
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Amid reports of a split in the NCP, BJP leader and Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said some discussions keep taking place in the corridors of power and such news should be enjoyed. Thakur was reacting to reports of an imminent split in the Nationalist...
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The Oreva Group informed the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday that it has deposited with the state legal services authority the entire amount of Rs 14.62 crore to be paid as interim compensation to victims of the Morbi bridge tragedy, as directed by the HC in February. The suspension bridge...
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India has recorded 7,633 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have increased to 61,233, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra deputy chief minister, Ajit Pawar, on Tuesday denied media reports claiming he had the backing of a section of his party MLAs in his rumoured bid to switch over to the Bharatiya Janata Party. There is no truth in the rumours...
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The Congress on Tuesday alleged that the Maharashtra government's Dharavi project rebidding deliberately excluded the previous winner, and asked if the tender conditions were changed to help Prime Minister Narendra Modi's favourite business group Adani. The opposition led by the Congress has...
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India's ultra-low-cost carrier Go First Airlines has refuted rumours that it was planning to exit the aviation business amid a cash crunch. The company has been battling several operational issues in the recent past owing to a shortage of engines. Speaking to ANI, a top official...
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Baljeet Kaur, a 27-year-old leading Indian woman climber was found alive on Tuesday, a day after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt Annapurna while descending from the summit point, an official of the expedition organiser said. An aerial search team located Kaur, who scaled the...
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Gangster Atiq Ahmed
Now mafia cannot threaten anyone in Uttar Pradesh, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath days after gangster brothers Atiq-Ashraf were killed amid police presence. Atiq's son, Asad, was killed in a police encounter earlier.Yogi Adityanath said, Before 2017, law and order in Uttar Pradesh was bad and the...
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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the Law Commission of India to prepare a comprehensive report on the Uniform Judicial Code in consultation with high courts order to make judicial terms, abbreviations, norms, phrases, court...
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Ajit Pawar during his brief tryst with the Dy CM's post
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra deputy chief minister, Ajit Pawar, on Tuesday denied media reports claiming he had the backing of a section of his party MLAs in his rumoured bid to switch over to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).In a tweet, on Monday, Ajit Pawar...
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A letter by Atiq Ahmed with instructions to send it to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and the Chief Justice of India in case of his death is being dispatched to them, the slain gangster-turned-politician's lawyer said on Tuesday. That letter in a sealed envelope is neither with me...
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Ajit Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray met heatstroke patients in Kharghar
NCP chief Sharad Pawar amid speculations of Ajit Pawar's alleged rebellion: Ajit Pawar is busy with election-related work. All this talk is only in the media, Sharad Pawar said. There is buzz over senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar switching sides to join hands with the BJP in Maharashtra. The...
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Union minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia has tested positive for Covid-19 virus. The minister for steel and civil aviation took to Twitter to share the information. In a tweet on Monday, he said his Covid report has come positive. I request those who came in contact with me in last...
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As tech giant Apple opened its first retail store in India in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex area today, CEO Tim Cook, was greeted with a blast from the past. An Apple fan had got along a vintage Apple computer which he said he bought in 1984. I brought this just to show Apple's journey....
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi in connection with a case related to anti-CAA protests and suspected Maoist links. A bench of Justices V Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal, however, affirmed a Gauhati High Court order which had set aside...
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Light to moderate spells of rain coupled with thunderstorms and gusty winds are very likely to occur in different parts of Maharashtra during the next 3-4 hours, said the Meteorological Department, Mumbai.Thunderstorms accompanied with lightning and light to moderate spells of rain with gusty...
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Senior TMC leader Mukul Roy said he has reached New Delhi for some personal work, hours after his family claimed that he was untraceable since late Monday evening. Roy told reporters that he reached the national capital but had no specific agenda. I have been an MP for several years....
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Apple's first India store opened in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex this morning. Ahead of the opening at 11 am, people stood in queues outside the store.
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Tim Cook opened the doors to the Apple Store at BKC
Iconic consumer technology company Apple's first retail store in the country became operational on Tuesday with chief executive Tim Cook opening its doors for customers. Excitement levels were already very high over the last fortnight since the Cupertino, US-based company announced its store...
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A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud begins hearing a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage. Arguing against legal sanction to gay marriages, the Centre yesterday termed such requests as mere urban elitist views for...
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The moment were Atiq Ahmed is shot
Supreme Court agrees to hear on April 24 a plea seeking to constitute an independent expert committee under the chairmanship of a former Supreme Court judge to inquire into the killing of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in police presence.Gangster-turned-politician Atiq...
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Madhuri Dixit introduces Tim Cook to Vada Pav
The anticipation around the opening of India's first Apple store was palpable in Mumbai's Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) on Tuesday, as people were spotted waiting patiently in serpentine queues outside the store.Apple's Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Monday expressed his excitement on Twitter...
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The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) has forecast severe heat wave conditions in one mandal and heat wave conditions in 117 more across the state on Tuesday. Komarada mandal in Parvatipuram Manyam district is the lone cluster of villages expected to suffer severe...
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People take shelter at a metro station in Kyiv. Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters
Condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus, the Group of Seven (G7) called it unacceptable, according to the statement released by G7.Condemning President Putin's announcement to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, the G7 Foreign...
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Get tested if you have symptoms
India has recorded 7,633 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have increased to 61,233, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll has increased to 5,31,152 with 11 deaths. While four deaths were reported from Delhi, one each was...
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A missing complaint regarding TMC MLA Mukul Roy was lodged at Kolkata's NSCBI Airport Police Station by his son last night.The former railway minister's son Subhragshu told PTI that his father was untraceable and missing since late Monday evening.Till now I am unable to contact my father. He is...
09:39
An Indigo flight 6E-203 from Mumbai flight suffered a tail strike during landing at Nagpur airport. The incident took place on April 14 as flight 6E 203 was on course to Nagpur from Mumbai. On 14th April 2023, flight 6E 203, from Mumbai had a tail strike while landing at Nagpur. The aircraft...
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The toll from Monday's incident at Navi Mumbai's Kharghar, in Raigad district, where several people suffered heat strokes at a function to confer the Maharashtra Bhushan, the highest civilian award in the state, rose to 13.Among the 13 now confirmed dead from heat strokes are nine women and four...
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Amid the controversy over Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's purported viral video, the British Tibetans have condemned China and its agents for attempting to purposefully tarnish the Tibetan spiritual leader's reputation and have also appealed to the BBC to provide genuine...
08:53
The decision to allegedly unburden schoolchildren by deleting the Mughal era from their history curriculum has provoked amusing memes: images of the Taj Mahal complete with captions about its mysterious origins and jokes about gallant medieval Rajput rulers routed by invisible armies. These are...
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Nearly a month after the national flag at the Indian high commission in London was pulled down during a protest by pro-Khalistan activists, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the case to investigate the matter, sources said. According to inputs, the case was handed over to the...
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Police in California have arrested 17 people in connection with a series of shootings in gurudwaras in Stockton, Sacramento and other locations and seized weapons such as AK-47, handguns, and at least one machine gun in a series of raids carried out over 20 places, the State Attorney General said...
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An Indian climber went missing while attempting to climb the 10th highest mountain- Mt Annapurna in Nepal on Monday afternoon. A search operation to locate the missing climber identified as Anurag Maloo (34) from Kishangargh of Rajasthan, India has continued since afternoon. Search...
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The Maharashtra government will buy two lakh vials of COVID-19 vaccines from Bharart Biotech amid a rise in cases, an official said on Monday. As an exceptional case, the state government issued an order relaxing some conditions for the procurement of the vials of the vaccines, he...
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The Supreme Court on Monday put a stay on a Uttarakhand high court's order directing the state government to reinstate senior Indian Forest Service officer Rajiv Bhartari as the head of forest force. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath said there shall be stay of operation of the...
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As Sudanese capital Khartoum continued to witness large-scale violence, the Indian embassy in Sudan issued a fresh advisory on Monday urging Indians not to venture out of their residences and stay calm. On Sunday, the embassy said an Indian national died in Khartoum after sustaining bullet...
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