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Police personnel in the Saket Court where a firing incident occurred/ANI
The Delhi police recovered the weapon used by the debarred lawyer who fired at a woman and wounded her in the Saket court complex in south Delhi recently, officials said on Monday. They also said that one more person has been arrested in the case. The 49-year-old debarred lawyer,...
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The weather department on Monday predicted light to moderate spells of rains coupled with thunderstorms and lightning for five days across districts of the Vidarbha region in eastern Maharashtra. The regional meteorological centre in Nagpur forecast thunderstorms with lightning and light to...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Monday questioned Jharkhand cadre IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan for about 10 hours in connection with its money laundering investigation into alleged illegal land deals, officials said. He has been asked to appear before the agency again on May 1, ED sources...
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A Dubai-bound aircraft with nearly 150 people on board on Monday reported a problem in one of its engines soon after taking off from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, according to airport sources. The FlyDubai aircraft heading towards Dubai returned and hovered over the skies...
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The portals of Kedarnath in the Garhwal Himalayas are set to open for devotees on Tuesday but thousands of pilgrims en route to the temple have been stopped to proceed further due to bad weather conditions in the area, officials said. The pilgrims have been asked to wait in Rishikesh,...
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The Tamil Nadu government on Monday announced that it was withholding the implementation of the Factories (Amendment) Act 2023 which extends working hours to 12 hours a day from the mandatory eight hours, following protests by several political parties and labour unions.Announcing the decision to...
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At least nine teenagers were injured following a shooting at an after-prom party in Texas, as per authorities. None of the victims' injuries are considered life-threatening, US-based ABC News reported. According to the Jasper County Sheriff's Office, the incident happened just after...
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In a major reshuffle, the Maharashtra government on Monday issued orders for the transfer and promotion of 30 IPS officers, including three to the director general of police rank, an official said. As per the order issued by the Home Department, senior IPS officers Sadanand Date, Jaijeet...
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Indicating that they are ready for a showdown with the Tata Group-owned Air India management over its unilateral decision to revise the salary structure and service conditions, the two pilot unions at the airline warned the management of going to any extent to protect their members. On April...
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Singer Shaan has called for respect and tolerance after being trolled over a selfie he posted on Instagram to wish everyone on Eid. The selfie, a screen grab from one of his songs Karam Kar De, shows the singer in a skullcap offering namaaz. The singer said he posted the picture to wish...
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Pakistani-Canadian columnist Tarek Fatah passed away on Monday after a prolonged battle with Cancer, his daughter Natasha Fatah, who herself is a journalist, shared the news. Lion of Punjab. Son of Hindustan. Lover of Canada. Speaker of truth. Fighter for justice. Voice of the down-trodden,...
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Prohibitory orders were imposed in Malpura town of Rajasthan's Tonk district till April 26 on Monday, a day after more than a dozen people were injured in a clash between members of two communities. Thirty people have been detained in connection with the incident, the police...
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Actor Payal Rohatgi on Monday appeared before the additional chief judicial magistrate court in Rajasthan's Bundi district in connection with a four-year-old case relating to objectionable remarks she made about the Nehru-Gandhi family. The actress had been avoiding making appearances since...
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Haryana police with the accused/ANI on Twitter
The Haryana police arrested five persons from Delhi's Wazirabad in connection with gambling on IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings using different mobile apps. The police, during the search, recovered as many as 14 mobile phones, one each laptop and tablet, four LED televisions...
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Kannada Television actor Sampath J Ram died allegedly by suicide at his home near Bengaluru's Nelamangala on Saturday. The police registered a case and started an investigation into the matter. According to the police, the actor was suffering from depression for not getting desired...
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The Edappadi K Palaniswami-led AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Monday said the party's lone candidate fielded for the May 10 Karnataka assembly polls has withdrawn from the race following a request from the BJP. Senior BJP leaders from Delhi spoke to Palaniswami over the phone on Monday and sought...
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An Indian man travelling from New York to Delhi in an American Airlines flight has been apprehended at the airport in New Delhi for allegedly urinating on his co-passenger, official sources said Monday. The accused Indian passenger was stated by the airlines staff to be under the influence...
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There was no sun cover for the people who attended the programme
The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday sought a high-level probe into the death of 14 persons at the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony in Navi Mumbai's Kharghar. People died of sunstroke and dehydration but the Eknath Shinde-led government was trying to hide the numbers, a delegation of the Uddhav...
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Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday slammed Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray for the latter's comments a day earlier against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and warned such remarks may make BJP workers restive. Addressing a mammoth rally of...
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The PM declared India ODF in 2019
Gudikal village in Andhra Pradesh has been declared 'open defecation-free' since 2019. But the residents say they have no access to toilets and nothing has changed for them. Read the report here.
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Indians at Port Sudan
EAM S Jaishankar tweets on the evacuation of Indians in Sudan: Operation Kaveri is underway to bring back our citizens stranded in Sudan. About 500 Indians have reached Port Sudan while more are on their way. Our ships and aircraft are set to bring them back home. We are committed to...
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The Madhya Pradesh forest department has asked the Centre for an alternate site for cheetahs currently introduced at the Kuno National Park, which has seen the death of two felines in less than a month, with officials citing lack of logistical support and space. A senior state forest...
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Ajit Pawar: Will he, won't he?
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday took a swipe at the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition and said that there was confusion among its leaders about the longevity of the alliance. BJP's reaction comes after Sharad Pawar expressed concerns over the unity of the MVA...
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The Delhi University on Monday filed a response before Delhi High Court on a plea moved by NSUI's National Secretary Lokesh Chugh and said that the screening of a banned BBC documentary on the campus amounts to gross indiscipline.Chugh has challenged his debarment for one year by the Delhi...
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Accused celebrate their acquittals
The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) will challenge before the Gujarat High Court the recent acquittal of all 67 accused in the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case by a special court, sources said.Ahmedabad-based court of S K Baxi, special judge for Special Investigation Team cases,...
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, at a joint press conference with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav. We will go ahead together. We have no personal ego, we want to work together collectively.I have made just one request to Nitish Kumar. Jayaprakashji's movement started from...
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Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday found bloodstains inside the partially demolished office of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed in Prayagraj who was shot dead earlier this month.I have examined myself, bloodstains, the knife was found near the staircase and next to the kitchen Atiq's office,...
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The Patna High Court grants relief to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi staying the order of the lower court till May 15, 2023, in the 'Modi surname' case. The lower court of Patna had asked him to appear in court on April 12 and present his case. Against that order of the lower court, Rahul...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav arrived in Kolkata on Monday afternoon to meet West Bengal CM, Mamata Banerjee. After landing at the airport, Kumar and Yadav went to the state secretariat 'Nabanna' where the duo will be holding a meeting with...
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The Supreme Court on Monday extended the interim bail of Ashish Mishra till July 11 in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and JK Maheshwari while adjourning the matter said that the interim order in the matter will be continued in the matter till July...
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Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat at Jantar Mantar in January
Vinesh Phogat and seven other wrestlers move the Supreme Court seeking registration of an FIR against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president, Brij Bhushan Singh.As top wrestlers resumed their sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi demanding the arrest of WF) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan...
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The Embassy of France in India says that some Indians have been evacuated on a French flight from Sudan. French evacuation operations are underway. Last night, two military flight rotations evacuated 388 people of 28 countries, including Indian nationals, the embassy of France...
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The Supreme Court on Monday said it may not be possible to direct the trial court to conduct day-to-day hearing in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, in which Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra's son Ashish is among those facing prosecution, as it may affect other cases pending there.A bench...
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The Supreme Court on Monday closed contempt proceedings against ex-IPL commissioner Lalit Modi after he tendered an unconditional apology for his remarks against the judiciary in social media posts. A bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar took note of an affidavit filed by Modi in which...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the incumbent BJP regime in Karnataka, claiming the 40 per cent commission government will be reduced to 40 seats in the May 10 Assembly elections. Addressing a roadshow in Vijayapura, Rahul said, The Congress will form the government...
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Gemini Sankaran, the founder of Gemini Circus and a pioneer of Indian circus, died, family sources said on Monday. He was 99. Sankaran was admitted to a private hospital near Kannur for the past few days due to age-related ailments and died on Sunday night. Condoling the demise,...
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A two-wheeler at the site of the encounter
Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a two-member judicial commission to probe the killing of gangsterp-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's son Asad in an encounter in the State.The State government on Sunday announced the formation of a two-member judicial enquiry committee to probe the encounter...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to meet his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata early this week, sources said. Kumar is expected to meet Banerjee at her office in state secretariat 'Nabanna' either on Monday or Tuesday, they said. The two leaders are likely...
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India has logged 7,178 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have dipped after 69 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has increased to 5,31,345 with 16 deaths, which includes eight reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8...
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Delhi Police has sought a report from the probe committee set up by the Ministry of Sports to investigate the sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a senior officer said on Monday. The officer said that so far seven complaints have been received...
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In its latest round of electioneering in poll-bound Karnataka, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda will take part in separate roadshows in the southern part of the state on Monday. Shah arrived in Bengaluru on Sunday night. According to the itinerary shared by the BJP,...
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The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Sunday claimed that radical preacher Amritpal Singh surrendered before the police as per the advice of Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh. In a statement, the party said, Following the peaceful manner in which Waris Punjab...
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On the second day of his two-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will have an interaction with sugarcane farmers and youth, and later address a public meeting in the state on Monday.At 2 pm, the former All India Congress Committee (AICC) president will take part in an...
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Life in violence-hit Kaliaganj in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district was crawling back to normal on Monday morning even as a huge police force was on the watch to prevent a flare-up amid tensions over the death of a 17-year-old girl, officials said.Markets were open as usual but police were...
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Shaista Parveen joined the BSP in Jan 2023. ANI Photo
Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Umashankar Singh on Sunday said his party wants Shaista Parveen, wife of slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, to run for the Mayoral elections in Prayagraj.He said Shaista Parveen has not been named in connection with the killing of Umesh Pal, a key witness in the...
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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed the 'death warrant' of the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government has been issued and it will collapse in the next 15-20 days.The ruling Shiv Sena (led by Shinde), however, dubbed Raut as a 'fake astrologer' and said...
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