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Three Maoists, including a dalam commander, were killed in an encounter with police in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on Sunday, an official said. The exchange of fire took place around 7 pm in Kedmara forest of the district, he said. Gadchiroli superintendent of police Neelotpal said, The...
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Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel's son Amit on Sunday suffered a brain stroke and is stable after undergoing surgery, as per hospital officials. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel's son Anuj Patel was admitted to KD Hospital at 2:45 pm and operated upon after suffering from a brain stroke....
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A mobile phone was thrown towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was holding a roadshow standing on a specially designed vehicle, as part of campaigning for the May 10 Karnataka assembly elections, the police said. The phone was hurled out of excitement by a woman BJP worker who had no...
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The Maha Vikas Aghadi will hold a rally in Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai on Monday during which leaders of the Shiv Sena-UBT, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress are expected to launch a frontal attack on the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis dispensation in Maharashtra. The vajramuth (iron...
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Sukanya Mondal
A Delhi court on Sunday sent TMC leader Anubrata Mondal's daughter Sukanya Mondal to judicial custody till May 12 in a money laundering case related to alleged cattle smuggling at the India-Bangladesh border. The judge sent Sukanya to jail after she was produced before the court on expiry of her...
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Rains lashed parts of southern West Bengal on Sunday with more showers in the forecast over the next three days owing to the formation of cyclonic circulations, the weather office said. Rains and gusty wind brought down day temperatures considerably in Kolkata and other neighbouring towns and...
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Around 30 Raj Bhawans (governors' residences) will hold programmes to mark the statehood day of Maharashtra and Gujarat on Monday in what is a new initiative as part of the government's thrust on celebrating the country's cultural diversity and different traditions. Official sources said...
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The Shiv Sena, led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, on Sunday launched its Delhi unit and vowed to implement the 'Maharashtra model' of development in the national capital. Shiv Sena senior leaders Anandrao Adsul and Anshumman Joshi inducted several leaders into the party fold,...
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The police arrested a man for allegedly posing as an official of Gujarat chief minister's office and president of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, and on the charge of raping a model on the promise of giving her a job, an official said here on Sunday. The accused conman, Viraj Patel, was...
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A man was booked in Guna in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly giving triple talaq to his estranged wife, a police official said. Triple talaq, also called talaq-e-biddat, is a practice by which a man could divorce his wife by pronouncing the word talaq three times without citing any reason for this...
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Light rain hit parts of Delhi on Sunday, bringing down the maximum temperature 10 notches below the season's average to 28.7 degrees Celsius, the India meteorological department said. The India meteorological department's Safdarjung observatory recorded 0.3 mm rainfall while those at Palam and...
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Punjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh on Sunday announced Rs 2 lakhs ex-gratia compensation to the family members of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for those injured and admitted to the hospital in the Ludhiana Gas leak incident.Dr Balbir Singh said, So far a total of 11 people have died in this...
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Enforcement agencies made seizures totalling over Rs 305 crore in poll-bound Karnataka since the model code of conduct came into force on March 29, the Election Commission said on Sunday. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The total seizures (Rs 305.43 crore) include cash (Rs Rs 110 crore), liquor (Rs 74 crore),...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said a team of the National Disaster Response Force has been engaged in relief work at the site of the gas leak in Punjab's Ludhiana. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â He also called the accident very sad. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The gas leak...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to release its election manifesto for Karnataka assembly polls on Monday, said sources.    The manifesto will be released by party president JP Nadda in the presence of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and party veteran BS Yediyurappa.  Sources said...
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The Mumbai police registered an FIR against the president of the Cine Dancer's Association and seven other office-bearers on the charge of illegally collecting more than Rs 1 crore from aspiring members, an official said on Sunday.Along with the CDA president, its general secretary, treasurer,...
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The India meteorological department on Sunday issued a warning at 10 am regarding light to moderate spells of rain in several places of Maharashtra.    Light to moderate spells of rain is very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai, Thane and Palghar during the next...
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Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel has been discharged from a hospital in New Delhi after undergoing treatment for a chest-related ailment and he will return to Kathmandu on Sunday night, the President's Office said. Paudel, 78, was airlifted to India on April 19 for treatment at the All India...
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Curfew has been withdrawn from all areas of violence-hit Sambalpur in Odisha as the law and order situation has improved and there is no apprehension of breach of peace, according to a notification. However, restrictions on meetings and rallies will remain in force, and written permission from...
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Sharad Pawar
A delegation of people opposing a proposed oil refinery project at Barsu in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district called on Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Sunday. A section of residents in and around Barsu have been opposing the proposed refinery as they fear the mega...
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Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan II has earned Rs 100 crore at the global box office, the makers said on Sunday. The second part of the lavishly mounted feature film hit the screens on Friday in Tamil along with the dubbed versions in Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam. Madras Talkies, Ratnam's...
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WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
Wrestling Federation of India's president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by India's top wrestlers, on Sunday claimed the athletes' protest at Jantar Mantar is being driven by the politicians from day one. The country's top wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat,...
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A group of people on Sunday attended the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio address Mann ki Baat at a programme organised in a cinema hall in Madhya Pradesh's Indore. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bharatiya Janata Party's Indore Lok Sabha member Shankar Lalwani organised the...
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India brought home another batch of 229 people on Sunday under its mission to evacuate stranded Indians from violence-hit Sudan. The fresh batch of evacuees arrived in Bengaluru, a day after 365 people returned from the African country to Delhi. #OperationKaveri One more flight brings back 229...
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Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel
The chief officer of Bhuj municipality in Kutch district in Gujarat was placed under suspension with immediate effect for dozing off during a function attended by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. Jigar Patel was suspended by the state's urban development and urban housing department on Saturday...
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The state of New York and New Jersey have issued special resolutions honouring the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat, underscoring that the vital broadcast has become an effective means of communication to promote good governance and deepen...
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An FIR was registered against Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh over his alleged remarks against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at a recent rally, police sources said. The FIR was registered on Saturday based on a complaint filed by Congress leader and...
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Chardham Yatra has been stopped at Srinagar as a precautionary measure due to bad weather at Kedarnath and Badrinath, police said on Sunday.    On Saturday, Uttarakhand director general of police Ashok Kumar issued instructions in view of rain and snowfall during the Chardham yatra and...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hand over a fast patrol vessel and a landing craft to the Maldives as India's gift during his visit to the island nation from May 1 to 3. The defence ministry said this on Sunday, a day ahead of Singh's visit to the Maldives, one of India's strategically key...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses 100the episode of 'Mann Ki Baat'.I can't believe it's been so many years since 'Mann Ki Baat' began. Each episode has been special. The programme gave me solution to connect with people. It is not merely a programme but faith, spiritual journey to me, Modi...
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India saw a single-day rise of 5,874 new coronavirus cases, while the active case count dropped to 49,015 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.  The death toll from the pandemic has increased to 5,31,533 with 25 deaths, which includes nine reconciled by Kerala, the...
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Sources in Delhi Police on Saturday said it will extend security to wrestlers party to the case against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who was earlier booked under sections of outraging the modesty of a woman, stalking, and section 10 of POCSO Act in two FIRs. The...
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The new Telangana Secretariat, said to be the tallest and one of the largest in the country, would be inaugurated on Sunday.      Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao would occupy his chambers in the sixth floor after the 'Sudarsana Yagam' rituals conclude at 1.30 PM, an official...
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An Indian-origin has been found guilty of killing three teenage boys who played a doorbell-ringing prank at his house in the US state of California, according to a media report.  Anurag Chandra, a Riverside County resident, was found guilty of three counts of attempted murder and three counts...
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Nine people died and several were taken ill after a gas leak incident in the Giaspura area in this Punjab district on Sunday, police said.  The source of the leakage and the type of the gas are yet to be ascertained, they added. Police have sealed the area while a fire brigade and an...
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Though three months have passed after the assassination of Odisha minister Naba Kishore Das, the mystery over the motive of the murder is still shrouded in mystery.        Opposition parties are questioning the efficiency of the Crime Branch of Police probing the case for not being...
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Ahead of the historic 100th episode of 'Mann Ki Baat' which will be aired on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed people to join him live at 11:00 am and said that the journey of his radio monthly programme in which he addresses the common people has been truly special.   The PM said...
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Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should break his silence and answers the issues raised by former Army chief General (retd) Shankar Roychowdhury over the 2019 Pulwama terror attack.Gen (retd) Shankar Roychowdhury said the biggest responsibility for the...
