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Najju alias Rajju, a former dacoit who walked out of the Bareilly Central Jail a week ago after 23 years, has offered a 101 kg bell at a temple in Shahjahanpur and appealed to the younger generation to stay away from crime. Now 58, Najju had unleashed a reign of terror for close to 12 years...
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The number of pilgrims who have performed the Amarnath Yatra this year crossed the four-lakh mark on Tuesday as more than 2,500 devotees paid obeisance at the cave shrine till noon, officials said. The total number of pilgrims who performed the Yatra till Tuesday noon stood at 4,00,132, the...
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Security has been stepped up in the border areas of Mathura and traffic diverted on some routes in the wake of violence in Nuh in neighbouring Haryana, a senior official said on Tuesday. Since the Mewat area of Haryana is adjacent to Kosi, Barsana and Govardhan police stations of Mathura, a...
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Plots of land belonging to a terrorist, operating from Pakistan, were attached by police in J-K's Kupwara district on Tuesday, officials said. The attachments were made by the Jammu and Kashmir Police's Special Investigation Unit in a case against Al-Barq terror outfit member Abdul Rashid...
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A group of youths on Tuesday allegedly ransacked a few roadside shops on a highway in Rajasthan's Alwar district, with the police suspecting that it could be linked to the communal tension in neighbouring Nuh in Haryana. Security has been tightened in the area. The Rajasthan police said...
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear from August 2 a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud will conduct...
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A 31-year-old man on Tuesday allegedly hit with a belt a camera-person of a national news channel at Vijay Chowk in central Delhi and claimed that he was upset with the channel for not airing a video he had sent to it, the police said. A purported video of the incident shared on social...
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The income tax department on Tuesday said a record 6.77 crore income tax returns for the assessment year 2023-24 were filed till July 31, including 53.67 lakh first-time filers. The total number of ITRs for AY 2023-24 filed till 31st July 2023 are more than 6.77 crore, which is 16.1 per cent...
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The total assets of 4,001 sitting MLAs stood at Rs 54,545 crore, which is more than the combined annual budgets for 2023-24 of Nagaland, Mizoram and Sikkim, according to a report. The Association for Democratic Reforms and the National Election Watch have extracted the data from affidavits...
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After the Central Board of Film Certification gave a green signal to Akshay Kumar-starrer OMG 2, the actor expressed his gratitude to the members of the board for trusting them. Vishwas rakhne ke liye abhaar (Gratitude for trusting us), Akshay posted on Instagram on Tuesday. He also...
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Four people, including a school principal and two teachers, were arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl, the police said. The victim, a student for class 10, has alleged that she was raped by the teachers and the principal inside the school several times for five...
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Vijay Wadettiwar
The Congress has named senior leader Vijay Wadettiwar as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly and submitted a letter to the Speaker. The letter was given to speaker Rahul Narwekar by a delegation of Congress leaders comprising former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok...
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The new team of office bearers of Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party with many young faces, including party stalwart Sushma Swaraj's daughter Bansuri Swaraj, was announced on Tuesday. The newly appointed general secretaries were Harsh Malhotra, Yogendra Chandolia and Kamaljeet Sehrawat. The...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday called on President Droupadi Murmu and said it was a courtesy meeting. Made a courtesy call on the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji today. @rashtrapatibhvn, Shah tweeted. -- PTI
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Opposition leaders will meet President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday to raise the Manipur issue after their demand for the prime minister's statement in Parliament followed by a comprehensive discussion on the violence in the state remained unfulfilled.Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had sought...
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A 16-year-old girl died in Bareilly today allegedly after she was forced to drink sanitiser by some men when she resisted their molestation bid, police said. On July 27, the girl, a student of class 11, was returning to her home from school when accused Udesh Rathor (21), a resident...
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GST collection rose 11 per cent to over Rs 1.65 lakh crore in July as a result of anti-evasion measures and higher consumer spending. This is the fifth time since the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime that monthly collections have crossed the Rs 1.60 lakh crore mark -- making it...
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Equity benchmark Sensex pared early gains to end lower on Tuesday, pressured by selling in index majors Reliance Industries, Powergrid and ICICI Bank amid a mixed trend in global equity markets. Besides, continuous foreign fund outflows also dented investor sentiment, traders said. However,...
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Gujarat and Maharashtra were top two states where the highest number of deaths in police custody were reported in the last five years, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said as many as 687 people died in police custody in various parts of the country...
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London-based Indian-origin author Chetna Maroo's debut novel Western Lane' is among 13 books to make the cut for the 2023 Booker Prize longlist revealed on Tuesday. Kenya-born Maroo's novel, set within the context of the British Gujarati milieu, has been praised by the Booker judges...
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Over a dozen cars were set on fire in Nuh
A mob set fire to an eatery and vandalised adjoining shops in Gurugram's Badshahpur on Tuesday afternoon, in a fresh case of communal violence after the previous day's attack on a VHP procession in adjoining Nuh district. A fire brigade team reached the spot and controlled the blaze,...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a few Union Ministers in New Delhi on August 3. This will be his first meeting with the Prime Minister, after the Congress formed the government in the state under his leadership, following victory in...
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Death toll in the girder machine collapse in Thane's Shahapur rises to 20 after three more bodies recovered from the site. At least 20 persons, including 10 labourers, were crushed to death and three others injured as a girder launcher collapsed during the construction of a viaduct for the...
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Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on Tuesday moved an anticipatory bail plea in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The Court issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation in the matter. Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi last week had issued a summons to...
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The body of a 57-year-old man who jumped from the Bandra-Worli Sea Link here was recovered from the Arabian Sea on Tuesday following a search that also involved the Navy and Indian Coast Guard, an official said. Garment businessman and Khar resident Tikam Makhija drove to the...
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Former prime minister Indira Gandhi had good relations with several RSS leaders, and just as the Sangh brass reached out to her for help, she too used it for her purposes but carefully kept a distance between the organisation and herself, claims a new book. In How Prime Ministers...
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The Reserve Bank on Tuesday said 88 per cent of the Rs 2,000 banknotes valued at Rs 3.14 lakh crore have returned to the banking system after it announced withdrawal of the high value currency notes from circulation in May. According to the data received from banks, the RBI said the...
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Manufacturing sector activities in India moderated for the second straight month in July as rates of expansion in output and new orders eased slightly, a monthly survey said on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index eased to 57.7 in July...
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There has been an increase in organ transplants post COVID-19, according to National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation data, presented in Parliament on Tuesday. In 2023 so far, states and Union Territories reported 7,107 organ transplants. In 2022, organ transplants reached...
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A peace rally in Manipur
The Supreme Court asks Manipur DGP to be present on Monday when it takes up pleas on massive ethnic violence. The court also sought details of the incident where women were paraded nude in Manipur, the dates of the incident, lodging of FIRs, regular FIRs, etc. The Supreme Court today said...
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Update: Manipur video: CJI DY Chandrachud says if the law and order machinery cannot protect the people, what happens to them?Solicitor General says the case has been transferred to CBI. When Supreme Court asks how many arrest Manipur police has made, Solicitor General says 250 arrests have...
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The Supreme Court Tuesday said there was a long delay in registering the FIR in connection with the incident it described as deeply disturbing -- the video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur. Tension had soared in Manipur, tormented by unabated ethnic violence, after a May 4...
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The Union government on Tuesday tabled the contentious Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, in the Lok Sabha, seeking to replace an ordinance related to the control of services in the national capital. The proposed legislation, which has brought the...
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Probationers of the Indian Foreign Service (2022 batch) called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
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Accused Chetan Singh
A court in Mumbai on Tuesday remanded Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh to the custody of Government Railway Police till August 7 for allegedly shooting dead four persons on a moving train. The incident took place on Monday morning on board the Jaipur-Mumbai Central...
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The Patna high court on Tuesday rejected all petitions challenging the caste survey ordered by the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, senior advocate Dinu Kumar, a counsel for one of the petitioners, said. Talking to reporters outside the court after a hearing by a bench headed by Chief...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted raids against Hero Motocorp executive chairperson Pawan Munjal and others as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. The searches were carried out at premises located in Delhi and neighbouring Gurugram in accordance...
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Members of the INDIA bloc parties on Tuesday staged a walkout of the Lok Sabha's Business Advisory Committee, convened by Speaker Om Birla, to protest against the decision to take up the debate on the no-confidence motion on August 8. The Lok Sabha will debate the no-confidence...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said all MCD employees, from the municipal commissioner to peons, received their salaries on the first day of the month.In a tweet in Hindi, the AAP chief took a dig at the BJP and said, What the BJP could not do in 13 years, we did in just five...
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Update: The Lok Sabha will debate the no-confidence between August 8 and 10, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to reply to the opposition-sponsored move on the last day. The decision was taken at the Lok Sabha's business advisory committee meeting which was boycotted by the...
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Union Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya
A note without specific details, ostensibly put out by the Union government, says there were irregularities in how suspended IIPS head KS James ran things. However, there are reports of James having been harshly criticised for NFHS-5 data and being part of 'western conspiracy'. Read the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply on the no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha on August 10. The no-confidence motion debate will begin on August 8.The opposition is displeased with the government's decision to continue with its legislative plans while the Lok Sabha Speaker has accepted the...
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The Shiv Sena-UBT on Tuesday said Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, who shared stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Lokmanya Tilak National Award ceremony in Pune, could have turned his back on the event to clear doubts about him among those who have taken a dim view of...
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Modi at the Dagduseth Halwai temple
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares stage with NCP leader Sharad Pawar at Lokmanya Tilak National Award ceremony in Pune. Modi on Tuesday performed pooja at Dagdusheth Halwai Ganesh temple in Pune. Immediately after his arrival in the city from Delhi, the prime minister visited the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday performed pooja at Dagdusheth Halwai Ganesh temple in Pune. Immediately after his arrival in the city from Delhi, the prime minister visited the famous Ganesh temple on Shivaji Road. Modi has become the first serving PM to visit the temple and perform...
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Sidhu Moosewala murder case accused Sachin Bishnoi extradited to India from Baku, Azerbaijan by Delhi Police Special Cell.
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India registered 36 fresh coronavirus infections in a day while active cases were recorded at 1,474, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has been recorded at 5,31,917, the data updated at 8 am stated. The tally of Covid cases recorded in the country so...
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India is expected to record normal rainfall during the second half of the monsoon season following excess precipitation in July, even as El Nino and other unfavourable conditions may suppress rain in August, the IMD said on Monday. August accounts for around 30 per cent of the...
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-- Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Mandir in Pune.-- France to evacuate nationals from Niger 'very soon', says embassy.-- Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to be pardoned.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the CBI not to proceed with recording the statements during the day of women seen in a video being paraded naked in Manipur, as it is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions on the issue at 2 pm. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud took...
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A hoax bomb claim on Tuesday by a woman airline passenger, who was irritated by the time taken for check-in process at Cochin International Airport, led to her being detained by the police and also delaying a Mumbai-bound flight in which she was to travel by around an hour, airport sources...
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Authorities on Tuesday said mobile internet services will remain suspended in Nuh district till August 2, Wednesday, in light of clashes between two groups.Prohibitory orders were also put in place in the district a day after the clashes.Following the clashes, a police contingent was deployed at...
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The Indian Space Research Organisation on Tuesday injected the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the translunar orbit. Chandrayaan-3 has completed its orbits around the earth and is heading towards the moon, the national space agency headquartered here said.A successful perigee-firing performed...
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Two youth, with alleged long criminal records, were gunned down after they attacked a police sub-inspector during a vehicle check on the city outskirts in the wee hours of Tuesday, police said. The two, armed with machetes, inflicted cut injuries on the police SI and made a bid...
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The health condition of former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya improved on Tuesday and doctors treating him were considering to put him off non-invasive ventilation.Bhattacharya, 79, is likely to undergo a few tests to ascertain whether he has developed any further infection, a...
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Authorities on Tuesday imposed a curfew in Haryana's Nuh district where two home guards were killed and several injured following violence that erupted over an attempt to stop a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession.Curfew has been clamped on Nuh district, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said on...
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A 26-year-old man was killed and a mosque set ablaze in the Sector 57 area as the violence that erupted over an attempt to stop a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession in neighbouring Nuh district spread to Gurugram, police here said.The mob opened fire in which two persons were injured. One of them...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday visit Maharashtra's Pune city where he will lay the foundation stone of various development projects and also receive the Lokmanya Tilak National Award. After his arrival, Modi will perform 'darshan and pooja' at...
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The Haryana government has sought 20 companies of the Rapid Action Force from the Centre for a week to maintain the law and order situation in Nuh district. In a communication to the Union home secretary, Haryana's Additional Chief Secretary (Home), T V S N Prasad, sought 20 companies of...
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A group of senior American diplomats met representatives from the Taliban and technocratic professionals during which they discussed critical issues concerning Afghanistan's well-being and humanitarian crisis, the State Department said.The interaction took place in Doha on July 30 and July 31.The...
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Fifteen workers were killed and three injured as a crane fell on a bridge slab during construction of the third phase of Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Thane district on Tuesday, an official said.Five persons are feared trapped and efforts are on to rescue them, an NDRF official said. The...
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Collegian Tathya Patel, who is accused of ploughing his speeding luxury vehicle into people assembled at an accident site resulting in the death of nine persons on July 20, was on Monday arrested in connection with another case of rash driving. Patel was taken into the custody of the traffic...
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A 20-year-old man was booked for allegedly stabbing and injuring his friend in Bhiwandi in Thane district, a police official said. The victim and the accused are friends and had an argument over online game PUBG, resulting in the stabbing incident, the official said. A probe is...
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Online gaming content and advertising have been brought under the purview of the ministry of information and broadcasting, according to a government notification issued on Monday. In an amendment to the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, the subjects Films and Audio-Visual...
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An alert was sounded in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district following violence in Nuh in neighbouring Haryana, officials said. Superintendent of police, Bharatpur, Mridul Kachchawa said the vigil has been intensified in the district and social media is being monitored. All checkposts in...
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