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The high court of Karnataka on Wednesday issued summons to minister Priyank Kharge in a petition challenging his election from the Chittapur constituency in the assembly polls held in May.The petition filed by one Ashwath Rao was heard on Wednesday and the summons were issued to Kharge to appear...
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau are separating after 18 years of marriage, Canadian broadcaster CTV reported on Wednesday. CTV, is a Canadian English-language terrestrial television network. Justin and Sophie both took to...
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An Indian student pilot and his Filipino trainer were killed when their small plane crashed in the Philippines, authorities said on Wednesday. Two persons died when the two-seater Cessna plane crashed in Apayao province, the official Philippine News Agency reported. However, rescuers...
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Nitin Desai
Noted art director Nitin Desai, who is suspected to have committed suicide at his studio near in Mumbai, had approached MSC Bank for a loan recently, its chairman VV Anaskar said on Wednesday. Anaskar said lenders should not be driven merely by the underlying security and should look at...
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A thief has been caught here as he stayed back to draw on the walls of the house he had broken into, police said on Wednesday. His accomplice escaped with the booty, said an official. Apparently an Amitabh Bachchan fan, the arrested man's wall art included the name Agneepath and some...
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West Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Wednesday inaugurated an anti-corruption cell' at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, triggering Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to term this as an attempt to interfere in the functioning of the state's administration. While Bose said the cell would not infringe...
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A 47-year-old Indian expat in the UAE has won a whopping 20 million dirham grand prize from a leading weekly draw in the country, taking the tally of Indians who have attained millionaire status through the draw to 20. Sachin, a Dubai-based CAD technician, won the 139th Mazooz draw's top...
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Jayasudha (right)
Telugu actor and former MLA, Jayasudha joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday in New Delhi at the party headquarters. Jayasudha joined the BJP in the presence of Telangana BJP chief and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy and BJP national general secretary Tarun...
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Foreign and Indian currencies and gold and diamond jewellery worth about Rs 25 crore apart from incriminating documents were seized after raids on Hero MotoCorp executive chairperson Pawan Kant Munjal and some others, the Enforcement Directorate said on Wednesday. The federal agency raided...
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The Kerala police brought back fugitive Sony Poulose, facing an Interpol Red Notice in a case of alleged rape and trespass, from the UAE after a successful operation coordinated by the Central Bureau of Investigation and authorities of that country, officials said Wednesday. In a statement,...
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A landslide blocked the national highway connecting Shimla to Chandigarh in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district on Wednesday morning, leaving many vehicles stranded, officials said. A 50-metre road stretch was completely caved in following the landslide at Chaki Mor near Koti between Dharampur...
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Union Home Ministry has notified the creation of a new category of Ayush visa for foreign nationals for treatment under Ayush and other Indian systems of medicine. According to Ayush Ministry, the visa fulfills the proposal for the introduction of a special visa scheme for foreigners...
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Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023, which exempts land within 100 km of the country's borders from the purview of conservation laws and permits setting up of zoos, safaris and eco-tourism facilities in forest areas. The Upper House passed the Bill...
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Train shooting accused Chetan Kumar Choudhary (right)/ANI on Twitter
The Railways on Tuesday said the Railway Protection Force constable accused in the Jaipur-Mumbai train shooting incident kept the treatment he would have been undergoing for any mental condition a secret and no such ailment was detected in the last periodic medical examination for the force's...
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There is no proposal to increase the amount of minimum pension/family pension, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. The amount of minimum pension/family pension under the central government is Rs 9,000 per month, he said in a written reply to a question in...
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The government will launch e-clearance for after life remains portal on August 3 to facilitate swift transfer of mortal remains of Indian citizens who die abroad, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday. Nodal officers from the Airport Health Organisation will monitor the...
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Five people missing for the past six months in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district were traced and returned to their families, the police said on Wednesday. Among the rescued people were two teenage girls, a woman and two boys, they said. They were traced by a police team during...
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As many as 1,14,245 posts are lying vacant in various organisations under the ministry of home affairs and these include the CRPF, the BSF and the Delhi police, Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Mishra said in 2023, advertisements for about 31,879 posts...
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A Delhi court on Wednesday ordered the de-sealing of Uphaar cinema hall, where 59 cinemagoers were killed in a massive blaze in 1997, saying absolutely no purpose would be served to keep the property sealed'. The court noted that the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Delhi police and...
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Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya
A Haridwar-based seer has filed a police complaint against Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya for describing Badrinath as originally being a Buddhist monastery. In his complaint filed at the Kotwali police station in Uttarakhand's Haridwar on Tuesday, Swami Achyutanand Teerth claimed...
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A burnt shop in Nuh
Amid tight security by the Delhi Police, the VHP and Bajrang Dal on Wednesday staged demonstrations in several parts of the national capital against violence in Haryana. Carrying saffron flags and chanting slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram', 'Har Har Mahadev', and 'Vande Mataram', protesters blocked...
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India has an 84% tele coverage in urban parts.
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RPF constable Chetan Singh
The relatives of Hyderabad resident Sayyad Saifuddin, who was gunned down allegedly by an RPF constable on a train two days ago, took possession of his body on Wednesday, railway officials said. Four persons -- Railway Protection Force Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Tikaram Meena (58)...
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Opposition alliance INDIA
Taking a swipe at the INDIA opposition bloc, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said that with the UPA becoming an NPA or non-performing asset, the democratically defeated dynasty has come out with an old book with new cover. While participating in various programmes...
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The Vishva Hindu Parishad carried out a demonstration in Noida on Wednesday against the communal violence in Haryana and demand monetary aid to the kin of two members of its youth wing Bajrang Dal, who it claimed died in the clash. The Hindu-right group carried out its demonstration...
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Rahul Gandhi met children at a relief camp in Manipur in June
Over 14000 school children displaced due to ongoing situation in Manipur caused by ethnic violence, says the Education Ministry.Floor leaders from the Opposition bloc ' I.N.D.I.A ' on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu on the Manipur situation, seeking her intervention...
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Former environment minister Jairam Ramesh lashed out at the Modi government on Wednesday over the latest cheetah death in the Kuno National Park, saying this is what happens when science and transparency take a backseat. The Congress general secretary said the argument that all these...
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CM N Biren Singh inspects the ground situation in Manipur last month
Two abandoned houses were set on fire by unidentified people in Manipur's Imphal West district in the early hours of Wednesday, an official said. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot in the Langol area and the blaze was doused, he said, adding that no injuries were reported in the...
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Communal clash in Haryana's Nuh: The Supreme Court directs the Centre to ensure that no hate speech or violence takes place in Delhi-NCR. Security has been beefed up at sensitive places in the national capital in the wake of violence in some districts of neighbouring Haryana, the Delhi...
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Loss of vision and loss of capacity to comprehend or recall properly are two of the most feared and avoidable health concerns connected with ageing. New research adds to the evidence that visual issues and dementia are connected. The risk of dementia was substantially greater among...
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One more cheetah has died at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, making it the sixth adult feline to have died since March, according to a statement from the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department on Wednesday. This morning, one of the female cheetahs - Dhatri (Tiblisi) -- was found dead....
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An SIT will be formed to investigate the cases of communal violence in Haryana and the role of Bajrang Dal member Monu Manesar in the clashes is being probed, state police chief P K Agrawal said in Gurugram on Wednesday. Six people, including two home guards and a cleric, have died in...
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Opposition bloc INDIA on Wednesday suggested that President Droupadi Murmu nominate two Manipuri women from different communities to the Rajya Sabha to help rectify the grievous harm inflicted on women of the state. Trinamool Congress leader Sushmita Dev made the suggestion when a delegation...
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I.N.D.I.A. Floor Leaders along with a delegation of 21 MPs who visited Manipur met President Droupadi Murmu today to seek her intervention in the matter.
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A 35-year-old woman and her two children, aged 6 and 10, were found dead with their throats slit in Bihar's Katihar district, police said. The incident took place in their residence in Belaun gram panchayat under the jurisdiction of Baliya Belon police station on the intervening night...
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Noted art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai, who was found dead on Wednesday at his studio in Maharashtra's Raigad district, had defaulted on a Rs 252-crore loan to its financial creditor, and a bankruptcy court had admitted an insolvency petition against his company last week. Desai's...
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In Parliament: On the Opposition's demand for the PM's presence in the House, Rajya Sabha Chairman says a directive from the Chair will not be issued -- I can't give that directive. I shall not... Opposition leaders on Wednesday walked out from the Rajya Sabha after the Chair did not...
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Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Wednesday said the yatra organisers in Nuh did not provide complete information to the district administration, which resulted in the violence on Monday. Speaking to media persons on Wednesday, after the violence in the Nuh district claimed...
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Six deaths have been confirmed in the violence in Nuh district of Haryana, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Wednesday even as he renewed appeal to people to maintain peace in the State.The chief minister said that a total of 116 people have been arrested in connection with...
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The Yamuna crossed the danger mark last month
The water level of the Yamuna in Delhi dropped below the warning mark of 204.5 metres on Wednesday, the first time after the river breached the threshold on July 9 following heavy rains in the capital and the upper catchment areas. According to the Central Water Commission (CWC), the...
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Renowned film art director Nitin Desai was found dead on Wednesday at his studio in Maharashtra's Raigad district, a senior police official said. Prima facie, it seems to be a case of suicide, the official said, adding Desai was found hanging at his N D Studios in Karjat area of Raigad,...
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Police personnel stand guard in Nuh on Monday
Security has been beefed up at sensitive places in the national capital in the wake of violence in some districts of neighbouring Haryana, the Delhi Police said on Wednesday. The Haryana Police on Tuesday said that mobs killed a cleric in a late-night attack on a mosque, torched an eatery...
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An American woman, who had arrived in India recently and was staying at an ashram near Kollam was allegedly sexually assaulted by two men. The accused were caught on Tuesday and the process relating to recording of their arrest and lodging of an FIR was underway, an officer of Karunagappally...
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Bus services of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking were affected on many routes in Mumbai on Wednesday as contractual employees of a private bus operator hired by the public transport body went on a flash strike in the morning, officials said. A BEST...
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The communal clashes which took place in Haryana's Nuh has reached Sector 70 in Gurugram. The area is just 20 km from New Delhi. Schools and colleges in Sohna, which borders Gurugram, will remain closed today.Several shops and shanties next to a residential complex were set on fire on...
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Smoke billows from clashes between two groups in Haryana's Nuh
Following the death of a young naib imam of a Gurugram mosque in a mob attack, his village in Bihar has sought justice. Cries for 'justice' rent the air at Maniyadih, a village in north Bihar's Sitamarhi district, to which 19-year-old Haafiz Saad belonged. Saad babu was scheduled to...
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The Noida Police have lodged an FIR and launched investigation into allegations of illegal export of chips of used smartphones in the garb of scrap from India to China and Hong Kong, officials said on Tuesday. The case allegedly pertains to fraud and evasion of tax as well as customs duty...
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Former United States President Donald Trump has been indicted on Wednesday for his efforts to overturn the 2020 US Presidential polls which resulted in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The indictment comes after Trump stated that he received a target letter alerting him...
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A 64-year-old Indian woman, who fell from a cruise ship into the Singapore Strait on Monday, has died, one of her sons said in a social media post.With the footage, we have unfortunately learnt that my mother has passed away, Vivek Sahani said on Tuesday after having seen the closed-circuit...
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Of the 295 people killed in the triple-train accident in Odisaha's Bahanaga Bazar Railway station two months ago, 29 bodies are still awaiting identification, an official said. These bodies remain preserved in five containers at the AIIMS Bhubaneswar while the remaining 266 have been have...
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The Union home ministry on Tuesday asked the Bihar government to conduct an inquiry into the alleged desecration of the body of a member of the Scheduled Caste community in Darbhanga district and submit a report on it. The move came after BJP's Bihar unit president Samrat Chaudhary met Union...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said late Rajiv Gandhi was known as `Mr Clean', and Prime Minister Narendra Modi enjoys the same reputation. Pawar, who split the Nationalist Congress Party and joined the BJP-Shiv Sena government last month, was speaking to reporters in...
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