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The Railway Board has not given any directive to replace the automatic rifles of Railway Protection Force escorting parties with pistols in the wake of the recent train firing incident, the Central Railway said on Friday. Addressing a press conference on the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, CR...
23:39
Bollywood art director Nitin Desai
Hours after a case was registered against its top officials for allegedly abetting the suicide of Bollywood art director Nitin Desai, Edelweiss ARC on Friday denied that it had put pressure on him for repaying loans. Stating that it followed all legal processes mandated by the RBI, the...
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Three security personnel were injured in an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Friday, the police said. The encounter broke out in the higher reaches of the Halan forest area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir, they said. Three (03) jawans got injured in...
23:12
A married couple on Friday killed itself jumping off the seventh floor of an unused building, with police suspecting it be an act of suicide. The police said they were yet to confirm why the couple, both aged around 40 years, jumped off the building. The man was working as a watchman in...
22:33
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti
The People's Democratic Party on Friday said the Srinagar administration has denied the party permission to hold an event on the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. The Centre on August 5, 2019, had revoked Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state of...
22:27
Forty officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation received their police medals for meritorious service at an investiture ceremony at the agency headquarters here on Friday. The medals were announced between 2018 and 2021 but could not be conferred due to various reasons, they...
22:12
TMC MLA Madan Mitra, who has a notable following on social media for his sartorial tastes, will debut as an actor in a Bengali film. Mitra, who often makes headlines for his off-the-cuff remarks, will make a special appearance in the film, titled Oh Lovely. The film, directed by...
21:45
The prices of tomatoes are reportedly much lower in Mumbai as compared to that of Delhi. Tomatoes were selling up to Rs 213 per kg in the retail market in Delhi while it was Rs 159 in Mumbai as on Friday. It was reported a couple of days ago that tomato prices are likely to touch Rs 300...
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A new COVID variant which has descended from the rapidly spreading Omicron and was first flagged in the UK last month is now said to be spreading quickly in the country, according to health authorities in England. The UK Health Security Agency said EG.5.1, which has been nicknamed Eris,...
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Former Ramanathapuram MP Anwar Raja/ANI
Former Ramanathapuram MP Anwar Raja, who was expelled from the AIADMK in November 2021, rejoined the party in the presence of its general secretary K Palaniswami on Friday.Raja, a critic of the BJP, had been labour minister from 2001 to 2006. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from...
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No Friday namaaz was held at Gurugram's Jama Masjid and the smaller mosques saw thin attendance, days after the city witnessed scattered incidents of violence after the communal clash in neighbouring Nuh district. The police said there was no fresh incident of violence in the city but...
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The Amarnath Yatra will remain suspended from the Jammu base camp on Saturday as a precautionary measure in view of the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, officials said. The Amarnath yatra will remain suspended tomorrow (Saturday), Jammu deputy commissioner Avny Lavasa...
19:41
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
Five people were arrested after climate activists draped a black cloth over British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's private mansion in a protest against the policy to max out the UK's oil and gas resources in the North Sea, reported CNN on Thursday. The demonstrators, from the environmental...
19:10
Nitin Desai
Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Ashish Shelar on Friday demanded in the Maharashtra assembly that the police probe into the death of Nitin Desai must also look for the person' behind Rashesh Shah of Edelweiss Group, one of the lenders of the noted art director's ND Studio. Shelar said the...
18:43
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
After the Supreme Court stayed Rahul Gandhi's conviction in a defamation case, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said Parliament can do with some levity for now but the Congress leader continues to be on thin ice as several other criminal defamation cases are pending against him. In a big...
18:40
A man accused of sexually assaulting and murdering an 8-year-old girl earlier this week in Jalgaon in Maharashtra was arrested on Friday, a police official said. Irate people tried to attack the 19-year-old accused when he was brought to the site of crime, leading to injuries to three...
18:11
Nitin Desai
Raigad police in Maharashtra on Friday registered an offence against five persons including officials of ECL Finance and Edelweiss Group for alleged abetment of art director Nitin Desai's suicide. A First Information Report was registered under Indian Penal Code Sections 306 (abetment of...
17:57
The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has covered about two-thirds of the distance to the moon since its launch on July 14, ISRO said on Friday. Over five moves in the three weeks since, ISRO has been lifting the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into orbits farther and farther away from...
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Border Security Force troops deputed at a village along the Indo-Pakistan border in Ferozepur recovered plastic bottles filled with 2 kg heroin during a search operation on Friday, officials said. On Friday morning, the BSF personnel deployed in the Mamdot block in Ferozepur observed some...
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The last rites of the national award-winning art director Nitin Desai were held on Friday at his studio in Karjat in the presence of family members and colleagues. The 57-year-old, known for designing the sets of films such as Lagaan, Jodhaa Akbar, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, and the popular TV...
16:54
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla was on Friday given a one-year extension till August 22, 2024, according to a Personnel Ministry order. This is his fourth extension in the post. Bhalla, a 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was...
16:48
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the media for the first time after Supreme Court stayed his conviction in 'Modi' surname remark defamation case. He says, Aaj nahi toh kal, kal nahi toh parson sachai ki jeet hoti hai. Truth always triumphs, if not today then tomorrow or the day after But...
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Just in: The Supreme Court refuses to stay the Allahabad High Court order allowing ASI survey at Gyanvapi mosque. The Supreme Court says the Gyanvapi mosque survey to continue in a non-invasive method.
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Congress workers welcome Rahul Gandhi as he visits AICC headquarters in New Delhi after getting relief from the Supreme Court in the defamation case. Come what may, my duty remains the same; protect the idea of India, Rahul Gandhi said after the apex court verdict. The Supreme Court on...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday hailed the Supreme Court's stay on Rahul Gandhi's conviction in a 2019 defamation case, saying the decision had exposed the BJP's conspiratorial hounding of the party scion. He also called upon the BJP to respect the mandate given by the...
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After the Supreme Court stayed the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the 'Modi surname' defamation case, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal says, The Speaker has to take a decision now. The entire country and world is now looking at the Speaker. Automatically, this should be...
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Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday urged the Chair to allow Rahul Gandhi to attend the House after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a criminal defamation case. When the House was taking up private members' business, Chowdhury urged Rajendra Agrawal,...
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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday hailed the Supreme Court ruling staying the conviction of Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case.The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the conviction of Gandhi in the defamation case over his Modi surname remark. Reacting to the...
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Congress tweets this image alongside of Rahul Gandhi questioning PM Modi's link with industrialist Gautam Adani, saying, Aa raha hoon... sawal jaari rahenge. I'm coming... the questions will resume.
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The Congress on Friday hailed the Supreme Court ruling staying the conviction of Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case, calling the judgment a strong vindication of truth and asserting that 'no force can silence the voice of the people'.The Congress described it as a 'victory of love over...
13:56
Update: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case over his Modi surname remark, restoring his status as an MP. A three-judge bench of Justices B R Gavai, P S Narasimha and Sanjay Kumar said no doubt that the utterances...
13:41
Update on the hearing in the Modi' surname remark case: Rahul Gandhi's defamation conviction put on hold by Supreme Court in 'Modi' surname case.The Supreme Court says it wants to know why maximum sentence was given. Had the judge given a sentence of 1 year and 11 months, then he (Rahul...
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Update: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday told the Supreme Court that the original surname of former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi, who filed a defamation case against him, is not Modi and he belongs to the Modh Vanika Samaj. Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Gandhi,...
13:01
Supreme Court begins hearing of an appeal filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi challenging the Gujarat High Court order which declined to stay his conviction in the criminal defamation case over the 'Modi surname' remark.Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for Rahul Gandhi says...
12:55
The INDIA alliance
The Delhi High Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre, Election Commission of India, and 26 political parties on a petition seeking to restrain opposition parties from using the acronym INDIA for their alliance. Opposition bloc INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive...
12:27
The accused, who were arrested, in connection with Nuh riots
Unidentified people vandalised a shop in Haryana's Panipat which was located near the house of a man killed in the Nuh communal clashes, police said on Friday. The miscreants targeted the shop selling chicken on Thursday evening and also damaged two vehicles parked nearby. The shop was...
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A total of 23 people arrested in connection to the recent incidents of violence in Haryana's Nuh were produced before the court, and were later sent to police remand for up to five days on Thursday. A total of 23 accused in 6 different cases were produced before the court today. Accused in...
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11:23
The violence in Nuh has claimed six lives
Muslims in Gurugram have been urged to offer Friday prayers at home today amid the ongoing communal clashes in Haryana.Six people, including two home guards and a cleric, have died in the clashes that started in Nuh on Monday and have spread to Gurugram and other districts of the...
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The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the order of the Calcutta High Court suspending Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chief Secretary Keshav Chandra and imposing a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Lt. Governor DK Joshi for not complying with an earlier order on releasing benefits to workers. ...
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RAF contingents are on alert in Haryana
Three motorcycles were set on fire on Thursday night in Pataudi area in Gurugram, police said. The motorcycles were parked outside Rashid Auto Works near Chungi no. 4 while a mechanic was sleeping inside the shop. Firefighters doused the flames and rescued the mechanic, police...
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The National Disaster Response Force's operation to rescue four workers, who are feared trapped after soil caved in during the construction of a well in Maharashtra's Pune district, continued on the fourth day, an official said. The incident occurred at Mhasobachi Wadi village in Indapur...
10:26
The road to Kedarnath
Twelve people have gone missing after a flash flood in a waterfall swept away three shops near Gaurikund on the Kedarnath yatra route, officials said on Friday. The flash flood occurred on Thursday night following heavy rains, they said. Relief and rescue operations were launched by...
10:09
Since May 4, the Indian government has shut off the internet in Manipur, giving cover to murders, rapes, and arson. Read the report here.
10:00
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar pay their last respects to art director Nitin Desai at JJ hospital in Mumbai.The body of art director Nitin Desai had been brought to JJ Hospital by Khalapur Police for postmortem. Desai was found dead in his studio in Maharashtra's...
09:46
Nearly 200 rain related-deaths were reported and 31 people went missing during the past 41 days since the onset of the monsoon in Himachal Pradesh, the state disaster management authority said.Out of 199 deaths, 57 were due to landslides and flash floods while 142 people died due to road...
09:28
In a fresh incident of arms looting, a mob comprising the majority community broke into a police armoury and stole weapons, including AK and 'Ghatak' series of assault rifles, and over 19,000 bullets of various calibres, officials said.The incident took place at the battalion headquarters of the...
09:18
Nuh's Superintendent of Police Varun Singla, who was on leave during the communal clashes, has been transferred, officials said on Friday.Singla has been made the SP of Bhiwani, they said. -- PTI
09:02
An Indian American judge presided over the appearance of former United States President Donald Trump in a federal courthouse in downtown Washington, DC.Moxila A Upadhyaya was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge on September 7, 2022.Born in Gujarat and raised near Kansas City, Missouri,...
08:23
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) began working on a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi premises in Varanasi on Friday to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple.The survey began at around 7 am, ASI sources said.The ASI...
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The Odisha government dispatched 106 teams to different districts on Thursday as flood fear loomed following heavy rains due to the deep depression, officials said. On Thursday evening, 9.2 lakh cusec water was released from the Mundali barrage on Mahanadi, which is likely to inundate the...
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The bodies of a 20-year-old Indian student pilot and his Filipino trainer were retrieved on Thursday after their small plane crashed in the Philippines, authorities said. The military has recovered the bodies of two persons, Capt. Edzel John Lumbao Tabuzo, 24, and student-pilot Anshum...
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The Allahabad high court on Thursday issued a notice to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in a 2019 hate speech case and directed that the record of the trial court as well as appellate court of Rampur be summoned. The high court was hearing an appeal filed by the Uttar Pradesh government...
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