2 die, 6 fall sick on board Patna-Kota Express train

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23:02

FIR against 90 for blocking UP minister Dharampal Singh's convoy

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An FIR was registered on Sunday against 90 unidentified people for blocking the convoy of Uttar Pradesh minister Dharampal Singh in this district while he was on way to attend a programme, the police said. Angry locals on Thursday blocked the animal husbandry minister's convoy by bringing...
22:47

45 Pakistani Hindus detained in Gujarat for overstaying after visa expiry

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Forty-five Pakistani nationals from the Hindu community were detained in Gujarat's Banaskantha for overstaying after their visas expired and their applications for long term visas were rejected, a police official said on Sunday. They were detained from Akoli village here and the process to...
22:35

Met warns of heavy rain in Himachal from August 22 to 24

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The Met office in Shimla has issued an 'orange alert' for heavy to very heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh from August 22 to 24 and 'yellow alert' for heavy rain on August 21, even as the monsoon remained subdued in the state.  ...
22:23

2 die, 6 fall sick on board Patna-Kota Express train

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Two passengers died and six fell sick on board the Patna-Kota Express train on Sunday, officials said. It was not immediately known what led to the deaths. They were part of a group of 90 passengers from Raipur in Chhattisgarh. Five of the six people who feel sick were undergoing...
22:19

Four youths held for impersonating in NIT Rourkela job exam

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The police on Sunday arrested four persons who faked as examinees and appeared in a written test for non-teaching posts of NIT Rourkela.                 Rourkela DSP Pushpanjali Nigi said the four were identified as Punit...
21:36

Rajinikanth prays at Ram Janmabhoomi, Hanuman Garhi temple in Ayodhya

Actor Rajinikanth offers prayers at Hanuman Garhi Temple, in Ayodhya/ANI
Actor Rajinikanth offers prayers at Hanuman Garhi Temple, in Ayodhya/ANI
Filmstar Rajinikanth offered prayers to Ram Lalla on Sunday and saw the construction work of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. He also visited the Hanuman Garhi temple and paid obeisance there. I wished to come here for a long time. I am fortunate that the wish has been fulfilled. If the Lord...
21:11

7 pilgrims from Guj killed in Uttarakhand bus accident, CM expresses grief

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Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday said the administration is in constant touch with the Uttarakhand government after seven pilgrims from the western state were killed in a bus accident and expressed grief.  ...
20:55

TTE attacked with knife onboard moving train in Kerala; accused held

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A travelling ticket examiner was allegedly attacked with a knife on board a moving train in Kerala on Sunday by a man against whom the railway official had complained to the RPF for purportedly being drunk.                 The...
20:54

Dera chief's month-long parole ends, returns to jail

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Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh returned to Rohtak's Sunaria jail on Sunday after his month-long parole ended. According to a police official from Rohtak, Singh returned to Sunaria jail late afternoon. After being granted parole last month, the sect chief had gone to the...
20:37

7-year-old girl dies in UP village after eating poison-laced toffees, 3rd death in 3 days

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A seven-year-old girl who was taken ill after eating toffees that were found to be poisoned succumbed at a hospital Kaushambi on Sunday, taking the death toll in the incident to three, the police said.                ...
20:08

Bhojpuri actor 'Nirhua' to make film on '42 Ballia uprising

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Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Bhojpuri film actor Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirhua' has said he will make a film on the 1942 Ballia uprising to highlight the district's role in the freedom movement.                 ...
19:54

UP bypolls: Ink attack on BJP candidate Dara Singh

Dara Singh Chauhan
Dara Singh Chauhan
A youth threw ink at former Uttar Pradesh minister and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dara Singh Chauhan when he was campaigning for by-election in Ghosi assembly seat in Mau district on Sunday. Additional superintendent of police Mahesh Singh Atri said the incident occurred when Chauhan...
19:15

Floodwater submerges several BSF posts along border in Punjab's Ferozepur

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Several Border Security Force outposts and the barbed wire fencing along the India-Pakistan border have been inundated in Punjab's Ferozepur district due to a rise in the Sutlej's water level, an official said on Sunday. Border Security Force troops are keeping a close watch on the...
18:45

Delhi BJP names in-charges for seven Lok Sabha seats

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The Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi has appointed in-charges for the seven parliamentary constituencies in the national capital, with responsibilities such as supervising organisational activities and managing political functioning. The Lok Sabha Prabharis, appointed exclusively for next...
18:40

Legal action will be taken against staffers having links with terrorism: J-K LG

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday defended dismissal of government employees who support terrorism and said the administration would not hesitate in taking appropriate legal action against such persons. Referring to Article 311 of the Constitution which deals with...
18:40

WB varsity panel head probing student's death quits

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Jadavpur University's dean of science faculty, Subenoy Chakraborty, who headed the 10-member committee investigating the student's death resigned from his post on Sunday.  Earlier on Saturday, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose appointed Buddhadeb Sau as the officiating vice-chancellor...
17:34

Indian couple, son found dead in US; police suspect double suicide-murder

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An Indian couple and their six-year-old child have been found dead in the US state of Maryland in a suspected case of double suicide-murder, the police said. The three people, from Karnataka, were found dead from gunshot wounds in their Baltimore County home on Friday when the police...
17:21

Manipur violence: BSF men to be deployed in village where 3 were killed

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A Border Security Force team is likely to be posted in Thawai Kuki village in Manipur's Ukhrul district where three persons were killed by armed men on Friday, sources said.                 Security forces are combing the...
16:51

BoB to auction Sunny Deol's villa to recover Rs 56 cr

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State-owned Bank of Baroda has put on the block a property owned by actor and sitting Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Sunny Deol to recover Rs 56 crore through an e-auction to be held on August 25. The Gurdaspur MP, whose latest flick Gaddar 2 is a box office success having...
16:33

IMD issues orange alert for MP, warns of heavy rainfall in next 24 hrs

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Amid continuous rain in Bhopal for the last two days, Madhya Pradesh's regional meteorological department on Sunday issued an alert with a warning of 'heavy to very heavy rainfall' in parts of the state for the next 24 hours.   Meanwhile, the India meteorological department said in...
16:20

Seven fishermen rescued from sinking boat off Raigad coast in Maha

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Seven fishermen were rescued from a sinking boat in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Maharashtra's Raigad district, an official from the Indian Coast Guard said on Sunday.                 The remains of the boat that...
16:19

Chandrayaan-3's Moon landing to be shown live

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India's pursuit of space exploration will reach a remarkable milestone with the Chandrayaan-3 mission poised to achieve a soft landing on the surface of the Moon on August 23 -- and it can be watched live by the nation on multiple platforms. This achievement would mark a significant step...
15:34

Delhi WCD official booked for sexually assaulting minor

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A senior official of the Delhi government's Women and Child Development department has been booked for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl several times and impregnating her, the police said on Sunday. The officer's wife has also been charged in the case for giving the girl medicines...
15:25

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into moon

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Russia's moon mission failed after its Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and smashed into the moon, Reuters reported on Sunday.   Russia's state space corporation, Roskosmos, according to the Reuters report, said it had lost contact with the spacecraft shortly after a problem...
15:15

Woman jumps to death from 18th floor of high-rise in Mumbai

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A 47-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the 18th floor of a high-rise building in the eastern suburb of Bhandup in Mumbai on Sunday, the police said. The victim Reena Solanki was suffering from some ailments since the last three months and was mentally disturbed...
14:27

Operations at Port Blair airport's new terminal building to begin tomorrow

Prime Minister Modi inaugrates the new terminal building/Joji Varghese
Prime Minister Modi inaugrates the new terminal building/Joji Varghese
Operations at the new terminal building of the Port Blair airport will begin on Monday, officials said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the new integrated terminal building at the Veer Savarkar International Airport in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on July 18. A special...
14:09

DRI seizes drug worth Rs 15 cr at Mumbai airport; 2 held

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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized a white powder, purported to be cocaine, worth about Rs 15 crore from an Indian passenger at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, a DRI official said on Sunday. Based on intelligence, the passenger who came via a...
13:51

Odisha man held for hurling stones at trains in Kerala's Kannur

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A migrant worker from Odisha was caught for allegedly pelting stones at two passenger trains in Kerala's Kannur last week, the police said on Sunday.   The accused has been identified as Sarvesh, a resident of Odisha.   Kannur commissioner of police, Ajit Kumar said...
13:39

11 labourers killed in blast in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

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At least 11 labourers were killed and two injured in a terrorist attack in North Waziristan district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the media reported on Sunday.                  Terrorists detonated...
13:14

Bihar ex-teacher, witness in son's murder, shot dead

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A retired school teacher was allegedly shot dead by unidentified people over a property dispute in Bihar's Begusarai, the police said on Sunday.   According to officials, the incident took place near the Fateha Halt railway station under the Bachhwara Police station...
12:59

'Athachamayam' celebrations herald start of 10-day Onam festivities in Kerala

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A colourful rally accompanied by floats and folk-dance performances marked the Athachamayam' celebrations, heralding the start of the 10-day 'Onam' festivities in Kerala, in Tripunithura near Kochi on Sunday. The beginning of the festivities was officially inaugurated by Kerala Chief...
12:29

Maoists murder 65-year-old man killed in Jharkhand

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A 65-year-old man was allegedly killed in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district by Maoists who suspected him to be a police informer, officials said on Sunday. The body of the man was found near Gitilipi village in Goilkera police station area, they said. A couple of Maoist leaflets were...
12:19

'OMG 2' breaches Rs 100 crore-mark at domestic box office

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Oh My God 2 has raised Rs 101.61 crore at the national box office in 10 days of its release, the makers announced Sunday. Written and directed by Amit Rai, the film features Pankaj Tripathi as a devotee of Lord Shiva named Kanti Sharan Mudgal and Akshay Kumar as a messenger of...
12:12

DRDO UAV crashes in K'taka during test flight

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An unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation crashed in the agriculture fields of a village in the district on Sunday, official sources said. The UAV, TAPAS 07 A-14, fell outside Vaddikere village in Hiriyur taluk. According to sources, the...
11:25

Former Pak premier Imran Khan's close aide held under Official Secrets Act

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Pakistan's former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, a close aide of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, was arrested from his house here on Saturday under the Official Secrets Act in connection with the leakage of a confidential diplomatic cable. Qureshi, 67, Pakistan...
11:09

Nuh-like riots may be engineered in MP ahead of polls: Digvijaya

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Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday claimed that communal riots would be engineered in Madhya Pradesh ahead of assembly elections as the ruling BJP knows that it is facing a tough challenge.   The former chief minister was speaking at `Vidhik Vimarsh 2023', a...
11:08

After touching Yogi's feet, Rajini's hug for Akhilesh

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As part of his Uttar Pradesh visit, Tamil actor Rajinikanth on Sunday arrived at Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav's residence in Lucknow. When hearts meet, people embrace. During my engineering studies in Mysore, the happiness I used to feel seeing Rajinikanth on the screen is still...
10:42

China took away people's land but PM says...: Rahul

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In Ladakh to pay tribute to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 79th birth anniversary, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the Centre, saying that its claim that not an inch of Indian land was taken by China's People Liberation Army (PLA) troops is not true.The...
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Modi pays tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on birth anniversary

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 79th birth anniversary.  India's youngest prime minister, Gandhi held office during 1984-89. He was assassinated by a LTTE suicide bomber in 1991.On his birth anniversary, my tributes to former...
09:56

DMK hold anti-NEET hunger strike in TN

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The ruling Dravida Munetra Kazhagam's state-wide hunger strike demanding the abolition of the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET), headed by state Minister and the party's Youth Wing chief Udhayanidhi Stalin, began across Tamil Nadu on Sunday.  Udhayanidhi was joined here by senior...
09:43

Russia's Luna-25 suffers glitch in pre-moon landing move

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Russia's 'Luna-25' spacecraft reported an emergency situation during its manoeuvre prior to its Moon landing, Russian space agency 'Roscosmos' said.An incident occurred, while the spacecraft was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit, according to Roscosmos.During the operation, an emergency...
08:21

Chandrayaan-3 completes final move, next stop Moon

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The ISRO on Sunday said it successfully reduced the orbit of the Chandrayaan-3 mission's Lander Module (LM), further bringing it nearer to the moon.The national space agency also said that the LM would now undergo internal checks.The LM, comprising the lander 'Vikram' and rover 'Pragyan', is...