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The name of the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge is likely to be proposed for the chairperson post of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, INDIA bloc sources said on Wednesday.Sources also said that for the post of convenor, competition is between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish...
23:11
A lawyer was shot dead Wednesday in his chambers on the tehsil court complex in the Uttar Pradesh district of Ghaziabad, the police said. Manoj Chowdhary alias Monu Jaat was eating lunch in his chambers around 2 pm when two men entered the room and fired at him. He died on the spot, the...
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Five government hospitals and three private medical facilities have been put on high alert in view of the upcoming G20 Summit in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Wednesday. Besides, the Delhi health department has formed 80 teams of doctors and nursing...
22:17
Japanese conglomerate Softbank on Wednesday divested a 1.16 per cent stake in online food ordering company Zomato for Rs 947 crore through an open market transaction.Softbank through its affiliate SVF Growth (Singapore) Pte offloaded the shares of Zomato on the National Stock Exchange.Aditya...
21:59
Majority of the shares in the Sensex pack closed in the positive territory on Wednesday.Among the main gainers were Jio Financial Services which jumped 4.99 per cent, Tata Steel (2.09 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (1.87 per cent), M&M (1.31 per cent) and Infosys (1.19 per cent). -- PTI
21:57
The BSE Sensex closed higher by 11.43 points or 0.02 per cent at 65,087.25 points while the broader Nifty advanced by 4.80 points to close at 19,347.45 points.Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net buyers in the capital market on Tuesday as they bought shares worth Rs 61 crore, according...
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Lok Sabha on Wednesday revoked the suspension of Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, an official statement said.'The suspension of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, MP from the service of the House which was effected on 10.8.2023 till the submission of the Report by the Committee of Privileges, has been...
21:44
Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha on Wednesday said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is not in the race for the prime minister's post. Talking to reporters in Mumbai on the eve of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc meeting, Chadha also said that AAP...
21:14
Iltija Mufti. Pic: Iltija on Twitter
Iltija Mufti was on Wednesday appointed media advisor to People's Democratic Party (PDP) president and her mother Mehbooba Mufti, a senior party leader said.The decision to appoint 35-year-old Iltija Mufti, who takes a plunge into politics with this move, as media advisor to the former Jammu and...
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A 93-year-old priest of a temple was killed by unidentified assailants in Diggi town in Rajasthan's Tonk district, the police said on Wednesday. Locals held a sit-in outside the Bhuriya Mahadev Baba temple demanding the arrest of the perpetrators of Tuesday's incident.Siyaram Das...
20:19
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday visited the Asian Heart Institute in Mumbai for the second day, sources said.He visited the facility in the morning, they said.A day before, Yadav had visited the Institute for a routine check-up, accompanied by his son and Bihar...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan at the latter's residence in Mumbai.Soon after arrival at Mumbai airport for attending the two-day meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on August 31 and September 1,...
19:32
The rupee recovered 6 paise to settle at 82.74 (provisional) against the United States currency on Wednesday following weakness in the US dollar in global markets.FII inflows into the capital market and firm equity markets supported the local unit while gains in crude oil prices restricted the...
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China on Wednesday defended its move to release a new standard map for 2023 showing Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as part of its territory, saying that it is a routine practice in accordance with its law and urged India to stay objective and calm and refrain from over-interpreting the...
18:16
Digvijaya Singh
The Madhya Pradesh police have registered a case against Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh following an alleged misleading post on his X social media account over a Jain temple in Damoh district, an official said on Wednesday. Amid the police case, state BJP chief VD Sharma demanded that...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was joined by girl students from different schools at his residence to celebrate Raksha Bandhan. Students tied rakhi on Modi's wrist with the prime minister interacting with them on various issues. The children shared their positive feelings on the recent...
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With a long cherished dream of R Praggnanandhaa's parents to own an electric vehicle is set to be fulfilled by Mahindra & Mahindra, Group Chairman Anand Mahindra on Wednesday apprised the Indian chess prodigy that the ultimate goal of a car manufacturer is to turn dreams into...
17:02
Kids tie rakhi to Modi
About 80 per cent of Indians have a favourable view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and around seven in 10 Indians believe their country has recently become more influential, according to a survey by the PEW Research Center. The survey, released ahead of the G20 Summit, also noted that...
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Sharad Pawar says that 63 representatives of 28 political parties will attend the INDIA alliance meet in Mumbai from tomorrow.Leaders of the opposition alliance, known as the INDIA bloc, will convene in Mumbai for a two-day conclave where they will unveil a coordination committee, a logo,...
15:56
The Aam Aadmi Party's chief national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar Wednesday pitched for Arvind Kejriwal as the prime ministerial candidate for the opposition INDIA bloc. Hours later, Delhi Cabinet Minister Atishi said the chief minister does not have such aspirations. Kakkar said that...
15:37
Cow vigilante Bittu Bajrangi, arrested in connection with communal clashes in Nuh earlier in the month, was granted bail by a court on Wednesday, police said. Bittu Bajrangi was sent to a 14-day judicial custody on August 17 after he was produced in a Nuh court. He was lodged at the...
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The Congress-ruled Karnataka government on Wednesday rolled out the 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme, one among five poll promises, made by the Congress during its election campaign.Under the scheme, the state government will provide Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of BPL families.The scheme...
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The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday pitched for Arvind Kejriwal as the prime ministerial candidate for the opposition INDIA bloc, saying that as Delhi chief minister he has given a model that the whole country can benefit from. The party's chief national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar told...
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The Privileges Committee of Lok Sabha on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution to revoke the suspension of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from the lower house. The resolution was adopted after Chowdhury appeared before the Committee and expressed regret over certain...
14:03
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has more faith in what China states rather than in his own country's foreign ministry and defence ministry personnel. While talking to ANI, Joshi slammed the Congress party and said that the latter did not...
13:44
Chandrayaan-3 rover Pragyan today shared an image of the lander Vikram, the first that it has clicked using its Navigation camera. The picture is the first that the rover has clicked since landing on the moon. Until now, all the photos and videos had been captured by Vikram.Sharing the...
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Members of the Manipur Students' Union stage a peace rally
The family of the women in the Manipur video recounts the ordeal. Read the report here.
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PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 Mission: The preparations for the launch are progressing. The Launch Rehearsal - Vehicle Internal Checks are completed, says ISRO.The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) on Tuesday said it has designed, assembled, and tested the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC),...
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India saw a single-day rise of 61 new coronavirus infections while the active cases were recorded at 1,522, according to Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll was recorded at 5,31,929, the data updated at 8 am showed. The country's Covid case tally is 4.49 crore...
12:32
A special court on Wednesday extended till September 13 the judicial remand of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan in a case related to the alleged disclosure of state secrets. Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, who arrived at Attock jail in Punjab to conduct the hearing, issued the...
12:16
From mothers on sabbatical to grandparents and homemakers, many people are choosing to shift to the coaching hub Kota with their children to ensure they are not stressed while preparing for entrance exams and do not take any extreme step. Neeru Devi from Bihar's Sitamarhi has shifted to...
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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan offered prayers at the revered shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi atop Trikuta hills in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, ahead of the release of his much-anticipated film Jawan. According to a official, the 58-year-old actor reached the shrine late Tuesday night...
11:49
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba casts his vote
A group of senior Gabonese military officers on Wednesday appeared on national television saying they had seized power in the country as the recent general elections in the country lacked credibility, Al Jazeera reported, adding that they claimed to represent all security and defence forces...
11:14
Indian prodigy R Praggnanandhaa, who made history by clinching the silver medal in the 2023 FIDE World Cup, and entered the FIDE Candidates tournament, was accorded a rousing reception upon his arrival at the airport here on Wednesday. The officials from the state sports department received...
10:58
DHFL promoter Kapil Wadhawan
Seven police personnel have been suspended for allegedly providing special treatment to DHFL promoters Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan, arrested in connection with a multi-crore bank loan scam, during medical check-ups at hospitals in Mumbai, an official said on Wednesday. The Wadhawan...
10:42
Alex Ellis, the British High Commissioner to India, shares a throwback picture with his family. With my sisters and my late Dad circa 1970. Thinking of them, and my Mum, on #RakshaBandhan, Ellis writes.
10:28
A 36-year-old man, working as senior manager with e-commerce giant Amazon, was shot dead in northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura area, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place at around 11.30 pm on Tuesday when five unidentified people opened fire at Harpreet Gill (36) and his friend...
10:06
Doctors removed a 3-inch long live parasitic worm from an Australian woman's brain, the world's first discovery of a live worm inside a human brain, according to CNN. Dr Hari Priya Bandi, a Neurosurgeon, said, I've only come across worms using my not-so-good gardening skills. I find them...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday termed as very serious the issue of China releasing a standard map that laid claim over Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin, saying the neighbouring country had already taken India's land in Ladakh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should speak on the...
09:45
The new tender issued in 2022 for the Dharavi slum redevelopment project in Mumbai was transparent and no undue favour was shown to the highest bidder Adani Group, the Maharashtra government has submitted to the Bombay High Court. The government earlier this month submitted its affidavit in...
09:29
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday reiterated his claim about China invading Indian territory in Ladakh.The Congress leader termed the matter of China including Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai China as a part of its territory in its latest edition of the 'Standard Map as a serious issue.Speaking...
08:59
Ahead of assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party will take out 'Jan Ashirwad Yatras' from five places in Madhya Pradesh in the first week of September which will be flagged off by BJP president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior leaders.These yatras, a mass outreach...
08:26
Two IndiGo flights suffered mid-air glitches on Tuesday and were forced to land midway as their engine was shut down. However, both the flights were safely landed.A Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight from Madurai suffered a mid-air glitch after one of its engines shut down but landed safely at its...
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday visited the venue of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA)'s upcoming meeting in Mumbai and took stock of preparations for the conclave of opposition leaders.Key leaders of the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party bloc,...
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