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Soldiers shifting people to safe areas in Chennai after heavy rain flooded city/ANI
iPhone vendors Foxconn and Pegatron, and automobile company Hyundai are among the companies that have suspended their manufacturing operations in Tamil Nadu due to cyclonic conditions. Cyclone Michaung wreaked havoc across Chennai and its neighbouring districts, inundating the city, causing...
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The Congress received contributions of nearly 80 crore in the 2022-23 fiscal from entities, party leaders, individuals and electoral trusts. The Election Commission on Monday put in public domain the contribution report of the Indian National Congress filed in November. The party received...
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With severe cyclonic storm 'Michaung' set to make landfall on Tuesday, the Odisha government has deployed rescue teams in the southern districts of the state as a precautionary measure. The severe cyclone over the Bay of Bengal is set to make landfall between Nellore and Machilipatnam, close...
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Vasundhara Raje
In what appears to be a show of strength, about 25 Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs on Monday met former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje here who is said to be among the frontrunners for the CM's post. The development comes amid intense speculations over the contenders for the top post...
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The ministry of road transport and highways plans to roll out the facility of cashless medical treatment of road accident victims across the country in three to four months, a top government official said on Monday. Road transport and highways secretary Anurag Jain while inaugurating an...
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Central Railway will operate 18 special long-distance trains to and from Mumbai and 12 extra local services to cater to the rush of people who will visit the city on B R Ambedkar's death anniversary -- Mahaparinirvan Din -- on December 6. Additional RPF and GRP personnel are being...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee/File image
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she won't be able to attend the upcoming opposition INDIA bloc meeting scheduled in Delhi on December 6, citing prior engagements in North Bengal. Banerjee said she was unaware of the meeting date and indicated that had she been...
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The police launched an investigation after bogus toll plazas were found to be operational to extort money from motorists in Gujarat's Morbi district, an official said on Monday. A case has been registered against five persons, including the owner of a defunct ceramic unit, who have been...
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A vehicle submerged in the waterlogged underpass road in Chennai./ANI
As many as five people have been killed in separate incidents in Tamil Nadu's Chennai amid heavy rain due to cyclone Michaung, according to an official statement by the Chennai police. One person has been injured due to the falling of a tree, according to the...
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The Supreme Court on Monday protected a journalist against any possible coercive action in connection with an FIR lodged against her for tweets on the ethnic violence in Manipur. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the...
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PM Modi at Navy Day function in Malvan, Maharashtra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that his government is committed to increasing the strength of women in the armed forces and said Indian Navy ranks would be renamed according to the country's culture. Paying tributes to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for his vision and warfare...
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Rizz, a colloquial word, which refers to style, charm, attractiveness or the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner, was announced the Word of the Year 2023 by the Oxford University Press (OUP) on Monday. The word has been chosen from a shortlist of eight words which was prepared by...
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Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) said it will stake claim to form the government in Mizoram after holding a consultative meeting of newly elected MLAs and senior party leaders.ZPM working president K Sapdanga said the meeting will be held on Tuesday and party leader Lalduhoma, who was in Serchhip,...
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Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party leader Balaknath remained non-committal on Monday over the possibility of his becoming the chief minister of the state, even as his name is doing the rounds for the top post after the saffron party's emphatic victory in the just-concluded assembly polls.The BJP...
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Canadian authorities have launched a search for four Indian-origin men in connection with an aggravated assault that took place in Brampton city in Ontario province in September.Early on September 8, the victim, who was not identified by the police, was assaulted by 'multiple parties' in...
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The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Post Office Bill, 2023 that seeks to repeal the 125-year-old Indian Post Office Act and consolidate and amend the law relating to post offices in the country. According to the proposed legislation, the central government may, by notification, empower any...
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At least 13 people were killed in a gun-battle between two groups of militants in Manipur's Tengnoupal district on Monday, officials said. The incident took place at Leithu village on Monday afternoon, they said. A group of militants on their way to Myanmar were ambushed by another...
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Winter Session of Parliament: Congress leader and LoP in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and BJP MP Yogi Balaknath share a light moment in the Parliament premises as Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says, Rajasthan ke naye CM ban rahe hai naa...The BJP returned to power in Rajasthan on Sunday, winning 115...
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A special court in Pakistan on Monday ruled that jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his close aide ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi would be indicted again on December 12 in the cipher case for allegedly leaking state secrets and violating the laws of the country. Judge...
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Mizoram CM Zoramthanga tenders his resignation to Governor Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati at Raj Bhavan.
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From earning the dubious distinction of the first MP to be disqualified under the anti-defection law to being all set to becoming the chief minister of Mizoram, 73-year-old Lalduhoma's political journey has been all about battling against odds. Lalduhoma, an ex-IPS officer who served...
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Dr Saundarya Rajesh, the founder of Avtar, a 'Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consulting Firm' posted this two hours ago. This is Mt Rd - pride of Chennai, an hour or so back. The skies are unrelenting. The latest weather report speaks of the climax of the cyclone happening a few hours from...
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India's benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, soared to unprecedented highs during Monday's market opening. This surge was fuelled by the recent triumph of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in state elections, coupled with robust domestic macroeconomic data and mounting expectations of a US...
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AAP MP Raghav Chadha returns to the Parliament as his suspension was revoked by Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, after 115 days.
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Amid the ongoing controversy on the alleged cash-for-query case, TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Monday denied commenting on the Ethics Committee report saying she'll only speak when they table the report before the Parliament. The TMC MP said, What can I say when it was not even tabled (before...
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Rajya Sabha revokes suspension of AAP member Raghav Chadha. Raghav Chadha's suspension was revoked on the motion moved by Bharatiya Janata Party MP GVL Narasimha Rao. Chadha was suspended from the Upper House on August 11 for breach of privilege during the Monsoon Session after...
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Mizoram CM Zoramthanga will meet Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati at 4 pm today to resign.The Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) is all set to form the next government in Mizoram after the party swept the elections bagging 26 seats in the 40-member House on Monday. According to the Election...
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North Coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal is likely to experience isolated heavy to very heavy with extremely heavy rainfall (above 204.4 mm) today, says IMD.Due to the Cyclonic storm 'Michaung', all schools, colleges, educational institutions, government offices including the Offices of...
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The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill 2023 -- that envisages replacing the existing criminal jurisprudence under the Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and Evidence Act -- introduced in Parliament by Union Home Minister Amit A Shah -- has come in for severe flak from not only the Opposition...
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ZPM CM candidate Lalduhoma
Zoram People's Movement gets majority in Mizoram assembly, wins 21 of 40 seats, says the EC. The party is set to form government in the north-east state.
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Kunhaman was the 2nd Dalit postgraduate in Kerala after KR Narayanan. Born and brought up in poverty, Kunhaman contributed significantly to the Dalit cause in Kerala despite being overlooked for top posts. Read more here. Kumhaman's last interview was with...
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday alleged that the Congress MP and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, leaked the Ethics Committee report on Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra before it was tabled in the House. Speaking to ANI, the BJP...
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The BJP, which suffered a huge setback in Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominated assembly seats in the 2018 polls, put up a good show this time winning 17 of the 29 seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category. According to poll experts, the public rallies of Prime Minister Narendra...
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ZPM all set to form government in Mizoram.Chief Ministerial candidate Lalduhoma wins from the wins Serchhip seat. He says, Mizoram is facing financial crises. That is what we are going to inherit from the outgoing government. We are going to fulfill our commitment. Financial reform is necessary,...
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As Congress is set to form the first non-BRS government in Telangana after the bifurcation of the state in 2014, Congress leader and former member of Rajya Sabha V Hanumantha Rao said that the Chief Minister would be decided after the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting in Hyderabad...
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Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on the Parliament premises, on the first day of the winter session. The Lok Sabha stands adjourned till noon.
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Lok Sabha adjourned till noon amid ruckus in the House.
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Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed in action when their Pilatus trainer aircraft crashed at 8:55 during training at Air Force Academy, Dindigul in Telangana. The pilots include an instructor and one cadet. No damage to any civil life or property has been reported, say Indian Air Force...
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BJP MPs raise the slogan of Teesri Baar Modi Sarkar and Baar Baar Modi Sarkar in Lok Sabha in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the winter session of the Parliament commences.
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ZPM (Zoram People's Movement) workers and supporters begin celebrations in Serchhip after the party registers a comfortable lead in the state election -- winning 2 and leading on 24 of the total 40 seats. Not your usual laddoos for mooh mitha, but a fruit-based dessert and juice. The...
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Update: Ahead of Parliament's Winter Session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged the opposition not to vent its frustration of the assembly polls defeat inside the House and move forward leaving behind its negativity of last nine years. Speaking with the media outside the...
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Every Indian who is concerned about the unity and integrity of India should be worried about this growing divide, says Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, author of The RSS: Icons of the Indian Right and Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times, to Archana Masih/Rediff.com. Read the...
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Heavy rains continued to pound Chennai and nearby districts on Monday under the impact of a cyclonic storm, which is likely to cross the coast in Andhra Pradesh on December 5. Low-lying areas and many residential parts witnessed inundation, even as civic agency personnel were involved in...
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Winter Session of Parliament Day 1: PM Narendra Modi's speech just before Parliament is set to begin today in the aftermath of the BJP's spectacular wins in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh yesterday. When there is good governance, when there is devotion to public welfare, the word...
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BJP MPs, including JP Nadda, Pralhad Joshi and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, show a victory sign in Parliament. Today is the first day of the winter session Parliament.
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Chief Minister Zoramthanga
Mizoram Deputy CM Tawnluia loses to ZPM candidate W Chhuanawma in Tuichang, says the EC. The Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) was leading in 17 seats, while the MNF was ahead in 10 as initial trends poured in for the assembly elections in Mizoram on Monday morning, officials said.Chief...
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I went sceptically to watch Meghna Gulzar's biopic on Field Marshal S H F J Manekshaw (affectionately called Sam by everyone); that is because I had thought no one could adequately research his magnetic personality, translate it into a screen depiction and have an actor play his larger than life...
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The ruling party fielded seven Lok Sabha members, including Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Prahlad Patel, and general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya from Madhya Pradesh. The move sent out signals that the BJP has kept options open for the top post and...
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Modi has become, and remains, the party's only trick in the book. Ironical, given that the party's calling card in 2014 was 'vikas'. How many of us heard the word mentioned in this round of campaigning, or at any time recently -- unless the party believes 'vikas' has been achieved, in which case...
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Mizoram: More than 4,000 personnel are involved in the counting process. In all, there are 399 tables for the EVMs and 56 for the counting of postal ballots.Polling was held on November 7, and over 80 per cent of the state's 8.57 lakh voters exercised their franchise. A total of 174...
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The BJP is always in election mode and their cadre -- be it a panchayat election, municipal election or any other local level administration -- move earth and heaven to help their candidates win, says Dr Virendra Chawre, Assistant Professor, School of Studies in Political Science and...
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The desolate Congress office in Raipur
The BJP, which has wrested power from the Congress in Chhattisgarh, has convened a meeting of all its newly-elected MLAs here on Monday, a party functionary said.The meeting will be held at Kushabhau Thakre Parisar, the state party's headquarters in Raipur, from 11 am, he said. The BJP on...
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A man along with his four friends allegedly raped his sister and then killed her in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said on Monday. The incident happened in Chakapad police station area on November 3, but the man and his friends were arrested on Saturday after police cracked the case, they...
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Aizawl: Nazuk Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, says, ...We started at 8 a.m. with the postal ballots... Now we have started with round one of EVMs...Everything is peaceful... We have 12 counting halls...We are prepared for any victory procession and any celebrations that happen... We have CAPF...
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The opposition ZPM was ahead of the ruling MNF as the initial trends poured in for the assembly elections in Mizoram on Monday morning. The Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) was ahead in 11 seats, while the Mizo National Front (MNF) was leading in six seats, TV channels showed. According...
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Bharatiya Janata Party's Mizoram unit president Vanlalhmuaka on Monday said that his party will be a part of the next government in the state, as the counting of votes for the 40 assembly seats was underway.Speaking to PTI, Vanlalhmuaka said he was confident that his party will win at least three...
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The counting of votes polled in the assembly elections in Mizoram began at 8 am on Monday amid tight security, officials said.Additional Chief Electoral Officer H Lianzela told PTI that the counting was being held in 13 centres across the state.One counting hall has been set up for each of the 40...
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Congress leader Praveen Chakravarty triggered a controversy Sunday with his remarks that the south-north boundary line is getting 'thicker and clearer', as the party edged out the Bharat Rashtra Samiti in Telangana to register a second win in the southern region where the BJP is not in power in a...
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With the Parliament's Winter Session set to begin on Monday, the leaders of various opposition parties of the INDIA bloc would meet in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge to chalk out their strategy in both the Houses.Sources said that the INDIA partners'...
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T S Singh Deo
Nine out of 13 ministers in the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government in Chhattisgarh have suffered defeat in the state assembly polls.They include Deputy Chief Minister T S Singh Deo and home minister Tamradhwaj Sahu, both key leaders who were chief ministerial aspirants after the Congress'...
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