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Rashtriya Janata Dal national vice president Shivanand Tiwary was on Tuesday sentenced to one year in prison by a Patna court in a criminal defamation suit filed by Bihar minister Sanjay Kumar Jha five years ago. Additional chief judicial magistrate Sarika Bahaliya also imposed a fine of Rs...
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A Revanth Reddy (left) with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge/File image
The Congress' Telangana unit chief A Revanth Reddy, who is set to take over as chief minister on December 7, said on Tuesday that officials should be alert in view of the IMD's warnings on the impact of Cyclone Michaung on various districts of the state. In a post on X, Reddy said officials...
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Indore's Employment Provident Fund Organisation commissioner Mukesh Rawat has been arrested from the Mumbai airport in connection with the murder of a village sarpanch in Gwalior district, the police said on Tuesday. Vikram Rawat, sarpanch of Banheri village, was shot dead in Gwalior's Padav...
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Eight persons have been arrested here for allegedly looting Rs 18 lakh from a house in Sion area of the city after claiming to be Income Tax department officers, police said on Tuesday. As per the complainant, a 29-year-old woman, four unidentified men visited her residence on Sunday,...
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People use a boat to shift to a safer place from a flooded area in Chennai/ANI
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Tuesday demanded an immediate central assistance of Rs 5,000 crore to provide relief to the people and rebuild infrastructure in Chennai and nearby districts hit by incessant rains caused by cyclone Michaung. The demand was made by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam...
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A fire broke out inside a sleeper class coach of a train coming from Delhi on Tuesday evening, while it was on its way to the final stop at Saharsa in Bihar, though nobody was hurt in the incident, a senior official said. Smoke began to billow out of the coach when the Purabiya Express,...
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Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot (left)
Outgoing Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's OSD Lokesh Sharma on Tuesday alleged that the then deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot's movements and phone were tracked and monitored by the Gehlot government in the run-up to and during the rebellion Pilot had staged in 2020. There was no...
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Five students of a private university in Greater Noida were briefly taken into custody by the police after a fight broke out between two sides over an argument, officials said on Tuesday. The incident, which was captured on mobile phone cameras and surfaced on social media, took place in the...
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A flooded road in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh/ANI
Securing her maiden Under-11 National Ranking title in Vijayawada brought joy and pain in equal measure for young Bengal paddler Sreosree Chakraborty, who is now stuck along with 300 others because of Cyclone Michaung, which has wreaked havoc on India's east coast. Cyclone Michaung made...
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Pic courtesy, Vishnu Vishal on X
Six hours ago, when actor Vishnu Vishal posted on X, Water is entering my house and the level is rising badly in Karapakkam, little did the firemen, who responded to the call for help, knew they'll be rescuing a Bollywood superstar too in the process. A picture of actor Aamir Khan among the...
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China has become the first country to confer diplomatic status to a Taliban-nominated official as Afghanistan's Ambassador to Beijing, thereby formally recognising the Taliban-run administration as a legitimate government in Kabul. As a long-standing friendly neighbour of Afghanistan, China...
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The CBI has registered an FIR in a case in which over 41,000 UCO Bank customers received surprise credits of varied amounts in their accounts, totalling Rs 820 crore, during November 10-13 without any corresponding debits in accounts from where the transfers originated, officials said on...
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State-run NLC India on Tuesday said that it has sent high-capacity pumps used in lignite mines to pump out water from inundated areas in Chennai.Cyclone Michaung has wreaked havoc across Chennai and its neighbouring districts, inundating the city, causing disruptions in flights and trains....
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Telangana Congress chief A Revanth Reddy will be the new chief minister of the state.Announcing the decision at the party headquarters here on Tuesday, All India Congress Committee general secretary K C Venugopal said the swearing-in will take place on December 7 in Hyderabad.After considering...
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Uttam Kumar Reddy
Former Telangana Congress president and MLA-elect N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday said is in the race for the chief minister's post.Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Reddy said he is well qualified for the job being a seven-time MLA and a staunch loyalist of the Congress party besides having a good...
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A meeting of the top leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) has reportedly been deferred to the third week of December after some of them expressed their inability to attend it due to their preoccupations.Another meeting convened by Congress president Mallikarjun...
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No, she will not make me the PM, was Dr Pranab Mukherjee's cryptic response in a reference to Sonia Gandhi when he was asked by his daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee about his chances of becoming the prime minister in 2004.Sharmistha recalls her father's reply after Sonia Gandhi's decision to...
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DNV Senthilkumar
A DMK MP sparked a controversy in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday by describing Hindi heartland states as gaumutra states, and said the BJP can win elections only there and not in south India. Participating in a debate in the Lower House on two bills related to Jammu and Kashmir, D N V Senthilkumar...
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NDRF personnel deployed on Bapatla coast in Andhra Pradesh as Cyclone Michuang makes landfall. We have deployed 12 teams, which are ready for rescue operations, says Zahid Khan, Commandant NDRF. India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday that the landfall process of the...
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Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty settled at new peaks on Tuesday, rallying for the sixth straight session amid massive buying in power and utility sector shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 431.02 points, or 0.63 per cent, to close at a new record high of 69,296.14. The...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday asserted that the concept of one flag, one prime minister, one constitution was not a political slogan and the BJP firmly believes in the principle and finally implemented it with regard to Jammu and Kashmir. Responding to a remark by TMC's Saugata...
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A flooded underpass in Chennai
A dozen people lost their lives in various rain-related incidents in and around the city while personnel on fishing boats and farm tractors were engaged in rescuing stranded people on Tuesday. The city and adjoining districts faced relentless rains on Monday as the severe cyclonic storm...
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As some opposition leaders have raised questions on EVMs after Assembly poll results were announced in five states, BJP leaders mocked them on Tuesday, saying they are looking for excuses to hide their own shortcomings. As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious in three...
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Kolkata emerged as the safest city in India for the third consecutive year, recording the least number of cognisable offences per lakh population among metropolises, a report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) said. The eastern metropolis, which reported 86.5 cases...
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Maharashtra has recorded as many as 8,218 cases of rioting in 2022, the highest in the country for the year, the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed. The NCRB, which functions under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, released the report 'Crime in...
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Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedia shot dead by unidentified assailants, two injured: Jaipur police commissioner.
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Revanth Reddy is all set to be the new Chief Minister of Telangana. He is likely to take oath on December 7 and a few ministers will also be taking oath along with him. A unanimous decision was taken in the CLP meet in Hyderabad and the final decision to appoint the CM was left to the party high...
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Madhya Pradesh has become a BJP state. It is the laboratory of the BJP since the formation of the state. The party has strong roots and this 2023 victory has strengthened those roots further, says Professor Yatindra Singh Sisodia, Director, Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science...
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After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious with a thumping majority in Madhya Pradesh in the recent assembly polls, many senior party leaders eyeing for the post of the chief minister. Amid this, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that he has never been a contender...
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Amid reports of difference cropping up between various parties in the INDIA bloc, the alliance has decided to reschedule the meeting of party heads to the third week of December. Earlier Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had called a meeting of the INDIA bloc leaders for Wednesday....
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Severe cyclonic storm Michaung's landfall is currently underway with the eye of the cyclone situated near Bapatla in south Andhra Pradesh coast, said an official on Tuesday. The weather system over the west-central Bay of Bengal, running along and off the south Andhra Pradesh coast is moving...
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Israeli soldiers fire into Gaza. Amir Cohen/Reuters
The Committee to Protect Journalists put out their latest death toll update on Monday. The group began recording journalist deaths in 1992 -- they say this war has led to their deadliest month on record, reports the BBC.As of December 4, at least 63 journalists and media workers were confirmed...
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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has no plans to attend the INDIA bloc meeting scheduled in Delhi on December 6, Samajwadi Party spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said on Tuesday. When asked if the decision was taken after the declaration of assembly poll results in four states,...
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A massive explosion was reported at a house in Arlington in the US after a suspect fired a flare gun inside a house at police personnel who were executing a search warrant, police said. According to Arlington County Police Department, the fire department is working to extinguish the blaze....
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The outcome of the 'transformation people cannot even imagine' was that the Congress got zero seats for the first time in history with a bare 9.7 per cent of the votes two years later in 2015, writes Sanjay K Jha. Read the column here.
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IndiGo says 550 flights have been cancelled after Chennai airport shut down due to torrential rain and flooding. Rains have stopped, and water has receded in the Chennai airport area and there is no water stagnation in the runways or taxiways, officials said adding that a lot of slush and...
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An underpass in Chennai which is battling floodwaters
About 9,450 people were evacuated to safety as severe cyclonic storm Michaung is expected to make landfall close to Bapatla in south Andhra Pradesh coast within the next four hours. According to IMD, during landfall, Michaung is expected to bring gales with speeds of 90 100 km per...
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On the Ethics Committee report, TMC MP Mahua Moitra says, I don't know whether they will place it or not.
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India will become the world's third largest economy by 2030, S&P Global Ratings said on Tuesday as it forecast the nation's GDP growth reaching 7 per cent in 2026-27 fiscal year. In its Global Credit Outlook 2024, S&P saw a 6.4 per cent GDP growth in the fiscal year through...
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Ahead of the second day of the winter session, the meeting of INDIA bloc Parliamentary leaders was held at the office of the leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge. The meeting was called by Congress president, Mallikarjun Kharge. Several leaders including AAP MP...
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Equity investors became richer by Rs 2.4 lakh crore as key benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty scaled new peaks in morning trade on Tuesday, amid persistent foreign fund inflows. Analysts said foreign institutional investors have reversed their selling strategy and have been consistent...
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A waterlogged Chennai airport
Chennai Airport has resumed operations after being temporarily shut down due to heavy rains that caused flooding and waterlogging on the runways, said an airport official.The airport will be open for both arrivals and departures from 0900 hours IST onwards.According to a statement released by the...
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Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge says, We will decide Telangana today (CM face of the state).The Congress on Sunday won 64 assembly seats to form government in the Bharat Rashtra Samiti-dominated Telangana, with the southern solace coming in the midst of a saffron sweep of the Hindi...
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File pic. Amit Shah in Parliament
The Bill to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act 2004 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019 is likely to be moved by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act provides for reservation in appointment in state...
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Michaung Cyclone: Eight deaths reported in Chennai Police limits. Cyclone Michaung continues to wreak havoc in Tamil Nadu with Chennai city facing massive waterlogging triggered due to heavy rain in the state while the Koovam River rages as water from nearby lakes is released into...
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The Rajya Sabha is likely to discuss the current economic situation on Tuesday, sources said. A notice given by Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien for a short-duration discussion on the current economic situation has been accepted by the Rajya Sabha. The discussion on...
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There was heavy rainfall in Chennai yesterday
The severe cyclonic storm 'Michaung' is likely to make landfall today on the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh between Nellore and Machilipatnam, and moderate rainfall with gusty winds is being experienced in Bapatla district. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said Severe Cyclonic...
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North coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are expected to experience light to moderate rainfall in most places and isolated heavy rainfall on Tuesday morning, decreasing thereafter, according to the latest IMD bulletin. The forecast of reduced rainfall intensity comes as a relief after...
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A month after court orders, the Pune Municipal Corporation in the early hours of Tuesday razed the dilapidated structure of Bhide Wada, where social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and his wife Savitribai Phule started the first school for girls in 1848. The civic body plans to build a...
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Around 25 members of Meitei extremist group National Revolutionary Front Manipur have joined the United National Liberation Front, which signed a peace agreement with the Centre last week. According to an official statement, the development is likely to give a momentum to the Centre's...
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One-third of the total cases registered against foreigners in Himachal Pradesh in 2022 are related to Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, according to the latest National Records Crime Bureau data. About 100 cases have been registered against foreigners under various crimes in...
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MP Congress chief Kamal Nath/ANI
Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath is likely to meet party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday and may tender his resignation from the post following the party's debacle in the assembly elections, sources said. Winning 163 seats, the BJP got two-thirds majority in the 230-member...
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