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The Delhi police booked an Indian Air Force officer for allegedly raping and intimidating a 24-year-old woman, officials on Monday said.The police registered an FIR under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and began the investigation into the...
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The active COVID-19 cases in Kerala on Monday rose by 111 to 1,634, according to data on the Union health ministry's website. The 111 fresh cases in Kerala are out of the 127 reported from across the...
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An employee of a zoo in Lucknow died on Monday after he was attacked by a hippopotamus while cleaning its enclosure, officials said. The incident took place at the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden here when Suraj, a daily wage employee, entered the animal's enclosure around 10.45 am to...
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A stand-up comedian on Monday claimed that his car was stopped on the middle of a road by a gun-wielding man at night, prompting the police to launch a probe. The alleged incident took place around midnight on an isolated...
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Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez
Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez has moved the Delhi high court seeking the quashing of ECIR (FIR) and supplementary chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate in Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The plea stated that evidence...
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The Mullaperiyar Dam's water level rose to 137.50 ft on Monday, prompting authorities to decide on releasing excess water through the spillway starting on Tuesday, officials said in Idukki. The Idukki District Disaster Management Authority, chaired by collector Sheeba George, held a review...
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a plea by Rajendra Bihari Lal, vice chancellor of Uttar Pradesh's Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology, and Sciences and six others challenging the Allahabad high court order refusing to quash an FIR related to alleged religious...
22:17
An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude hit Pakistan on Monday, officials said. However, there was no report of any damage or casualty. According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, the tremor occurred at a depth of 133 km and its epicentre was Jammu and Kashmir in India. The quake...
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Net direct tax collections grew by 20.66 percent to over Rs 13.70 lakh crore in the current fiscal so far, the income tax department said on Monday. The net direct tax collection of Rs 13,70,388 crore...
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Bharatiya Janata Party veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi who were at the forefront of the agitation for the Ram temple in Ayodhya are unlikely to attend next month's consecration ceremony due to their health and age, the temple trust said in Ayodhya on Monday. Both are elders of the...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday invited its ruling alliance partners Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP to accompany its legislators to the Dr Hedgewar Smarak Samiti in Reshimbagh in Nagpur to pay tribute to RSS founder Hedgewar and second 'sarsanghchalak' MS Golwalkar. The...
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A view of Jharkhand assembly/ANI
A committee of the Jharkhand assembly on Monday recommended a 25 per cent salary hike for the chief minister and about 31 per cent for other ministers. The five-member panel had been set up to review the salaries and other perks of the chief minister, ministers, speaker, leader of the...
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A public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored investigation under the supervision of a former apex court judge into the December 13 Parliament security breach. Two men -- Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D -- had jumped into the Lok Sabha's chamber...
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The police on Monday arrested the son of a Congress MLA for allegedly abetting the suicide of his 28-year-old wife in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, an official said on Monday. Aditya Valmiki (35) was arrested under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code in...
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The rupee surrendered all its initial gains to settle 2 paise lower at 83.05 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, in line with a lacklustre trend in domestic equity markets. However, a weak greenback against major currencies overseas and sustained buying by foreign investors...
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The Centre on Monday asked states and union territories to maintain constant vigil amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases and the detection of the first case of the new JN.1 variant in the country.In a letter to states and union territories, Union health secretary Sudhansh Pant underlined that due to...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty declined on Monday due to profit-taking by investors after a three-day record-breaking rally and a largely weak trend in Asian markets. Snapping its three-day rally, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 168.66 points or 0.24 per cent to settle at...
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A 5.5-magnitude earthquake followed by two aftershocks of lower intensity struck the Union Territory of Ladakh within 15 minutes, while a mild-intensity tremor was felt in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar on Monday, officials said. There were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage, they...
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee speaking to reporters in New Delhi/ANI on X
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the Prime Minister candidate of the opposition alliance -- INDIA bloc will be decided after 2024 Lok Sabha elections. After elections, everybody will decide, the Trinamool Congress leader told reporters here in the national...
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As many as 39 regions in southern Tamil Nadu witnessed extremely heavy rainfall, the India meteorological department said on Monday. Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall was recorded in Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Kanyakumari districts and light to moderate rainfall at most places in...
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Opposition legislators walked out of the Maharashtra Legislative Council on Monday after accusing the ruling alliance of not allowing them to speak in the House. Nationalist Congress Party MLC Eknath Khadse told the House that a state minister was present in the wedding of a family allegedly...
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As many as 45 opposition members in Rajya Sabha were on Monday suspended from the House for unruly behaviour and disregarding the directions of the Chair after they raised slogans over the Parliament security breach issue and disrupted proceedings. Among those suspended were Congress MPs...
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A Delhi court has dismissed an application moved by NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha seeking release of his electronic devices seized during the investigation of a case lodged against him under anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that the news portal received money to spread pro-China...
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The Delhi government has written to the DMRC seeking a detailed report on the death of a woman after she was dragged along the platform as her sari got stuck in the door of a train, transport minister Kailash Gahlot said on Monday. The incident took place on Thursday at the Inderlok Metro...
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Delhi Police officials visited the house of Sagar Sharma, who intruded into the Lok Sabha Chamber by breaching the security of the Parliament on Sunday and later got arrested by the police in Delhi. The police arranged a video call of the family members with Sagar. Speaking to ANI,...
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Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra, who was recently expelled from the Lok Sabha, approached the Delhi High Court on Monday challenging cancellation of her government accommodation and asking her to vacate the house by January 7, 2024. The petition, which is likely to be listed for...
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Utensils seen floating as rainwater enters houses
Approximately 800 train passengers stranded in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu due to flooding in the southern part of the state. Villages, towns, roads and highways in several regions of southern Tamil Nadu including Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi just resemble rivers in...
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A total of 47 Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) were suspended for the remaining part of the winter session for misconduct and not obeying the directions of the Chair.The motion for the suspension of MPs was moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi. When the House...
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With Parliament without Opposition, the government can now bulldoze key legislations and crush dissent, says Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge after 33 MPs were suspended from the Lok Sabha. Thirty-three opposition MPs, including Congress leader Adhir Ranjan, TMC's Saugata Roy and...
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The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) struck more than 150 terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours from the air, sea and land. The fighters of the 888 Refaim multi-dimensional unit - a combined special operations task force within the 99th Infantry Division - under the...
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Lok Sabha suspends 31 opposition members, including Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, from House for remainder of Winter Session. The MPs were suspended from Lok Sabha for the remainder of Winter Session after they protested in the chamber, demanding that Union Home Minister Amit Shah...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said Modi's 'guarantee vehicle' has become a superhit. Addressing an event in Varanasi, Modi said the vehicle has evoked tremendous response from the people and it has been assured that the country will become developed by 2047. Before his speech, the prime...
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The Karnataka government on Monday asked those above 60-years of age, with comorbidities, and symptoms of cough, phlegm and fever to mandatorily wear face masks, in the wake detection of a case of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 in neighbouring Kerala. Increased tests among those with such...
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Villages, towns, roads and highways in several regions of southern Tamil Nadu including Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi just resemble rivers in spate. As flood water gushed out, onto the residential neighbourhoods and roads, houses were inundated and people were marooned. At Seevalaperi...
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Delhi Police has written to Meta to access social media accounts of the six accused arrested in the Parliament security breach case and details of the now-deleted Facebook page 'Bhagat Singh Fan Club', where they met each other, according to sources. Police have also collected bank account...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor shares this image writing, Sat in solidarity with some of my suspended parliamentary colleagues. They should be inside the House listening to the Home Minister! But we have a government that does not believe in accountability at any level and punishes those who demand it'.
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The Congress on Monday said Parliament is getting adjourned repeatedly as Home Minister Amit Shah refuses to make a statement on the Lok Sabha security breach issue which is his duty and responsibility. Soon after both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till 2 pm, Congress...
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Parliament security breach accused Sagar Sharma's mother Rani Sharma says, I was allowed to talk to him for only two minutes. His facial expressions showed no remorse. Yes, he modified the shoes (used to carry smoke canisters inside the Parliament) at home, but I was unaware. He did not have four...
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A man was allegedly hit by a minibus and dragged on its bonnet for some distance in south Delhi's Lajpat Nagar area, police said on Monday. Videos of the incident, which took place on Sunday night, went viral on social media. In one video, the man is seen on the bonnet of the moving...
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Tanuja with her daughters Tanishaa and Kajol
Veteran actor Tanuja has been hospitalised in Mumbai and is under observation in the ICU. As per a source close to the actor, Tanuja was admitted to Mumbai's Criticare Hospital in Juhu last night (Sunday) after having difficulty breathing. She is in the ICU under the supervision of...
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Monday announced his association with the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) as the owner of team Mumbai. The ISPL is India's first tennis ball T10 cricket tournament that will be played inside a stadium, according to a press release. The inaugural...
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However, he will continue to appear as SPP in the Shraddha Walkar murder case. Read the report here.
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Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 12 noon on Monday due to protests by opposition members who were demanding a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and his resignation over the issue of breach of Parliament security. Rajya Sabha proceedings were also adjourned till 2 pm...
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NDRF rescues during the floods in TN earlier this month
Paddy fields, roads and bridges are submerged and many residential colonies came under sheets of water in several regions of southern Tamil Nadu as heavy rains, unprecedented in recent times wrecked havoc in Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Tenkasi districts of the state. The rains...
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Umesh Pal was gunned down
Slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed's aide Nafees Biryani, who was lodged in jail in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case, died of heart failure, police said on Monday.The 50-year-old died at the SRN Hospital on Sunday evening, a statement issued by the Prayagraj Police said. According to...
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Telangana CM Revanth Reddy meets with former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
India needs to address problems like malnutrition to become a developed nation and also focus on its most important asset of human capital, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said. Speaking at an interactive session on a book co-authored by him at the Indian School of Business...
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Low-lying areas have been inundated in Tamil Nadu. Pic: @@airnewsalerts
The areas of Kotagiri and Coonoor in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district experienced intermittent rains accompanied by heavy fog on Sunday. The heavy rain and fog caused reduced visibility in the surroundings of Kotagiri, Coonoor, and Kattabet. The commuters said that the thick fog on the...
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US President Joe Biden and the First Lady emerged unharmed following a collision between a car and an SUV, which was part of the president's motorcade, while stationed in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, on Sunday night. POTUS and FLOTUS emerged from the Biden-Harris 2024 headquarters in...
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Congress MP and leader of the party in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should speak in Parliament over the security breach issue, criticising him for taking four days to react to the incident. Chowdhury also claimed that Modi broke his silence on...
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Neelam (right) being taken to court last week
The Delhi police special team after searching Parliament Breach case accused Neelam Azad's residence in Haryana's Jind took away with them Neelam's old diary and some books. Neelam Azad is one of the accused who was involved in the Parliament security breach on December 13,...
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Two young persons kidnapped by militants of Myanmar-based NSCN-K (Ang Mai) were rescued from a forest in Nagaland's Mon district after a gunfight, a defence statement said.A group of armed cadres of the militant outfit had kidnapped them on Friday night from Yannyu village in the district, it...
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Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has said he has not grown old and still has the power to 'straighten some people out'.Speaking at a bullock-cart race at Charkoli in Pune's Haveli tehsil on Sunday, Pawar said, I have a complaint against you. All of you in your speeches keep stressing...
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Extremely heavy rainfall continued in the south districts of Tamil Nadu on Monday, as Palayamkottai recorded 26 cm, and Kanyakumari recorded 17 cm of rainfall.Meanwhile, flood-affected people in the Tirunelveli district moved to a shelter camp. A visual from the shelter home showed people lining...
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