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A jilted lover in Ayodhya poured petrol on a college student and tried to set her on fire but she saved her life by jumping into a water-filled pit on the roadside, police said on Thursday. The police...
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The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of new Chief Justices for the high courts of Punjab and Haryana, Rajasthan, Allahabad, Gauhati, and Jharkhand. The Collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjeev Khanna and BR Gavai, passed...
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West Bengal on Thursday registered the death of a COVID-positive patient after over nine months, a health official said. The patient, who had tested positive for the coronavirus, had multiple...
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Eight special suburban train services will be run between Churchgate and Virar in the early hours of January 1 to cater to the extra rush on account of New Year revellery, the Western Railway said in Mumbai on Thursday. Four special services will run from Churchgate in south Mumbai to the...
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The Central Industrial Security Force deployed at Indira Gandhi International Airport nabbed four airline staff and one passenger suspected of being involved in human trafficking, the public relations officer, CISF, said in an official statement on Thursday. As per the PRO, the airline...
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After a row erupted over Ram Gopal Varma's latest film Vyooham based on the politics of Andhra Pradesh, several leaders have demanded the expulsion of the filmmaker from the state. Ravipati Sai Krishna, Telugu Desham Party, Youth president of Guntur district took out a foot march...
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New CRPF chief Anish Dayal Singh
Indo-Tibetan Border Police chief Anish Dayal Singh was appointed as the Director General of Central Reserve Police Force on Thursday, a personnel ministry order said. Singh, a 1988-batch Indian Police Service officer of Manipur cadre, was holding the additional charge of the CRPF following...
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India released the second tranche of $2.5 million to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East on Thursday. With this, India also fulfilled its annual contribution of $5 million for 2023-24, the Indian Embassy in Palestine said in a...
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Former Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Ram temple movement seer Ram Vilas Vedanti on Thursday urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to make arrangements to bring BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani to Ayodhya for the consecration ceremony slated for January 22. The development comes...
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The rupee rebounded after two straight days of fall to settle 14 paise higher at 83.20 against the US dollar on Thursday, amid a weak American currency overseas and a rally in domestic equity markets. The inflow of foreign funds and a downward trend in crude oil prices also supported the...
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Two Maoists, one of them carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh, surrendered before the police and security forces in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, a senior official said. Pojja Vanjam, alias Shankar (38), and Dashru Kunjam (26) turned themselves in, citing disappointment with the...
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A 27-year-old undertrial lodged in Pune's Yerawada Central Prison died after he was allegedly attacked by four inmates over past enmity on Thursday, an official said. Mahesh Chandanshive, who had been arrested under the Arms Act, was targeted in barack number 1 of the prison around 3 pm, the...
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India is aiming to launch 50 satellites in the next five years for geo-intelligence gathering which will include the creation of a layer of satellites in different orbits with a capacity to track the movement of troops and image thousands of kilometers of area, Indian Space Research Organisation...
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The crash of a Yeti Airlines' aircraft in January this year that killed all 72 people on board, including five Indians, in Nepal's resort city of Pokhara was caused by human error, according to an inquiry report submitted to the government on Thursday.Yeti Airlines' 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft crashed...
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A man accused of mowing down a woman with his SUV was remanded in police custody till January 2 by a court in Jaipur on Thursday.Mangesh Arora was arrested on Wednesday, a day after he hit a woman and her friend with his vehicle after a row in front of a restaurant in a posh Jaipur...
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A Mumbai court on Thursday issued notice to the complainant seeking its response to the plea filed by police to withdraw the fake TRP case in which senior television journalist Arnab Goswami has been named as an accused.The case was registered after the Broadcast Audience Research Council lodged...
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A total of 157 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in the country, with Kerala reporting the highest number of 78, followed by Gujarat at 34, according to the INSACOG's data updated on Thursday.Several states have been reporting an uptick in the number of Covid cases over the...
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A day after Karnataka BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal alleged that Rs 40,000 crore was embezzled by former CM BS Yediyurappa during the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the party was profiting over the dead. Congress MP and General Secretary in charge of...
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Former Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and BJP leader CN Ashwath Narayan said on Thursday that the contest in 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Narayan, after attending the Karnataka BJP leaders meeting held on...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty advanced further to settle at record highs for the second straight session on Thursday, buoyed by lower crude prices in international markets and fresh foreign fund inflows amid largely positive global cues. Hectic buying in energy, metal and...
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Any flight I take, the crew write personal notes to me, saying how good I was as Soudamini or Seema or Bulbul, Mona Singh tells Mayur Sanap/Rediff.com. Read the interview here.
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There is a battle of two ideologies in the country, says Rahul Gandhi at the Congress rally in Nagpur.Unemployment is at its highest now in the last 40 years, says Rahul at the rally on the occasion of the 139th foundation day of the Congress party. He said that vice chancellors should be...
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In the wake of the economic crisis in Pakistan, World Bank Country Director for Pakistan, Najy Benhassine said that Pakistan's economic development is limited to the elite which resulted in the country lagging behind its fellow countries, Pak Vernacular media reported. He noted that...
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Suspended WFI president Sanjay Singh
Newly-elected WFI president Sanjay Singh on Thursday said that the sports ministry did not follow proper procedure while suspending the wrestling national body and will challenge the government's decision in a court. The sports ministry on Sunday suspended the WFI, three days after its...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty advanced further to settle at record highs for the second straight session on Thursday, buoyed by lower crude prices in international markets and fresh foreign fund inflows amid a largely positive global cue. Hectic buying in energy, metal and FMCG...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's visit to Ayodhya on Thursday to take stock of preparations ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the temple town on December 30 was cancelled due to bad weather, a senior official said. Earlier, officials had told PTI that...
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ICICI Bank on Thursday said tax authorities have slapped a demand notice of Rs 26.8 crore on it for alleged short payment of GST. Goods and Services Tax (GST) demand of Rs 24.37 crore with a penalty of Rs 2.43 crore was served on December 27, ICICI Bank said in a regulatory filing....
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EAM S Jaishankar
Update: A Qatar Court has commuted the death sentence given to eight former Indian Navy personnel in an alleged case of espionage, the External Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday. We have noted the verdict today of the Court of Appeal of Qatar in the Dahra Global case, in which the...
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Qatar court commutes death sentence eight Indian ex-Navy personnel, says MEA. The government will continue to take up the matter with Qatari authorities, the ministry adds.
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Putting to rest speculations of Nitish Kumar's possible return to the saffron fold, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said all doors to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are closed for the Bihar chief minister. The Union Minister claimed that the Janata Dal (United),...
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While on Hemant Soren, the Jharkhand BJP today released a 20-page Arop Patra' (charge sheet) highlighting the alleged failures of the Hemant Soren government in the state during the four years of its reign.Releasing the 'charge sheet' in Ranchi a day ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Soren...
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Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren says he will attend Ram Mandir inauguration if invited. A row has gained ground over who has been invited and who has nodded to attend Pran Pratishtha (consecration) of the Ram temple in Ayodhya in January 2024. It has become a political issue ahead...
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An Iran-backed militia in Syria launched a suicide drone at Israel's southern Golan Heights.The explosives-laded unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed near Moshav Eliad, east of the Sea of Galilee.There were no reports of injuries in the incident, which did not trigger red alert warnings. Some...
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Raising concerns over electronic voting machines, Congress leader Sam Pitroda on Thursday said the BJP can win more than 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections if issues associated with EVMs are not fixed. The elections will be about deciding the destiny of India, he told PTI-Video...
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EAM S Jaishankar with Russian president Putin
Russia's relations with India and its people are making steady headway despite the current turbulences in the world, President Vladimir Putin has said and expressed confidence that the two countries will maintain their traditionally friendly ties in any alignment of political forces after...
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The Janata Dal (United) has quashed all reports that suggested a likely change of guard in the party leadership ahead of its national executive on Friday.Party President Rajeev Ranjan (Lalan Singh) said, The National Executive is a regular meeting of the JDU. There are meetings of the national...
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Dr GG Parikh -- freedom fighter and Gandhian -- turns 100 on December 30. There will be a programme tomorrow at the Bombay University convocation hall, Fort, from 4:30 pm to 7 pm. The keynote lecture will be by author and historian Rajmohan Gandhi, while NCP chief Sharad Pawar will be the...
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Sharmila Tagore with her granddaughter Inaaya in 2018
Veteran actor Sharmila Tagore has revealed that she was battling with cancer when filmmaker Karan Johar approached her to play a key role in his movie Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani. The cinema icon and her son, actor Saif Ali Khan, appeared in the latest episode of Johar's celebrity...
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Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday said he has reiterated directions for carrying out genome sequencing of positive cases so that cases of JN.1 variant can be confirmed. Talking to PTI, he said the government has ramped up Covid testing, with 636 tests conducted on...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is slated to visit Ayodhya on Thursday to take stock of preparations ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the temple town on December 30, officials said. There has been a delay due to dense fog the city since early morning but he...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address attendees at the grand consecration event of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya from the front of the 'Singh Dwar', the main entrance to the temple, sources said on Thursday.PM Modi will throw the gates of the grand temple open for visitors at the consecration...
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India recorded 692 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The total active caseload increased by four, reaching 4,097, according to Union Health Ministry data.As per official data, six deaths have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours -- two in Maharashtra, and one each in...
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Update: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has named Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi in its chargesheet mentioning her role of purchasing an agricultural land measuring 40 kanal (five acres) in Haryana's Faridabad from a Delhi-based real estate agent HL Pahwa in 2006 and sold the same...
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Enforcement Directorate has named Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the first time in its chargesheet mentioning her role in purchasing agricultural land measuring 40 kanal (five acres) in Haryana's Faridabad from a Delhi-based real estate agent HL Pahwa in 2006 and selling the same land...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday announced full state honours for DMDK founder-leader Vijayakanth's funeral. In his condolence message, Stalin expressed shock and grief over Vijayakanth's death and hailed him as an achiever; both as an actor and as a leader in public...
10:54
Canadian police are close to arresting two men believed to be responsible for the fatal shooting of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the British Columbia province in June and are still in the country, according to a media report. According to The Globe and Mail newspaper, the suspects...
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The PM shared this picture with Vijayakanth
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the passing away of DMDK founder-leader Vijayakanth and said his death has left a void that will be hard to fill. In a post on X, Modi said: Extremely saddened by the passing away of Thiru Vijayakanth Ji. A legend of the Tamil film world, his...
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After the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) formed a three-member committee to handle the day-to-day affairs of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), the newly-elected president of the sport's governing body Sanjay Singh accused Bajrang Punia and other wrestlers part of the protest of doing...
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The latest episode of 'Koffee with Karan 8' saw veteran actor Sharmila Tagore and her son Saif Ali Khan gracing the famous couch. From Saif's childhood stories to Sharmila's evergreen films, the mother-son duo talked about several things while conversing with the host Karan Johar. They also...
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Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) founder-leader and actor Vijayakanth passed away in Chennai aged 71 after testing positive for Covid-19 on Thursday.Earlier in the day, the party informed through a post on its official X handle that Vijayakanth was admitted to a hospital and put on...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty hit new all-time high levels in early trade on Thursday amid optimism over the country's macroeconomic fundamentals, firm global market trends, and fresh foreign fund inflows.Rallying for the fifth day running, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 322.08 points...
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A sniffer dog at the Israeli embassy
Paramilitary forces have been deployed outside the Israeli Embassy in Delhi, two days after the police received a call about a 'blast' being heard near the area.Visuals from the area showed heavy deployment of paramilitary forces, with restricted movement around the premises on Thursday...
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Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam founder-leader and popular yesteryear Tamil actor Vijayakanth passed away in Chennai on Thursday following illness. MIOT International said in a press release: Captain Vijayakanth was on ventilatory support following his admission for pneumonia. Despite the...
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A complaint was filed at a police station in Mumbai on Wednesday against Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor and his family members for allegedly hurting religious sentiments over a viral video showing them celebrating Christmas. No First Information Report (FIR) has been registered in the...
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Various journalist associations in Kerala on Wednesday protested the police action against mediapersons who covered a protest by the Mahila Morcha at the state police chief's official residence here last week. The Kerala Union Working Journalists and Thiruvananthapuram Press Club...
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At least nine flights were diverted at the Delhi airport on Wednesday due to bad weather. An official said three flights of SpiceJet and one flight of Air India were diverted to Jaipur between 0900 and 1200 hrs. Late in the evening, Vistara said five of its flights that were to land at...
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A complaint was filed at a police station here on Wednesday against Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor and his family members for allegedly hurting religious sentiments over a viral video showing them celebrating Christmas. No First Information Report has been registered in the case...
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In order to check rice inflation, the government is considering a proposal to sell FCI rice under the 'Bharat' brand but the discounted rate has not yet been decided, a food ministry official said on Wednesday.The ministry's efforts to check retail rice prices by boosting domestic availability...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and PM Narendra Modi
President Vladimir Putin Wednesday invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Russia next year, saying it will give them an opportunity to discuss all current issues and talk about the outlook for the development of bilateral relations. We will be glad to see our friend, Mr. Prime...
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