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The Shiv Sena on Monday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that he alone outweighs opponents, saying Modi is never alone as he has Central agencies to target the Opposition and also a golden gang. The editorial in Shiv Sena's mouthpiece Saamana said PM Modi was...
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BEST inaugurated country’s first electric air-conditioned double-decker bus/ANI Photo
The first AC electric double-decker bus was inducted into the fleet of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport on Monday. The General manager of BEST Lokesh Chandra said, It's a historic moment for BEST to induct India's first AC electric double-decker bus in its fleet. He said that...
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The Social Democratic Party of India is set to field Shafi Bellare, one of the accused in the Praveen Nettaru murder case, from Puttur constituency in the coming Karnataka assembly elections. A video footage of SDPI state president Abdul Majeed making the announcement at a party convention...
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Observing that no person including digital intermediaries can continue as an aggregator in the absence of a licence, the Supreme Court on Monday asked Uber India to apply for it with transport authorities for continuing its services in Maharashtra. The top court took serious note of...
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The police have launched a probe after a man threatened a bomb blast in Mira Bhayandar area under the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, an official said on Monday. The caller gave this information after calling up a joint commissioner of police-rank officer in Mumbai in the early hours of the day,...
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Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anurag Thakur on Monday said any worker of BJP can defeat Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray MLA Aaditya Thackeray anytime. Thakur was speaking to reporters after meeting BJP workers from the Mumbai South Central and Kalyan Lok Sabha...
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Actor Shreyas Talpade on Monday issued an apology for an old video clip from his 2012 film Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal. In the 30-second video shared on social media, Talpade -- who apparently plays a Christian man in the Priyadarshan-directed comedy -- is shown stopping a lorry by putting his...
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Four railway trackmen were killed after a tower wagon hit them in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Monday, officials said. The tower wagon is used for maintenance of overhead equipment in electrified sections. The incident took place at around 5.45 am between Lasalgaon and Ugaon...
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A matter related to the Jamia Nagar violence was on Monday transferred to another court after a sessions judge, who had recently discharged 11 accused including student activist Sharjeel Imam in another case linked to the 2019 incident, recused himself. Additional sessions judge Arul Varma...
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Lok Sabha was adjourned on Monday for a month-long recess and will meet again on March 13. The first part of the Budget session saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi responding to a debate on the 'Motion of Thanks to the President's Address' and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabling the...
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Photograph of the slain LTTE chief, released by the Sri Lankan army
Sri Lanka on Monday dismissed as a joke a top Tamil nationalist leader's claim that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was killed in 2009 by the island nation's military, was still alive. Pazha Nedumaran, a noted nationalist leader in Tamil Nadu, told...
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The rupee fell by 15 paise to close at 82.73 (provisional) against the US currency on Monday, weighed down by gains in the greenback in the overseas markets and a muted trend in domestic equities. Firm crude oil prices further dented investor sentiments, forex traders said. At the...
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Shares of Adani group companies settled lower on Monday, with flagship company Adani Enterprises witnessing a 7 per cent slump after credit rating firm Moody's revised the rating outlook on four companies of the conglomerate to 'negative' from 'stable'.Amid volatile trading in the market, shares...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be on a day-long visit to Australia on February 18, his third visit since February last year. Jaishankar will meet the Australian leadership in Sydney and attend the Raisina@Sydney Conference organised by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute...
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A traffic police constable was dragged on the bonnet of a car for nearly 1.50 km as its driver suddenly drove the vehicle after being stopped for jumping signal in Vasai town of Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Monday. The car driver, a 19-year-old man who did not possess...
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Sliding for the second straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex on Monday ended 250.86 points or 0.41 per cent lower at 60,431.84. During the session, the index touched a high of 60,740.95 and a low of 60,245.05. On similar lines, the broader NSE Nifty dropped 85.60 points or 0.48 per...
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BJP vice president Baijayant Jay Panda/ANI
Amid buzz about the likely impact of artificial intelligence-powered ChatGPT in various fields, Bharatiya Janata Party vice president Baijayant Jay Panda said on Monday that it can be leveraged by those in politics in an era of rapidly unfolding technologies. He shared a video of the...
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Tight security cover is in place in and around Coimbatore city for two days from Monday in view of the serial blasts anniversary, the police said. The blasts which claimed more than 50 lives took place on February 14, 1998, they said. As many as 2,500 police personnel are deployed in...
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Election of Delhi's Mayor, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed as the Supreme Court will now hear the matter on Friday. The decision came after the Lieutenant Governor, and others, said they were ready to postpone the elections.The SC adjourned for Friday the hearing on Aam Aadmi Party and...
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Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Monday said the man in fancy dress has claimed credit for Aero India when the truth is that it started in 1996 and is held in Bengaluru because of the presence of organisations there tracing their origins to the Nehruvian...
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Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar on Monday said it was time to teach a lesson to the traitors who halted the good work being done by the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra. Pawar. who was speaking at a rally for the Chinchwad bypoll, was referring to the June 2022 rebellion...
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Describing the government's move to impose restrictions on BBC Documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as one reeking of intolerance, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao came down heavily on the BJP-led government and questioned, how will such actions bring good name to the...
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Nagpur police on Monday stopped members of women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) while they were going to the office of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to chant 'Hanuman Chalisa' to draw attention his towards their demands, an official said.Members of the women SHGs from neighbouring...
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Union Minister Prahlad Joshi on Monday said action would be taken this time on the notice sent to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for making an 'unparliamentary remark' about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha.Speaking to ANI, Joshi said, (BJP leader) Nishikant Dubey issued a notice to...
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BJP president JP Nadda will visit poll-bound Nagaland on Tuesday, party sources said. Nadda will attend a joint rally of the BJP and its ally NDPP. Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio will also be present at the rally, they said. He is also scheduled to release the BJP's manifesto for the assembly...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said GST compensation to some states is delayed due to non-availability of AG's authenticated certificate, and that Kerala has not sent even a single such certificate since 2017-18. Replying to a supplementary question, she also said...
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Pathaan is a heist film, a spy caper, an Iron Man spin-off, the masala blockbuster that Johnny Depp never made as well as a wry celebration of Shah Rukh Khan's magical relationship with Bombay's film audience over thirty years. There's a lovely moment early in the film when Shah...
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Prabhakaran, the chief of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a militant organisation, is still alive and is living with his family, former Congress leader Pazha Nedumaran claimed on Monday. Nedumaran further claimed that the LTTE chief will appear before public soon.Let me inform you that...
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Amruta Fadnavis, the wife of Maharashtra deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis drops a video of an evergreen song. Presenting for u only with lots of Ye Nayan Dare Dare' - magical mesmerising melodious masterpiece of @saregamaglobal! All through this romantic song, I enjoyed being my own valentine &...
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Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned briefly on Monday as opposition parties raised slogans demanding revocation of suspension of Congress MP Rajani Patil and setting up of a JPC to probe allegations against the Adani Group. Soon after the listed papers were laid on the table of the...
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PTI chief Imran Khan on Sunday claimed he was made the 'punching bag' and was on the receiving end of criticism for his government's performance despite the fact that ex-army chief retired General Qamar Javed Bajwa was the 'super king' behind all decisions. Read the report here.
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Bollywood actor Rakhi Sawant's husband Adil Durrani has landed in another problem after an FIR was filed against him in Mysuru on Monday after an Iranian student accused him of rape. Rakhi Sawant's husband Adil Durrani has been accused of raping, cheating, threatening, and blackmailing a...
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Shares of Adani group of companies declined in morning trade on Monday, with flagship company Adani Enterprises falling over 4 per cent after credit rating firm Moody's revised the rating outlook on four companies of the conglomerate to 'negative' from 'stable'. On the BSE, the scrip of...
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Google company's office in Maharashtra's Pune city was briefly put on alert after it received a call about a bomb in the premises which later turned out to be a hoax, police said on Monday. A man, who allegedly made the call in an inebriated state, has been traced to Hyderabad and...
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President Murmu at Amrit Udyan
BJP's renaming sprees will leave India with crippling amnesia. Changing the name of Mughal Gardens reflects the unwarranted inferiority complex of the present-day moguls and their parochial chauvinism. Read the column here.
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The man went missing from Mumbai airport
A 69-year-old Non-Resident Indian, who went missing from Mumbai international airport, has been traced to a suburb and reunited with his daughter after 12 days with the help of two alert citizens, police said on Monday. The NRI, Dharmalingam Pillai, who has been suffering from memory...
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An 18-year-old student of IIT Powai died by suicide after he jumped from the seventh floor of the hostel. The student was a resident of Ahmedabad and was pursuing BTech. Powai police registered a case under ADR and started further investigation.
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An 18-year-old student of IIT Powai died by suicide after he jumped from the seventh floor of the hostel. The student was a resident of Ahmedabad and was pursuing BTech. Powai police registered a case under ADR and started further investigation.
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Woman in Turkey rescued alive from underneath rubble over a week since the devastating earthquake. The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and northwestern Syria has gone past 34,000 as rescue efforts continue, reported CNN. It reached at least 34,179 on Sunday (local time)....
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Equity market witnessed volatile trading in the morning session on Monday, with benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty shedding their marginal gains amid mixed cues from Asian markets. Starting off the week on shaky note, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 196.61 points or 0.32 per cent to...
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PM Modi inaugurates AeroIndia 2023 in Bengaluru and releases releases commemorative stamps on the occasion. AeroIndia is an example of the expanding capabilities of India. The presence of around 100 nations here shows that the trust of the world in India has increased. More than 700...
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Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari leads the Gurukul formation during the fly past at the inaugural ceremony of AeroIndia 2023 in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Defence Minister at AeroIndia said, India is showcase of aerospace that has 2 important characteristics -- height and...
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An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale hit the Yuksom town of Sikkim on Monday early morning, National Center for Seismology informed. The earthquake took place at around 4.15 am at a depth of 10 kilometres from 70 km north-west of Yuksom. Earthquake of Magnitude:4.3,...
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Pentagon officials on Sunday (local time) said they have been scrutinizing radar more closely since the sightings of unidentified objects and have not been able to identify what the most recent objects are, or how long they are staying aloft. In a press briefing, Air Force General Glen...
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Books worth Rs 25.50 crore were sold at the 46th International Kolkata Book Fair, the organisers said. Around 26 lakh people visited this year's book fair that started on January 31 and concluded on February 12, Publishers and Booksellers Guild general secretary Tridib Chatterjee said. The...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 14th edition of Asia's largest aero show -- Aero India 2023 - in Bengaluru today.The five-day event will focus on displaying indigenous equipment/technologies and forging partnerships with foreign companies. According to the Prime Minister's Office...