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Repoll will be held in four polling stations in as many assembly constituencies in Nagaland on March 1, the Election Commission said on Tuesday. The EC took the decision based on reports submitted by general observers and after taking all material circumstances into account. The poll...
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Mukesh Ambani's home in Mumbai
A phone call claiming that the bungalows of actors Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra and industrialist Mukesh Ambani would be blown up was received at the police control room in Mumbai on Tuesday, an official said. The call was traced to Shivaji Nagar area of Palghar near Mumbai and further...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday inaugurate the Raisina Dialogue, India's flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-strategy. It is being organised by the ministry of external affairs in collaboration with Observer Research Foundation. The eighth edition of the dialogue...
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Former Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao, who is the chairman of Aam Aadmi Party's manifesto committee, is likely to join the BJP ahead of the assembly polls in Karnataka, sources close to him and the party said on Tuesday. The former IPS officer today met state's revenue minister R...
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The Supreme Court has directed to provide the highest Z+ security cover to Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani and his family members throughout India and abroad. The entire expenses and cost of providing the highest level Z+ security cover to...
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A 32-year-old Indian national was shot dead by the Australian police on Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed a cleaner at a railway station in Sydney and threatened law enforcement officers, media reports said. Mohamed Rahmathullah Syed Ahmed, who hails from Tamil Nadu, was identified by the...
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Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer F R Kharkongor on Tuesday said that 85.25 per cent of the state's 21.6 lakh voters exercised their franchise during the assembly election held on the previous day.The CEO's office on Monday said that over 75 per cent polling was recorded till 5 pm though voting...
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JD-S supremo H D Deve Gowda was on Tuesday admitted to a hospital here for a routine checkup.The former prime minister said he will be back home in a couple of days and there was no need for any panic or anxiety.I have come to the hospital for a routine check-up. There is no need for any panic or...
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Tamil Nadu Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi today and took up State issues including exemption for TN from the ambit of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). On his Twitter handle,...
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India reported the warmest February this year since 1877 with average maximum temperatures touching 29.54 degrees celsius, the weather office said on Tuesday while linking it with global warming. The India meteorological department said most parts of the country are expected to experience...
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A team of Maharashtra anti-terror squad has reached Indore in Madhya Pradesh to interrogate Sarfaraz Memon, a terror suspect who has been taken in custody by the Indore police. On Monday, National Investigation Agency emailed all the security agencies and Mumbai police...
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Senior Indian Information Service officer Rajesh Malhotra was on Tuesday appointed as the principal director general of the Press Information Bureau, a government order said. Malhotra, a 1989 batch officer, succeeds Satyendra Prakash, who superannuated on Tuesday. He will be the...
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Telangana MLA T Raja Singh
The Maharashtra police registered a case against suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Telangana MLA T Raja Singh for alleged hate speech in Maharashtra's Latur city, an official said on Tuesday. Singh has been accused of delivering an inflammatory address to create communal tension,...
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The official Twitter account of Trinamool Congress was restored after more than 13 hours on Tuesday evening, party officials said. The account was hacked late on Monday night and its name was changed to 'Yuga Labs', sources in the party said. It was restored at around 4 PM after nearly...
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The rupee appreciated by 15 paise to close at 82.64 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, ahead of the release of key domestic macroeconomic data. Forex traders said the central bank's intervention and lower commodity prices supported the local unit. At the interbank foreign...
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A public interest litigation was filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to frame rules for registration of live-in relationships as it cited increase in crimes like rape and murder allegedly committed by live-in partners. The plea, which referred to the recent killing...
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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday shared a list of leaders against whom graft probes were allegedly stopped after they switched sides to the BJP and took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's na khaunga na khane dunga slogan, saying that probably he was only talking about...
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Benchmark Sensex and Nifty slid for the eighth straight day to close at four-month lows on Tuesday as growing worries over interest rate hikes to stem inflation and FII selling unnerved investors. Investor wealth eroded by Rs 10.58 lakh crore in the eight-day decline. Paring its early...
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Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia
Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain on Tuesday resigned from the Cabinet, amid corruption allegations against them. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has accepted their resignations, officials said. Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on Sunday evening in...
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Actor-director Farhan Akhtar's upcoming show in Australia got cancelled. The singer took to Instagram to announce the news to his fans and followers. He wrote, To my fans in Australia, Due to unforeseen circumstances, our band Farhanlive, has had to call off our Australia tour. We will...
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An Indian-origin judge, Shama Hakim Mesiwala, has been unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of a district court of appeal in the US state of California. Mesiwala's appointment as an associate justice of the Third District Court of Appeal in California's Sacramento city was confirmed...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia's plea against his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation, and suggested that he move the high court.Just because the incident happened in Delhi you cannot come here; you have your remedies, the SC told the...
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Migrant labourers from Jharkhand, who had been stranded in Tajikistan for over two months, will return to their home state, an official said on Tuesday. In the first phase, 22 of the 35 stranded labourers will return, while the remaining people will return after their tickets are booked, he...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued their slide for the eighth straight day on Tuesday due to selling in oil & gas, pharma and banking stocks amid worries over further interest rate hikes. Mixed global cues, selling by FIIs and caution by investors ahead of the release of...
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The world's longest river cruise MV Ganga Vilas on Tuesday reached Dibrugarh, concluding its 50-day river journey that began from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. On January 13, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the cruise from Varanasi. During its journey, the cruise crossed 5...
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Senior TMC leader Bratya Basu Tuesday asserted there was no chance of a repeat of the tumultuous relationship witnessed during former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's term, days after the present Raj Bhavan occupant condemned the attack on a Union minister's convoy in the state.Sitting...
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Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates visited RBI Mumbai today and held wide-ranging discussions with Governor Shaktikanta Das.
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The memorial to Jawan Jai Kishore Singh
Family members of a jawan, who was among the soldiers who lost their lives in the 2020 Galwan Valley clash with Chinese PLA troops in eastern Ladakh, have alleged that the martyr's father was thrashed and arrested by the police for building a memorial for his son on government land in...
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Foreign ministers of G20 countries will meet in the national capital on March 1 and 2 to deliberate on pressing global challenges amid escalating confrontation between Russia and the West over the Ukraine conflict that entered the second year this week. US Secretary of State Antony...
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's forecast for the just concluded three-state polls. Sarma says, Tripura will have BJP CM, Nagaland, a coalition one, Meghalaya CM will be decided according to the seats won by us.There won't be hung assembly in any northeastern state, NDA will form govt in Tripura,...
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Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai
With the government employees in Karnataka set to go on an indefinite strike from March 1, seeking fulfillment of various demands, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday reached out to them saying the administration was ready to seek 7th Pay commission's interim report immediately and...
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China Foreign Minister Qin Gang
China on Tuesday confirmed that its Foreign Minister Qin Gang will be participating in the Group of 20 (G20) Foreign Ministers' meeting in India.During a press briefing, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said, The G20 should focus on prominent challenges in the global economy. China...
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Shares of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), which has sizeable equity in Adani group companies, hit a record low of Rs 566 on the BSE on Monday. The stock, according to The Hindu Business Line, has fallen nearly 20 per cent year-to-date. LIC's holdings in the Adani group...
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Fans will soon get to see a life-size statue of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar at the Wankhede stadium.Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Amol Kale announced the news on Tuesday. It will be the first instance of a player's statue being installed at the iconic stadium. The statue...
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Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao
Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah reached the residence of BJP national president JP Nadda. A review meeting will take place to plan out the strategies and further programs ahead of the Telangana Assembly elections. The 2023 Telangana legislative assembly election is scheduled...
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AAP workers protest Manish Sisodia's arrest
Update: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has moved Supreme Court challenging his arrest by the CBI in connection with the excise policy scam case.The Supreme Court said it will hear the bail plea of Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia at 3.50 pm. This comes a day after the special Central...
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NCP MLAs reach Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha carrying onions on their head. They are demanding an appropriate price for onions.
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Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia moves Supreme Court challenging his arrest. The plea is likely to be mentioned in the SC today seeking urgent hearing.
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The last rites of Sanjay Sharma were performed yesterday
Awantipora Encounter Update: The terrorist identified as Aqib Mustaq Bhat from Pulwama was killed today. He initially worked for the Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit, but has now been working with the TRF, the Kashmir police said. The killer of Kashmiri Pandit, Sanjay Sharma, has been...
10:24
Elon Musk yet again claimed his position as the world's richest person, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.The index is a daily ranking of the world's richest people. Details about the calculations are provided in the net worth analysis on each billionaire's profile page. The figures...
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CM Conrad Sangma with BJP president JP Nadda
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma is likely to form a post-poll alliance, indicated exit polls conducted by a number of media houses.The exit polls further pointed out that the northeastern state would have a hung house, with Sangma's National People's Party (NPP) emerging as the...
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The ongoing investigation into the suicide of an 18-year-old IIT-Bombay student, who jumped to her death from her hostel's seventh floor on February 12, was transferred to Special Investigation Team (SIT), Mumbai Crime Branch on Monday.The probe will be led by Lakhmi Gautam, joint commissioner of...
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Singapore Airlines' deal with Tata Sons (Tata) will inject a further SGD 360 million (USD 267 million) into Air India. It will give SIA a 25.1 per cent stake in the enlarged Air India group following its takeover by Tata and merger with Vistara Airlines. The November 2022 deal between...
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A terrorist was killed and two Army personnel injured in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmirs Awantipora area in the early hours of Tuesday. An official said the whereabouts of militants was based on human and technical intelligence.Encounter has started at Padgampora Awantipora in Pulwama...
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The official Twitter handle of All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) appears to be hacked as its name has been changed to 'Yuga labs'.Along with the name, the display picture has also been changed. #DidirSurakshaKawach is a mammoth effort at securing basic sustenance for every resident in Bengal,...
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The Rouse Avenue Court on Monday while sending Delhi's deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to the Central Bureau of Investigation remand directed that the interrogation of the Aam Aadmi Party leader during remand period shall be conducted at some place having CCTV coverage in accordance with...
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For the first time in 60 years, Finnish tech multinational Nokia has changed its logo as it focuses on faster growth and signals a new strategy shift. According to GSM Arena, a tech news-related website, this change comes after Pekka Lundmark took over Nokia's telecom equipment arm, the CEO...
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Prime Video on Monday released the first look of actors Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas from the much-anticipated global series Citadel. The action-spy thriller show, executive produced by Russo Brothers' AGBO banner, will premiere on April 28, the streamer announced.David Weil...
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A Delhi court on Monday summoned former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and 14 others in connection with the alleged land-for-job scam. The case relates to alleged appointments made in the railways in return for land parcels gifted or sold to...
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