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India and France are expected to take stock of their overall security cooperation during a high-level dialogue on Thursday. The two sides will deliberate on wide-ranging bilateral and global issues at the 36th India-France strategic dialogue, according to the ministry of external...
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Senior Congress leader from Maharashtra Manikrao Thakre was on Wednesday appointed as AICC in charge of party affairs in Telangana in place of Manickam Tagore. Tagore, a Lok Sabha member, has been appointed as AICC in charge of Goa, Congress sources said in Hyderabad. The shifting of...
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Activist Vernon Gonsalves on Wednesday sought discharge in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case and cited a report by a US digital forensics company to cast doubt on the veracity of the main evidence against him and others. Gonsalves was arrested in the case in August 2018. He is...
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Four cases of Omicron subvariant BF.7 were detected in West Bengal, a health official said on Wednesday. Genome sequencing of the four people, who have recently returned from the US, confirmed that they were infected with the new variant of the coronavirus, he said. The condition of the...
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Jammu and Kashmir director general of police Dilbag Singh and General Officer Commanding of 16 Corps Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain on Wednesday discussed various issues related to the overall security scenario in the Jammu region, officials said. The meeting takes place in the backdrop of...
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The Calcutta high court on Wednesday rejected the bail prayer of Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal, observing that he has overwhelming influence not only in society but also the state administration.Mondal, who was arrested by the CBI in connection with an alleged cattle smuggling case,...
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Employees of three state-owned power companies in Maharashtra called off their strike on Wednesday evening, hours after they stopped work as part of a three-day agitation launched in support of their demands, following an assurance from the government that the utilities will not be privatised,...
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Kuldeep Singh Pathania/Twitter
Senior Congress leader and five-time MLA from Bhatiyyat Kuldeep Singh Pathania is all set to be the next speaker of the Himachal assembly. His unanimous election is a foregone conclusion as he is the only...
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Security forces on Wednesday recovered arms and ammunition from a house near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, the police said. Acting on specific information, police, along with the Army, launched a cordon and search operation in the Sadhpora Taad village area of...
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Congress MLA E Thirumahan Everaa/Twitter/TN Youth Congress
Congress MLA from Erode East constituency in Tamil Nadu and son of former Union Minister EVKS Elangovan, E Thirumahan Everaa, died on Wednesday following illness, the party said. He was 46. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjuna Kharge, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, Chief...
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Delhi Police on Wednesday registered a first information report (FIR) and formed several teams to nab the passenger who urinated on a co-passenger onboard an Air India flight from New York to Delhi, officials said.A senior police officer said based on the complaint of the victim given to the Air...
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India will test a space-based aircraft monitoring system when it undertakes a development flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) next month, senior officials said on Wednesday.The SSLV, aimed at launching up to 500 kg satellites in planar orbit, was unsuccessful in its first development...
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The police on Wednesday filed a charge sheet in a court in Palghar in Maharashtra, four months after former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry and a co-passenger were killed in a car crash in Palghar district.Mistry, 54, and Jehangir Pandole were killed on September 4 when their...
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A woman has alleged that she was asked to remove her shirt during a security check at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, asking what was the need for the officials to do so.However, authorities at the airport sought to distance themselves away from the matter and said they cannot...
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The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will send additional 18 companies to Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of recent killings of civilians in two fresh terror attacks in Rajouri district, sources familiar with the development said.The 18 CRPF companies -- approximately 1,800 personnel -- will be...
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The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday appointed Isudan Gadhvi as its Gujarat unit president, replacing Gopal Italia who was appointed the party's national joint secretary and co-incharge of Maharashtra.Gadhvi was the party's chief ministerial face for the Gujarat Assembly polls held last month.The...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad high court order directing the Uttar Pradesh government to hold urban local body polls without reservation for the OBCs.A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha took note of the submissions of Solicitor General...
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Daniel Craig
The thrilling hunt for the next James Bond may be drawing to an end soon. Bullet Train star Aaron Taylor-Johnson seems to have emerged as a frontrunner for the 007 role previously occupied by Daniel Craig, according to news reports. Read more here.
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The 51-year-old Marvel actor, who remained in a critical but stable condition on Tuesday, said in an Instagram post that he was too messed up now to type, but sent his love. Read more here.
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A 41-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested in the US on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse after he intentionally drove a Tesla off a cliff with his wife and two children inside, according to media reports. Dharmesh A Patel of Pasadena, California, will be booked into San...
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Hair and bone samples sent for DNA mitochondrial profiling by police have been confirmed to be of Shraddha Walkar who was killed by her 28-year-old live-in partner Aaftab Amin Poonawala, a senior official said on Wednesday. The bones and hair were recovered during searches from forest...
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A Paris-bound Air India returned to Delhi airport on Wednesday afternoon due to a snag, according to sources. The Air India B787-800 aircraft VT-AND operating flight AI143 (Delhi-Paris) was involved in air turnback due to slats drive snag message, a source said. Another source said...
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Air India on Wednesday banned for 30 days the man who allegedly urinated on an elderly woman travelling in business class and exposed his private parts to her on a flight from New York to Delhi in November 2022.The airlines, in an official statement, said that they have taken very serious note of...
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Residents demand justice for Kanjhawala case victim, Anjali Singh
Aam Admi Party national spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj on Wednesday slammed BJP and Delhi LG over the recent incidents of crime against women in the national capital and questioned, How will girls get out of the house?He alleged that the BJP and the Delhi LG have made Delhi a Jungle...
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Veteran actor Satish Shah has said that he was subjected to racist remarks by a staff member at London's Heathrow airport. Because we are Indians was how the actor said he responded to the racist remark by a staff member. The Sarabhai vs Sarabhai star on Tuesday said the airport staff asked...
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Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi on Wednesday for routine check-up, sources said. Her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accompanied her to the hospital, they said.According to them, Sonia Gandhi has been suffering from a respiratory...
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Sara Khadem at a tournament in 2021
Iranian chess player Sara Khadem has been 'warned not to return to Iran' after competing without hijab in last week's FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan, reported The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). The 25-year-old player arrived in Spain on Tuesday after...
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has launched an investigation into an incident aboard Air India flight in which a co-passenger urinated over a senior citizen travelling in business class and exposed his private parts to her on a flight from New York to Delhi. The...
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Manish Sisodia at the house of the victim
Kanjhawala death case: Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia visited the residence of the deceased. In a major development into the Kanjhawala death case, the Forensic Science Laboratory on Wednesday said that initial examination suggests no sign of the woman present inside the car has been...
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Medical college authorities have sought the Rajasthan government's permission to claim bodies of the destitute and those abandoned in shelter homes amid a crippling shortage of cadavers for students. Medical colleges in Kota and Jhalawar are grappling with a severe shortage of...
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The passport of the deceased Russian chief engineer
The body of a Russian engineer who died on a cargo ship off the Odisha coast was sent for postmortem examination on Wednesday, police said. The ship was brought to the berth at the Paradip Port and the body of Milyakov Sergey, 51, was taken out by the police in the presence of a...
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The last rites of the victim was performed yesterday
In a major development into the Kanjhawala death case, the Forensic Science Laboratory on Wednesday said that initial examination suggests no sign of the woman present inside the car has been found so far. It further said that the woman was stuck onto the front left wheel of the...
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Cricketer Rishabh pant will be shifted to Mumbai today for further treatment, says Shyam Sharma, Director DDCA to news agency ANI. Rishabh Pant is currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Dehradun following a car accident on December 30th.Pant was on his way from Delhi to see his...
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Kanjhawala case eyewitness, Nidhi
Forensic Science Laboratory Delhi on the Kanjhawala case: Initial examination of the accused's car suggests that the woman was stuck on to the front left wheel of the vehicle. Most blood stains were found behind the front left wheel. Blood stains have been found on other parts also, under the...
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The victim's mother
The Delhi woman who was dragged for 13 kilometres under a car that hit her scooter had at least 40 external injuries, the severity such, that her ribs were exposed from her back as skin peeled away, her autopsy has revealed.The base of her skull was fractured and some brain matter was missing,...
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Delhi air stood at 'very poor' category on Wednesday with Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching 353, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the AQI in the National Capital...
10:05
The witty Anand Mahindra tweets, This is what it feels like mid-way into the first week of the New year.
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More than 95,000 women beneficiaries, who were given house sites in Andhra Pradesh two years ago, are now refusing to build houses under a government scheme for a variety of reasons. In fact, they have been asking the state government to provide them sites at alternative locations as...
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An inebriated male passenger urinated on a female co-passenger in Air India's business class on November 26. Air India has lodged a police complaint regarding the incident which took place when the flight was on its way from JFK (US) to Delhi.Air India has also constituted an internal committee...
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While on Pakistan, the cash-strapped country on Tuesday announced early closure of markets and wedding halls as part of a raft of measures under the energy conservation plan as the government struggled to revive the economy.Briefing the media after a meeting of the cabinet which approved the...
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Pakistan's former ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani said on Monday that he has asked his lawyers to examine if Imran Khan's conspiracy theories about him fell under defamation laws. Read more here.
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The Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed its journey at 6 am on Wednesday after halting for the night at Mavikalan in Baghpat. Anshu Awasthi, spokesperson for the party's Uttar Pradesh unit, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached Mavikalan from...
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The woman coach who charged the Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh with sexual harassment, claimed that until the minister resigns, the matter would be biased.Speaking to the media after she appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Chandigarh Police on Tuesday, the...
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The bodies of a couple were found hanging from a tree at a village in Tadiwa police station limits here, officials said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, villagers informed the police that the bodies of the 21-year-old man and the 19-year-old woman were hanging from a tree in an agriculture...
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Marvel star Jeremy Renner, who suffered from a traumatic injury following the snow ploughing accident over the weekend in Nevada's Reno, has shared a selfie from his hospital bed.Taking to Instagram, Renner shared the picture along with the caption, Thank you all for your kind words. Im too...
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United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday renominated Eric Garcetti, the former Mayor of Los Angeles, as his envoy to India, with the White House exuding confidence that he would be confirmed by the United States Senate this time. Eric M. Garcetti, of California, to be Ambassador...
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Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati, best known for helming Broadway's The Grapes of Wrath and nominee for Ragtime, passed away aged 79 on Monday night. According to Deadline, a US-based news outlet, the cause of death was not available. Galati, a...
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Secretary of Ram Mandir Trust Champat Rai on Tuesday appreciated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for the Bharat Jodo Yatra and said there was nothing wrong in undertaking such an initiative. His comments come a day after chief priest of Ram Janmabhoomi temple Acharya Satyendra Das blessed...
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