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The management committee of a temple here on Friday introduced a dress code for devotees, asking them to refrain from wearing ripped jeans, shorts, frocks, night suits and mini-skirts. The committee put up a banner at the temple, stating that persons wearing such clothes would not be allowed...
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Six Amarnath yatris died in the past two days, taking the toll in this year's pilgrimage to nine, officials said on Friday. The authorities did not specify the details, but cardiac arrest triggered by low oxygen concentration at high altitudes is one of the more common causes of...
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A local court on Friday sent two leaders of the rival groups of lawyers allegedly involved in the firing incident at the Tis Hazari Court complex to three days in police custody. Manish Sharma, the vice-president of the Delhi Bar Association, and Lalit Sharma, the brother of the...
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The Law Commission on Friday cautioned people against fraudulent WhatsApp messages and calls in its name pertaining to the Uniform Civil Code. It urged people to exercise caution and rely on official sources, including its website, for accurate information. In its disclaimer, the law...
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AAP leader Raghav Chadha
Days ahead of the second meeting of opposition parties in Bengaluru, the Aam Aadmi Party has paused unity discussions saying Congress had assured to that it would express its opposition to the Centre's ordinance for control of services in Delhi much before the monsoon session of Parliament which...
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A Vistara aircraft en route to Kolkata suffered a technical snag and returned to the national capital on Friday evening, according to the airline. A source in the know said the plane operating flight UK 707 had an engine failure and that there were around 160 passengers onboard. Shortly...
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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde with his 2 deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar (left)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar's entry into the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state posed no threat to him. Parties split when hard-working workers are neglected, he said while commenting on Ajit...
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With the south-west monsoon remaining subdued, Odisha has recorded 25 per cent deficit rainfall which severely affected agricultural activities across the state, official sources said. However, the India meteorological department on Friday claimed that rainfall activities of the past two...
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A Brahmin organisation on Friday opposed the demolition of a part of the house of the accused in the Sidhi urination incident, saying his act was deplorable but his family members can't be punished for his behaviour. The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Brahmin Samaj said it will...
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Four Rafale fighter jets of the Indian Air Force left for France on Friday to take part in the Bastille Day flypast over the Champs Elysees in Paris on July 14. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend this year's Bastille Day Parade as the guest of honour. On Thursday, a 269-member...
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Shah Rukh Khan
Pakistani actor Mahnoor Baloch has caused a social media storm with her comments about Shah Rukh Khan, saying the Hindi cinema superstar is not conventionally handsome and doesn't know acting. Baloch, known for appearing in Pakistani films Main Hoon Shahid Afridi and Torn as well as daily...
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Major PK Ghosh/BSF on Twitter
Major PK Ghosh, who was instrumental in forming the Mukti Bahini or the Bangladesh Liberation Force a day after the Pakistani army unleashed a reign of terror in the neighbouring country some 52 years ago along Tripura border, is no more. He was 84. His daughter Agomoni Ghosh said he...
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The Indian Space Research Organisation on Friday invited citizens to witness the launch of Chandrayaan-3 from the Launch View Gallery at SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota, by registering at lvg.shar.gov.in/VSCREGISTRATIO. Vehicle electrical tests completed. Citizens are invited to witness...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has attached assets worth more than Rs 52 crore of arrested Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia, his wife and some other accused in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case. A provisional order has been issued under the Prevention...
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A landslide hit the Baltal route of the Amarnath Yatra track on Friday following heavy rains in the area, officials said. No loss of life was reported in the incident. The landslide was reported near Rail Patri along the track on the Baltal-holy cave axis, they said, adding that as an...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday took into custody three railway personnel in connection with the June 2 Balasore train accident, making its first arrests in the case, officials said. The agency arrested senior section engineer (signal) Arun Kumar Mahanta, section engineer...
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Five Maoists were arrested with a large number of arms and ammunition in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district, police said on Friday. The Maoists were arrested during a police operation in Serendag police station area, about 75 km from Ranchi on Thursday. Two carbines, a revolver, a carbine...
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Jyotiraditya Scindia with the cook of the dhaba
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has taken a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after a social media user drew a parallel between his interaction with the staff of a restaurant and Gandhi's candid exchanges with common people. Scindia, a former Congress leader, on Thursday posted...
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The train connects Secunderabad with Kolkata
Five compartments of Hyderabad-bound Falaknuma Express (Howrah-Secunderabad) caught fire near Bommaipalli, about 50 km from Hyderabad on Friday but nobody was hurt in the incident, officials said. A senior official of the South Central Railway said three compartments (S4, S5 and S6)...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray meets CM Eknath Shinde at his residence. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said today amid speculations that Uddhav Thackeray and his cousin were reconciling that there was no need for any mediator to initiate talks between Raj Thackeray and...
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Fast food chain McDonald's has stopped using tomato in its food preparations at most of the stores in northern and eastern parts of the country citing the non-availability of quality products, amid the price of the commodity surging up to Rs 200 per kg. McDonald's India - North and East said...
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Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pankaja Munde on Friday said she was planning to take a break for one or two months as she was anguished at her integrity being questioned time and again. She said her party would have to answer if she had merit and asserted that only time will tell...
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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday urged his British counterpart Sir Tim Barrow to take strong public action such as deportation against extremist elements threatening officers of Indian High Commission in the UK, official sources said. Doval raised the issue during his...
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Meghalaya is a huge tourist destination for its natural beauty
A police station in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district was attacked and three vehicles and a two-wheeler parked inside the compound were torched after police personnel allegedly refused to register complaints by two groups engaged in an altercation, a senior officer said on...
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Benchmark stock indices Sensex declined by 505 points at close while Nifty settled lower at the 19,330 level due to profit-taking in financial, IT and oil shares after a record-breaking run and weak global trends. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell sharply by 505.19 points or 0.77 per cent...
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MP CM washed the feet of the victim and apologised
The Madhya Pradesh government has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the tribal, on whom a man had urinated in Sidhi district, and provided an additional sum of Rs 1.5 lakh for the construction of his house, an official said on Friday.The financial help comes a day after Chief...
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Ace photographer Mukesh Parpiani will be curating an exhibition of photographs at the NCPA, Mumbai. Parpiani has organised over 250 photo exhibitions at NCPA's Piramal Art Gallery -- dedicated to the art form of photography -- for over 30 years. This exhibition is called, Mumbai...
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A Delhi court on Friday summoned BJP MP and outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a case of alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers and said there was sufficient evidence to proceed against the accused. Taking cognisance of the chargesheet, Additional Chief Metropolitan...
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Uddhav Thackeray with Neelam Gorhe. File pic
Maharashtra Legislative Council Deputy Chairperson and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Neelam Gorhe on Friday joined Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Gorhe, an aide of former CM Uddhav Thackeray, joined the ruling party in the presence of Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis...
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar's fight against the revolt in his party at this age is inspiring, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said on Friday. Pawar (82) on Thursday declared he was the president of the party and hit back at nephew and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit...
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Rahul Gandhi with Bhupesh Baghel
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, alleging that corruption was its biggest ideology, and said the grand old party cannot breathe without it. Modi said if the Congress is a guarantee for corruption, he is a guarantee for action against...
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Tina Ambani paid homage to her late father-in-law Dhirubhai Ambani yesterday on his death anniversary. She shared a vintage family photo and wrote, Dhirubhai Ambani did yesterday what the rest of India is doing today. Far ahead of his time in so many ways, a true visionary. At home, he...
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Liquor, including beer, is set to get dearer in Karnataka as the state government on Friday proposed to hike additional excise duty in the 2023-24 budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the Legislative Assembly on Friday. Siddaramaiah, who holds the Finance portfolio, proposed to...
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For India, a key to realising the potential of that growing population is boosting participation within its labor force, as well as providing training and skills for its immense pool of talent, says Santanu Sengupta, Goldman Sachs Research's India economist. Over the next two decades, the...
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The Thackerays at Bal Thackeray's funeral
According to insiders, talks are on between the Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena at an exploratory level.Speaking on the matter Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said, There's no need for mediation to talk to Raj Thackeray. Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray...
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Normal life continues to be disrupted in many parts of Kerala with thousands displaced even as the intensity of the southwest monsoon has reduced on Friday. Educational institutions including professional colleges in Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod districts...
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A teenager was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Manipur's Bishnupur district in the wee hours of Friday, police said. According to officials, gunmen fired indiscriminately at Phoubakchao locality during which the teenager, who was hurrying to take cover, was hit by a...
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The driver of Mumbai-Secunderabad Devgiri Express applied emergency brakes after spotting a drum, which was later found to be filled with stones, on the railway track in Maharashtra's Jalna district in the early hours of Friday, an official said. The train was between Satona and...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid foundation stones of eight projects worth around Rs 7,600 crore in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur.During an event held at the Science College ground here, PM Modi also virtually flagged off a new train between Antagarh in Kanker district of...
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Film stars Prabhas and Deepika Padukone along with cinema veteran Kamal Haasan will be sharing an exclusive glimpse into the world of their upcoming sci-fi movie Project K at the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC). According to a press note issued by the makers, the Nag Ashwin directorial will be...
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The Karnataka high court has said abusive words used against the Prime Minister was derogatory and irresponsible but it does not constitute sedition, while quashing a case of sedition against a school management. Justice Hemant Chandangoudar, at the Kalburgi bench of the high court, quashed...
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The judgment redoubles the Congress' resolve to pursue the matter further, the party on Friday said after the Gujarat high court refused to stay Rahul Gandhi's conviction in a defamation case. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the reasoning of the judge is...
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Music sensation Ricky Martin and his husband of six years Jwan Yosef are getting divorced, the couple announced on Friday. The Puerto Rican superstar and the painter-conceptual artist, who share two kids: daughter Lucia, born in 2018, and son Renn, born in 2019, said they will continue the...
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The Gujarat high court on Friday dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark. While dismissing the plea, Justice Hemant Prachchhak noted that Gandhi is already facing 10 cases across India,...
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Three persons were killed and six others injured when a bus ferrying people to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public rally in Raipur, rammed into a stationary truck in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district on Friday, police said. The accident occurred near Beltara village when the bus with...
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An Army jawan on Friday allegedly shot himself dead at a camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, officials said. The incident took place at the Mehashwar army camp, they said.The soldier has been identified as Dombal Mayur of Maharashstra, they said, adding the body has been sent for...
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The Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Friday due to bad weather as rain lashed many parts of Kashmir, officials said.The yatra was suspended along both the Baltal and the Pahalgam routes, they said. The yatra has been suspended and no pilgrim is being allowed to move towards the holy cave...
10:19
In what may be the clearest sign yet that Twitter sees Meta as a competitive threat, the former has threatened the latter with a lawsuit following the successful launch of Meta's new Twitter rival, Threads.An attorney for Twitter on Wednesday sent a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg accusing Meta of...
10:06
United States lawmakers and influential Indian-Americans have condemned the attempted arson at the Indian consulate in San Francisco and called for expeditious action against those behind this criminal act.They also slammed the violent rhetoric against India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh...
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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has sanctioned Rs 1 crore for the development of Bahanaga Bazar and its adjacent villages in Odisha's Balasore district, where a recent train accident left 293 people dead, officials said. Vaishnaw approved the amount based on the...
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Keshav Upadhye on Thursday said the induction of some Nationalist Congress Party ministers in the Mahararshtra government did not mean the saffron party had compromised or given a clean chit to them in probes being carried out by agencies. Ajit Pawar and eight...
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Even as the fierce power tussle between rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party, led by Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit Pawar, continued to play out in Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday met Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at his official residence, Varsha, in...
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Public meetings, roadshows and door-to-door visits marked the West Bengal panchayat election campaigning that ended on Thursday evening. Around 5.67 crore people are eligible to cast their votes in the three-tier panchayat polls in the state on July 8 for nearly 74,000 seats in zilla...
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Parents and relatives created a ruckus on Thursday after two newborn babies died at the government-run Maharaja Tukojirao Hospital in Indore within 24 hours. They alleged that the babies were given contaminated milk, a charge the hospital management denied. My daughter gave birth to a...
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Ajit Pawar
The Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party on Thursday appointed Narendra Rane as the president of the party's Mumbai unit. This is one of first appointments made by the rebel faction after NCP leader Ajit Pawar revolted against party president Sharad Pawar and joined the...
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President Droupadi Murmu was on Thursday accorded a civic reception at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai on her first visit to Maharashtra after occupying the country's highest post. A Raj Bhavan spokesperson, in a statement, said the President was felicitated by Governor Ramesh Bais, Chief Minister...
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In an indication of a turf war between the new allies, Shiv Sena MLA Bharat Gogawale on Thursday opposed NCP leader Aditi Tatkare being made guardian minister for the Raigad district. Gogawale, who belongs to the Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, represents Mahad in the...
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