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He rode a bike off a cliff, fought on a moving train, hung from a plane and now, Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has proved he can speak in Hindi as well. In an interview with Canadian news outlet ETalk, the actor was praised by the journalist for fluency in various languages in his movies,...
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Fares of AC chair cars and executive classes of all trains, including Vande Bharat, which have less than 50 per cent occupancy, will be reduced by up to 25 per cent, a Railway Board order has stated.The discount shall be implemented with immediate effect.The trains will also include those with...
20:41
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday made an impromptu stop at Madina village in Haryana's Sonipat district, interacted with people and spent time with farmers working agricultural lands. He also took part in paddy sowing, drove a tractor and ate food brought by women labourers working...
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A 17-year-old JEE aspirant allegedly hanged himself in his hostel room here, the fifteenth case of suspected suicide this year by students taking classes at this coaching hub, police said on Saturday. Bhadur Singh's body was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room in the...
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Sharad Pawar on Saturday said PM Narendra Modi has spoken of massive corruption by Nationalist Congress Party leaders, so he should punish those guilty. PM Modi has all the state machinery at his disposal. He should act against these leaders and punish them, Pawar said, addressing a...
19:09
Lashing out at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dubbed the party as a 'loot ki dukaan' and 'jhooth ka bazaar, and said it is clear that its government in Rajasthan is on its way out. The prime minister alleged the Ashok Gehlot government has carved a new identity...
18:31
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday took a dig at the BJP, saying instead of spending its energy and resources on non-essential issues such as a uniform civil code, the party and its government should work for curbing inflation and alleviating poverty. The former Uttar...
18:17
Congress leader Sachin Pilot made it clear on Saturday that he has buried the hatchet with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on the advice of party president Mallikarjun Kharge, saying collective leadership was the only way forward going into the assembly polls. In an exclusive interview...
17:57
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Saturday had a purposeful meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, the state Raj Bhavan said. Ravi's meeting with Shah comes in the backdrop of the governor vs government differences with the ruling DMK in the state, including over the continuance...
17:19
A Delhi court will decide on July 19 whether to take cognisance of a charge sheet filed against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the alleged Pul Bangash killings during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Vidhi Gupta Anand reserved...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said with Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar joining the Eknath Shinde-led dispensation as deputy CM, the government has now become a trishul (trident) of development, which will remove poverty and backwardness from the...
16:43
The high court of Karnataka has stayed the investigation against Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda for allegedly violating the model code of conduct in an election speech during the recent Karnataka Assembly polls. The criminal petition filed by Nadda seeking to cancel the...
16:17
Nationalist Congress Party leader Jitendra Awhad on Saturday said he was ready to quit the party and keep away from its affairs permanently if Ajit Pawar and the latter's faction believe a coterie including the Mumbra-Kalwa MLA and Maharashtra unit chief Jayant Patil were hovering around Sharad...
15:51
Former Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday cautioned the Centre over implementing a uniform civil code, saying it will affect all religions. Talking to reporters in Srinagar, he also said that implementing UCC will not be easy as it was to revoke Article 370.There is no question (of...
15:26
Amid raging political developments in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena-UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray claimed that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has been asked to resign . I have heard that Chief Minister (Eknath Shinde) has been asked to resign and there might be some change (in the government), Aaditya...
14:19
N R Narayana Murthy, Co-Founder of Infosys, took the floor at Moneycontrol Startup Conclave 2023 to speak in a candid conversation with his son, Rohan Murthy, Founder of Soroco. The IIT alumnus was asked why he chose to become an entrepreneur. He answered, Because I believe the only way...
14:02
Tibetan spiritual head the Dalai Lama on Saturday expressed willingness to talk to Beijing, making it clear that he is not seeking Tibet's independence from China.China is changing and has now realised that the Tibetan people are very strong and in order to deal with the Tibetan problem, they...
13:48
Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has formed a high-level committee, headed by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto, to decide on the national cricket team's participation in the 2023 ODI World Cup in India. The committee will explore and discuss all aspects of Pakistan and India relations,...
13:44
A Jain monk who went missing two days ago from his ashram in a village in the district was allegedly murdered, police said on Saturday. Two people have been detained in connection with the case.Acharya Sri Kamakumara Nandi Maharaj was staying at Nandi Parvata Jain Basadi for the past...
12:54
The ongoing third decade of 21st century is a golden period which should be fully utilised and no part of the nation should lag behind in making faster progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday.Amid a boycott by the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi in poll-bound Telangana, Modi laid...
12:26
The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea on the issue of road safety in the country, saying the reliefs sought are so encompassing that it cannot be done in one petition judicially. A bench of justices S K Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia said most of the issues raised in the plea are...
11:54
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Saturday said notices have been issued to 40 MLAs of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and 14 of the Uddhav Thackeray faction, seeking their replies on disqualification petitions against them. The development comes a...
11:10
Adipurush dialogue writer Manoj Muntashir Shukla extended his unconditional apology for hurting people's emotions. The Prabhas-starrer mythological epic film, directed by Om Raut, was criticised heavily for its pedestrian language upon its release last month. The film's team, including...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed Uttar Pradesh for Telangana early on Saturday after concluding a whirlwind visit during which he took part in several programmes and addressed public rallies in Gorakhpur and Varanasi. The prime minister spent the night in Varanasi, his parliamentary...
10:25
The victim of the urination incident in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh has urged the state government to release the accused involved in the act, saying that the latter has realised his mistake. The police on Wednesday arrested Pravesh Shukla, accused of urinating on the victim, Dashmat...
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Traffic movement was temporarily suspended on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and the Mughal Road here on Saturday following multiple landslides triggered by heavy overnight rainfall, officials said. Train service between Banihal and Qazigund stations has also been suspended for the day,...
09:51
A polling booth at Baravita Primary School in Sitai, Coochbehar has been allegedly vandalised and ballot papers set on fire after voting began for the single-phase panchayat polls in West Bengal on Saturday. A viral video accessed by ANI shows broken chairs and tables...
09:33
World Bank President Ajay Banga will travel to India next week to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, according to the development lender. This would be Banga's first trip to India after he took over as the World Bank president last...
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The Amarnath Yatra was suspended for the second consecutive day on Saturday due to inclement weather conditions as rain continued to lash most parts of Kashmir, officials said. The yatra remains suspended from both the Pahalgam and the Baltal routes for the second day due to the inclement...
08:35
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A senior US diplomat in charge of democracy and human rights will visit India and Bangladesh from July 8 to 14 to engage with civil society organisations on freedom of expression and association, and inclusion of women and girls and vulnerable groups, the state department has said. In India,...
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The police on Friday recovered 14 old mortar shells in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, officials said. A bomb disposal squad has been called to defuse the shells, they said. The police also ruled out any possibility of sabotage. The shells were found in the bushes at two...
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Polling began at 7 am on Saturday amid tight security for the West Bengal panchayat elections, in which about 5.67 crore people living in the state's rural areas are eligible to vote, officials said. A total of 2.06 lakh candidates are in the fray for elections to 73,887 seats in the...
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A senior Catholic Bishop in Kerala said on Friday that the church was worried over the situation in Manipur and termed the ongoing violence in the northeastern state as meticulously planned and executed one. While addressing a Congress protest meeting organised in Kozhikode on the violence...
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Praful Patel
Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel on Friday said the party had not broken up, and Ajit Pawar was unanimously appointed as party president by its legislature and organisational wings on June 30. Addressing a press conference here, Patel said they had submitted a petition to the...
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Urging the people of rural Bengal to exercise their franchise in the panchayat elections without fail, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday said he would be on the streets along with his team during polling. The governor described Saturday's panchayat polls as a fight between...
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Popular folk singer and writer Neha Rathore was booked on Friday for allegedly posting a cartoon on Twitter on the urination incident in Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said. Rathore has been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, including Section 153 A...
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