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Seven trekkers were rescued from near the Chandratal glacial lake in Himachal Pradesh, the Indian Air Force said on Wednesday. The IAF also tweeted a picture of the rescue work. In a daring rescue operation, braving marginal weather and near white-out conditions, an #IAF helicopter...
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Vijay Sethupathi
The 50th feature film headlined by National Award winner Vijay Sethupathi is titled Maharaja, which also stars filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, the makers announced on Wednesday. The upcoming movie is directed by Nithilan Saminathan of Kurangu Bommai fame. Sethupathi took to his official...
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Kamal Nath
Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath's mobile phone was hacked by fraudsters who made calls to four party leaders and sought Rs 10 lakh from each of them, a party spokesman said on Wednesday. Congress office-bearers caught two persons who allegedly made the calls and then came to...
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Delhi's Saket court on Wednesday recorded the statement of Shreerjay, the brother of Shraddha Walkar who was brutally murdered by her live-in boyfriend Aaftab Poonawala. The court is recording the statement of prosecution witnesses in the Shraddha Murder case. ...
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A view of Beas river in Kullu during heavy rains in Himachal/ANI
Himachal Pradesh's acting director general of police Satwant Atwal Trivedi on Wednesday said that 13 bodies were recovered from Beas River in Kullu district. Acting DGP said that the recovered bodies are yet to be identified. The acting DGP said, Yes I...
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A court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Wednesday reserved till July 20 its order on a discharge application moved by social activist Teesta Setalvad, who is accused of fabricating evidence to frame innocent people in 2002 riots cases. Additional sessions judge Ambalal Patel reserved the order...
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The Supreme Court of India
Two high court chief justices were on Wednesday elevated as judges of the Supreme Court. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced the appointments of judges Ujjal Bhuyan and S Venkatanarayana Bhatti on Twitter. The names of Justice Bhuyan, the chief justice of the Telangana high court,...
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Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar (3rd from left) and Praful Patel come out of Delhi airport/ANI
Amid a standoff over allocation of portfolios in Maharashtra, senior Nationalist Congress Party leaders Ajit Pawar and Praful Patel arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday evening for a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders. Talking to reporters, Patel,...
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President Droupadi Murmu will be on a one-day visit to Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh on July 13, an official release said. Murmu will grace the 4th convocation of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management at Gwalior, it said. The president will have...
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The Delhi traffic police on Wednesday issued an advisory as the water level of the Yamuna river rose to 207.81 metre, breaching its all-time record of 207.49 metre set in 1978. Incessant rainfall in Delhi and surrounding areas has resulted in a rise in the water level of the...
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Students of Allahabad university on Wednesday scuffled with teachers and vandalised some offices on the campus over the death of a student under suspicious circumstances, the varsity said. Some miscreants from outside led by student leader Ajay Yadav Samrat vandalised the university campus...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi unit on Wednesday removed Neha Shalini Dua as its spokesperson for allegedly violating the official party line while expressing her views on various issues, including the GST. Hitting back, Dua charged a section of the BJP's Delhi unit leaders of chauvinism...
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The police on the trail of a criminal in Maharashtra were shocked when they found him possessing a country-made 'machine gun' along with other firearms, a senior Thane Police officer said on Wednesday. Crime branch officials also seized 20 country-made steel pistols, two magazines, and 280...
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Ahead of a planned debate in European parliament on the situation in Manipur, India on Wednesday said it has been made clear to the parliamentarians that this is a matter absolutely internal to the country. A motion for a resolution on the Manipur situation was tabled in the Brussels-based...
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Three persons including a pastor have been arrested for allegedly attacking a local Bajrang Dal office bearer who claimed he is running a campaign against religious conversion. Dipanshu Srivastava alias Deepak had registered an FIR at Nanpara police station on Tuesday night alleging that...
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Amid destrcution caused due to monsoon in several parts of the country, the ministry of finance has released Rs 7,532 crore on Wednesday among 22 state governments for the respective State Disaster Response Funds. The amount has been released as per the recommendations of the ministry of...
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A 24-year old woman was Thursday hospitalised with injuries after she jumped off her second-floor apartment in Noida when her family opposed her marriage to a man she befriended on Telegram, the police said. The incident took place in the Ajnara Homes society in Sector 121, a police...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday issued a summons to West Bengal law minister Moloy Ghatak asking him to appear before its officers in connection with its ongoing probe into the coal pilferage case in the state, a senior official said. The Asansol Uttar MLA, who skipped...
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The Calcutta high court on Wednesday said that the panchayat elections in West Bengal and the declaration of results will be subject to its final orders in connection with matters which it is hearing over allegations of electoral malpractices on the day of polling. The court directed the...
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Benchmark equity indices ended lower on Wednesday after three days of gain amid profit-taking ahead of key macroeconomic data announcements due later in the day along with the first quarter earnings from TCS and HCL Technologies. Fag-end selling pulled down the 30-share BSE Sensex...
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NDRF evacuates people from flood affected areas in Punjab & Haryana
About 10,000 people have been shifted to safer places from their water-logged localities in Punjab over the past three days, authorities said on Wednesday as they focused on relief work. According to government data, the death toll due to rain-related incidents in Punjab and Haryana is...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will start a tour of the state from Thursday, a spokesperson of the Shiv Sena said. Shinde would be hitting the road days after Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar and eight other NCP MLAs joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government in the state on...
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Tax raids at Senthil Balaji's residence in May
A city court on Wednesday extended the remand of arrested Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji to judicial custody till July 26. Principal Sessions S Judge Alli extended the remand of Balaji on an application filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), following an interim order passed...
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Ravi Shankar Prasad
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday criticized West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying, You have shamed democracy. The BJP MP and the fact-finding team addressed the media in Kolkata today. You (Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee) won because the court was strict....
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The cherry harvest season has begun in Kashmir. Expect prices to fall as imported cherries cost as much as Rs 250 for a 100 gm.
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Security forces in ethnic violence-hit Manipur are finding it difficult to operate in 19 police stations that were denotified as 'disturbed areas' under AFSPA and have been pressing for the presence of a magistrate while performing their duties as a precautionary measure to escape false...
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The Czech novelist found himself silenced by the communist regime at home, but achieved international fame with playfully philosophical fiction. Kundera, who explored being and betrayal over half a century in poems, plays, essays and novels including The Unbearable Lightness of Being, has...
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The Centre on Wednesday directed cooperatives Nafed and NCCF to procure tomatoes from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra for distribution in major consumption centres, where retail prices have recorded maximum increase in the last one month. The stocks of tomato will be...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged the Centre to intervene to ensure that levels of the Yamuna, flowing at an all-time high of 207.55 metres, don't rise further. The Yamuna has breached its all-time record of 207.49 metres set in 1978, government agencies said on...
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Shah Rukh Khan responds to Salman Khan's ecstatic tweet on the film, Jawaan. Pehle Bhai, issi liye aapko hi dikhaya tha!! Thanks for your wishes and booking the first ticket already. Love you, SRK tweeted. Salman took to Instagram and shared the Jawans preview and wrote, Pathan jawan ban...
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Three companies, including Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), have been selected as prospective buyers for Future Enterprises, which is currently undergoing the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process. The resolution professional of Future Enterprises Ltd (FEL) has finalised a provisional...
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A portion of the Manali-Chandigarh Highway was washed away
Four members of a family went missing after their vehicle plunged into the Sutlej river on the Shimla-Kinnaur road, officials said on Wednesday. The missing persons were identified as Rajiv (33), his mother Sundla Devi (55), cousin brother Maher Singh (37) and his wife Sheetla (29), all...
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The ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday looked poised to sweep the rural polls in Bengal as the overnight count of ballots gave it an unassailable lead in results declared till now by the State Election Commission. The TMC has won in 34,694 gram panchayat seats, besides leading in...
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A comparison of key indices in the automobile industry.
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The Secretary General of the Muslim World League, Dr Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa called on the President of India, Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.Welcoming Dr Al-Issa on his first official visit to India, the President said that India appreciates the role and objectives of...
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Tourists being evacuated in Kasol
As many as 2,000 tourists stranded in Kasol area of Kullu district owing to incessant rainfall have been evacuated safely, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday. He also said that over 300 tourist vehicles stuck in Lahaul have left for their...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday called an emergency meeting as the Yamuna reached its highest level so far at 207.55 metres, posing a threat of floods in Delhi.The meeting will be held at the Delhi Secretariat where senior officers of all departments concerned will be present,...
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Seven cheetahs have died since the project was launched. As ground staff struggle to manage the situation, experts say the plans were flawed from the start. Read more here.
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The accident on the Mumbai Samruddhi Expressway earlier this month
The third bus accident today... Scroll down for the others.A person died and around 30 schoolchildren were injured when their bus overturned in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district on Wednesday, police said. The bus was ferrying the students to their school when the accident occurred near...
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In a highly skilled maneuver, the pilot of a private aircraft made an emergency landing with a failed nose-landing gear at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) airport, authorities said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, a private aircraft, with its pilot and co-pilot having no passengers on...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to embark on an official visit to France and United Arab Emirates (UAE) from July 13-15, the Ministry of External Affairs said.PM Modi will be the Guest of Honour at the Bastille Day Parade of France on July 14, where the tri-services of the Indian armed...
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BJP MLA Purnesh Modi, the complainant in the defamation case against Rahul Gandhi, has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court seeking that he be heard if the Congress leader moves a plea challenging the high court verdict refusing to stay his conviction in the Modi surname remark case. A single...
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A vandalised polling booth in Bengal
A BJP fact-finding team, which arrived in West Bengal on Wednesday, said it will visit areas hit by poll violence and speak to victims to assess the ground situation. The four-member team led by former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said it plans to visit north and south Bengal...
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A special NIA court in Kerala on Wednesday convicted six persons, who are allegedly members of now banned radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), in the sensational hand chopping case of a college professor in Kerala in 2010. Special NIA court judge Anil K Bhaskar found...
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Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan has received a thumbs up from close friend and contemporary Salman Khan, who absolutely loved the high-octane action thriller's 'prevue' and promised to see the movie on the first day of its release. Taking to Twitter on Tuesday evening, Salman shared the clip from the...
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The MLAs want Assam Rifles to be replaced
A group of 31 MLAs of Manipur has unanimously resolved to urge Union Home Minister Amit Shah to reach a conclusive resolution that will bring peace in the state, said an official statement from the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Manipur on Wednesday. According to the...
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The family is safe
The power of social media can be humbling. Actor Kartik Aaryan retweeted a message yesterday seeking help in finding a family of tourists missing in flooded North India. A tweet from a person named Priyal Gala yesterday had read:We are looking for a family of 4 Dhiren Vira, Sunita,...
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A hotel gets washed away in raging waters in Manali
Incessant rain, which has led to flash floods and landslides, has caused significant damage in Himachal Pradesh's Manali.Himachal Pradesh Minister Jagat Singh Negi said that the flash floods have damaged the national highway and disrupted water and electricity supply.The Manali Vidhansabha...
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The five Mexican nationals killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Nepal near Mount Everest on Tuesday visited India before touring the Himalayan nation for sightseeing. The Manang Air helicopter 9N-AMV took off from Surke Airport in Solukhumbu district at 10:04 am for Kathmandu on...
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Top leaders of at least 24 political parties would attend the second Opposition unity meeting being convened by Congress in Karnataka's Bengaluru on July 17-18.According to sources, eight new parties have extended their support to the Opposition parties' efforts to present a united front against...
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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday took a swipe at Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks that it is not important who the director of the Enforcement Directorate is, asking why did the government then give a third extension to the probe agency's chief Sanjay Kumar...
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More than 100 people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in ongoing violence that risks cleaving the state in two. Read more here.
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The Aironics Media office in Bengaluru
A day after the sensational double murder of a managing director and chief executive officer of a private firm in the city allegedly by a former employee and his two associates, police on Wednesday said a person working for a rival business was picked up in connection with the case while the...
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After witnessing a 0.16 per cent appreciation in the past six months, the rupee may face headwinds in July due to the strengthening of the dollar as major central banks hint at more rate hikes during this calendar year.The median of a Business Standard poll of 10 respondents puts the...
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TMC supporters celebrate their victory in the panchayat elections
The Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) emerged as the most important political party in West Bengal's northern hills, with its candidates winning a large number of panchayat seats in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts in the rural polls. Two-tier panchayat elections, as...
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And another bus accident!A woman was killed and 19 persons were injured when a bus operated by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) fell into a deep gorge in Nashik district on Wednesday morning, an official said. The injured have been rushed to a state-run hospital, the...
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25 passengers travelling in this bus were charred to death earlier this month
At least 22 passengers were injured, including four seriously, after the private luxury bus they were travelling in hit a trailer truck on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district in the early hours of Wednesday, the police said. The incident on the Mumbai-Nagpur...
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As many as 50-60 reporting entities (REs), mainly co-operative banks, nidhi companies, forex dealers, and sub-registrars dealing in immovable properties have come under the income-tax(I-T) department's scanner.The tax department has prepared a list of reporting entities that have failed to file...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said that 'the state cabinet will be expanded soon'.Shinde was speaking to reporters after holding a meeting with Maharashtra deputy CMs, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, at his official residence, on Tuesday night.Ahead of Shinde's comment,...
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The Kedarnath Yatra has been stopped at Uttarakhand's Sonprayag and Gaurikund due to continuous heavy rains, informed officials on Wednesday.In view of the safety of the passengers, the district administration stopped the passengers at Sonprayag and Gaurikund due to continuous bad...
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Edappadi K Palaniswami
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday said those who were expelled from the party should tender an apology if they choose to join the party again. Hours after expelled leader O Panneerselvam's camp said it would hold a statewide protest on August 1 seeking expeditious...
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Meghalaya minister Ampareen Lyngdoh/ANI
A man was arrested after he allegedly threw stones at the residence of Meghalaya minister Ampareen Lyngdoh on Tuesday evening, the police said. The incident happened around 7.30 pm, superintendent of police of East Khasi Hills Sylvester Nongtynger said. The man, identified as Teibor...
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Former ISRO chairperson and head of new education policy's drafting committee K Kasturirangan underwent angioplasty and is currently recovering, doctors treating him said on Tuesday.The 82-year-old had suffered a heart attack in Sri Lanka and was airlifted to Bengaluru for treatment on...
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A court in Delhi on Tuesday extended by six days the Enforcement Directorate custody of businessman Dinesh Arora in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise scam. Arora had been on November 16 declared an approver in a corruption case related to the alleged scam being...
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The Delhi police registered a case against a Nepal national for abusing a cabin crew member onboard and breaking the lavatory door inside the Air India flight after taking off from Toronto, officials said. According to the FIR, the victim cabin supervisor, Aditya Kumar,...
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