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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that India will open a Consulate in the southern French city of Marseille. He made the announcement during a joint press statement with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Stressing that there have been deep...
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Speaker Rahul Narwekar
Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Friday said he had not received the Supreme Court's notice on a petition regarding pending disqualification hearings against rebel Shiv Sena MLAs including chief minister Eknath Shinde. The Supreme Court earlier in the day said it would issue a...
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An SDRF jawan carries an elderly pilgrim on his back on her return from the Amarnath Yatra/ANI
Five Amarnath pilgrims died in the past 36 hours, taking the death toll during this year's yatra in the south Kashmir Himalayas to 24, officials said on Friday. The five victims who died in since Thursday morning included a sadhu, they said. Most of the pilgrims died of cardiac arrest,...
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The Kerala police on Friday removed seven of its personnel from the service for their alleged links with the sand mining mafia in the state. In a statement, a spokesman of the police department said two grade ASIs and five civil police officers, all from the Kannur range, have been removed...
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Describing India-France defence cooperation as a strong pillar of the ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday indicated the possibility of the two sides jointly manufacturing key military platforms for friendly third countries as well.Modi made the comments at a joint media event with French...
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In a surprise move, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday visited NCP chief and his uncle Sharad Pawar's residence Silver Oak in Mumbai and spent some time there.This was the first time he met his uncle after walking out of the NCP with MLAs and staking claim to the party.It was...
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CM Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar (left)
Even though Ajit Pawar has once again become Maharashtra finance minister, Eknath Shinde is now the chief minister and his decision will be final, Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar said in Mumbai. One of the reasons cited by the disgruntled Sena MLAs led by Shinde who rebelled against Uddhav...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held wide-ranging discussions with President Emmanuel Macron to take forward the bilateral partnership.Modi was received at Elysee Palace by Macron and held talks on a host of issues to deepen ties.Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested a man on the run for almost six years after allegedly defrauding Punjab National Bank of Rs 22 crore, officials said. Vinod Kumar Sharma, one of the directors in Noida-based company Aar Vee Controls, was accused of defaulting on several...
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Waterlogging continues near Rajghat/ANI
Water from the Yamuna entered Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at Rajghat in Delhi, inundating its lawns and pathways, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti vice-chairman Vijay Goel said on Friday. Goel said the flood water rose up to the memorial complex's entrance and later inundated the pathways...
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Three boys drowned in a ditch at a metro construction site while taking a bath in floodwaters in northwest Delhi's Mukundpur Chowk area on Friday, officials said.The boys -- Nikhil (10), Piyush (13) and Ashish (13) -- were residents of northeast Delhi's Jahangirpuri, they said.The fire department...
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The Law Commission on Friday extended the deadline for the public to send their views on a uniform civil code till July 28. On June 14, the law panel had sought responses from organisations and the public on the UCC. The one-month deadline for filing responses ended on Friday, following...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi and discussed outstanding issues relating to peace and tranquillity in border areas. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum Ministerial Meeting in Jakarta. Just concluded a...
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Pakistan high commission in New Delhi on Friday said that India repatriated 18 Pakistani nationals via the Attari-Wagah border. The Pak high commission said that the repatriation of these Pakistan nationals was the result of its hectic efforts. 18 Pakistan nationals...
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The weather office has issued a 'yellow' alert for moderate rain and thundershowers on Saturday in Delhi, parts of which continue to reel from a flood-like situation. Several areas, including Laxmi Nagar, Ayanagar, Lodhi Road, Mungeshpur and a few localities in east Delhi, witnessed light...
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After breaching a 45-year record three days ago, water levels in the Yamuna in Delhi came down to 208.17 metres at 6 pm on Friday even as several key areas in the city were inundated. On Thursday, the water level had started rising after remaining stable for three hours and reached 208.66...
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The Delhi high court has directed the ministry of external affairs to prominently post on its website and widely circulate the standard operating procedure followed for bringing back the mortal remains of Indians who die abroad. A bench headed by Justice Najmi Waziri said such guidelines,...
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A court in Varanasi on Friday reserved its order for July 21 on a petition seeking a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple. The petition filed by the Hindu side of the case had sought a direction to the Archaeological Survey of India to survey...
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Here's a graphic showing the month-wise breakup of India's foreign trade.
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Cooperatives NCCF and NAFED on Friday started selling tomatoes at a discounted rate of Rs 90 per kg in Delhi-NCR and Patna in a bid to provide relief to consumers amid high prices of the key kitchen staple. National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India and National...
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The Madras High Court on Friday held legal the Enforcement Directorate's arrest of Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji and subsequent judicial custody granted by a lower court. Justice CV Karthikeyan, the third judge to hear the matter, following a division bench's split verdict on a plea...
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The deflation in the wholesale price continued for the third month in a row in June, with WPI contracting to a nearly eight-year low at (-) 4.12 per cent on account falling prices of food products, fuel and basic metals, according to official data released on Friday. The Wholesale...
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Rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Friday after almost a week of subdued rainfall activity, which led to waterlogging at some places and resulted in slowing down of traffic, officials said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for the city predicting heavy...
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Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar today took charge as the Cabinet Minister for Finance and Planning Department. Eight of Pawar's NCP colleagues who were sworn in as ministers on July 2 also received their portfolios, said a statement issued by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's...
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Male cheetah Suraj, translocated from Africa, died at Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, forest officials said. It took the number of cheetahs that have died at the park in Sheopur district since March this year to eight. Only three days ago another translocated male...
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Maharashtra portfolios allocated: Ajit Pawar gets Finance, Dilip Walse Patil gets Cooperation. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and fellow NCP rival faction leader Praful Patel meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, terming it as a courtesy call. NCP's Dhananjay...
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Chandrayaan 3 soft landing planned at 5.47 pm on August 23, says ISRO Chairman Somanath. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed the launch of Chandrayaan-3 as a new chapter in India's space odyssey and said it has elevated the dreams and ambitions of every Indian. The...
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Pratibha with her husband Sharad Pawar and nephew Ajit
Pratibha Pawar, wife of Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar, was on Friday admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in south Mumbai where she will undergo an operation, a party functionary said. The surgery will be conducted on Friday and it is related to her hand, the NCP...
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Chandrayaan 3 project director P Veeramuthuvel and ISRO chief S Somanath share their delight after the LVM3 M4 vehicle successfully launched it into orbit. Chandrayaan-3, in its precise orbit, has begun its journey to the Moon. Health of the Spacecraft is normal, says ISRO. Health of the...
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Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on the Kasol rescue. Successful rescue operation in Kasol! Grateful to our dedicated team for safely evacuating all stranded tourists to secure locations. Ensuring their well-being was our top priority. Thanks to everyone involved in this swift and...
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The ISRO scientists who made India proud
Update: Chandrayaan 3 successfully separated from LVM3-M4 rocket. LVM 3-M4 rocket has put Chandrayaan 3 into the precise orbit and has started its journey towards moon, says ISRO chief Somanath. The Indian Space Research Organisation launched its third lunar mission--Chandrayaan 3 on-board...
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Update: The Indian Space Research Organisation launched its third lunar mission--Chandrayaan 3 on-board the heavylift LVM3-M4 rocket here on Friday. At the end of the 25.30 hour countdown, the LVM3-M4 rocket, the largest and heaviest in its class and dubbed as 'Fat Boy' lifted off majestically...
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India's third moon mission Chandrayaan-3 on-board LVM3-M4 rocket lifts off from the Sriharikota spaceport. It aims to reach the moon in around 40 days.
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Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. It consists of Lander and Rover configuration. The propulsion module will carry the lander and rover configuration till 100 km lunar orbit. The propulsion...
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Bastille Day Parade underway in Paris. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, French President Emmanuel Macron, France's First Lady Brigitte Macron witness the celebrations. Indian Air Force's Rafale fighters participate in the celebrations in France where PM Modi is Guest of Honour.
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Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai tweets, Breaking now: NCP (Ajit Pawar group) gets several key portfolios in Maharashtra including finance, Co-operatives and agriculture. Note: BJP had previously accused NCP of major financial scams in Co-operative sector. Now, all on the same side it...
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It is 'D-Day' here at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre as scores of people comprising families and journalists have descended here to witness India's attempt at creating history with the launch of Chandrayaan 3, the Indian Space Research Organisation's third lunar mission. Despite scorching...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Champs-Elysees for the Bastille Day celebration. French First Lady Brigitte Macron and France's PM Lisabeth Borne receive Modi to the Bastille Day Parade in Paris. Modi is attending the parade as the Guest of Honour. Modi met other dignitaries at the...
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Chandrayaan-3, India's third lunar exploration mission, will make India the fourth country to land its spacecraft on the surface of the moon and demonstrate the country's abilities for safe and soft landing on lunar surface.The countdown for the launch of the mission began on Thursday at 14:35:17...
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The Congress on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on Manipur and alleged that it seems he has taken a vow of total silence on the violence in the northeastern state. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said it was good to hear that the prime minister has...
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The road near ITO, Delhi
After breaching a 45-year record three days ago, water levels in the Yamuna here came down to 208.35 metres at 11 am on Friday even as several key areas in Delhi remained inundated. On Thursday, the water level had started rising after remaining stable for three hours and reached...
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Modi ji ki Kaunsi baat touch kar gayi aapko, news agency ANI asks a Parisian who was at the diaspora meet in the French capital. The woman who has been in France for 40 years says PM Modi's speech was brilliant. And when asked to pinpoint what exactly made her so emotional (she said had teared up...
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Over 200 schools students arrive at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh to watch the launch of Chandrayaan3 ...I feel very confident, I want to become an astronaut like Kalpana Chawla. I am excited.., says a student, Subhashini. A teacher, Sundari says, A very...
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Listen up, Delhiwallas: CM Kejriwal says that the water level of the Yamuna has started receding and there will be relief from the unprecedented flooding soon. He added that the breach of the Indraprastha water regulator due to the strong flow of the Yamuna river is likely to be repaired in four...
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PM Modi fixes his sights on the moon mission. The PM who is on a two-day official trip to France, tweets from Paris, 14th July 2023 will always be etched in golden letters as far as India's space sector is concerned. Chandrayaan-3, our third lunar mission, will embark on its journey. This...
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Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday inaugurated dual elevated Eastern Cross Taxiways and the fourth runway at the Delhi airport. The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), which is also the country's largest airport, handles more than 1,500 aircraft movements every...
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A lifetime of belongings under water
Floodwaters of the overflowing Yamuna reached the entrance of the Supreme Court in Central Delhi on Friday while the busy ITO intersection and Rajghat were submerged as a regulator of the Delhi Irrigation and Flood Control Department suffered damage, exacerbating the already dire...
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This is the disaster zone that Delhi has become
Former External Affairs minister Yashwant Sinha quips: Delhi is in water. Modi is in France. And God is in heaven.
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Indira Gandhi with Charles De Gaulle. Pic: @Jairam_Ramesh
Congress senior leader Jairam Ramesh traces the genesis of the Indo-France relationship to former PM Indira Gandhi. He writes, It was the 25th of March 1966, just two months after she had taken over as PM. She met President De Gaulle in Paris who later confided to his confidant Andre Malraux,...
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PM Modi tweets: I thank President @EmmanuelMacron and Mrs. Macron for hosting me at the Elysee Palace this evening.
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Here is the timeline of the moon mission as undertaken by the Indian Space Research Organisation. August 15, 2003: Then Prime Minister, the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee announces the Chandrayaan programme. October 22, 2008: Chandrayaan-1 takes off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at...
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French President Emmanuel Macron bestowed the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on PM Narendra Modi. It is the highest French honour in military or civilian orders. Modi is the first Indian PM to receive this honour. In the past, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor has been...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in France for a two-day official visit, will join President Emmanuel Macron for the French National Day celebrations as the Guest of Honour in Paris today. The French National Day, or Bastille Day, occupies a special place in the French...
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Even though Yamuna's water level began to recede, areas in ITO and Rajghat were submerged on Friday as a regulator of the Delhi Irrigation and Flood Control Department suffered damage near Indraprastha, exacerbating the already dire situation. The floodwaters even reached the Supreme...
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Rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Friday morning after almost a week of subdued rainfall activity, which led to waterlogging at some places and resulted in slowing down of traffic, officials said. Railway authorities claimed that suburban trains were running as per their normal...
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A damaged bridge at Mandi
Air force helicopters delivered relief materials to the flood-affected areas in Himachal Pradesh, which has been battered by torrential rains.Kullu Deputy Commissioner, Ashutosh Garg said that relief and rescue work is being done on a war footing in the entire district. Our relief and rescue...
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A flooded Red Fort
The water level in the Yamuna rises after incessant rainfall and release of water from the Hathnikund barrage. The water level of Yamuna River at Old Railway Bridge is at 208.40 meters, recorded around 9 am. The national capital continued to witness a flood-like situation on Friday in...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India and France have agreed to use Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in this European nation, opening a huge new market for Indian innovation. Addressing the Indian community at the La Seine Musicale, a performing arts centre on an island...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the highest honour of France, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, by French President Emmanuel Macron, an official statement said.Modi was accorded a red-carpet welcome as he arrived in Paris on a two-day visit on Thursday. He will join...
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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday airlifted nine tourists stranded in Sangla town in Kinnaur district during his aerial survey of the flash flood-affected areas in the state. After conducting the aerial survey of Kullu, Mandi and Lahaul and Spiti districts,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called Union Home Minister Amit Shah from France and enquired about the flood-like situation in parts of Delhi, sources said. During their telephonic conversation, Shah briefed Modi about the flood-like situation and told him that the water level in...
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Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party has an emotional alliance with the Shiv Sena and a political one with the Nationalist Congress Party. The Bharatiya Janata Party can welcome whoever is willing to join it but the Congress-like...
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Patna district magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh on Thursday ordered videography of the post mortem on a Bharatiya Janata Party worker who died while taking part in the party's 'Vidhan Sabha march' against the Bihar government.According to a release issued by the district administration, a medical...
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