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Srinagar authorities on Friday banned the sale, purchase, and carrying of 'sharp-edged weapons' in public places in view of several stabbing incidents in the city. The ban was announced by Srinagar district magistrate Mohammad Aijaz Asad, an official spokesman said. The decision was...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that her government is planning a scheme to provide work to the poor in line with MGNREGA, the funds for which she claimed were stopped by the Centre. Addressing a rally in Kolkata, Banerjee said the scheme will be named 'Khela...
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Forest officials have arrested a man in Thane district for allegedly keeping a baby crocodile in a fish tank at his home. Acting on a tip-off, a forest department team raided the man's house in Rabale area and seized the reptile earlier this week, said forest official Dinesh Desle. The...
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In a first, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, guardian minister for Mumbai's suburbs, has set up an office in the headquarters of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, raising the hackles of opposition Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena-UBT. Lodha's action set a wrong precedent and was an...
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An organisation of former militants has asked Meiteis from Manipur to leave Mizoram for their own safety citing anger among Mizo youths over the incident of parading and molestation of two women in the neighbouring ethnic strife-torn state. A video shot on May 4 surfaced on Wednesday showing...
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The Delhi police on Friday prohibited flying of sub-conventional aerial platforms like paragliders, hang-gliders and hot air balloons in the national capital from July 22 to August 16 for security reasons, officials said. An order to this effect was issued by Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay...
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The India meteorological department has issued a red alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in Palghar district and an orange alert has been issued for Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri districts for Saturday. On Friday also the Mumbai and its suburbs witnessed a heavy...
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As many as 87,026 Indians renounced their citizenship till June this year, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told Lok Sabha on Friday. With this, more than 17.50 lakh people have given up their Indian citizenship since 2011, the minister said in a written reply. Jaishankar said...
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The high court of Karnataka has said that it will hear on July 28 a petition challenging the election of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to the assembly from Varuna constituency. The petition blames the election manifesto of the Congress party which promised five 'guarantees' as 'corrupt...
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'INDIA' placards appeared in the Lok Sabha for the first time on Friday with members of the newly formed opposition alliance waving them as they pressed for a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the situation in Manipur. Members of the Congress and Left parties, among others,...
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Chinese smartphone makers, including Oppo Mobile, Vivo India and Xiaomi Technology, have been found evading taxes worth Rs 9,000 crore in India, Parliament was informed on Friday. Data shared by the Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Rajya Sabha showed tax...
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India's forex reserves have swelled by $12.743 billion to $609.022 billion in the week ended July 14, making it one of the strongest weekly surges in the kitty in recent times, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had risen by $1.23...
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Tamil Nadu higher education minister K Ponmudy on Friday said he will legally face the financial probe initiated on him by the Enforcement Directorate earlier this week. Declining to comment on the documents seized and cash amounting to Rs 81.7 lakh foreign currency (British pounds)...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday conveyed to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe India's expectations from Colombo to fulfill the aspirations of the Tamil community in the island nation and ensure a life of respect and dignity for it. The issue figured prominently in the...
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Manipur CM N Biren Singh
The Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Friday demanded the dismissal of the N Biren Singh government in Manipur and imposition of President's rule after shocking visuals emerged showing two women being paraded naked in the violence-torn northeastern state. Shiv Sena-UBT leader and...
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More than a month before the horrific video of two women being assaulted publicly in Manipur went viral, activists had informed the National Commission for Women about not only this case but other brutal instances of rape as well, besides incidents of kidnapping, lynching, immolation and even...
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Vivek Oberoi
Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi was allegedly duped of Rs 1.55 crore by three persons who asked him to invest in an event and film production firm promising good returns but used the money for themselves, the police said on Friday. The incident came to light on Wednesday when the actor's...
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Yasin Malik
The Supreme Court on Friday was shocked to see Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) commander, Yasin Malik, ready to appear before it as it noted that there was no such order passed by the top court asking him to appear in person. The central government also expressed concern over the...
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Harbour line local train services between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai were hit on Friday afternoon as heavy rains caused waterlogging at Kurla. The trains on the line were running late, the Central Railway said. Dr Shivraj Manaspure, chief public relations officer of Central Railway, said...
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BJP MP Gautam Gambhir
BJP MP Gautam Gambhir on Friday termed the incident of two women being paraded naked in Manipur extremely shameful and said he feels ashamed to call himself an Indian. The cricketer-turned-BJP MP from East Delhi told reporters on the sidelines of an event that Manipur-like incidents are not...
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A Varanasi court on Friday ordered a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, according to government counsel Rajesh Mishra. The barricaded wazukhana, where a structure claimed by Hindu litigants to be a shivling exists, will not be...
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Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad
Thousands of Bhim Army supporters gathered at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Friday to protest against the recent attack on the outfit's chief, Chandrashekhar Azad, and demanded Z-plus security for him. Chandrashekar, the co-founder of Bhim Army and national president of Azad Samaj Party...
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Aviation regulator DGCA on Friday said it has approved Go First's plan to restart operations with 15 aircraft and 114 daily flights, subject to certain conditions. Budget carrier Go First, which stopped flying on May 3, is undergoing an insolvency resolution process.In a release, the...
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The Delhi government has directed officials to maintain vigil in vulnerable areas and make arrangements to shift people to safer locations after the Central Water Commission forecast a rise in the Yamuna's water level. The water level in the Yamuna in Delhi dropped below the danger mark of...
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TMC MP Derek O'Brien
TMC MP Derek O'Brien has written to the Rajya Sabha chairman demanding that his entire speech on July 20 in the House be put on record as he had rightfully questioned the government on the alarming situation in Manipur. Parts of the MP's speech in the House were expunged. Phrases from...
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Ayesha Naseem, right
Once dubbed a serious talent by the great Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer Ayesha Naseem, 18, has announced her retirement from international cricket citing her devotions to Islamic principles. The hard-hitting batter with a bright future stepped away from the sport at an age...
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Allegations of sexual harassment against outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh were serious but no purpose will be served by taking him in custody at this stage, a Delhi court order released on Friday said. The court on Thursday granted regular bail to Singh, a six-time BJP MP,...
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A farmer in Maharashtra's Pune district has approached the police, alleging theft of 400 kg of tomatoes, whose prices have skyrocketed across the country in recent weeks, an official said on Friday. The farmer told the police that he lost nearly Rs 20,000 due to the theft. The red,...
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National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Rekha Sharma on Friday said she had reached out thrice in the last three months to authorities in Manipur over incidents of violence against women but no response was received from them.She was responding to reports in a section of the media that...
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Oommen Chandy
Chandy Oommen, son of former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy, on Friday said there was no need to register a case against Malayalam actor Vinayakan for his recent unpleasant remarks against his father and said the late Congress stalwart would take the same stand on the issue if he was...
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Manipur must come out of the present crisis and all must make efforts to restore peace in the state, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman said in Guwahati on Friday. The incident of women being disrobed and paraded is a serious and sensitive issue. The state is...
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Police on Friday arrested a man, with arms in his car, for allegedly trying to enter West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence. The man wearing a black coat and tie identified as Noor Alam was arrested after he tried to drive a car with a 'Police' sticker to Banerjee's...
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Just In: Lok Sabha adjourned for the day amid continuous opposition uproar over Manipur situation.
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The government is ready to hold a discussion on incidents in Manipur but the opposition is not serious about it, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday in Lok Sabha which witnessed protests over the matter. As soon as the House met, the members of the opposition parties were on their...
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Rajya Sabha proceedings were on Friday adjourned in the pre-lunch session after an uproar over the violence in Manipur and the Chair expunging words from House proceedings. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar adjourned proceedings till 2.30 pm as TMC's Derek O'Brien sought to raise a point of order...
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The Supreme Court has given a notice to the Gujarat government and the complainant, former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's appeal against the Gujarat high court's July 7 order which dismissed his plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case over his...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday demanded that the prime minister make an elaborate statement in Parliament on the Manipur situation, saying he could have dismissed the state chief minister instead of making false equivalence with Congress governed states if he was angry over the...
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Noted filmmaker Aparna Sen on Thursday hit out at the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal over the violence during the panchayat elections, stating that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cannot evade the responsibility of it.Speaking at a seminar organised by a human rights group, Sen said...
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Adani group chairman Gautam Adani held a meeting with visiting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to discuss multiple projects in the island nation. The discussions included the development of the Colombo Port West Container Terminal (WCT), the industrialist said. Wickremesinghe...
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Air India and CFM International have finalised the order for LEAP engines for the carrier's new fleet of 400 narrow body planes. The engines will power 210 Airbus A320/A321 neos and 190 Boeing 737 MAX family aircraft.Both companies also signed a multi-year services agreement that will cover...
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Equity benchmark indices tumbled in early trade on Friday after a non-stop record-breaking rally, dragged down by IT behemoth Infosys after the company slashed its FY24 growth outlook. Decline in share prices of market bluechip firms Reliance Industries and Tata Consultancy Services...
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Actors Prabhas and Deepika Padukone-starrer sci-fi film, directed by Nag Ashwin, has been titled Kalki 2898-AD, the makers announced at the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) on Friday. Producers Vyjayanthi Movies also shared a glimpse of the much-anticipated film at the SDCC in presence of...
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The rescue and search operation at Irshalwadi hamlet in Maharashtra's Raigad district, where a massive landslide buried several houses and claimed the lives of at least 16 people so far, resumed on Friday morning, an official said.The landslide occurred around 11 pm on Wednesday at the tribal...
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A man has been arrested for allegedly putting up a board stating that Dalits were not allowed inside a temple built on a piece of land belonging to him at a village in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday at Lohri village under...
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The search for a four-month-old girl which fell into a creek in Thane district was stopped on Thursday evening as the child remained untraceable, an official said. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force and Kalyan-Dombivli fire brigade searched the Ulhas river and creek as far...
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An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hit Jaipur on Friday. Panic-stricken people rushed out of their houses as the tremors were felt in parts of the city. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake occurred at 4.09 am and struck at a shallow depth of 10...
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A man has been arrested for allegedly putting up a board stating that Dalits were not allowed inside a temple built on a piece of land belonging to him at a village in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, the police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday at Lohri village under...
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The Sambalpur district administration decided to not allow any large religious procession, including in Muharram on July 29, for a period of one year from Thursday to maintain peace in the western Odisha city, a senior official said. However, smaller Muharram processions in localities will...
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A 19-year-old student of the Aligarh Muslim University has been arrested by the NIA for allegedly being a member of global terrorist group ISIS after searches at his house in Jharkhand and rented accommodation in Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Thursday. The arrest of Faizan Ansari alias...
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From September this year, devotees will be able to visit the Mount Kailash, believed to be the abode of Lord Shiva, from Indian territory. Officials said that the Border Roads Organisation has started the work on cutting of the road from KMVN Huts in Nabhidhang in Pithoragarh district to...
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