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The Tamil Nadu government on Monday said its stand that portraits of B R Ambedkar should not be removed in courts in the state has been conveyed to the Chief Justice of Madras high court. Law Minister S Reghupathy held discussions with Chief Justice Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala in this...
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The Manipur police on Monday registered an FIR in connection with a fake news item in which a video, showing the killing of a woman by armed men in Myanmar, is being described as an incident that happened in the state. The clip was being circulated to incite rioting and efforts are on to...
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A patwari of the revenue department in Katni in Madhya Pradesh on Monday allegedly swallowed money he had taken as bribe after spotting a team of the Lokayukta's Special Police Establishment, an official said. The incident occurred when patwari Gajendra Singh received Rs 5000 as bribe in his...
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Six suspected criminals who are believed behind robberies at several posh homes in Noida and Greater Noida were arrested in Noida after a gunfight with the police, officials said on Monday. Additional deputy commissioner of police (Noida) Shakti Mohan Avasthy said the arrests were made by...
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The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday said it was recalling 87,599 units of S-Presso and Eeco models to check and replace faulty steering tie rod. The recalled units were manufactured between July 5, 2021, and February 15, 2023, the auto major said in a...
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A fighter aircraft of the IAF, which took off from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh for a training mission on Monday, experienced a technical malfunction which necessitated jettisoning of external stores for its safety, officials said. There was no damage to life or property in the process, a...
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A total of 483 farmers have committed suicide in the first six months of this year in Maharashtra's Marathwada region, including a high of 92 deaths in June, a state revenue department official said on Monday. The number of deaths has seen a steady increase, starting with 62 in January, 74...
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Just In: North Korea has launched a suspected ballistic missile, the prime minister's office of Japan has tweeted. More updates to follow, it said.
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The Bombay high court
Two judges were on Monday elevated as chief justices of the Bombay and the Andhra Pradesh high courts. In a tweet, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay of the Allahabad high court has been appointed as the chief justice of the Bombay high court. Similarly,...
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Playing of songs in marriages does not constitute an infringement of copyright law and no one can charge a royalty for such activities, the government clarified on Monday. In a public notice, the Department for Promotion Industry and Internal Trade said that it has received several...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Monday said it has arrested an Uttar Pradesh-based state secretary of the Samajwadi Party after it raided his premises in Noida as part of a money laundering investigation linked to the 'Bike Bot' alleged Ponzi scam. Dinesh Kumar Singh alias Dinesh Singh Gujjar...
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Four bodies were recovered from the rubble of a two-storey dilapidated building that collapsed on Monday afternoon in Gujarat's Junagadh city and the search and rescue operation to locate more people who may be trapped was underway, officials said. The building on Datar Road collapsed at...
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Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar
Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Monday claimed Nationalist Congress Party stalwart Ajit Pawar will be appointed as the chief minister of Maharashtra around August 10 replacing the incumbent Eknath Shinde of Shiv Sena. He claimed a decision on the disqualification of CM Shinde and...
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A leopard attacked a pedestrian in a residential area in Nashik district in North Maharashtra, leaving him seriously injured, police said on Monday. The incident, caught on CCTV camera, took place at around 10 pm on Sunday in the Anand Nagar area of Nashik Road suburb, they...
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A total of 64 multi-tier, reusable graves have been built in a Christian cemetery in Indore in Madhya Pradesh in order to tide over the shortage of land for burials. Four bodies can be buried in four layers one over the other, while the lowest tier will be kept empty for mortal remains to be...
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Taking serious note of an objectionable scene in Christopher Nolan-helmed Oppenheimer, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has sought an explanation from the Central Board of Film Certification and asked it to get the scene deleted. He has also asked the CBFC to fix...
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The Rajasthan assembly on Monday passed a resolution urging the central government to take steps to contain incidents of violence in Manipur and restore peace. It also requested the Centre to bring to the public domain the data of the Socio-Economic Caste Census conducted between 2011 and 2015...
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The Central CEN Crime police station in Bengaluru has registered a first information report against unknown suspects after the press relations officer of the high court of Karnataka lodged a complaint about threats to the lives of several judges, besides himself, the police said on Monday. K...
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A blast-like sound was heard in a congested locality in the heart of Jammu city, officials said on Monday. However, there were no reports of any damage.The sound was reported from the Kachi Chawni area around 10 pm on Sunday, they said.... A blast-like sound was reportedly heard from the Kachi...
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At a time when tomato prices are soaring high and denting the common man's kitchen budget, a ruling Bharat Rashtra Samiti leader in Telangana distributed it free of cost to women on party Working President K T Rama Rao's 47th birthday on Monday.Rajanala Srihari, a BRS leader in Warangal, told PTI...
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The regional meteorological centre, Mumbai, of the India meteorological department (IMD) on Monday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall and issued an orange alert for six districts of Maharashtra till July 27. The weather department noted that Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudrug, Pune, Kolhapur...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Union Minister Rajnath Singh had a telephonic conversation with senior opposition leaders regarding disruptions in Parliament over their demands related to the situation in Manipur and urged them to ensure smooth functioning of Parliament. BJP sources said Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha...
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As unrelenting protest by the opposition over Manipur violence continued in Rajya Sabha for the third day, House Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday convened a meeting of floor leaders of all parties to seek their cooperation in the smooth functioning of proceedings.Leaders including Jairam...
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the ongoing delimitation of Lok Sabha and assembly seats in Assam by the Election Commission and sought the response of the Centre and the poll panel on a batch of pleas on the issue. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B...
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The Aam Aadmi Party will Tuesday stage protests across the country against the precarious situation in Manipur, party officials said. In Delhi, the protest will be attended by top leaders of the party at Jantar Mantar, they said. ...
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A 34-year-old man was stripped half-naked, punched, and forced to pick up a shoe with his mouth in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, following which the prime accused and his two accomplices were arrested based on the viral video, police said on Monday. The victim, with his hands tied behind...
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Rajya Sabha proceedings were on Monday adjourned for the day following an uproar over Manipur issue and the suspension of AAP MP Sanjay Singh from the House.When the Upper House of Parliament reassembled at 3 pm, Deputy Chairman Harivansh asked Singh to leave the House.He noted that despite being...
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How has India's FDI inflows performed since 2014-15? The infographic alongside gives an idea.
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Twitter's bird logo will soon be extinct as 'X.com' now redirects users to the micro-blogging platform. X.com now points to https://twitter.com/. Interim X logo goes live later today, CEO Elon Musk tweeted late Sunday. The 52-year-old Tesla founder has previously said that his takeover...
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Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said he was willing to hold discussion in Lok Sabha on the situation in Manipur and wondered why the opposition was not ready for it. Speaking briefly in Lok Sabha, he requested opposition leaders to allow debate, saying it was important for truth to...
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A survey of the Gyanvapi complex to ascertain if the mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi was built upon a temple was stopped by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Monday following a Supreme Court order.The apex Court has halted the detailed...
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Rajya Sabha proceedings were on Monday adjourned till 3 pm following an uproar over the suspension of AAP MP Sanjay Singh. When the Upper House of Parliament reassembled at 2 pm after having witnessed disruptions in the morning session as well, Deputy Chairman Harivansh informed that Singh...
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The Manipur police on Monday said 14 people have been identified from a video of two women who were stripped and paraded and action has been initiated to arrest them. Police have already arrested six people in connection with the viral video of the incident on May 4 in Kangpokpi...
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Tata Consumer Products (TCP) and Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting are in the race to buy a majority stake in Chennai-based Aachi Masala Food for Rs 1,000 crore, sources said. If the deal goes through, it will be a valuable addition to Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting's portfolio in...
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The Supreme Court on Monday extended by five weeks the interim bail of former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case probed by the Enforcement Directorate. A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Bela M Trivedi was informed by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing...
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India would launch PSLV-C56 carrying DS-SAR satellite from Singapore, along with six co-passenger satellites, from ISRO's Sriharikota spaceport on July 30. The satellites would be launched from the first launchpad at 6.30 am, the space agency said.The DS-SAR satellite is developed...
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The government has ratified the rate of interest at 8.15 per cent rate on deposits under the Employees Provident Fund scheme for the financial year 2022-23. Retirement fund body EPFO on March 28, 2023, had marginally raised the interest rate on employees' provident fund (EPF) deposits...
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Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Monday amid continued protests by opposition members who demanded a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the ethnic violence in Manipur. As the Lok Sabha reconvened at 12 noon after an earlier adjournment, sloganeering from the...
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The government on Monday withdrew the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019 from Lok Sabha. Amid sloganeering by opposition members over the Manipur violence, Union Minister Jitendra Singh withdrew the Bill when the House reassembled at 12 noon after an earlier...
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Rajender Gudha
Congress MLA Rajendra Gudha, who was sacked as minister after he cornered his own government in Rajasthan, said on Monday he has chosen the path of struggle and would not tender an apology.He also said he will disclose the details about red diary in the state assembly on Monday.I have chosen the...
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A 57-year-old assistant commissioner of police (ACP) allegedly shot dead his wife and nephew with a gun before shooting himself fatally at his home in Maharashtra's Pune city on Monday, an official said. The incident took place at around 3.30 am at ACP Bharat Gaikwad's bungalow in Baner...
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The Rajya Sabha on Monday suspended Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh for the remaining duration of the Monsoon session for his unruly behaviour. Leader of the House Piyush Goyal moved the motion to suspend him, which was adopted by the House by voice vote.Before the motion was...
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UPDATE: The Supreme Court said that no Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex till 5 pm of July 26.A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud took note of the submissions made by senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, who appeared in the court on behalf of the...
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The Supreme Court ordered on Friday that no invasive work would be undertaken by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi was built upon a temple and agreed to hear a plea moved by the mosque committee...
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A married Indian woman has travelled to Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to meet her friend whom she befriended and fell in love with on Facebook, police said on Sunday. Anju, 34, was born in Kailor village in Uttar Pradesh and lived in the Alwar district of Rajasthan. She...
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A woman Indian Air Force (IAF) officer, who was seriously injured after being allegedly attacked by a mess worker in Pathankot district of Punjab, succumbed to her injuries, police said on Monday. Pathankot Senior Superintendent of Police Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said the IAF officer died...
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Heavy rains lashed parts of Mumbai in the last 24 hours and the weather department has issued a 'yellow' alert for the city, predicting moderate to heavy showers on Monday. The island city, eastern and western suburbs received an average rainfall of 58.42 mm, 69.15 mm and 70.41 mm,...
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The Andaman airport, which is being enlarged, witnessed a portion of the false ceiling falling off due to heavy winds after it was loosened to allow CCTV cameras to be fixed.The false ceiling in front of the ticketing counter, outside the terminal building, had been loosened for the adjustment of...
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A team of the Archaeological Survey of India has started a scientific survey to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple is built upon a temple. Advocate of the Hindu side Madan Mohan Yadav said the ASI team started the survey of the Gyanvapi complex at...
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Railway Board Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti has allayed fears about fire safety in Vande Bharat Express trains, saying these semi-high-speed trains have very good arrangements on this front.Lahoti was talking to reporters in Indore on Sunday, days after a blaze erupted in the battery box of a coach...
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An FIR has been registered by the Manipur Police against unidentified people for allegedly circulating a picture of a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionary and his son and claiming that they were directly involved in parading two women naked in the northeastern state on May 4.The picture...
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