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The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday slammed the BJP over its 'Vikas Yatra' in Delhi for holding it at a time when Manipur was racked with sectarian violence, and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain the situation there swiftly. Addressing a press conference, AAP Chief...
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Bollywood actress Ameesha Patel on Saturday surrendered before the Ranchi Civil Court in connection with a cheque bounce case.Senior division judge DN Shukla granted her bail and asked her to appear before the court personally again on June 21. The case dates back to 2018 when...
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The death toll in the Balasore train accident mounted to 291 after a passenger from Bihar succumbed to his injuries at SCB Medical College Hospital here on Saturday, officials said. The passenger was identified as Sahil Mansur (32) of Roshanpur in Bhagalpur district of Bihar. He was...
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A scene from Balasore train tragedy
Four wagons of a goods train derailed near Ambadola in Odisha's Rayagada district on Saturday, a railway official said. There was no immediate report of any loss of life or injury to anyone, he said. The four wagons jumped the rails while the goods train was on its way to a Vedanta Ltd...
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A Congress legislator in Chhattisgarh reportedly spoke of the need for Hindus to unite so that Hindu Rashtra can be formed, prodding the ruling party to say the remarks were personal views and that it swore by the Constitution and secularism. Dharsiwa MLA Anita Yogendra Sharma reportedly...
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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had the audacity to fearlessly challenge the British and India would not have been partitioned if he was there at that time, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Saturday. Doval said Bose was determined to fight the British for India's Independence and...
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Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday accused the Centre of shielding Wrestling Federation of India president and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing sexual harassment allegations. Country's top wrestlers including Malik, Vinesh Phogat...
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Adipurush team could have been careful in their approach towards the Ramayana, says Moti Sagar, one of the directors of the iconic DD show based on the mythological epic. Directed by Om Raut, Adipurush has been panned on social media over its poor VFX and colloquial dialogues,...
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Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the BJP-led NDA will be defeated in the next year's general elections by PDA, which he defined as a Pichde (backward classes), Dalit and Alpasankhyak (minorities). At NDTV Conclave in Lucknow, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister...
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Olympic medallist Sakshee Malikkh and her wrestler husband Satyawart Kadian on Saturday insisted that their protest was not politically motivated and they kept mum for years despite facing harassment because the wrestling fraternity was not united earlier. In a video posted on Twitter,...
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Everyone can make promises to people but the Modi government's strong point is that it delivers services and projects in a given timeframe, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. He was speaking during a function held at Badarpur here as part of the BJP's mega outreach...
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The convoy of Union Minister Nisith Pramanik was attacked on Saturday allegedly by supporters of the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, a charge the ruling party dismissed. The incident occurred in the Sahibganj area when Pramanik attempted to visit the Block...
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Popular Tamil film actor Vijay, amidst speculation that he may make an electoral debut, on Saturday urged students to ask their parents to vote in elections without accepting bribes and see the transformation for themselves. His passionate appeal appeared to have earned the appreciation...
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The Shiv Sena-UBT on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on the violence in Manipur, and said the Bharatiya Janata Party's double engine governments in the north-eastern state and the Centre have failed to bring the situation under control. Manipur has been...
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A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday but there was no report of any damage, officials said. The epicentre of the tremor, which occurred at 2.03 pm, was hilly Ramban district along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, an official of the meteorological department...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday emphasised the need for self-reliance for the country, saying it was not an option but a necessity in the fast-changing global scenario. During the 1971 war, when we needed equipment the most we were refused. We had to look for alternatives....
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Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday said that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin was acting like the original Stalin for whom he said the freedom of people and their rights didn't matter.He was reacting to the arrest of Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party leader S G Suryah under the...
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More than 2,400 tourists, including 60 college students were stranded in Lachen and Lachung area of North Sikkim district due to road blockades following incessant rainfall since the last three days, officials said on Saturday. The district administration has pressed into service 19...
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The Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray factions are gearing up to celebrate on June 19 the foundation day of the Shiv Sena by organising events at two separate venues in Mumbai, both of which are likely to be marked by verbal duels to prove which is real inheritor of the mantle of founder late...
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Former vice president M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday upheld the supremacy of the legislature in law-making and asserted that the judiciary has no role in the process. Addressing the National Legislators Conference in Mumbai, Naidu said Constitution has clearly defined roles...
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Adipurush, a retelling of the Ramayana directed by Om Raut, has earned Rs 140 crore at the worldwide box office, the makers said on Saturday.In a press note, production banner T-Series said the Prabhas-starrer has recorded highest day one collection for any film made in Hindi on pan-India level.A...
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Cash-strapped Pakistan has received USD 1 billion from its close ally China to support its critically low foreign reserves amidst the uncertainty to revive a stalled International Monetary Fund loan.The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday night confirmed having received the amount from China...
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The police are on the look out for a man who allegedly uploaded a social media post comparing Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with a character from the recently released film Adipurush, an official said on Friday. Tweeting a photograph of Shinde and an image from the Prabhas-starrer...
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Documents related to sale and purchase of properties, Rs 17.80 lakh worth cash and some other material were seized after fresh raids this week against some renowned builders, CAs and others linked to slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, the Enforcement Directorate said on Saturday. The...
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Several places in Rajasthan received heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours due to Cyclone Biparjoy, which moved further towards the desert state following its landfall in Gujarat, officials said on Saturday. A rainfall of 210 mm was recorded in Mount Abu, 136 mm in Sedwa in Barmer, 135 mm in...
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A 21-year-old medical education aspirant from Bihar allegedly committed suicide in Kot after failing to get desired marks in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) in two successive attempts, officials said on Saturday. Roshan (21), a resident of Samastipur district, was found...
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Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Nitin Gadkari has said that a politician once advised him to join the Congress, to which he replied that he would rather die by jumping into a well than becoming a member of that party. The Minister of Road Transport and Highways also claimed...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Kutch and Jakhau port in Gujarat on Saturday to take stock of the situation in areas affected by cyclone Biparjoy, officials said. He will also hold a meeting with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and senior officers. The home minister will visit...
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The Odisha government extended the school summer vacation by two days in view of the prevailing hot and humid weather, an official said. Schools, both government and private schools across the state would now reopen on June 21 instead of June 19, the official said on Friday. The...
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UN officials, agencies and member states have said they are looking forward to participating in the historic 9th International Yoga Day commemoration in New York next week that will be led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi will lead the yoga session at the UN Headquarters on the 9th...
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Mob in front of dargah in Gujarat/ANI
One person died allegedly in clashes that erupted in Gujarat's Junagadh district on Friday night with a large group of people pelting stones at the police personnel after civic body officials served notice to a dargah to present documents or face removal of alleged encroachment, the police said...
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President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday reviewed the combined graduation parade of the 211th course with full military splendour at Air Force Academy in Dundigal near Hyderabad on Saturday morning. This is the first occasion in the history of AFA when the President is the...
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In a precautionary measure amid the coming monsoon season and the ongoing Char Dham Yatra, the Uttarakhand government, on Friday, issued a notice prohibiting strikes in state services for the next six months. Under the sub-article (1) of the article (3) of the Uttar Pradesh Essential...
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BJP state secretary SG Suryah
Bharatiya Janata Party's Tamil Nadu state secretary SG Suryah was arrested by the Madurai district cyber crime police on Friday in Chennai in connection with his recent tweet on Madurai MP Su Venkatesan, police said. Condemning the incident, the state BJP president K...
09:28
The Young and the Restless star Brett Hadley is no more. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Brett, 92, died on Wednesday. The news of his demise was shared by his close friend Darcy Lee. He was a wonderful, sweet and kind man, she said. ...
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Two civilians were injured as mobs clashed with security forces overnight in Imphal town and attempts were made to torch the houses of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, officials said on Saturday. In separate incidents, automatic gunfire was reported from Kwakta in Bishnupur district of...
08:43
The Central Bureau of Investigation conducted searches at 25 locations in connection with an FIR registered against 21 BSNL officials, including a former general manager, officials said. The premier investigative agency alleged that the accused officials entered into a conspiracy with a...
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Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda arrived in Tripura on Friday night, and will hold a public rally at Shantirbazar, South Tripura, on Saturday. The BJP chief arrived at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala on Friday night. He was received by...
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After making landfall in Gujarat's coastal areas, Cyclone 'Biaprjoy', has weakened into a 'deep depression' and is further expected to weaken into a 'depression' in the next 12 hours, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in the wee hours of Saturday. According to...
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Over 2,000 domestic and foreign tourists were stranded in North Sikkim due to a road blockade following incessant rainfall since Thursday, officials said. The road from North Sikkim district headquarters Mangan to Chungthang has been blocked at Pegong Supply Khola, disrupting vehicular...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
The Thane police are on the look out for a man who allegedly uploaded a social media post comparing Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with a character from the recently released film Adipurush, an official said on Friday. Tweeting a photograph of Shinde and an image from the...
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American actor Arnold Schwarzenegger told Chris Wallace on a recent episode of Max and CNN's Who's Talking? interview series that if he were eligible, he would run for president of the United States, Variety reported. The action movie legend already has a political...
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Hindu Sena filed a writ petition in Delhi high court against Adipurush demanding that the film not be certified for public exhibition. Hindu Sena national president Vishnu Gupta on Friday filed the Public Interest Litigation in Delhi high court against Adipurush film. In the writ...
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