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Sounding the poll bugle for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Aam Aadmi Party said it will kickstart a 'Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao' (Remove Modi, Save the Nation) campaign from the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday.The party will hold a public meeting which will be attended by Delhi Chief...
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A newborn died allegedly after being crushed under police boots during a raid in Jharkhand's Giridih district in the wee hours of Wednesday, prompting Chief Minister Hemant Soren to order an investigation.The alleged incident occurred at Koshodinghi village under Deori police station when police...
19:48
Gautam Adani's fortunes have suffered a severe setback on concerns over corporate governance and accounting fraud, leading to Reliance Industries' Mukesh Ambani replacing the Ahmedabad-based industrialist as the richest Indian.Adani lost Rs 3,000 crore of wealth every week over the last year and...
19:14
As India witnessed the highest number of Covid cases in over four months, former All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said the new XBB.1.16 variant could be driving the recent rise but emphasised there was no need for panic as long it does not...
17:28
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has invited the floor leaders of the opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha for a meeting on Thursday to discuss the Rural Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).The meeting will be held at Pawar's residence at 6 pm tomorrow. In a letter written to all...
17:17
The Indian Army is reintroducing millets flour in the rations of soldiers in a bid to promote consumption of coarse grains, almost half a century after these were discontinued in favour of the wheat flour.The Army said in a statement on Wednesday that the decision has been taken to ensure that...
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K C Tyagi
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United on Wednesday asserted that veteran leader K C Tyagi would 'continue to be a strong pillar' of the party though he was relieved of organisational responsibilities upon his 'repeated requests'.The clarification came a day after the party came...
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A textile worker from Gujarat's Surat city was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly threatening to blow up Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, said a police official.Bihar native Ankit Mishra, who is in his late 20s, was nabbed from Laskana area of the city and handed over to Bihar police for...
15:18
Amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a high-level meeting on Wednesday to review the situation and public health preparedness, officials said.India has recorded 1,134 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases increased to 7,026, according to the Union...
14:45
Delhi court sends Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia to 14-day judicial custody in money laundering case related to excise policy matter.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) brought Sisodia to Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday after the end of the remand period in the money laundering case.The court...
13:20
BREAKING: Barricades have been removed from outside the British High Commission in New Delhi.On March 20, a group of protesters waving separatist Khalistani flags and chanting pro-Khalistani slogans had stormed the Indian High Commission in London.India registered its strong protest with the...
13:07
Punjab Police reaches the residence of 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh's in Jallupur Khera village, Amritsar.Amritpal Singh is on the run since March 18.More details awaited. -- ANI
12:57
Quoting Lingayat sect founder Basaveshwara and extolling his government's development agenda, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said he will return to power after the assembly election, which is due by May.Addressing a public gathering at Hungund in northern Karnataka's Bagalkote...
11:49
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to constitute a special bench to hear a plea by Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the 2002 Gujarat riots, against the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the case.A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala...
11:14
Mindy Kaling
US President Joe Biden has presented the prestigious 2021 National Humanities Medals to Indian-American actress and producer Mindy Kaling, with several others, in recognition of her giving voice to a new generation of storytellers, at a White House ceremony. The National Medal of Arts is the...
11:05
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A massive search operation was launched on Wednesday after the Border Security Force fired at a Pakistani drone along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said. The BSF troops manning the Chamliyal border post in Ramgarh sub-sector picked up a...
10:34
Amruta Fadnavis
The Mumbai police said they have arrested Nirmal Jaisinghani, a close aide of bookie Anil Jaisinghani, in connection with the blackmail and extortion case filed by Amrita Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. Nirmal helped Anil Jaisinghani hide and provide him with...
10:12
A large amount of explosives suspected to have been dumped by the Maoists along the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha has been seized, the police said. Acting on a tip-off, the police seized 50 kg of explosive codex wire, 100 detonators and 15 radio sets in Lamataput area in Koraput district,...
09:44
With just only 10 days till the annual closing of the current financial year, the Reserve Bank of India has directed all banks to keep their branches open until the end of the working hours on March 31. The central bank has written a letter to all the agency banks that...
09:32
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The Uttarakhand police on Tuesday conducted a combing operation at gurdwaras, hotels and in areas on the Indo-Nepal border in Udham Singh Nagar district in search of radical preacher Amritpal Singh and his associates, who are on the run after the Punjab police launched a crackdown against them....
09:18
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted people on the occasion of various festivals that mark the beginning of the traditional new year and wished people happiness and prosperity. In tweets, Modi also wished people on the start of Navratri. With the day marking the start of the...
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A local PTI leader, Atif Munsif Khan, was among ten people killed in a targeted attack by a rival group in Langra village in Havelian, police said on Monday, Pakistan-based Dawn reported. Atif, the mayor of Havelian tehsil, was travelling in a car when a bullet pierced...
08:49
PM Narendra Modi
More than 100 FIRs have been registered and six people have been arrested in connection with objectionable posters, including those with derogatory remarks against the Prime Minister, across the national capital. As per the allegations, some parts of Delhi also had...
08:33
BRS leader K Kavitha
With Enforcement Directorate grilling Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA Danam Nagender lashed out at Centre saying the BRS will teach Bharatiya Janata Party a lesson at the appropriate...
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An earthquake of 6.8 magnitudes shook parts of Pakistan on Tuesday, killing nine people and injuring over 160 others, local media reported. The epicentre of the earthquake was Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, while its depth was 180 kilometres, according to the Pakistan meteorological...
08:13
A mild intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.8 -- with its epicentre in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur -- hit the state at 12:51 am on Wednesday, but no damage was reported, officials said. Earlier, tremors were felt in almost all parts of the state around 10:17 on Tuesday night following a 6.6...
08:08
The Punjab police issued a lookout circular and non-bailable warrant against 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh, the fugitive Khalistani sympathiser. Addressing a press conference, inspector general of police (headquarters), Punjab Sukhchain Singh Gill said that...
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The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has engaged sculptors to finalise how the idol of 'Ram Lalla' will look and the stone from which it is to be made.The idol is for the Ram temple that is under-construction at the Ram Janmabhoomi complex in Ayodhya.We have got suggestions from seers...
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