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Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said he was not in the race to become prime minister and asserted the Opposition wanted a leadership that would work for the betterment of the country. Speaking at a condolence meet for Ram Takawale, vice chancellor of Pune University who...
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A local court in Kochi on Monday asked the Narcotics Control Bureau, which is probing the recent seizure of over 2,500 kg of methamphetamine from a vessel in Indian waters in a joint operation with the Navy, to file a fresh affidavit including the details of the arrest of the accused among other...
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Teachers and students of Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday staged a march in solidarity with wrestlers demanding action against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused by a section of grapplers of sexual harassment. The students and teachers, who...
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A fresh western disturbance is very likely to become active over Northwest India, including parts of Rajasthan, during the next 24 to 48 hours, a weather department official said on Monday. Jaipur meteorological centre in-charge Radheshyam Sharma said as a result of the disturbance,...
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An additional fuel tank of a MiG-29 aircraft of the Indian Air Force got dislodged during a training session on Monday, and fell in a forest area near the Kalaikunda base in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district, a defence official said. There was no loss of life or damage to property as a...
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Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on Monday announced a new feature on WhatsApp which would users to edit messages for up to 15 minutes after they are sent. For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, message editing allows you to edit your sent messages,...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
A government school teacher has been suspended for allegedly sharing someone's post on his Facebook page criticising Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for burdening the state with debts during his previous tenure from 2013 to 2018. Shantha Murthy MG allegedly shared Rajashekhar Hiremath's...
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In a massive crackdown on child pornography, eight persons have been arrested from various parts of the state in simultaneous raids, which also resulted in the seizure of 212 electronic devices, the Kerala police said on Monday, adding that 133 criminal cases have been registered. The Counter...
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Two-wheelers and heavy vehicles, including public transport buses, will not be allowed to ply on Parel TT flyover in central Mumbai from June 1, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation announced on Monday. The BMC in a release said it has received a no objection certificate from the Mumbai...
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The Mumbai police on Monday said that another suspicious call was received in the Mumbai police control room on Sunday night wherein the caller claimed that he was getting multiple information about the 26/11 attack. As per the police, the unidentified caller claimed to be a resident of...
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Pakistan's former premier Imran Khan received on Monday a luxury tax notice of PKR 14 lakh for his Lahore residence from the Punjab provincial government, media reports said. The challan issued by the department of excise and taxation to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief for the payment of Rs...
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Actor Ram Charan (right) at the Film Tourism for Economic and Cultural Preservation event in Srinagar/Umar Ganie for Rediff.com
RRR star Ram Charan on Monday said Kashmir is the coolest place to shoot films in India and it is a surreal feeling to visit the Valley. The actor was speaking at the 'Film Tourism for Economic and Cultural Preservation' event in Srinagar at Sheri Kashmir International Convention Centre, being...
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'The Chinese army has demanded the creation of a 15-20 km buffer zone inside India-claimed lines on the strategic Depsang Plains as a precondition for disengagement, refusing India's offer of a 3-4km demilitarised strip, sources in the security establishment have told The Telegraph,' reports...
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The Kerala Story has raised Rs 200 crore at the India box office, the makers said Monday. In a press note, production house Sunshine Pictures said The Kerala Story has touched Rs 200 crore net at the Indian box office and continues to grow across the country. Directed by Sudipto Sen and fronted...
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The Congress on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of failing to restore the status quo in Depsang in eastern Ladakh in the last three years and said it would be 'unforgivable' to allow the situation to worsen.   Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said Prime...
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Actor, model and casting director Aditya Singh Rajput was found dead in the bathroom of his apartment in suburban Andheri in Mumbai on Monday, police said.Rajput, 33, was allegedly not keeping well since the last couple of days and he collapsed in the bathroom of his apartment in Oshiwara area...
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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader D K Shivakumar meets Janata Dal-Secular supremo and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda in Bengaluru. -- ANI
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Efforts to forge unity in the opposition ranks gained momentum on Monday with the Congress asserting that a 'vast majority' of non-Bharatiya Janata Party outfits will meet soon, after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met its president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi.Congress...
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The Janata Dal-United on Monday appointed its seasoned leader K C Tyagi as its chief spokesperson and 'special advisor', months after the omission of his name from the party's list of new office-bearers had raised eyebrows.In a statement, the JD-U acknowledged Tyagi's experience in socialist...
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Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Monday slammed those trolling Shubman Gill's sister on social media after the cricketer's ton guided Gujarat Titans to a victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premiere League.She said action will be taken against those...
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A delivery person of an e-commerce firm was injured after falling from the third-floor of a building in Hyderabad when he tried to evade the customer's barking dog, police said.The incident took place in an apartment at Manikonda on Sunday when the delivery executive, aged 30, went there to...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi here on Monday, the second such meeting in the last one and a half months amid efforts to strengthen Opposition unity to take on the BJP in the 2024 general elections.  Kumar met...
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Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said the impact of withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency notes will be very very marginal on the economy because it accounts for only 10.8 per cent of currency in circulation.Describing the withdrawal exercise as part of currency management operations of...
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Manipur simmers again: Abandoned houses have been set ablaze by miscreants in New Lambulane area in Imphal in Manipur. Security personnel are on the spot. As the state of essential supplies in violence-hit Manipur began to dwindle and reach critical levels, the India Army and Assam Rifles have...
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As the summer season peaks in India, mercury simmered above 40 degrees Celsius in Delhi and several other parts of North India.The highest recorded temperatures in Delhi reached a maximum of 40 degrees Celsius on Saturday, climbed to above 42 degrees on Sunday, and reached 44 degrees Celsius on...
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Veteran Actor Sarath Babu who worked in several films including Telugu and Tamil passed away today in AIG hospital.
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An 80-year-old man was on Monday arrested for allegedly killing his four-year-old great-grandson in Madhya Pradesh's Indore more than a month ago, police said. Shobharam Chowdhary was arrested for allegedly strangling to death his great-grandson Shreyansh at their house in Shipra police station...
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India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientist Soma Sen Roy on Monday said that a heatwave alert had been issued for today for south Haryana, Delhi, south UP, north MP, Jharkhand, Bihar and Bengal.We have issued a heatwave alert for today for south Haryana, Delhi, south UP, north MP, Jharkhand,...
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The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday upheld an NCLT order allowing crisis-hit Go First's voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings.  A two-member NCLAT bench asked several aircraft lessors of Go First opposing insolvency, to approach National Company Law Tribunal...
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Treatment with the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccinewhich prevents tuberculosisis associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, according to a study.  The BCG vaccine has been found to offer multiple beneficial effects, and is currently a recommended therapy...
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Siddaramiah meets the family of the victim
An FIR was registered at Bengaluru's Halasuru Gate Police Station in connection with the death of a 23-year-old woman after car gets submerged in the flooded underpass in Bengaluru's K.R. Circle on Sunday, police said.The woman has been identified as Bhanurekha. An FIR was registered on the...
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Days after powerful Cyclone Mocha ripped through the Bay of Bengal, bodies of Rohingya Muslims are piling up in Myanmar's Rakhine state, families and aid agencies have said.The country's military government said the death toll had surpassed 145, but residents say it is much higher.Thousands of...
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Karnataka Deputy CMÂ DK Shivakumar on the tragic death of a young girl in a flooded underpass in Bengaluru. We have ordered for a report on all the underpasses in the state including the 18 underpasses in Bengaluru, following the death of a techie. Everything won't happen in a day but will ensure...
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Biplab Deb
The ruling BJP in Tripura has denied any rift within the party following former chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb's allegation of 'outsider' interference in it. BJP state unit president Rajib Bhattacharjee on Sunday said he will talk to Deb if he has any grievance in the handling of the...
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Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia on Monday accepted Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's challenge of undergoing narco-analysis test to ascertain the truthfulness of wrestlers' sexual harassment allegations against the WFI president.  The WFI chief in a Facebook post on Sunday said that he is...
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Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said the deadline of September 30 for the exchange of Rs 2000 notes was decided so that people take the process seriously and it does not become endless....Time is given up to Sept 30 (for exchange of notes) so that it is taken seriously, otherwise,...
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People queue up for their own money in 2016 during demo
In a welcome departure from the mayhem during demonetisation during 2016, the Reserve Bank on Monday advised banks to provide shade from the sun and water to customers waiting to exchange or deposit Rs 2,000 notes.  It can be noted that during the note ban in 2016, there were allegations of...
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Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday reiterated that Rs 2000 notes will continue to be a legal lender, after the Central bank's announcement that the notes will be withdrawn from circulation.  He also said he doesn't expect a rush in the branches and urged people to not rush...
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Former Zonal Director of Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau of India (NCB) Sameer Wankhede on Monday said that he and his wife have been receiving threats for the past four days.  On Sunday, Wankhede was booked by the CBI for allegedly demanding Rs 25 crore as a bribe for not framing Bollywood...
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Satyendar Jain has been in jail since May 2022
Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, who has been arrested in connection with a money laundering case, was taken to the Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi as he was feeling unwell, party sources said on Monday. Jain has been lodged in Tihar Jail since his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in...
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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday took a swipe at Home Minister Amit Shah's 'insult to the prime minister is an insult to the country' remark, saying his understanding of the Constitution is that the PM is not the country but works for it.  Sibal's dig came a day after Shah, while addressing...
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The Delhi High Court has issued a summons to BBC on a defamation suit claiming its documentary cast a slur on the reputation of India, the judiciary and PM Modi. BJP leader Binay Kumar Singh had filed a defamation suit, seeking a permanent restraint order from broadcasting the BBC documentary...
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Congress veteran and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday said that the government's decision of the Rs 2000 note was a foolish move in 2016.The former finance minister further said that he was glad that the foolish move is being withdrawn at least 7 years later. Chidambaram slammed...
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Tata Consultancy Services-led consortium has bagged a Rs 15,000-crore contract from BSNL to deploy 4G network for the state-run telco. In a statement, TCS said it has received an advance purchase order valued over Rs 15,000 crore from BSNL.  The announcement ends months of speculation around...
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Indian cuisine and millets found a prominent place at the lunch hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for leaders attending the 3rd Summit of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation on Monday. Modi along with his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape hosted the key summit in Port...
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah met the family members of a 23-year-old woman Bhanurekha, who died after drowning in the waterlogged underpass in KR Circle area in Bengaluru. A 22-year-old woman drowned on Sunday after a car she was travelling in with her family got stuck in neck-deep water at KR...
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Security personnel patrol Srinagar on the eve of the G20 summit
The security measures have been heightened in Srinagar as the city is all set to host the third G20 Tourism Working Group meeting, which will start on Monday.The three-day working group meeting is being held here on May 22-24. For this three-day G20 Summit, from May 22-24, Kashmir is under a...
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DK Shivakumar visited the spot where an Infoysys employee died in floodwaters
The first Karnataka Legislative Assembly session, after formation of the new Congress government will be held today in Bengaluru, during which newly elected MLAs will be administered oaths and a new Speaker will be elected. The session will be held for three days till May 24. Senior Congress...
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Union government ignored pilot projects' failure and internal warnings that it is 'premature' to universalise fortified rice without first studying its health impact, particularly on children. Read more
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The advice I shared with the class of 2023 is advice I could have used myself, writes Bill Gates. A must-read.Â
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A three-tier security has been put in place for the summit
Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar is all set to host the third G20 Tourism Working Group meeting on Monday, all preparation has been put in place and security has been kept on high alert as this is the first major international event after Jammu and Kashmir's special status was scrapped in...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by a section of wrestlers, on Sunday said he is ready to undergo a narco test provided wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia take it too.    The...
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Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik again attacked the government over the Pulwama attack issue, saying the 2019 Lok Sabha elections were fought on the bodies of our soldiers, and the then home minster would have to resign had there been a probe into the incident.He claimed he had...
