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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that women wrestlers' complaint against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh is being probed and action will be taken once the investigation is over.Some of the country's top wrestlers have been protesting against Brij...
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The Union health ministry has deployed several teams of doctors to strife-torn Manipur with immediate effect on the direction of Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.Six teams, with four doctors each specialising in surgery, psychiatry, medicine, obs and gynaecology, paediatric, urology and...
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Seven more cheetahs, including two females, will be released into the wild in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park by the third week of June, the chairman of the high-level committee set up to monitor the progress of the much vaunted Cheetah reintroduction project said on Thursday.Under the...
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India and China on Wednesday held in-person diplomatic talks in New Delhi and discussed proposals for disengagement in the remaining friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh in a 'frank and open manner'.The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said restoration of...
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Shloka and Anant. Pic: Pradeep Bandekar
Akash Ambani, the elder son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, and his wife Shloka Mehta Ambani on Wednesday welcomed their second child on Wednesday, a baby girl.The couple had their first child Prithvi in December 2020.Dhanraj Nathwani, a friend of the Ambani children and son of family confidant and...
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Many pockets in the western suburbs of the financial capital suffered a power outage on Wednesday evening due to a technical fault in cabling, officials said.Parts of Andheri, Malad and Goregaon suffered power outage for half an hour starting from about 1820 hrs, an official at Adani Electricity...
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Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said that he will not compromise on the issue of corruption and with the future of youth adding that the state government must take action in this regard.While addressing the media in Tonk, Sachin Pilot said, It is not possible for me to make any kind of...
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The Delhi high court has restrained over 100 rogue websites from unauthorisedly streaming animation films SpiderMan: Across The Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse on their platforms.The court's order came on a lawsuit by Sony Pictures Animation Inc which stated it was the...
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The 'shell-shocked' protesting wrestlers, except Sakshi Malik, have returned to their homes in Haryana, and did not speak with the waiting media in Haridwar due to a silence vow, a member of the protest group said on Wednesday.The grapplers had resumed their agitation against Wrestling Federation...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took to the streets in Kolkata to protest against the alleged manhandling of wrestlers at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar after they tried to march towards the new Parliament building following its inauguration three days ago....
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The Delhi Police on Wednesday recreated the scene of crime at the same by-lane in northwest Delhi's Shahbad Dairy where 20-year-old Sahil killed a minor girl, officials said.Sixteen-year-old Sakshi was stabbed over 20 times and then bludgeoned with a cement slab, killing her on the spot.She was...
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India's economy grew 6.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2022-23, pushing up the annual growth rate to 7.2 per cent, official data showed on Wednesday. Growth in the January-March period was higher than the 4.5 per cent expansion in the previous October-December quarter of...
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American rock star Bruce Springsteen took a fall during his concert at Amsterdam, Netherlands.The 73-year-old musician slipped while climbing the stairs during his performance at Johan Cruyff Arena over the weekend.According to videos circulating on social media, Springsteen was about to perform...
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The Allahabad high court on Wednesday dismissed the Muslim side's plea challenging the maintainability of five Hindu women worshippers' suit filed in Varanasi court seeking the right to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, ANI reported.It is a historic verdict. The court clearly has...
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Kickstarting his four-day India visit, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday. Upon arrival, he received a warm welcome from Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi. PM @cmprachanda of Nepal arrives in New Delhi on his first overseas visit after...
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Sri Lanka has invited superstar Rajinikanth to visit the country in an effort to boost tourism.Dr D Venkateshwaran, the deputy high commissioner (DHC) of Sri Lanka, met the superstar on Monday at his residence in Chennai and extended an invite to Rajinikanth.In a statement posted on Instagram,...
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Sports Minister Anurag Thakur asks protesting wrestlers to be patient and trust the probe into allegations against former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh. Thakur urges wrestlers not to take any step that will undermine sports. We all are in favour of the sport and sportspersons, he says. Some...
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Auditor Deloitte flagged three transactions, including recoveries from a contractor identified in the Hindenburg report, as it issued a qualified opinion on the accounts of Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone. In the auditors' report on the audit of the fourth quarter and 2022-23...
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A special court in Mumbai has deferred the Best Bakery case and said that it will pronounce its judgement on June 2.The case pertains to a bakery in Vadodara that was torched by a mob during the 2002 Gujarat riots, which led to the death of 14 people. Following the incident bakery owner's...
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The investigation into the sexual harassment case against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is under progress and reports claiming that the Delhi Police has not found sufficient evidence are wrong, officials said on Wednesday. The police had earlier said that they had not found...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was heckled by a group of Khalistani supporters who raised slogans against him and briefly interrupted his speech during an event here in the US state of California. Gandhi was speaking at the 'Mohabbat Ki Dukaan' event organised by Indian Overseas Congress...
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If a single allegation against me is proven, I will hang myself. If you (wrestlers) have any evidence, present it to the Court and I am ready to accept any punishment, says WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.Delhi Police sources on Wednesday said that till now no supportive evidence...
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Targeting the BJP-led government in India, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said, what is happening to Muslims in India today, happened to Dalits in the 1980s and it has to be fought with affection.Speaking at the 'Mohabbat Ki Dukaan' event in San Francisco in the United States, Rahul...
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The Godfather duo, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, two of the greatest actors of all time, have joined a group of entertainment industry stars welcoming children with much-younger partners well into their twilight years. Academy Award winner Al Pacino is expecting his fourth child with...
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Sources in Delhi Police tell news agency ANI that it has not found sufficient evidence to arrest Brij Bhushan Singh, the WFI chief. Within 15 days we will be filing our report in court. It could be in the form of chargesheet or final report. There is no supportive evidence to prove the...
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Union Minister Anurag Thakur reacts to Rahul Gandhi's comments that PM Modi thinks he knows more than God. Thakur accused the Congress leader of insulting India during his visits abroad.During his foreign visits, Rahul Gandhi insults India. PM Modi met almost 24 PMs and Presidents of the...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in the US yesterday for a three-city tour during which he will interact with the Indian expatriates and meet American lawmakers.He was received at the airport by Indian Overseas Congress chairperson Sam Pitroda and other members of the IOC. Rahul Gandhi...
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The Indian Army on Wednesday foiled a major infiltration bid by terrorists on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Karmarha sector in Poonch, three terrorists were injured in their attempt to cross the border, officials said. Three terrorists with narcotics and weapons in their possession were...
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Rahul Gandhi at Santa Cruz, USA
The ruling BJP can be defeated if the Opposition is aligned properly and the Congress party is working towards it and it is coming along very nicely, Rahul Gandhi has told Indian Americans here, citing his party's emphatic victory in the recent assembly elections in...
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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday slammed the government over the issue of allegations of sexual harassment levelled by women wrestlers against WFI president Brij Bhushan Singh, and asked whether POCSO and immediate arrest apply to all accused other than Singh because he belongs to the...
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Launching a scathing attack at the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that he had to launch 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' because all instruments of doing politics (connecting with people) were being controlled and the whole India...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Rajasthan's Ajmer district on Wednesday, the first major event in a month-long outreach campaign by the BJP to mark its nine years in power at the Centre. He will also offer prayers at the famous Brahma temple in the holy town of...
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Bappi Lahiri with Bappa
Good tidings from the Lahiri family.A little over a year after Bappi Lahiri's death, his son, Bappa, has been blessed with a son.Speaking from Los Angeles where he lives, Bappa could barely contain his joy. We have been blessed with a baby boy. This is our second son. Krishh ...
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Rahul Gandhi interacts with activists, academics and civil society at University of California, Santa Cruz.Gandhi landed in San Francisco where he was received by Sam Pitroda, who handles the party's overseas affairs. Pitroda is credited to be the father of India's telecom revolution. Rahul...
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The amount of money Indian companies raised from the stock market has fallen faster than their global peers in 2023.Indian companies raised $294 million in the first four months of 2023 (January through April) via initial public offerings (IPOs), according to data from tracker Refinitiv, a part...
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Delhiites woke up to another rainy morning on Wednesday as the weather department issued a 'yellow' alert and warned of traffic disruptions and inundation of low-lying areas due to rains. Partly cloudy sky with light rain or thundershowers are expected during the day. The minimum...
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The wrestlers at Har Ki Pauri yesterday
Amid the continuing protest by the country's top grapplers against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who they have accused of sexual harassment, the United World Wrestling (UWW) on Tuesday issued a statement condemning the detention of the wrestlers during a...
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After Delhi University's Academic Council dropped a chapter on renowned Urdu poet Muhammad Iqbal from its political science syllabus, Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh on Tuesday said the poet is remembered for his composition 'Sare Jahan Se Achha...' but he never believed in those words.The...
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The draft Digital India Bill, which seeks to replace the Information Technology Act, 2000, to address the challenges posed by the Internet and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, will have special provisions for safeguarding children, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will launch Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) month-long pan-India campaign, 'Maha Jansampark', in poll-bound Rajasthan's Ajmer today covering all 543 Lok Sabha constituencies. PM Modi will launch Maha Jansampark by addressing a public meeting in Ajmer,...
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All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP over its state chief Bandi Sanjay's claim that it will conduct a surgical strike in Telangana's Old City, saying it should mount a surgical strike on China instead.Addressing a...
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The Army on Wednesday opened fire after noticing suspicious movements near the border fence along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The firing was reported from forward Karmara village in Gulpur sector around 4 am but there was no...
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A military spy satellite launched by North Korea earlier in the day crashed into the Yellow Sea owing to an engine problem and it plans to carry out its second launch as soon as possible, reported Yonhap News Agency. According to Korea Central News Agency, North Korea launched...
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A fire erupted in a multi-storey building in suburban Ghatkopar on Tuesday evening, a civic official said. Nobody has been reported injured in the incident, he said.The fire started inside a flat on the 15th floor of a 29-storey building in Wadhvan Compound on LBS Road around 7.45 pm,...
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A group of seers here has announced a rally next week in support of Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh who is accused of sexually harassing women grapplers. The seers said they will also protest against the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences Act, which...
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