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Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo, India's first tribal cardinal, died at a hospital here on Wednesday after prolonged illness. He was 84. He was suffering from old age-related ailments and was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday. He died at the medical establishment on Wednesday...
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Sunny Deol-starrer Gadar 2 will start streaming on ZEE5 from October 6, the platform announced on Wednesday.Directed by Anil Sharma, the film saw Deol reprise his iconic role of Tara Singh from 2001's Gadar: Ek Prem Katha.Produced by Zee Studios, the movie also features Ameesha Patel returning as...
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Floods in Sikkim
Expressing concern over the flood-like situation in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that 10,000 people have been rescued and kept in 190 relief camps in nine districts in the southern and northern parts of the state. The northern part of West Bengal...
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Authorities in Bali have launched a manhunt for a foreigner who was seen meditating naked at a Hindu temple in the Indonesian tourist hotspot in a viral video that has outraged the local people, according to a media report.Though the original Instagram account, in which the video was initially...
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Raising questions over the procedure followed by the Nitish Kumar government in conducting a caste survey in Bihar, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday claimed that enumerators involved in the exercise did not meet him or his family during the survey in Patna.Talking to reporters...
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Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that Rahul Gandhi was being taken seriously after the Bharat Jodo Yatra, and someday the Congress leader would lead the country. Speaking during an interaction at the India Today Conclave in Mumbai, Pawar said...
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The Congress on Wednesday accused the Maharashtra government of criminal negligence in the incident of 31 deaths at a hospital in Nanded and asked why medicines were not procured on time for the patients. The Maharashtra government has denied any shortage of medicines at the hospital...
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NCP leader Mohammed Faizal P P was disqualified as member of the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after the Kerala high court rejected his plea for suspension of his conviction in a murder case. In view of order dated 03.10.2023 of the hon'ble high court of Kerala, Shri Mohammed Faizal P.P., member of...
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The high court of Karnataka on Wednesday admitted the appeal filed by X Corp (formerly Twitter), challenging a single-judge order, dismissing its plea against takedown orders issued by the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeiTY).This came after the government informed the Court...
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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a recent interaction with journalists dismissed the notion that there is any politics behind launching orange-colour Vande Bharat trains, saying the choice of colours was informed by scientific thought. For human eyes, two colours are supposed to...
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The Delhi BJP on Wednesday sought to corner the AAP whose leader Sanjay Singh was arrested by the ED in an alleged liquor policy scam, saying the heat of the probe will reach party leader Arvind Kejriwal. The heat of liquor 'scam' probe that has led to arrest of former Deputy CM...
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Maratha quota stir activist Manoj Jarange on Wednesday reminded the Maharashtra government that of the 40-day deadline he set before the Eknath Shinde-led dispensation for the implementation of reservation to the Maratha community, half the period was over. Jarange was on a hunger strike in...
20:38
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday recorded her statement before a court in Mumbai in connection with the defamation case filed against her by lyricist Javed Akhtar. The statement was recorded under section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure under which an accused person gets an...
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Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh, in a video message recorded before his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday, said that he would continue to raise his voice against corruption and would not bow down. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday morning raided AAP Rajya...
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Six more deaths were recorded in 24 hours at the Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in central Maharashtra's Nanded city, an official said on Wednesday. The deceased patients included two prematurely born babies, the hospital official said. The...
19:37
Two unidentified terrorists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. The encounter started earlier in the day when security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Kujjar following information about the...
19:28
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday called the arrest of senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh completely illegal and claimed that more opposition leaders will be arrested in the run-up to the 2024 parliamentary elections. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday morning raided...
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Courtesy: Rahul Gandhi on Youtube
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had a surprise gift for his mother Sonia Gandhi recently -- a Jack Russell Terrier puppy named 'Noorie' he introduced as the newest member of his family. In a video shared on his YouTube channel on World Animal Day, Rahul Gandhi can be seen paying a private visit...
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Justifying Delhi Police action against the NewsClick portal, the Bharatiya Janata Party said on Wednesday that those involved in anti-India activities will face the strictest action as people have given the mandate to the Modi government to deal firmly with such elements. Addressing a...
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The President's Rule was imposed in Maharashtra in 2019 with the consent of Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar, said Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday The deputy CM was responding to a question at the India Today Conclave in Mumbai about the timeline of his...
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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed the Uttar Pradesh government's order suspending the licence of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Amethi.A division bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manish Kumar said that inquiry against the hospital would go on. The bench also asked...
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AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh. Pic: ANI Photo
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, officials said. This comes after the agency conducted searches at his residence earlier in the day in connection with the case. The...
17:28
26/11 Mumbai attacks terrorist Mohammed Kasab
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader CT Ravi on Wednesday slammed the Congress government in Karnataka saying that if Karnataka is left the way it is being run, someday photos like Bin Laden, Hussain, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Kasab will be exhibited in the state.If Karnataka is left like this, one day...
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The next leg of Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai's 'En Mann En Makkal' padayatra is being rescheduled due to his ill health, the party said on Wednesday. The foot march was slated to start on October 6 but is now being postponed to October 16, the party's state unit said on its official X...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said his party wants a census of the backward classes as the move will provide exact details about their status and help in taking measures for their welfare. He slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accusing the Congress of trying...
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Two days after she attempted to commit suicide, a 22-year-old woman pursuing graduation in humanities died during treatment here, police said on Wednesday. The woman, Sajni Saini, succumbed during treatment at Kota's MBS Hospital Tuesday night, said Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Ishwar...
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NewsClick on Wednesday issued a statement on Delhi Police raids at its premises claiming it has not been provided a copy of FIR, or informed about the offences people associated with it have been charged with.Yesterday, raids were carried out by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police at various...
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Actor Ranbir Kapoor summoned by Enforcement Directorate on 6th October, in connection with Mahadev betting app case.The ED has frozen and seized assets worth Rs 417 crore in connection with the Mahadev online betting case.The company promoted by Sourabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, which was...
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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has pressed three teams for rescue-and-relief operations following a cloudburst over the Lhonak lake in north Sikkim that resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta river basin, officials said on Wednesday. A spokesperson of the contingency...
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Moungi G Bawendi, Louis E Brus and Alexei I Ekimov for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots. The 2023 #NobelPrize in Chemistry rewards the discovery and development of quantum dots,...
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Manipur BJP MLA RK Imo Singh has blamed foreign terror groups for prolonging the conflict in the state and showing Manipur and the rest of the country in bad light. In a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday, the MLA said legal action should be taken against all those...
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NewsClick journalists were asked if they had covered the farmers' protest
The All Indian Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Wednesday condemned the Delhi Police raids on journalists linked with news portal NewsClick and the arrest of its founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and head of human resources Amit Chakravarty. The farmers' wing of the Communist Party...
14:48
The BJP on Wednesday mounted a blistering attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of being the kingpin of the alleged liquor policy scam and saying that handcuffs are not far away. The BJP's reaction came after the Enforcement Directorate raided AAP MP Sanjay...
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Abhishek Banerjee
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to appear before its officers here on October 9 in connection with the West Bengal school jobs scam, an official said on Wednesday. The probe agency also summoned Banerjee's...
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A government-run hospital in Maharashtra's Nagpur has reported the death of 14 patients in 24 hours, while another state-run medical facility in the city has recorded nine fatalities during the same period, officials said on Wednesday.These figures were shared by the authorities of these...
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Abhishek Banerjee. Pic: ANI Photo
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to appear before its officers on October 9 in connection with their probe into the alleged irregularities in the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, a senior official said on...
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A coach of an empty local train derailed at Mumbai Central station on Wednesday, disrupting the suburban train operations, a Western Railway official said. There was no report of injury to anyone, the official said. A wheel of the local train derailed at a crossing point while it was...
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Three persons died and 23 army personnel were washed away on Wednesday after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River basin, which was aggravated by the release of water from a dam, officials said. The flood started around 1.30 am, they...
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The role of a free press in a democracy cannot be overstated. It is to ensure that the government of the day is always under scrutiny, is answerable and accountable to the people who elect it. It is also to provide good and authentic information to citizens. In short, the quality of a country's...
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Sanjay Singh with Arvind Kejriwal. File pic
| Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Enforcement Directorate raid on AAP leader Sanjay Singh in liquor policy case: ...Nothing will be found at his residence. 2024 elections are coming and they know that they will lose. These are desperate attempts by them. As elections near, all agencies like ED,...
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This action sends out a very nasty message in a very strong way -- that nobody is exempt. It is also an attempt to extend the definition of who is an anti-national, who's a terrorist, a definition that's becoming looser under this regime, Gurbir Singh, a member of the Press Council of India...
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The ongoing dispute between the state government and the hospital staff shows no signs of abating after 31 patients, including 12 newborns, lost their lives at a hospital in Nanded. Hasan Mushrif, the Minister of Medical Education in Maharashtra, questioned why the hospital had not used its...
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The Delhi Police examined the bank statements of journalists, rummaged through their belongings, and interrogated them on their family backgrounds.Read more here.
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Police registered an FIR against Shiv Sena MP Hemant Patil on Wednesday, a day after he made the acting dean of a government hospital in Nanded, where 31 patients died in 48 hours, clean a dirty toilet and urinals, according to police. The case was registered following a complaint by...
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A man, whose newborn child was among the 31 patients who died at a government hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded in 48 hours, has blamed negligence by doctors for his loss. The distraught man, Nagesh Solanke, also claimed his child was not underweight after birth. His wife had undergone...
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Pro-Khalistan graffiti was found written on the walls outside the government office in Dharamshala, Kangra district, police officials said. The police took immediate action and painted the wall to remove the slogan. Notably, this comes three days before the start of ICC World Cup matches in...
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Massive river interlinking projects are proposed to offset observed increasing droughts and floods in India, the most populated country in the world. These projects involve water transfer from surplus to deficit river basins through reservoirs and canals without an in-depth understanding of the...
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Tech giants Apple and Samsung are likely to be the key beneficiaries of the new import management system that is currently being formulated by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), experts said.According to a proposal under discussion, Meity will give import credits to...
10:01
Prabir Purakayastha
NewsClick founder Prabir Purakayastha and HR head Amit Chakravarty, arrested in a case filed under the anti-terror law UAPA following allegations the portal received money for pro-China propaganda, were sent to seven days of police remand, officials said on Wednesday. Police on Tuesday...
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Senior journalist and columnist for NewsClick Paranjoy Guha Thakurta was also detained yesterday
An excerpt from Gyan Prakash's 'Emergency Chronicles' recalls how the founder of site that was subject to raids on Tuesday faced police action in 1975. Read more here.
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A sudden cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim has resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River in Lachen valley, which was compounded by the release of water from a dam, leading to 23 army personnel being washed away, camps and vehicles being submerged, officials said. The...
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A server problem led to disruption in services at the International Departure at the Chennai airport on Wednesday, affecting 9 outbound services and about 1,500 international passengers, officials said.The technical issue that was noticed around 1.30 am was fixed by 6 am, they said.Only...
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The United States has seen reports about the alleged ties of an Indian media outlet, which was raided by officials a day earlier, with China but cannot comment on the veracity of the claims, an official said.We have seen reports about this outlet's ties to the People's Republic of China, 'but we...
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A Directorate Enforcement (ED) raid is underway at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh in connection with excise policy case.Earlier in May this year, MP Sanjay Singh in a letter to Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said that the ED Director and Assistant Director...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, for the second straight day, visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar and offered 'sewa' at the shoe stand. In the pictures shared by Congress, Rahul can be seen arranging shoes at the counter and handing over the shoes to the...
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The Directorate of Sainik Welfare Assam on Tuesday joined hands with Assam University to offer graduation degrees to ex-servicemen, officials said. Defence spokesperson Lt Col Mahender Rawat said Silchar-based Assam University signed an MoU with the Directorate of Sainik Welfare Assam for...
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Gangster Kaushal Chaudhary allegedly attempted suicide in custody of the Gurugram police by trying to slit his throat with a hair trimmer, but police managed to save him, officials said. Chaudhary had snatched the trimmer from a barber who was called to cut his hair at the crime branch unit...
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