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Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly is all set to don the hat of an industrialist by starting a steel factory at Salboni in Paschim Medinipur of West Bengal. Ganguly, who is part of the delegation that accompanied West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on her 12-day trip to Spain...
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Sanjay Kumar Mishra
IRS officer Rahul Navin was appointed as in-charge director of the Enforcement Directorate on Friday on the completion of tenure of the incumbent Sanjay Kumar Mishra, officials said. According to an official order, Navin, a 1993-batch IRS officer, will hold the charge till the appointment of a...
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Drones have been pressed into service to pinpoint the location of terrorists who have taken positions in the forest area on a hilly terrain in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, officials said on Friday as the operation to flush out the ultras entered the third day. Additional director...
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The high court of Karnataka on Friday ordered an interim stay on the FIR lodged against planning and statistics minister D Sudhakar in the Yelahanka police station, for allegedly hurling casteist abuses at a woman and her family. The single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna heard the...
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IndiGo on Friday said it has become the global partner and official airline for the Indian football team. As the official airline for the Indian football team, IndiGo's network is meticulously designed to cater to the diverse travel requirements of players, officials, and support staff. From...
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CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu (second from right) visiting a flood-hit area, July 9, 2023
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday donated all his savings worth Rs 51 lakh to the state disaster relief fund to extend a helping hand to the people affected by natural calamities, according to a statement. The chief minister and his wife Kamlesh Thakur presented a...
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Sambhaji Bhide
Tushar Gandhi, author and great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, on Friday said he has filed a private criminal suit in a court in Pune against Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide for his defamatory remarks against the Father of the Nation. Gandhi said he, through his lawyer, has also filed a complaint...
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The Uttar Pradesh police on Friday shunted out three officials of the force, including Hapur's additional superintendent of police, hours after the state Bar Council called off the statewide strike by lawyers against the alleged police lathi-charge on advocates in Hapur in August. On Thursday...
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A 50-year-old receptionist was stabbed to death during a robbery bid in southeast Delhi's Sarita Vihar area, the police said on Friday. A PCR call was received at 9.24 pm on Thursday regarding a person being stabbed and the attackers robbed of his mobile phone, Deputy Commissioner of Police...
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A Lashkar-e-Tayiba terror module has been unearthed in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district with the arrest of two terrorist associates and recovery of arms and ammunition from them, the police said on Friday. The two terrorist associates of LeT outfit have been arrested in Uri area of...
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Union Sports Minsters Anurag Thakur
Union Sports Minsters Anurag Thakur said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India had earlier decided a bilateral series of cricket between India and Pakistan wouldn't take place until Pakistan puts end to terrorism following the Anantnag encounter. Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur...
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The rupee fell 13 paise to settle at 83.16 against the US dollar on Friday, dragged down by rising crude oil prices and a strong greenback against major rivals overseas. However, a positive trend in domestic markets restricted the downside for the local unit, forex traders said. At the...
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The Madras high court on Friday granted a month's time to DMK MP Dr V Kalanidhi to vacate a property belonging to the government in Chennai and hand over the possession to it. Justice SM Subramaniam disposed of the petitions filed by Kalanidhi, which sought to restrain the authorities from...
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Vehicles going to the Konkan region for Ganesh festivities between September 16 and October 1 will not have to pay toll on highways, the Maharashtra government announced on Friday. The toll exemption decision will be applicable on Mumbai-Bengaluru highway, Mumbai-Goa highway and other roads...
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The income tax department continued its raids against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and those linked to him in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, suspecting a tax evasion of more than Rs 800 crore by him, official sources said. The scope of investigation by the I-T department intensified with sleuths...
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The Kerala police registered a case against a 40-year-old man for allegedly posting fake news through social media on the deadly Nipah virus infections in the state. The police registered a case last night against Koyilandi resident Anil Kumar, a newspaper agent. He had circulated fake news...
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Former Chief Election Commissioners SY Qureshi. JM Lyngdoh, N Gopalaswami, Sunil Arora, O P Rawat and three others have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the CEC appointments bill that is due to be tabled during the special session of Parliament, which among other provisions reduces...
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The Calcutta high court on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 50 lakh on the West Bengal government for failing to implement its order for handing over the investigation from the CID to CBI and ED into alleged irregularities in a women's cooperative society. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had on...
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Senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said the party will undertake a 'Cauvery Rakshana Yatra' in the taluks on the river basin, to protest against the Karnataka government's release of water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. He also demanded that the government pay a compensation of Rs 25,000...
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At least one woman was feared trapped after a four-storey residential building, which was tagged as 'dangerous' by the authorities, collapsed in Dombivli area of Maharashtra's Thane district on Friday, a civic official said. The building 'Adinarayan Bhuvan', located at Ayre village in Dombivli...
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The National Green Tribunal has issued a notice to Jindal Steel and Power Limited in connection with the death of a worker after hot or molten slag allegedly fell on him at the company's steel plant in Patrapali village in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. The NGT was hearing an application...
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The first test vehicle mission of India's ambitious maiden human spaceflight venture Gaganyaan to validate the crew escape system will be launched in a month or two, a key ISRO official said on Friday. According to officials of the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency, it would be the...
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A soldier who was reported missing since Thursday, has lost his life in the encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag, officials said. One more soldier has lost his life in the Anantnag operations. He had been reported missing since yesterday (Thursday), security officials said. In joint...
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India's domestic air passenger traffic during August rose 22.81 per cent year-on-year at 1.24 crore, said an aviation data that was released on Thursday. Directorate General of Civil Aviation data showed that the domestic airlines transported a total of 1.24 crore passengers in during the...
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Two persons were killed in an explosion at Natham in this district on Friday while making a country bomb, the police said. The victims were killed on the spot, police said without divulging further details. Investigation is on to find out why the deceased were making the explosives, including...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty darted up to fresh lifetime highs on Friday, propelled by a rally in global markets and fresh foreign capital inflows.Besides, buying in telecom, auto and tech stocks also helped markets to settle with gains, traders said. Rallying for the 11th day...
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Sudhir Chaudhary
The Karnataka high court has directed the police not to take precipitative action against Aaj Tak news channel's consulting editor Sudhir Chaudhary in an FIR filed against him, but said that there was a prima facie case against him, and it should be investigated. The court also said that it...
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The Udhampur railway station in Jammu and Kashmir has been renamed after martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan, officials said on Friday. Captain Tushar Mahajan, an officer of the 9 Para of special forces of army attained martyrdom after killing a terrorist while protecting his fellow Army personnel in...
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A sessions court on Friday reserved orders for September 20, on the bail petition filed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Minister Senthil Balaji, who was arrested in connection with a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate in June. Principal sessions judge S Alli reserved orders, after...
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The EG.5.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 can escape neutralising antibodies better than other currently circulating strains, giving it an advantage in infecting vaccinated or previously infected people, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.However, the researchers...
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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said he would attend as a journalist Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's press conference scheduled to be held in Aurangabad on September 16 following a meeting of the state cabinet, if police allow him to remain present...
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Neil Diwan, the co-pilot of a private jet that skidded off the runway at Mumbai airport suffered a spinal injury and has been moved to another hospital for surgery, Dr Deepak Namjoshi, the director of Criticare Asia hospital said on Friday.He said seven others admitted to Criticare Asia's Andheri...
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Rediff photographer Hitesh Harisinghani shot this photograph of fans lining up outside Yashraj Studios in Mumbai ahead of the Jawan press conference on Friday.
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Bihar Education minister Chandra Shekhar has stirred a fresh controversy by claiming that ancient scriptures like the Ramcharitmanas had elements pernicious enough to be likened to potassium cyanide. The RJD leader made remarks to the effect at a function late Thursday night, a video clip of...
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday told the Supreme Court it will extend by 10 days the date of summons issued to Bharat Rashtra Samiti leader K Kavitha in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case.The agency had issued the summons asking Kavitha to appear before it on...
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The Mumbai police have registered an offence against Shashikala alias Baby Patankar, a drug dealer, and her aide for allegedly cheating a businessman of Rs 2 crore by promising him gold at cheaper rates, an official said on Friday.The police, on Thursday, registered an FIR under section 420...
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The Manipur government has approved a compensation scheme for women victims of sexual assault and other crimes, an official order said.The order issued by Commissioner (Home) T Ranjit Singh on September 14 said that the state government has approved the 'Manipur Compensation Scheme for women...
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Three persons were shot dead in a clash between two groups in Fatuha area of Patna district in Bihar, police said on Friday.The incident happened in Surga village around 10 pm on Thursday, said Senior Superintendent of Police Rajeev Mishra.It started over a trivial matter but turned bloody. Shots...
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The mortal remains of Major Ashish Dhonchak, who died fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, were consigned to the flames on Friday with full military honours at his native village in Panipat as thousands of mourners joined the grieving family and officers for his final journey. The body...
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After having spent a successful decade in the film industry, actor Huma Qureshi has assumed the role of a writer with her debut novel, Zeba: An Accidental Superhero, publisher HarperCollins India announced on Friday.The superhero saga will see Zeba, a rebellious brat, live up to the superpowers...
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Four workers died Friday after a service lift had a free fall at an under-construction group housing society in Greater Noida West, also known as Noida Extension, officials said.Five other workers suffered injuries and are hospitalised in critical condition, Gautam Buddh Nagar District Magistrate...
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On the way out: BEST's double deckers
On Friday, September 15, Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking, or BEST, will pull off its last few non-electric red double-deckers from city streets. Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel and photographer Hitesh Harisinghani, on September 14, could find just one...
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Hours after Congress MLA Mamman Khan was arrested in connection with the July 31 Nuh violence, the Haryana government on Friday ordered the suspension of mobile Internet and bulk SMS services in the district for two days to prevent the spread of misinformation and rumours. A government order in...
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Heavy rains and gusty winds lashed Delhi and the National Capital Region Friday morning, bringing respite from muggy weather but also causing problems to commuters due to waterlogging and traffic issues.The rains brought down the minimum temperature to 23.7 degrees Celsius, one notch below the...
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TN Chief Minister MK Stalin
The DMK government's flagship Rs 1,000 monthly financial assistance scheme for women was rolled out here on Friday by Chief Minister M K Stalin on the birth anniversary of Dravidian icon C N Annadurai. Stalin launched the scheme in Chennai and distributed bank debit cards to several...
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The mortal remains of Major Ashish Dhonchak, who was killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag, reached Haryana's Panipat where the last rites will be conducted on Friday.The mortal remains of Colonel Manpreet Singh, who was also killed in the gunfight, have been...
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Amid some suggestions that possible infection linked to radio collars could be the cause of deaths of cheetahs at Kuno National Park, Head of Project Cheetah SP Yadav has said that 'not a single cheetah died due radio collars'.Yadav, who is also a member secretary of the National Tiger...
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Congress MLA Mamman Khan has been arrested in connection with the July 31 Nuh violence case, police said on Friday.The Ferozepur Jhirka legislator, who was named as an accused in an FIR lodged after the communal clashes, was arrested late last night.Satish Kumar, Ferozepur Jhirkha Deputy...
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One more person has been found infected with Nipah in Kozhikode, says Kerala Health Minister's office.The 39-year-old man is under observation at a hospital in Kozhikode, they said.Details awaited. -- PTI/ANI
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The Southeast Asian edition of the prestigious international English medical journal The Lancet will be published in Hindi for the first time, it was announced here on Thursday, a development that coincided with 'Hindi Diwas'. Madhya Pradesh medical education minister Vishwas Sarang said The...
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US President Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has been indicted on Thursday on three counts of illegaly possessing a firearm while being addicted to drugs, reported New York Post. First son Hunter Biden was indicted in Delaware by special counsel David Weiss. Moreover, the charges against...
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Just in: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 2 wickets in super four match to enter final of Asia Cup. Details soon.
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The Delhi high court has ruled while an unmarried or widowed daughter has a claim in the estate of her deceased father, the same does not apply to a divorced daughter as she is not a dependent entitled to maintenance. The high court made the observation while dismissing an appeal filed by a...
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The Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh Thursday night announced calling off the statewide strike by lawyers following talks with the chief secretary. Lawyers in Uttar Pradesh have been on a strike since August 30 over alleged police lathi-charge on advocates in Hapur the day before. The talks with...
