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The United States on Tuesday said it is 'deeply concerned' about the allegations made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on India's involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Surrey, and urged New Delhi to 'cooperate' with Canberra in the investigation of the...
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Consumer electronics company boAt on Tuesday said it has decided to withdraw the sponsorship of Canada-based Punjabi singer Shubh's upcoming tour to India over certain remarks he made earlier this year. At boAt, while our commitment to the incredible music community runs deep, we are first...
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Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who quit the Congress three years ago, on Tuesday was seen having an animated chat with former president of the party Sonia Gandhi and sitting next to her at a function held in the Central Hall of the old Parliament building. Gandhi was sitting with...
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The United Kingdom government said on Tuesday that the 'serious allegations' over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada will not impact its own ongoing trade negotiations with India.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's spokesperson at 10 Downing Street in London was asked about the impact the...
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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan welcomed Lord Ganesha at his residence Mannat in Mumbai on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi on Tuesday. Sharing a picture of the Ganesha idol, SRK took to Instagram and expressed his festive greetings to all. Welcome home Ganpati Bappa Ji. Wishing you and your...
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At least nine separatist organisations supporting terror groups have their bases in Canada and despite multiple deportation requests Ottawa has taken no action against those involved in heinous crimes including the killing of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, officials here said on...
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Amid a diplomatic dust-up between India and Canada, officials said security was increased outside the high commission of Canada on Tuesday in central Delhi as a precautionary measure.Canada and India have expelled a senior diplomat each after a row erupted over the killing of a Khalistani...
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said he was not looking to 'provoke' India or 'escalate' tensions, but urged New Delhi to take the killing of a Sikh separatist leader with the 'utmost seriousness'.Trudeau's comments came hours after Canada and India expelled a senior diplomat...
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Rajinikanth with Jay Shah. Pic: BCCI/X
Superstar Rajinikanth will grace' next month's ICC World Cup as a distinguished guest, the BCCI said on Tuesday, while extending him the Golden Ticket that allows unhindered access during the multi-country tournament. BCCI Honorary Secretary Jay Shah presented the Golden Ticket to the top...
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Maywati
BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday said her party will support any bill that allows reservation for women in Parliament and other legislatures, even if the party's demand for a quota for the SC, ST and OBC within that quota is not met.Her remarks to the media came on a day the government introduced...
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Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief A S Dulat Tuesday said Canada expelling an Indian diplomat after claiming that New Delhi was potentially linked to the killing of a Khalistani extremist will have a bearing on bilateral relations.This kind of expulsion or terming a diplomat persona...
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The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday questioned why President Draupadi Murmu was not invited to the function held here to mark the move to the new Parliament building.The event held in the historic Central Hall of the old building was presided over by Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep...
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Pakistan's self-exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that his country is begging money from the world while India has reached the moon and hosted the G20 summit, blaming the country's former generals and judges for its economic woes.Pakistan's economy has been in a free fall mode...
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The high court of Karnataka on Tuesday observed that it would be suitable if an age limit was introduced for using social media akin to the legal age for drinking alcohol.A division bench of Justices G Narendar and Vijaykumar A Patil made the observation while hearing an appeal by X Corp...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged disrespectful remarks in Parliament on Telangana martyrs and their sacrifices are nothing but insulting the state's existence and self-respect, All India Congress Committee leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday.In a message posted on X (formerly twitter) in...
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A suicide prank by a 13-year-old boy in Jalaun went too far when he was playing with a noose which accidentally got tightened, leading to his death, police said on Tuesday.The teenager's mother, who is blind, was unable to come to his rescue, they added.The incident took place on Sunday in...
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Congress' Jairam Ramesh
The Congress on Tuesday termed as election jumla and huge betrayal of hopes of women the women's reservation bill brought by the government, noting that the Centre has stated that the reservation will be effective only after a Census and delimitation exercise is conducted post-enactment of the...
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Atishi
Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi on Tuesday alleged that the Women's Reservation Bill is a bill to befool women ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The government on Tuesday introduced a constitutional amendment bill to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state...
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Maneka Gandhi
I am proud to be a part of this moment when government under leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji has undertaken to repair the deep rooted asymmetry, and to give an equal share in the future of India to all us women, Maneka Gandhi, BJP member of Parliament from Sultanpur, said at a...
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J-K ADGP Vijay Kumar
Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) commander Uzair Khan was among the two terrorists killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district that ended after seven days, Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said on Tuesday.Four security personnel, including two army officers and...
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Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Hardeep Singh Nijjar came to Canada in 1997, Global News reported, and claimed refugee status, having used a false passport to enter the country. His refugee claim was rejected, but 11 days after that he married a woman who sponsored him for immigration. That, too, was rejected, although Nijjar...
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Lok Sabha has been adjourned till September 20 after Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the new Women's Reservation Bill.Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the bill in the first sitting of Lok Sabha in the new Parliament building.The bill has been named 'Nari Shakti Vandan...
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In the Lok Sabha of the new Parliament building, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal tables the Women's Reservation Bill. -- ANI
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As Lok Sabha convened in the new Parliament building for the first time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the Union Cabinet gave approval to women's reservation bill on Monday.The 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' will ensure more women become members of Parliament, assemblies, said...
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The Congress on Tuesday said the country's interests and concerns must be kept paramount and its fight against terrorism has to be uncompromising, amid a row between India and Canada over the killing of a Khalistani separatist leader in that country.India announced the expulsion of a Canadian...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said she is proud to be part of the moment when the government will be giving women 'an equal share in future of India'.Maneka Gandhi, who has served as minister for women and child development in past, talked about the power of the 'Beti Bachao,...
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JUST IN: Members of Parliament are now moving from the old building to the new building.Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others left the Central Hall of the old parliament building.Modi made a suggestion that the old building should now be known as 'Samvidhan Sadan'. -- ANI
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Security forces sieved through the dense forests of Gadole in Kashmir Valley's Anantnag district for the seventh day on Tuesday, one of Jammu and Kashmir's longest anti-militancy operations that has claimed the lives of three officers and a soldier.Two bodies were found from the forest area on...
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Secret Pakistani arms sales to the United States to be used by Ukraine helped cash-strapped Islamabad secure a crucial IMF bailout earlier this year, a report cited internal Pakistani and American government documents as confirming.The arms sales were made for the purpose of supplying the...
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The Women's Reservation Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, said sources. Discussion for passing of the Bill in the House will be taken up on Wednesday. The Bill will be taken up in Rajya Sabha on September 21, said the sources. -- ANI
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Actor Vijay Antony
The teenaged daughter of popular actor and music director Vijay Antony died on Tuesday allegedly by suicide at her residence in Chennai, said the police. The 16-year-old was found hanging in her Teynampet residence in the small hours and was rushed to a city hospital where she was declared...
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Nine express trains were cancelled and eight others diverted in the Ranchi railway division of South Eastern Railways in view of an indefinite rail blockade called by Kurmi organisations from Wednesday, an official said. Several Kurmi bodies have called for an indefinite railway blockade at...
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India has decided to expel a senior Canadian diplomat said officials on Tuesday. The ministry of external affairs has asked Canadian diplomat to leave India within next five days. The decision to expel Canadian diplomat reflects India's growing concern at interference of Canadian...
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Normal life was affected in Imphal Valley districts on Tuesday as Meira Paibi, a collective of Meitei women, and five local clubs called for a 48-hour bandh from midnight demanding the release of five youths who were arrested for carrying firearms and sporting camouflage uniforms, officials...
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Sonia Gandhi arrives at Parliament for special session/ANI
The Congress' parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the women's reservation bill is ours, amid speculation that the bill may be tabled in Parliament. The Congress on Monday said it welcomed the reported move as the party has been raising the demand for long. Asked about the...
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The Karnataka government on Tuesday released five thousand cusecs of water from Krishna Raja Sagara dam in the Mandya district to Tamil Nadu for next 15 days. The water release started on Monday night, officials said. This came following the order of Cauvery Water Management...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Narhari Amin has fainted during the group photo session of Parliamentarians in New Delhi, on Tuesday. He has now recovered and is a part of the photo session. --ANI
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The new building of Parliament will be hereon designated as the Parliament House of India, stated a Gazette notification issued on Tuesday. The Speaker, Lok Sabha, is pleased to notify the new building of Parliament situated in the precincts of Parliament House on plot number 118, New Delhi,...
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Members of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha gathered at the inner courtyard of the old Parliament House on Tuesday for a group photograph, hours before legislative proceedings shift to the new Parliament building. According to a Lok Sabha bulletin, first, a joint photograph will be taken of...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived at Parliament for special session on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted people on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi and wished that the festival brings good luck, success and prosperity in the lives of all. Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated across the country to mark the birth of the god of wisdom, who is worshipped...
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India's stock exchanges are closed on Tuesday for trading on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. Normal trading will resume on Wednesday. The next stock market holiday is on October 2 -- Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. On Monday, Indian stock indices closed in the red, with the...
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Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar
India on Tuesday rejected the allegations by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding the Indian government's involvement in the fatal shooting of Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. In a statement the ministry of external affairs termed the allegations...
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Male cheetahs Vayu and Agni were shifted to a soft release 'boma' (enclosure) in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district, officials said. The ambitious cheetah reintroduction project completed one year on Sunday, which also saw male cheetahs Gaurav and Shourya being shifted...
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A 64-year-old Singaporean of Indian origin was sentenced to two weeks' jail on Monday on pleading guilty to one count of breaching a COVID-19 regulation by failing to wear a mask that covered his nose and mouth while outside his home in 2021. Despite knowing that he had just tested positive...
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Aditya L1 spacecraft, India's first space-based mission to study the Sun, got a send-off from the Earth after orbiting it since its September 2 launch as it underwent a key manoeuvre in the early hours of Tuesday, ISRO said. The Trans-Lagrangian Point 1 Insertion manoeuvre marks the...
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A differently-abled woman was allegedly killed and her body hanged from a tree in the Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan by a man for refusing to marry him, the police said on Monday. The body of the girl was found hanging from a tree in a forested area near Khuntgarh village in Devgarh, they...
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Ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, also known as Ganeshotsav, the Mumbai police on Sunday said it has made special traffic arrangements to avoid congestion and logjams on roads during the festivities from September 19 to 29. The Mumbai police released a press note sharing...
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Wanted Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar/Twitter
Signalling a further souring of bilateral ties, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Monday said an Indian diplomat in the country had been expelled, Al Jazeera reported. The expulsion comes in light of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's statement alleging an Indian hand in the...
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A total of 2,729 'sarvajanik Ganeshotsav mandals' have been given permission for organising public Ganesh festivities from Tuesday by erecting 'pandals'.These are from the 3,767 applications its had received from various outfits till September 18, a release from the Brihanmumbai Municipal...
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