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Just In: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been appointed as head of Bangladesh's interim government, says President's Press Secretary.
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The police registered a case on Tuesday after a private school reported the sexual assault of a minor student within its premises here in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The school administration submitted a written complaint in the wake of reports on social media about the alleged sexual...
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The police registered a case on Tuesday after a private school reported the sexual assault of a minor student within its premises here in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The school administration submitted a written complaint in the wake of reports on social media about the alleged sexual...
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A farmer and three others found a 16.10-carat diamond in a mine in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district on Tuesday, officials said. Dilip Mistry, the farmer who had leased a piece of land in Jaruapur area for excavation with his three associates, said he would use the money from the diamond's...
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A woman alleged misbehaviour with her by some men at a mall in Noida and police bias in the case before changing her stance, even as Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday slammed the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government over women's safety. Yadav also suggested that the woman changed...
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The iconic Amrit Udyan inside the President's estate will be opened for the public from August 16 to September 15, the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday said. A free shuttle bus service from Central Secretariat Metro Station to gate no. 35 (entry gate for the Udyan) will also be available for...
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The police on Tuesday unearthed 72 illicit liquor brewing units in Latur district and destroyed equipment and chemicals used for production under a special drive, an official said. The police registered 72 cases against 73 people at various police stations. Equipment and chemicals of an...
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At least 66 cases of Zika virus infection have been reported in Pune city in the last two months, civic officials said on Tuesday. Four of these patients died, but the cause in each case was not the Zika infection, a senior health official said. Those infected also included 26 pregnant...
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The government on Tuesday proposed a relief to taxpayers with respect to capital gain tax on real estate properties by giving them the option to choose between 20 per cent and 12.5 per cent tax rates. As per the amendments to Finance Bill, 2024, circulated to Lok Sabha members, an individual...
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National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma's tenure ended on Tuesday. Sharma, 60, assumed the charge of the NCW chairperson on August 7, 2018. Today marks the final day of my nine-year tenure as the chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW). These nine...
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The Earth Observation Satellite-8 is likely to be launched on August 15, ISRO sources said on Tuesday. The EOS-8 will be launched by the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3, it said. Most likely it will be launched on August 15 (Independence Day) from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh,...
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Security forces established contact with a group of terrorists in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Tuesday, the police said and added an operation was underway to neutralise them. Officials said a few gunshots were heard from the Pathi Nalla Khaned area of...
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CPI MP Sandosh Kumar P
CPI Rajya Sabha member Sandosh Kumar P has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to visit the landslides-hit Wayanad district of Kerala. In a letter to Modi, Sandosh Kumar says, 'Landslides have resulted in complete villages being washed away and relief and rehabilitation of...
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A worker was killed and nine others were injured when a boiler exploded at a cement blocks manufacturing factory in Maharashtra's Nagpur district in the early hours of Tuesday, the police said. The incident took place at around 3.30 am at Shreeji Blocks Pvt Ltd company located in Zullar...
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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in Chennai has received a funding of Rs 228 crore from US-based industrialist and entrepreneur Dr Krishna Chivukula, officials said on Tuesday. It is considered to be one of the single largest donations received by IIT Madras, which would utilise the...
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Amazon India head and country manager Manish Tiwary has resigned, the e-commerce giant said on Tuesday. Tiwary will continue with Amazon until October to help ensure a smooth transition. Manish Tiwary, country manager for Amazon India, has decided to pursue an opportunity outside of the...
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Army personnel clear entrance of the Bangladeshi PM's residence in Dhaka/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
Bangladesh on Tuesday carried out a major reshuffle in the top positions in the Army, a day after prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following deadly protests against her government over a controversial job quota system. Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, the director general of...
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Karnataka women and child development minister Laxmi Hebbalkar said beneficiaries of the Gruha Lakshmi guarantee scheme would start receiving the money from Tuesday. Gruha Lakshmi scheme offers Rs 2,000 to the women head of families belonging to the economically weaker section. The...
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Air India will operate its scheduled flight from the national capital to Dhaka on Tuesday evening while Vistara's scheduled services to the Bangladesh capital will be operational from August 7. The neighbouring country has plunged into uncertainty and the situation is volatile after street...
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Veteran actor Kamal Haasan has announced that he will not be hosting the upcoming eighth season of 'Bigg Boss Tamil'. Taking to his X account, Haasan shared that he needs to step away from the show due to prior commitments in cinema. In his statement, he wrote, Dear Viewers, With a heavy...
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A total of 132 money laundering cases have been registered against sitting and former MPs and MLAs apart from political leaders over the last six years, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. Minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary shared figures related to the Enforcement...
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Speedy trial has received recognition of the fundamental right of a person facing accusations, the Bombay high court has said while granting bail to five persons arrested by the Maharashtra ATS in 2018 for allegedly plotting to attack Pune's Sunburn festival in 2017. A division bench...
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BSF DG Daljit Singh Chaudhary during his visit to Indo-Bangladesh border in Bengal/ANI Photo
The Border Security Force has asked locals residing along the 4,096 km-long India-Bangladesh international border to not undertake unnecessary movement in the frontier areas especially during the night in the wake of the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in Dhaka, officials said on...
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Actor Divya Seth Shah on Tuesday said her daughter Mihika Shah died on August 5. As per reports, Mihika -- who was in her 20s -- suffered a seizure after developing a fever. Divya, known for popular TV shows Hum Log, Banegi Apni Baat, and film Dil Dhadakne Do, shared on Facebook that a...
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Stock markets surrendered early gains and settled lower in volatile trade on Tuesday with Sensex losing 166 points and Nifty ending below the 24,000 level due to fag-end selling in banking and telecom stocks. Falling for the third straight day, the 30-share BSE Sensex settled at 78,593.07, down...
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India is monitoring the situation of minorities in Bangladesh and is in close and continuous touch with the Indian community there through its diplomatic missions, the government said on Tuesday.External Affairs minister S Jaishankar told Parliament today that Bangladesh Army Chief General...
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The phenomenal growth of UPI transactions in India.
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The British government has called for a United Nations led investigation into the violent incidents of the past few weeks in Bangladesh, which led to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fleeing to India for the moment before reportedly seeking asylum in the UK. Foreign Secretary David Lammy...
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At least 24 people, including an Indonesian national, were burnt alive by a mob in Bangladesh at a starred hotel owned by a leader of Awami League party after its leader Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled the country, local journalists and hospital sources said on...
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Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday dissolved the parliament, a day after prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following massive protests against her government. The decision to dissolve the parliament was taken following the president's...
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The death toll in the anti-government protests in Bangladesh on Tuesday climbed to 440, with 100 more deaths reported after Sheikh Hasina fled the country, according to local media, even as efforts were on by the army to bring the situation under control in the violence-hit...
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Speaking on the situation in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar says, Our understanding is that after a meeting with leaders of security establishments, PM Sheikh Hasina apparently made the decision to resign. At very short notice, she requested approval to come for the moment...
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The High Commission of India in London on Tuesday issued a safety advisory for Indian nationals to stay vigilant and exercise due caution amid ongoing violent clashes which have targeted immigrants and asylum-seekers in parts of the UK since last week. The advisory posted on the social...
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The C-130J transport aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force carrying seven military personnel has landed at a Bangladeshi air base after flying over from India. The aircraft was monitored all along its flight path over India by security agencies, defence sources told ANI. Earlier in the...
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Inflation is now hurting your thalis. The cost of vegetarian thalis increased by 11 per cent while non-vegetarian thalis saw a rise of 6 per cent in July on a month-over-month basis, according to estimates from CRISIL MI&A Research. On a year-over-year basis, the scenario differs. The...
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The United States on Tuesday recommended its citizens not to travel to Bangladesh, witnessing civil unrest, crime, and terrorism following the resignation and fleeing of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Elevating its travel advisory to the highest Level 4: Do Not Travel' category, the US...
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National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah said that the ongoing situation in Bangladesh is a lesson for every dictator and added that there comes a time when people run out of patience which was witnessed in Bangladesh.There is extreme interest there. Their economy is bad, their internal...
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People celebrate the resignation of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday informed the lower house of Parliament that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will make a statement on the situation in Bangladesh.Birla informed the House after Question Hour concluded that Jaishankar will make a suo moto statement at 3.30 pm in Lok...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday told an all-party meeting that India has assured help to former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who arrived at the Hindon Air Base on Monday evening, and given her time to decide the future course of action, sources said. Briefing...
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Kerala General Education and Labour Minister V Sivankutty on Tuesday said that classes will soon commence in the schools in landslides-hit Wayanad which are being used as relief camps now and financial assistance will be provided to workers affected by the disaster. Sivankutty said...
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Over 100 people have been killed in the violence across Bangladesh as chaos reigned supreme hours after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled the country on Monday, reports said on Tuesday amid signs of return to normalcy. The situation in Dhaka was largely calm on Tuesday...
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Air India on Tuesday cancelled morning flight to Dhaka from the national capital amid massive anti-government protests in Bangladesh. The neighbouring country has plunged into uncertainty after extraordinary street protests over job quota forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to quit and flee....
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The all-party meeting on Bangladesh this morning
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MP Jagannath Sarkar, in a conversation with ANI, said that the minorities in Bangladesh are under threat and only Prime Minister Narendra Modi can save their lives and properties. He further emphasised that action must be taken soon to safeguard the...
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West Bengal: People arrive in India from Bangladesh for their work crossing the Petrapole-Benapole border in North 24 Parganas district. Heavy Police force deployed at the border in the wake of violence in Bangladesh.
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So, the earlier report that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's plane takes off from Hindon Air Base is partly true. The Bangladesh Air Force C-130J transport aircraft that took off this morning is flying with 7 military personnel in it towards its base in Bangladesh.Meanwhile, on the...
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At one point Sheikh Hasina said, indicating the IGP, they (the police) are doing well, reports the Dhaka-based newspaper, Prothom Alo.The IGP then said, the situation has reached a point where even the police will no longer be able to hold on to such a stern stance.The top officials tried to...
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Celebrations on the streets of Dhaka yesterday
At least eight people were killed and 84 others were wounded on Monday after unidentified arsonists set fire to a residential hotel in Bangladesh's Jessore, Dhaka Tribune reported. Shahin Chakladar, general secretary of Jashore district Awami League, owned the hotel targeted by...
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The C-130J transport of the Bangladesh Air Force took off from the Hindon air base in the morning today around 9 am and is moving towards its next destination. Indian security agencies are monitoring it closely, sources told news agency ANI. The plane is likely headed to London, say unconfirmed...
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Equity market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty bounced back sharply in early trade on Tuesday after facing a severe drubbing in the previous trade tracking a smart rebound in Asian peers. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 1,092.68 points to 79,852.08 in early trade. The NSE Nifty surged...
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The government has called an all-party meeting on Tuesday on the Bangladesh issue, sources said. The meeting will be held at Parliament House at around 10 am, they added. The neighbouring country has plunged into uncertainty after extraordinary street protest over job quota forced...
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With the situation in Bangladesh snowballing into a major political turmoil, a former Indian high commissioner to Dhaka has cautioned that India will have to be very vigilant on the border in the wake of the crisis even as he asserted that New Delhi will be prepared for all...
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Miscreants attacked, vandalised and set fire to at least six police stations in Chittagong, looting weapons, bullets and various equipment. In addition, Awami League leaders and activists' homes and officers were targeted, Dhaka Tribune reported. After the report of Sheikh Hasina's...
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Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus will be the chief adviser to the interim government in Bangladesh, the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement announced on Tuesday. In a video posted on social media early Tuesday morning, Nahid Islam, one of the key coordinators of the...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kangana Ranaut on Monday said it is a matter of honour that Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina feels safe in Bharat after Hasina resigned as prime minister and landed near Delhi in a military aircraft amid unrest in her country. Ranaut, a national award-winning...
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Two persons were arrested for allegedly murdering a man, stuffing the body in a trolley bag and carting it to Dadar railway station for disposal, a police official said on Monday. The accused and victim are speech and hearing impaired and knew each other, the official said, adding the crime...
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former BJP MP Maneka Gandhi
The Allahabad high court has reserved its judgment on a petition by former BJP MP Maneka Gandhi challenging the election of Samajwadi Party's Ram Bhual Nishad from Suktanpur Lok Saba seat in the recent polls. Justice Rajan Roy of the Lucknow bench reserved the order after the hearing of...
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The United Nations is following the situation in Bangladesh very closely and calls for calm and restraint in the wake of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation and escape from the country, a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday. Farhan Haq, the UN deputy...
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