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Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Thursday congratulated Professor Muhammad Yunus on being sworn in as the head of Bangladesh's interim government and said that a swift restoration of peace in the country is the need of the hour.Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took oath as the head of...
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A view of the Jharkhand high court/ANI Photo
The Jharkhand high court on Thursday directed the state government to take immediate action against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants entering the state through the Santhal Parganas. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Arun Kumar Rai gave the direction while...
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The Kerala high court on Thursday upheld the election of United Democratic Front MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram from the Perinthalmanna assembly constituency in 2021. Justice C S Sudha dismissed the election petition filed by K P Mohammed Musthafa challenging Kanthapuram's election win by 38 votes. The...
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Maharashtra MLA and former minister Omprakash alias Bachchu Kadu/Courtesy X
Maharashtra MLA and former minister Omprakash alias Bachchu Kadu on Thursday slapped an official of an e-rickshaw manufacturing firm here for allegedly supplying faulty rickshaws to disabled persons. Kadu, an independent legislator from Achalpur who heads the Prachar Janshakti party and supports...
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Statue of Unity in Kevadia in Gujarat/Amit Dave/Reuters
Two tribals were allegedly beaten to death by a group of six workers on suspicion of theft at the site of the under-construction 'Tribal Museum' near the Statue of Unity in Kevadia in Gujarat's Narmada district, a police official said on Thursday. The incident took place on the night of August 6...
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A 21-year-old woman has alleged that she was raped by a lawyer inside his chamber at Tis Hazari Court in north Delhi, the police said on Thursday. The woman in her complaint said that the accused called her on the pretext of giving her a job on July 27 but forced himself on her, they said. The...
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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday met Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar in New Delhi. Thackeray met the vice president at his official residence and was accompanied by his wife Rashmi and their son Aditya. Shiv Sena-UBT sources said the vice president has...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will pay a three-day visit to the Maldives beginning Friday, in a first high-level trip from New Delhi after the island nation's pro-China president, Mohamed Muizzu, assumed office nearly nine months ago. Muizzu visited India in June and attended the...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed nearly 1 per cent down on Thursday after the Reserve Bank of India decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the ninth time in a row and termed food inflation stubborn. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined by 581.79 points or 0.73 percent to settle...
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Muhammad Yunus (second from left)/Reuters
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Thursday took oath as the head of an interim government in Bangladesh. Yunus, 84, was administered the oath of office by President Mohammed Shahabuddin at a ceremony at the presidential palace 'Bangabhaban'. The economist-turned-politician was appointed as the...
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A 22-year-old man drowned in the Ganga here while immersing the ashes of his deceased father in the holy river as part of last rites, police said on Thursday. The incident took place at Brajghat on Wednesday evening when Arjun Vaid had reached there for the last rites of his father Babli Vaid...
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INS Tabar crosses the iconic Tower Bridge in London/Courtesy Indian Navy on X
Several members of the Indian diaspora gathered on the banks of the river Thames to greet INS Tabar and witness the grand sight of the iconic Tower Bridge lifting its moveable levers for the frontline frigate to pass through for its four-day visit to the UK. A series of professional interactions...
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Parliament on Thursday completed the Budget process with the Rajya Sabha returning the Appropriation Bill and Finance Bill to the Lok Sabha.Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman had moved both the legislation, along with the Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, in the Rajya Sabha for return to the...
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Altogether 17 Indian workers engaged in road construction in Bangladesh and stranded due to the ongoing unrest were evacuated by the Border Security Force, an official said on Thursday.BSF Tripura Frontier IG Patel Piyush Purusottam Das received a call about the workers' situation on Wednesday...
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Alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar has written a letter to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, requesting him to accept his contribution of Rs 15 crore to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund following landslides in Wayanad district. Chandrasekhar, currently lodged in Mandoli jail in...
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Jammu and Kashmir's statehood maybe restored and assembly elections may take place there in October, MoS Ramdas Athawale said in Srinagar on Thursday.Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Maharashtra, Haryana, and Jharkhand perhaps in October. So the announcement on the restoration of...
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A Delhi court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till August 20 in a corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged excise scam.Special Judge Kaveri Baweja extended Kejriwal's custody after he was produced before the...
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The porch of a single-storey structure of Kumbhraj railway station in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh developed major cracks and a portion of it caved in on Thursday, an official said.Nobody was injured in the incident that occurred around 6.20 am, he said. Some people standing there to buy train...
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The Kerala high court on Thursday registered a case on its own over the massive landslides that ravaged the Mundakkai and Chooralmala areas of Wayanad on July 30, which has claimed the lives of at least 226 persons and displaced thousands of people.A bench of justices A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and...
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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday expressed concern over reports of minorities being attacked in Bangladesh and demanded that authorities in that country ensure their protection.At least 232 people were killed in Bangladesh in incidents of violence that...
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As an interim government takes charge in Dhaka, India on Thursday said the interests of the people of Bangladesh are foremost in its mind.India also hoped for early restoration of law and order in Bangladesh.As far as India is concerned, interests of people of Bangladesh are foremost in our mind,...
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Superstar Akshay Kumar has donated Rs 1.21 crore towards the Haji Ali Dargah renovation project, an official of the shrine's trust said on Thursday. Suhail Khandwani, the managing trustee of Haji Ali Dargah, shared the news of the actor's donation for the project in a post on social media...
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Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday introduced The Waqf (Amendment) Bill and proposed sending it to a joint parliamentary committee after opposition parties objected to its provision. He also introduced The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2024. Home Minister Amit Shah said...
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More support for Vinesh Phogat after the heartbreaking disqualification. Olympian Abhinav Bindra tweets this image alongside, writing, Dear Vinesh, It is said that sport is a celebration of human will. I have known that to be true many times in my career but never has it resonated more than...
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Muhammad Yunus on Thursday promised to deliver a government which assures safety to its citizens, as the Nobel laureate returned to the protest-torn Bangladesh from Paris to take oath as the head of the interim government following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina. Yunus, 84, who won the Nobel Peace...
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Former Captain of the Indian Hockey Team and an Olympian, Viren Rasquinha tweets on the fiasco of Vinesh Phogat's disqualification.My personal statement on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification: Vinesh and the entire team that worked with her are devastated with the disqualification from the Paris...
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Olympian Manu Bhaker shares this image writing, I am honoured to have the opportunity to meet with the Hon'ble Defence Minister of India, Shri Rajnath Singh at his office in New Delhi. I am grateful he took time out from his busy schedule to offer his support and inspired me with his words of...
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Sheikh Hasina, who quit as prime minister and fled Bangladesh, will be back in the country as soon as democracy is restored, his son Sajeeb Wazed Joy said on Thursday and blamed Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI, for fuelling the ongoing unrest in the country.In an exclusive interview with PTI,...
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A candlelight prayer for peace in Dhaka
Update: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Thursday returned to Bangladesh from Paris to take oath as the head of Bangladesh's interim government, three days after Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister and fled the country following widespread protests against her regime. Yunus, 84, who won the...
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Bangladesh update: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus returns to Bangladesh from Paris to take charge of interim government.Members of the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will take the oath tonight. Bangladesh Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said on Wednesday that the...
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Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar stopped presiding over the House for a brief while and left the House saying that he did not get the support he should have received. He said, Making this sacred House a centre of anarchy, attacking Indian democracy, tarnishing the dignity of the post of the...
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Actors Naga Chaitanya and Sobhita Dhulipala were engaged on Thursday morning. Chaitanya's father and Telugu superstar Nagarjuna shared the news on his official X page. Nagarjuna said he is overjoyed to welcome Sobhita to the family. We are delighted to announce the engagement of our son, Naga...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the residence of her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who died on Thursday morning. Banerjee, who expressed shock and sadness at the demise of her predecessor in an X post, went inside the two-room government apartment of Bhattacharjee at...
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An anguished Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar left the House for some time during the morning session on Thursday, following an uproar and walkout by Opposition party members, who were not allowed to raise the issue related to the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Olympics. Soon...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade lower on Thursday after the Reserve Bank of India decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the ninth time in a row, saying food inflation remains stubborn. Continuous foreign fund outflows and weak trends in the US markets also...
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The violence and protests taking place in Bangaldesh have affected the sales of fish in the Howrah fish market to a large extent on Thursday.As per information from the officials, fish have not been arriving in large quantities from Bangladesh to the Howrah fish market which has led to the fish...
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The country's forex reserves touched a record high of USD 675 billion on August 2, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday. The previous all-time high for the kitty was USD 670.857 billion on July 19 this year, and the last reported reserve was USD 667.386 billion as on July...
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Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia during the protests last year
India woke up to another shock on Thursday after a heartbroken Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement from wrestling, prompting an outpouring of support from the sporting community. The 29-year-old, who was disqualified for being 100gm overweight ahead of her 50kg category gold medal bout in the...
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Several residents across Bangladesh spent a sleepless night as they gathered in groups to guard the streets amid fears of robbery and looting by criminals in the violence-hit country, where an interim government headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is all set to take oath on Thursday. Security...
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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, veteran Left leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister, died at his south Kolkata residence this morning. He was 80.
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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says The Monetary Policy Committee decided by a 4:2 majority to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. Consequently, the standing deposit facility (SDF) rate remains at 6.25%, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the bank rate at 6.75%. According...
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Mahavir Phogat
Vinesh Phogat's uncle Mahavir Phogat on her retirement: Olympic Gold medal was confirmed this time but she got disqualified. It hurts and hence she has decided this. Once she is back, we all will try to make her understand if she is ready to contest in the next Olympics.On Haryana CM's...
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Saima Wazed, the daughter of the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina has said that she is heartbroken about not being able to see, and hug her mother during the country's ongoing difficult phase.She further expressed grief at the loss of lives in Bangladesh, and the ongoing unrest...
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All wrestlers compete in weight divisions -- six in men's and women's freestyle and six in the men's Greco-Roman wrestling. If they weigh in heavier than the weight class they are entered in, they are not permitted to compete. Their competition ends there.Vinesh's competition also did. Weighing...
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Both the equity bourses of the country reported a healthy jump in their net profit during the first quarter of current financial year FY25 amid continued buoyancy in the market which led to doubling of trading turnover.Top bourse National Stock Exchange (NSE) reported 39 per cent year-on-year...
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Saima Wazed
Sheikh Hasina's daughter, Saima Wazed, tweets, Heartbroken with the loss of life in my country that I love. So heartbroken that I cannot see and hug my mother during this difficult time. I remain committed to my role as RD @WHOSEARO @WHO #HealthForAll #OneWHO.Nobel Laureate economist Muhammad...
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Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday said that Vinesh Phogat will be welcomed and felicitated like an Olympic medal winner and all respect, rewards and facilities that the state government gives to Olympic silver medalists will be gratefully given to Vinesh Phogat as well.Taking...
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Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following her disqualification from the 50 kg category final at the Paris Olympics.Phogat, who was set to compete against the United States' Sarah Ann Hildebrandt for the gold medal, was disqualified on...
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Former Supreme Court Bar Association president and senior advocate Adish C Aggarwala has written a letter to the president of the apex court bar association in Bangladesh, seeking information on whether the country's former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, had committed an extraditable offence....
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A court in Mumbai on Wednesday remanded eight alleged pirates, apprehended in March during an operation off the coast of Somalia, in judicial custody after their claims of being underage were found to be based on forged or unreliable documents. In an operation lasting over 40 hours, the INS...
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The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences on Wednesday dismissed claims of some unscrupulous agents that they have access to the 2024 NEET-PG exam questions, and said it has filed a police complaint. In a notice, the board said the false claims have been made on a Telegram channel...
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Bangladesh ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina/File image
Forced to leave their country, Bangladesh ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her associates had to rush to save themselves and most of the members who arrived in India with her did not even get time to carry along essentials with them on way to India. Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and...
