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ISRO is all set to launch an earth observation satellite EOS-08 onboard the third and final developmental flight of its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle on Friday morning. The Satish Dhawan Space Centre spaceport located about 135 km east of Chennai is buzzing with activity once again as ISRO gears...
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The police on Thursday recovered 50 packets containing 60 kg of charas (hashish) worth Rs 30 crore found lying on the seashore near Onjal village in Gujarat's Navsari district, said an official. This was the fourth incident in a week when a large quantity of unclaimed narcotics was recovered from...
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Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah/ANI Photo
The Income Tax Department summoned Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah on Thursday. The summons, issued by the Office of the Assistant Director of I-T Investigation, asked Borah to produce evidence related to a bank account personally or through an authorised representative at 1 pm on...
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A Varanasi-Mumbai flight of Akasa Air with 172 passengers on board on Thursday made an emergency landing at the Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal after a passenger fell sick, an official said. While the passenger was declared dead after an examination by doctors, the flight left for Mumbai at around...
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The Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Front on Thursday demanded the resignation of CM Mamata Banerjee as West Bengal's health and home minister over the violence at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.Chief Minister Banerjee holds the health and home portfolios.A mob...
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Renowned DRDO missile scientist Ram Narain Agarwal, also known as the Father of Agni missiles, passed away on Sunday in Hyderabad, said the DRDO officials. He was 84. Agarwal played a crucial role in the long-range ballistic missile programme in the country and was the first programme director of...
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Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal has started an investigation against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and nine others on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity that took place from July 15 to August 5 during students' mass movement against her government. A complaint was...
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Rain-induced landslides and flash floods in several parts of the Himachal Pradesh since the past week have thrown life out of gear, blocking over 120 roads, uprooting trees and inundating low-lying areas, according to officials.A total of 126 roads, including two national highways, in the state...
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Air India has cancelled its scheduled flight from the national capital to Narita in Japan for Friday due to inclement weather warnings. The airline said passengers with confirmed bookings on the Delhi-Narita route flights on August 16 will be offered a one-time waiver on rescheduling and full...
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A view of the 78th I-Day celebration from India House in London/ANI on X
Nearly 1,000 people of Indian heritage gathered at the high commission of India in London on Thursday to celebrate the 78th Independence Day, with music, dance and patriotic chants. Indian high commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami, marked the beginning of the event by unfurling the tricolour...
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Leader of Opposition in LS Rahul Gandhi
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi again requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to visit violence-hit Manipur and impress upon both the central and state governments to work towards a peaceful resolution of the conflict there at the earliest. Gandhi said on Thursday,...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Kuwait on August 18 which will enable both sides to review various aspects of the bilateral relations including political, trade, investment, cultural and people-to-people contacts, the MEA said on Thursday. During the visit, he will meet Kuwait's...
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Federation of Resident Doctors Association has decided to resume the strike again after the vandalism during the midnight protest on Wednesday at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The midnight protest was against the rape-murder of a woman doctor at the hospital a couple of days...
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As heavy rains continued to lash several parts of Kerala, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued an orange alert for two districts of the state. The IMD sounded orange alerts in Kozhikode and Wayanad districts of the state, for the day.It said that due to a cyclonic...
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Odisha's Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida on Thursday announced a day's paid menstrual leave for state government and private sector employees.The leave, however, will be optional.Parida, who is also in charge of the women and child development department, made the announcement after...
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An all-women unit of the Border Security Force (BSF) made a maiden gesture and handed over sweets and exchanged greetings with lady Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel of Bangladesh at the front in West Bengal as part of the traditional Independence Day celebrations held along the...
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Emphasising the importance of freedom and liberty, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Thursday noted that the recent events in neighbouring Bangladesh remind the value of these rights. Speaking to mediapersons after hoisting the national flag in the Supreme Court premises here, Chandrachud said...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met with the Indian contingent which returned from the just-concluded Paris Olympics with six medals with history-scripting shooter Manu Bhaker showing her pistol with which she won two bronze, at his residence in New Delhi. The Indian men's hockey team,...
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West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday said that the vandalism in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata is a shame to civil society. Unidentified miscreants vandalised a part of the hospital where a woman doctor was found dead allegedly after being raped last week. Bose paid...
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A Varanasi-Mumbai flight of Akasa Air with 172 passengers on board on Thursday made an emergency landing at the Raja Bhoj Airport here after a passenger fell sick, an official said. The pilot contacted the Air Traffic Control and made emergency landing at 11.40 am after a passenger faced a...
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Highly decorated IPS officer Nalin Prabhat was on Thursday appointed as Special Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police and will head the force after the retirement of R R Swain on September 30. An order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs said that Prabhat, a 1992 IPS of Andhra Pradesh...
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The banned United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) on Thursday claimed to have planted bombs at 24 places across Assam, prompting the security forces to send teams to look for explosives.A senior police officer said bomb disposal squads have been rushed to all the places mentioned by...
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Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday greeted people on 78th Independence Day and said freedom is our biggest protective shield. Wishing people on Independence Day, Gandhi said, For us, freedom is not just a word, it is our biggest protective shield, rooted in constitutional...
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The Indian sporting fraternity reacted with disappointment at the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) verdict rejecting wrestler Vinesh Phogat's appeal against her Olympic disqualification but said she will remain a champion for them. The ad-hoc division of the CAS on Wednesday rejected...
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The Congress on Thursday took exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's communal civil code remark, saying it was a gross insult to B R Ambedkar and alleged that the PM's capacity for malice, mischief, and maligning of history was on full display from the Red Fort. The Congress's denunciation...
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Amid targeted attacks on the Hindu minority community in Bangladesh, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said Hindus living there were being subjected to violence for no reason, and added that our country has the responsibility to ensure they do not face any injustice and...
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said that while everyone in the country was sad regarding the Wayanad landslides that claimed over 200 lives, it was time to live and move forward for the survival of the state. Vijayan, speaking after hoisting the national flag at the Central...
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An uneasy calm prevailed at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Thursday morning, hours after unidentified miscreants vandalised a part of the medical establishment where a woman doctor was found dead last week, police said.The vandalism took place amid midnight...
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India, the world's third largest oil consuming and importing nation, in July bought $2.8 billion worth of crude oil from Russia, second only to China which remains the largest importer of Russian oil, a report said. Russia emerged as India's biggest supplier of crude oil, which is converted...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday delivered his longest Independence Day speech at 98 minutes as he addressed the country from the ramparts of historic Red Fort. Modi's Independence Day speeches have been longer than any other prime minister in India's history. His longest I-day speech...
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Asserting that India has the ability to stage large-scale global events, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the country is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to host the Olympics in 2036. Along with India, several other nations such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey are...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made a strong pitch for 'one nation, one election' and urged political parties to come forward to realise the dream while contending that frequent polls were creating hurdles in the nation's progress. Addressing the nation on the 78th Independence Day, he...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his Independence Day address from the Red Fort, called for discussion on the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, describing the current civil code as communal and advocating for a secular alternative.There should be discussions on the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoped that the situation in Bangladesh will improve soon even as he expressed concern over the safety of Hindus and other minorities in that country. In his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Modi said India will always be supportive of...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there is a need to widely publicise punishments given for atrocities against women, so that there is a fear of consequence. Modi said his government has worked on a women-led development model, but he was still concerned over incidents of rape and violence...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said 75,000 more medical seats will be created in the next five years. Addressing the nation on the 78th Independence Day, Modi said that even today, children, mostly belonging to the middle class, are going abroad for medical education. They spend lakhs and crores...
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Prime Minister Modi hails the new criminal law, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, as having reformed the legal system. We prioritised justice over punishment in new criminal laws, he points out.
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India's vibrant space sector is playing a key role in making India a strong nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.Modi also said his government has made many reforms in the space sector, liberating it from the restrictions of the past Hundreds of start-ups have come up in the...
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Indian banks are among the few banks that are strong globally, owing to major reforms undertaken by his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. Addressing the nation from the ramparts of historic Red Fort, the Prime Minister said a strong banking system gives strength to the formal...
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Indian Olympic contingent at I-day event
The Indian contingent from the Paris Olympics, student beneficiaries from the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), workers of the Border Roads Organisation and sarpanches were among the 6,000 special guests who attended the 78th Independence Day celebrations here on Thursday. Prime Minister...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unfurled the national flag for the 11th time in a row from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day, and asserted that India's 140 crore citizens can achieve the goal of a prosperous and developed country if they walk shoulder to shoulder with...
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From the ramparts of Red Fort on 78th Independence Day, PM Narendra Modi said that the 'Viksit Bharat 2047' is not mere words and that are reflection of resolve and dreams of 140 crore people.We are capable of making India developed nation by 2047 with our resolve, Modi said in his address on...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his speech from Red Fort on the occasion of the 78th Independence Day.Today is the day to pay tributes to the uncountable 'Azaadi ke deewane' who made sacrifices for the nation. This country is indebted to them, Modi said.Natural disasters have heightened our...
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Indian Air Force's Advanced Light Helicopters shower flower petals, as PM Modi hoists the tricolour on the ramparts of Red Fort.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the national flag at ramparts of Red Fort on 78th Independence Day.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Red Fort, to address the nation.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays homage to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi ahead of the Independence Day speech.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the people of the country on the occasion of India's 78th Independence Day. Later in the day, the prime minister will attend the celebrations at the historic Red Fort where he will deliver his 11th Independence Day address.Independence Day...
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A student association has alleged that nonvegetarian food is not being allowed at one of the canteens of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in Mumbai. In a post on X, the IIT Bombay unit of the Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle, a left-leaning organisation, claimed that nonvegetarian...
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The Centre on Wednesday sought applications from eligible candidates to fill eight vacant posts of information commissioners in transparency watchdog Central Information Commission. The Central Information Commission, mandated to decide appeals and complaints under the Right to Information Act,...
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A consumer commision in Mumbai has dismissed a woman's complaint against cab aggregator Uber for its drivers refusing her rides when she was accompanied by her pet dog. There is no law or legal provision in India regarding the transportation of pets in public vehicles, said the District Consumer...
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A 16-year-old schoolboy was beaten to death allegedly by Maoists in a village in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district apparently on suspicion he was a police informer, the police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday night in Puvarti village under Jagargunda police station limits and the...
