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In a major security breach, a man in his early 20s scaled the wall and jumped inside the Parliament Annexe building premises on Friday afternoon, official sources said. A purported video of the incident has also surfaced where the suspect, wearing a pair of shorts and a T-shirt, is seen being...
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Senior bureaucrats Punya Salila Srivastava and Rajesh Kumar Singh have been appointed as health and defence secretary respectively, as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Friday. Srivastava, who is currently special secretary in the Prime Minister's Office,...
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Tension gripped Jalgaon and Nashik cities in north Maharashtra on Friday after group clashes and stone pelting during protests organised by a Hindu outfit to condemn atrocities on members of the minority community in Bangladesh, leaving half a dozen policemen injured while controlling the...
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The Delhi Rail Division has started a special train Mosquito Terminator on Wheels here on Friday to prevent the mosquito breeding along the railway tracks, a press statement said.A truck-mounted power sprayer provided by Municipal Corporation was loaded on a special kind of wagon named DBKM',...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed the need for deescalation of the situation in West Asia during a telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and reiterated their call for immediate release of all hostages and continued humanitarian assistance.In a post...
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A mob set fire to cars and pelted stones amid communal tension in Udaipur after a class 10 student stabbed another boy at a government school on Friday. Prohibitory orders banning the assembly of people were imposed in the Rajasthan city. It was not immediately known what led to the stabbing at...
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A Kenyan woman was arrested at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Friday allegedly with cocaine worth Rs 20 crore concealed in liquid form in two shampoo and lotion bottles, which DRI officials said was a new modus operandi to smuggle the contraband. The appearance...
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Two 'IED-like devices' were found in Guwahati on Friday, taking the total number of 'bomb-like substances' seized across Assam in the last 24 hours to 10 after the banned United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent claimed to have planted 24 explosives to trigger serial blasts in the state, a top...
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A case of desecration of the national flag here has come to light, prompting the police to file charges against four people and initiate a search to apprehend them, officials said on Friday.Superintendent of police (city) Arvind Kumar said the incident occurred in the Jamna Paar area, where the...
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The risk for an upsurge of monkeypox, once known as monkeypox, infection is very low in India at the moment and there is no need to panic, sources in the health ministry said in the wake of World Health Organisation declaring the disease a public health emergency of international concern....
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Stree 2, starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, has registered a blockbuster opening by earning Rs 76.5 crore on day one at the box office, the makers said on Friday. The Amar Kaushik-directorial, a sequel to the 2018 hit Stree, was released in theatres across the country on August 15 on...
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Benchmark Sensex spurted by 1,330 points to close at a two-week high while Nifty jumped 397 points to settle above the 24,500 level on Friday as easing fears of a recession in the US triggered buying in IT shares amid a sharp global stocks rally. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 1,330.96 points or...
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The National Investigation Agency on Friday attached the property of an overground worker of terror group Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir.The seizure came as part of the agency's probe in a case related to the targeted killing of the sarpanch of Adoora village in Kulgam, a statement issued by NIA...
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A first information report has been registered against a teacher of a government school who allegedly strip-searched girl students to look for a mobile phone that rang during class in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, the police said on Friday. As per a complaint lodged by parents, the teacher allegedly...
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India's forex reserves dropped by $4.8 billion to $670.119 billion for the week ended August 9, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the kitty jumped by $7.533 billion to an all-time high of $674.919 billion.For the week ended August 9,...
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Junior doctors at five medical colleges in Jharkhand went on an indefinite strike on Friday to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a woman medico and vandalism at a health facility in Kolkata, officials said.The doctors boycotted the outpatient department and elective operation theatre...
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Tension prevailed in part of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city in Maharashtra on Friday after a group of Muslims gathered in front of a police station and demanded action against a Hindu religious leader for his alleged objectionable remark against Prophet Mohammad, officials said. A large group of...
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Kempegowda International Airport operated by Bangalore International Airport Limited has marked a significant milestone by becoming the first airport in Asia to receive Airports Council International's the highest level five accreditation, officials said on Friday. Bangalore Airport has made a...
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Benchmark Sensex spurted by 1,330 points to close at a two-week high while Nifty jumped 397 points to settle above the 24,500 level on Friday as easing fears of a recession in the US triggered buying in IT shares amid a sharp global stocks rally. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 1,330.96 points or...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with Mohammad Yunus, the Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh on Friday and emphasised the need to ensure the safety and protection of minorities in the country.Prime Minister Modi reaffirmed India's support for a...
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Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal on Friday asserted that the force was not trying to shield anyone and it tried to be as transparent as possible in the probe into the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata. Addressing a press conference, Goyal also...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday insisted that MVA decide its chief ministerial face first rather than going by the logic of which party wins most seats, asserting that he would back any candidate announced by the Congress and NCP (SP). His Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies Sharad...
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Benchmark Sensex spurted by 1,330 points to close at a more than two-week high while Nifty rallied 397 points to settle above the 24,500 level following buying in IT shares and Reliance Industries and a sharp global stocks rally. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 1,330.96 points or 1.68 per cent to...
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the schedule for the assembly elections to J-K. The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will have a three-phase election from September: 18, 25, October 1.Results: October 4 Haryana goes to polls on October 1. Results October 4
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Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar says, We recently visited Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana to take stock of the election preparation in these places. A great enthusiasm was seen among the people. They wanted to participate in the election process. People want elections to be conducted there as...
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The Delhi High Court on Friday restored the mandate of IOA's ad hoc committee for Wrestling Federation of India on a plea seeking a stay on the functioning of the WFI in its present form and prevent it from undertaking any activity as a national federation for the sport. While passing the...
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| Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar begins presser to announce the schedule for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies.Lok Sabha polls were the biggest election process at the world level. It was completed successfully and peacefully. It created a very strongly democratic surface...
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Sanjoy Roy, the accused in the murder and rape of the RG Kar doctor
Former Principal of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, Dr Sandip Ghosh has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking protection, claiming that he has a threat to his life. The court has asked the state to provide police protection. The court has also asked his counsel to file a separate...
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Indian stock markets surged firmly on Friday from the opening session, with both indices gaining more than 1 per cent following the rally in the Nifty IT and Nifty Realty.The Nifty 50 index gained 295 points, or 1.22 per cent, to 24,445 points, while the Sensex surged 953 points, or 1.24 per...
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An Egyptian ship, currently anchored at Paradip Port in Odisha, has been 'arrested' following an Orissa high court order, an official said on Friday.The vessel arrived at Paradip Port on August 6 and was facing legal action due to an outstanding debt of Rs 3.96 crore to a German company related...
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A ransacked room at RG Kar hospital
The Calcutta High Court on Friday observed that mob violence at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital was an absolute failure of state machinery in West Bengal. The court directed the police and the hospital authority to file affidavits on the incident. A division bench presided by Chief...
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A day after Sweden confirmed the first case of a more contagious monkeypox variant outside Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged affected countries to work together to tackle the monkeypox outbreak and called on all nations to address the...
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A doctor on protest says they are scared after the incident
Doctors and medical students across India continued to protest on Friday to demand justice for a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.Junior doctors at Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital and RML Hospital in the national...
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Maharashtra assembly elections will be a fight to protect self-respect of the state, says Uddhav Thackeray at MVA meeting. We will back any candidate announced by Congress and NCP(SP) as MVA's CM face, Uddhav announces.Thackeray asks Maha Vikas Aghadi cadres to rise above self-interest for sake...
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RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape case: Four doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have been summoned by CBI Special Crime Branch. The CBI will interrogate these PGT (PG trainees) regarding what happened the night of the incident.Accused Sanjoy Roy was brought out of the CBI...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged in early trade on Friday following a sharp rally in global markets along with buying in IT stocks and Reliance Industries. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 805.96 points to 79,911.84 in early trade. The NSE Nifty surged 252.05 points to 24,395.80....
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RTI findings reveal probe into allegations of sexual misconduct against Brij Bhushan remain shrouded in secrecy. Read the report here.
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People who have fled Afghanistan encourage the international community to sever ties with our government. That only harms those of us still here, says a female Afghan aid worker who chooses to remain anonymous. Read her story here.
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The average daily on-time performance (OTP) of all major carriers in July was the lowest in the last six months, according to data from the Ministry of Civil Aviation reviewed by Business Standard.Flight disruptions in July were caused by a faulty update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike...
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ISRO on Friday launched its third and final developmental flight, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-D3, carrying Earth Observation Satellite EOS-08. The rocket lifted off majestically from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here, situated about 135 km east of Chennai at a...
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Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump said he is 'very angry' at Vice President Kamala Harris and is entitled to personal attack on his Democratic opponent.I don't have a lot of respect for her. I don't have a lot of respect for her intelligence. I think she'll be a...
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The Election Commission will announce the schedule for assembly elections on Friday afternoon.An EC invite to the media for a press conference around 3 pm did not mention the states for which the election schedule would be announced.The terms of the legislative assemblies of Haryana and...
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The Indian Medical Association has announced a 24-hour nationwide withdrawal of non-emergency services from 6 am on August 17 to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and the subsequent vandalism at...
