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Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader and former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren on Saturday said he had no idea over speculations about him joining the Bharatiya Janata Party.Some media reports had on Friday claimed that Soren could join the saffron party ahead of the Jharkhand assembly...
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The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'benign intervention' to bring a central law to check violence against healthcare personnel and declare hospitals as safe zones with mandatory security entitlements.These are among the demands made by the apex...
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Activist T J Abraham, who is one of the complainants on the Mysuru Urban Development Authority site allotment 'scam' against the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, said on Saturday he would approach the special court for public representatives and plead before it to take cognisance of the sanction...
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The Mahayuti government in Maharashtra on Saturday formally launched the ambitious 'Majhi Ladki Bahin' scheme for eligible women, with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde hinting at doubling the monthly stipend from Rs 1,500 to Rs 3,000 if the alliance is voted to power in elections.More than 1 crore...
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A case has been registered against a doctor in Gujarat's Amreli city for allegedly waving his licensed pistol while addressing doctors and medical students assembled to protest the Kolkata rape-murder, police said on Saturday.The incident took place around 9.30 pm Friday when a large number of...
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One of the complainants in the MUDA 'scam' case on Saturday filed a caveat in the Karnataka High Court after Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot granted permission to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.It is alleged that the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) 'scam' pertains to the...
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The market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms surged Rs 7,30,389.86 crore to Rs 4,51,59,833.55 crore on Friday.
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Lucknow Airport became a scene of frenetic activity on Saturday after a shipment containing medicines for cancer patients activated an alarm of radioactive material, according to an official statement.The airport officials swiftly responded to the alarm and alerted authorities. The incident did...
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A man allegedly kidnapped a two-year-old girl, attempted to 'rape' her and threw her into a drain after the girl's family started chasing him, police in Meerut said on Saturday.The girl's body was found in the drain this morning, they said.The incident happened on late Friday, when Moish (20)...
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Ambience Mall in Gurugram was evacuated on Saturday after it received an email claiming that a bomb had been planted on the premises, police said. Bomb and dog squad teams are at the spot and a search operation is underway, they said. Ambience Mall management received a bomb threat email at 9.27...
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Police in Maharashtra's Thane district have registered a case against Hindu religious leader Ramgiri Maharaj over his alleged objectionable remarks against Prophet Mohammad and Islam, an official said on Saturday.The remarks were allegedly made recently by Ramgiri Maharaj at Shah Panchale village...
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Senior Congress leader K C Venugopal will head the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which keeps a close eye on government expenditure, according to the Lok Sabha Secretariat.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also constituted four other parliamentary panels, including Estimates and Public...
12:42
The trek route to Kedarnath which was heavily damaged by landslides triggered by heavy rain on the night of July 31 has been repaired and reopened for pilgrims after a 15-day closure.The 19-km long route which was blocked at 29 places by landslide debris was restored on Friday, officials in...
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The opposition Congress in Meghalaya suspended its MLAs Gabriel Wahlang and Charles Marngar following allegations that they were 'hobnobbing' with the ruling National People's Party.The Congress had four MLAs in the 60-member House. In a communique, state Congress general secretary Wansuk Syiem...
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The former principal of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital Dr Sandip Ghosh on Saturday appeared before the CBI for questioning for the second consecutive day in connection with the rape and murder of a doctor.On Friday, the agency escorted the former hospital principal for questioning which...
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Champion wrestler Vinesh Phogat arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Saturday following the heartbreak in Paris Olympics where she was disqualified for being overweight after reaching the 50kg final. There was a thick security cover as Phogat, who was found 100...
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BREAKING: Karnataka governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has granted permission to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the alleged MUDA land scam case.
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A section of an under-construction bridge over the Ganga collapsed in Bihar on Saturday, officials said.Khagaria's District Magistrate Amit Kumar Pandey told PTI that a slab of the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge collapsed around 8 am.I must tell one thing the entire structure of the under-construction...
09:51
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has declared a 24-hour withdrawal of services by all the modern medicine doctors of the country irrespective of the sector and place of work in amid the nationwaide outrage over the rape and murder of a second-year trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical...
08:50
India is a global leader with breakthrough innovations, American businessman and Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said as he joined Indian Americans to celebrate the first ever India Independence Day celebrations of the newly-opened Indian Consulate in Seattle. Bill Gates, chairman of the Gates...
08:31
As many as 20 coaches of the 19168 Sabarmati Express passenger train derailed near Govindpuri station in Kanpur during the wee hours of Saturday, rail officials said. There is no report of any loss of life or injury in the accident. North Central Railway (NCR) senior public relations officer...
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Following a court order, the Kannuj police on Friday collected the DNA sample from Nawab Singh Yadav, a former SP block head accused of raping a 15-year-old girl, officials said. The sample was taken by a team of doctors at the district jail, according to a police official. Kamlesh Kumar, the...
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A group of around two dozen unidentified people attacked a priest here after he objected to some people allegedly washing utensils meant for non-vegetarian food outside a temple, police said on Friday.The incident happened Thursday when Sohan Lal, the priest of Srinath Charan Chowki temple in...
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A man was arrested on Friday for allegedly waving a Palestinian flag during a Tiranga Rally on Independence Day in Meerut's Kotwali area, the police said.The incident occurred on August 15, the 78th Independence Day.A video of the incident, which turned up online, showed the youth waving the...
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Women protest against the murder of a female doctor in Kolkata/ANI Photo
The Madhya Pradesh high court on Friday issued notices to the state government and others seeking their reply in 24 hours on the strike called by doctors on August 17 to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a woman medic at a Kolkata hospital and vandalisation of the health facility. A...
