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Angry with bikers performing stunts on the busy Tumakuru National Highway, people intercepted at least of them and threw their bikes on the ground from a flyover recently. Onlookers made a video of the incident and it has gone viral. It is not known when...
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Expressing anguish over the Kolkata rape-murder incident, over 70 Padma awardee doctors have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding quick enactment of a special law to deal with violence against healthcare personnel and implementation of improved safety protocols in medical...
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Amid the ongoing uproar over the rape-murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, family members of a patient who died at the SSKM hospital in Kolkata on Sunday vandalised the trauma care unit, the police said. The incident occurred in the evening when the patient's family...
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Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy on Sunday called rising population a major challenge for the country, saying Indians had not paid attention to population control since the Emergency period. Murthy made the remark during the convocation ceremony of Motilal Nehru National Institute of...
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In a move to break the Bharatiya Janata Party and put it on the backfoot, the Maha Vikas Aghadi government had planned to arrest Devendra Fadnavis and when he objected, they planned to arrest him as well, said Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.On the allegations of IPS officer Paramveer...
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At least six people were killed and four others injured on Sunday due to lightning strikes at various places in Odisha, the police said.Two persons died in Kendrapara district as lightning struck them when they were working in their agricultural fields, a senior officer said. ...
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Indian Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal died at a government hospital in Chennai following a cardiac arrest, defence sources in Chennai said. Pal, who was to attend an ICG event along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was admitted to the state-run Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital...
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The Aam Admi Party's Haryana unit chief Sushil Gupta Sunday said his party would soon declare its candidates for the October 1 assembly polls with screening and survey for the purpose underway. He said the AAP will put up a strong fight in all 90 Assembly segments and asserted that the...
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Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Sunday expressed concern about the safety of Mullaperiyar dam and sought to know who would take the responsibility if the 125-year-old dam collapses. He asked whether the courts that pronounce verdicts to maintain the status quo or the authorities...
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Amid speculation of quitting his party and joining another front, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Sunday said that he was insulted during his tenure, adding that till the upcoming Jharkhand assembly polls, all options are open for him. He also listed out various...
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Five cases of Zika virus were detected in Bengaluru, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Sunday. According to him, from August 4 to 15, five cases of Zika virus have been detected in Jigani in Bengaluru. After the first case was detected, tests were conducted in the...
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A 34-year-old neurosurgeon at AIIMS allegedly committed suicide in his south Delhi house on Sunday, the police said.Raj Ghoniya, a resident of Rajkot in Gujarat, died due to a suspected overdose as used vials of medicines and syringes were found in his house in the Gautam Nagar area, the police...
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The Kolkata police on Sunday summoned Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, hours after he demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation interrogate Kolkata police commissioner and former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.Roy had earlier in the day called upon the Central...
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The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. According to the cause list of August 20 uploaded on the apex court website, a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud is scheduled to...
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More than 50 members of Social Democratic Party of India were booked for taking out a motorcycle rally on Independence Day allegedly without permission in Mumbra in Thane district, a police official said on Sunday. They were charged under BNS Section 223 (disobedience to order duly...
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Health services at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital remained affected for the third consecutive day on Sunday, with resident doctors resolving against withdrawing the indefinite strike, which began Friday, till the Calcutta high court delivers verdict in the rape-murder...
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An application was filed with a court in Bangladesh on Sunday to register a case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others, accusing them of carrying out a mass murder by indiscriminately firing on a rally organised in 2013 by Hefazat-e-Islam here. Babul Sardar Chakhari,...
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A woman was allegedly sexually assaulted in the wee hours of Sunday by an unknown biker whom she had hitchhiked, a senior police officer said. According to the additional commissioner of police (East Zone) Raman Gupta, the woman, who is a final year degree student in a city college, was...
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Ten people were killed and 27 injured when a pickup van collided head-on with a bus coming from the opposite direction in the Salempur area here on Sunday, officials said.The accident occurred on the Budaun-Meerut state highway.Ten people were killed and 27 were injured in the accident. The...
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Several hospitals in Jaipur received email bomb threats on Sunday, the police said. Bomb disposal squad teams have been dispatched to the hospitals. The emails claimed that bombs had been planted under hospital beds and in bathrooms, the police said.So far, four hospitals have said that...
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Horror comedy Stree 2, starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, has earned Rs 172 crore in gross domestic box office collections, the makers said on Sunday. Directed by Amar Kaushik, the Hindi film is a sequel to the 2018 hit Stree, which marked the beginning of Maddock Films' horror...
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An over three-hour rail blockade at Subhasgram in the Sealdah south section of Eastern Railway on Sunday led to cancellation of at least 11 suburban trains and detention of several others, an official said.A section of passengers resorted to the blockade protesting alleged delayed running of...
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The Cyber crime investigation wing of Kerala police registered a case against allegedly creating a fake Instagram handle in the name of former high court Chief Justice, A J Desai, and seeking money in his name. The cyber crime police station here on August 17 registered a case under various...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived here on Sunday on a day-long visit during which he will hold talks with the Kuwaiti leadership on various aspects of India-Kuwait bilateral relations. Jaishankar was received by his Kuwaiti counterpart Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya on his arrival in...
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Nationalist Congress Party MLA Rajendra Shingne has claimed that due to troubles faced by a cooperative bank with which he was associated, he had to side with Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar after the party split last year. Ajit Pawar and several other MLAs joined the Shiv...
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Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader and former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren left for Delhi on Sunday amid speculations of him likely to join the BJP, sources said. A close associate of Soren claimed that the former chief minister left for the national capital from Kolkata on...
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday BRS leader K Kavitha's pleas seeking bail in corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.The apex court had on August 12 sought responses from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate...
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Union Minister Jual Oram's wife Jhingia Oram died of dengue during treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar, family sources said on Sunday.Jhingia Oram (58) is survived by her husband and two daughters. She died at about 10.50 pm on Saturday night, they said.The Union Tribal Affairs...
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The Kolkata police have issued summonses to former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Locket Chatterjee and two renowned doctors for allegedly spreading rumours and disclosing the identity of the woman doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, an officer said. Apart...
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One Kenyan passenger was arrested as the Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone-III seized 482.66 gms of narcotic drugs worth approximately Rs 4.83 crore, Mumbai Customs said. Mumbai Customs said, During the night of 15/16 August, Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone-III...
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The Kolkata police imposed prohibitory orders near state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital from Sunday till August 24, banning meetings and assembly of more than five persons, an order stated. The hospital had become the centre of agitation following the rape and murder of a woman...
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The Allahabad high court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against six people accused of carrying a tricolour with Quranic verses during a religious procession, saying such incidents could be exploited by those who seek to create communal discord. Dismissing the petition filed by...
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Central Bureau of Investigation officials have asked former principal of state-run RG Kar Medical and College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, to appear before them for questioning for the third consecutive day in connection with their probe into the rape and murder of a woman doctor.Ghosh, who was...
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Overwhelmed by the grand reception she received on her arrival from the Paris Olympics, wrestler Vinesh Phogat has said that her fight for the betterment of Indian wrestling would continue and that truth will prevail. Hundreds of supporters had gathered outside the IGI airport in New Delhi...
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Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia as part of his 'padyatra' campaign met people of his Patparganj constituency on Saturday, and alleged the BJP's conspiracy to keep him in jail till the Delhi assembly polls failed due to the blessings of Lord Hanuman.The former deputy CM of Delhi,...
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The Congress in Karnataka will stage state-wide protests against the permission given by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his alleged role in the MUDA alternative site 'scam'.Gehlot on Saturday granted sanction for the prosecution of Siddaramaiah in the...
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A female cabin crew member of Air India was allegedly assaulted by an intruder at a London hotel earlier this week, according to sources. The airline is pursuing the matter with the local police.In a statement, an Air India spokesperson said it was deeply anguished by an unlawful incident...
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Healthcare services remained affected across West Bengal for the tenth consecutive day on Sunday as agitating junior doctors at state-run hospitals continued their cease-work demanding justice for the woman doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in...
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The first meeting of the Parliament's joint committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill will be held next week. The committee, chaired by BJP member Jagdambika Pal, will meet representatives of the ministries of minority affairs, and law and justice on August 22, a notice from the Lok Sabha...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation will conduct a psychological assessment of Sanjay Roy, the accused in a rape-and-murder case of a doctor in Kolkata that has triggered nationwide protests, officials said on Saturday.A team of psychological and behavioural analysts from the Central Forensic...
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The Union Home Ministry has asked all state police forces to provide it situation reports every two hours in the wake of protests by doctors, nursing staff and others against the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in...
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