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Police have registered a case after a woman from Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district went missing and then allegedly converted to Hinduism to marry a non-local man, an official said on Saturday. A police official said the Kreeri police station in the north Kashmir district lodged a report...
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In a significant decision impacting lakhs of employees, the NDA-led central government on Saturday approved the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) which provides for Assured Pension and Assured Family Pension. Briefing the media after a meeting of the Union cabinet, Information and Broadcasting...
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India will be free from Left Wing Extremism (LWE) by March 2026 and a strong and ruthless strategy is required for the final assault against the menace, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Saturday. The minister stated this during a press conference in Raipur after he along with...
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The Delhi Police has registered an FIR after a porn video was displayed on a digital advertisement board in the Connaught Place area, officials said on Saturday. The matter came to fore when passersby spotted the video being run on one of the LED screens put up for advertisements in Connaught...
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Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has rolled out a scheme under which around 200 city women will be trained to operate a drone and be given a drone pilot licence certificate, Raj Niwas said on Saturday. Under the 'Namo Drone Didi' scheme, a total of Rs 25,000 will be spent on each trainee and...
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Kalki 2898 AD director Nag Ashwin on Saturday opened up about the controversy surrounding actor Arshad Warsi's comments about Prabhas looking like a jokar in the sci-fi movie, saying the Munnabhai star should have chosen his words better but it's ok. Arshad had stirred up a storm with his...
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Here is a look at veteran India opener Shikhar Dhawan's career in numbers.Dhawan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket today, two years after he last donned the national jersey.
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Pressing the demand for a nationwide caste census, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said 90 per cent people of the country are sitting out of the system and the step would be is necessary for them.Addressing the Samvidhan Samman Sammelan in Prayagraj, Gandhi said, 90 per cent people are...
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The market capitalisation of the top 10 BSE-listed firms as on August 23, 2024.
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The People's Democratic Party will extend complete support to the Congress-NC alliance and leave all seats in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections to the coalition if it is ready to accept the party's agenda, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday.Mehbooba also ruled out an alliance with...
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A helicopter flying from Mumbai to Hyderabad crashed in Pune's Mulshi tehsil on Saturday afternoon, police said.All four occupants survived the crash that took place near Paud, though they may have suffered injuries, an official said.The captain of the helicopter is being taken to hospital, while...
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An exchange of fire broke out between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Saturday, police said. The area was cordoned off and searches were underway, they said.Exchange of fire at Watergam area of Sopore. Alert security forces retaliated, the police's...
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An interstate coordination meeting on Naxalism chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah began in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on Saturday.The meeting, which is being attended by senior officials of seven states, will review the inter-state coordination and Left Wing Extremism situation, an...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday took over the case of alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata during the tenure of former principal Sandip Ghosh, officials said. The action came on the directions of the Calcutta high court which...
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As many as 22 workers were injured in a boiler explosion at a steel factory in MIDC area in Jalna city of Maharashtra on Saturday, police said. The condition of three workers is critical, said Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Bansal.The explosion at Gaj Kesari Steel Mill, which occurred around...
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The Religious Affairs Adviser of the interim government in Bangladesh has asserted that there is no problem in observing fasting and puja at the same time in the country as he called for building a harmonious state where all faiths coexist peacefully. Bangladesh saw several incidents of...
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The Haryana unit of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has written to the Election Commission requesting a brief postponement of the assembly polls slated for October 1, citing holidays before and after the election date that could lead to lower voter turnout. A state BJP leader on Saturday said...
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The opposition Shiv Sena-UBT, NCP -SP and Congress got anti-Modi and anti-Shah votes in the recent Lok Sabha polls, leading to these parties doing well, and not because of an increase in mass support for the Maha Vikas Aghadi, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray said on...
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The government authorities on Saturday demolished the N-Convention centre in Madhapur in Hyderabad, which is jointly owned by Telugu superstar Nagarjuna, for allegedly being constructed on encroached land on the Full Tank Level of the Tummidikunta lake.Actor Nagarjuna said they had not done any...
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Ruling out the possibility of an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party for the Haryana assembly polls, senior Congress leader Kumari Selja has said her party is strong in the state and will fight the elections on its own.In an interaction with PTI editors, the Lok Sabha MP and the party's prominent...
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The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 11 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu for alleged maritime violation, and Chief Minister M K Stalin flagged the matter with the Centre on Saturday, seeking immediate steps for their release.One boat was also taken into custody.In a letter to External Affairs...
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A 24-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped, drugged and raped after being taken to a secluded place in Karkala in Karnataka's Udupi district, police said on Saturday.The incident was reported from Karkala town police station limit on the night of August 23, they said.The victim, hailing from...
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Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said it is a pity that instead of taking action against culprits involved in crimes against women, the Maharashtra government was standing with them. Addressing party workers during a demonstration over crimes against women, and the alleged sexual...
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The lie detection tests on the main accused and six others in the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital started on Saturday, officials said. The polygraph test on the main accused, Sanjay Roy, will be conducted in the prison, where he...
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Nationalist Congress Party-SP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said the Badlapur incident involving the alleged sexual abuse of two kindergarten girls at a school has hit the image of Maharashtra in the country.He accused the state government of forgetting that the responsibility for the safety of...
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The Election Commission (EC) has set up 24 special polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi to facilitate voting by Kashmiri migrants in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, a senior official said. People who were displaced from the Kashmir Valley and are residing in Jammu...
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IT major Cognizant's subsidiary TriZetto has slapped a lawsuit on Infosys in a US federal court, accusing the Bengaluru-headquartered company of stealing trade secrets and information related to healthcare insurance software. Infosys, in a statement, denied all allegations. The company asserted...
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African cheetahs brought to India as part of the world's first intercontinental translocation of big cats will soon be released into the wild, nearly a year after they were returned to enclosures in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park for health check-ups and monitoring, according to...
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A five-year-old boy studying at a madrassa in northeast Delhi's Dayalpur has died under mysterious circumstances, police said on Saturday.There were blisters on the boy's neck, abdomen and groin area, the police said.According to the police, a call was received regarding the death of the boy in...
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Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi reviewed the security situation along the international border in Manipur, an army statement said.General Dwivedi is on a two-day visit to Manipur.'The Army chief along with the Eastern Army Commander reviewed the security situation along the border and the...
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Raghu Mohan/Business StandardThe Fintech Association of India (FACE) has asked its members to explore joining the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS) -- part of the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal.Besides, FACE members are also to appoint a nodal officer...
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Shiva Rajora/Business StandardThe jobless rate for women in urban areas worsened during the first quarter (April-June) this financial year, showing the increased barriers for women looking for work, an analysis of the latest quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) showed.The data shows the...
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Deepak Patel/Business StandardMaruti Suzuki India Limited is planning to launch a new showroom line called Nexa Studio that will cater for Tier-II and Tier-III cities of the country, Maruti's senior executive officer for marketing and sales Partho Banerjee told Business Standard on Friday.Nexa...
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Deepak Patel/Business StandardThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 99 lakh on Air India and its two senior executives for operating a flight last month with unqualified pilots. The regulator said the incident had 'significant safety ramifications'.The...
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Veteran India opener Shikhar Dhawan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket two years after he last donned the national jersey, saying that he leaves the scene a content man after representing the country in all three formats.The 38-year-old made his international debut in 2010 in an...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit India during their talks.Modi paid a nearly nine-hour visit to Kyiv in the first-ever visit to Ukraine by an Indian prime minister since it became independent over three decades back.At a media...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday met United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin to review and further deepen the existing defence cooperation activities between the two countries.'Excellent meeting with my dear friend @SecDef Lloyd Austin. We reviewed the existing defence cooperation...
