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The Patna district administration on Tuesday ordered the closure of 76 government schools in rural areas till August 31, as the water level of the Ganga crossed the danger mark in the state capital. The decision has been taken for the safety of students and teachers, it said. According...
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Senior IPS officer B Srinivasan was on Tuesday appointed as the director general of the National Security Guard, the country's counter-terrorism force, according to a personnel ministry order. Srinivasan is a 1992 batch Indian Police Service officer of the Bihar cadre. The Appointments...
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The Bangladesh police on Tuesday arrested former junior minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat, an accused in several cases, including one filed over the killing of a student during the anti-government protests. The police said they arrested Arafat from the upmarket...
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to give scholarships to all students studying in over 500 Sanskrit schools in the state, doing away with the condition that their family income should be less than Rs 50,000 annually. In a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi...
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Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud
A day after a post on X went viral, a complaint has been filed with the cyber unit of the Delhi police against a social media handle for impersonating Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and seeking money. According to a screenshot of the post on the microblogging platform that has gone viral, the...
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A 20-year-old Pakistani national who crossed the border and was caught by the BSF in Rajasthan's Barmer has told the police that he had crossed the border to evade the family members of his girlfriend. The man, who identified himself as Jagsi Koli, was caught by the BSF on August 25 in...
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Suburban commuters in Mumbai are likely to face inconvenience as Western Railway will operate some mega blocks on weekends between Goregaon and Kandivali stations in a 35-day period starting from August 27 to complete the 4.5 kilometre 6th line. In a release issued on Monday, Western...
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BRS leader K Kavitha speaking to media after coming out of jail in New Delhi/ANI on X
Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha, who was arrested in March this year, walked out of Tihar Jail in New Delhi on Tuesday evening, hours after the Supreme Court granted her bail in corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. BRS workers and...
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Jharkhand DGP Anurag Gupta/ANI on X
Peeved at poor traffic management in Ranchi, Jharkhand high court Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi on Tuesday summoned the director general of police Anurag Gupta and other senior officers to appear in person in the court on Tuesday. Justice Dwivedi slammed the administration for failing to...
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An FIR has been registered against former Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey and 6 others in Thane city on charges of extortion, criminal intimidation and preparation of fabricated documents, among others, the police said on Tuesday. The first information report (FIR)...
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The rupee depreciated by 5 paise to close at 83.92 (provisional) against the American currency on Tuesday, on overnight jump in crude oil prices and a surge in commodity prices. However, positive domestic markets and a soft US dollar cushioned the downside, forex traders said. At the...
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Ahead of the festive season, several passenger and commercial vehicle manufacturers have agreed to offer discounts of 1.5-3 percent on new vehicle purchase against scrapped old vehicles after a meeting with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, an official statement said on Tuesday. The statement...
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BCCI secretary Jay Shah will take over as the next chairman of the ICC in December after he emerged as the sole nominee for the high-profile job, the global governing body for cricket announced on Tuesday . The 35-year-old will succeed incumbent chairman Greg Barclay, who decided against...
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Asaram Bapu, who is serving a life sentence in Jodhpur Central Jail for raping a minor, was on Tuesday sent to Pune for treatment, two weeks after the Rajasthan high court allowed the self-styled godman to undergo treatment at an Ayurvedic hospital in Maharashtra. Asaram, 83, who was...
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A goods train belonging to the National Thermal Power Corporation hit a stationary locomotive on the NTPC premises at Unchahar in Rae Bareli, officials said on Tuesday. Nobody was hurt in the collision on Monday night, an NTPC spokesperson said. She also said the train and the the...
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Namibian cheetah Pavan/File image/ANI Photo
Namibian cheetah, Pawan, died in the wild at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, an official said. The latest cheetah fatality at KNP was reported weeks after a five-month-old cub of African cheetah, Gamini, died on August 5. The male cheetah, Pawan, was found lying near...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will address an investors' meet in San Francisco on August 29 and also meet the Tamil diaspora on August 31, during his over two-week long trip to the US to attract investments to the state. The official visit from August 27 to September 14 is aimed at...
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A Texas court has put a temporary pause on President Biden's ambitious plan to fast-track permanent residency for illegal migrants married to American citizens, a move that could hamper the hopes of approximately half a million such spouses, including several thousands Indian-Americans. In...
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Bharti Airtel will exit from music vertical and shut down its Wynk Music app, according to sources. The company will absorb all Wynk Music employees. Airtel is planning to close Wynk Music in the next couple of months. It will absorb all the employees into the company, a source...
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A Delhi court on Tuesday issued release warrants for BRS leader K Kavitha in corruption and money laundering cases related to alleged Delhi excise policy scam. Special judge Kaveri Baweja issued the order after being informed that the politician was granted bail earlier in the day by the...
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Protesters try to climb over barricades as they carry out 'Nabanna Abhiyan' march in Kolkata/ANI Photo
The Bharatiya Janata Party called for a 12-hour general strike in West Bengal on Wednesday to protest against the police action on those who took part in the march to state secretariat Nabbana on Tuesday. The ruling Trinamool Congress claimed that the strike call exposed the BJP's game plan...
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More than 120 people, including women and children, were hospitalised due to food poisoning after consuming items made from buckwheat flour, officials said on Tuesday. A team from the district food and drug administration raided and sealed the shops of two vendors supplying the contaminated...
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Indian Immunologicals Ltd on Tuesday said it has jointly developed an intranasal vaccine for COVID-19. The company said it has come up with a live-attenuated needle-free intra-nasal booster vaccine developed against SARS-CoV-2 using codon deoptimisation technology in collaboration with...
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Hitting out at the Nabanna Abhijan protest march, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra described the protestors as goons who had forced the police to react. In a post on X, Moitra said, Police get bricks thrown at them by #WeDontNeedNoEducation Chhatras, SHO's head split. Many...
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Over 30 gates of Morbi located Machhu-II dam have been opened to release water as the region continues to receive heavy rainfall.
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Police used water cannons against protestors in Kolkata today
BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday slammed the police's alleged highhandedness in Kolkata in handling protestors who were agitating against the rape-murder of a trainee doctor, saying in Didi's West Bengal, to help rapists and criminals is valued. Nadda's swipe at Chief Minister Mamata...
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Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, the first home to translocated cheetahs in India, continues to struggle with a high leopard population and a low prey base, while the twin challenges have delayed preparations at the Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, selected as the second site for cheetah...
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The BJP on Tuesday named 29 more candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, taking to 45 the number of seats for which it has announced its nominees. The party has fielded Devender Singh Rana from Nagrota and named Satish Sharma as its candidate from Billawar, which was represented...
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In the wake of various sexual allegations cropping up against many of its members, all office-bearers of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) including its president and top actor Mohanlal, resigned from their positions on Tuesday. In a statement, the Association said the...
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Waterlogging in Nadiad
At least seven persons have died in rain-related incidents in different parts of Gujarat, and heavy showers continued to pound the state for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, throwing normal life out of gear and flooding low-lying areas, officials said. More than 6,000 persons have...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he shared his insights from his recent visit to Ukraine and reiterated India's firm commitment to supporting an early, abiding and peaceful resolution of the conflict with Ukraine. Modi in a post on X said the...
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A Delhi court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case related to the alleged excise scam till September 3. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja extended Kejriwal's custody after he was produced before the court through video conference on expiry of...
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Fresh clashes broke out between police and protestors on GT Road in Howrah Maidan area when they tried to march towards the state secretariat as a part of their 'Nabanna Abhijaan' on Tuesday afternoon. Police lathi-charged and used water cannons and tear gas to disperse protestors who...
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Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday alleged that police resorted to brutal repression on peaceful participants of 'Nabanna Abhijan' rally and threatened to stall West Bengal if the brutalities by state administration was not stopped. Police are...
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Delhi's Rohini Court on Tuesday adjourned the matter related to the BBC documentary 'India: The Modi Question' matter till December 18, 2024. Additional District Judge (ADJ) Ruchika Singla granted one week to file the process with the petitioner and listed the matter on December 18,...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Gujarat government's response on former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt's plea against his conviction in a 1990 custodial death case in which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Issue notice returnable in four weeks, a bench...
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BJP leader Kirit Somiaya breaks a dahi handi on the occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami celebrations at Bhandup.
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Water cannons were used against protestors today
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a money laundering case to probe alleged financial irregularities at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during the tenure of its former principal Sandip Ghosh and some others, official sources said Tuesday. The federal agency has taken...
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The Supreme Court grants bail to BRS leader K Kavitha in the excise policy irregularities case. The court sets aside Delhi High Court order which rejected her bail plea. The SC directs her to furnish a bail bond of Rs 10 lakh each and not to tamper witnesses and influence witnesses.The Supreme...
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West Bengal: Protestors climb atop police barricades, clash with police personnel and break the barricades at Santragachi in Howrah, as they carry out 'Nabanna Abhiyan' march over RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case.Protestors also dragged the barricades as police resort to...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the ED and the CBI to show what material they had to prove that BRS leader K Kavitha was involved in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan was hearing Kavitha's pleas seeking bail in the corruption and...
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Devastation after a cloudburst in Tehri Garhwal
Two bodies, including that of a 12-year-old boy, were recovered on Tuesday as rescue operation continued in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district to trace five other missing people following a cloudburst, officials said. The cloudburst occurred in Panchayats Kumate, Dhraman and Halla in...
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Indian students in B'desh returned home during the riots
A Bangladeshi student studying at the National Institute of Technology, Silchar in Assam was sent back to her country after she reacted with a 'love' emoji to an anti-India post on social media, police said on Tuesday. Cachar Superintendent of Police Numal Mahatta claimed that it was...
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A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped and beaten up by her father on multiple occasions in Badlapur town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Tuesday. The 54-year-old accused is on the run and the police have launched an operation to trace and nab him, they said. The...
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The Kashi Vishwanath Mahadev Temple at Vadodara
A flood-like situation existed in Vadodara with several parts of the city witnessing severe waterlogging on Tuesday due to incessant rainfall on Monday. According to the India Meteorological Department Vadodara received 26 cm of rainfall on Monday. Residential areas in Vadodara...
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In the wake of the Nabanna Abhijan Rally called for Tuesday to protest the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case, the West Bengal police have tightened security around the West Bengal state secretariat Nabanna.Ahead of the demonstration, the police deployed vajra vehicles, water...
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced its second public health emergency of International concern due to Monkey Pox. The new strain of this virus (Clad-1) is considered to be more transmissible and has higher mortality rates.Now, India has developed its own home-grown indigenous...
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The Centre's unified pension scheme (UPS) has evoked a mixed response from unions across the country. The Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), which is affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has welcomed it, while other central trade unions have rejected the new scheme demanding the...
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The Rajasthan government is planning to bring a policy to promote medical tourism, an official of the medical and health department of the state said.We have started to seek views on the policy. We have organised a session with doctors and medical colleges, both private and government, the...
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@peelraja says: This is what i look like after 24h of staying awake and sitting outside a train loo for 2h
The nightmare of travelling in Indian railways when rail tracks are flooded. A passenger @peelraja posted this litany on X of his horrific experience on the Tejas Express amid flooding in Gujarat.This is what he says: Dear all. I am on the Tejas Express 82901. Got on at Mumbai Central at...
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The bank staff unions will raise the issue of restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) with the Indian Banks' Association. What the Centre implements influences the decision making of bank managements. Our principle demand is for OPS where the employee does not contribute. It is a...
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More than 50 lakh vehicles have used the Atal Setu, the country's longest sea bridge connecting Mumbai with its satellite city Navi Mumbai, since it was opened for traffic over seven months ago, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has said. In a release issued...
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Janmashtami festivities across the country led to a business surge, with transactions exceeding Rs 25,000 crore, according to the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT).These figure highlight the robust consumer spending during the festival driven by the vibrant celebrations of Janmashtami,...
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United States President Joe Biden spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the phone and commended him for his message of peace and ongoing humanitarian support for Ukraine. The prime minister's visit to Kyiv on August 23 was seen in many quarters as a diplomatic balancing act as his trip...
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Devotees throng ISKCON Temple in East of Kailash, New Delhi on the occasion of Janmashtami/ANI on X
Devotees thronged temples across north and east India on Janmashtami on Monday to celebrate the birth of their beloved Lord Krishna, rending the air with chants of 'Hare Krishna' and lining up in long queues for the morning aarti before temples could open in several places. A huge rush at...
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The Congress on Monday issued its first list of nine candidates for the three-phase assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, fielding party general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir from Dooru and former state unit chief Vikar Rasool Wani from Banihal. The announcement came after the Congress...
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Heavy rush of devotees at the ISKCON temple in Patna on the occasion of the Janmashtami festival created a stampede-like situation on Monday evening, a police officer said. A few devotees might have suffered minor injuries, while the police brought the situation under control quickly, Patna...
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More than 11,000 police personnel have been deployed in Mumbai for Dahi Handi festivities on Tuesday, an official said. One of the city's most patronised festivals, thousands of people are expected to throng the sites of more than 1,900 Dahi Handi events, including 500 major ones, he...
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Protest against schoolgirls' abuse at Badlapur railway station/ANI Photo
No Dahi Handi event is being held in Badlapur in Thane district this year due to the horrific incident of two school girls being sexually assaulted, several organisers said on Monday. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MLA Raju Patil said his party has also cancelled its event in nearby Ulhasnagar,...
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