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Some 1,500 iPhones worth Rs 11 crore were looted from a container truck in Sagar in Madhya Pradesh, following which one policeman was suspended and two were 'line attached' (taken off field duty) for alleged dereliction of duty, an official said on Saturday.Those transporting the phones have...
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Four police personnel were suspended in Mumbai on Saturday after CCTV footage purportedly showing them planting drugs on a man during a raid went viral, a senior official said.Those suspended included a police sub-inspector and three constables, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone XI)...
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The Faridabad Police booked Youtuber Rajat Dalal for allegedly rashly driving a car on the Mathura road in Faridabad, a purported video of which had gone viral on social media, police said on Saturday.According to the complaint filed by Sarai Khawaja police station Head Constable Mahesh Kumar,...
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Tech giant IBM is making preparations for minimising business operations in China.The current shift in IBM's business structure is reportedly due to the rising tensions between China and the US along with an ongoing decline in the Chinese economy, CNN reported quoting several local news...
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The Election Commission on Saturday deferred the Haryana assembly poll date to October 5 from October 1, keeping in mind a centuries-old festival of the Bishnoi community.The counting of votes for Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana assembly polls will now be held on October 8 instead of October 4, the...
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A mortar smoke bomb, believed to be of the 1962 Indo-China war era, was recovered from a river bed in Assam's Sonitpur district, a top police official said on Saturday.The bomb, which was found in Dhekiajuli area, has been safely blasted with the help of Army personnel, he added.Sonitpur...
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A Delhi court on Saturday sent six people arrested in a case related to the drowning of three civil services aspirants in a coaching centre's basement in Old Rajinder Nagar to four days' Central Bureau of Investigation custody. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Nishant Garg sent Abhishek...
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India recorded around 16 per cent more rainfall than normal in August, with rainfall over Northwest India recorded at 253.9 mm, the second highest in August since 2001, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.Addressing a virtual press conference, IMD Director General...
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At least 47 Indians trapped in cyber scam centres in Laos have been rescued from the Bokeo province of the country, the Indian embassy in the Southeast Asian country said on Saturday.Indian authorities have been cautioning its nationals against fake job offers in Laos and urged them to conduct...
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The slowing of India's economic growth to a 15-month low of 6.7 per cent in the April-June quarter was due to 'lower' government spending in the wake of the enforcement of the model code of conduct for the recent Lok Sabha polls, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said in Bhubaneswar...
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Susmit Sen, co-founder of Indian Ocean, has filed a police complaint against former bandmates Rahul Ram and Amit Kilam over unpaid royalties, which the duo has dismissed as an arm-twisting tactic for 'illegal and unwarranted demands'.Sen has filed the complaint along with Sunita Chakravarty, wife...
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After the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) sent a legal notice to Kangana Ranaut and the producers of the film Emergency, the general secretary of the committee said on Saturday that the matter pertains to not just Sikhs but also to the concerns of harmony in the country.Gurcharan...
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A day after former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, ex-Jharkhand Mukti Morcha legislator Lobin Hembrom on Saturday crossed over to the saffron camp.Hembrom was given membership of the BJP by the party's state chief Babulal Marandi in the presence of Assam...
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Five people, who are part of a cow vigilante group, have been arrested for allegedly beating a migrant worker from West Bengal to death in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri district over suspicion that he had eaten beef, police said on Saturday.According to a senior police officer, Sabir Malik was killed...
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An arterial road in the northern part of Kolkata was blocked for nearly five fours on Saturday after a motorcycle-borne man allegedly rode into a barricaded area where a night vigil seeking justice in the rape-murder of a doctor was going on, police said.The two-wheeler had a police sticker on...
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The new excise policy in Odisha allows musical performance and orchestra in licensed liquor shops in Odisha, an official release said. But no dance performance will be allowed in licensed liquor shops, it said. The new excise policy will be implemented from September 1 No dance performance will...
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A helicopter, which was being airlifted by MI-17 aircraft to Gauchar airstrip for repair work, crashed in Kedarnath on Saturday, officials said. While lifting the helicopter in need of repair work, the MI-17 plane started losing its balance and sensing danger its pilot dropped the helicopter into...
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Swapna Patkar, a witness in the money-laundering case related to Goregaon's Patra Chawl, has written a letter to additional director (Western Region), Enforcement Directorate alleging rape and life threats to her for changing the statements given during the investigation of the case. In the...
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The Federation of All India Medical Association will hold a peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar here on Saturday against the rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata. According to the statement issued by FAIMA, the protest aims to demand justice for the victim and press...
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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband Robert Vadra has slammed BJP MP Kangana Ranaut for her comments on farmers' protests and said she does not deserve to be in Parliament. Addressing reporters in New Delhi on Friday, he said, She (Ranaut) is a woman. I...
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that it's crucial to start a new chapter in the Indo-Bangla ties, which should begin with the extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as her continued presence in India could further damage bilateral...
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Train services Mankhurd and Vashi railway station at the Harbour line of Mumbai were disrupted on Saturday morning due to a broken overhead electric line, the railways said in a statement. The fault occured at Mankhurd station. Railways said that passengers are allowed to travel via the...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin visited the offices of Apple, Google and Microsoft and discussed opportunities for investment and partnerships. The Chief Minister, currently on a visit to the USA to attract investments to Tamil Nadu, on Saturday described the visit to the offices of Apple,...
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The Indian Medical Association Kolkata on Friday, suspended the membership of former RG Kar Medical College and Hopsital principal Dr Sandip Ghosh, amid a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor earlier this month. In an order, the Indian Medical Association said the...
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Amid reports blaming India for floods in parts of Bangladesh, the ministry of external affairs on Friday dismissed them as factually not correct and said the narrative is misleading. Spokesperson of the external affairs ministry Randhir Jaiswal said this in response to a query during the media...
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Two leopards have been spotted in Pilibhit and Rampur districts, causing panic among the locals, officials said on Friday. An official said that the forest department has set up cages in both districts to catch the leopards. The leopard that came out of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve area was seen...
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A hardcore Maoist, Kedar alias Manya Kinjo Naitam, surrendered before the Gadchiroli police on Friday, an official said. He was involved in at least 18 encounters in the region and has 34 cases against his name, which includes two cases of arson and eight of murder, the official added. He...
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Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal or STF) of Brazil on Friday ordered the immediate and complete suspension of the operation of X, formerly Twitter, throughout the national territory. Notably, Moraes on August 29 had asked Elon Musk to appoint a...
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Amid nationwide protest over the Kolkata rape and murder case, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is likely to meet West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Saturday in Delhi, said the source.According to the Source, Union Law Minister is likely to meet West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose in...
