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Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said farmers are in trouble and suffering despite presence of premier institutions like the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).He asserted that farmers are in distress and resorting to agitations, and this situation does not augur well for...
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The Manipur government on Tuesday extended the suspension of mobile internet for two days in nine districts of the state till December 5.An order issued by the Home Department said the suspension was extended in Imphal West, Imphal East, Kakching, Bishnupur, Thoubal, Churachandpur, Kangpokpi,...
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A forensic team investigating the Sambhal violence site on Tuesday recovered six empty cartridges which were made in Pakistan, police said. Besides, the team also found one empty cartridge which had 'made in USA' written on it, they said.Superintendent of Police Krishan Kumar Vishnoi told...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday expressed anguish over not being allowed to learn Hindi in Tamil Nadu as a student and was even mocked on the streets for attempting to learn the language.The minister's reply to the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, in the Lok Sabha digressed to...
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The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Tuesday urged MPs not to hold protests in front of the gates of Parliament House, contending that such obstruction of movement could affect their safety and security.The advisory came on a day parliamentarians held protests on the steps of Makar Dwar of Parliament, a...
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Hours after Maharashtra's caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde returned from the hospital, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis, being seen as the frontrunner for the top post in the new BJP-Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party government, visited Shinde's official residence 'Varsha'...
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A Bharatiya Janata Party member's remarks on former prime minister Indira Gandhi during the discussion on a Bill triggered a war of words between the treasury bench and Opposition in the Lok Sabha, prompting the Speaker to urge the members to not digress from the topic.BJP's Sambit Patra...
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A Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, alleged to be the mastermind of the October 20 attack in central Kashmir that left seven people dead, was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Dachigam forest area on Tuesday.The terrorist of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was identified as Junaid...
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Evidence of several irregularities have been detected in the transfer of 14 sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to BM Parvathi, the wife of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, according to the ED.The federal agency, in a recent communication sent to the Karnataka Lokayukta...
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Mahindra & Mahindra on Tuesday said it is in discussions with InterGlobe Aviation, which owns IndiGo airlines, to find an amicable solution regarding a trademark issue over the use of 6e in its all-new electric model. The automaker, which introduced two electric brands -- BE 6e and XEV...
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Bangladesh on Tuesday summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma to the foreign affairs ministry office in Dhaka. He (Verma) has been asked to come, Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain told the media in his brief comment. The State-run news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)...
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India's tax revenue charted.
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied for the third straight session on Tuesday amid buying in blue-chip stocks like HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and firm trends in global markets. The BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 597.67 points or 0.74 per cent to settle at 80,845.75. During the day,...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday claimed that caretaker Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was sulking and throwing tantrums at BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis with the backing of the superpower in Delhi, an apparent reference to BJP's top brass. Talking to reporters in New...
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A mother mourns her son Khundrakpam Athouba
Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an umbrella body of Meitei civil society organisations, on Tuesday asked the central government to secure the Indo-Myanmar border and dismantle the infrastructure of armed militant groups. COCOMI also called for transparent...
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The family of Shashi Bhushan Abrol killed in the terror attack
A Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, allegedly involved in an attack near a tunnel construction site in Jammu and Kashmir's Gagangir in October this year, was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Dachigam forest area here on Tuesday, officials said. Acting on specific...
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As the race for Maharashtra chief minister enters the last lap, Hemant Waje looks at several scenarios which can play out. Read it here.
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Irked by increased pollution levels in Delhi, Union minister Nitin Gadkari, who is an MP from Nagpur, on Tuesday confessed that he does not feel like visiting the national capital as he often catches infection there. Addressing an event in New Delhi, Gadkari said the city of Delhi is such...
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Army personnel wait it out at an encounter site. File pic
Police on Tuesday detained two women suspected to be terror associates under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district. The overground workers (OGWs) have been identified as Maryama Begum from Loudhara village and Arshad Begum from Rai Chak, both in the Basantgarh...
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An email threatening to blow up the Taj Mahal was received by the regional office of Uttar Pradesh Tourism here Tuesday which later turned out to be hoax, a police official said. Bomb disposal squad, dog squad and other teams were pressed into service but nothing suspicious was found,...
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Ports-to-energy Adani group is better off financially now than at the time when it was under attack from short-seller Hindenburg, US-based research firm Bernstein said citing dramatic drop in shares pledged by promoters and low leverage. The last big event for the group was in January...
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Maharashtra caretaker CM Eknath Shinde leaves from Jupiter Hospital, Thane. In the midst of suspense over Maharashtra's Chief Minister, Shinde was on Tuesday rushed to a hospital in Thane after his health condition showed no sign of improvement, sources said today. Doctors advised full...
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Mahayuti leaders meet Amit Shah after the Maharashtra poll results
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar may meet Union minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Tuesday evening, a senior party leader said here. State NCP chief Sunil Tatkare was responding to a question about reports that Pawar had sought a meeting with the senior BJP...
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Opposition MPs protest 'Adani' and 'Sambhal' issues in Lok Sabha
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Sambhal on Wednesday along with the five other party MPs from Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai said Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may also visit the Sambhal, where four people were killed on November 24. Tension had been...
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In the Lok Sabha, EAM Dr S Jaishankar says I rise to apprise the House of some recent developments in the India-China border areas and their implications for our overall bilateral relations. The House is aware that our ties have been abnormal since 2020 when peace and tranquility in the border...
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Caretaker Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde was taken to a private hospital in Thane on Tuesday morning for a routine check-up, a close aide said. I am fine, do not worry, Shinde told reporters as he was driven to Jupiter Hospital. Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant said it was a...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday witnessed a live demonstration simulating a crime scene investigation under the new criminal laws here. Modi arrived in Chandigarh earlier in the day to dedicate to the nation the successful implementation of the three new laws. The three...
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday claimed the violence in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh was well-planned and aimed at disturbing communal harmony in a place that has long been a symbol of brotherhood. He also claimed that the court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid could hurt...
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The Indian Army has deployed over 2,000 personnel for the search of the Meitei man who has been missing for over a week, police said. Laishram Kamalbabu Singh, a native of Assam's Cachar district who lived in Khukrul in Imphal West, was a works supervisor for a contractor working with the...
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INDIA Bloc MPs protest the Adani issue in Parliament
Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain on Tuesday accused the BJP-led central government of adjourning Parliament whenever his party mentions Adani's name. Hussain also alleged that the BJP-led central government is not allowing the opposition to discuss the JPC in the Adani issue, Sambhal issue,...
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VHP and ISKCON in Mumbai protest atrocities against Bangladeshi Hindus
ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das on Tuesday said he has urged its monks and followers from Bangladesh to avoid wearing saffron robes and 'tilak' in public, advising them to practice their faith discreetly amid safety concerns following targeted attacks against Hindu minorities in the...
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Vijay Rupani
BJP's Central Observer for Maharashtra, Vijay Rupani says, I am going to Mumbai this evening. Nirmala Sitharaman is also coming to Mumbai. We will have a meeting of the Legislative Party (of Maharashtra BJP) tomorrow at 11 am. We will have discussions and deliberations there. After that, the...
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Payal Kapadia's Cannes Grand Prix winning title All We Imagine As Light has won the best international feature award at the 2024 Gotham Awards. The annual awards, which honours independent films across the world, was held in New York on Monday, reported Deadline. The...
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Security outside the Bangladesh consulate in Tripura
A day after protesters stormed the Bangladesh consulate in Agartala, Delhi Police on Tuesday stepped up security around the Bangladesh High Commission in Chanakyapuri in New Delhi, according to officials. The security has been increased and extra police personnel have been deployed all...
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Preparations underway at Azad Maidan in Mumbai for Maharashtra Chief Minister's oath-taking ceremony which is scheduled to take place on 5th December. Senior leaders of NDA and several chief ministers are likely to participate in the oath-taking ceremony. Maharashtra BJP chief...
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In a startling revelation, India now tops the list for mobile malware attacks globally, surpassing the United States and Canada, with a disappointing step-up from its previous third-place ranking, according to a report. The Zscaler ThreatLabz 2024 Mobile, IoT, and OT Threat Report analysed...
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The security of the Bangladesh consulate was breached
The All Tripura Hotel & Restaurant Owners' Association (ATHROA) said its members would not serve Bangladeshi guests in view of the insult meted out to the Indian flag in the neighbouring country. ATHROA general secretary Saikat Bandyopadhyay said the decision was taken at an emergency...
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Heavy police security was deployed on Tuesday at a village in Maharashtra's Malshiras assembly segment after some locals cast doubt on the EVMs and insisted on conducting a re-election with ballot papers, officials said. The Malshiras sub-divisional magistrate on Monday imposed...
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An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Dachigam forest area of Srinagar on Tuesday, police said. A police official said security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the upper reaches of the Dachigam forest after receiving specific intelligence...
09:27
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A 45-year-old theatre actor playing the role of a demon in Ramayana was arrested after he ripped the stomach of a live pig on stage and ate its meat in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said. The incident sparked a statewide outrage and was condemned in the assembly on Monday. Besides the...
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United States President-elect Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Hamas regarding the ongoing hostage crisis in the Middle East, stating there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the region if the hostages are not released before January 20, 2025, prior to the date he will assume office in the...
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Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar has said the Maharashtra assembly polls were recently fought under the leadership of Eknath Shinde and it is up to the BJP's central leadership to decide how to maintain his stature.The contribution of Shinde, the caretaker chief minister of the state, should be...
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Chinmoy Krishna Das at a Chattogram court. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters
ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das on Monday claimed that Advocate Ramen Roy, who had defended Bangladesh's Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Prabhu in a legal case there, was brutally attacked in the neighbouring country and is fighting for his life in a hospital.According to Das, Roy's only...
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