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A woman and a boy fainted when a large number of fans gathered at a movie theater here on Wednesday for the premier show of the much-awaited Pushpa 2: The Rule of actor Allu Arjun. Police personnel conducted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on the duo and sent them to a hospital, a police...
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The police registered case against NCP-SP leader Uttam Jankar and 88 others a day after a section of villagers in Markadwadi village of Solapur district and nearby areas attempted to conduct a re-election using ballot papers, an official said on Wednesday. A day earlier, a case was...
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A person was charred to death after his car caught fire following a collision with an SUV on a flyover in Dwarka Sector 21 on Wednesday, the police said. According to the police, the SUV also caught fire but its occupants managed to escape in time. A call regarding the fire was received...
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The Vande Bharat Express running from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram was delayed near Shornur railway station on Wednesday evening following a technical issue, according to the railway police. The train came to a halt at around 5.30 pm near the Shornur railway bridge and remained stationary...
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Former Khalistani terrorist Narain Singh Chaura in police custody/ANI Photo
The police were keeping an eye on former Khalistani terrorist Narain Singh Chaura who had visited the Golden Temple on Tuesday too, a day before his failed attempt on the life of Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal, a senior official said. Chaura on Wednesday opened fire from a...
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Abhinandan Lodha, chairman of HoABL Infraworld/ANI Photo
Realty firm HoABL Infraworld Pvt Ltd on Wednesday said it has acquired the iconic American Center building in Mumbai for Rs 56 crore. The company has acquired the American Center building in South Mumbai, a Ground + 7 storey structure spanning 1,337.81 square meters. This project will...
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Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and PM Narendra Modi/File image
Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will pay a two-day visit to India beginning Thursday with an aim to further expand the already close ties between the two countries. The ministry of external affairs said the King will be accompanied by Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck and senior...
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Just In: Indian hockey team beats Pakistan 5-3 in final to win hat-trick of titles in men's junior Asia Cup in Muscat.
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Mumbai on Wednesday recorded a maximum temperature of 37.3 degrees Celsius, its hottest day in December in the last 16 years, the India meteorological department (IMD) said. The Santacruz observatory, which monitors temperature for the suburbs, recorded 37.3 degree Celsius, while the Colaba...
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An off-duty Army jawan was injured after being shot by terrorists in the Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday, officials said. Delhair Mushtaq, a resident of Aripal area in Tral, sustained two bullet injuries on the legs. The incident occurred near his house at...
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Samajwadi Party MP Zia Ur Rahman Barq/Courtesy X
A probe has been ordered into allegations that a vehicle driven by Samajwadi Party MP Zia Ur Rahman Barq, who had been booked in the wake of recent violence in Sambhal, hit and killed a man, officials said on Wednesday. According to the police, the 30-year-old victim's father, Samar Pal,...
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AAP MLA Naresh Balyan (second from left) being produced before a court in New Delhi, on Sunday/ANI Photo
The Delhi police on Wednesday arrested AAP MLA Naresh Balyan in a case related to an alleged organised crime, while he was granted bail by a court here in a separate case related to alleged extortion. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Paras Dalal granted relief to the accused on a...
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Over 700 personnel of Central Armed Police Forces, National Security Guards and Assam Rifles have committed suicide in the last five years, while 55,555 have resigned or taken voluntary retirement during the period, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In a written response to a question,...
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Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde
Just In: Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde will take oath on Thursday as Maharashtra's deputy chief minister along with NCP's Ajit Pawar, in the new government, said Shiv Sena sources on Wednesday. More details soon. -- ANI
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The Assam government has decided to ban serving and consumption of beef in restaurants, hotels and public places, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Wednesday. A decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet to amend the existing law on beef consumption to incorporate the...
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An Indian Navy helicopter made an emergency landing at a paddy field in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday, the police said. The helicopter landed in Armada village in Rasgovindpur police station area, taking farmers working in the field by surprise, they said. After landing, the...
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The police in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Wednesday arrested a criminal, on whose head they had announced a reward of 50 paise for threatening a witness in a murder case, an official said. The city police have launched a unique campaign to announce token rewards against absconding...
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Maharashtra caretaker CM Eknath Shinde and NCP chief Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over two and half years of Mahayuti government in Maharashtra ahead of the scheduled oath taking of BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as Chief Minister of the State tomorrow. I am very happy with the completion...
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The Allahabad high court has granted bail to the third person accused in the gang rape of an IIT student from the Banaras Hindu University in 2023, officials said on Wednesday. Government counsel Manoj Kumar Gupta said the high court granted bail to Saksham Patel on Monday. Two other...
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The Jharkhand high court on Wednesday exempted Chief Minister Hemant Soren from personal appearance before the MP/MLA court in Ranchi in a case related to disobeying summonses by the Enforcement Directorate. The court gave a week's time to the Enforcement Directorate to file a reply in the...
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Benchmark Sensex advanced 110 points in a choppy trade on Wednesday, extending its gains to the fourth day in a row helped by buying in HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and fresh foreign fund inflows. The 30-share barometer rose by 110.58 points or 0.14 per cent to settle at 80,956.33 with 14 of...
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Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Punjab Police, Jasbir Singh, recounted the assassination attempt on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal, describing how the police acted swiftly to thwart the attack.Singh explained that despite instructions not to frisk or stop anyone, he...
16:40
The moment when Ajit Pawar said, 'main toh lenewala hoon'.
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Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, NCP chief Ajit Pawar stake claim to form the government in the state. Devendra Fadnavis to take oath as CM of Maharashtra tomorrow, 5th December.NCP chief Ajit Pawar says, ...We will give our best to run the government in the state....
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Maharashtra CM-designate Devendra Fadnavis says, The posts of CM and DCM are just technical posts. We all will work together for Maharashtra. Other ministers will be decided in upcoming meetings. We have met the Governor and handed over the letter of support to stake claim to form the government...
15:40
Reason to celebrate for the BJP in Maharashtra
Devendra Fadnavis, who is set to become the chief minister of Maharashtra for a third time, was a sensitive, polite and helpful student who never boasted about his family's political background, recalls one of his school teachers. He used to sit on the back row benches in the school as he...
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More than 4,000 police personnel have been deployed for security during the swearing-in ceremony of Maharashtra's new chief minister scheduled here on Thursday evening, officials said. The oath ceremony will be held at the Azad Maidan in south Mumbai in the presence of Prime Minister...
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Odisha recorded over 5.20 lakh dog bite cases between January 2023 and October 2024, according to data provided by the state government in the Assembly on Wednesday. This means stray canines or domesticated ones have targeted an average of 777 individuals every day during that period. In a...
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Glasgow-born artist of Indian heritage Jasleen Kaur, whose works are inspired by her life growing up in Scotland's Sikh community, has won Britain's prestigious Turner Prize 2024 for her considered weaving together of the personal, political and spiritual. Kaur collected the GBP 25,000 (Rs...
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Elected to lead the Maharashtra BJP Legislative Party, Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday termed the Assembly polls as historic, reiterated the Ek Hain to Safe Hain rhetoric of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during campaigning and added Modi Hai to Mumkin hai.An official invitation card of swearing-in...
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Devendra Fadnavis is back in the driver's seat
Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant on Wednesday said only the chief minister and two deputy chief ministers will take oath during the swearing-in ceremony to be held on December 5 at the Azad Maidan in Mumbai. The decision on the modalities of the cabinet and portfolios will be taken later, he...
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And another picture Shashi Tharoor shared with his friend, seated comfortably on a chair in the beautiful Delhi winter.
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor shares this rather bemused picture of himself and a friend writing, Had an extraordinary experience today. While i was sitting in the garden, reading my morning newspapers, a monkey wandered in, headed straight for me and parked himself on my lap. He hungrily ate a...
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Devendra Fadnavis, the political stalwart who rose from humble beginnings to become a key figure in Maharashtra politics, is set to become chief minister -- a position he has held twice before. The 54-year-old leader, whose career has been marked by a blend of resilience and strategic...
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Sukhbir Singh Badal at the Golden Temple
Bullet fired at Sukhbir Singh Badal at Golden Temple: Punjab BJP vice president Fatehjung Singh Bajwa says, I must say that this is a major security lapse.Narain Singh Chaura (attacker) is a dreaded terrorist. He hails from Dera Baba Nanak. He was very active during the era of terrorism. He was...
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Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who was stopped at the Ghazipur border here on Wednesday, said he was ready to go alone to Sambhal with police but was not allowed. As the leader of the opposition, it is my constitutional right. I should have been allowed, he said. The...
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Celebrations outside the residence of BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis in Nagpur. He has been unanimously elected as the Leader of Maharashtra BJP Legislative Party. Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as the chief minister of Maharashtra on Thursday, sources said. His name...
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Devendra Fadnavis unanimously elected Maharashtra BJP legislature party leader at meeting in Mumbai. Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman, former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, the BJP's observers for Maharashtra, were present at the BJP's core committee meet.
12:06
Rumours continue to swirl around Sara Tendulkar, the daughter of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. Is she making her Bollywood debut, is she not?Sara has been spotted in Mumbai's Pali Hill area, entering a vanity van parked outside a studio, earlier this year.Today, her dad staunched the Bollywood...
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Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn-in tomorrow
Maharashtra BJP legislature party meeting begins in Mumbai's Vidhan Bhawan to elect new leader.
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Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as the chief minister of Maharashtra on Thursday, sources said. His name was finalised in the BJP's core committee meeting held in Mumbai today before its Maharashtra legislature party meet, they said. Union minister Nirmala...
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The heavily fortified Ghazipur border
With prohibitory orders in place in Sambhal, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi was stopped at the Ghazipur border here on Wednesday on his way to the district, a senior police officer said. Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other senior Congress leaders reached the...
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A 104-year-old man released from West Bengal's Malda Correctional Home after languishing in jail for 36 years said he will spend time with his family members and do gardening. Rasikt Mondal had been sentenced to judicial custody 36 years back in 1988 on the charge of murdering his brother...
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Amritsar Police Commissioner
Amritsar Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar says, Due to the alertness and deployment of our Police, this attack attempt was foiled. Our personnel Rishpal Singh, Jasbir and Parminder displayed alertness and foiled the attempts. Narayan Singh Chaura (attacker), who has a criminal...
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Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal MP and wife of Sukhbir Singh Badal arrives at the Golden Temple, Amritsar. Bullets were fired at the Golden Temple where SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal was offering 'seva'.\Read the report here.
10:44
Hyundai Motor group on Tuesday announced partnerships with three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to establish a research system in the fields of batteries and electrification.The institutes include IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, and IIT Madras.The Hyundai Center of Excellence (CoE), which will be...
10:38
Hindustan Unilever (HUL)'s Vim brand, which leads the market in the dishwashing space, is expected to cross the Rs 3,000 crore mark soon in sales. The company has now entered the floor cleaning category with the same brand.HUL currently has 19 brands with revenue of over Rs 1,000 crore. Vim...
10:31
SGPC President Harjinder Singh Dhami
SGPC President Harjinder Singh Dhami says, We will investigate this through our sources well. I think he (attacker) has been nabbed and taken away by the police. Guru Ram Das saved Sukhbir Singh Badal. We are looking into the security arrangements. This is the place of Wahe Guru, He protects us....
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Another camera angle shows the assailant reaching into his pocket for the gun as Sukhbir Badal sits in his wheelchair. That was when the aides around Badal jumped at him and overpowered him.
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Update: Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal was shot at by a man while he was performing the duty of 'sewadar' outside the Golden Temple here on Wednesday. Badal, who was sitting in a wheelchair, escaped unhurt as the bullet hit a wall. The man, identified as Narain Singh, was...
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The empty bullet shell at the Golden Temple premises.To bring you up to speed, former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal is doing penance at the Golden Temple. Yesterday, he was seen wearing a plaque around his neck while sitting in a wheelchair because of a fractured leg....
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The name of the assailant is Narayan Singh Chaura who was at the Golden Temple premises yesterday as well. Image: The assailant was nabbed.
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Breaking! A man fired at former Punjab Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal during his penance at the Golden Temple. Bullets were fired in the temple premises in Amritsar where SAD leaders, including party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, are offering 'seva' under the religious punishments...
09:41
Delhi registered 6,170 complaints related to air pollution between October 15, 2021 and November 19, 2024, with 2,333 (38 per cent) of these remaining unresolved, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).Interestingly, Rajasthan registered 77 air pollution complaints, but...
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Tremors were experienced in Maharashtra's Nagpur and Gadchiroli districts after an earthquake struck Mulugu in neighbouring Telangana on Wednesday morning, officials said. The earthquake of 5.3 magnitude was recorded in Mulugu at 7.27 am, according to the National Center for...
09:29
According to an accident index by Acko, a leading tech-first insurance provider, revealed that falling coconuts have caused 2.28 times more accidents than drunk driving in 2024. Stray animals remain a significant cause of road accidents, with stray dogs accounting for 62 per cent, followed by...
09:21
October this year, as always, fell in the festival season but that did not manifest in high tax numbers, particularly direct taxes. For instance, corporation-tax was down 16 per cent at Rs 26,356 crore in the month year-on-year (Y-o-Y), while personal income tax fell 12 per cent at Rs 61,937...
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An earthquake of 5.3 magnitude occurred at Mulugu in Telangana on Wednesday morning, the National Center for Seismology said. The quake struck at 7.27 am. The tremors were reported at several places in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. -- PTI
08:58
Bhaswar Kumar/Business StandardThe Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Tuesday accorded acceptance of necessity (AoN) for five capital acquisition proposals worth over Rs 21,772 crore.Approvals include ships for the Indian Navy,...
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Aryaman Gupta/Business StandardFlush with funds and amid intensifying competition in the sector, quick commerce (qcom) companies like Swiggy Instamart, Zomato-owned Blinkit, and Zepto, have shifted into expansion mode.While announcing its September-quarter results, management at Swiggy said...
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on early Wednesday announced the removal of emergency martial law, following a vote by the National Assembly calling for its termination.In the wee hours on Wednesday, Yoon's cabinet approved a motion to end martial law enforcement, approximately six hours...
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The Mumbai police on Tuesday told a special court that the name of Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, has emerged as the main conspirator in the October 12 killing of Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique.The police made this claim while seeking the...
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