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Security has been tightened in Haryana's Panipat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on Monday for the launch of LIC's Bima Sakhi Yojana, officials said. Modi will also be laying the foundation stone of the main campus of the Maharana Pratap Horticultural University. The initiative...
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A case was lodged on Sunday over a clash between the police and followers of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das on the court premises in Chittagong, according to a media report. The Dhaka Tribune newspaper said the case names the Hindu leader, arrested on a charge of sedition, as the prime...
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Shimla and the adjoining tourist resort towns of Kufri and Fagu received the season's first snow on Sunday while continuing intermittent snowfall in the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh's tribal Lahaul and Spiti district intensified cold conditions in the adjoining valleys. A thin layer of...
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The Mumbai police registered a kidnapping and extortion case on the complaint of actor-comedian Sunil Pal and then transferred it to their counterparts in Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Sunday. The case was transferred to Lal Kurti police station in UP's Meerut since Pal has claimed he...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders on Sunday met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and sought the deputy speaker's post for one of the constituent parties in the opposition alliance. The leaders told Fadnavis the opposition would allow the speaker of the assembly to be elected unopposed...
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Seven persons were hospitalised after a fire destroyed a photo studio in Pune on Sunday evening, an official said. The blaze erupted at the photo studio, located on the ground floor of a 5-storey building in the city's Bavdhan area, around 5.50 pm, he said. We received a call at 5.52 pm...
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Despite the ongoing crisis in Syria, which saw the fall of the over two-decade-long rule of President Bashar al-Assad after rebels took over, the Indian Embassy continues to remain operational in Damascus and is in touch with all Indian nationals, sources said on Sunday. The sources...
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Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said the Railways would run about 13,000 trains, including 3,000 special ones, for the convenience of devotees during the Maha Kumbh. The Union minister, who reached Prayagraj by train from Varanasi to review the Railways' preparations for the mega...
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A fight between two monkeys over a banana at the Samastipur station in Bihar disrupted train services, officials said on Sunday. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon when the two monkeys were fighting on platform number four, they said. Amid the fight, suddenly one of them threw...
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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav
Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday said he has no objection to any senior leader of the INDIA bloc, including TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, leading the coalition, but stressed that the decision must be reached through consensus. Yadav, who is...
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A 42-year-old tantrik arrested for allegedly conspiring to murder a businessman died in police custody in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Sunday after admitting to killing 12 people by giving them drinks laced with a chemical, the police said. The Sarkhej police arrested Navalsinh Chavda around 1 am...
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The Bar Council of India has removed Sanjeev Nasiar from the post of Bar Council of Delhi's vice chairman, pending the completion of an inquiry into the authenticity of his law degree. Nasiar, who is also the president of Aam Aadmi Party's legal cell, holds a law degree from Devi Ahilya Bai...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday alleged that former Congress president Sonia Gandhi has links to an organisation financed by the George Soros Foundation and which has backed the idea of Kashmir as an independent nation. This association shows the influence of foreign entities in...
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Actor Kalidas Jayaram, son of well-known actor couple Jayaram and Parvathi, tied the knot with longtime friend and model Tarini Kalingarayar at the famed Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple here on Sunday. The traditional ceremony was attended by close relatives, friends and those from the film...
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Pattali Makkal Katchi chief Anbumani Ramadoss on Sunday said eight Tamil Nadu fishermen, hailing from Rameswaram, have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy and urged the Centre to take immediate steps for their release and that of all other fishers, lodged in prisons in the island...
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Bangladeshi Hindus stage a protest in solidarity with the ISKCON temple in Bangladesh, in Canada/ANI Photo
ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das on Sunday alleged that fundamentalist groups in Bangladesh are openly delivering sermons calling for the extermination of ISKCON devotees and their supporters. In a post on X, Das claimed, In the past few days, fundamentalists in Bangladesh have been...
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Telugu star Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2: The Rule crossed Rs 600 crore mark at the global box office, continuing its historic and record-breaking run in cinemas. Production banner Mythri Movie Makers, which has bankrolled the project, shared the movie's latest box office figures on social media,...
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Filmmaker Subhash Ghai on Sunday said all is well after he was admitted to Lilavati Hospital in suburban Mumbai. According to media reports, Ghai, known for movies like Ram Lakhan, Khalnayak, Pardes, and Taal, was rushed to the hospital after he experienced respiratory issues, weakness,...
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A 40-year-old man and his three children died, while his wife and another daughter fell sick, due to suspected food poisoning in a remote village in Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. Fazal Hussain, his wife Shamim Akhter, 38, and the couple's four children,...
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Protesting the alleged atrocities on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, a demonstration was held in Kolkata on Sunday where Dhakai Jamdani sarees were torched.The demonstration, organised by the Bengali Hindu Suraksha Samiti, was held at the Salt Lake International Bus Terminus.The protesters called...
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The Airports Authority Of India is all set to celebrate 100 years of flight operations at Kolkata airport, officials said on Sunday. Flight operations in Kolkata airport started in 1924. The Airports Authority of India proudly celebrates 100 Glorious Years of #KolkataAirport...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday announced Rs 5 lakh compensation to next of the kin of women who died following child birth complications in Ballari Medical College and Research Centre. At least five maternal deaths have been reported in the past one month in the...
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The Samyukt Kisan Morcha on Sunday said Greater Noida farmers, currently jailed, have gone on a hunger strike. Farmers from Greater Noida, currently imprisoned in the district jail of Gautam Buddha Nagar, have gone on a hunger strike to defend their rights and interests, SKM said in a...
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As many as 200 cartridges of 9mm pistols and self-loading rifles were allegedly stolen from the armouries of the Madhya Pradesh police's special armed forces in Morena district, an official said on Sunday.The commandants of the SAF's 2nd and 5th battalion suspended their company commanders after...
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The Goa police are investigating allegations of sexual harassment against a vlogger accused of shooting videos of Russian women during his visit to the coastal state, an official said on Sunday.The matter was brought to the police's notice when an X user pointed out videos posted by a vlogger of...
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Panic spread in the Vidhyadhar Nagar area in Jaipur after a leopard strayed into a residential colony and attacked three people, officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday, they said, adding that the wildcat was tranquillised and rescued following hours-long operation by a...
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Following the fall of the Syrian Assad regime, Lt.-Col. Avichay Adraee, the Israel Defense Forces' Arabic language spokesperson, has announced the deployment of forces to Israel's buffer zone with Syria. In light of the events in Syria and based on an assessment of the situation and the...
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Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders held a meeting in Mumbai on Sunday. The meeting was attended by Aaditya Thackeray, Vijay Wadettiwar, Sunil Prabhu, Jitendra Awhad, Nitin Raut, and Nana Patole. Shiv Sena-UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday announced that the party's winning...
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A 40-year-old woman was killed allegedly by Maoists on suspicion of being a police informer in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, the police said on Sunday. As per preliminary information, the Maoists abducted Yalam Sukra from Laded village under Madded police station limits and took her to a...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Rahul Narwekar on Sunday filed his nomination for the post of Speaker in the Maharashtra legislative assembly. Narwekar, the Speaker in the last assembly, was accompanied by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit...
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Members of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Sunday took oath as MLAs in the newly constituted Maharashtra assembly.The opposition members had boycotted the oath-taking ceremony on Saturday, the first day of the special three-day session of the assembly, alleging misuse of EVMs in the...
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A search operation was launched in the Hiranagar town area of Kathua district following suspicious movement of three persons on Sunday, officials said. Speaking to reporters, senior superintendent of police Kathua Shobhit Saxena said that since Sunday night, a joint operation has been...
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Heroin worth nearly Rs 1.4 crore has been seized and three peddlers have been arrested from Guwahati, the police said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force conducted a raid in Balughat in Basistha police station area on Saturday evening and arrested a drug peddler, Assam...
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At least five people were killed after an explosion in an apartment building in The Hague, the Netherlands on Saturday, CNN reported, citing authorities. According to firefighters, the blast occurred at around 6:15 am (local time), causing the three-storey apartment building to...
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A person contacted the emergency helpline number to inform about the placement of bombs at three locations in Lucknow, the police said on Saturday. According to the police, the information about bombs being placed at Hussainganj metro station, Charbagh station and Alambagh were found...
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A group of 101 farmers will resume their foot march to Delhi at 12 noon on Sunday from the Shambhu border point to press the Centre for various demands, including a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP).Heavy deployment of police and paramilitary has been made at the Shambhu border,...
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An abduction attempt was foiled by Manipur Police in Imphal's Thangal Bazaar area and two persons were rescued, a police statement said on Sunday.Tensubam Bangkim, a militant belonging to the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (Taibangnganba) outfit was nabbed from Imphal West district in...
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Union minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday claimed Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingya were working as delivery agents for food delivery companies and online shopping platforms and added that they should be identified. Singh made these remarks in Hyderabad, where he attended the convocation of...
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly fled the country for an unknown destination as the opposition forces in war-torn Syria entered the capital city of Damascus.Syrian opposition on Sunday said they have begun entering the capital Damascus without any sign of army deployments. The...
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Two police personnel were found dead with bullet injuries in Udhampur district early Sunday, officials said, suspecting fratricide as the reason behind the incident. The bullet-riddled bodies of the cops were seen lying inside a police van outside Kali Mata temple in the district...
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Filmmaker Subhash Ghai has been admitted to the ICU of Lilavati Hospital in suburban Mumbai. According to media reports, Ghai, known for movies like Ram Lakhan, Khalnayak, Pardes, and Taal, among others, was rushed to the hospital's ICU on Wednesday evening after he experienced...
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