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A special MP-MLA court here has directed to lodge an FIR against BJP's Bilsi MLA Harish Shakya and 15 others including his brother and nephew on charges of gangrape and fraud. Additional chief judicial magistrate Leelu Chaudhary issued the order on Wednesday after hearing a plea filed by the...
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The city recorded its coldest December day in the last three years on Thursday as the minimum temperature dropped to 4.5 degrees Celsius. The forecast predicts cold wave conditions to persist at isolated places until the weekend.The city recorded a low of 4.5 degrees Celsius on...
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The first anniversary of the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple here will be held on January 11 next year, temple trust chief Champat Rai said on Thursday. The consecration ceremony of Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya was held on January 22 this year. The date for the (anniversary)...
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Food delivery aggregator Zomato on Thursday said the GST department in Thane has imposed a tax demand of Rs 803.4 crore, including interest and penalty. The demand order has been received in respect of non-payment of GST on delivery charges with interest and penalty thereon, Zomato said in a...
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A Class-11 student of Navayug Inter College at Mihinpurwa in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district allegedly stabbed his English teacher on Thursday for confiscating his mobile phone in the classroom, the police said. The teacher, Rajendra Prasad, sustained serious injuries and is undergoing...
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NCP spokesperson Amol Mitkari on Thursday said the BJP-led Mahayuti regime will have no relevance if his party chief Ajit Pawar doesn't get the finance portfolio. Mitkari's comments come ahead of the cabinet expansion of the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government. Responding to...
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As many as 59 students and a woman were affected after exposure to fumes from a storage tank at a company in Maharashtra's coastal Ratnagiri district on Thursday, said officials. While the police said the tank was in JSW Jaigad Port LPG facility, the company said no such incident took place...
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A Mumbai man, who worked as a caller for a Cambodia-based international gang accused of extorting Rs 4 crore from an Ahmedabad resident through 'digital arrest', has been arrested after his return from the Southeast Asian nation, said the Gujarat police on Thursday. This is for the first...
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US President-elect Donald Trump was on Thursday named by TIME magazine as the 2024 TIME Person of the Year for marshaling a comeback of historic proportions' and altering America's role in the world.' The magazine honoured Trump also for driving a once-in-a-generation political...
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Seven Maoists including two women were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Thursday, a senior police official said. The gunfight broke out around 3 am in the forest of south Abujhmad along the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada districts,...
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A 24-year-old man died after he was attacked with a knife by a friend at a birthday party in the Thana Beta-II area, the police on Thursday said. Local station in-charge Vidyut Goyal said the party was thrown by a woman and was attended by Jitendra Sharma and Chirag Chaudhary. A fight...
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Tensions flared in the Karnataka Assembly on Thursday as BJP MLAs barged into Speaker U T Khader's chamber, expressing strong objections to his handling of the proceedings. The confrontation came amidst heated debates over the recent police lathi charge on Panchamasali Lingayat protesters,...
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India voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution that demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and reiterated the demand for immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved resolutions demanding an...
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The rupee depreciated by 4 paise to settle at an all-time low of 84.87 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, dragged down by negative domestic equity markets, outflow of foreign funds and rise in crude oil prices. Forex traders said investors were awaiting cues from domestic...
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The Union government has sanctioned a combined strength of more than 2,800 Central Industrial Security Force personnel to guard two soon-to-be operational international airports in Noida and in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai, official sources said Thursday. Sources told PTI that the ministry of...
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Six people were arrested for allegedly open firing at a man with the intent of killing him in Jammu, the police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Tuesday when the accused shot at him and later threw him from a height of nearly 60 feet near Ring Road Kunjwani in the outskirts of...
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The Bombay high court on Thursday sought to know if there was a ban on celebrating 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary, and directed the Pune rural police to decide on a plea that sought to hold a rally to commemorate the occasion. The court said concerns relating to...
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Allu Arjun in Pushpa: The Rule.
Telugu superstar Allu Arjun on Thursday said the humongous success of his latest release Pushpa 2: The Rule is a reflection of people's love and he hopes the box office record of the film, which has become the fastest movie to earn Rs 1,000 crore, is broken soon by another movie. A...
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Asserting that trampling of democracy has become the norm in Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition in the House Mallikarjun Kharge Thursday alleged abuse of power by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and questioned his impartiality. The Congress chief alleged the Rajya Sabha chairman has consistently...
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Equity market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Thursday due to intense selling in index majors Reliance Industries, L&T and HUL as investors turned cautious ahead of the inflation data announcement. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex declined 236.18 points or 0.29 per...
16:54
Yes, it's US President-elect Donald Trump's bestie, Elon Musk, worth USD 447 billion. For comparison, Mukesh Ambani is worth USD 97 billion. See how others compare with Musk in the image alongside.
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BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on One Nation One Election. It is very important because conducting elections every 6 months costs the government treasury a great deal. The biggest challenge is to ask people to come out and vote time and again. The percentage of voters is going down every year. This is the...
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Update: In an important direction, the Supreme Court on Thursday restrained all the courts in the country from entertaining and passing any effective interim or final orders on any lawsuits seeking reliefs including survey of religious places under the 1991 law. The direction of a bench...
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An unidentified person allegedly stole the gold jewellery of a woman under the pretext of helping her as she was wounded in the BEST bus accident in Mumbai, police said on Thursday. The woman has since died.A viral video showed a man telling others that he was taking the woman's jewellery for...
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The rupee depreciated by 4 paise to settle at an all-time low of 84.87 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, dragged down by negative domestic equity markets, outflow of foreign funds and rise in crude oil prices. Forex traders said investors were awaiting cues from domestic...
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The Supreme Court commences hearing on pleas related to 1991 law on places of worship. The SC asks the Centre to reply to cross-pleas against or seeking implementation of statute. No fresh suits can be registered against places of worship, the court says. The court asks the Centre to file...
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Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the biggest reason for road accidents is lane indiscipline and his own car was fined twice in Mumbai for not following traffic rules.He said high speed is not such a big problem as world over people drive fast. However, lane...
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Amid speculation over Maharashtra cabinet formation, state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said that the formula for cabinet expansion is already decided and soon the people will get to know.You people have run a lot of news about me and Ajit Pawar coming to Delhi that it is related...
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Former president Ram Nath Kovind chaired the committee on the proposal
Update: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the 'One Nation, One Election,' bill in the parliament, marking a significant step towards the electoral process, sources told ANI. A comprehensive bill is expected to follow this decision, paving the way for unified elections across the...
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Union Cabinet approves 'One Nation, One Election' Bill. On September 2, last year, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government established a high-level committee to examine the feasibility of holding simultaneous elections in India.Details awaited.
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Shashi Tharoor in Vadodara
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor shares this post, especially for those on social media making snarky comments on him. When the usual troll factory is reduced to circulating a two year old picture of mine with a sprain led foot, accompanied by picayune comments, one realises how desperate they are for...
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AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced the launch of the Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojna to give a monthly assistance of Rs 1,000 to women in Delhi, and promised the amount would be raised to Rs 2,100 after the elections. However, he clarified the elections are likely to be...
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a survey on sexual harassment across the Indian film industry, noting that the petition was based on speculation without any empirical data or specific complaints. The petitioner had also requested that the...
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A tense silence prevails in Maharashtra's Parbhani city, where 40 persons have been detained in connection with the violent protests over the vandalising of a replica of the Constitution, an official said on Thursday.The official told reporters that damage to about 20 vehicles, during the...
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Oppn MPs wear masks of Modi, Adani as Rahul does a mock interview
Leader of Rajya Sabha and BJP chief JP Nadda on Thursday called Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi a college guy, for doing mimicry in the Parliament premises and said that the latter behaviour was immature. Vice President of India is a constitutional post and his mimicry being done...
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Chinmoy Krishna Das is in jail in Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights activist will move again for the bail of detained priest, Chinmoy Krishna Das, later today (Thursday) at a court in Chittagong. Advocate Rabindra Ghosh, a senior lawyer of Bangladesh Supreme Court and human rights activist, on Wednesday, made a prayer to...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor shares this picture from Baroda: Couldn't resist adding these images that i couldn't fit into my earlier post, if only to encourage everyone to visit this magnificent museum! @mfmuseumbaroda And don't forget to take in the Palace soon before its expected conversion into...
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Mohammed al-Bashir, Syria's new transitional Prime Minister, said that the religious rights of all people will be guaranteed, as per Al Jazeera. Bashir told Italian Corriere della Sera daily that the rights of all people and all sects in Syria will be guaranteed, Al Jazeera reported.Mine is...
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Children at Delhi's anganwadis are in for healthy and tasty treats this winter with their plates filled with additions like ragi ladoos and crunchy peanut 'chaat' as the Women and Child Development Department rolls out a new food menu with six new items including those made from...
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Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Thursday amid sloganeering after BJP president J P Nadda attacked the Congress for questioning the ruling given by the Chairman and the party's alleged nexus with US hedge fund tycoon George Soros. After laying of listed papers and reports...
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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said that TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee has submitted a written apology for his remarks against Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia besides apologising in the House. As soon as the House met, some members belonging to the ruling alliance stood up to...
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NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar met party workers and leaders at his residence in Delhi on the occasion of his 84th birthday on Thursday.The party members presented bouquets and gifts to the senior leader at his residence as a token of respect and appreciation.The NCP chief also clicked pictures with...
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Opposition leaders hold protest in the Parliament complex over Adani issue.
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Union Minister Giriraj Singh holds protest in Parliament premises against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. BJP alleges a link between the Congress party (leadership) and Hungarian-American billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
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Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday slammed Congress over the no-trust motion against Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and said that if the opposition attacks the dignity of the Chairman, we will protect. The Opposition INDIA bloc on Tuesday submitted a...
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A scientist's minor son has allegedly confessed to killing his mother at their home in Gorakhpur, days after he misled his father and police, claiming she died of an accidental fall, officials said. Aarti Verma died after her son, a class 11 student, pushed her and her head crashed...
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A 32-year-old Indian student has died in a road accident in eastern England's Leicestershire while four other people were hospitalised with serious injuries, according to police. Chiranjeevi Panguluri died on the spot as a passenger in a car that ended up in a ditch and three co-passengers,...
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The systematic investment plan (SIP) account additions declined for the fourth month in a row in November, after reaching a record high of 3.5 million in July 2024.At 1.03 million, the net additions last month were the lowest in six months. In October, the industry had added nearly 2.5 million...
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TMC leader Kunal Ghosh stated that Mamata Banerjee is not interested in any central leadership but is focused on creating an alternative platform to defeat the BJP. Ghosh, speaking about the INDIA alliance, stressed that Banerjee's goal is to build a coalition capable of challenging the BJP's...
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After over one month since the launch of the expanded Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) to provide insurance cover to those aged 70 and above, the Centre is using enrolment drives and IEC (Information, Education, and Communication) campaigns, along with some help from...
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Delinquencies in the credit card segment increased across all days past due (DPD) bands in June 2024 from the year-ago period, even as the rate of growth of new card issuances and credit card balances dropped, credit bureau CRIF Highmark said in a report on Wednesday.According to CRIF data,...
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President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his Janurary 20 inauguration, CBS News reported citing sources.As per the reports, Trump invited Xi in early November, shortly after the election but it was not clear whether Chinese President has accepted the...
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There has been minimal rejection' of text messages, and no disruptions in users receiving important commercial communication on the first day of the new national traceability mandate, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) officials said on Wednesday.Telecom operators, who have to ensure...
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The Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (Fada) has said that discounts on passenger vehicles (PVs) have touched unprecedented levels. This comes on the back of muted buying sentiment in the PV market, which saw a 14 per cent drop in retail sales following the festival month of...
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Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai on Wednesday defended meeting industrialist Gautam Adani, calling it not a sin and accusing Congress and DMK of misleading the public with their protests over Adani's ties to the party. He is a businessman in our country. Every single state government...
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A canteen owner at a theatre screening the movie Pushpa 2: The Rule in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior allegedly bit the ear of a man over a dispute on settling the snacks bill, police said.The incident took place on Sunday when the victim, Shabbir, went to the canteen of Kailash Talkies in Inderganj...
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A 5-year-old boy died after being stuck in a 150-feet borewell in Rajasthan's Dausa, as officials launched an extensive rescue operation which lasted over three days.The child fell in a 150 feet deep borewell while playing on December 9.A rescue operation was quickly launched to extricate him.The...
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CCTV camera footages on-board the BEST bus that mowed down seven persons in Mumbai's Kurla area show the driver Sanjay More collecting two backpacks from the cabin and jumping out of a broken window after the accident.The four to five video clips with a duration of 50 seconds to 1.04 seconds went...
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A 55-year-old man hailing from Kerala died after being run over by a bus operated by BEST in south Mumbai on Wednesday evening, officials said, in second fatal accident involving a vehicle of the Mumbai civic transport body in three days.The victim was first hit by a speeding motorcycle and then...
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