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Former president Ram Nath Kovind
Former president Ram Nath Kovind on Friday asserted that the concept of holding simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies was the brain child of the country's founding fathers and not the Bharatiya Janata Party. He also said that then president Pranab Mukherjee was supportive...
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An outbreak of African Swine Fever, a highly contagious and devastating disease affecting pigs, has been reported in farms in two villages in this district, officials said on Friday. The outbreak was detected at two pig farms located in the Koottickal and Vazhoor grama panchayats in...
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Amid rumours of him shifting to other constituency, Aam Aadmi Party supremo and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced that he will contest from his New Delhi seat in the upcoming assembly polls. Kejriwal asserted that the contest in the New Delhi constituency will be a...
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Days after violence over surveying of a Mughal-era mosque at Sambhal which killed four people, an imam of another mosque in Sambhal was fined Rs 2 lakh for allegedly using a loudspeaker at high volume on Friday, officials said. The incident took place in the Anar Wali Masjid in the Kot Garvi...
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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra speaks in the LS in New Delhi on Friday/ANI Photo
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi lauded Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Friday and said it was better than his maiden speech in the House. In her 32-minute speech in Hindi, Priyanka Gandhi was combative yet restrained, never raising her voice, as she highlighted the...
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After completing his 'tankhah' (religious punishment), former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday offered prayers at the Akal Takht. Badal arrived at the Takht at the Golden Temple with his former cabinet colleagues amid tight security. He moved in a wheelchair due to...
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The Indian Navy's latest survey ship -- INS Nirdeshak -- that boasts over 80 percent indigenous content, reaffirming the naval force's focus towards Aatmanirbharta, is all set to be commissioned at Visakhapatnam on December 18, a senior official said on Friday. The commissioning ceremony...
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A professor accused of sexually harassing two female PhD researchers at IIT-Mandi has been removed from his job, the institute said on Friday. The professor had been compulsorily retired based on the report of the Internal Complaint Committee constituted to investigate the sexual harassment...
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The Delhi high court has sought the response of various media houses on a Rs 100 crore defamation suit by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy over alleged derogatory news reports linking him to the indictment proceedings against Adani Group in the US. Justice...
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India's forex reserves dropped by $3.235 billion to $654.857 billion for the week ended December 6, the RBI said on Friday.
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Among the 30-share Sensex blue-chip pack, Bharti Airtel, ITC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Hindustan Unilever, Titan, UltraTech Cement, HCL Technologies, and Power Grid were the biggest gainers.On the other hand, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, JSW Steel and Bajaj Finserv were the laggards. -- PTI
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Benchmark stock indices Sensex rebounded sharply by about 1 per cent on Friday, propelled by bargain hunting in telecommunication, tech and consumer durable stocks amid encouraging domestic inflation data.After falling 1,207.14 points in morning trade, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex recovered...
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Eight people were arrested on Friday for allegedly raping a woman on a temple premises in Assam's Guwahati, the police said. The arrests were made after a purported video of the incident in Gorchuk area was found circulating among locals, a senior police officer said. While seven of the...
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A goat was killed in a sacrifice in full view of the public in Rohru, about 110 km from Shimla, the police on Friday said. An FIR was lodged in the matter on the complaint of a social worker. The complainant, Surendra Papta, said that a goat was sacrificed on Shikhri Bridge near the New...
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Hundreds of IndiGo passengers have been stranded at Istanbul airport due to their flights to Mumbai and Delhi facing long delays, with the airline apologising for the inconvenience. IndiGo operates one flight each daily from Delhi and Mumbai to Istanbul with Boeing 777 aircraft. While...
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Most of the Indian nationals in the Russian armed forces have been discharged and only 19 of them are currently deputed there, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh shared the data in a written response to a query about the...
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The husband of a woman who died when fans jostled during the December 4 premiere show of Pushpa 2 at a film theatre in Hyderabad, said on Friday he doesn't hold the film's male lead Allu Arjun 'responsible for the tragedy'. Bhaskar, the woman's husband, stated he was 'ready to withdraw'...
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Ruling out a possibility of any unidentified person roaming near the border without the knowledge of security agencies, a senior Border Security Force officer on Friday said there was no presence of illegally settled Rohingya immigrants near the International Border in Jammu sector.Inspector...
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Devendra Fadnavis
The cabinet expansion of the BJP-led Maharashtra government would take place on December 15 with the new ministers taking the oath of office at a ceremony in Nagpur, official sources said on Friday. About 30 ministers would take oath, a senior BJP leader told PTI. The week-long winter...
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Indian Space Research Organisation announced on Friday that it has achieved a significant milestone for the Gaganyaan programme with the first solid motor segment moved from the production plant to the launch complex. The announcement came days after the space agency conducted 'well deck'...
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The Telangana high court on Friday granted interim bail to actor Allu Arjun, who was arrested earlier in the day by Hyderabad police in connection with the death of a woman during the screening of his movie Pushpa 2 last week. The HC order came shortly after the actor was remanded to...
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Three Indian students have been murdered in Canada last week and the Indian high commission in Ottawa has taken up the matter of safety of Indians with the Canadian authorities, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.The safety, security and welfare of Indian nationals in Canada...
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India's forex reserves dropped by $3.235 billion to $654.857 billion for the week ended December 6, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday.In the previous reporting week, the reserves had increased by $1.51 billion to $658.091 billion, ending a multi-week decline in the overall kitty. The...
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A team of Bengaluru Police on Friday arrived at the record room of District and Sessions Court in Jaunpur, as a part of their investigation into the suicide case of a techie, Atul Subhash.Earlier today, a four-member team of Bengaluru Police, including one woman police personnel, arrived in Uttar...
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The Sealdah court on Friday granted bail to former officer-in-charge of Tala police station Abhijit Mondal and R G Kar Medical College and Hospital ex-principal Sandip Ghosh in the rape and murder case of an on-duty doctor. While Mondal was accused of alleged delay in filing of FIR in the...
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Animal rights organisation PETA India has announced a reward of up to Rs 50,000 for any information on suspects involved in the stabbing of two stray dogs in north east Delhi.The attacks, which took place two days apart in Kabir Nagar last week, left one dog dead and another injured, an official...
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Days after the Congress suffered its worst-ever defeat in assembly polls in Maharashtra, its state unit president Nana Patole has requested the central leadership to relieve him of the responsibility of the organisational post, party sources said on Friday.The sources said Patole has emailed a...
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Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday lauded Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi's maiden speech in the Lok Sabha and said that her speech was better than his. Wonderful speech. Better than my maiden speech, let's put it like that, Rahul Gandhi said. Meanwhile, Congress...
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Karnataka HC grants bail to Kannada film actor Darshan, his friend Pavithra Gowda arrested in Renukaswamy murder case.On Friday, the Karnataka High Court granted bail to the Kannada star and his partner Pavithra Gowda, who are the prime accused in the case. Darshan was arrested by the...
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In Lok Sabha, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra makes her debut speech: Today, people of the country are demanding that there be a Caste Census. Colleague of the ruling side mentioned this, the mention is also being made only because of these results in the Lok Sabha elections. The Caste Census...
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Actor Allu Arjun arrested days after woman killed in stampede at 'Pushpa 2' screening in Hyderabad.Allu Arjun was charged for the stampede that erupted outside a Hyderabad theatre that left one woman dead last week, after he arrived without prior intimation for the premiere show of his movie...
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Senior journalist Vir Sanghvi shares this image on X saying, The most happening Indian restaurant in the world. @TheVikasKhanna had Jeff Bezos as a guest last night at Bungalow Congratulations Vikas, Jimmy Rizvi & the entire Bungalow team.Bezos is the CEO of Amazon. Chef Khanna's New...
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Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned until December 16 after a war of words erupted between Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday amid a row over the no-confidence motion against the Chairman. The RS Chairman lambasted the opposition...
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A severed human head, suspected of that of a woman, was recovered from a garbage dump in Kolkata's Tollygunge area on Friday morning, police said. Local people spotted a plastic bag containing the body part at Graham Road near Golf green, they said. Senior police officers of the South...
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Techie dies by suicide in Bengaluru: In Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, a four-member team of Bengaluru police, including one woman police personnel, arrive at Kotwali, Jaunpur.The wife of Atul Subhash, the techie who died by suicide in Bengaluru, lives in Jaunpur. The Bengaluru police paste a notice...
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After more than six schools received bomb threats on Friday morning, the Principal of Cambridge School in Srinivaspuri Madhvi Goswami said that immediate alerts were sent to the police following the threat e-mail and classes were shifted to an online mode to ensure students' safety.The Cambridge...
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Terming the 2001 Parliament attack unfortunate, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday alleged that attacker Afzal Guru was honoured by the 'tukde-tukde gang'.It is very unfortunate that the temple of democracy was attacked. The attacker Afzal Guru was honoured by the 'tukde-tukde gang', Giriraj...
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West Bengal BJP's Murshidabad unit has announced plans to construct a Ram temple in Berhampore, days after TMC MLA Humayun Kabir proposed to set up a mosque, modelled after the Babri Masjid, at Beldanga in the same district. The BJP said the temple's construction will begin on January 22,...
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Former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo has voiced serious concerns about recurring bomb threats targeting schools in the national capital.Kejriwal questioned the potential psychological and academic impact on children, saying such incidents could disrupt their studies and well-being if they...
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Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster, a former five-time World Chess Champion, shares this image saying, The boy who would be King @FIDE_chess @WacaChess.The reference is of course, this:Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh yesterday became the youngest world chess champion at 18...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slumped in early trade on Friday dragged down by metal stocks, foreign fund outflows and weak global cues.The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex tumbled 412.8 points to 80,877.16 in early trade. The NSE Nifty tanked 129.85 points to 24,418.85. Among the 30-share...
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Police in Maharashtra's Thane district have booked a 31-year-old man for allegedly giving triple talaq' (instant divorce), which was banned in 2019, to his wife, an official said on Friday. The accused, a resident of the Mumbra area, called the father of his 25-year-old wife on Tuesday and...
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The father of Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash who died by suicide, said his son had been broken from inside after multiple cases were filed against him and his family by his wife. Atul Subhash, the 34-year-old deputy general manager of a private firm, died by suicide on Monday in his Bengaluru...
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Videos of drivers of wet-leased buses in Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking's fleet allegedly buying or drinking alcohol have gone viral on social media. These videos are in circulation after the horrific December 9 accident in which a wet-leased electric bus of...
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It was a special day in Vatican City and among the sea of people at St Peter's Basilica were many Indians, particularly from Kerala.Surely, there must have been plenty of Malayalam spoken in St Peter's Square last weekend.People from around the world had congregated to see Pope Francis elevate 21...
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As many as six people lost their lives in the fire accident that occurred at a private hospital in Tamil Nadu's Dindigul on Thursday night, the Dindigul district Superintendent of Police said. Over 20 people were also injured. More than three fire engines and over 10 ambulances were deployed...
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A four-storey vacant building partially collapsed at the Bhendi Bazar area of south Mumbai in the early hours of Friday, officials said in Mumbai. There were no casualties, the officials said, adding fire brigade personnel are at the site and clearing the rubble. The incident occurred...
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Three schools in Delhi received bomb threats over email early on Friday, triggering a multi-agency search of the premises, officials said. The latest threats come on the back of at least 44 schools receiving similar emails on December 9. Police had declared those threats as hoaxes. A Delhi...
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The Lok Sabha will on Friday begin a two-day debate on the Constitution to mark the beginning of the 75th year of its adoption in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to reply to the two-day debate on the Constitution in the Lok Sabha on Saturday, sources said. Defence...
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Suburban services on Central Railway's harbour line were affected on the second day in a row on Thursday due to technical glitches, an official said. A snag in a suburban train at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus at around 5:50pm affected services, leading to delay on the route and...
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The Shiv Sena will contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls, likely to be held next year, as part of Maharashtra's ruling alliance Mahayuti, said deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday. Talking to reporters after a meeting with former BMC corporators, party MLAs, MPs and...
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