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Delhi on Monday recorded a minimum temperature of 4.5 degrees Celsius, 4.1 degrees below normal, according to the weather department. This is the fourth time in December when the minimum temperature dropped below 5 degrees Celsius, with cold wave conditions observed in Pusa, according to...
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Eleven Indian nationals were found dead at a restaurant in Georgia's mountain resort of Gudauri, the Indian mission in Tbilisi said on Monday.Georgia's ministry of internal affairs said the initial inspection found no signs of injury or violence. All victims died from carbon monoxide...
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A 35-year-old man was killed after a pressure improvised explosive device planted by Maoists went off in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Monday, a police official said. The incident took place at around 10 am near Kosalnar village under Barsoor police station limits when Manaru Akali...
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A social media influencer was arrested for allegedly causing an explosion using sodium in an agricultural pond in the district, the police said on Monday.NM Prathap, also known as Drone Prathap, was arrested on Friday evening after police received a video of the incident that he had uploaded to...
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Sixteen persons were arrested in Hingoli in Maharashtra for allegedly pelting stones at the residence of a businessman over an objectionable Whatsapp message on Islam, a police official said on Monday. Those injured in the stone pelting on Sunday evening in Mondha included Vasmat...
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Seven persons were killed and six others injured when the sports utility vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck in Chhattisgarh's Balod district, police said on Monday. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has expressed grief over the incident and instructed the district...
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Former Rajya Sabha member and veteran actor Mohan Babu has deposited his licensed weapon with the Andhra Pradesh police, the police on Monday said.The police had previously issued a notice to the actor to surrender his weapon after cases were registered against him and his son Manoj in...
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A tiger in the 2-3 year age group was found dead on Monday morning in Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district, an official said. It may have died in a territorial fight, Pench Tiger Reserve's deputy director Rajneesh Singh said. The carcass was discovered by a...
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The special representatives of India and China on border issues will meet in Beijing on Wednesday to discuss the restoration of bilateral ties following the October 21 agreement to disengage troops in eastern Ladakh. As agreed, director of the office of the central commission for foreign...
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IndiGo will connect four more US cities, including Houston and Atlanta, through its codeshare partnership with Turkish Airlines.Apart from Houston and Atlanta, the codeshare connecting flights will be available for Miami and Los Angeles through Istanbul from December 18.This expansion of IndiGo's...
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Five alleged drug peddlers with more than five kilograms of heroin in their possession near the Line of Control in Rajouri district, the police said on Monday. The seizure of heroin, worth crores of rupees in the international market, from the Nowshera sector thwarted an attempt by the drug...
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Thirteen Maoists were arrested and explosives were seized in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, a police official said on Monday. Six of them were held by the CRPF and local police from Murkam village in Chintalnar on Friday, the official said. Of the six, Madvi Bhima is RPC Panch...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Bansuri Swaraj
A Delhi court on Monday issued notice to Bharatiya Janata Party MP Bansuri Swaraj on a criminal defamation complaint filed against her by AAP leader Satyendra Jain. Additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal directed Swaraj to file her response to Jain's complaint by December 20, when...
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The rupee depreciated by 9 paise to close at an all-time low level of 84.89 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, dragged down by a negative trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said the Indian rupee declined on weak domestic markets and rising US bond yields. However, a...
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A teenager was taken into custody for allegedly circulating a fake message in the name of the district collector of Malappuram in Kerala.The 17-year-old, a native of Vairamkode in Thirunavaya, was summoned to the district Cyber Crime police office along with his parents. Later, he was...
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The Punjab police on Monday said it has arrested four operatives of Canada-based terrorist Arsh Dalla and another foreign based-handler and recovered three pistols along with 16 cartridges from their possession. The arrested have been identified as Gagandeep Singh and Navjot Singh alias...
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West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim
Amid criticism over a controversial remark of senior Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim on the Muslim percentage in the population, the ruling party in the state on Monday distanced itself from his statements and condemned them. A controversy erupted after a...
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The Supreme Court on Monday said Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna should not be recognised as the recipient of the M S Subbulakshmi award as an interim measure. A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti passed the order on a plea filed by Subbulakshmi's grandson V Srinivasan, who alleged...
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As many as 642 offshore entities offering online money gaming have been identified till date for investigation on potential tax evasion, by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence, Parliament was informed on Monday.The offshore online gaming entities which have been found non-responsive and...
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The National Council of Educational Research and Training on Monday announced a 20 percent reduction in textbook prices for classes 9 to 12, effective from the upcoming academic year. This was announced by NCERT Director Dinesh Prasad Saklani during an event in New...
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The Uttar Pradesh police announced a reward of Rs 25,000 each for the arrest of four accused, including a local right-wing leader, in connection with the daylight murder of a youth in Shajahanpur earlier this month, officials said on Monday. Notices were earlier pasted at their residences,...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday asked former Congress president Sonia Gandhi to return the correspondences of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru with a host of personalities to the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library, saying the historical documents belonged to the country and were not...
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With the Opposition raising questions on the reliability of the Electronic Voting Machines, Trinamool Congress MP and party National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday differed with the Congress on the issue.He termed the allegations as just random statements and demanded that people...
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enchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower on Monday due to weak global cues amid caution ahead of the US Fed interest rate decision later this week. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex declined 384.55 points or 0.47 per cent to settle at 81,748.57. During the day, it dropped 581.84 points...
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A 12-year-old girl on Monday became the second person to be charged in connection with the killing of 80-year-old Bhim Sen Kohli, who died following an assault while out walking his dog in a park near Leicester, eastern England, in September. Leicestershire Police said the girl, who cannot...
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Historian Rizwan Kadri has requested Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to help the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library Society in getting back some important documents related to former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Those documents were removed from the library in 2008 at the behest of...
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In a show of support for the people of Palestine, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday carried a bag to Parliament that had Palestine emblazoned on it. The Congress general secretary has been raising her voice against Israel's actions in Gaza and expressing solidarity with...
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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday claimed in Lok Saba that a photograph of Pakistan surrendering before India has been removed from the Army headquarters.In her Zero Hour reference, Priyanka Gandhi said the picture has been removed on Monday, which also happens to be Vijay...
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The annual inflation rate based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) stood at 1.89 per cent (provisional) for November 2024, compared to 2.36 per cent in October 2024 and 1.91 per cent in September 2024. According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the easing inflation reflects a...
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The Supreme Court on Monday asked how raising the slogan of Jai Shri Ram is a criminal offence. A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Sandeep Mehta made the observation while hearing a plea challenging the Karnataka High Court's order quashing the proceedings against two persons for allegedly...
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Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday countered Nirmala Sitharaman's allegations against the Congress and said that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel himself wrote a letter to Jawaharlal Nehru, stating that Constitutional amendments are the only solution to pressing...
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Debates of Constituent Assembly show that erstwhile leaders of RSS were against the Constitution, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said on Monday.Participating in discussion on Glorious Journey of 75 years of the Constitution of India, Kharge said BJP has been giving...
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In a show of support for the people of Palestine, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday carried a bag to Parliament that had Palestine emblazoned on it. The Congress general secretary has been raising her voice against Israel's actions in Gaza and expressing solidarity with...
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He was the consummate artiste who performed his first concert when he was just seven, going on to captivate audiences with his sheer exuberance and talent for more than six decades. Yet Zakir Hussain would get nervous before he went on stage and thanked his lucky stars for that. The...
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After the Mahayuti leaders in Maharashtra took oath as ministers, Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant on Monday assured that the allocation of cabinet portfolios will be distributed within two days.He asserted that there was no delay. There is no delay. You will get to know about the portfolios...
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A tribal man was dragged for nearly half a kilometre along a road in this north Kerala district by an unidentified gang, after his thumb got caught in a car door, police said on Monday. The incident happened near a check dam at Koodal Kadavu in Mananthavady in Wayanad on December 15 evening,...
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Wholesale price inflation eased to 1.89 per cent in November, as prices of food items, especially vegetables turned cheaper, as per the government data released on Monday.The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation was 2.36 per cent in October 2024. It was 0.39 per cent in November, last...
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A tailor's tag on a blood-stained shirt found near the crime scene helped the Odisha Police to crack a mysterious murder case and arrest three people, an officer said. The police on December 13 recovered the body of a 35-year-old woman on the banks of Kathjodi river in Cuttack under...
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Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was accorded a ceremonial reception at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday, the second day of his state visit to India.President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara...
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Tamil Nadu: World Chess Champion Gukesh D returns to the country, days after winning 2024 FIDE World Championship in Singapore and becoming the youngest-ever World Chess Champion.
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A 15-year-old girl, who left her house earlier this month after her mother reprimanded her for spending too much time on mobile phone, was found dead in a creek after nine days in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Monday.The girl resided with her family in Dombivli area in Thane...
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Sarod virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan, sarangi exponent Kamal Sabri as well as film stars Akshay Kumar and Kamal Haasan paid rich tributes to Zakir Hussain, calling the tabla maestro a phenomenon and one of the most loved Indian musician in the world. Hussain, 73, died at a San Francisco...
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French economist Thomas Piketty said countries should emulate the progressive wealth taxes of some European nations in the 20th century and formulate a similar tax system in the global context. Billionaires and progressive wealth taxes were part of the progressive tax package introduced in...
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Rajnath Singh pays tribute on Vijay Diwas
Eight Indian military veterans of Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War have reached Dhaka while eight war veterans of the Bangladesh Army arrived in Kolkata to join the Vijay Diwas celebrations in the two countries, officials said. Vijay Diwas commemorates the Pakistan military's surrender to Indian...
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Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh: 'Rudrakshwale Baba' Gitanand Giri who is in the city for Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, says, This is my 'tapasya' of 12 years. 'Rudraksh' is dear to Lord Shiv. I started from Allahabad Ardha Kumbh Mela and it will culminate in the upcoming Ardha Kumbh Mela. 6 more years remain....
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Shiv Sena MLA Narendra Bhondekar has resigned from all party posts while expressing disappointment at not being included in the Maharashtra cabinet. Speaking to reporters in Bhandara on Sunday, Bhondekar, who was the Shiv Sena's deputy leader and co-ordinator for eastern Vidarbha districts,...
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A wreath being laid at the National War Memorial
MoS Defence Sanjay Seth lays wreath at the National War Memorial, on the occasion of Vijay Diwas. The day is celebrated every year across the country on December 16 to commemorate the victory of the Indian armed forces in the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971. President Droupadi Murmu on Monday paid...
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More tidbits on Ustadji.Regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation, Zakir Hussain is survived by his wife Antonia Minnecola and their daughters -- Anisa Qureshi and Isabella Qureshi. Born on March 9, 1951, he was the son of legendary tabla master Ustad Alla Rakha. The family...
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Eight years ago, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain had narrated how his father Alla Rakha had welcomed him into this world by putting the musical instrument's rhythms into his ears when asked to recite prayers.Mumbai-born Zakir Hussain passed away at a hospital in San Francisco due to complications...
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Two youths from Bihar, who were working as migrant workers in Manipur were shot dead in the state's Kakching district on Sunday.The deceased -- Dasharat Kumar (17) and Sunalal Kumar (18) were residents of Rajwahi village of Bihar's Gopalganj district.Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh condemned...
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