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The Joint Platform of Doctors on Tuesday moved the Calcutta high court, seeking permission to hold a demonstration at a key crossing in the central part of the metropolis, demanding that the CBI submit a supplementary charge sheet in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case. The application was...
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Acting on specific intelligence of the presence of explosives in the general area of Maphitel Ridge in Manipur's Imphal East district, the Indian Army and Manipur police on Tuesday launched a search operation and recovered five Improvised explosive devices, weighing 21.5 kilograms at multiple...
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The body of SA Basha, the mastermind of the 1998 serial bomb blasts that rocked Coimbatore, was taken in a procession amidst heavy police security and buried on Tuesday evening. The funeral procession commenced from his Rose Garden residence in South Ukkadam and the body was taken to the...
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A blast occurred at a police station in Punjab's Amritsar in the early hours of Tuesday, triggering panic in the area. Officials said no one was injured in the attack. The incident comes a fortnight after a hand grenade was lobbed at a police post in Nawanshahr. An explosion was...
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Amidst the ongoing tensions between the Raj Bhavan and the Left government in the state, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his council of ministers skipped the Christmas celebrations hosted by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. Invitations were sent to the...
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Maoists used villagers, including minors, as human shields during an encounter with security forces in Abhujmaad area of Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district last week, resulting in injuries to four civilians in the Maoist firing, the police said on Tuesday. Preliminary investigation suggests...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed for maintaining status quo on the management and administration of churches in the dispute between Jacobite Syrian Church and Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church factions in Kerala. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan noted both factions had...
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The 11 Indian nationals who died in an Indian restaurant in Gudauri, Georgia due to carbon monoxide poisoning are mostly from the state of Punjab, the sources said the embassy is working to repatriate the mortal remains at the earliest. The Indian embassy in Georgia is in touch with...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slumped over 1 per cent on Tuesday, weighed down by an across-the-board selloff amid cautious investors approach ahead of the US Fed interest rate decision. Falling for the second day in a row, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex tanked 1,064.12 points...
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A mild earthquake hit Bajhang district of western Nepal Tuesday evening, which was felt by people living in the surrounding districts as well even when the authorities said there are no immediate reports of any damage or loss of life. The tremor with 4.3 magnitude epicentred at Dhamane area...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday attacked the Congress for bringing various amendments to the Constitution, saying the opposition party considered it as the 'private fiefdom' of one family and amended it to remain in power.Replying to a discussion on the 'Glorious Journey of 75 Years of...
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Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant on Tuesday said efforts are underway to placate party leaders who are upset over their exclusion from the state cabinet.Talking to reporters in Nagpur, Samant admitted there may be some unhappiness among party legislators because of the denial...
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC Pravin Darekar on Tuesday alleged in the Maharashtra council that a conspiracy was hatched to frame Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and then-minister Eknath Shinde in a false case during the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.At the time, BJP MLA Fadnavis was...
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Satish Sharma, Sports Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday said that there is nothing wrong with the introduction of a 'One Nation One Election' in the country if the Bill saves the country's money.First I will take the opinion of my CM. Apart from being the minister, I believe nothing is...
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The Karnataka high court on Tuesday quashed the first information report (FIR) registered against Bharatiya Janata Party state president B Y Vijayendra, who was accused of extorting money under the pretext of electoral bonds.The FIR, filed by Bengaluru police in September based on a complaint by...
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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray head Uddhav Thackeray called on Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the latter's chamber in the Vidhan Bhawan in Nagpur on Tuesday.The former state CM was accompanied by Sena-UBT legislators Aaditya Thackeray, Anil Parab and Varun Sardesai during...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday hit out at the government, saying voting at the introduction stage of two bills on simultaneous elections in the Lok Sabha showed the BJP did not have the two-third majority required to pass a constitutional amendment. Two bills that lay down the...
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Gurugram Traffic Police has issued a challan of Rs 15,000 to popular rapper Badshah for driving on the wrong side of the road, playing loud music, and rash driving, officials said on Tuesday. The incident took place on December 15 when Badshah came to the Airia Mall on Sohana Road for a...
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Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday launched a veiled attack on party president Ajit Pawar over his exclusion from the new council of ministers, claiming Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was in favour of his induction in the cabinet. He said Ajit...
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Activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday announced that he would launch an indefinite fast on January 25, 2025, to press for the Maratha community's demands, including reservation in jobs and education under the OBC category.Addressing the media at Antarwali Sarthi village in Jalna, Jarange urged...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi favoured detailed discussion at every level on the 'one nation, one election' bill and wanted it to be referred to a Joint Committee of Parliament, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday. Shah made the remarks in Lok Sabha when the House was hearing objections...
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A foreign national was arrested for allegedly running a drug racket and 12 kg banned MDMA crystals worth an estimated Rs 24 crore were seized from her possession here, police said on Tuesday.This was the largest drug seizure by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) unit of Bengaluru Police in the state...
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JUST IN: 'One Nation One Election' Bills introduced in Lok Sabha with 269 voting in favour and 198 against.Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned till 3 pm following introduction of 'One Nation One Election' bills. -- PTI
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The Biju Janata Dal will decide its stand on the issue of the simultaneous election after examining the details of the two bills on the matter that are before the Lok Sabha, party leader Sasmit Patra said on Tuesday.Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal Tuesday moved for the introduction of the...
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Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal proposes the introduction of the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 on 'One Nation, One Election'.Also proposes the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024.He proposes bills should be sent to the Joint Parliamentary...
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As the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) opposed the One Nation, One Election bill, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju slammed the Congress saying, Does they mean to say that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's government for so long was illegal.Speaking with ANI,...
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A passenger aircraft that took off from the Cochin International Airport for Bahrain on Tuesday was called back shortly after departure following reports of a suspected issue with its tyre, an airport source said.The issue was detected soon after take-off, the source said. As a precautionary...
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Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal moves 'one nation, one election' bills for introduction in Lok Sabha.
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Several Congress MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, staged a protest in Parliament premises on Tuesday, demanding justice for Hindus and Christians facing atrocities in Bangladesh. The MPs protested with handbags which had 'Stand with minorities of Bangladesh' written on it. They raised...
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Delhi-NCR schools on Tuesday switched to the hybrid mode of conducting classes following the re-imposition of anti-pollution measures under the Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). According to the revised GRAP schedule, classes for students in grades VI-IX and XI in...
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The new BJP president, who will succeed incumbent J P Nadda, is likely to be elected by the end of February, according to a senior party functionary.Party sources said the ongoing organisational election is on track to complete the polling process in more than half of its state units by...
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Pakistani politician Fawad Chaudhry lauded Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after she carried a bag with Palestine emblazoned on it to Parliament on Monday.The former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader slammed his fellow Pakistani politicians for not demonstrating such courage.What else could...
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Israel is closer than ever to closing a deal with Hamas regarding the freeing of the hostages held in Gaza, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz told Knesset lawmakers on Monday (local time), as reported by Times of Israel. Katz's comments to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee...
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Six persons were killed and nearly 10 others injured after a private bus rammed into a dumper truck on a highway in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district on Tuesday morning, police said. The accident took place near Trapaj village at around 6 am when the bus was on way towards Mahuva from Bhavnagar,...
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Delhi's air quality has worsened further, with levels again breaching the 400 mark and falling into the 'severe' category, according to the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), At 7 AM on Tuesday, Delhi's air quality index (AQI) was 421. AQI values in areas including...
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Sundar Sethuraman/Business StandardDecember is shaping up to be the busiest month for IPOs this year.With half a dozen companies announcing their listing plans on Monday, the total count has already reached 11. Investment bankers expect an additional 2 to 3 launches before the year ends. The...
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Nitin Kumar/Business StandardDelhi has emerged as the only major state or Union Territory that saw a sharp decline in electric vehicle (EV) registrations this year, despite the government extending its EV policy until March 2025.Registrations in the national capital slumped from 1,435 units in...
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Shivani Shinde/Business StandardThe Indian IT services industry is expected to clock revenue growth in the mid-single digit for the financial year 2024-2025 (FY25), according to a report by Icra for the year.The Indian IT service sector will log growth in the range of 4 to 6 per cent, slightly...
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A constitutional amendment bill for holding Lok Sabha and assembly elections simultaneously has been listed for introduction in the Lower House of Parliament on Tuesday and could be referred to a joint committee of the two Houses.The Lok Sabha agenda said the Constitution (One Hundred and...
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Amid chilly weather in Maharashtra, the India Meteorological Department has predicted further dip in temperatures in the state's central parts and Marathwada. Temperatures in Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada regions may fall even more on Tuesday, though no such conditions are expected...
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A scuffle broke out between students and police at Delhi University's Campus Law Centre on Monday during a protest by law students against the examination schedule. Students alleged that police used lathi charge and tear gas to disperse them, leaving several injured. The Delhi police...
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A tribal woman's body was transported to the public crematorium in an autorickshaw, allegedly due to the non-availability of an ambulance on time, triggering a protest in this district on Monday.The image of the body of Chundamma, an elderly woman from the Veettichaal settlement in Edavaka...
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Jawaharlal Nehru University has issued an advisory warning students against participating in the screening of a banned BBC documentary featuring Narendra Modi, stating such activities could disturb communal harmony on campus. The advisory comes ahead of a screening of India: The Modi...
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