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The Delhi high court on Friday asked an RTI applicant to approach the central information commissioner with his application which raised the issue whether 'Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra' was a 'public authority' for the purpose of Right to Information Act. Applicant Neeraj Sharma, who...
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The mortal remains of Indian Army soldier Jitendra Singh of Dausa and Indian Navy Petty Officer Mahendra Singh Shekhawt were consigned to flames in their villages in Rajasthan's Dausa and Jaipur districts, respectively. Havildar Jitendra Singh, who was from Mahwa in Dausa, was killed in an...
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The Indian Embassy in Tripoli is closely following the situation of a batch of Indian workers in Libya who had travelled to that country without proper documents, and working to facilitate their return, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told...
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More than 35 lakh MGNREGS job cards were deleted in the current fiscal while over 38 lakh were issued, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Job cards cannot be deleted due to non-linkage with Aadhaar, Union Minister of State for Rural Development Kamlesh Paswan further said in...
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The Uttarakhand high court on Friday directed the SSP of Haridwar to maintain law and order in the face of a proposed 'Dharma Sansad' in the town convened by controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand. A single bench of Justice Alok Kumar Verma was hearing a petition against the priest asking...
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The Income Tax department and police have seized 52 kg of gold bars worth Rs 40 crore and more than Rs 11 crore in cash from an abandoned SUV in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, an official said on Friday.The seizure comes amid ongoing action by the I-T department in the city over the last few days.The...
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BRS leader president K T Rama Rao
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday filed a money laundering case against BRS leader K T Rama Rao and some others in a case linked to alleged payment irregularities during the Formula-E race held in Hyderabad in February 2023, official sources said.An Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR)...
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India's forex reserves dropped by $1.988 billion to $652.869 billion for the week ended December 13, the RBI said on Friday.In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had dropped by USD 3.235 billion to $654.857 billion.The reserves have been declining for the last few weeks, and the...
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce a significant cabinet reshuffle today amid growing calls for him to step down, according to a report by CBC News.Sources from CBC News and Radio-Canada revealed that Ottawa MP David McGuinty and Toronto MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith are...
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The Delhi police on Friday transferred the case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in connection with a scuffle on the Parliament premises to its Crime Branch, an officer said. This comes a day after the city police registered an FIR against Gandhi accusing him of physical assault and...
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A 14-year-old student of a government-run school in Odisha's Kendrapara district allegedly stabbed his classmate on Friday, the police said.The incident took place in a classroom of Telengabasant Nodal Upper Primary School, under the jurisdiction of Pattamundai Rural police station, an officer...
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The Maharashtra government employee accused of attacking a Marathi-speaking family at Kalyan in Thane district surrendered before the police on Friday, a senior officer said. Akhilesh Shukla (48), an employee of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation, his wife Geeta (45) and...
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The Allahabad high court on Friday stayed the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in relation to an FIR accusing him of promoting enmity among religious groups following a complaint by an associate of controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand. The order was passed by a bench of...
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The rupee saw some recovery from its all-time low level and appreciated 10 paise to close at 85.03 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, on softening of the US dollar index and a potential intervention by the Reserve Bank of India. Forex traders said the rupee is likely to remain in...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Kuwait beginning Saturday will help in opening a new chapter in bilateral ties, the ministry of external affairs said on Friday.The visit would help develop a more dynamic partnership between the two countries, it said.The MEA said India was looking...
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Two days after an Indian Navy speedboat collided with a ferry packed with passengers off the Mumbai coast, Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi on Friday visited the Western Naval Command headquarters and held a meeting with top officials over the crash. Admiral Tripathi also conducted...
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The Delhi high court will on January 7, 2025, hear the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others accused in a UAPA case connected to February 2020 riots.A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur deferred the hearing after the Delhi police counsel said the case would...
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The Calcutta high court on Friday allowed an organisation of doctors to hold a demonstration from December 20-26 to press for speedy justice for the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital medic, who was allegedly raped and murdered in August. The court, however, directed the Joint Forum of...
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A four-member team of the Archaeological Survey of India on Saturday conducted a survey of the recently-discovered Shri Kartik Mahadev temple, five teerths (pilgrimage sites) and 19 koops (wells), a senior official said. Speaking to reporters, Sambhal District Magistrate Rajender Pensiya...
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A total of 2,200 cases of violence against Hindus and other minorities have been reported in Bangladesh this year till December 8, and India's expectation is Dhaka will take necessary measures to ensure their safety, the government said on Friday. Minister of State for external affairs Kirti...
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India has lodged a strong protest with Dhaka over certain controversial comments by key aide of Bangladesh's interim government Mahfuj Alam. In a now-deleted Facebook post, Alam said India should recognise the uprising that forced the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign. We have...
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A mentally-challenged person was detained here when he was admittedly going to have a darshan of Lord Shiva at the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, which is under tight security for Friday prayers, officials said. Additional superintendent of police Shrish Chandra said Friday prayers were held...
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Leaders of Hindu right-wing organisations have announced that another abandoned Shiv temple was discovered at Sarai Miyan, a thickly-populated Muslim locality under Delhi Gate police station in Aligarh.The discovery came on Thursday evening, barely 36 hours after a similar abandoned temple was...
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Lucknow Police on Friday said it has issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai for questioning in connection with the death of a party worker during a protest here two days ago.Rai, however, told PTI that he had not received any such notice but said he would cooperate with the...
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The Winter session of the Lok Sabha, which saw a series of disruptions over issues ranging from Adani to billionaire George Soros' alleged links with the Congress leadership as well as Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks related to BR Ambedkar, saw a productivity of 57.87 per cent, official sources...
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Aparajita Sarangi on Friday gifted a bag with '1984' written on it in red to Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.This comes days after the Congress MP carried bags with messages on Palestine and Bangladesh written on it to Parliament.Sarangi, the BJP MP from...
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Surajeet Das Gupta/Business StandardA dipstick study by JP Morgan on 50 offline grocery stores in Mumbai shows that 60 per cent of them have seen a decline in their sales volume, and most attributed it to quick commerce (qcom) through their dark stores. The primary survey was undertaken in...
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The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Punjab government to shift fasting farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal to a nearby makeshift hospital at the Khanauri border where his health can be monitored round-the-clock.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan asked the Punjab government Advocate...
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The Rajya Sabha on Friday adopted through voice vote a motion to nominate 12 of its members to the joint committee of Parliament that will scrutinise the two bills proposing simultaneous elections.Soon after the House met following an initial adjournment in the morning, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar...
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Several Delhi schools received bomb-threat emails on Friday, making it the sixth such incident in the last 11 days, officials said.Security personnel conducted search operations at the schools, but nothing suspicious was found, an official said.We received a call regarding the bomb threat at 5:02...
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Indian National Lok Dal president and former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala died in Gurugram on Thursday, a party spokesperson said. He was 89.Chautala, a five-time chief minister of Haryana and former deputy prime minister Devi Lal's son, suffered a cardiac arrest at his Gurugram...
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The benchmark Nifty50 index may trade within the range of 25,000 to 28,000 next year, according to a survey conducted by Smallcase involving 150 managers on its investment platform. On Thursday, the Nifty closed at 23,951. Most managers believe that green energy and banking could be prominent...
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Sundar Sethuraman/Business StandardDomestic brokerage HDFC Securities has told investors to moderate return expectations amidst elevated valuations.The brokerage expressed concerns about investor reaction in a scenario of muted returns after 10 continuous years when Nifty ended...
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Sharleen Dsouza/Business StandardFast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies are increasing prices but are not passing on the entire price hike to the consumer as rural markets have just about begun to witness revival while urban demand is stagnating.While edible oil firms typically pass on the...
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Khushboo Tiwari/Business StandardIn a bid to clamp down on individuals and entities making lofty return claims, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has introduced a Past Risk and Return Verification Agency (PaRRVA), which will be tasked to verify the risk-return metrics of services...
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The Bombay high court on Friday upheld the tender awarded to Adani Properties Private Limited by the Maharashtra government for the Dharavi slum redevelopment project in Mumbai.A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar dismissed a petition filed by UAE-based Seclink...
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The search for water is a 'daily undertaking' for Palestinians as water in Gaza has become a 'tool of war', Al Jazeera reported.As the war continued, access to clean water has become more difficult, with an individual now having to survive on 'less than five litres a day', Al Jazeera reported.The...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MPs Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput, who were injured after a scuffle in Parliament on Thursday, are stable and normal, as per the officials.Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital MS Dr Ajay Shukla said, Medical reports received yesterday are fine. Some reports will come...
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Deepak Patel/Business StandardMumbai-Delhi was the eighth busiest domestic route globally in 2024, with airlines operating 7.963 million seats between the two cities, according to aviation analytics firm OAG.In 2023, it held the ninth position, with airlines operating 7.276 million...
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Country's first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat died in a Mi-17 V5 helicopter crash on December 8, 2021, and a parliamentary panel report has said the reason behind the accident which occurred that day was 'human error'.Gen Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and many other armed forces...
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Harsh Kumar/Business Standard The Centre, in collaboration with states, has proposed to classify unregulated lending as a cognisable and non-bailable offence, with penalties including imprisonment of up to 10 years.The finance ministry has invited feedback by February 13 from stakeholders on...
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Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain was laid to rest in San Francisco on Thursday. Hussain, one of the world's most accomplished percussionists, died at a San Francisco hospital on Monday due to complications arising from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease. He was 73.Hussain, the son of...
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India-based Atlantic Navigation OPC Private Limited was slapped with American sanctions on Thursday on charges of trade of Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals.The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on four entities and three vessels involved in the trade of Iranian petroleum and...
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Harsh Kumar/Business StandardFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to engage in pre-Budget consultations with state finance ministers on Friday in Jaisalmer, ahead of the presentation of the 2025-2026 Union Budget. States are expected to play a major role in the consultations,...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin while speaking at his annual end-of-the-year news conference said that he was ready to discuss the possibility of reaching a compromise in talks with United States President-elect Donald Trump on the issue of Ukraine, Al Jazeera reported.He expressed his readiness...
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The Pune police arrested the president of a private English medium school in connection with the alleged molestation of a few students by a 39-year-old dance teacher.We have arrested the president of the school for alleged negligence and failure to do the required verification of the teacher as...
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The role of Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, will be crucial in the investigation of the complaints lodged by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress leaders over the jostling among its MPs in Parliament premises which sent two leader seeking hospital care.Permission from the Lok Sabha Speaker, being...
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Allu Arjun-starrer Pushpa 2: The Rule has grossed over Rs 1,500 crore in worldwide box office collection, making it the fastest Indian film to reach the mark, the makers said on Thursday. Pushpa 2, a sequel to 2021's blockbuster Telugu film Pushpa: The Rise, released in cinemas around the...
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The Central Board of Secondary Education conducted a series of surprise inspections at 29 schools in Delhi, Bengaluru, Varanasi, Bihar, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh to check enrolment of 'dummy' students, officials said on Thursday.According to CBSE Secretary Himanshu Gupta, a total of 29 teams,...
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A female bear and its two cubs were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device planted by Maoists went off in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, a forest official said on Thursday. The incident took place a few days back in Kohkabeda under Barsoor police station limits but it came to...
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INDIA MPs and BJP MPs protest at the Makar Dwar of the Parliament in New Delhi on Thursday/ANI Photo
After political protests turned ugly, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday banned demonstrations by MPs and political parties at any of the gates of Parliament, sources said.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has issued strict instructions that no political party, Member of Parliament or groups of...
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