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Authorities of Berhampur-based MKCG Medical College and Hostel on Sunday terminated four doctors, including an assistant professor and three senior residents from their services, and debarred a second-year postgraduate resident from the hostel for six months for allegedly assaulting a student on...
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An 11-year-old boy was found hanging inside the kitchen of a madrasa in Malvani area of Mumbai, the police said on Sunday. The police suspect the boy hanged himself from the iron rod of the ceiling using clothes, allegedly after he was scolded by a madrasa (Islamic seminary) teacher for...
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Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, the national president of All India Muslim Jamaat on Sunday issued a fatwa against New Year celebrations, discouraging Muslims from celebrating it, instead urged them to focus on religious practices that align with their faith. According to Razvi, the...
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Congress MLA Uma Thomas/ANI Photo
Kerala's Thrikkakara Congress MLA Uma Thomas is in serious condition after sustaining head and spinal injuries, reportedly after falling from a gallery at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in Kochi on Sunday evening. The severely bleeding MLA was rushed to a private hospital near...
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The Defence Geoinformatics Research Establishment, a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, on Sunday issued an orange alert for an avalanche at an altitude of over 3,000 metres in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district over the next 24 hours. The alert is for a period of...
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Seven to eight personnel from the Taliban forces were killed along the Durand Line in the Upper Kurram district on Saturday, as the Afghan Taliban targeted Pakistani border posts in Ghozgarhi, Matha Sangar, Kot Ragha and Tari Mengal areas using both light and heavy weaponry, the Dawn...
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The police have detained a minor friend of a Class-11 student in connection with his alleged abduction and killing in this Uttar Pradesh district, an official said on Sunday. Kankarkheda station house officer Vinay Kumar Singh said the 17-year-old Class-11 student, a resident of Rohta Road,...
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A 22-year-old man lost his life after being attacked by a wild elephant in Kerala's Idukki district, the police said on Sunday. The incident occurred when Amar Ilahi, a native of Mullaringadu, a forest-fringe plantation area, went to bring back his cow after grazing, they added. He...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday termed India a not very lucky nation on the security front and urged soldiers to keep a sharp eye on internal and external foes who he said are always active. He was addressing Army personnel at the more-than-two-century-old Mhow cantonment in the...
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The upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport is set to be functional from early next fiscal year with the expected inauguration of the facility on April 17, a senior Adani Group official said on Sunday.Earlier in the day, an IndiGo A320 passenger aircraft landed successfully at runway 26/08 of...
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In the 117th episode of his monthly radio broadcast Mann ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the growing global resonance of ayurveda, citing the inspiring work being done in Paraguay. There is a country in South America called Paraguay. The number of Indians living there would...
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Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple Construction Committee chairman Nripendra Mishra announced the completion of construction by June 2025, with rampart and shoe racks until September, with rising tower construction being checked for aviation safety. Speaking to the media persons, Mishra said,...
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Renowned Malayalam film and television actor Dileep Shankar has passed away. He was found dead in a hotel room in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. As per Cantonment Police, Dileep, who is known for his roles in popular serials like Amma Ariyathe, Sundari, and Panchagni, had...
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The police in this Uttar Pradesh district have lodged an FIR against a Sikh man for allegedly posting pictures of himself carrying weapons on social media and expressing support for Khalistan, officials said on Sunday.An FIR has been registered against the accused, Gursewak Singh, under relevant...
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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has called for elections to be conducted using ballot papers, citing a lack of trust in electronic voting machines (EVMs). The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said this at a press conference at the SP headquarters here on Sunday, alongside Rahul...
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Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu
Senior Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, urging her to direct the Centre ro raise a memorial for former prime minister Manmohan Singh at the Raj Ghat complex. Sidhu's letter comes a day after the Congress accused the Centre of insulting...
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Tigress Zeenat, which had strayed from Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve to Bankura in West Bengal, was finally captured on Sunday afternoon after being sedated with tranquillisers, chief wildlife warden Debal Roy said. The tigress had kept wildlife officials from both the states on edge for...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge
Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday hit out at Mallikarjun Kharge over the alleged suicide of a contractor in Karnataka, wondering whether the Constitution does not apply to the family of the Congress president. In a statement, Leader of Opposition, R Ashoka, alleged that Kharge's...
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An Air Canada flight coming from St John's city on Newfoundland Island had a rough landing at the Halifax airport in Goffs in Nova Scotia province that saw the aircraft skid down the runway and part of it catching fire. A statement issued by the airport said the incident involved Air Canada...
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The police arrested one person, the kingpin in the fake passport racket, from West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, an officer said on Sunday. Acting on the inputs of those arrested earlier in connection with the same case, the Kolkata police nabbed the accused identified as Manoj Gupta...
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In a suspected case of suicide, a seven-year-old girl was found hanging under mysterious circumstances at her house in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi, police said on Sunday. The cause of the suicide is yet to be ascertained, said a senior police officer, adding the matter is being...
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BJP MLA Basavaraj Mattimadu/Image courtesy Facebook
A case has been registered against the close aide of Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge, Raju Kapanur and five others in connection with hatching a conspiracy to kill Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Basavaraj Mattimadu and other leaders, the police said on Sunday. The case was registered based on...
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Massive waves of up to 13 feet (four metres) are pummeling the coasts of Peru, leaving scores of ports closed on Saturday, authorities said. Peru closed 91 of its 121 ports until 1st January, the National Emergency Operations Centre said on its X social media...
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Former PM Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur along with family members brings the ashes of her husband Gurdwara Majnu Ka Tila Sahib ahead of the immersion, in New Delhi on Sunday/ANI Photo
The ashes of former prime minister Manmohan Singh were immersed in the Yamuna river near the Majnu ka Tila Gurdwara by members of his family following Sikh rituals. The ashes were collected from the Nigambodh Ghat on Sunday morning by Singh's family members and later taken to the 'Asth Ghat'...
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Reiterating the Communist Party of India-Marxist's position that they had no involvement in the murder of two youth congress workers in Kerala's Periya five years ago, party central committee member AK Balan on Sunday said that neither the party nor its top leaders had any knowledge of the...
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Jyotika and Mammootty in Kaathal: The Core.
Though Mollywood has produced a few blockbusters that received a pan-Indian release and reaped huge profit in 2024, only 26 of the 204 films released in the year got a rewarding collection, as per the figures released by the Kerala Film Producers Association. Of the 199 new films and five...
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PSLV-C60 is ready to launch SpaDeX and 24 innovative payloads into orbit./Courtesy ISRO on X
The Indian Space Research Organisation is set to launch its year-end mission, Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX), on Monday at 9:58 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR in Sriharikota. The mission will use PSLV-C60. As per the ISRO, the primary objective of the SpaDeX...
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Two people were burnt alive following a collision between two trucks in Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh, the police said on Sunday. The incident occurred around 8:30 pm on Saturday, on National Highway 34 in the Sumerpur area, circle officer Rajesh Kamal said. Two trucks were...
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Five associates belonging to the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and Amritpal Bath gangs, who had allegedly planned targeted killings, were arrested by the Punjab police, officials said on Sunday. Four weapons were also recovered from them. In a major breakthrough, the Tarn Taran police arrested 5...
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Air traffic to and fro the Srinagar International Airport was restored on Sunday, a day after heavy snowfall forced cancellation of all flights to the Kashmir valley.The flights to Srinagar have resumed and we expect normal operations, an official of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said.He...
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A Pakistan paramilitary soldier has been killed and 11 others injured in firing by the Afghan Taliban forces at the border posts of Pakistan troops, days after strikes by Pakistan targeted the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban militants. According to defence sources, the Afghan troops resorted to...
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The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar highway was on Sunday reopened for vehicular traffic after a day-long closure due to heavy snowfall, allowing stranded vehicles to proceed to their respective destinations, officials said. However, several other important inter-district routes, including the Mughal...
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The Delhi police deported eight Bangladeshi nationals who were residing in the Rangpuri area of the national capital, an official said on Sunday. Those deported are Jahangir, his wife and their six children, hailing from Kekerhat village in Madaripur district of Bangladesh, he...
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Four workers died after inhaling toxic gas at a chemical plant at Dahej in Gujarat's Bharuch district, the police said on Sunday. They fell unconscious after inhaling the toxic fumes leaking from a pipe at a production unit of the Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited at around 10 pm on Saturday,...
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A 10-year-old boy, who fell into a 140-feet borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district, lost the battle for life despite hectic efforts by multiple agencies for 16 hours to save him, officials said on Sunday. The boy, Sumit Meena, slipped into the open shaft of the borewell at around 5 pm on...
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A fire broke out on a hill slope in Goregaon area of Mumbai shortly after midnight on Sunday, a fire official said. No person was reported to be injured in the incident, he said. The level-one fire erupted at 12.14 am. It was confined to dry leaves, shrubs and trees in about 1.5 km...
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organizational election review meeting is underway at the party's headquarters extension office in New Delhi on Sunday.Organisation general secretary B L Santosh, national general secretaries, all the state presidents, state organisation general secretaries and...
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The government has cancelled the auction of 11 critical mineral blocks in the fourth round due to poor response.While no bids were received for four blocks, the remaining seven mines got less than three technically qualified bidders, according to the annulment notice.The four blocks which include...
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Preparations for the Kirtan and Guru Path for former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh are going on at Gurudwara Majnu Ka Tilla, Delhi.The last rites of Dr Singh were performed at Nigambodh Ghat, Delhi with full state honours, yesterday. -- ANI
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In a major shift from his earlier stance, United States-President elect Donald Trump has expressed his support for the H-1B visa programme and acknowledged frequently using it for his own properties, calling it a 'great programme', according to a report by New York Post.Calling it a 'great...
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At least 28 people have been confirmed dead, with many others feared injured, after a South Korean passenger plane carrying 181 people crashed on Sunday morning at an airport in the country's southwest, according to police and fire officials, Yonhap News Agency reported.The incident occurred at...
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