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A total of 72 terrorists, 50 of them having a foreign origin, were killed by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir in 2023, officials said Monday. As many as 91 terrorists are still active in the Union Territory, according to figures made available by the Central Reserve Police Force. Out of...
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The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Bihar chief secretary over the death of a heart patient allegedly due to the non-availability of oxygen cylinders at a government health centre in Munger district. The NHRC said it has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report of...
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A woman allegedly shot dead her husband and brother-in-law over a property dispute in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on Monday and then surrendered with the pistol used in the crime, a police official said. The incident took place in the morning in Ingoria, some 25 kilometres from the district...
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The Hyderabad Customs on Monday said it has seized a total of 4.8 kg of smuggled gold valued at Rs 3.03 crore from different passengers in separate cases at the international airport here over the past two days. In a series of operations, based on passenger...
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The rupee started the new year on a weak note, depreciating by 5 paise to 83.21 against the US dollar amid a muted trend in domestic equities and dollar demand from importers. Forex traders said the rupee traded in a narrow range in the absence of global cues. International crude oil markets...
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A 6-month-old girl was killed and her mother was hurt in firing between security forces and Maoists in Bijapur in Chhattisgarh on Monday, which also left two District Reserve Guard jawans injured, an official said. The gunfight took place at around 5pm in a forest near Mutvandi village under...
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday arrived here in Odisha's steel city on a five-day visit during which he is expected to preside over several meetings of the outfit. Bhagwat reached Rourkela by road from Jharsuguda airport, where he arrived from Kolkata, an RSS leader...
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The number of commercial pilot licences issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation jumped 39 per cent year-on-year to 1,622 in 2023, with women's share going up 22.5 per cent, an official release said on Monday. The DGCA had issued 1,165 CPLs during the year ended December 31, 2022, as...
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The Indian Army is going to bolster its combat capabilities near the Pakistan border in the western desert as it is going to deploy its six Apache attack helicopters at a military station in Jodhpur. The first of the choppers is expected to start arriving from the US in February-March...
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The Mumbai police registered cases against 283 people for driving vehicles under the influence of alcohol during the New Year celebrations, an official said on Monday. The traffic police organised a campaign against drunk driving in the 12 hours ending at 8 am on Monday during which security...
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Stock markets kicked off the New Year on a flat note with benchmark Sensex closing with modest gains of 31 points in a highly volatile trading session on Monday helped by buying in energy, services and telecom shares. The 30-shares barometer scaled new intraday record high of 72,561.91 before...
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A total of 37 persons were arrested for allegedly stealing mobile phones of New Year revellers in the northern part of Goa and 90 handsets worth Rs 1.5 crore were recovered from them, a senior police official said on Monday. Three gangs from Maharashtra, West Bengal and the Rajasthan-Delhi belt...
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Amid rising COVID-19 cases, the Leh district administration on Monday said wearing masks in public places will be mandatory for people. Leh recorded 11 COVID-19 cases last week. In view of rising COVID-19 cases in the district, precautionary measures to contain the spread of COVID-19... are...
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The Reserve Bank of India on Monday said that 97.38 percent of the Rs 2000 banknotes in circulation as of May 19, 2023, have been returned. The latest data reveals that the total value of Rs 2000 banknotes in circulation, which was Rs 3.56 lakh crore as of May 19, 2023, when the withdrawal was...
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Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar was on Monday designated as a terrorist by the government under the anti-terror law for his involvement in smuggling of high-grade arms, ammunition and explosives through drones from across the border for carrying out killings in India. In a notification, the...
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A pastor was arrested from North Goa on Monday for his alleged involvement in religious conversions, a police officer said. The police also invoked sections of the Magic Remedies Act in the FIR against pastor Domnick D'Souza of Five Pillar Church. A case is also registered against D'Souza's...
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Goods and Services Tax collections jumped 10 percent to about Rs 1.64 lakh crore in December as compared to Rs 1.49 lakh crore in the same month a year ago, the finance ministry said on Monday. During the April-December 2023 period, gross GST collection witnessed a robust 12 percent growth,...
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said the state government has bought a 540-megawatt private thermal power plant at Goindwal Sahib. It is for the first time that a private power plant is being bought by the government, Mann said at a news conference in Chandigarh. We have purchased...
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Continuing with an over three-decade practice, India and Pakistan on Monday exchanged a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral pact that prohibits the two sides from attacking each other's atomic facilities. The exchange of the list took place under the provisions of an agreement...
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The consecration of Ram Lalla in the newly built temple in Ayodhya will take place at 12.20 pm on January 22, said Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra general secretary Champat Rai on Monday. Interacting with reporters in Ayodhya, he said, Pran pratistha will take place at 12.20 pm. After this,...
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The Indian embassy in Japan has set up an emergency room for anyone to contact in connection with the earthquake and tsunami warnings on January 1. It has issued emergency contact numbers for Indian citizens after a strong earthquake and tsunami warnings in Japan. In a statement shared on X,...
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A fire in the Jubbal area of Shimla district destroyed seven houses and rendered nine families without shelter, authorities said on Monday. About 80 heavily timbered rooms of seven houses in Praunthi panchayat were completely gutted in the fire that broke out around Monday 1 am. No loss of...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to chair a high-level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir in the national capital on Tuesday which would discuss the law and order situation and issues like security grid and zero terror plan, sources said. In the meeting, which is scheduled for...
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The Kerala police registered a case against Students Federation of India state president K Anusree and eight others for their dangerous act of burning a huge effigy of Governor Arif Mohammed Khan using petrol at Payyambalam beach on Sunday evening. The police said on Monday that the SFI leaders...
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NCP MP Supriya Sule
Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule on Monday ruled out any internal confusion on the over-the-seat sharing issue for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, saying that a lot of things about seat sharing were clarified in a meeting between Sonia Gandhi, Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar. This...
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Five members of a family were found dead in their house in a village in Jalandhar district's Adampur, the police said on Monday. The police on Sunday night found 59-year-old Manmohan Singh, his wife, his two daughters, and a three-year-old granddaughter dead. Manmohan's body was found hanging...
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Jharkhand's ruling JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmed has resigned from the state assembly, according to a notification on Monday. No reason was cited why the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha legislator of Gandey put in his papers. It is being informed to the public that the Jharkhand assembly Speaker has accepted...
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General secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Champat Rai gave an 'Akshat' invitation to locals in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya to celebrate the consecration of the Ram temple on January 22. Speaking to reporters on Monday over the 'Akshat' invitation, Rai said that 'Akshat' is being...
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Just In: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit north-central Japan on Monday. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning along the western coastal regions of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama prefectures, reported ANI quoting Reuters. More details soon. -- ANI
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India has logged 636 new cases of COVID-19, while the number of active cases of the infection have increased to 4,394, the health ministry said on Monday. Three new fatalities due to COVID-- two from Kerala and one from Tamil Nadu -- have been reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the...
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India's maiden solar mission -- Aditya-L1 -- launched on September 2, is set for its final manoeuvre to reach its intended destination L1 point on January 6, ISRO chairman S Somanath told ANI on Monday. Aditya-L1 is going to reach its L1 point on January 6 and we are going to do the final...
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The Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, which opened for the Makaravilakku festival two days ago, experienced a significant influx of pilgrims on New Year's Day, officials said in Sabarimala on Monday. The shrine opened at 3 am with the idol of Lord Ayyappa receiving an anointment of ghee from...
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Six people were killed and two others injured as the car they were travelling in hit a road divider in Jamshedpur city of Jharkhand on Monday morning, the police said. The accident took place near Circuit House Square in Bistupur police station area around 5 am, an officer said. Jamshedpur...
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Equity benchmark indices declined in early trade on Monday, the first trading day of the New Year 2024, amid profit-taking after the recent sharp rally and lack of trends from global markets.In 2023, the BSE benchmark jumped 11,399.52 points or 18.73 per cent, and the Nifty climbed 3,626.1 points...
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Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has expressed concern over the attacks on state forces and said that a delegation will soon go to Delhi to meet central leaders and apprise them of the situation.Singh's statement came in the wake of five state police commandos injured in a attack at the...
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A PSLV rocket carrying a total of 11 satellites including ISRO's X-Ray polarimeter satellite lifted off from a spaceport in Sriharikota on Monday. ISRO's maiden X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite would offer insights into celestial objects like black holes.The PSLV-C58 rocket, in its 60th mission,...
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A hairdresser wearing a Santa Claus costume styles a '2024' hair cut to welcome the New Year at a barbershop in Ahmedabad December 31, 2023. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters
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Reacting to the remarks made by Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray chief Uddhav Thackeray that he has not received invitation for the inauguration event of Ayodhya's Ram Temple, Acharya Satyendra Das, Chief Priest at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple on Sunday said that invitations have been extended...
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Braving sub-zero temperatures, hundreds of locals and tourists thronged the iconic Ghanta Ghar at Lal Chowk on New Year's eve in Srinagar.As the Sun set over 2023 for the last time, the refurbished Ghanta Ghar square started to come alive with New Year celebrations.While assemblies at Ghanta Ghar...
