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Unidentified persons were booked on Friday for sending emails threatening bomb blasts at multiple locations in Mumbai, including the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum in Colaba and the Nehru Science Centre in Worli, a police official said. An email was received by the management of the...
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UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
The Uttar Pradesh police arrested a 22-year-old man from Maharashtra's Thane for allegedly issuing a threat to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a social media post. Superintendent of police Sankalp Sharma said, We have arrested one Ajit Kumar from Thane. The accused had posted a...
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An elephant that fell into a well in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district was retrieved after nearly 40 hours on Friday but unfortunately could not be saved, according to a forest department official. The well, located in Aanda village in Nimdih block, is approximately 25 to 30 feet...
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A tremor of 4.1 magnitude was recorded in Maharashtra's coastal Palghar district on Friday night, a civic official said. The tremor originated 10 km off the coast at a depth of 10 km at 9.52 pm, said district disaster management officer Vivekanand Kadam. There was no report of...
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A sub-inspector was seriously injured when a mob attacked a police team with sharp weapons and sticks at Zinzuwada village in Gujarat's Surendranagar district on Friday afternoon and freed a history sheeter, an official said. Sub-inspector KC Dangar and two constables were attacked when they...
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A female engineering student of a private institution in Sangareddy district of Telangana killed herself on Friday, the police said.The 18-year-old student, who was studying B.Tech first year in computer science, jumped from the fifth floor of a building, they said.The reasons for her extreme...
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Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma (second from left).
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Friday renamed Indira Rasoi Yojna, launched by the previous state government, to 'Shree Annapurna Rasoi Yojna'. The name was announced in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who visited the BJP state headquarters in Jaipur, party sources...
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NCP legislator Jitendra Awhad
A case for allegedly hurting religious feelings was registered here on Friday against Nationalist Congress Party MLA Jitendra Awhad over his remark that Lord Ram was a non-vegetarian. Based on a complaint filed by city Bharatiya Janata Party chief Dhiraj Ghate, a first information report was...
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The Sri Lankan government on Friday repatriated 21 Indian fishermen to Chennai, days after they were arrested by the island nation's Navy for illegally fishing in the country's waters. The Navy said in 2023 they had arrested 240 Indian fishermen along with 35 trawlers for poaching in Sri...
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An injured ED official in attack in West Bengal./ANI Photo
The Enforcement Directorate will file an FIR in the case of attack on its officers by the alleged loyalists of a Trinamool Congress leader during a raid in West Bengal on Friday, sources said. The federal agency will also seek strengthening of the security cover to its officials and offices...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has announced Rs 1,000 cash incentive to people on the occasion of the harvest festival Pongal, the state government said on Friday. He used the occasion to hit out at the Centre seeking to know what it has done for the people of Tamil Nadu. Pongal...
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Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani surpassed Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani to become the richest person in Asia, with a total net worth of $97.6 billion, said Bloomberg Billionaire's Index.
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Former Team India captain MS Dhoni has filed a criminal case against two of his former business partners, claiming that they duped him of around Rs 16 crore by not honouring a contract to establish cricket academies, according to his lawyer. The case has been filed in a lower court against...
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Indian warship INS Chennai intercepted hijacked merchant vessel MV Lila Norfolk at 3.15 pm today, officials said. Indian Navy's marine commandos entered hijacked vessel MV Lila Norfolk in Arabian Sea; launch sanitisation of vessel, they said, and the top deck of the ship has been...
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A 36-year-old male sloth bear died due to multi-organ failure at a zoo-cum-animal rescue centre in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, an official said on Friday. This bear named Bablu was the oldest one in captivity in the country at present, an office-bearer of a non-government organisation...
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A sessions court in Hubballi on Friday granted bail to Srikanth Poojari. a Hindu activist, who was arrested by the police last week in connection with a case of rioting registered in December, 1992. The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party had been holding protests against the arrest in...
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Gujarat's industry minister, Balvantsinh Rajput, categorically said on Friday that high-level talks are going on for potential investment from Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle maker Tesla. I want to state that Tesla is in the pipeline, the minister said in response to reporters' questions at...
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Launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed a CBI probe into alleged procurement and supply of spurious and non-standard drugs in government hospitals and mohalla clinics in the national capital, the BJP's Delhi chief Virendraa...
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Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Friday tendered her resignation after the Aam Aadmi Party announced her candidature for the Rajya Sabha elections, officials said.While signing her resignation, she became emotional and hugged her colleagues before leaving the office located at...
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Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's childhood house and three other properties owned by his family in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri are set to be auctioned on Friday. The four properties -- all agricultural land--owned by Ibrahim's family are located in Mumbake village. The properties have...
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Security forces launched cordon and search operations (CASO) in several villages in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Friday following reports of suspicious movement in the area, officials said. The operations are underway in villages in the border belt of Mendhar sub-division, they said....
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The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking the removal of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji from the State Cabinet due to his implication in a money laundering case. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan orally observed that a Governor cannot dismiss a Minister...
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Congress' senior leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday hit out at its ally in the INDIA bloc- Trinamool Congress after a team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was attacked in West Bengal, saying that there is no law and order in the state. Speaking to the media, Adhir said that he would...
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Iqbal Ansari
Iqbal Ansari, a litigant in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case, on Friday received an invitation for the Ram temple consecration ceremony here, his daughter said. The invitation was delivered to him at his house located in Kotia Panjitola near the Ram Path, she said. My father was...
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Chand Roz from Sitamgar
Rahul Dev Burman made enough music to last a million lifetimes. In a career spanning nearly four decades, Pancham, as he was affectionately known among family and friends, produced one lilting creation after another. Often though, a lot of film-makers took his brilliance for granted or...
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Tirupati laddus
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the official custodian of Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, will supply one lakh laddus (sanctified sweet) for the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, an official here said on Friday. Weighing 25 grams each, the sweets are...
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Refuting the Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh's allegations on Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) and Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), the Election Commission of India (ECI) said that the Commission has full faith in the use of EVMs in the election. The reply comes after...
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Accused Neelam Azad
Parliament security breach: Five of six accused give consent before Delhi court to conduct their polygraph test. Accused Neelam Azad refused the polygraph test.Accused Manoranjan and Sagar also have their consent for the Narco Analysis and Brain Mapping test. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ)...
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Smog in Mumbai this morning. The AQI has been poor for the past couple of days. The AQI today is 147 today.
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Avoid crowds, stay masked
India on Friday recorded 761 fresh COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths due to the viral disease, according to Union health ministry data. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country came down marginally to 4,334 from 4,423 on Thursday, the data updated at 8 am showed.Kerala has the highest...
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday nominated Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal as its candidate for the January 19 Rajya Sabha elections and renominated Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta for a second term in the Upper House of Parliament, party sources said on Friday. The party's...
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South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison on parole and is now at home, South Africa's Department of Corrections said Friday. The announcement came at around 8:30 am, indicating corrections officials had released the world-famous double-amputee Olympic runner from...
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Y S Sharmila who joined the Congress party yesterday meets the party president Mallikarjun Kharge. Sharmila is the daughter of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and founder of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Telangana Party.
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The Enforcement Directorate on Friday searched premises of Baramati Agro, a company owned by MLA Rohit Pawar, grand nephew of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, and linked entities as part of a money laundering probe in the alleged Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam, official sources...
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Nitish during a July INDIA Bloc meeting
Bihar CM and JD-U president is likely to be named convenor of opposition bloc INDIA on Saturday, reports MI Khan. According to sources, a formal announcement will be made during a virtual meeting of the opposition alliance, which will be attended by all leaders. Congress president...
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Rationalist Narendra Dabholkar
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by the daughter of slain Maharashtra rationalist Narendra Dabholkar challenging the bail granted by the Bombay High Court to an accused in the case. Dabholkar, who fought against superstition, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants in...
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A cargo ship, 'MV LILA NORFOLK' was hijacked late last evening near the coast of Somalia and is being closely watched by the Indian Navy which has rushed a warship towards it, military officials said on Friday.The hijacked ship has 15 Indians on board and communication has been established with...
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The judiciary, the police, the lawyers and the public will have to know the new laws. It will also endanger settled jurisprudence on the old laws and open up all sorts of minor and major problems that currently do not exist. Who then was asking for the change? Not the judges or police or...
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A court in New Delhi has allowed AAP MP Sanjay Singh, arrested in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise scam, to sign forms and documents for his Rajya Sabha renomination. Special Judge M K Nagpal passed the order on an application filed by the politician, who...
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The minimum temperature across Kashmir rose slightly to provide some respite from the intense cold conditions, officials said in Srinagar on Friday. However, the night temperature, which settled several degrees below the freezing point, was still below normal for this time of the season at most...
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Dr S Jaishankar at Pashupatinath
India to provide USD 75 million to Nepal for reconstruction efforts in earthquake-hit areas. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday visited the famous Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu dedicated to Lord Shiva and offered prayers there. Jaishankar arrived in Nepal on...
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The Election Commission will start reviewing preparedness of states for the Lok Sabha elections with a visit to Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu next week.The Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and comprising Election Commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel will be in...
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A Hindu temple in Hayward, California, has been defaced with pro-Khalistan graffiti. This incident at Sherawali Temple comes weeks after the Swaminarayan temple in Newark, California was defaced by anti-India graffiti.The Hindu American Foundation has reported that Sherawali Temple in California...
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will begin his visit to the Middle Eastern countries from January 4 till January 11, to address ongoing concerns, including the release of remaining hostages and delivering life-saving humanitarian assistance to Gazan civilians.US Department of State...
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China's state-controlled Global Times has applauded India's economic policies and diplomatic achievements over the past four years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership in an article titled Bharat Narrative, highlighting that New Delhi's strategic thinking in foreign policy has evolved,...
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An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday, police said. Acting on specific information about the presence of terrorists in the Chotigam area of the south Kashmir district, the security forces launched a cordon-and-search...
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The Islamic State on Thursday claimed responsibility for the bombing attack that killed 84 people in Kerman, Iran, on Wednesday, according to a post on the terror outfit's official Telegram account, The New York Times reported.The group on its Telegram channel, called it a 'dual martyrdom...
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