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Union Minister Narayan Rane on Monday opposed the Maharashtra government's decision to issue Kunbi certificates to members of the Maratha community and said 'proud Marathas' would not want to be included in the Kunbi segment to avail reservation benefits.'Proud Marathas would not get included in...
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A fatwa has allegedly been issued against All India Imam Organization chief Dr Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi after he attended the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony of Ram Lalla at Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22.The Imam said the fatwa was issued on Sunday but that he had been receiving threat calls since...
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad for over nine hours in connection with the agency's money laundering probe into the alleged land-for-jobs scam, officials said. Prasad, accompanied by his daughter Misa Bharti, arrived at the ED...
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York State Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar unveiled a new statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside a temple in Queens, replacing a previous sculpture that was vandalised twice more than a year ago. Last year, the statue of Gandhi that stood in South Richmond...
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CJI D Y Chandrachud
This is not a railway platform where you can hop onto any train which comes, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud admonished a young lawyer on Monday for mentioning for urgent hearing an unlisted plea at 12 noon. The lawyer wanted the plea seeking judicial reforms to be...
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As speculation is doing the rounds about Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's whereabouts in the wake of Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons to him and agency sleuths visiting his Delhi residence, a family member of his termed the narratives 'designed' to delegitimise the Jharkhand Mukti...
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Actor couple Amy Jackson and Ed Westwick on Monday announced their engagement after dating for almost two years.According to the pictures posted by Jackson, 31, on social media, Westwick, 36, proposed to her on a bridge in Gstaad, Switzerland.The couple shared the news with fans and followers in...
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Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday attributed the differences in opposition's Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in West Bengal to Congress party's failure to finalise seat-sharing arrangements.Banerjee highlighted that despite repeated...
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Superstar Rajinikanth on Monday said his daughter Aishwarya did not term 'Sanghi' a 'bad word' and only expressed her point of view that he was a spiritual person. She had said Dad is a spiritual person who loves all religions and when that is the case why father should be described so (as a...
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The Delhi Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have won the best marching contingents in the Republic Day parade of 2024, an official document from the Ministry of Defence said on Monday.While the Delhi Police wins the best women contingent trophy in 'judges choice category',...
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BJP MLA Nitesh Rane
BJP MLA Nitesh Rane told a Hindu Jan Aakrosh gathering in Solapur that he would back their aggression to the hilt and to not fear the police since his boss stays in Sagar Bungalow, the official residence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.Fadnavis, a senior Bharatiya Janata...
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Amid strains of soulful music, the Beating Retreat ceremony, which marks the culmination of Republic Day celebrations, got underway at the Vijay Chowk in New Delhi on Monday.The Raisina Hill in the heart of the national capital reverberated with the sound of captivating and foot-tapping Indian...
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FS Vinay Mohan Kwatra
Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra embarked on a three-day visit to Bhutan on Monday, a day after newly-elected Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay assumed office in the Himalayan kingdom. Kwatra will receive an audience with Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. He will also call on...
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The US Consular Team in India processed a record 1.4 million US visas in 2023, which is higher than ever, and has brought down the visitor visa appointment wait times by 75 per cent.The US Embassy and Consulates in India said that Indians now represent one out of every 10 US visa applicants...
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A 14-year-old boy was made to lick shoes and perform unnatural sex on three of his friends, who also recorded the act and put its video on social media, in south Delhi's Hauz Khas area, police said on Monday. The incident came to the fore Sunday night, when one of the three juvenile...
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The government extends the ban on terror group SIMI, says Home Minister Amit Shah. Bolstering PM Modi's vision of zero tolerance against terror, SIMI has been declared 'Unlawful Association' for 5 years under UAPA, says the home minister.The Central Government had filed a counter-affidavit in the...
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The Patiala House Court on Monday extended the judicial custody of Prabir Purkayastha, founder and editor-in-chief and Amit Chakravarty, HR Head of news portal in the case registered by Delhi Police under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, following allegations that...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath arrived in Ayodhya on Monday where he visited the Ram Temple and Hanuman Garhi to offer his prayers as well as wish for prosperity and well-being of Uttar Pradesh and its people. He also assessed the arrangements for devotees at the Ram...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply on Monday, surging nearly 2 per cent, on heavy buying in Reliance Industries and a rally in Asian markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 1,240.90 points or 1.76 per cent to settle at 71,941.57. During the day, it soared...
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced elections for 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 States, the polls for which will be held on February 27.The ECI conveyed the information in a Press Note with the subject Biennial Elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of members...
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Get tested if you have symptoms
The INSACOG on Monday said 2,083 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 and its lineages have been detected in the country so far. There are 814 SARS-CoV-2 sequences of JN.1 across 18 states and UTs while its sub-lineage JN.1.1 has been detected in 943 cases, according to the data compiled by the...
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The fishing boat
Indian Navy warship INS Sumitra has safely rescued the fishing vessel Iman from Somali pirates. The pirates have been disarmed and asked to move towards Somalia. The INS Sumitra has now moved out from the area. The ALH Dhruv choppers on board the warship had encircled the hijacked vessel to issue...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of threatening people to send central probe agencies to their homes if they do not vote for the saffron party in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The TMC supremo advised locals in Cooch Behar, particularly Rajbanshis, to...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday saying that the party has again started crying CAA CAA for the sake of votes as Lok Sabha elections are approaching.We have fought against the NRC. Rajbanshis are citizens of India. They have again...
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The 'Modi' script
Experts in the Modi script of Marathi are transliterating Nizam-era documents from various offices and departments to find records of Kunbis in Marathwada to provide reservation for the Maratha community. Talking to PTI, experts said papers from the land records department, documents...
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Expressing regrets for referring to President Droupadi Murmu in the singular, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, while admitting it as a gaffe on his part, said he has immense respect for her as she also comes from oppressed classes like him. He was referring to his remark at a...
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A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ditched the 'Mahagathbandhan' to return to the BJP-led NDA, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday claimed that the JD(U) supremo's exit will have absolutely no impact on the opposition bloc INDIA. Interacting with reporters in Kishanganj...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin had a chance encounter with 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic while enroute to Spain.Stalin took to X (formerly Twitter) to share the photo from their surprise in-flight moment.Surprise in the skies. Met tennis legend Novak Djokovic en route to...
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Union Minister Shantanu Thakur on Monday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) would be implemented in the country within a week. During an interview with a news channel, Thakur, a BJP MP from Bongaon, an area with the majority of people belonging to the Matua community in West Bengal's...
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Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam, taking a dig at Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, has said that while all other political parties are gearing up for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, it seems Congress is preparing for the 2029 elections. Congress has some very great and intelligent leaders. On...
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The government has called a meeting of floor leaders of different parties in Parliament on Tuesday ahead of the Budget session. It is a customary practice ahead of every session as leaders of different parties highlight the issues they want to raise in Parliament, and the government offers them...
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An idol of Lord Hanuman dressed up in the tricolour
The situation remained tense in Keragodu village near Mandya in Karnataka, but under control on Monday, a day after it witnessed strong protests and police action, following the removal of a saffron flag bearing Lord Hanuman's picture hoisted on a 108-ft tall flag post by the...
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Devotees outside the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya
Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Lucknow Zone Piyush Modia appealed to devotees coming to Ayodhya not to bring their suitcases and bags while coming for darshan of Lord Ram Lalla. I would like to request devotees not to bring their suitcases and bags while coming for darshan...
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NBFC major Shriram Finance is likely to dislodge agro-chemical firm UPL in the Nifty50 during the March 2024 rebalancing exercise. The move may lead to $245 million worth of passive buying in Shriram Finance and $107 million worth of selling in UPL, according to a report by Nuvama...
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A male tiger was killed after being hit by a speeding car while crossing a road in a forest area in Mysuru, a forest official said on Monday. According to the Conservator of Forest, Malathi Priya, the accident occurred near Mandakalli Airport on the Mysuru-Nanjangud road on Sunday at around...
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A 25-year-old Indian student who recently earned an MBA degree in the US was hammered to death by a homeless drug addict whom he had been helping for the past couple of days in Georgia state's Lithonia city.The horrifying incident was caught on camera when assailant Julian Faulkner mercilessly...
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Congress' Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi enters Bihar through Kishanganj. This comes just as the Congress today took a swipe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with another chameleon barb and 'aaya Kumar, gaya Kumar' jibe at him.Yesterday the JD(U) chief resigned as the Chief...
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enchmark equity indices rebounded in early trade on Monday in-tandem with a rally in Asian markets along with buying in blue chip firms HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 503.47 points to 71,204.14 points in the early trade. Nifty climbed 178.55 points...
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The Congress on Monday took a swipe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with another chameleon barb and 'aaya Kumar, gaya Kumar' jibe at him, a day after the JD(U) leader's latest volte-face in Bihar. Kumar on Sunday resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar, saying things were not working...
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With Congress' Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra set to enter Bihar from West Bengal on Monday, party leader Jairam Ramesh has said that the Congress party workers are not happy with the clash with TMC at ground level.Our workers are not happy. Our workers are angry but Mamata Banerjee is a very important...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' will on Monday reach Bihar through Kishanganj, a district with a heavy Muslim population which is also a party stronghold.Gandhi's Bihar tour comes a day after the Congress was left high and dry with former ally Nitish Kumar, the Bihar chief...
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- SC to hear a plea of Shahi Masjid Idgah management committee in the Shri Krishna Janambhoomi dispute case.- SC to hear a plea of NCP leader Jayant Patil of Sharad Pawar faction seeking a direction to the assembly speaker to decide on disqualification petitions of MLAs of Ajit Pawar group.- A...
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Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said people will give a befitting reply to the politics of frequently shifting loyalties being played by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.In a video statement, Pawar said it was Kumar who initiated the process to bring the Opposition...
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A man scaled the perimeter wall of the Delhi airport and reached the runway before being apprehended, in a serious security breach during a high alert in the national capital due to the ongoing Republic Day celebrations, official sources said Sunday. The Central Industrial Security Force...
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Popular stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui on Sunday was announced as the winner of the reality show Bigg Boss season 17, beating actor Abhishek Kumar through live voting. Besides Faruqui and Kumar, the other three contestants who were competing for the trophy in the finale were actors...
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