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Delhi-based gangster Ballu Pehalwan was shot dead here by armed men in a car who pumped 20 bullets into him after intercepting his motorbike while he was returning from the gym. The police said on Wednesday it appeared to be a case of gang war. Eyewitnesses said the attackers kept...
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Former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has temporarily relocated to Ghana in West Africa after announcing his hiatus from active politics without informing Parliament, it emerged on Wednesday. In a post on X on Tuesday night, Nasheed, an MP and a prominent and controversial figure...
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State-owned National Highways Authority of India on Wednesday extended the KYC compliance deadline for FASTags till February 29. On January 15, the National Highways Authority of India said FASTags with valid balances but incomplete KYC will get deactivated by banks post-January 31,...
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The Supreme Court recently sought a response from the Centre on a plea of a woman, who is an Overseas Citizen of India, seeking to allow her husband, who is from America, and her son to enter Indian territory. A bench of justices JK Maheshwari and Sanjay Karol issued notice on the wife's...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested JMM leader Hemant Soren after over seven hours of questioning on money laundering charges in an alleged land fraud case, official sources said. Before his arrest, Soren tendered his resignation as Jharkhand chief minister to Governor CP...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched the 'Jai Jawan' campaign to provide justice to 1.5 lakh youth in the country who were selected for defence services but not allowed to join after the launch of the Agnipath scheme. Gandhi launched the campaign on the eighteenth day of the...
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The Indian Institute of Mass Communication, a 58-year-old institution known for its journalism and mass communication courses, was on Wednesday granted the status of a deemed-to-be university, empowering it to award degrees rather than just diplomas, according to the Union ministry of...
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Champai Soren
Hemant Soren on Wednesday resigned as Jharkhand chief minister while the ruling JMM-led coalition proposed the name of senior leader Champai Soren as new state head. Soren tendered his resignation to Governor CP Radhakrishnan at the Raj Bhavan after about seven hours of questioning by the...
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A 50-year-old 'sadhvi' was found murdered with her throat slit in Pataudi area in Haryana's Gururam on Wednesday, the police said. According to the police, the deceased woman monk is identified as Roshni Devi from village Khatkara. She was living with another monk Nafe alias Khamai Nath...
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A fire broke out at a 12th-floor flat in a residential building in Mumbai's western suburb of Andheri on Wednesday night, officials said. Nobody is injured in the incident, as per the preliminary information. The blaze erupted in a flat located on the 12th floor of Pearl Residency near...
21:28
Superstar Salman Khan and his production company Salman Khan Films have issued a statement cautioning fans as well as budding actors against false casting calls in their name. The banner, known for films such as Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Bharat and Radhe, said they haven't hired any casting agents...
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Kerala police increased the security cover given to Mavelikkara additional sessions judge-I VG Sreedevi on Wednesday, as threats have been made against her on various social media platforms after she pronounced the verdict in the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party OBC wing leader Ranjith...
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Goods and Services Tax collections jumped 10.4 percent to over Rs 1.72 lakh crore in January, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. This is the second-highest monthly collection ever and marks the third month in this financial year with a collection of Rs 1.70 lakh crore or more. The...
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Amidst hectic political activities, the Enforcement Directorate continued to question Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for more than five hours on Wednesday as part of its investigation into an alleged money laundering case related to land deals. The questioning which started at 1.20 pm...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during Nyay Yatra, in Jorhat, Assam/File image
Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah was on Wednesday questioned by the police for his role in the deviation of the route of the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' in Jorhat. The police had on January 18 registered an FIR against the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' and several Congress leaders for...
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The Income Tax department on Wednesday said that services for taxpayers on the e-filing portal will not be available between February 3 and early February 5 on account of scheduled maintenance. ... taxpayer services on the e-filing portal will be restricted from 2 pm on Saturday (03.02.24)...
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Seven persons died on Wednesday when a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, the police said. A passenger vehicle rolled down into a deep gorge in Boniyar area of Uri in the north Kashmir district,...
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Karnataka skipper Mayank Agarwal on Wednesday said he is on the mend and gearing for comeback after day-long hospitalisation caused by a suspicious liquid he drank on-board a New Delhi-bound flight in Agartala. Agarwal was admitted to a hospital here on Tuesday after falling sick mid-flight...
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A city court in Chennai on Wednesday extended the remand of Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji till February 7. Balaji, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in June last year, was produced before the local court through video conferencing from the Central Prison in Chennai. Balaji...
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Rahul Gandhi in Malda
The rift between INDIA bloc ally partners --Trinamool Congress and Congress-- over a seat-sharing agreement in West Bengal continued to spill into the open on Wednesday as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reiterated that she won't give even a single seat to the Congress party.We...
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A positive build-up was reflected in Indian markets prior to the interim budget, although expectations are low, the market anticipates a lower fiscal deficit supported by buoyant tax revenues.
17:13
The RBI on Wednesday barred Paytm Payments Bank Ltd from accepting deposits or top-ups in any customer account, prepaid instruments, wallets, and FASTags, among others after February 29, 2024. The Reserve Bank's action against Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) follows a comprehensive system...
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Bullets fly, the noise becomes unbearable and the plot finally ends with the hero doing an unbelievable leap on to the ski of the helicopter Schwarzenegger style, flown by our pretty heroine. UFF UFF! Squirming in my seat, I ponder over what I have been through, sighs Air Commodore Nitin Sathe...
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As many as 2,100 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 and its lineages have been detected in the country so far, the INSACOG on Wednesday said. There are 829 SARS-CoV-2 sequences of JN.1 across 18 the states and UTs while its sub-lineage JN.1.1 has been detected in 944 cases, according to the...
16:31
Completing a six-day foot march from Lucknow, 350 Muslim devotees reached Ayodhya and paid obeisance at the Ram temple. Led by Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), an RSS-backed Muslim organisation, the group started their journey from Lucknow on January 25, Shahid Saeed, media in-charge of...
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Chaos prevailed at Terminal 2 of Delhi airport on Wednesday after IndiGo cancelled its flight to Deoghar for the second day in a row.IndiGo flight 6E2198 was scheduled to depart for Deoghar at 1100 hrs.Passengers erupted in protest after the flight was canceled for the second, straight day,...
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Parliament breach accused Neelam Azad
Five of the six people arrested in the Parliament security breach case on Wednesday told a court that they were allegedly being tortured by Delhi Police to accept their association with opposition parties. The submission was made before Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur, who...
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Responding to President Droupadi Murmu's address in the Parliament today, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that it was an election speech and was a one-sided narrative that leaves out several important omissions.They have written an election speech for the President to deliver. They have not...
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The Enforcement Directorate issues its fifth summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in excise policy linked money laundering case. The AAP chief has previously skipped four summons from the anti-corruption agency.The fourth summons issued to Kejriwal on January...
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The rift between INDIA bloc ally partners --Trinamool Congress and Congress-- over a seat-sharing agreement in West Bengal continued to spill into the open on Wednesday as Mamata Banerjee reiterated her vow to fight alone in her state.The Trinamool supremo without naming any party or leader said...
14:07
A car in which Rahul Gandhi was travelling in West Bengal's Malda district as part of 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' was pelted with stones by unidentified persons on Wednesday, claimed state party chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. The rear window pane of the vehicle was smashed in the incident but...
13:27
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on the INDIA alliance: I was urging them to choose another name for the alliance. But they had already finalised it. I was trying so hard. They did not do even one thing. Till today they haven't decided which party will contest how many seats. This is why I left them and...
12:56
The Congress has contracted advertising agency DDB Mudra to lead its publicity campaign for the party's 2024 Lok Sabha elections.According to sources within the Congress, its publicity committee selected DDB Mudra to manage the party's election campaign. DDB Mudra is remembered for creating...
12:43
Ahead of Parliament's last session before the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Wednesday that the country is touching new heights of progress and its journey of all-inclusive and all-round development will continue with people's blessings. In his customary...
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President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said that the new Parliament building has the fragrance of Shrestha Bharat and reflects the glory of India's culture and civilisation.Addressing the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the new Parliament building, President Murmu said the past year...
11:29
Video grab from @kunsangnamjal
An Instagram post by Chishul councillor, Konchok Stanzin, that has since gone viral, Ladakh shepherds are seen bravely standing up to Chinese soldiers who try to stop them from grazing sheep near the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Local shepherds had stopped grazing animals in this area...
11:18
The government has appointed former expenditure secretary Ajay Narayan Jha and SBI Group Chief Economic Advisor Soumya Kanti Ghosh, and two other members to the newly-constituted 16th Finance Commission. The commission, chaired by former vice chairman of Niti Aayog Arvind Panagariya,...
11:05
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife sentenced to 14 years in jail in Toshakhana corruption case.Yesterday, A Pakistan court also sentenced the former prime minister and former Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to jail for 10 years each in a case involving leaking...
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Severe fog brought on by a dipping mercury threw train and flight services haywire in the national capital on Wednesday morning, with scores of passengers stranded at airports and railway stations.Several flights bound for the capital or scheduled to take off from the national capital were...
10:40
The Maldives Prosecutor General, Hussain Shameem, who was appointed by the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) government, has been brutally attacked in broad daylight, Maldives-based online news outlet Adhadhu reported.Shameem was attacked this morning and is currently receiving treatment at the...
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Heavy rain and snowfall are expected in the mountain regions of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttarakhand in the coming days due to a western disturbance, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday.We are expecting heavy rain and snowfall in the mountain regions...
10:17
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the Central Government and said that under the rule of the BJP, which came to power by promising to double the income of farmers, 30 farmers are forced to commit suicide every day.In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Modi government...
09:58
The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to re-enter West Bengal from Bihar on Wednesday. The first phase of the yatra in West Bengal concluded on Monday, as it stepped into Bihar from Islampur. It will re-enter West Bengal through Debipur, Ratua in...
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A layer of dense fog enveloped the national capital on Wednesday morning hampering flight and train operations, officials said. The city is likely to receive light rain during the day, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Zero visibility was reported at the Indira...
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An all-party meet was held yesterday
The Budget Session of Parliament is all set to commence with President Droupadi Murmu addressing a joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at 11 am on Wednesday.The last session before Lok Sabha polls expected to be held in April-May this year is to provide a total of eight sittings spread...
09:19
An Indian-origin couple in the UK, whose extradition was sought by India on charges of the murder of their adopted son in Gujarat, has been sentenced to 33 years in prison each after being convicted of exporting more than half a tonne of cocaine to Australia. Arti Dhir, 59, and Kavaljitsinh...
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Speculations are rife that Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana Soren will take over the reins if he gets arrested by the ED in a money laundering case.Ending suspense over his whereabouts and intense political drama, Hemant Soren reached his official residence in Ranchi on...
08:10
Intensifying its attack on Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, the Trump campaign on Tuesday accused her of being a warmonger.The fact is that Haley knows she doesn't have a cogent argument or even a coherent reason for why she should be President. But what voters do...
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Two village volunteers were killed and two others injured after their camp was attacked in Manipur on Tuesday, the police said. The incident happened at the camp situated near Kadangband village in Lamshang area at the border of the Imphal West and Kangpokpi districts, they said. The...
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Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez, accused in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case, was knowingly involved in the possession and use of proceeds of crime of accused Sukesh Chandrasekhar, the Enforcement Directorate has contended before the Delhi high court. The ED's contention was made in...
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The National Company Law Tribunal on Tuesday admitted a fresh petition filed by a Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd shareholder seeking enforcement of the now-cancelled merger deal between ZEEL and Sony. The Mumbai bench of NCLT also directed Sony Pictures Network India, now known as Culver...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
The Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena on Tuesday submitted a complaint to Mumbai Police seeking action against the rival Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray for filing Income Tax returns fraudulently. In letters to Mumbai Police Commissioner and Cyber Police station, party treasurer...
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