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The Delhi high court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested in the Delhi Excise 'scam' cases, seeking additional meetings with his lawyers.The plea is listed for hearing before Justice Neena Bansal Krishna.Kejriwal has challenged a trial court's July 1...
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Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Friday called on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in what appears to be a fresh show of solidarity by the two National Democratic Alliance partners who have buried past differences.Paswan, who heads the Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas, presented a bouquet of...
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Delhi Police has registered a first information report (FIR) against Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra for her 'derogatory' social media post on National Commission for Women chief Rekha Sharma.The TMC leader commented on a video posted on X that showed Sharma arriving at the site of...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday pulled ropes of the chariot at ISKCON Rath Yatra here after paying obeisance to Lord Jagannath.Braving rains, thousands of devotees gathered to participate in the festival and they were dancing and chanting 'Jai Jagannath' along with the monks...
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The law is equal for everyone and its implementation will not be different in the accident that took place on Sunday in Mumbai involving a BMW car and in which a woman was killed, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said in Nagpur.Kaveri Nakhwa (45) died after the two-wheeler on which she...
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Veteran screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar hit out at a social media user who branded him 'son of gaddar (traitor)', and said his family has been part of the Indian freedom movement since the Revolt of 1857.Akhtar's retort came in response to the social media user's swipe at him over a post...
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With heavy rain lashing various parts of Bihar in the last 24 hours, major rivers, including Kosi, Mahananda, Bagmati, Gandak, Kamla Balan and Kamla, were flowing above the danger level at many places, a bulletin issued by the Water Resources Department said on Sunday.The rivers were flowing...
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The death toll in the twin encounters in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir climbed to eight on Sunday as security forces recovered bodies of two more terrorists, officials said.The twin encounters began on Saturday in two villages of Kulgam district. Bodies of two terrorists were recovered...
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The last rites of Army jawan Prabhakar Janjal, who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, will be held in his village in Maharashtra's Akola district on July 8, a district official said on Sunday.Four terrorists were killed, and two soldiers laid down their lives in twin...
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The Uttar Pradesh government's judicial commission team probing the July 2 stampede interacted on Sunday with local people in Hathras, besides officials and witnesses of the tragedy that claimed 121 lives.The three-member team formed under the chairmanship of retired Allahabad high court judge...
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Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of her party's slain Tamil Nadu president K Armstrong, who was hacked to death in Chennai on Friday. She claimed those who have been arrested so far were not the real culprits and...
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The police have arrested five Maoists and recovered explosives, including two barrel grenade launcher shells and a tiffin bomb, from them in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, an official said on Sunday.The cadres were apprehended on Saturday from Jagargunda police station limits when a joint team of...
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The Chardham yatra was temporarily suspended on Sunday in view of the weather department's prediction of heavy to very heavy rains in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand on July 7-8. Garhwal Commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey said it has been decided to postpone the Yatra for the safety of pilgrims....
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PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin/ANI Photo
Russia is expecting a very important and full-fledged visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Moscow, which is crucial for Russian-Indian relations, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday. Prime Minister Modi will be in Moscow from July 8 to 9 at the invitation of Russian President...
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Several persons were feared trapped under the debris of a two-storey building that collapsed in Jharkhand's Deoghar district on Sunday morning, an official said. An official of the National Disaster Response Force, which is conducting the rescue operation, said one person has been rescued and two...
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People pay tributes to slain TN BSP chief K Armstrong in Chennai/ANI on X
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati left her residence in Delhi on Sunday morning to travel to Chennai. She will pay her respects to the party's Tamil Nadu chief, K Armstrong, who was brutally murdered by unidentified assailants near his residence in Perambur, Chennai. BSP's national coordinator...
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Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath begins in Ahmedabad/ANI on X
The 147th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath rolled out early Sunday morning in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city where a large number of devotees flocked the procession route to pay obeisance to the deity. The raths (chariots) of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balbhadra and sister Subhadra are pulled by Khalashi...
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Jon Landau, the Oscar-winning producer of Titanic and Avatar movies, is no more. He was 63. The news of Landau's demise was confirmed by his son, Jamie Landau. He died on Friday in Los Angeles, and no cause was revealed, as per The Hollywood Reporter. Landau was a longtime producing partner to...
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Local train services between Kasara and Titwala stations in Maharashtra's Thane district adjoining Mumbai were suspended on Sunday morning following heavy rains and a tree fall, officials said. At around 6.30 am, soil came on tracks between Atgaon and Thansit stations due to heavy trains and a...
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The grievous flood situation in Assam over the past month has claimed 58 lives across the state, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority reported. According to the ASDMA, six more people lost their lives on Saturday, raising the death toll in the state from 52 to 58. Dhubri is the worst-hit...
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Nine people, including a 35-year-old widow, were arrested on Saturday for allegedly beating to death a 24-year-old man about a month ago following a quarrel between him and the woman over a mobile phone in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, a police officer said.The police recovered the body of...
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Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma (left)
Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Saturday urged the Centre to understand the position of Mizoram in giving shelter to refugees from neighbouring Bangladesh, an official statement said. An official of the state home department said that nearly 2,000 Zo ethnic people from Bangladesh have taken...
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Eleven people, including nine women, were arrested for defrauding people in the name of loans and insurance policies from a call centre here, officials said on Saturday. The Noida police said that the gang had data of 10,000 people. The gang, operating from a call centre on the fourth floor...
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Police and fire personnel conduct a rescue operation at the site/ANI Photo
Three bodies have been retrieved while at least six to seven people are feared trapped in the debris as the rescue operation is underway by the SDRF and NDRF teams where a six-storey building collapsed in Surat on Saturday. Rescue operations are underway by the SDRF and NDRF teams. According to...
