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The Union Home Ministry's notification on Jammu and Kashmir granting more powers to the Lieutenant Governor was issued by the Centre, anticipating that the BJP will not be able to form a government there if elections are held, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday.In a social media post,...
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Pune civic body on Saturday issued a notice to Manorama Khedkar, mother of controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, directing the removal of unauthorised structures adjacent to the boundary wall of their bungalow in seven days, officials said.Police have also registered an FIR against...
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A Pakistani court on Saturday acquitted jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the un-Islamic marriage case, the only case keeping the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party founder behind bars since August last year. However, barely an hour after his acquittal in the...
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Fifteen persons were injured in Silchar town in Assam as an allegedly drunk man went on a rampage with his SUV, hitting people and vehicles -- whatever came in its way, before coming to a halt because of a bad road, police said on Saturday.The incident happened on Friday night, triggering panic...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that as per a report by the RBI, eight crore new jobs were made available in the country in the last three to four years. Modi was speaking at an event in Mumbai's Goregaon suburb after launching and laying the foundation stone for Rs 29,000 crore...
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Japan's Softbank investment arm Softbank Vision Fund exited from Paytm in the June quarter at a loss of around USD 150 million, sources aware of the development said. Softbank invested about USD 1.5 billion in One97 Communications -- the owner of Paytm brand -- in tranches in 2017. Softbank has...
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The victory of Kamlesh Thakur, the wife of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, in the assembly by-election from Dehra seat has scripted history as for the first time both husband and wife are members of the house. No independent was elected in the by-election and it was also for the first...
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As heavy rains lashed several parts of Kerala, the India Meteorological Department on Saturday issued an orange alert in three northern districts of the state for the day.The IMD issued an orange alert in Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod and a yellow alert in nine other districts of the state for...
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The Congress on Saturday hailed its gains in the assembly bypolls in Himachal Pradesh and BJP-ruled Uttarakhand, saying the results reflect the changing political climate in the country. The Congress won both the assembly bypolls in Uttarakhand and in Himachal Pradesh, it secured two out of the...
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Increased heating due to climate change is leading to more thunderstorm activity and consequently, more lightning strikes worldwide, senior scientists said on Saturday.At least 43 people were killed due to lightning strikes in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and 21 in Bihar on Friday.Most of the people...
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Congress general secretary K C Venugopal on Saturday accused the Modi government of targeting his phone with a malicious spyware and asserted that we will oppose this blatantly unconstitutional act and breach of privacy.Venugopal shared the screenshot of a message purportedly from Apple which...
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On the Centre vesting more powers in the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress on Saturday said it can only mean that full-fledged statehood for J&K is unlikely in the immediate future. The Centre has increased the remit of J-K LG on matters related to decisions on police,...
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Defence minister Rajnath Singh was on Saturday discharged from AIIMS in New Delhi, two days after he was admitted to the hospital with complaints of back pain, an official said on Saturday. According to Dr Rima Dada, All India Institute Medical Sciences media cell in-charge, Singh was evaluated...
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The Maharashtra legislative council polls, which the Mahayuti swept by winning nine out of 11 seats it contested, was a contest between money and people's power, Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut claimed on Saturday.The ruling alliance on Friday won all the nine seats it contested in the biennial...
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The Trinamool Congress won Raiganj and Bagda assembly seats and secured an unassailable lead in two other constituencies in West Bengal bypolls, continuing its winning streak a month after the party's resounding victory in the Lok Sabha elections.The bypolls for Maniktala, Bagda, Ranaghat...
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren met Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Saturday, days after he took charge of the post again.Accompanied by his wife Kalpana, Hemant Soren met Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence in New Delhi.Describing the meeting as a courtesy call,...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party and its government at the Centre are playing with the life of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who has lost 8.5 kg and whose blood sugar level dropped below 50 mg/dL five times while in jail, Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh claimed on Saturday....
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Kim and Khloe Kardashian
American socialite and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian, who attended Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's wedding with sister Khloe Kardashian in Mumbai, has revealed the lavish ceremony will be a part of their reality TV show The Kardashians.Kim, 43, and Khloe, 40, were among several international...
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Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol on Saturday said the Navi Mumbai International Airport is slated to commence operations in March 2025.Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu and Mohol visited the airport site and reviewed the progress of the ongoing work.Going...
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Trinamool Congress candidate Krishna Kalyani on Saturday won the Raiganj assembly seat in a bypoll in West Bengal by a margin of over 50,000 votes over his nearest BJP rival, Election Commission website said.In Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur district, Kalyani won by a margin of 50,077 votes over his...
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The Congress won the Dehra Assembly seat for the first time on Saturday with its candidate Kamlesh Thakur, the wife of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, defeating BJP candidate Hoshiyar Singh by a margin of 9,399 votes. Thakur polled 32,737 votes in the bypoll against...
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INDIA bloc member Aam Aadmi Party won the Jalandhar West assembly bypoll in Punjab while the alliance's other constituents -- the Congress, the Trinamol Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam -- were leading in 10 of the remaining 12 seats where by-elections were held earlier this week,...
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Trinamool Congress candidates were ahead of their rivals in bypolls held in four assembly seats in West Bengal, where counting began on Saturday morning, according to the Election Commission website.The bypolls for Maniktala, Bagda, Ranaghat Dakshin and Raiganj assembly seats were held on July...
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J-K LG Manoj Sinha
In a significant move, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has amended the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 enhancing some powers of the Lieutenant Governor of the erstwhile state.President Droupadi Murmu has given her approval to the amendments in the rule exercising the powers...
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The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Saturday took early lead in the Vikravandi Assembly constituency, where the counting of votes polled in the July 10 bypoll was underway.According to reports, DMK nominee Anniyur Siva was leading ahead of his nearest Pattali Makkal Katchi rival, C Anbumani, by...
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Congress candidates, including Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife, are in the lead in all three assembly constituencies in the state where bypolls were held earlier this week, officials said on Saturday. The counting of votes for the by-elections in Dehra, Hamirpur and...
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Trinamool Congress candidates have taken an early lead over their rivals in by-polls held in four assembly seats in West Bengal, where counting began on Saturday morning, TV channels reported.The bypolls for Maniktala, Bagdah, Ranaghat Dakshin, and Raiganj assembly seats were held on July...
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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife and Congress candidate for the Dehra assembly bypoll Kamlesh Thakur was trailing by 557 votes against the Bharatiya Janata Party's nominee for the seat on Saturday, officials said.Dehra was one of the three assembly constituencies in...
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Puja Khedkar
A day after the central government formed a panel to probe the candidature of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, a first information report (FIR) has been registered against her mother, Manorama Khedkar, for allegedly threatening a farmer with a pistol, said the police on Saturday.This follows a...
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Actor Gaurav Bakshi
A court in Goa on Friday granted conditional bail to actor Gaurav Bakshi, arrested for `restraining' a state minister by blocking his car. Judicial magistrate first class, Mapusa, granted him bail of Rs 15,000 with a surety of like amount, the actor's lawyer said. Bakshi will have to appear at...
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Five people were arrested on Friday for allegedly being involved in the illegal sale and purchase of a suspected radioactive device, the police said in Dehradun. They said two of them were nabbed from Dehradun's Rajpur area, two from Madhya Pradesh and one from Delhi. A case was registered...
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday put an end to nightlife on the BRT corridor in the city following complaints from public representatives that it was encouraging liquor consumption and crime. Indore, Madhya Pradesh's commercial capital, is known as `mini Mumbai' because of...
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Odisha governor Raghubar Das/ANI Photo
The wife of a Raj Bhavan employee in Puri alleged that her husband was beaten up by the Odisha governor's son and five others on the night of July 7. However, there is no official confirmation either from the Raj Bhavan or police regarding the incident. Speaking to the media, Sayoj Pradhan...
