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Four people died and 26 injured in separate incidents while tazia processions were being taken out on Muharram on Wednesday in Gonda, Pratapgarh, Ballia, Sant Kabir Nagar, and Kannauj districts, the police said. In Gonda, a 12-year-old child was electrocuted to death and five others...
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The art of reel making brought fame and adulation for Mumbai-based chartered accountant Anvi Kamdar, but it also proved fatal in the end as she died after falling into a gorge while making a video in Maharashtra's Raigad district. The 27-year-old reel star, who was on a monsoon outing with...
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Air India has rolled out a voluntary retirement scheme along with a voluntary separation scheme for its non-flying permanent staff ahead of the merger of Vistara with it, according to sources. The VRS scheme is open to employees who have completed five years of service with the company while...
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The death of a four-year-old girl in Gujarat was caused by the Chandipura virus, a health department official said on Wednesday citing a Pune-based virology institute's report, making it the first such fatality in the state, where 13 other patients are also suspected to have succumbed to the...
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A special court in Patna on Wednesday sent the key accused in the NEET-UG paper-leak case, who allegedly stole the exam paper from a trunk of the National Testing Agency in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh, to the CBI's custody for 14 days, officials said. During its custody of accused Pankaj Kumar...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the BJP headquarters and meet party workers on Thursday. According to sources, Modi will reach party headquarters at 6 pm, where he will address and meet party workers at the office. The sources also said that Modi will meet long-time...
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Eight out of 13 Indians onboard a Comoros-flagged cargo vessel that capsized off Oman coast three days ago have been rescued, official sources said on Wednesday. The vessel MT Falcon Prestige had capsized on July 14. Thirteen Indian seafarers were onboard the ship. Nine crew members...
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A few private schools in the city received a bomb threat via email early on Wednesday, the police said and appealed to the public not to panic. A holiday was declared for two-three schools following an email that was received at around 1.55 am by the schools which come under the Foreshore...
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The Karnataka government on Wednesday put on hold a bill, which mandated reservation for Kannadigas in the private sector. Karnataka State Employment of Local Candidates in the Industries, Factories and Other Establishments Bill, 2024 was cleared by the state Cabinet on Monday.The bill...
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At least 12 Maoists were killed and two security personnel injured in an encounter with police and commandos in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra near the Chhattisgarh border on Wednesday, officials said. The heavy exchange of fire broke out in the afternoon between C60 commandos and...
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The farmer (left) who was reportedly denied entry at the Bengaluru mall/Courtesy Shehzad Jai Hind on X
A group of farmers, along with a pro-Kannada organisation, protested in front of a mall in Bengaluru on Wednesday after an elderly man was allegedly denied entry to the mall because he was wearing a 'dhoti.' The incident reportedly occurred at GT World Mall on Tuesday evening. A farmer...
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A view of the double-decker rail-cum-road flyover in Bengaluru/Courtesy DK Shivakumar on X
South India's first double-decker rail-cum-road flyover was on Wednesday partially opened for a trial run for the public, officials said. Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru development minister DK Shivakumar conducted a 'trial walk' on the newly built flyover, which stretches from Ragigudda...
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Nepal's newly appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli/File image
Nepal's newly appointed Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will take a vote of confidence in Parliament on July 21, a senior official announced on Wednesday, nearly a week after he was sworn in. The 72-year-old veteran Communist leader was sworn in on Monday as the Himalayan nation's prime...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who has been a wave of dissent, on Wednesday evening met Governor Anandiben Patel at the Raj Bhavan, Lucknow. It was not known what transpired at the meeting.
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A view of the Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand/Rameshwar Gaur/ANI Photo.
Shri Kedarnath Dham Delhi Trust founder Surendra Rautela on Wednesday asserted he will not back out from building the replica of the Kedarnath temple in Delhi and is ready to fight a legal battle if needed. The Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee, the apex body that oversees the shrines and...
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With the rains not letting up, and with the monsoon still vigorous, the India Meteorological Department has extended the red alert for coastal Karnataka till July 18. Since the intensity of rain has reduced in south interior Karnataka, the weather department has retracted the red alert for...
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The runtime of Indian 2, starring Kamal Hassan, has been reduced by 12 minutes to offer a streamlined edition of the film to audiences, the makers announced on Wednesday. The film, which is a sequel to 1996's Indian, opened to mixed reviews upon its release on July 12. Directed by S...
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Donald Trump's wife Melania Trump and other family members are expected to attend the Republican National Convention on Thursday in a rare show of public support for the former president as he accepts the party's nomination for president's post, according to a media report on...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday deleted his post on 'X' about '100 per cent reservation for Kannadigas' in private sector jobs. He posted another message on the social media platform stating that the Cabinet approved the bill to fix 50 per cent reservation for...
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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre for its alleged failure to carry out vaccinations under the 'Mission Indradhanush' program and took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying PM CARES only for vanity.Terming it a cardinal sin, the Leader...
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Krystal, a listed facilities management company, will be keen on hiring Agniveers after their short-term engagement with defence services comes to an end, a top company official has said. Some of the talented Agniveers, who are trained as a part of their induction into the armed...
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The panel probing the conduct of two Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) members in connection with the bail given to the minor accused in the Pune Porsche crash case has recommended disciplinary action against them for procedural lapses, an official said on Wednesday. On May 19, two IT...
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Ten specially-trained Indian CAPF and special commando force dogs are in France to provide a counter-terrorist and anti-sabotage security cover to various venues of the Paris Olympics slated to open next week, official sources said on Wednesday. The ten Indian K9 (canine) teams will...
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Amid the controversy surrounding probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, former LBSNAA chief Sanjeev Chopra on Wednesday said those found using fake caste and disability certificates to join the civil services should not only be dismissed but training cost and salary paid to them should also be...
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'He fulfilled his farz to his country,' a grieving mother says of Major Mustafa Bohara who was awarded the Shaurya Chakra, the nation's third-highest medal for gallantry in peacetime. Read the story by Archana Masih/Rediff.com here. Pic: President Droupadi Murmu confers...
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TN CM Stalin has announced Rs 2 L compensation to families of the dead
Five devotees, including four women, on 'padayatra' were fatally knocked down by a speeding van along the Thanjavur-Tiruchirappalli national highway in the district early on Wednesday. According to police, the victims hailing from Pudukottai district were proceeding to Samayapuram...
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The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Pune has initiated an inquiry against Dilip Khedkar today, father of probationary IAS Puja Khedkar, to investigate the unaccounted wealth owned by the family.IAS Puja Khedkar, who secured an All India rank of 821 in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)...
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21 billionaires have more wealth than 70 cr Indians
The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the government over growing economic inequalities and claimed that every data points to a widening of gap between the rich and the poor. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared on X a media report which claimed that the...
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Mumbai's first underground Metro rail corridor, known as Metro Line 3, will start operating from July 24, Bharatiya Janata Party's general secretary Vinod Tawde said on Wednesday. He gave this information in a post on X. Mumbai Metro Line 3, also known as Mumbai Metro Aqua Line or...
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Chidambaram with actor Kamal Haasan
Filmmaker Chidambaram S Poduval, best known for the superhit Malayalam film Manjummel Boys, is set to make his Hindi directorial debut in collaboration with Phantom Studios. Chidambaram shot to nationwide fame after Manjummel Boys, mounted on a reported budget of Rs 20 crore, became the...
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A Marathi weekly linked to the RSS has sought to blame the NCP for the BJP's poor performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections, stating that public sentiments completely went against the saffron party after it joined hands with the Ajit Pawar-led outfit. According to it, the Bharatiya...
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As heavy rains continued to lash Kerala, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert in eight districts of the state for Wednesday. The heavy rains caused landslides, property damage, water logging of roads and flooding of acres of farmland with the Central Water...
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Several Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders and corporators returned to the Sharad Pawar camp a day after resigning from the Ajit Pawar faction on Wednesday.At Sharad Pawar's residence in Pune, the former NCP's Pimpri-Chinchwad unit chief, Ajit Gavhane, was among the leaders who joined...
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A video grab of the mess at the airport
A stampede-like situation occurred near the Mumbai airport where thousands of job aspirants gathered to apply for a limited number of vacancies for the post of loader at the facility, police said on Wednesday. There were reportedly 25,000 applicants for 2000 vacancies. The job pays a maximum of...
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The Delhi High Court recently allowed the sale of 26 luxury cars of Sukesh Chandrasekar observing that the cars are subject to natural decay and depreciation.These cars were attached and in possession of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the Rs 200 crores...
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An 18-month-old boy died after allegedly being mauled by a pack of stray dogs in Jawahar Nagar near Hyderabad, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday night when the boy came out of his house and a dog dragged him to some distance and later some strays bit him resulting in...
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Indian Navy warship INS Teg has been deployed along with maritime surveillance aircraft P-8I along with the Omani vessels and personnel to carry out search and rescue missions after a Comoros-flagged vessel with its crew including 13 Indians capsized. The Indian warship was carrying out...
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Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee Chairman Ajendra Ajay responded on Wednesday to allegations made by Swami Avimukteshwaranand, Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath, who claimed that 228 kilograms of gold were stolen from the Kedarnath Temple. Speaking exclusively to ANI, Ajay said that...
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A deaf and dumb man has been arrested for allegedly flashing at a woman in a bus near Bekal in this district, police said on Wednesday. The 50-year-old man was booked for the offence of insulting the modesty of a woman by word or gesture under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), an...
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Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP, Rahul Gandhi, shared a video on Facebook sharing snippets of his recent interaction with labourers and loco pilots in Delhi. In the video Gandhi shared on Tuesday evening, several people were seen purportedly sharing their day-to-day...
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Indian-American Republican leader Nikky Haley has endorsed her former boss Donald Trump as the party's candidate for the presidential election, delivering the message of unity after their bitter rivalry during the presidential primary. Haley, 52, unsuccessfully challenged Trump, 78,...
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Taking to his X handle, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he is moving the headquarters of both SpaceX and the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to Texas, citing several criticisms he has of California and doing business in San Francisco, Los Angeles Times...
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The body of former Sikkim minister R C Poudyal was found in a canal near Siliguri in West Bengal nine days after he went missing, police said on Wednesday.The body of Poudyal, 80, was found floating in the Teesta Canal at Fulbari on Tuesday, they said.Prima facie, it is suspected that the body...
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Security forces and terrorists exchanged fire twice briefly within a span of four hours in a forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, officials said on Wednesday.They said the firing was first reported at Kalaan Bhata at 10.45 pm on Tuesday and then near Panchan Bhata at 2 am during the...
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Around 100 people who were allegedly not allowed to vote by Trinamool Congress workers in the recent elections in West Bengal met Governor C V Ananda Bose.Led by Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, they alleged that they were not allowed to vote during the by-elections and also during the...
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The United States had received intelligence from a human source about an Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump weeks before the assassination attempt against the former US President on Saturday, according to national security officials.This led to increased security measures for Trump.Officials,...
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The 16-strong crew of the Comoros-flagged Prestige Falcon oil tanker is missing after the vessel capsized off the coast of Oman, reports PTI. Of the 16 crew members on board, 13 were Indians and the other three were Sri Lankans. A massive search and rescue operation has been launched.
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An Indian national was killed and another injured in a shooting incident at a mosque in Muscat city in Oman on Monday, according to a statement released by the Indian Embassy on Tuesday.The Indian Embassy offered its condolences and all assistance to the families.In a post on X, the Indian...
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