23:55
The devastating fire at TRP Game Zone in Rajkot that killed 27 persons in May engulfed the entire structure within 3-4 minutes due to highly inflammable construction material, aided by welding work sparks and foam sheets cum cooling insulators, the crime branch stated in the charge...
23:21
A 38-year-old engineer, under stress due to financial worries, allegedly jumped off the Atal Setu transhoubour bridge here on Wednesday afternoon, police said. Search was on for him, said an official late in the evening.K Shriniwas, resident of Dombivli, jumped into the sea after...
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Fire shots in such a manner that it scares Bollywood superstar Salman Khan -- this was the blunt, one line message given by jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's younger brother Anmol to one of the gunmen involved in the shooting outside the actor's Mumbai home, police said in a chargesheet filed in...
22:34
The West Bengal assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution to scrap NEET and bring in its place a new entrance test for medical aspirants.The moves a few days after the Karnataka cabinet gave its nod to bring a resolution in the assembly against NEET.West Bengal's resolution, tabled by state...
22:25
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In the wake of bountiful rains in the last few days, one more lake supplying water to Mumbai, Tansa, started overflowing on Wednesday, civic officials said. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-managed reservoir is one of the seven sources of drinking water for the metropolis...
21:53
The United States has asked its nationals not to travel to Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, the India-Pakistan border, and parts of central and eastern parts of the country where Naxalites are active.In a revised travel advisory for India, the State Department said it has updated to reflect...
21:45
Test results for 16 more contacts of the 14-year-old boy who succumbed to Nipah virus have returned negative, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said on Wednesday. The boy from Malappuram, who was undergoing treatment for Nipah infection, died on July 21.After attending the Nipah review...
21:12
India on Wednesday successfully flight-tested the Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence System from off the Odisha coast, the government said in a statement. The test demonstrated India's indigenous capability to defend against ballistic missiles of 5,000 km class, it said. The target...
20:56
Canadian MP Chandra Arya
A prominent Canadian MP of Indian origin on Wednesday said the country was being polluted by Khalistani extremists who were abusing the freedoms guaranteed under the Charter of Rights, days after a Hindu temple was vandalised in Edmonton. Amidst rising Hinduphobia in Canada, the BAPS...
20:27
More than 200 Indian pilgrims died during the Haj pilgrimage 2024, with a majority of the deaths being attributed to cardio-respiratory and cardio-pulmonary arrests, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Union Minority Affairs...
20:17
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The body of Leading Seaman Sitendra Singh, who went missing following a major fire onboard India's frontline warship INS Brahmaputra at the naval dockyard in Mumbai, was found on Wednesday, officials said. The warship was severely damaged and tilted heavily to one side following the fire on...
19:59
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not working for people who voted for his party but only for parties supporting him, DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran alleged on Wednesday while criticising Budget 2024-25 for failing to meet the aspirations of middle class people. Participating in a...
19:28
President Droupadi Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu will address the Maharashtra legislature on July 29 to mark the centenary celebration of the state legislative council, assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar and deputy chairperson of the Upper House Neelam Gorhe told reporters on Wednesday. As many as 172 former council...
19:25
Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday alleged that an 'intermediary' of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis had asked him to provide affidavits against important figures in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government to avoid getting embroiled in litigation himself, an...
19:01
The 'Vivad se Vishwas' scheme announced in the Budget for settlement of pending direct tax appeals will be launched this year and its notification apart from relevant FAQs would be issued soon, CBDT chairman Ravi Agrawal said Wednesday.Speaking to PTI during a post-Budget interview, the head of...
18:49
The government has decided to reserve 10 per cent of vacancies in the Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles for ex-Agniveers, the Rajya Sabha was informed Wednesday. A provision has been made for relaxation in the upper age limit and exemption from the Physical Efficiency Test in the...
18:42
Darshan Thoogudeepa's wife Vijayalakshmi on Wednesday met D K Shivakumar at his residence here, a day after the Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister said he would help the Kannada actor if injustice has been meted out to him. Darshan, his friend Pavithra Gowda and 15...
18:36
Rs 1,112.57 crore has been allocated for the installation of the Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system Kavach in the financial year of 2024-25, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Responding to the questions raised by DMK MPs Kanimozhi...
18:15
Bollywood actor Salman Khan has told police that he believed the Lawrence Bishnoi gang carried out the firing at his residence in Mumbai in April this year with the intention to kill him and his family members. The actor's statement is part of the charge sheet filed by Mumbai Police in...
18:02
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday appeared headed for a showdown with Maratha quota leader Manoj Jarange as it accused him of working as a proxy for Maha Vikas Aghadi after he exhorted the Maratha community to defeat the saffron party candidates in polls.Reacting sharply, BJP leaders said...
17:28
From the Sensex pack, Bajaj Finserv declined by 2 per cent after its first-quarter earnings failed to cheer investors. Bajaj Finance, Hindustan Unilever, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Adani Ports, Axis Bank and State Bank of India were the other big laggards. However, Tech Mahindra, ITC, NTPC, Tata Motors...
17:20
A Muslim head constable of the SDRF here is being extolled for his heroic acts of saving five Kanwariyas, including two minors, from drowning in the Ganga River in separate incidents. Almost everyone in the pilgrimage town is talking about State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) head constable...
17:15
Get ready to cheer on a record-breaking Indian contingent at the 2024 Paris Olympics! With 112 athletes competing across 16 sports and 69 medal events, India is set to make its biggest Olympic showing ever. Click here for the schedule for India's athletes at the Paris Olympics, with dates,...
17:08
The BJP on Wednesday dismissed the Congress charge of the Union Budget being discriminatory towards opposition-ruled states and asserted that every state and section has been taken care of by the Modi government.Participating in the general discussion on the budget for 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha,...
16:43
A Nepalese private plane crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from the Tribhuvan International Airport here on Wednesday, killing 18 people aboard, including a child, and seriously injuring the pilot - the only survivor. The Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft of Saurya Airlines,...
16:30
Pune ghats
In the wake of heavy rains in Kolhapur district of western Maharashtra, the Panchganga river is flowing just a few inches below the danger mark on Wednesday, officials said. As per the figures recorded at 10 am, the water level of the Panchganga at Rajaram weir reached 42.2 feet, which is 8...
16:09
Benchmark BSE Sensex declined for the fourth day in a row on Wednesday due to selling in financial and banking shares and the government's move to hike securities transaction tax and short term capital gains tax.The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 280.16 points or 0.35 per cent to settle at...
15:40
Recounting the harrowing experience of witnessing the Nepal plane crash that claimed 18 lives, the eyewitnesses said that if the plane wouldn't have hit the container, it would have definitely hit the residential area.Eyewitness, Aadesh Lama, who witnessed the crash, said, I was working here at...
15:35
A delegation of 12 farmer leaders under the aegis of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) from across the country meet the Leader of Opposition Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi in Parliament today. Congress MPs KC Venugopal, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Sukhjinder Singh...
15:19
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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said the situation in the Union Territory will be back to normal within a few months as inimical elements will be given a befitting response. Those who cannot digest (the peaceful atmosphere here), they should be (ready)...
14:56
Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament today
Congress President and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday questioned Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over the Union Budget and claimed that the plates of all states except Bihar and Andhra Pradesh were empty in the budget allocation.Speaking at the...
14:32
The INDIA bloc will put pressure on the government and ensure that the farmers get a legal guarantee for MSP, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday after he met a delegation of farmer leaders in Parliament House complex. The delegation of farmer leaders...
14:16
A number of Democratic lawmakers are planning to participate in a series of counter-programming events on Wednesday instead of attending Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress, the latest example of how Democrats remain divided over Israel's handling of its war with...
14:08
The tourism sector in Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed unprecedented growth post abrogation of Article 370, and a total of 1.08 crore tourists visited in the last six months this year, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.Citing a report availed to the MHA by the Jammu...
13:55
A delegation of farmer leaders from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in Parliament House complex on Wednesday and apprised him of the issues being faced by the tillers. Congress general secretary...
13:45
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Rapper Snoop Dogg has been announced as one of the final torchbearers of the Olympic flame in the last hours of its France-wide tour ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. His role comes as part of his involvement as a sportscaster for NBC's coverage, specifically on...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday lashed out at the opposition's claim that the budget was 'discriminatory' and said that it was an 'outrageous allegation' and a deliberate attempt by the opposition parties led by the Congress to give the people the wrong impression that their...
12:49
A private airlines' Pokhara-bound plane crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) here, killing 18 of the 19 people on board. The pilot of the Saurya Airlines plane survived the crash and was taken to hospital, officials said. The crash took place when the...
12:40
Here's your complete guide to when India's athletes compete at the Paris Olympics, with dates, events, and timings in IST. Catch all the action on DD Sports, Sports 18 on television and Jio Cinema on OTT. Take a look
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Congress MP & LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in Parliament, says, We had invited them (farmer leaders) to meet us here in Parliament. But they are not allowing them here. Because they are farmers, maybe this is the reason they are not allowing them in.Before the Opposition walked out of Rajya...
12:01
Update: An aircraft belonging to a private airline company with 19 people on board crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Wednesday morning. At least 19 people, including aircrew, were aboard the Pokhara-bound Saurya Airlines plane which met with the...
11:46
A plane has crashed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. According to early reports, the aircraft had 19 people on board and slipped off the runway and crashed while trying to take off from Kathmandu airport.
11:44
On Opposition's protest against 'discriminatory' Budget, FM Nirmala Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha says, ''In every Budget, you don't get an opportunity to name every state of this country...The Cabinet had taken a decision to set up a port on Vadavan. But Maharashtra's name was not taken in the...
11:29
Opposition MPs walk out of Rajya Sabha, while there is sloganeering in the Lok Sabha. The BJP on Wednesday accused Rahul Gandhi of fuelling lack of trust in India's examination system following the NEET-UG paper leak at a few places, and asked if he will apologise after the Supreme Court's...
11:09
INDIA bloc MPs, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, staged a protest in Parliament premises on Wednesday over the alleged discrimination against opposition-ruled states in the...
11:04
This is how the cookie crumbles.
11:03
On leaders of the INDIA bloc protesting against Union Budget 2024, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi says, This protest is against the discrimination in the budget. All the opposition-ruled states have been ignored... We witnessed 'PM Maharashtra Virodhi Yojana' in the Budget yesterday....
11:00
On INDIA bloc protest against Union Budget, Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan says, This budget doesn't deserve a reaction. This is just a drama. Promises which will be kept in papers will not be implemented.
10:49
INDIA parties' leaders protest against 'discriminatory' Union Budget 2024, in Parliament. Congress MP Manickam Tagore says, This budget is discriminatory. We all know that it is a 'Kursi Bachao Budget'. This budget has only thought over how to save this government. It has just punished...
10:44
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a warning of heavy rain today in the areas of Mumbai and Thane.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has also forecasted the possibility of heavy to very heavy rains at isolated parts of the city and suburbs. Occasional winds at a speed...
10:23
As Kamala Harris is declared the Democrat Presidential candidate, a look into her past decisions. This is from an Instagram handle called @brownhistory.It says: In 2005, Trilochan Singh Oberoi, a Sikh man, applied for a job as a prison guard in California. He passed all the tests and...
10:04
Indian Benchmark indices opened in negative territory as the Union budget proved to be a non-event to the market participants. The Sensex opened in red at 80,343.38, down 85.43 or 0.11 per cent while the Nifty 40 also opened in red at 24445.00, down 34 points or 0.14 per cent.The Bank Nifty...
09:56
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said his party takes immense pride in the groundbreaking achievement of the Liberalisation Budget of 1991 and asserted that there is a pressing need once again for meaningful and robust second-generation reforms. In a post on X, Kharge...
09:07
The Earth experienced its hottest day in at least 84 years, with the global average temperature reaching a record high of 17.09 degrees Celsius on July 21, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).This follows a series of monthly heat records -- June marked the...
08:36
Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump is relying on support from billionaires and big corporations, while hers is a people powered campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Tuesday addressing her first election rally, a day after she became the presumptive...
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US President Joe Biden returned to the White House on Tuesday, after days of self-isolation at his Delaware House, with his doctors saying that his symptoms of COVID-19 have been resolved. I am feeling well, Biden said when asked how is he feeling. The president took a Binax rapid antigen...
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A 26-year-old civil services aspirant was electrocuted after he touched an iron gate that had electricity running through it following heavy rains in central Delhi's Patel Nagar area, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon when Nilesh Rai, an engineer and a native...
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu/File image
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said in the assembly that the state government will table the budget after two months as it is currently not in a position to present it due to financial constraints. Addressing the second meeting of the first session of the...
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