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Bharatiya Janata Party member Nishikant Dubey on Thursday demanded that parts of Jharkhand and West Bengal be declared a Union Territory to deal with the challenge posed by the increasing number of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh in the region. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday expressed grief over the sudden demise of Janata Dal-United national general secretary and spokesman Rajib Ranjan.According to party sources, Ranjan, 65, breathed his last at a hospital in Delhi shortly after he got admitted following difficulty in...
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Jharkhand Assembly Speaker's Tribunal on Thursday disqualified two legislators under anti-defection law with effect from July 26, an official said.The order disqualifying Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Lobin Hembrom and Congress's Jai Prakash Bhai Patel from the House came on the eve of the assembly's...
22:23
The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Thursday voiced concern about alleged discrimination and violence against minority groups in India as well as over application of counter-terrorism legislation for decades in some districts of the country.The UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva issued...
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There is no question of an alliance with the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party, said NCP-SP leader Jayant Patil in Jalna on Thursday. Addressing a press conference, Patil said the Sharad Pawar-led NCP-SP got tremendous support from the people in the recent Lok Sabha polls,...
21:38
Traffic on the highway running alongside Mumbai airport
As many as 11 flights were cancelled and 10 diverted to nearby airports on Thursday as heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai. Runway operations at the Mumbai airport had to be halted twice as visibility dropped to 300 metres, even as airlines issued advisories to passengers to arrive early at...
21:13
The US Customs and Border Protection has penalised IndiGo for delayed payment of immigration user fee and the airline is exploring the possibility of a penalty waiver.A fine of USD 5,832.60 has been imposed on IndiGo, a regulatory filing said on Thursday.The authority has imposed penalty for...
21:11
India on Thursday rejected Washington's concerns over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Moscow as it asserted that all countries have the freedom of choice in a multipolar world and everyone should be mindful of such realities. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir...
20:44
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Kargil War Memorial on July 26 and pay homage to the bravehearts who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty, his office said on Thursday.The prime minister will also carry out the first blast of the Shinkun La Tunnel Project virtually.On the...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Vientiane, Laos, and emphasised the need to ensure full respect for the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and past agreements to stabilise the bilateral ties. The two leaders, who met for the second time...
19:59
The Aam Aadmi Party has been allocated a new office in the Lutyens' Delhi area, following directions from the Delhi High Court, party leaders said on Thursday.AAP's new office is Bungalow No 1 in Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla Lane.Following the directions of the (high) court, the party has been...
19:49
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is not a trained economist and the Budget presented by her was based on notes received from the Prime Minister's Office as she has no original ideas, Trinamool MP Saugata Roy claimed on Thursday. Participating in a debate on the Union Budget, the...
19:39
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One person died in a rain-related incident, while two individuals were feared trapped after a landslide hit three bungalows in Lavasa city in Pune district on Thursday amid heavy showers, the police said. Lavasa, a private, planned city located around 65km from Pune city, has recorded 453 mm...
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday compared his rival YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as he slammed him over the the state of law and order and alleged drug menace during the previous YSRCP regime.Releasing a white paper on law and order and...
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Around 6,700 Indian students have returned from Bangladesh in view of the violent clashes in that country.Bangladesh has been reeling under deadly clashes with protesting students demanding the Sheikh Hasina-led government to scrap a controversial job quota system.Over 100 people were killed in...
18:19
Nepalese authorities on Thursday recovered the black box of the aircraft that crashed here a day before and handed it over to a probe team formed to inquire into the tragic accident that killed 18 persons, including a child. A Pokhra-bound Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft of Saurya Airlines,...
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Rains battered most parts of Thane district on Thursday, leading to widespread flooding and necessitating rescue operations in Ambernath and some other areas. The district received 138 mm of rainfall from 8 am to 1 pm, bringing this season's total to 1,424 mm, a civic official said today.In...
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AICC General Secretary-in charge of Chhattisgarh and former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot hit out at the Centre on the recent irregularities in the NEET exam and said that those in power who are turning a blind eye to the paper leaks are equally responsible for the crime.He was speaking at...
17:22
Equity market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty stayed on the back foot for the fifth straight session on Thursday as investors offloaded metal, banking and finance stocks amid a lacklustre trend in global markets. Heavy foreign fund outflows after a hike in securities transaction tax...
17:16
A 70-year-old man died and three persons were injured in a fire that broke out on Thursday in a high rise in Borivali in Mumbai's northern tip, a civic official said. The blaze started in the 22-storey Kanakia Samarpan Tower, close to Magathane metro rail station, at 12:37pm and was...
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Fire breaks out in Kanakia Samarpan Tower in Borivali area of Mumbai. One dead and three injured. Details awaited.
16:54
Heavy rains wreaked havoc in Maharashtra's Pune, where at least four persons died in rain-related incidents on Thursday, while several houses and residential societies in low-lying areas in the city were inundated, following which people are being evacuated, officials said. During his tour...
16:29
Morya Gosavi Ganpati Mandir in Pimpri-Chinchwad submerges
As the state of Maharashtra faces the effects of continuous rainfall, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday took stock of the situation in the state. The CM called the Raigad collector and told him to help all flood-affected people and assured him of all help. Traffic has been halted at...
16:17
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday announced his intention to contest 200 to 250 seats independently in the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra.In a sharp criticism of the state's administration, Thackeray challenged the financial feasibility of the Mahayuti...
16:14
Equity market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty stayed on the back foot for the fifth straight session on Thursday as investors offloaded metal, banking and finance stocks amid a lacklustre trend in global markets. Heavy foreign fund outflows after a hike in securities transaction tax and...
15:45
Amid the heavy rain in Pune, the District Fire Brigade has rescued 70 people who had been stranded in the flood waters in the Nimbjanagar area of the city following heavy downpours. Visuals show the officials of the Pune Fire Brigade conducting rescue and relief work in the city that...
15:22
Captain Manish Raj Shakya, the lone survivor of a deadly plane crash in Nepal that killed 18 other people on board, was saved after the cockpit of the aircraft was sheared off by a freight container seconds before the rest of the aircraft went up in flames, a media report said on...
14:54
Flight operations have been affected following heavy rains that pounded Mumbai and its suburbs, resulting in the cancellation and diversion of some of the flights.Referring to this, Air India said it was offering full refunds or a one-time complimentary rescheduling for bookings confirmed for...
14:44
Cars make their way through a flooded BKC
Maharashtra deputy Chief Ministers Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday took stock of the flooding situation in Mumbai, Thane and Pune cities which are receiving extremely heavy rains. Pawar visited the state disaster management department at the government headquarters...
14:26
Venues for different ceremonial functions, Rashtrapati Bhavan's iconic 'Durbar Hall' and 'Ashok Hall' were on Thursday renamed 'Ganatantra Mandap' and 'Ashok Mandap', respectively.Rashtrapati Bhavan, the office and the residence of the president of India, is a symbol of the nation, and an...
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The term 'stray' will no longer be used for cows in Rajasthan, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Minister Joraram Kumawat has said.Replying to a debate on the grant demand of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department in the Rajasthan Assembly on Wednesday night, Kumawat said that from now on the term...
14:02
The Khadakwasla dam
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said if the need arises, the rain-hit people will be airlifted in Pune, where incessant downpour has claimed four lives and inundated residential colonies and houses in low-lying areas.Shinde said he has spoken to the Pune district collector...
13:38
The Vihar Lake overflowed today
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warning a Red Alert for Mumbai till tomorrow morning 8.30 am.morning.Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Thursday, causing waterlogging on roads in some areas that led to traffic snarls and also delayed local train operations. Owing to...
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A flooded road at Kalina, Mumbai
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Thursday, causing waterlogging on roads in some areas that led to traffic snarls and also delayed local train operations. Owing to incessant rains in the catchment areas, Vihar and Modak Sagar lakes started overflowing. With this, four of...
12:59
Traffic congestion on Eastern Express Highway towards Mumbai today
BMC is withdrawing a 10% water cut to Thane City, Bhiwandi, and Outside City Division Grampanchyats, where water is supplied by BMC, from 29th July. The reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai are experiencing heavy rains, resulting in a steady increase in water storage. Due to...
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File pic. The PM is yet to visit the state since the horrific clashes last year
Unidentified miscreants torched a kutcha house in Manipur's Jiribam district, police said on Thursday. The house located in the Borobekra area of the district was abandoned by its owner after violence broke out in the district, they said. The miscreants ransacked the kutcha house...
12:32
With too many capital gains tax-related changes coming into force, that too with immediate effect, taxpayers are anxious about the impact on their tax liability. Tax rates have been changed, exemption limit has been raised and indexation has been phased out. Click on the link here to see the...
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Traffic has been halted at Tamhini Ghat on the Raigad-Pune route following the debris from a landslide as a result of the heavy rains. According to Raigad Police, Traffic is stopped at Tamhini Ghat in the Raigad-Pune route due to a landslide. Traffic will be stopped for the next few...
12:10
INS Brahmaputra tilts to one side
In a terrible tragedy, INS Brahmaputra, a frontline warship commissioned in April 2000, suffered extensive damage due to a fire accident on Jul 21, 2024. The subsequent firefighting efforts managed to control the fire but the vessel capsized in the afternoon hours of Jul 22. The MoD press...
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A waterlogged road in Chembur today
Rain batters Mumbai, severe waterlogging in various parts of the city.
12:04
Delhi court extends Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's judicial custody in excise 'scam' cases by ED, CBI. Delhi court extends judicial custody of AAP's Manish Sisodia, BRS leader K Kavitha in excise 'scam' case field by CBI.
11:53
Avoid Andheri subway
The Andheri Subway in Mumbai has been closed for vehicular movement following waterlogging from the persistent rainfall. The downpours have brought back woes for Mumbai and the suburbs, with waterlogging reported from several low-lying areas in the city. The heavy rainfall overnight has...
11:34
The Mithi river in Mumbai in spate
Heavy and incessant rains wreaked havoc in Maharashtra's Pune, where at least four persons died in rain-related incidents on Thursday, while several houses and residential societies in low-lying areas in the city were inundated, following which people are being evacuated, officials...
11:17
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who heads the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has held a meeting with Union Home Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah in Delhi. Sources close to Pawar confirmed the development and said the meeting took place late...
10:42
A Russian national living in the capital city of France for the last 14 years has been arrested on suspicion of plotting to disrupt the Paris Olympics 2024, local media reported.The mega sporting event is set to begin here with an opening ceremony that features a boat parade on the Seine River on...
10:27
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Heavy rainfall forces release of water from Khadakwasla Dam-Pune, heavy rains in Mumbai.Due to continuous rainfall in the Khadakwasla Dam catchment area, the dam reached full capacity on Thursday. The Pune administration, as per the District Information Office, increased the water release into...
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A holiday has been declared for schools, colleges and other educational institutes in Raigad district of Maharashtra on Thursday in the wake of heavy rainfall, officials said. A similar order has been issued for Wada and Vikramgad talukas in Palghar district. Both these districts lie in the...
09:26
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee not to make any 'politically-motivated populist remarks' on the current situation in neighbouring Bangladesh that could affect the nation's external affairs.His remark came after Bangladesh Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud...
08:57
The North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) intercepted a group of bombers near Alaska, marking the first instance of joint Russian and Chinese operations prompting such a response from the United States, CNN reported, citing, a US defence official.NORAD confirmed that the aircraft,...
08:53
Pro-Palestinian-protestors on Wednesday lowered an American flag and burned it down a few blocks away from the United States Congress and hoisted a Palestine flag in its place.The incident happened in front of the Union Station, near the US Congress, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
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Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday said Vice President Kamala Harris is unfit to rule and described here a radical left lunatic. Trump, 78, launched a scathing attack on his Democratic rival, as he took the stage for the first time to address...
07:07
Various parts of the country witnessed Shani Chandra Grahan, also known as the lunar occultation of Saturn, on the night of July 24-25. The eclipse was visible in different parts of the country, including the India Gate area in Delhi, and West Bengal's Kolkata. Shani Chandra...
06:45
I've decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to the new generation to unite our nation. There is a time and a place for long years of experience in public life, but there's also a time and a place for new voices,' US President Joe Biden says in his address to the American people from...
06:39
US President Joe Biden says, In just a few months, the American people will choose the course of America's future. I made my choice. I've made my views known. I would like to thank our great vice president, Kamala Harris. She experienced. She's tough. She's capable. She's been an incredible...
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US President Joe Biden on Wednesday night ET addressed his nation from the Oval Office to explain his decision end his 2024 candidacy and to 'pass the torch' to Vice President Kamala Harris. I revere this office, but I love my country more. It's been the honour of my life to serve as...
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The Himachal Pradesh high court on Wednesday issued notice to Kangana Ranaut, the BJP Lok Sabha member from Mandi, on a petition filed by a Kinnaur resident for setting aside her election on the grounds that his nomination papers to contest from the Lok Sabha constituency were allegedly wrongly...
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