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A dead cockroach was allegedly found in the sambar served to guests at a five-star hotel in Ahmedabad city on Wednesday morning, prompting the local civic body to seal its kitchen for 48 hours, officials said.During a function organised in the hotel, Hyatt Ahmedabad, in the Vastrapur area, a...
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A mobile phone of a commuter burst into flames in a monorail coach in Mumbai on Wednesday but nobody was injured, officials said. The incident took place at 9.35 am at GTB Nagar station and caused a brief commotion, said an official of Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd...
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GST authorities have slapped a Rs 32,403 crore notice on Infosys for services availed by the company from its overseas branches for five years starting 2017. Infosys, in a stock exchange filing, called the notice a 'pre-show cause' notice and said it believes the GST is not applicable on...
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India and China on Wednesday held constructive and forward-looking diplomatic talks to resolve the lingering border standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The talks were held in Delhi under the framework of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on...
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At least 10 flights that were to land at the Delhi airport were diverted on Wednesday evening due to heavy rains in the national capital. An official said that at least 10 flights were diverted at the airport after 1930 hours due to bad weather. The national capital witnessed heavy...
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Strongly condemning the assassination of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, China -- which brokered a unity deal between various Palestine groups last week -- on Wednesday warned that the killing could plunge the region into deeper chaos.Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a...
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A 23-year-old man allegedly shot himself in the head during a video call with a woman who was blackmailing him, the UP police said on WednesdayThe two had allegedly been in a relationship and the woman was blackmailing him over a video she had recorded of him, they said. ...
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The MCD on Wednesday sealed five more basements of coaching institutes in West Delhi and South Delhi zones making the total tally reach 35 since Sunday, according to civic body officials.The MCD on Wednesday sealed three basements of coaching institutes in West Delhi and two in South Delhi zones...
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Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi is being criticised by a section of social media users after a video, showing the actor shoving aside a selfie-seeking fan at an airport, went viral. The undated video, which has been shared by many users on microblogging site X, showed the actor and his wife...
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BJD leader Mamata Mohanta, who resigned from her Rajya Sabha membership, is likely to join the BJP, sources in the BJP said on Wednesday. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said he received the resignation letter from Mohanta on Wednesday. She has resigned her seat by writing to the...
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The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued a 'red alert' for Uttarakhand.It predicted extremely heavy rainfall in several districts like Dehradun, Champawat, Haridwar, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal and Udham Singh Nagar.Following the instructions of Uttarakhand Chief...
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A court in Delhi on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of an SUV driver and four owners of the coaching centre basement in the Old Rajinder Nagar area which was flooded with rainwater and led to the death of three civil services aspirants.Judicial magistrate Vinod Kumar rejected the bail plea of...
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit landslides-hit Wayanad on Thursday and meet several families affected by the natural calamity, sources said.Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were scheduled to visit Wayanad Wednesday...
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The body of an Odisha-based doctor who had gone missing in Wayanad, when landslides triggered by rain swept the area, has been found, Odisha Minister Suresh Pujari said on Wednesday.The deceased doctor identified as Krushnaprasad Chinnara had along with his wife Priyadarshini Pal and two other...
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Filmmaker Hansal Mehta on Wednesday said it's been frustrating to see his daughter, who has been trying to apply for an Aadhaar card for three weeks, being sent back and forth on some pretext or the other. Tagging the UIDAI in an X post, the National Award winner alleged the treatment...
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Benchmark BSE Sensex rose by nearly 286 points to close at a record high while Nifty settled above 24,950 level on Wednesday, extending their winning run to the fourth day on gains in metal, power and select auto shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex settled higher by 285.94 points or 0.35...
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A 12-year-old boy from Assam's Tinsukia district, who was kidnapped while returning from school, was found dead in Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday, police said. The boy was kidnapped on July 22 when he was returning home in Sadiya Sonpura from his school located at the Assam-Arunachal...
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said that 144 bodies were recovered from the landslides-hit areas of Wayanad district with around 191 people still missing. Vijayan said that over 200 people were admitted to hospitals and 5,592 people were rescued from the landslides-ravaged...
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The UPSC on Wednesday said it has cancelled the provisional candidature of probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar and debarred her from all future examinations or selections. The UPSC has examined the available records carefully and found her guilty of acting in contravention of the...
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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan says: Rescue operations in Wayanad are continuing at full scale. This is an unprecedented and painful disaster. So far, 144 bodies have been recovered -- 79 men and 64 women. There are still 191 people missing. Efforts are being made to evacuate as many people as...
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Adani Power on Wednesday reported over 55 per cent dip in its consolidated net profit to Rs 3,913 crore in the June quarter compared to the year-ago period due to higher expenses. The consolidated net profit of the company was Rs 8,759 crore in the quarter ended on June 30, 2023. Total...
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Rescue operations being carried out in the area
Jayan, a resident of the landslide-hit Chooralmala in Kerala, was fast asleep in his house on July 29 night. The calm and serene residential location in Wayanad's Chooralmala was reverberating with the thumping sounds of the torrential rains outside. At 1.30 am on Tuesday, Jayan woke...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Kerala government was warned as early as July 23 regarding a possible natural calamity in Wayanad due to heavy rains and nine NDRF teams were rushed to the state the same day. However, the Kerala government did not heed to the early...
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Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has requested Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to withdraw the 18 per cent goods and services tax (GST) on life and medical insurance premiums. In his letter to the Finance Minister, Gadkari raised concerns of the Nagpur Division...
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Heart-rending wails of grief and despair were heard as family members identified and performed the last rites of their loved ones who died in the massive landslides in this district, where over 132 people were killed and more than 200 were injured in the tragic incident.People of all ages were...
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Military personnel on Wednesday intensified search and rescue operations in Kerala's Wayanad district, where landslides have claimed more than 100 lives, with the Army saying that it has recovered around 70 bodies so far and rescued nearly 1,000 people.Extremely heavy rain triggered the...
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Survivors of the Wayanad landslide have now been moved to various relief camps across the district. At one such relief camp set up in a school, the survivors recount the horror of the landslide. Sarojini, a resident of Chooranmala and a survivor of the Wayanad landslide, shared her...
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The army despatched two rescue columns comprising 200 soldiers
The Indian Army personnel on Wednesday carried out a daring rescue mission, saving 19 civilians stranded in the Ela Resort and Vana Rani Resort, located beyond landslide-hit Mundakkai village in Kerala's Wayanad district. Acting on inputs from forest officials and villagers, the 122...
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The Indian Coast Guard is also actively engaged in the rescue and relief operations for those affected by the landslide in Wayanad.
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Death toll in landslides in Kerala's Wayanad district has climbed to 148, the Kerala State Revenue Department said on Tuesday.However, the Commandant of the Para Regimental Training, Brigadier Arjun Seagan said, 150 deaths have been recorded so far. He said that around 200 to 250 individuals...
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The Centre on Wednesday opposed in the Supreme Court a plea of the mineral-rich states seeking refund of the royalty levied by it on mines and mineral-bearing land since 1989, saying any such order asking it to pay the alleged dues with retrospective effect will have a multipolar...
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With assembly polls in key states coming up, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said the mahaul (public mood) is in the party's favour but there is a need to sustain the momentum and goodwill generated for it in the Lok Sabha elections.We must not become...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) opposes delegating the responsibility of conducting know-your-client (KYC) formalities to individual entities due to fears of 'Paytm-like contamination'.In response to a question about centralising KYC across the financial system, Sebi Chairperson...
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The Delhi government will bring a law to regulate coaching centres in the city, cabinet minister Atishi said on Wednesday, days after three IAS aspirants drowned in the flooded basement of an institute in Old Rajinder Nagar. Addressing a press conference, the minister said the...
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The army puts in place a Bailey bridge across a canal
The Indian Army has ramped up its rescue operations in Kerala's Wayanad following devastating landslides, successfully evacuating more than 1,000 people from affected areas to safety. As of Wednesday morning, the bodies of around 70 victims have been recovered. As per an official...
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He survived the Saturday tragedy at the coaching centre in Delhi but 21-year-old Rishabh Pal says he will forever feel guilty for not being able to save his fellow students including Tanya Soni who had spurred him not to give up hope when he feared that their end was near. Rishabh, a...
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The income-tax department has started scrutinising cases for the assessment year (AY) 2018-19 to determine which of them need to be reopened, a process that might result in a raft of tax notices.This follows this year's Union Budget move to reduce the time limit for tax reassessment from 10 years...
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Rescue personnel commenced search and rescue operations on Wednesday in Wayanad, a day after deadly landslides claimed over 123 lives and injured about 186 persons. Units of the army, NDRF and other emergency service personnel deployed in Wayanad resume the search operations. Rescue...
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Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in an attack in Iran's capital, Tehran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday, Press TV reported.In a statement to Meher News Agency the IRGC said that Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed after their...
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US Vice President Kamala Harris has challenged Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to meet her on the debate stage.Harris made the remarks while addressing an enthusiastic crowd in Georgia on Tuesday (local time). She called out Trump for pulling out of the debate in November after...
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Volunteers look for survivors
Harrowing scenes of dead bodies in sitting and lying positions inside destroyed houses could be seen as rescue operations resumed in the landslide-devastated Mundakkai hamlet in Kerala's Wayanad district on Wednesday morning. The rescuers could reach many inland areas, which were totally cut...
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Kerala Health Minister Veena George's vehicle met with a minor accident near Manjeri in Malappuram district. She was travelling to Wayanad. She has suffered minor injuries and is being treated at Manjeri Medical College: State Health Department and Local Police. On Tuesday, Union Minister...
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The death toll in the series of landslides in Kerala's Wayanad district climbed up to 143.Fears of mounting fatalities have been sparked by suspicions that several people may still be trapped under the debris.Meanwhile, various rescue agencies resumed their operations early in the morning to...
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Two women from a family in Pune have filed a police complaint against a local BJP MLA for using their photos without their consent for an advertisement hoarding of the Maharashtra government's `Ladki Bahin' scheme. Shivajinagar MLA Siddharth Shirole, who had put up the hoarding, said it was...
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Army jawans during a rescue operation in Wayanad, Kerala/ANI Photo
The Army, which has been deployed for rescue services in Wayanad district, has managed to save about 1000 persons using a temporary bridge, after the permanent structure was washed away following the torrential downpour that triggered the landslides, a senior official said on Tuesday. He...
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West Bengal CM Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
The impasse over shooting of films, serials and web series in the Kolkata entertainment industry ended on Tuesday following the intervention of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. After three days of no work, studios will witness shooting from Wednesday. All stakeholders -- from directors...
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Yamagarni village in Nipani taluk of Belagavi district of Karnataka recently witnessed a strange sight. A jubilant crowd paraded a black indie dog covered in garlands and held a feast in its honour. For the villagers, the return of the dog, which had been lost, is a miracle. Fondly...
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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi sealed seven more basements of coaching centres in Central Delhi's Old Rajendra Nagar and one each in North West Delhi's Rajdhani Enclave and East Delhi's Preet Vihar on Tuesday, following the death of three UPSC aspirants in the basement of Rau's IAS Study...
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