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Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party chief K Surendran on Monday mocked the decision of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to vacate the Wayanad seat and said the grand old party was considering the state as a political ATM.After a leadership meeting in New Delhi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday...
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A man allegedly slit his daughter's throat and dumped her body in New Delhi on a farm in Rohini for wanting to marry a man from another caste against the wishes of the family, police said on Monday. The woman was found lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds in a farmland in...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday reviewed the security situation in ethnic violence-hit Manipur amidst reports of fresh incidents of trouble in the northeastern state. At the high-level meeting, Shah was given a detailed briefing on the prevailing situation in the state by top...
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BREAKING: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will keep the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and vacate the Wayanad seat in Kerala from where his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on Monday. Kharge was speaking to reporters after...
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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has started a probe into the cause of the accident in which a goods train rammed into the Kanchanjunga Express from behind in West Bengal's Rangapani on Monday morning.Vaishnaw added that measures will be taken to...
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Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday asserted that there was no question of showing soft corner for anyone with regard to investigation into the Renukaswamy murder case in which Kannada actor Darshan and his actress friend Pavithra Gowda have been arrested.He said the police will...
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Water supply will be affected in parts of Lutyens' Delhi since the Tilak Marg and Bengali Market underground water reservoirs are receiving less water from the Delhi Jal Board, NDMC officials said on Monday. There is a 40 per cent shortage in supply being received from the Delhi Jal...
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Baggage acceptance and Digi Yatra services at the Delhi International Airport were impacted briefly on Monday owing to a voltage imbalance from the power grid supplier, the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) has said. The DIAL also said it proactively switched all terminals to...
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former MLC M B Bhanuprakash died of cardiac arrest here on Monday during a protest organised by his party against the hike in petrol and diesel prices in Karnataka. Bhanuprakash (69), who had earlier served as the party's state vice-president and...
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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw visited the site of the train collision at Rangapani near New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal on Monday afternoon and took stock of the situation.Speaking to the media, Vaishnaw assured a thorough probe into what led to the accident. Rescue operation is...
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Former India opener and mentor of IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders Gautam Gambhir paid a courtesy visit to Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday. Gambhir, who was a ruling party MP from East Delhi, has taken a break from active politics to concentrate on his...
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The Reserve Bank has cancelled the licence of Purvanchal Co-operative Bank, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh as it does not have adequate capital and earning prospects. The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Uttar Pradesh has also been asked to issue an order...
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The Railways' 'Kavach' or anti-train collision system was not in place along the Guwahati-Delhi route, where a goods train collided with the Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express in the rear on Monday, a top official said. Chairperson of the Railway Board Jaya Varma Sinha said that Kavach, an...
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Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Monday visited the Wazirabad barrage and appealed to the Haryana government to release water in the Yamuna river. Atishi said the Wazirabad barrage gets water from Haryana which goes to the water treatment plants of Chandrawal, Okhla and Wazirabad.If no water...
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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Monday held extensive talks with his American counterpart Jake Sullivan primarily focusing on implementation of the ambitious India-US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET). The two top security officials are also learnt to have...
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A total of 19 trains have been cancelled so far on the New Jalpaiguri, Siliguri Junction, Bagdogra and Aluabari Road routes in the wake of major train accident in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district that killed at least 15 people.A goods train collided with a stationary 13174 Agartala - Sealdah...
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A fire broke out in a four-storey residential building in south Mumbai on Monday afternoon, officials said.There was so far no report of any casualty, an official said. The blaze erupted at around 1 pm in the building located on Chakala Street in Masjid area and was confined to its third and...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the loss of lives in the train accident in West Bengal and announced an ex gratia of Rs two lakh each from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to those injured.At least 15 people were killed and...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday slammed the Modi government for utter mismanagement of the Railway Ministry as he condoled the loss of lives in the West Bengal train accident. Extremely distressed by the Kanchanjunga Express train collision accident in Jalpaiguri, West...
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The automatic signalling system between Ranipatra Railway Station and Chattar Hat Junction in West Bengal, where a goods train hit Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express in the rear, was defective since 5.50 in the morning, according to a railway source. Train No 13174 (Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express)...
14:31
An Artificial Intelligence based app, PadhAI, scored over 170 marks out of 200 in the UPSC preliminary exams 2024 solving the entire paper within seven minutes and qualifying above the general score which usually remains under 100. The score places PadhAI's score in the top 10...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Monday visit the train accident site in New Jalpaiguri to take stock of relief operations, an official said.At least 15 passengers died and 60 others were injured, after three rear coaches of the stationary Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express...
14:25
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday announced an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh each to the next of kin of those killed in the train accident in West Bengal's Darjeeling district.The minister, who has left for West Bengal to take stock of relief operations after the accident, also announced a...
13:53
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the government would take strong actions against functionaries of the National Testing Agency (NTA) if they were found to be involved in irregularities in the conduct of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), 2024.Pradhan made this...
13:28
Srinagar authorities refused to allow Eid prayers on Monday at the historic Jama Masjid in old city for the sixth year time in a row, Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid said. After Fajr prayers today, police personnel closed the gates of Jama Masjid in Srinagar and informed the Auqaf that Eid...
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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday left for West Bengal to take stock of relief operations after a goods train collided with the Kanchanjunga Express near New Jalpaiguri.At least 15 persons died and around 60 others were injured after the accident near Rangapani station in West...
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Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Monday arrived on a day-long visit to Jammu to review the security situation and operational preparedness in the region, officials said. Gen Chauhan's visit comes soon after Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the security situation...
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Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday appeared before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for an inquiry in connection with a POCSO case registered against him. The Karnataka high court on Friday restrained the CID from arresting the veteran BJP leader in...
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Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and MPs along with party workers on Monday staged demonstrations across Delhi slamming the Aam Aadmi Party government over the water crisis in the city. Carrying bottles of dirty water, the BJP protesters raised slogans against the AAP government...
11:19
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Monday review the security situation in Manipur which has been witnessing ethnic violence for over an year. Senior officials from the central and state governments and other security forces will attend the high-level meeting, officials said. On...
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A view of the train mishap in West Bengal's Darjeeling district/ANI on X
At least five passengers were killed and 30 people sustained injuries after a goods train rammed into Kanchenjunga Express train in West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Monday, the police said.Five passengers have died and 20-25 injured in the accident. The situation is serious. The incident...
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The evacuation of more than 1,200 tourists stranded in Sikkim's Mangan district might begin on Monday if the weather permits, as it could not take place during the day due to unfavourable conditions, an official said.If there are favourable weather conditions, the evacuation process will take...
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People offer namaaz at Idgah masjid in Bhopal on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha/ANI on X
Mosques and several religious sites across the country on Monday were thronged by the devout who gathered to offer namaaz on the auspicious occasion of the holy ''Eid Al-Adha' festival. At the historic Jama Masjid in Delhi hundreds of worshippers assembled for morning...
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Security forces during an anti-Maoist operation in Jharkhand/ANI file image
At least four Maoists, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with the police in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Monday morning, officials said.The incident took place in Tonto and Goilkera area, they said....
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An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Aragam area of Bandipora district late on Sunday night following information about presence of...
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The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on Sunday announced a three-day cease-fire with the Pakistani government during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.Eid ul-Adha is being celebrated in Pakistan from June 17-19.In a statement, the TTP said that it has decided to announce a cease-fire on the...
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The damaged autorickshaw in the accident/ANI Photo
Two jawans of the Indian Army were killed and six others, two of them critically, wounded after a private bus collided with the autorickshaw they were travelling in near Nagpur on Sunday evening, the police said.The auto driver also suffered grievous injuries in the accident that took place on...
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West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose/ANI Photo
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday morning ordered the Kolkata police personnel deployed at the Raj Bhavan to immediately vacate the premises, an official said.Bose is planning to convert the police outpost near the North Gate of the Raj Bhavan into a 'Jan Manch' (public platform), he...
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Three men, who had allegedly tried to run over two Noida policemen with their SUV, were arrested on Sunday and charged with attempt to murder, officials said.The police have also impounded the SUV, a Mahindra Thar, which was used during the alleged crime near Morna police outpost on June 8, they...
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu
Telugu Desam Party supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu appointed Gajuwaka MLA P Srinivasa Rao Yadav as the party's state president on Sunday, replacing agriculture minister K Atchhanaidu. Naidu exuded confidence that Yadav, who worked as Visakhapatnam TDP...
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Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun/File image
Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who is accused of being involved in murder-for-hire plot against a Sikh separatist, has been extradited from Czeck Republic, media reports said Sunday. Gupta, 52, was arrested in the Czeck Republic last year at the request of the US government on charges of...
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