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The collapsed bridge in Bihar's Araria/ANI Photo
A portion of a newly constructed bridge over the Bakra river in Bihar collapsed in Araria district on Tuesday, the police said. There have been no reports of any fatality. The bridge, constructed by the Rural Works Department at a cost of Rs 10 crore, was not opened to the public as approach...
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More than 50 hospitals in Mumbai including Jaslok Hospital, Raheja Hospital, Seven Hill Hospital, Kohinoor Hospital, KEM Hospital, JJ Hospital, St. George Hospital and many more hospitals received bomb threats. The threat emails have been sent using a VPN Network. The identity of the sender and...
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Sri Lanka cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan will invest a total of Rs 1,400 crore in phases to establish a beverages (soft drinks) and confectionery unit in Badanaguppe in Chamarajanagara district, according to Karnataka Large and Medium Industries Minister MB Patil on Tuesday. The announcement...
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The defence ministry has started the process to procure 156 light combat helicopters from state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd at a cost of around Rs 45,000 crore, officials said on Tuesday. A request for proposal or initial tender has been issued by the ministry for the...
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Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama
A US Congressional delegation led by house foreign affairs committee chairman Michael McCaul arrived in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamsala on Tuesday to meet Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama. The delegation comprised former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congress members...
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A delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs called on Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray at his residence in Mumbai on Tuesday, days after the Lok Sabha poll results which saw the opposition INDIA bloc performing better than expected. The delegation comprised TMC members of Parliament Kalyan...
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Assam's home secretary Siladitya Chetia allegedly died by suicide at a private hospital in Guwahati after his wife passed away following prolonged illness on Tuesday, the police said. Chetia, a 2009-batch IPS officer, allegedly shot himself with his service weapon inside the ICU where his wife...
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Forty-one airports in the country received bomb threat emails on Tuesday and each of them was declared a hoax following anti-sabotage checks by security agencies that lasted for hours, official sources said. The emails were received at the airports around 12.40 pm from the email id...
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The Gujarat high court on Tuesday extended the interim stay by a day on Maharaj, the debut film of Bollywood star Aamir Khan's son Junaid, which was slated for release on Netflix last week. A single judge bench of Justice Sangeeta Vishen heard the arguments from respondents, Netflix and Yash Raj...
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In a jolt to the Congress in Haryana where assembly polls are due in October, party's senior leader Kiran Choudhary and her daughter Shruti Choudhary will join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday. Confirming the development, Kiran Choudhary, who is also a sitting MLA, said she is...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his 'Mann Ki Baat' monthly radio broadcast will resume from June 30 and urged people to share their ideas and inputs for it. Delighted to share that after a gap of some months due to the elections, #MannKiBaat is back! This month's programme will take...
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Benchmark Sensex closed above the 77,000 level for the first time, and broader Nifty scaled a fresh peak on Tuesday as key equity indices stayed on the record-breaking run powered by a rally in index majors ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Infosys. Besides, renewed foreign fund inflows amid a firm trend...
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Delhi police is likely to file a charge sheet next week in a case registered against author Arundhati Roy and a former professor in Kashmir under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for their alleged provocative speeches in 2010, official sources said on Tuesday. Roy and former...
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The Union home ministry has appointed senior IAS officer Ashwani Kumar as Municipal Corporation of Delhi commissioner. Kumar will succeed Indian Administrative Service officer Gyanesh Bharti, who was transferred to the Union women and child development ministry as additional secretary in March....
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An India-born brain trauma expert and Professor of Anaesthesia at the University of Cambridge has been conferred with one of the high honours by Britain's King Charles III for services to neurocritical care. Prof David Krishna Menon, head of division of anaesthesia at the University of Cambridge,...
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The Bombay high court on Tuesday said it watched actor Annu Kapoor-starrer Hamare Baarah movie and found nothing objectionable in it that was against the Quran or the Muslim community, and observed that the film is in fact aimed at upliftment of women. It also said that the Indian public was...
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An 86-year-old man died in a bomb explosion near Thalassery in this north Kerala district on Tuesday. The elderly man -- Velayudhan -- died when he picked up and tried to open the bomb which he found from an uninhabited property where he had gone to collect coconuts, the police said. Velayudhan...
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PM Modi in his first visit to his Lok Sabha constituency, Varanasi, after the polls says: Maa Ganga has taken me in her lap, I have become part of Varanasi. People of Varanasi have not only chosen me as MP for third time but also as PM. It is very rare in democratic countries for govts to be...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ticked higher to hit lifetime high levels on Tuesday, helped by hectic buying in market heavyweights ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Infosys amid a firm trend in global equities. Besides, fresh foreign fund inflows boosted investor confidence, traders said. In...
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India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said that there is a possibility of light rain in the National Capital in the next three to four days amidst challenging weather conditions across the country. IMD scientist Soma Sen told ANI, Red alert has been issued in North India. North-West...
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ajay Alok made a jibe at the Gandhi family over Priyanka Gandhi's decision to contest from Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, and said it will be good to see who among Rahul and Priyanka is more useless in the Parliament.Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had...
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Sahba Husain relinquished her freedom to spend nearly two years in house arrest in a makeshift room with her partner of 30 years. Read the story here.
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Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Tuesday wrote a letter to INDIA bloc leaders, elaborating on the alleged assault by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's former aide Bibhav Kumar, and sought time to meet them.She wrote the letter to leaders including former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi,...
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Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has come under criticism after a video surfaced on social media showing a party worker washing his muddy feet.Bharatiya Janata Party has questioned the culture of the Congress over the incident.The incident took place on Monday when Patole was on a tour...
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Survivors of the Kanchanjunga Express accident
Accusing the government of destroying Indian Railways, the Congress on Tuesday demanded Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's resignation in the wake of the Kanchanjunga Express accident and said that he has no moral right to remain in the position. The opposition party also took a swipe at...
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As many as 12,600 complaints have been received by the National Commission for Women (NCW) so far this year, with Uttar Pradesh achieving the dubious distinction of registering the highest number of complaints, according to official data. The highest number of complaints were received in the...
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Severe heat wave conditions are likely over many parts of Uttar Pradesh and some parts of Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi as people in various parts of the country continue to grapple with a delayed monsoon. The India Meteorological Department said that heat wave conditions are also likely over isolated...
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The toll in the train accident in West Bengal's Darjeeling district rose to 10, an official said on Tuesday. While eight bodies were brought to the state-run North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) after the accident on Monday morning, two persons died during treatment, he said. Among...
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On a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses his first event in Varanasi after the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress Tuesday said the people of his constituency gave a vote of no-confidence in him as he barely managed to edge past his Congress rival after trailing in multiple rounds of counting....
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The BJP in Kerala on Tuesday continued to mock the Congress party's decision to field Priyanka Gandhi in Wayanad, which was vacated by Rahul Gandhi, and said the grand old party may consider her husband Robert Vadra in the upcoming by-poll in Palakkad assembly segment. BJP state chief K...
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Playback singer Alka Yagnik has revealed that she has been diagnosed with a rare hearing disorder. In a post on Instagram on Monday night, Yagnik said she has been diagnosed with sensory neural nerve hearing loss due to a viral attack. To all my fans, friends, followers and well wishers. A few...
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Amid suspense over the Lok Sabha Speaker post ahead of the Parliament Session, a meeting of ministers are set to be held at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's residence on Tuesday evening, according to sources.As per the sources, at the meeting ahead of the first Parliament session, post the 2024...
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A delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs on Tuesday met NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar who supported their demand for an investigation into the alleged stock market manipulation following exit polls earlier this month. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
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A 21-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his 50-year-old mother and burying the body in his field on suspicion that she might sell their land and not give him the money, a police official said on Tuesday. The officials said the body has been recovered on the instance of the...
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Long lines of people were seen queuing up on Tuesday to fetch water from tankers across parts of the national capital, as the city sizzled in the summer heat. Morning visuals showed people from Kusumpur Pahadi in Vasant Vihar, Geeta Colony, and Okhla area seen standing in queues, holding onto...
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The Congress Tuesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the recycling of the headlines before the release of the 17th installment of PM-KISAN, saying it is not some prasad being bestowed on farmers but it's their legitimate right. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said as...
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Supreme Court issues a notice and seeks response from the National Testing Agency (NTA) and Centre on pleas relating to alleged paper leaks and malpractices in NEET-UG, 2024. If there is 0.001% negligence on the part of anyone it should be thoroughly dealt with, observes the Supreme Court. A...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde held a late night meeting with Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar after which some state BJP leaders left for Delhi for a review meet, sources said on Tuesday. Details of the meeting were not available. It was convened in the backdrop of the...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday formally informed the Lok Sabha Speaker's office about retaining the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat and vacating the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat.According to the sources, the Congress leader submitted the letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker for this today.Earlier on...
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The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety, Northeast Frontier Railway, Janak Kumar Garg, will hold a statutory inquiry in connection with the Kanchenjunga Express tragedy that claimed eight lives and left 25 injured. The inquiry will be held at the ADRM/NJP's chamber from 10 am onwards on June 19....
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Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoorshares this image saying, Na shak raha na shanka, lo aa gayi Priyanka. #WelcomeToWayanad @INCIndia.The Congress party in Kerala welcomed the candidature of the party's general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi for the by-poll in the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. The...
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Fitch Ratings on Tuesday raised India's growth forecast for current fiscal to 7.2 per cent, from 7 per cent projected in March, citing a recovery in consumer spending and increased investment. For the fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27, Fitch projected growth rates of 6.5 per cent and 6.2 per...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty hit their new all-time high levels in early trade on Tuesday helped by firm trends in global markets, buying in IT stocks and fresh foreign fund inflows. Rising for the fourth straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 334.03 points to hit its...
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A recruitment drive to fill 17,471 constabulary posts in Maharashtra police set to begin on June 19 has received a massive 17.76 lakh applications, an official said on Monday.The recruitment drive is for posts of constables, drivers, band men, SRPF personnel and jail staff, the official said.For...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday slammed the Congress accusing it of indulging in dynastic politics after party leader Rahul Gandhi decided to retain the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat and vacate Wayanad in Kerala for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to contest the by-elections from the seat. With Rahul...
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Nationalist Congress Party-SP leader Rohit Pawar on Monday claimed 18 to 19 MLAs of the ruling NCP led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will cross over to their side after the upcoming monsoon session of the state legislature. Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Rohit Pawar maintained...
