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Soon after the cancellation of UGC-NET, the Congress on Wednesday dubbed the Modi government as paper leak government and asked whether the education minister would take responsibility now. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also attacked the government over the alleged irregularities in...
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The government on Wednesday raised the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy by 5.35 per cent to Rs 2,300 per quintal for the 2024-25 kharif marketing season, a move that comes ahead of key state assembly polls.The Rs 117 per quintal hike in paddy support price comes despite the government...
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Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday asserted he will never go with those who tried to finish off his party, putting paid to speculation about a possible reconciliation with the Bharatiya Janata Party post the Lok Sabha polls.Addressing an event organised in Mumbai on the 58th...
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The Education Ministry on Wednesday ordered the cancellations of UGC-NET conducted by the National Testing Agency following inputs that the integrity of the examination may have been compromised and the matter has been handed over to the CBI for a thorough investigation, officials said. The...
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Bengali filmstar Rituparna Sengupta was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday in connection with its investigation into the multi-crore ration distribution irregularities, officials said.During the questioning, which lasted for over five hours, Sengupta was asked about her...
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10 people have died in hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district. Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has ordered a CB-CID inquiry into the issue and transferred District Collector Sravankumar Jatavath and appointed MS Prashanth as the new collector for Kallkurichi district. Kallakurichi SP...
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Massive consumption of electricity amid a punishing heat wave sustaining over weeks pushed peak power demand of Delhi to an all-time high level of 8,656 MW on Wednesday afternoon, said discom officials. The previous peak power demand, recorded on Tuesday, was 8,647 MW. According to the real time...
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UP's two sons would make India's politics all about love, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday to signal his camaraderie with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.Gandhi's witty take, recalling the mohabbat ki dukaan tagline from his pan-India yatras and the Lok Sabha election campaign,...
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Detention of radical Sikh preacher and newly elected MP from Khadoor Sahib seat Amritpal Singh, who is lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail, has been extended by a year. The Punjab government's home affairs and justice department ordered the extension on June 3 -- a day before the Lok Sabha...
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Denied the ticket by the Congress for Dehra assembly bypoll, party leader Rajesh Sharma on Wednesday hinted that he would contest the seat as an independent. The development comes a day after the Congress declared Kamlesh Thakur, wife of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, as its candidate...
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Amid the ongoing heatwave condition in the national capital, the Indian Youth Congress on Wednesday distributed air coolers to shelter home dwellers in Delhi on the occasion of party leader Rahul Gandhi's birthday.The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has distributed around 70 coolers to the people at...
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The government monetised assets worth Rs 1.56 lakh crore under the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) in 2023-24, lower than the target of Rs 1.8 lakh crore, an official statement said on Wednesday. Under the NMP, the aggregate monetisation potential of the central government's brownfield...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman over the shifting of statues of Mahatma Gandhi, B R Ambedkar and other national leaders to a new location in the Parliament complex and has demanded that they be restored to their original places.In...
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A 38-year-old man allegedly committed suicide over the Maratha reservation demand in Pune district on Wednesday after conducting a Facebook Live session discussing the sensitive issue of quota allocations, police said.The deceased, Prasad Dethe, was found hanging from an iron bar on a truck in...
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Hospitals in Delhi are witnessing a spike in heatstroke cases and casualties as a brutal heatwave continues to batter the national capital, officials said on Wednesday.At the Centre-run RML Hospital, the authorities received 22 patients in the last two days. There have been five deaths and 12 to...
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Although the Lok Sabha election process has concluded a fortnight back, the Election Commission is yet to relieve nearly 4,400 civic staffers from poll duty, thereby badly affecting the pre-monsoon work, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials claimed. The EC had engaged 11,847...
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Air pollution contributed to 8.1 million deaths worldwide in 2021, with India and China recording 2.1 million and 2.3 million fatalities, respectively, according to a report released on Wednesday. Published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI), an independent US-based research organisation, in...
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Former CM Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said he would be the leader of the opposition in the Odisha assembly.Speaking to reporters, Patnaik said the decision was taken at the BJD's legislature party meeting.We had a meeting of the MLAs of the BJD. I congratulated and thanked them. They have elected...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded a Rs 100 crore bribe from the South Group for his party, the Enforcement Directorate claimed on Wednesday while opposing his bail application in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam.The central probe agency told the court that if...
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Amid scalding temperatures in large parts of the country, Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Wednesday reviewed the heatwave situation and preparedness of central government hospitals.Nadda directed officials to ensure that all hospitals are prepared for providing the best care to those...
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Indelible ink will be put on the middle finger instead of the forefinger in the upcoming byelections to be held in Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh assembly constituencies slated for July 10, said Himachal Pradesh Chief Electoral Commissioner Maneesh Garg.This step has been taken in view of the...
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A man was allegedly lynched in Utta Pradesh's Aligarh by a mob that accused him of theft, triggering communal tension. Six people were arrested after the mob-attack on Fareed (35) on Tuesday night in Mamu Bhanja locality, police said. Seven people, part of the mob, have been identified.According...
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More than 7,000 people from different walks of life will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to celebrate the 10th International Yoga Day on the banks of the famous Dal lake in Jammu and Kashmir. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha told PTI that it is an honour for the entire Kashmir valley...
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Ahead of the clash between India and Afghanistan in the Super 8s of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra said that winning the toss and batting first at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, could prove advantageous. India will be taking on Afghanistan in their...
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A 24-year-old man allegedly impersonating a sexagenarian, bound for Canada, has been apprehended by the CISF at the Delhi international airport, a senior officer of the force said on Wednesday. The passenger Guru Sewak Singh, with dyed hair and beard, was intercepted on Tuesday evening at...
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As Delhi continues to be in the grip of a heatwave with maximum temperature feeling like 51 degree Celsius as per the Met Department, the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital has reported five deaths due to suspected heatstroke while at least 12 people, mostly daily wage labourers are in critical condition...
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The extreme heat has led to several deaths in Delhi
High surface temperatures are impacting flight operations at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, resulting in flight delays.A senior official in the Ministry of Civil Aviation said that flight operations have been impacted because of high temperatures and following safety guidelines....
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NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday expressed confidence that his party would return to power in Maharashtra after the state assembly elections due later this year. He said his party would resolve the farmers' issues in the state once it comes at the helm again. Pawar made these remarks...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman over the shifting of statues of Mahatma Gandhi, B R Ambedkar and other national leaders to a new location in the Parliament complex and has demanded that they be restored to their original places. In...
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Former US House Speaker Nancy Peolsi who is part of a US bipartisan delegation, which met with the Dalai Lama on Wednesday launched a broadside against Xi Jinping, stating that while the legacy of the Tibetan spiritual leader will live forever, the Chinese President will be gone in a few years....
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YSR Congress Rajya Sabha MP Beedha Masthan Rao
Beedha Madhuri, daughter of YSR Congress Rajya Sabha MP Beeda Masthan Rao was arrested and later released on bail for running over a man and causing his death by negligence, police said on Wednesday. Madhuri, who was at the wheel, ran over the man, sleeping on the pavement of a road in downtown...
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A Delhi court on Wednesday extended till July 3 the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam. Special Judge Niyay Bindu extended the custody of Kejriwal after he was produced before the court through video conference on...
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Apart from a brief period during the Emergency and the Janata Party government that followed, the Constitution has never been perceived by ordinary citizens as shaping everyday life in India, writes Arghya Sengupta. Read the column here.
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Air pollution contributed to 8.1 million deaths worldwide in 2021, with India and China recording 2.1 million and 2.3 million such fatalities, respectively, according to a report released on Wednesday. Published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI), an independent US-based research...
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The south-west monsoon, which has slowed down after hitting Mumbai, is gathering pace and is expected to progress further by June 21-22, an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. The progress of the monsoon will provide a much-needed relief to north India, which...
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PM Modi at the ancient Nalanda university
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the revival of Nalanda will mark the beginning of the 'Golden Age' of India adding that the new campus of the university will give the world an introduction to India's capability.After inaugurating the new campus of Nalanda University in Rajgir,...
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In the Calcutta of the 1950s, Nair's first job was the role of a typist at a private firm. He soon grew bored of it but became fascinated with Kolkata, its rich colonial past, intellectual heft and its ability to carry together both the rich and the downtrodden. Read the report here.
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Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Wednesday said that she has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the water crisis in the national capital and threatened to go on an indefinite strike from June 21 if the issue is not resolved within a couple of days. Addressing a press conference in New...
12:21
A Bengaluru couple was shocked when they noticed a snake in their Amazon package. The snake, suspected to be a spectacled cobra, was stuck in the adhesive tape used for the packaging, said the couple, who had ordered an Xbox controller from the online retail giant. The couple, IT professionals...
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Political economist Parakala Prabhakar was one of the few commentators in India who had predicted before the elections that the Bharatiya Janata Party would not get more than 240 seats! And he was bang on!In his interview to Rediff.com, Prabhakar -- who is married to Finance Minister Nirmala...
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra shares this image on X writing, Happy Birthday to my sweet brother whose unique perspective on life, the universe and everything lights up the path. Always my friend, my fellow traveller, argumentative guide, philosopher and leader. Keep shining, love you the...
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Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu offers prayers at Sankat Mochan Temple
Congress leader and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Wednesday said he did not want his wife to contest elections, but the party high command insisted she should, and announced her candidature for the Dehra assembly seat bypoll. Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur's name appear in...
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Pawan Kalyan with Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu
Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan took charge as Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister here on Wednesday amid Vedic chants. The actor-politician has been entrusted with the departments of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Environment, Forests, and Science and Technology. Rural Water Supply also...
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Former Haryana Congress leaders Kiran Choudhary and her daughter Shruti Choudhry along with their supporters joined the BJP on Wednesday in the presence of senior party leaders in New Delhi. Both Kiran Choudhry and Shruti Choudhry had resigned from the primary membership of the Congress on...
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PM Narendra Modi inaugurates new campus of Nalanda University in Bihar's Rajgir. With Modi were EAM Dr S Jaishankar, Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar, CM Nitish Kumar, Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha & other delegates at the new campus of Nalanda University. Ambassadors of 17 countries...
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Mumbai city on Wednesday woke up to cloudy skies and several parts of the city received rainfall in the morning. The temperature in Mumbai was recorded at 28.65 degrees Celsius today. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 33 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees respectively...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the ruins of ancient Nalanda, a UNESCO world heritage site, in Rajgir on Wednesday. The ruins of ancient Nalanda comprise the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic institution. It includes stupas, shrines, viharas (residential and educational...
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The flood situation in Assam is still grim, as over 1.61 lakh people in 15 districts have been affected by the deluge and the flood has claimed 26 lives in the state so far. According to the flood reports of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one person died in Hailakandi...
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A massive fire broke out at an age-old forest bungalow in Jaldapara National Park area under the Alipurduar district in West Bengal, last night. Four fire tenders rushed to the spot and doused the fire in five hours. No casualties were reported. These forest bungalows are relics of the British...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty hit their new lifetime peaks in early trade on Wednesday amid a firm global market trends, buying in bank stocks and foreign fund inflows. Rallying for the fifth straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 280.32 points to hit its fresh lifetime...
09:48
A couple from Bengaluru found a spectacled cobra in their Amazon package containing an Xbox controller. The snake was stuck to the packaging tape.
09:40
The Kuwaiti government will give USD 15,000 each as compensation to the families of the victims of the devastating fire that killed 50 people, including 46 Indians, in the southern Ahmadi Governorate, according to a media report. The massive fire which occurred at a seven-storey building in the...
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are likely to continue over many parts of North India during Wednesday and gradually abate thereafter due to an approaching western disturbance towards northwest India.According to the IMD, heatwave...
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India has received 20 per cent less rainfall since the start of the monsoon period on June 1, with the rain-bearing system making no significant progress between June 12 and 18, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).However, conditions are now favourable for further advancement...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea on Wednesday morning (local time) on his first official visit to the East Asian nation in 24 years and is expected to meet with his counterpart Kim Jong Un, CNN reported. This is a rare overseas trip for Putin since he launched the invasion...
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India will get below-normal monsoon rainfall in June, the India meteorological department said on Tuesday as the north and northwestern parts of the country reeled under an intense heatwave. The average June rainfall for the country as a whole is most likely to be below normal i.e. less than 92...
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Zee Entertainment Enterprises has witnessed another top-level exit on Tuesday, as its chief financial officer Rohit Kumar Gupta has resigned from the company. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd has now elevated Mukund Galgali, as an acting chief financial officer of the company, according to a...
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A man was shot dead in a 'Burger King' outlet in West Delhi's Rajouri Garden late on Tuesday evening by three unidentified assailants, the police said.They said the man received multiple gunshot wounds in the attack that took place in the J Block area.He was rushed to a hospital, where doctors...
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The biennial election for 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council will take place on July 12, the Election Commission of India announced on Tuesday. The 6-year term in office of 11 MLCs, elected by the Members of Legislative Assembly, is due to end on July 27 on their retirement. The...
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A Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight from Chennai received a bomb threat message on Tuesday, but it landed safely in Mumbai, an airport source said. The bomb threat message was received at the private airline's call centre in New Delhi, the source said without delving into specifics. The flight landed...
