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A man from Punjab was booked for allegedly attempting to transport over 500 grams of opium to New Zealand via courier, police here said on Thursday. Opium packets weighing 589 grams were found hidden in boxes containing cosmetic products and clothes, Gurugram Police said. The state...
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Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan on Thursday announced that he will contest the forthcoming legislative assembly election from Pithapuram constituency. He said he would like to contest for an MLA seat, rather than for the Lok Sabha, although he had received both suggestions from his...
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Upset over the prison staff's conduct, inmates of the central jail in Punjab's Gurdaspur district on Thursday pelted stones at them and indulged in vandalism, prompting police to fire tear gas shells to control the situation, officials said. Five policemen including station house officer of...
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A court in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Thursday extended the CBI custody of Sandeshkhali strongman Shajahan Sheikh by eight days. Sheikh was arrested on February 29 after 55 days on the run following violent protests led by women, alleging sexual atrocities and land...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wished West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee quick recovery after she suffered an injury and was taken to a hospital. I pray for a quick recovery and the best health for Mamata Didi, he said in a post on X. Banerjee suffered a major injury...
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Around 40 passengers of an Air India flight from the national capital to Amsterdam had a harrowing time on Wednesday as the airline was not able to deliver their baggage after landing at the European city. The passengers were travelling on flight AI 155 on Wednesday. Sources at the...
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Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras-led Lok Janshakti Party faction said on Thursday that he will contest from the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat and this stand has been conveyed to the Bharatiya Janata Party. The assertion from the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party came a day after another LJP faction...
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The Centre has designated the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) as an agency of the MHA to notify, under the Information Technology Act-2000, law-enforcement agencies about unlawful activities in cyberspace. The I4C was set up by the MHA to provide a framework and eco-system for...
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Petrol and diesel prices were cut by Rs 2 per litre each as state-owned oil companies ended a nearly two-year-long hiatus in rate revision, just hours before the general election schedule was announced. The revised price will be applicable from 6 am on Friday, March 15, the oil ministry said...
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The government has mandated the use of Aadhaar as identity document for availing six scholarships and benefit of as many schemes and initiatives meant for people with disabilities. Those without Aadhaar numbers have to submit Aadhaar enrolment slips along with other documents to avail these...
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The civic body of Mumbai on Thursday announced a 5 percent water cut across the city till April 24, 2024, and urged citizens to use water prudently. The water cut is due to the pre-monsoon conservation work being carried out at the Bhandup water treatment plant, said the Brihanmumbai...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Thursday declared elected unopposed to the legislative council, along with 10 others, who stood for the biennial polls to the Upper House. Besides Kumar, who will be enjoying a fourth consecutive term, those who got elected include former chief...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday evening suffered injuries on her forehead and was admitted to a hospital, the TMC said.Our chairperson @MamataOfficial sustained a major injury. Please keep her in your prayers, the party posted on X along with pictures of Banerjee bleeding...
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Just In: The Election Commission on Thursday night made the data on electoral bonds public.Donors to political parties through electoral bonds include Grasim Industries, Megha Engineering, Piramal Enterprises, Torrent Power, Bharti Airtel, DLF Commercial Developers, Vedanta Ltd among...
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Former IAS officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Sandhu were on Thursday appointed as election commissioners. The law ministry issued a notification announcing the appointments. A selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met earlier in the day to recommend their...
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The National Payments Corporation of India has on Thursday approved One97 Communications Limited, which operates popular fintech company Paytm, to participate in UPI as a third-party application provider under the multi-bank model. Four banks (Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, State Bank of India, YES...
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Defamation complaints have been filed before a sessions court, against Al India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and Bharatiya Janata Party state president K Annamalai for their statements against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin relating to alleged...
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The Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Front on Thursday announced candidates for 16 of West Bengal's 42 Lok Sabha constituencies, amid the talks with the Congress over sharing of seats. Addressing a press conference, Left Front chairman Biman Bose said 14 of the 16 candidates are new...
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The police on Thursday claimed that a sinister plot behind the murder of a former press photographer, Vinay alias Bablu Poonekar, and said the investigation indicates that a woman, suspected to have been romantically involved with him, orchestrated his killing by roping in a hitman. The...
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The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday released its first list of eight candidates for Punjab for the Lok Sabha polls, fielding five Cabinet ministers. The state's ruling party also named a former Congress MLA and a Punjabi actor as its candidates for the polls expected to be held...
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Lok Sabha MP and suspended Congress leader Preneet Kaur joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi on Thursday, praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and the work done by his government in the last 10 years. Kaur, a four-time MP from Punjab's Patiala and a former Union...
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Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said talks have been initiated to resolve the conflict between the Meitei and Kuki communities in the state. Speaking at a programme here, Singh emphasised the importance of resolving conflicts through dialogue and political...
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Former Indian athlete Padmini Thomas and former District Congress Committee general secretary Thampanoor Satheesh on Thursday left the Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. The move comes a day after the BJP's state chief, K Surendran, announced that more Congress members would be...
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A 31-year-old constable allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle inside a police station in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district on Thursday, an official said. A relative of the deceased claimed he was under depression after being harassed by a senior officer. Vivek Sharma pumped a...
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The Congress on Thursday alleged that the BJP has misused central agencies like ED and CBI to garner Rs 400 crore through electoral bonds from 45 companies after raids on them and demanded that it should come out with a white paper on its finances if it cared about democracy. Congress...
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The parents of some girl students appearing for Class X examination in a Gujarat school have alleged that the administrator of the exam centre forced their wards to remove hijab before a paper, prompting the education department to take action against the school official. According to...
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From exploring work from home (WFH) option and shifting to a place with better water facilities and taking bath on alternate days--citizens of India's tech capital are trying every possible thing to deal with an unprecedented water crisis that has gripped the city. The woes have become...
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Wholesale inflation rate declined marginally to 0.2 per cent in February compared to 0.27 per cent in the preceding month despite a slight uptick in the food basket. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation was in the negative zone from April to October and had turned positive...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, took on opposition leaders Asaduddin Owaisi and Mamata Banerjee for their claims that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act was anti-Muslim and said that the law can't be seen in isolation as it carries a history with itself. Owaisi had referred to the law as...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar on Thursday said that although following a split his party initially used the name and photos of his uncle Sharad Pawar, after the latter's objection, it started using state's first chief minister Yashwantrao Chavan's name and...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday for performing an underwater puja in the remains of the ancient submerged city of Lord Krishna's Dwarka earlier in February, alleging that issues like inflation and unemployment are not being...
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Former bureaucrats Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar have been named as the new election commissioners by a panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, committee member and Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Thursday. Addressing reporters at his residence soon after the...
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Engineer-turned-philanthropist Sudha Murty on Thursday took oath as Rajya Sabha MP in the presence of her husband N R Narayana Murty. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar administered the oath in his chamber in Parliament House. Leader of the House Piyush Goyal was also present on the...
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Police in Shahjahanpur provided additional security to the father of a rape survivor and lodged an FIR after a video purportedly showed him apologising for making false allegations against self-styled jailed godman Asaram Bapu, an officer said on Thursday. Superintendent of Police...
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The government on Thursday said it has taken action to block 18 OTT platforms and social media accounts associated with them for publishing obscene, vulgar and in some instances pornographic content.In a statement, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said 18 OTT platforms and 19...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response of the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on a plea of the Sharad Pawar group alleging misuse of his name and pictures for political gains. A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and K V Viswanathan...
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Update: A high-level committee on Thursday recommended simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha and state assemblies as the first step followed by synchronised local body polls within 100 days. In its report submitted to President Droupadi Murmu that ran into over 18,000 pages, the panel headed...
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A high-level committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday submitted its report on the feasibility of holding simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies across the country.The panel says that simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha, assemblies can be held in...
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The Ram Nath Kovind panel on 'one nation, one poll' submits its report to President Droupadi Murmu. The high-level committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday submitted its report on the feasibility of holding simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local...
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Preneet Kaur, suspended Congress MP and wife of former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, will formally join the BJP in Delhi, today.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved a sessions court here challenging the summons issued to him by a lower court on two complaints filed by the Enforcement Directorate for evading its summons in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. Additional Sessions Judge...
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With arms wide open and a dimpled smile flashing brightly, superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been leaving the audience in awe with his iconic signature pose for over three decades now. From fans to members of showbiz, people never leave a chance to imitate his romantic pose especially when they...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured persecuted refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to have faith in the Narendra Modi government and said that under the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), everyone will be given equal rights as they will now become citizens of...
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Venkataramana Pittala was set to graduate. Pic: GoFundMe
A 27-year-old Indian student died after his watercraft collided with another in the US state of Florida, according to media reports. Venkataramana Pittala from Telangana was driving a rented Yamaha personal watercraft (PWC) that collided with another PWC operated by a 14-year-old boy from the...
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Two children and a married couple died due to suffocation after a massive fire broke out in a residential building in the Shastri Nagar area of Delhi's Shahdara in the early hours of Thursday, police said. The victims have been identified as Manoj (30), his wife Suman (28) and two...
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Former president Pratibha Patil with President Murmu. File pic
Former President Pratibha Patil has been admitted to a hospital in Maharashtra's Pune city for the treatment of fever and chest infection and her condition is stable, officials of the medical facility said on Thursday. Patil, 89, was admitted to the Bharati Hospital in Pune on...
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Days after the central government notified the Citizenship Amendment Act, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the law will never be taken back and the BJP-led government will never compromise with it. In an interview to ANI, Amit Shah said, This is our sovereign right to ensure...
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At least four people, including three Indian nationals, have been arrested in Up state New York along the Canada border when they were trying to enter the US illegally, officials here said on Wednesday.The US Border Patrol arrested four people, including a woman, when they were jumping off a...
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The Maharashtra government on Wednesday gave the Sandeep Shinde committee, set up last year to scrutinise Kunbi records of the Maratha community, an extension till April 30. The committee was set up on September 7, 2023. In response to quota activist Manoj Jarange's demand that Marathas...
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Senior DMK leader K Ponmudy (second from left)
Senior DMK leader K Ponmudy was on Wednesday reinstated as a legislator with the authorities revoking a notification that declared his Tirukoyilur assembly constituency vacant. Following Ponmudy's conviction on 19 December 2023 by the Madras high court in a disproportionate assets case, the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik (right)
With the possibility of a pre-poll alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal still lingering, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has convened a meeting of his party's senior leaders on Thursday afternoon, party sources said. The BJD, which had on March 6, a day...
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