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A 19-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly hanged herself at her PG room in Kota, the seventh suicide by a coaching student in the city since the beginning of this year, police said on Thursday.Somya Kurmi committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling fan late Wednesday night, DSP Rajesh Tailor told...
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Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died at the Banda Medical College in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday following a cardiac arrest, its principal said.Earlier in the day, Ansari was taken to the hospital after his health deteriorated, his lawyer said.Banda Medical College principal Suneel...
22:45
A court in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Thursday remanded suspended Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh in connection with a case on the mob attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials at Sandeshkhali in January.Sheikh has been in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)...
21:59
At least three persons, including two from Manipur, were killed when the ceiling of a pub collapsed in Chennai, a senior police official said. The incident took place at the popular bar Sekhmet on Chamiers Road in the upmarket locality of Alwarpet in the city. The victims were employees...
21:53
Representational image. Pic: Reuters
Pockets in south Mumbai plunged into darkness on Thursday night due to a power failure. Localities such as Mahapalika Marg, Marine Lines and Crawford Market experienced the electricity outage due to a power tripping from about 8.35 pm, officials said, adding that efforts to restore...
21:23
The fire in Ujjain's Mahakal Temple on March 25 that left 14 priests and 'sevaks' injured was caused by 'gulal' falling on the 'kapoor' (camphor) aarti, a senior official said on Thursday quoting from a preliminary report.The blaze took place during 'bhasma aarti' at 5.50 pm in the 'garbha griha'...
21:02
Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday defended the Agnipath scheme underlining that the future of youths joining as Agniveers would not be impacted, even as he said the government was open to bring any change in it if required. During a fireside chat on the concluding day of the Times...
20:23
The rupee depreciated 6 paise to settle at 83.39 (provisional) against the United States dollar on Thursday due to a strengthening greenback against major rivals overseas and rising crude oil prices in the international markets. However, a firm trend in domestic equity markets and recent...
20:20
JUST IN: The Change of Guard Ceremony will not take place this Saturday (March 30, 2024) at Rashtrapati Bhavan due to Bharat Ratna presentation ceremony.
20:06
In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key conspirator in Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe blast case, according to an official statement issued on Thursday. Muzammil Shareef was picked up on Wednesday and placed in custody as a co-conspirator after NIA...
19:24
Describing herself as among the last generation of stars along with Shah Rukh Khan, Kangana Ranaut says her decision to enter politics is not driven by the underwhelming performance of her recent films. The Queen star, often in the news for her controversial comments, is making her...
19:15
A sessions court in Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Thursday sentenced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years in jail in a 1996 case involving planting of drugs to frame a lawyer.Bhatt, who is already behind bars in a custodial death case, was held guilty of falsely implicating...
18:49
Nakul Nath, the lone Congress MP from Madhya Pradesh who has been renominated from Chhindwara by his party, has declared assets worth nearly Rs 700 crore, according to his election affidavit.Nath is among the 113 candidates who have filed their nomination papers for the first phase of Lok Sabha...
18:40
There are 20 Indians onboard the cargo ship which hit a bridge in Baltimore in the United States a few days ago and the Indian Embassy is in close touch with them and the local authorities, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.The 2.6-km-long, four-lane Francis Scott Key Bridge over...
17:59
Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has sought a detailed probe report from Delhi Police commissioner Sanjay Arora in connection with an allegedly derogatory social media post made by Congress leader Supriya Shrinate against actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut, Raj Niwas officials said on...
17:32
Pic: Aditi Rao Hydari/Instagram
It's official. Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth are engaged. The Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar actor shared the news with her fans on Instagram. For the past few days, reports of the duo getting married were doing the rounds on social media, but there was no confirmation from either of...
17:22
KBK Infographics
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ended the last day of trade of the 2023-24 fiscal on a bullish note on Thursday, driven by heavy buying in power, auto and banking stocks amid a positive trend in global markets. Extending its previous day's rally, the 30-share index jumped 655.04...
17:12
Actor Govinda joins Shiv Sena in presence of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde in Mumbai.Govinda is likely to contest from the North-West Mumbai Lok Sabha seat, say reports. Earlier this month, Govinda held a meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Shinde. The timing of this meeting, which took...
16:57
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami
The villagers of Dumak in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district have decided to boycott the upcoming Lok Sabha polls over the non-construction of a vital road linking the village with the district headquarters for which they have been agitating for four decades. Whenever elections are round the...
16:29
Arvind Kejriwal at the Rouse House court today
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal on Thursday claimed he is not keeping well and is being harassed a lot. Kejriwal has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy. Earlier on Thursday, a...
15:55
Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court extends ED remand of Arvind Kejriwal till April 1.Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday himself made submissions in a court in New Delhi during the hearing in the excise policy case and said a smokescreen of the Aam Aadmi Party being corrupt has been created...
15:45
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Thursday accused BJP leader Gen (retd) V K Singh of sabotaging the revocation of AFSPA during the UPA-2 government when he was the Army chief. The home minister remembers AFSPA now. I fought for it (revocation of AFSPA) since 2011...
15:34
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra in Kashmir during the BJY
Only the Congress, and in particular Rahul Gandhi, can understand the pain and dilemma that Jammu and Kashmir has been plunged into, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti says in a new book, adding that she has never before seen such despair and despondency in the erstwhile state. In Bharat Jodo...
15:08
A day after Delhi Lt Governor said the city government will not be run from jail, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday called it a political conspiracy and said people will give a reply. Minutes before being produced in a city court on Thursday, Kejriwal was asked about Saxena's...
14:48
Update: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday himself made submissions in a court in Delhi during the hearing in the excise policy case and said a smokescreen of the AAP being corrupt has been created before the nation. He made the submissions as the Enforcement Directorate...
14:29
Delhi excise policy case: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal produced before court of Special Judge Kaveri Baweja. ED in court seeks 7-day further custody of CM Kejriwal, says he needs to be confronted with some people linked with the excise policy case. ED tells the court that CM Kejriwal is giving...
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Sunita Kejriwal at a digital briefing yesterday
Update: This is a political conspiracy, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said as he arrived at the Rouse Avenue Court here for a hearing in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED)...
13:57
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal reaches Rouse Avenue Court. It is a political conspiracy and the people will give an answer to it, says the Delhi CM as he is brought to the courtroom in Rouse Avenue court at the end of his ED custody in the liquor policy case. Earlier on Wednesday,...
13:40
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking the removal of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal from the post of chief minister following his arrest in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan refused to comment on the merits of...
13:18
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his wife Gurpreet Kaur were blessed with a daughter. Mann shared the news on his official X handle and informed that both the mother and the baby are healthy. He also shared a picture of the baby.God has given the gift of a daughter..Both the...
12:55
'Operation Lotus' has started in Punjab, senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged on Thursday, a day after the party's lone Lok Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Rinku joined the BJP. 'Operation Lotus' is the term used by opposition parties to describe what they call poaching of MLAs by the BJP to...
12:27
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi penned a heartfelt letter to the people of his constituency, saying that his relationship with Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit will not end till his last breath.Even though my tenure as an MP is coming to an end, my relationship with Pilibhit will continue...
12:17
Naveen Jindal has got a ticket from Kurukshetra
Former Haryana minister Savitri Jindal has quit the Congress, days after her son and industrialist Naveen Jindal left the party to join the BJP. The 84-year-old Savitri announced her decision to quit the Congress on a social media post late Wednesday night. I represented the people...
12:13
The dera chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara in Uttarakhand was shot dead within the premises of the shrine by two bike-borne assailants early Thursday, police said. Baba Tarsem Singh was rushed to a hospital in Khatima where he died during treatment, Udham Singh Nagar SSP Manju Nath told...
11:58
An FIR has been lodged against senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh at Durgapur Police Station for his remarks on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, an official said on Thursday. Ghosh has been booked under IPC sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace)...
11:42
A group of lawyers, including senior advocate Harish Salve and Bar Council of India chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra, have written to the Chief Justice of India, alleging that a vested interest group is trying to pressure the judiciary and defame courts on the basis of frivolous logic and stale...
11:21
Delhi Minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj holds a press conference ahead of Arvind Kejriwal's court appearance on the situation in Punjab.If the BJP is in such bad condition in Punjab, why did it poach our MP (Sushil Kumar Rinku) and MLA (Sheetal Angural) yesterday? Our MLAs from Punjab...
10:52
TMC leader Mahua Moitra has said she will campaign in her Krishnanagar constituency on Thursday, giving a miss to the Enforcement Directorate summons that asked her to appear for questioning at the ED office in New Delhi.I will be out for campaigning in the Krishnangar constituency in the...
10:34
The father of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Gobind Ram Kejriwal, outside his residence in Delhi. Kejriwal's ED custody in the excise policy case ends today.
10:28
Coal ministry over-rode environment ministry and its mining experts to do away with ban on mining the block nestled in the densest forests of Madhya Pradesh. Read the report here.
09:54
Kejriwal's wife said the CM will reveal where the money is today
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, will be produced before the Rouse Avenue Court on the conclusion of his Enforcement Directorate custodial remand on Thursday. The Delhi Chief Minister will be produced before the court later today. Additionally,...
09:47
Himachal CM Sukhu
The three Independent legislators who had resigned from the assembly last week were on Wednesday issued a show cause notice by the Vidhan Sabha by the Speaker, officials said. Their replies have to be submitted by April 10, they said. Confirming that the notice has been issued to...
09:39
After India summoned a senior US diplomat to lodge a protest over remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Washington on Wednesday stressed that it encourages fair, transparent, timely legal processes and we don't think anyone should object to that. We continue to...
09:15
The 29th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs has been held and the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on how to achieve complete disengagement and resolve the remaining issues along the LAC, the MEA said on Thursday. The...
08:38
Navneet Rana, an incumbent MP from Amravati, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Nagpur late on Wednesday night in the presence of the party's state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule. She joined the BJP at the Bawankule's residence in Nagpur along with her supporters and in the presence...
01:41
Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba will arrive in New Delhi on Thursday on his maiden visit to India amid efforts to seek a peaceful resolution to the over two-year-old Russia-Ukraine conflict.His visit comes at the invitation of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, the...
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