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A top Gujarat government bureaucrat on Tuesday contacted authorities in Uttarakhand and urged them to help pilgrims from the western state who are stranded on the route of Char Dham Yatra due to heavy rush of devotees. In-charge chief secretary Sunaina Tomar contacted authorities in the hill...
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The crashed hoarding/Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com
Bhavesh Bhinde, the owner of the advertising agency which had allegedly put up the hoarding that crashed on a petrol pump in Ghatkopar area, has 23 criminal cases registered against him and was recently arrested on rape charges, the police said on Tuesday evening. After Monday's hoarding...
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A view of Calcutta high court/ANI Photo
The Calcutta high court on Tuesday adjourned till Friday the hearing of a petition by BJP's Sandeshkhali leader Gangadhar Koyal, seeking transfer of probe to CBI into an alleged sting video over accusations of sexual atrocities in the riverine area, on a prayer by the state. Advocate General...
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Independent candidate Rajan Yadav/File image/ANI
Choosing a bizarre way to file his nomination from Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, Independent candidate Rajan Yadav arrived on a bier at the collectorate office on Tuesday. Yadav, known as 'Arthi Baba', says he has done an MBA but is now a Buddhist monk and is living on alms. He has...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi possesses assets amounting to a little over Rs 3 crore, most of it in bank fixed deposits, according to his election affidavit. As required, Modi submitted the affidavit while filing his nomination papers Tuesday as an election candidate from the Varanasi...
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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi was cremated with full state honours in Patna on Tuesday evening. The air reverberated with chants of 'Sushil Modi Amar Rahein', as surging crowds broke down barricades when the mortal remains of...
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People leave after a fire broke out in the CR building, at ITO in New Delhi/ANI Photo
The income tax department on Tuesday said there was no data loss pertaining to taxpayers due the fire at its CR Building in ITO in which one official died. In a post on X, the income tax department said the fire is now under control and the cause is being ascertained. A tragic fire...
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A 19-year-old NEET aspirant who went missing from his PG room in Kota has been traced to Uttar Pradesh, Kota police said on Tuesday. Bihar native Aman Kumar Singh left his paying guest room in Swarn Vihar...
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India on Tuesday dismissed the claim made by Maldivian Defence Minister Ghassan Maumoon, alleging that Indian military helicopter pilots stationed in the Maldives carried out an unauthorised operation in 2019. In a statement, the High Commission of India in the Maldives asserted that Indian...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal/ANI Photo
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's personal assistant Bibhav Kumar misbehaved with Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal at the CM's residence, party leader Sanjay Singh said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference a day after Maliwal alleged that a member of Kejriwal's personal...
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A section of restaurants in Mumbai on Tuesday announced a 20 percent discount on the total dine-in bill value on May 20 & 21 to the local voters.The 'democracy discount' initiative is the hospitality fraternity's way of encouraging citizens to go out and cast their votes, the National...
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The Election Commission of India on Tuesday postponed the June 10 biennial elections for four legislative council seats in Maharashtra. The new schedule for elections to fill seats of the Upper House of the state legislature falling vacant in the next few months will be announced later,...
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The CBI has arrested former DHFL director Dheeraj Wadhawan in connection with a Rs 34,000-crore bank fraud case, officials said on Tuesday. Wadhawan was taken into custody from Mumbai on Monday evening, they said, and added that he was produced before a special court in Delhi on Tuesday that...
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A 46-year-old man working as office superintendent died after a massive fire broke out inside the Income Tax CR Building in New Delhi on Tuesday, the police said. According to the police, they received a PCR call in the afternoon regarding fire on the third floor in the CR Building in ITO...
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Unidentified persons shot and killed a functionary of the Congress party in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, police said on Tuesday.The shooting occurred in the Bakhrupara area of Narayanpur town on Monday night, an official said.The victim, Vikram Bais (40), was riding home on his motorcycle...
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The last rites of senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former deputy chief minister of Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi, will take place around 6 pm in Patna on Tuesday, party sources said.Modi, 72, who was suffering from cancer, died in a New Delhi hospital on Monday evening.The body of the former...
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Activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday warned that the Maratha quota agitation will be restarted from June 4, the day the results of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections will be out. A rally will be organised on June 8 to press the Maratha community's demand for reservations in government jobs...
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Are we so ready to believe that in this country whose virtues we constantly shout from the rooftops, there is no single person -- other than Modi -- in a minimum of 272 elected MPs with the talent and ability to lead this country, asks Prem Panicker. Read the column here.
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Equity benchmark indices climbed on Tuesday as retail inflation eased to an 11-month low of 4.83 per cent in April and buying in the country's most valued firm by market valuation Reliance Industries also added to the optimism. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 328.48 points, or 0.45 per...
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Mamata Banerjee serves tea in Jalpaiguri
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's offer to cook food for Prime Minister Narendra Modi elicited mixed responses from different political parties, with the BJP suspecting a politicized agenda and the CPI(M) suggesting a potential understanding between the TMC and the BJP. Making a...
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Asserting that people are voting for change, senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday exuded confidence that an INDIA bloc government would be formed at the Centre and claimed his party will get more seats than the BJP in both Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The AICC general...
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The Election Commission said Tuesday top leaders of political parties should set good examples of campaign discourse expected of them in the ongoing Lok Sabha election. The EC also asserted that it was primarily the leaders' responsibility to correct their poll speeches in the...
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The wholesale inflation rose to a 13-month high of 1.26 per cent in April fuelled by rising prices of food articles, especially vegetables, amid expectations of RBI holding interest rates in the policy review next month. The wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation has been rising for two...
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Actor Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday filed her nomination from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat as a BJP candidate and hoped she would keep getting the opportunity to file nominations from the constituency in the future as well. I hope this is not the first and last time for me and I get more...
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Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi. On this occasion, the chief minister also invited her to the ongoing Chardham Yatra 2024 in Uttarakhand.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday contended before the Delhi High Court that it will make the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) an accused in the money laundering case stemming out of the Delhi excise policy scam. The ED's submission was made while opposing the bail plea of former Delhi...
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Mortal remains of former Bihar Deputy CM and BJP leader Sushil Modi brought to his Patna residence He passed away yesterday after battling cancer for the last 7 months.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking to bar Prime Minister Narendra Modi from elections for allegedly making hate speeches and violating the Model Code of Conduct during campaigning.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and S C Sharma asked the petitioner to approach the...
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More than 21 hours after a huge billboard collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area due to gusty winds and unseasonal rains, killing at least 14 persons and injuring 75 others, the search and rescue operation is still on, civic officials said on Tuesday. So far, 89 persons were pulled out from...
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Not a single one of the politicians in jail is a convict. They are merely accused by the BJP that they have done something wrong, writes Aakar Patel. Read the column here.
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LTTE chief V Prabhakaran was killed in 2009
The Centre on Tuesday extended the ban imposed on the LTTE for five more years as it continues to foster a separatist tendency amongst the masses and enhance the support base for it in India, particularly in Tamil Nadu. The Union Home Ministry imposed the ban invoking the sub-sections (1)...
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After filing the nomination, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met the Bharatiya Janata Party's NDA partners outside the collectorate office in Varanasi, as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) showcased its strength.Prime Minister Modi filed his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok...
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Himachal Pradesh: BJP candidate from Mandi Lok Sabha constituency, Kangana Ranaut, files her nomination.
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Actor Jackie Shroff on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court against the unlicensed use of his name and personality attributes by several entities for commercial gain. Counsel appearing for the actor objected to the misuse of his personality and publicity rights through sale of...
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Congress leader Manish Tewari posts this image writing, Filed my nomination papers from Chandigarh. I seek your blessings and support in this fight to save our democracy and bring prosperity to our City Beautiful.
13:25
Russia President Vladimir Putin is expected to make an official visit to China for two days this week. Putin will meet Chinese president Xi Jinping during the visit which is likely to begin Thursday. China is Russia's ally in the Ukraine war.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on the contempt notice issued to yoga guru Ramdev, his aide Balkrishna and Patanjali Ayurved Ltd in the misleading advertisements case. A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah noted that the counsel appearing for the firm has...
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Update: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday filed his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat after offering prayers at the Dashashwamedh Ghat and the Kaal Bhairav temple in Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was among those present at the collectorate when...
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GTB Hospital is one of four hospitals to receive the bomb threat
Four hospitals in Delhi received a bomb threat via email on Tuesday morning, officials of the Delhi Fire Services said. Officials said that they had received calls from the GTB Hospital, Dada Dev Hospital, Hedgewar Hospital, and Deep Chandra Bandhu Hospital reporting bomb threat emails.On...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi files his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath is also present on the occasion.
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BJP candidate from Mandi, Kangana Ranaut, set to file her nomination papers. She says, The people of Mandi and their love for me have brought me here. Women in our country are making a mark in every field but incidents of feticide in Mandi were high a few years ago. Today, the women from...
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SC grants bail to activist Gautam Navlakha in Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. Navlakha was arrested in April 2020 in connection with the 2018 violence case in Maharashtra and is accused of having links with banned Naxal organisation CPI(Maoist). SC directs Navlakha to pay Rs 20 lakh...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the DM office in Varanasi to file his nomination for the Lok Sabha Elections. The PM is the sitting MP and BJP's candidate from Varanasi. In a post in Hindi on X, Modi said, My relationship with my Kashi is amazing, inseparable and incomparable... all...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at the Kaal Bhairav Temple in Varanasi ahead of filing his nomination.
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Palestinians flee Rafah
An Indian personnel working with the United Nations was killed in Gaza when the vehicle he was travelling in came under attack in Rafah, making it the 'first international' casualty for the organisation since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict.Col Waibhav Anil Kale, who took premature...
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Kangana's mother, Asha Ranaut
Himachal Pradesh: Ahead of BJP candidate from Mandi Lok Sabha seat, Kangana Ranaut filing her nomination, her mother Asha Ranaut says, The public have come to support her. We will definitely win. She has done a lot of work for the people and will do so in future too... Kangana's sister...
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PM Modi at the road show in Varanasi yesterday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at Dashashwamedh Ghat on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi and boarded a cruise to Namo Ghat to visit the Kal Bhairav Temple ahead of filling his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.After performing Ganga Aarti and...
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Modi at Dashashwamedh Ghat this morning
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President JP Nadda, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and NDA leaders arrive at the DM office in Varanasi, ahead of PM Modi's nomination filing for Lok Sabha elections. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh leaves from a hotel in Varanasi, to...
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Golgappa, pani puri or phuchka is making frequent entry into the White House receptions with guests being served with this mouth-watering popular Indian street food. In the last year, it has been served at least a couple of times, the latest being the Rose Garden reception on Monday...
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India on Tuesday sent fresh consignments of relief materials containing 40 tonnes of medicines and other supplies for the flood affected people of Kenya. The HADR (Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief) consignments were sent to the African nation in a military transport...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at Dashashwamedh Ghat on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi before filling his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat today in Uttar Pradesh. Today also marks the auspicious day of Ganga Saptami and PM Modi participated in prayers and...
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The PM shared this picture with Sushil Modi
The last rites of senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister of Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi, will take place around 6 pm in Patna on Tuesday, party sources said. Modi, 72, who was suffering from cancer, died in a New Delhi hospital on Monday evening. The mortal remains...
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PM at the Kashi Vishwanath temple
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at Dashashwamedh Ghat on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi before filling his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat today in Uttar Pradesh.Today also marks the auspicious day of Ganga Saptami and PM Modi participated in prayers and performed...
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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday condoled the deaths of 14 people and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured after a big hoarding collapsed in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area.Deeply pained by the tragic incident wherein several people have lost their lives by a hoarding collapse in...
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Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar has said stringent action will be taken against those responsible for the hoarding collapse incident in the city.At least 14 persons were killed and 74 injured after a 100 feet tall illegal billboard fell at a petrol pump in Ghatkopar during dust storms...
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Several persons, including a Bharatiya Janata Party office bearer and his son, on Monday sustained injuries during a clash that broke out between the BJP and Congress workers in Barra in Kanpur, police said.The clash took place soon after polling over remarks against top leaders of the BJP and...
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The death toll in the hoarding collapse incident in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area has risen to 14 while 74 people are injured, civic officials said on Tuesday morning.The 100-foot-tall illegal billboard fell at a petrol pump in Ghatkopar during dust storms and unseasonal rains that lashed Mumbai on...
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation issued a notice to an advertisement agency on Monday after the Ghatkopar billboard collapse incident, asking it to immediately remove the remaining three hoardings near the spot, officials said. The notice has been issued to M/s Ego Media for installing...
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The Punjab State Commission for Women sought an inquiry on Monday into a video clip purportedly showing Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi touching the chin of former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Jagir Kaur. Meanwhile, Kaur came out in support of the former chief...
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The Indian Coast Guard has apprehended a fishing vessel, with four crew members onboard, off the coast of Mumbai, and also confiscated a sum of Rs 1.75 lakh in unaccounted cash, the defence ministry said in a statement on Monday. It apprehended fishing vessel 'Aai Tuljai', about 27 nautical...
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The Mumbai police registered a case against the owner of Ego Media and others after a hoarding collapsed on a petrol pump in Ghatkopar area on Monday, killing nine persons, an official said. The owner, Bhavesh Bhinde, and others were booked under sections 304 (Culpable homicide not amounting...
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