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Suspended Delhi health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj/ANI Photo
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena Wednesday suspended health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj's Officer on Special Duty RN Das with immediate effect in connection with alleged irregularities in the procurement of medical kits, according to an official order. Das was issued a show cause notice by the...
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The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent chief Paresh Baruah and five others for conspiring to target army camps as part of an anti-India agenda, the central agency said. They have been charged for various criminal...
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A clash broke out between two groups of students at an engineering college in Bidar of Karnataka over playing a song from actor Prabhas-starrer Adipurush at a cultural event on Wednesday, the police sources said. Soon after the 'Jai Sriram' song was played, a section of students took objection to...
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At least nine people were injured in an explosion of an LPG cylinder at a food stall in the Dombivli area of Mumbai on Wednesday. According to Dombivli Fire Brigade officials, two among the nine injured have sustained critical injuries. First, a fire broke out at the stall and then an explosion...
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In a huge relief for passengers, the Western Railway on Wednesday evening restored train services at Palghar station near Mumbai where a goods train derailed a day before. Seven wagons of the goods train carrying iron coils derailed at Palghar, located around 100 km from Mumbai, at 5.08 pm on...
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Five people, including a Chinese national, were arrested for allegedly duping people on the pretext of better investment opportunities, police said on Wednesday. The police received information regarding the bulk purchase of SIM cards, some of which were active in foreign countries and were being...
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Dismissed police officer Sachin Waze has filed a writ petition before the Bombay high court seeking release from jail in a corruption case in which he turned approver in June 2022. Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh is an accused in the case, and currently out on bail. A division...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stopped his speech midway and asked the medical team accompanying him to attend to a man who fainted in his poll rally in Odisha's Baraiapda town on a hot and humid day. The youth, identified as Dolagovinda Barik, a television journalist, was later taken...
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The Congress alleged on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to circumvent the silence period restrictions with his 48-hour meditation trip in Kanyakumari from May 30 and urged the Election Commission to ensure it is not aired by the media as it violates the model code of...
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The Central Railway will operate a 63-hour mega block from May 30 midnight for platform extension works for the Mumbai network, a development that will affect the services of local trains and the work schedule of lakhs of commuters dependent on them. As services of local as well as long-distance...
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The Union government Wednesday started granting citizenship under the CAA in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand, the home ministry said. The applicants in the three states were granted citizenship on Wednesday by the respective State Empowered Committee, the ministry said in a statement. The...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has to surrender on June 2 in the excise policy case at the end of his interim bail period, on Wednesday said he is proud going to jail to save his country. The Aam Aadmi Party convener is out on an interim bail till June 1 following an order of the...
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Amid intense heatwave conditions in the state, the Bihar government on Wednesday ordered the closure of all private and government-run schools, coaching institutes and anganwadi centres until June 8. Chief secretary Brajesh Mehrotra issued a directive to district magistrates to ensure the closure...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has issued a notice to Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut over a defamatory article which claimed that Shinde tried to ensure the defeat of ally NCP's candidates in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Raut shared on X the legal notice dated May 28, adding that...
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A YouTuber from Kerala is facing serious trouble after allegedly attempting a risky stunt inspired by a popular Malayalam movie. He allegedly set up a makeshift swimming pool inside a moving car by lining it with a tarpaulin sheet and filling it with water. The YouTuber, Sanju Techy, posted a...
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The flight-test of the RudraM-II air-to-surface missile/Courtesy DRDO on X
India on Wednesday successfully flight-tested the RudraM-II air-to-surface missile off the coast of Odisha, defence sources said. The flight test met all the trial objectives, validating the propulsion system and control & guidance algorithm, they said. RudraM-II is an indigenously developed...
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Prajwal Revanna
A special court in Bengaluru on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of suspended Janaa Dal-Secular leader Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, in a rape case. The special court for Elected Representative dismissed the bail application moved by...
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Noida received light rain today
The weather in Delhi experienced a sudden change on Wednesday evening as the sky turned cloudy and witnessed light drizzling in some parts, providing relief to Delhiites. The weather department forecasted a thunderstorm with light-intensity rain and gusty winds, with speeds of 30-40 kmph, will...
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Patole said a car race was on during the time of the crash
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Wednesday claimed some high profile persons, including an MLA's son, got drunk at a pub and travelled in the Porsche car which fatally knocked down two IT professionals in Pune ten days back. According to police, a teenage son of a builder was...
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Suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, on Wednesday moved a Special Court here seeking anticipatory bail in a rape case registered against him. According to official sources, Prajwal has booked a return flight ticket to Bengaluru from...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty declined nearly 1 per cent on Wednesday, falling for the fourth day running amid profit-taking by cautious investors ahead of the results of the Lok Sabha polls. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 667.55 points or 0.89 per cent to settle at 74,502.90. It...
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Delhi's Mungeshpur area Wednesday logged a maximum of 52.3 degrees Celsius, the highest ever temperature recorded in the city, officials said. On Tuesday, the weather station in the northwest Delhi locality recorded 49.9 degrees Celsius. A day later, the temperature rose further with the...
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Ben Kingsley as the Mahatma in the film, Gandhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday claimed that the world did not know Mahatma Gandhi until Richard Attenborough's 1982 movie titled 'Gandhi' was made. Modi criticised the previous Congress-led governments for not promoting Mahatma Gandhi the way he deserved.In an interview with television...
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PM meditating in Kedarnath in 2019
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that the Trinamool Congress will complain to the Election Commission if Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meditation in Kanyakumari is televised, alleging that it would amount to violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). PM Modi is...
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Taking a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that they will blame EVMs for their defeat after the Lok Sabha election results are out.On June 4 after counting of votes, the two 'Shehzadas' (Rahul Gandhi...
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A florist with the rare 'Bombay' blood group travelled more than 400 kilometres by a car from Shirdi in Maharashtra to Madhya Pradesh to help save the life of a 30-year-old woman who was critically ill, officials said. Ravindra Ashtekar, 36, who runs a wholesale flower business in Shirdi,...
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The conditions continue to become favourable for the monsoon onset over Kerala during next 24 hours and advance of monsoon over some parts of Northeastern States during the same period, says IMD.
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After nearly a decade of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, the country's prime mover of people, the Indian Railways, are costlier to use, shoddier in quality, carry fewer passengers -- but trains are packed with fewer seats for second-class passengers -- and are losing more money,...
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When Nehru became VP of Viceroy's Executive Council, one of the first steps he took was to replace the commander-in-chief as defence member of the council with a civilian leader. Read the column here.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday promised that if the BJP formed the government in Odisha, it would constitute a committee to ascertain the reason behind the sudden deterioration of the health condition of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, hinting at a conspiracy behind it. Modi asserted...
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The BJP claimed on Wednesday that Mani Shankar Aiyar's description of the Chinese attack on India in 1962 as an alleged invasion shows the anti-India mindset of the Congress and is an signal to enemy countries to interfere in the electoral process here as the opposition is facing a rout.BJP...
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BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
Two youths were killed and a woman injured after being hit by a vehicle that was allegedly in the cavalcade of BJP candidate from Kaiserganj Karan Bhushan Singh in Gonda on Wednesday, police said. Karan Singh is the son of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is the Kaiserganj MP and the former...
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar moves the Delhi High Court seeking direction to declare his arrest by Delhi Police as illegal and in gross violation of the provisions of Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The plea also seeks order that the petitioner be paid...
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Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena on Wednesday directed that labourers at construction sites be given a paid break from 12 noon to 3 pm in view of the heatwave conditions in the city with temperatures hovering around 50 degrees Celsius in several parts. The LG has directed that the three-hour break...
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PM in a road show in West Bengal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday alleged that the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal was giving away the rights of original OBCs to Muslims by issuing false caste certificates. Addressing an election rally at Kakdwip in Mathurapur Lok Sabha seat, he accused the TMC of not...
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In a poor village of daily wage earners in Siwan, Bihar, people speak about their hard lives and why they vote. Archana Masih reports from Siwan. Read and watch the interview here.
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Sharjeel Imam has been in custody since 2020
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to student activist Sharjeel Imam in connection with a 2020 communal riots case involving allegations of sedition and unlawful activities. Imam assailed a trial court order refusing to grant him bail even though he has undergone more than half of...
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Lallan Singh, the current Janata Dal-United MP from Munger, tells Nikhil Lakshman/Rediff.com. Watch the interview here.
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'What social justice is Tejashwi talking about? Muslims in Bihar are asking we are 18%, and you are giving us 2 seats, says Ram Kripal Yadav in conversation with Archana Masih, Rajesh Karkera, Nikhil Lakshman in Patna. Read the interview here.
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Shares of One97 Communications, which owns Paytm brand, on Wednesday morning jumped 5 per cent to hit its upper circuit limit, amid media reports that the Adani Group may acquire a stake in the fintech firm. The reports have been denied by both the fintech firm and the Adani Group.The stock...
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AAP had launched a 'jail ka jawaab vote se' campaign
The Supreme Court registry on Wednesday refused urgent listing of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea seeking extension of his interim bail by seven days for undergoing certain medical tests. The apex court registry refused to accept the application, saying since Kejriwal was given...
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Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday summoned AAP Minister Atishi to appear before it on June 29 in a defamation case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi media head Praveen Shankar Kapoor over levelling baseless allegations of 'poaching' AAP legislators. The other news related to AAP is that...
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Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar
Flesh found in the septic tank of the Kolkata housing complex where Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar was allegedly killed earlier this month will be sent for forensic tests, the neighbouring country's police detective department chief said.The Bangladesh Detective Department chief...
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The Maharashtra government has set up a committee to probe the conduct of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) members and check if norms were followed while issuing orders in the Pune car crash case, an official said on Wednesday. The five-member committee was formed last week by the state woman and...
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Umar Khalid with his partner Banojyotsna Lahiri in happier times
On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, a trial court in Delhi rejected Dr Umar Khalid's bail. This is the third rejection since the fiery student leader was put behind bars on charges of having conspired to plan the February 2020 Delhi riots.In September, Umar will complete four years in jail. Banojyotsna...
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Protests against Prajwal Revanna in Bengaluru
Suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, who is facing sexual abuse charges, has booked a return flight ticket to Bengaluru from Munich on May 30, official sources said on Wednesday. According to sources in the Special Investigation Team, the 33-year-old grandson of JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda is...
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Last month the Supreme Court of India turned down pleas for reviving paper ballots and also cross-verification of votes cast on electronic voting machines with a voter verifiable paper audit trail or VVPAT.In the pleas by Association for Democratic Rights and others, the top court of the land...
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After Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar triggered controversy over his alleged invasion remark on the 1962 India-China war, Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said that the latter has apologized and the party distances itself from his original phraseology.Jairam also attacked PM Modi over his statement...
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A man allegedly hacked to death eight members of his joint family with an axe in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district and later committed suicide by hanging himself, a police official said on Wednesday. The incident took place late Tuesday night in Bodal Kachhar village, the official from...
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The Western Railway has cancelled or rescheduled several trains following the derailment of a goods train at Palghar railway station in Maharashtra and the restoration work is on more than 15 hours after the incident, officials said on Wednesday.Seven wagons of the goods train derailed at...
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The Border Security Force personnel fired several rounds to shoot down a suspected Pakistani drone near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, officials said on Wednesday. The drone activity from across the border was picked up by the alert border guards in Khanetar garrison...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday experienced the intense heat as he was delivering his speech at a poll rally in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria. During his address, he drank water from a bottle and told the audience garmee hai kaafi (it's too hot). After this, he poured water from the bottle on...
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A woman was allegedly beaten up and molested by bouncers at a 5-star hotel in the national capital on Tuesday, the police said. A PCR call was received at Connaught Place police station at around 8 am from the woman who claimed that some bouncers had attacked her at the hotel club, they said. A...
