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A court in Pune on Thursday issued an order directing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to appear before it in a complaint filed by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's grandnephew accusing him of defaming the Hindutva ideologue, the petitioner's lawyer claimed. While Gandhi was not represented by any...
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A 47-year-old structural engineer was arrested on Thursday for allegedly giving a stability certificate for the hoarding that collapsed earlier this month killing 17 persons, an official said. Manoj Ramkrishna Sanghu is the second person to be taken into custody in connection with the...
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Central Railway will operate two mega blocks over a 63-hour period between Friday and Sunday during which 72 long distance and 930 suburban trains will remain cancelled, a senior official said on Thursday. The mega blocks are in place to widen platforms 5 and 6 in Thane as well as to extend...
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The vehicle that hit the bikers/Screen grab
A day after two motorcyclists were killed in an accident involving the cavalcade of Bharatiya Janata Party's Kaiserganj candidate Karan Bhushan Singh, the leader Thursday said the youths were run over by the car after they hit a woman and then fell in the path of the car. Karan Singh, who is...
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Karnataka deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar
Karnataka deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday claimed that a ritual named Shatru Bhairavi Yaga, which involves the sacrifice of animals, is being performed at a temple in Kerala, targeting him, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress government in the state. The state...
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India on Thursday described as heartbreaking the loss of civilian lives in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and called for respecting international humanitarian law in the ongoing conflict. Local officials in Gaza said 45 people were killed in the May 26 air strike, most...
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Intense heatwave conditions prevailed across Bihar on Thursday where the mercury soared past the 44 degrees Celsius mark in many places while eight persons lost their lives in the state suspected to have been caused by the scorching weather. The state disaster management department, while...
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A 32-year-old IT professional being treated for depression and back pain allegedly committed suicide in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh after wrapping a polythene bag tightly around his face and inhaling nitrogen from his mouth through a pipe, a police official said on Thursday. As per police,...
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A barber was kept in a lockup at a police station in Bdaun for allegedly reaching late at a police officer's residence for a haircut, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred when circle officer Sunil Kumar had called Vinod Kumar, a barber, at this residence for a haircut, they...
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PM Narendra Modi during a public meeting in Jalandhar, May 24, 2024/ANI Photo
National Award-winning filmmaker Luit Kumar Barman has filed a police complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his controversial comments on Mahatma Gandhi. Barman filed the complaint on Wednesday night at Hatigaon police station in Guwahati, alleging that Modi made a highly...
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A metropolitan court in Delhi on Thursday sent to 14 days judicial custody the owner and on-duty doctor of the private hospital where a blaze on May 25 killed seven newborns and injured five. Chief metropolitan magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand sent Dr Naveen Khichi, the hospital's owner and Dr...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping/ Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
The Chinese military on Thursday warned that 'Taiwan independence' means war and said it was ready to take resolute actions to thwart foreign interference in support of separatist activities in the estranged island.China's reunification is an irreversible trend of history and the People's...
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A court in Rampur on Thursday sentenced Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan to 10 years of imprisonment in an eight-year-old case of forcibly vacating a house and beating the owner. The punishment was pronounced by the Special MP/MLA Court, which also imposed a fine of Rs 14 lakh on...
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Spurred by cyclone Remal, the southwest monsoon set in over the Kerala coast and parts of the northeast on Thursday, a day earlier than forecast by the weather office.
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NSE Indices Ltd, a subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange, on Thursday launched the EV and new-age automotive index to track the performance of companies which form a part of the EV ecosystem. This would be the country's first ever electric vehicle (EV) index. The launch of the Nifty...
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A female crew member of an airline was held for allegedly smuggling nearly one kilogram of gold from Muscat to Kannur by concealing it in her rectum, a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence source said in Kannur on Thursday. Based on specific intelligence by DRI Cochin, officers of the...
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Twenty-one people were killed and 47 injured after a bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu district on Thursday, officials said. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has expressed anguish at the loss of lives in the accident. The...
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Continuous rainfall triggered by cyclone Remal has caused flooding across multiple districts in Manipur, prompting the state government to initiate active rescue and relief operations, an official said. In view of severe flooding caused by breaches in embankments along river banks, the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kanyakumari on Thursday to embark on a 45-hour long meditation session at the famed Vivekananda Rock Memorial. The PM arrived from nearby Thiruvananthapuram and he is scheduled to offer worship at the Bhagavathi Amman temple and later reach Vivekananda...
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Blood samples of juvenile involved in Porsche crash replaced with those of a woman, police tell Pune court. Pune Crime Branch officials are planning to use artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools for 'digital reconstruction' of a Porsche car crash, wherein a teenager mowed down two IT...
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The ANC has held sway for 30 years and was founded by Nelson Mandela
The ruling African National Congress received around 43 per cent of the ballots cast in the general election while the opposition Democratic Alliance garnered 26 per cent, according to the latest trends as counting progressed at 23,000 voting stations across South Africa on...
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The PM will meditate at Vivekananda Rock for 24 hours
Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his election campaign in Punjab's Hoshiarpur on Thursday, for the final phase of the general elections, which are set for Saturday. The Bharatiya Janata Party is eying its third term in office, and Prime Minister Modi has extensively campaigned...
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Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim
As the probe continues in the case of Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar's killing, the daughter of the Bangladeshi MP will come to Kolkata soon for the DNA examination. Bangladesh Detective Department Chief Harun-or-Rashid, on Thursday, highlighted that the other accused behind the killing of...
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Court sentences gangster Chhota Rajan to life imprisonment in case of murder of Mumbai hotelier Jaya Shetty in 2001. Earlier today, a special court in Mumbai convicted the gangster in the case of the murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty. Special judge for cases under the Maharashtra Control...
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India's peak power demand hit a record high of 246.06 GW per day after mercury touched highest-ever levels in Delhi and other places, prompting use of air-conditioners and other electricity-consuming cooling devices, the power ministry said on Thursday. The peak power demand met, or...
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Hundreds of people took part in a march in Hassan, Karnataka, on Thursday, seeking justice for the victims of the alleged sexual abuse by suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna. They also demand the arrest of the accused and a fair probe into the cases. The march under the banner 'Namma...
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Manipur CM N Biren Singh's home gets partially submerged
The troops of the Assam Rifles have rescued about 1,000 people from flood-affected areas in Manipur, which was badly hit by incessant rains due to the cyclone Remal. In a statement, the Assam Rifles said its troops successfully carried out rescue operation in the flood-affected areas in...
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VK Pandian
Dismissing allegations made by BJP leaders of VK Pandian controlling the state, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that these are ridiculous and hold no significance.In an exclusive interview with ANI, on being questioned if his close associate VK Pandian acts as a gatekeeper and whether...
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Delhi Chief Minister holds a road show in Jalandhar
A Delhi court on Thursday issued notice to the ED on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea seeking regular bail in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja also directed the central probe agency to file its response to Kejriwal's plea by...
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Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that he spoke about 'mandir-masjid' and divisive issues 421 times during poll campaigning despite the Election Commission's direction of no appeal for votes on caste and religion.Addressing a press...
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A case of attempt to murder and dacoity has been registered against three army lieutenant colonels and 13 others for their alleged involvement in a violent attack on the Kupwara police station, according to the FIR. The incident on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday is said to...
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Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik has dismissed concerns' expressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his health stating that he is perfectly fine and has been campaigning in the State for the last month.This is Chief Minister Patnaik's first detailed...
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In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday accused him of lowering the dignity of public discourse and the gravity of the office of the PM by giving hateful speeches during the poll campaign. In an appeal to voters of Punjab...
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A special court in Mumbai on Thursday convicted gangster Chhota Rajan in the case of murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty in 2001. Special judge for cases under the Maharashtra Control Of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), AM Patil, held Rajan guilty under the Indian Penal Code provisions for...
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Anant Ambani and Radhika's Wedding will be held in Mumbai on 12 July at the Jio World Convention Centre in BKC. The wedding will be performed in accordance with the traditional Hindu Vedic way. The main wedding ceremonies will start on Friday, 12th July with the auspicious Shubh Vivah or...
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Arvind Kejriwal holds a road show in Punjab
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday moved a court here seeking regular bail in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja is likely to take up the matter later in the day. Kejriwal is currently on interim bail, granted by the Supreme...
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Rahul Gandhi holds up the Constitution at a rally
The Congress set the narrative during the Lok Sabha polls with a sharp campaign that was devoid of agar-magar, kintu parantu and pushed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the back foot, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday. In an interview with PTI on the last day of campaigning...
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Anshul Avijit Kushwaha. Pic: Rajesh Karkera
Cambridge-educated Anshul Avijit Kushwaha is fighting his first election as a Congress party candidate from the Patna Saheb constituency. The grandson of Babu Jagjivan Ram speaks to Archana Masih, Rajesh Karkera and Nikhil Lakshman. Watch the interview on...
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Spurred by cyclone Remal, the southwest monsoon set in over the Kerala coast and parts of the northeast on Thursday, a day ahead of the date forecast by the weather office. Weather scientists said that the cyclone, which ripped through West Bengal and Bangladesh on Sunday, had pulled the...
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New York governor Kathy Hochul
New York's Nassau County will have unprecedented security arrangements in place for the T20 World Cup clash between India and Pakistan on June 9 due to the threat of a terror attack in New York even though state Governor Kathy Hochul insisted that it is not credible at this time. The...
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N Korea dictator Kim Jong Un
North Korea has fired a clutch of short-range ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan on Thursday, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, citing the country's military. This follows a day after Pyongyang sent hundreds of large thrash and manure filled balloons into South Korea...
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Kangana with PM Modi
Congress leader and candidate from Mandi, Vikramaditya Singh, hit out at actor-tuned politician and BJP leader Kangana Ranaut, asserting that she has no dedication or understanding about the issues of Himachal Pradesh.There are 14 lakh daughters in Himachal Pradesh. So many of them studied and...
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A French documentary maker, who spent 30 minutes at a Dalit protest for land rights in Gorakhpur on 10 October 2023 while researching for a film on Dalit women, spent a month in jail after the Uttar Pradesh police accused him of violating visa conditions by attending the event. Valentin Jean...
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Visual of a lightning strike at the Manohar International Airport in Goa. The strike caused damage to the runway edge lights on May 22 at around 5.15 pm. Six flights were diverted. Damaged lights were rectified to bring the airport operations to normalcy within two hours.
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Anushka Sharma choose a Benarasi sari for her wedding
THE PM'S CONSTITUENCY: If you wish to hear what a death rattle sounds like, come to the loom labyrinth of Pilikothi in Varanasi. Seven out of 10 looms -- both hand and power-driven -- have become cold iron carcasses; the rest work no more than a few hours a day and produce way below...
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A monkey quenches its thirst in Gurugram
The Delhi government will on Thursday hold an emergency meeting regarding the water crisis that the city is facing amid a prevailing heatwave, officials said.The national capital is facing water shortage due to unprecedented summer heat with temperatures hovering around the 50 degrees Celsius...
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After Delhi Customs detained two people, one of whom claimed to be the personal assistant to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in a case of alleged gold smuggling, the Congress leader distanced himself from any alleged wrongdoing on Thursday and said that the law must take its own course. Tharoor,...
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The INDIA bloc will get a decisive mandate in the Lok Sabha polls and may take even less than 48 hours to decide on its prime ministerial pick, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday, asserting that it stands to reason that the party which gets the maximum seats in the alliance will be a...
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The wait for rain clouds
Director of India Meteorological Department, Mumbai, Sunil Kamble said the monsoon will take eight to ten days to cover Maharashtra after arriving in Kerala. Sunil Kamble said that the monsoon is expected to reach Kerala in the next 24 hours. If you talk about Mumbai, the...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis, on Wednesday, made a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and regarded his claim of INDIA alliance forming government in the centre after June 4 as 'Mungeri Lal Ke Haseen Sapne'. Furthermore, he...
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VK Pandian with Naveen Patnaik
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan raised serious concerns about the condition and treatment of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, stating that access to his residence, Naveen Niwas, is heavily restricted.Pradhan claimed that only one person is allowed to enter Naveen Niwas, describing the...
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Ben Kingsley as the Mahatma and Rohini Hattangadi as Kasturba in the film
And an interesting post by senior journalist and columnist Vir Sanghvi on the Mahatma issue. He writes, Since much is being made of the Gandhi movie we should give Indira Gandhi due credit. Richard Attenborough had been trying unsuccessfully to make the movie for years. It only got made because...
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He (Modi) wants to make people believe that if he was not there, Mahatma Gandhi would have been an unknown person, Tushar Gandhi, the Mahatma's great grandson, tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. Read the interview here.
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The obliteration of Gaza
The US suspended deliveries of humanitarian aid through its pier off the coast of Gaza when the USD 320 million structure broke up in rough weather, the Pentagon confirmed. As of today, one of the Army vessels that was beached on the coast of Israel near Ashkelon has been recovered....
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The Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday it was in full 'operational control' of the entire Gaza-Egypt border and has so far located 20 tunnels leading into the Egyptian Sinai.The 14 km strip of land along the border is known as the Philadelphi corridor, a buffer zone created to prevent...
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A seven-year-old girl from Mumbai drowned in a swimming pool of a resort at Rangaon in Palghar district, the police said. The deceased girl, a resident of Bhandup area, visited the resort with her grandmother. She enjoyed swimming with 14 others. Later, her grandmother and others went...
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Sixteen cars were gutted by a fire that broke out at a civic authority-run parking lot in east Delhi's Madhu Vihar area on Wednesday, officials said. No one was injured in the incident. More than 100 cars were parked in the facility, but timely action by the police and fire department...
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Thousands of people were affected by floods triggered by heavy rains in Manipur's Imphal Valley, officials said on Wednesday. The overflowing Imphal river inundated several areas, with water entering hundreds of houses, as a result, people took shelter at nearby community halls, they...
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