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The Patna high court has lambasted Bihar government officials over the total liquor ban in the state, observing that they love the legislation since it means 'big money' for them.The court also said that the police are working in tandem with liquor smugglers and the poor are bearing the brunt of...
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A man who suffered suspected heart attack onboard a Delhi-Mumbai flight on Friday was saved due to the timely intervention of a doctor, sources said. The incident took place when IndiGo flight 6E 6814 was in the air and about 45 minutes short of landing in Mumbai.An IndiGo airline...
22:04
A 41-year-old Italian tourist was detained for questioning after he was found moving on a bicycle near the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, security officials said.The foreigner, identified as Sciacca Marco from Torino in Italy, had arrived in India from...
21:55
At least three workers died and three sustained injuries after a silo storing corn collapsed in an ethanol manufacturing factory in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar's Shendre MIDC on Friday, officials said.The bodies of three workers have been recovered, while one worker is missing, he added.At around...
21:07
A Dalit man died of wounds sustained in stone pelting between two groups in Greater Noida's Bhikhampur village on Friday, police said.According to Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Shivhari Meena, the clash had broken out over the passage of a tractor through the village in the...
21:02
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The iconic Howrah Bridge will remain fully closed to vehicular movement from Saturday midnight until the early hours of Sunday for a comprehensive health check-up, its first such critical examination in 36 years. The inspection is part of an ongoing study being undertaken by Syama Prasad...
20:35
The Railway Board has asked all its zones to lodge first information report (FIR) against reel creators if they pose threat to safe rail operations or cause inconvenience to the passengers in the coaches or on the railway premises. The Railway Board's instruction follows recent cases wherein...
20:15
Union minister Chirag Paswan on Friday took possession of the government bungalow in Patna which had served as the office of his late father Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party till it split up within a few months of his death. Paswan's entry into 1, Wheeler Road, situated a few hundred...
19:05
Angry over his neighbour's pet dog barking at him, a man allegedly molested a woman by tearing her dress and also thrashed her along with her elderly mother in Thane city of Maharashtra, police said.The incident took place on Wednesday around 4.30 pm at Takarda in Kasarvadavli locality...
18:09
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray said on Friday that he won't hold his November 17 rally at Mumbai's Shivaji Park as the Election Commission (EC) is yet to grant his party permission for the event.Instead, Thackeray said, he would visit assembly segments in Mumbai and Thane to...
18:01
The Air Quality Index (AQI) remains severe to hazardous in Delhi NCR which is a leading cause of the rise in respiratory and chest infection cases in hospitals.According to Dr Sudhir Gupta, senior consultant, Chest physician and Bronchoscopist medicine, Kailash Hospital, Noida, Patients suffering...
17:56
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was stranded in Jharkhand's Deoghar airport for nearly two hours on Friday after his special Indian Air Force aircraft developed a snag, flew back to Delhi in another plane, officials said. Modi was supposed to return to New Delhi on the IAF plane after...
16:36
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a scathing attack on Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, challenging him to praise Veer Savarkar and Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray.Aghadi is an army of liars. Rahul Baba, please praise your friend Uddhav Thackeray's...
16:24
Video grab of the check of Amit Shah's bags and chopper
The bag check controversy refuses to die down. Union HM Amit Shah tweets, Today, during my election campaign in Hingoli Assembly constituency of Maharashtra, my helicopter was inspected by Election Commission officials. BJP believes in fair elections and a healthy election system and follows all...
15:59
PM Modi's aircraft hit by technical snag in Jharkhand, unable to take off. The aircraft has to remain at Deoghar airport causing some delay in his return to Delhi.
15:35
Senior opposition leader Sharad Pawar on Friday accused Narendra Modi of dividing the society as he slammed the prime minister's campaign speeches and stressed that he will have no association with those allied with the BJP, when asked about the possibility of a post-poll reunion with his...
15:09
Indian economy is in a sweet spot, with a mix of solid growth and moderating inflation, Moody's Ratings said, forecasting a 7.2 per cent GDP growth in the 2024 calendar year and 6.6 per cent in the next. In its Global Macro Outlook 2025-26, the rating agency said the global economy has...
14:37
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray said on Friday that he won't hold his November 17 rally at Mumbai's Shivaji Park as the Election Commission (EC) is yet to grant his party permission for the event. Instead, Thackeray said, he would visit assembly segments in Mumbai and...
14:22
The mangled remains of the car
Six youngsters died a horrific death in a car accident in Uttarakhand's Dehradun earlier this week while returning from a party. According to reports the incident took place around 1.30 am at the ONGC Chowk on November 12. The car, which was speeding, smashed into a truck, leaving the...
14:11
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Passenger services at BKC station on Mumbai Metro 3 are temporarily closed due to a fire outside Entry/Exit A4, which caused smoke to enter the station, say officials. For passenger safety, we have paused services. Please proceed to Bandra Colony station for alternative boarding.
13:42
As world leaders gather for two major summits -- G20 and APEC -- in South America in the coming days, the uncertainty surrounding US President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House is creating apprehension, with many focused on what Trump's America First agenda could mean for the global...
12:45
UP CM Yogi Adityanath's clarion call for unity among Hindus with the slogan 'Katenge toh Batenge' has sparked a divide with the Mahayuti Alliance in Maharashtra. NCP Chief and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has publicly spoken against this slogan while his compatriot Devendra Fadnavis has defended...
12:23
Pic: Sahil Salvi
Padma Shri awardee, 82-year-old Kalyan Sundaram from Matunga cast his vote at his residence for the upcoming Maharashtra polls.A total of 746 persons above the age of 85 as well as those with disabilities have already cast their vote from their homes in Maharashtra's Thane district. In all, 933...
12:22
As the 'Batenge toh Katenge' slogan has taken centre stage in the Maharashtra assembly polls, Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar said that he does not endorse the slogan and backed PM Modi's 'Ek hai toh Safe hai slogan.The slogan has been widely condemned by...
12:13
Two-and-a-half years after the Shiv Sena split into two, with one faction joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party to form the government in Maharashtra, the other group led by Uddhav Thackeray faces its biggest challenge to reclaim its legacy and status as the party of founder Balasaheb...
11:54
Pt Ajoy Chakrabarty with Amit Shah. File pic
Kolkata Police arrested a renowned musician from Mumbai for allegedly molesting a student at his institute here, an officer said on Friday. Renowned singer and composer Sanjay Chakrabarty, brother of Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty, was arrested by a Charu Market police team from a location in Mumbai...
11:33
Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' wife Amruta, the BJP leader said that his opponents had started personal attacks against him and his wife as they realised they would not be able to defeat him. The Prime Minister is not wrong when he says that there should be a...
11:29
Sri Lanka's National People's Power of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Thursday secured a majority in parliament, according to official results announced by the elections commission. The NPP contesting under the Malimawa (compass) symbol secured 113 seats in the 225 member...
11:07
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said that there will be no Mahayuti after November 23 and added that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will form the government in Maharashtra.Raut also asserted that the MVA alliance is strong and united in the state. Speaking to reporters, Raut said,...
11:02
Radhamani Amma, 74, widely known as Mani Amma, can be described as a trendsetter, legend and an inspirational figure for many young women in Kerala.She is perhaps the only woman in India with 11 driver's licenses including a license to drive a JCB and crane, and also a certification to drive...
10:34
Delhi woke up to GRAP Stage III restrictions on Friday, as the city's air quality remained in the severe category for the third consecutive day, prompting strict measures to curb pollution levels. According to the Sameer app , the Air Quality Index at 9 am was recorded in the severe'...
10:24
Freedom At Midnight is a bold attempt to revisit the whole discourse about Partition, its causes, and the predicament under which the Congress leaders accepted it.It perfectly captures the extremely confused and complicated situation to which it seemed the only viable solution, observes...
10:20
Gladiator 2 delivers an epic experience that may not replace the original in viewers' hearts but certainly earns its place beside it, notes Sonil Dedhia. Read the review here.
10:17
Journalist and Rediff.com contributor, Neeta Kolhatkar, will soon be out with her new book. Called 'The Feared', it's a compilation of interviews with 11 political prisoners and sometimes, their loved ones. Will keep you posted on more dates soon.
10:10
As the Maharashtra election inches closer there has been a huge debate on UP CM Yogi Adityanath's slogan of 'Batenge to Katenge' calling for Hindu unity. While some members of the BJP led Mahayuti alliance have voiced their reservations, state Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said...
09:47
Tech billionaire Elon Musk met with Iran's UN ambassador and discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States, the New York Times reported on Friday. The meeting between Musk and Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani held in a secret location in New York and lasted over an...
09:21
US President-elect Donald Trump has said his administration will focus on ending the Russia-Ukraine war, as he lamented the killing of people in the conflict. He also said his administration will also work on bringing peace to West Asia. We're going to work on the Middle East, and we're...
09:11
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the performance test of suicide attack drones, stressing the need for prompt full-scale mass production, Yonhap News Agency reported citing North's state media reported on Friday. As per the reports, these drones, with varying ranges, are designed to...
08:55
US president-elect Donald Trump, who enjoys very good relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is expected to build on the progress made during his first term and continue strengthening ties with India, his South Asia point-person at the White House during his first term has...
08:39
United States President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced his decision to nominate former Democratic presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. as his Secretary of Health and Human Services. The nomination for this top Cabinet position is subject to confirmation by the US...
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Israeli Air Force jets struck Damascus, targeting Palestinian Islamic Jihad's headquarters and military buildings on Thursday, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) confirmed.This coincided with a visit by Ali Larijani, a senior advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Larijani is...
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