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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray candidate Kedar Dighe, who contested against Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in the Kopri-Pachpakhadi assembly seat in Thane, on Friday alleged irregularities in the post voting process, including storing poll materials in the observation room instead...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation filed its fifth supplementary chargesheet in the NEET UG examination paper leak case on Friday against five persons, including key gang member Amit Kumar Singh of Bokaro who allegedly orchestrated and executed the leak, officials said.In the chargesheet filed...
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More than 100 monkeys perished after inhaling a pesticide sprayed in a food godown and were stealthily buried in a pit, police on Friday said.The bodies were taken out for a postmortem by a team of veterinarians on Friday.Circle Officer Yogendra Krishna Narayan said police came to know about the...
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Senior Congress leader Umang Singhar on Friday skipped the two-day Madhya Pradesh Congress Working Committee meeting in Bhopal, which started a day earlier. On Thursday too, 16 of the 25 members of the political affairs committee skipped the meeting, underlining the dissent and differences...
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday approved proposals to hold grand roadshows in the country and abroad for the upcoming Mahakumbh in Prayagraj.A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here on Friday.The state government said in a statement...
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The Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 has been monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessel after being seen near two undersea internet cables in the Baltic Sea that were cut on Sunday and Monday, as reported by Radio Free Asia.The severed cables were crucial for internet connectivity between Finland, Germany,...
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Congress leader Digvijaya Singh alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party's strength is in 'manipulation of EVMs' on Friday, a day before the counting for votes for Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly polls.Polling in Maharashtra was held on November 20, while in Jharkhand was held in two...
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India's forex reserves dropped by $17.761 billion to $657.892 billion for the week ended November 15, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday.In the previous reporting week ended November 8, the overall reserves dropped by $6.477 billion to $675.653 billion.The kitty, which had hit an all-time...
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The ethnic violence in Manipur has claimed 258 lives since May last year, the state government's Security Advisor Kuldiep Singh said on Friday.He said that the state would get around 90 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), over and above the 198 companies that are already in...
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A man was arrested on Friday from Maharashtra's Akola district in connection with the Baba Siddique murder case, an official said.The Naitonalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister was shot at on October 12 near his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique's office in Nirmal Nagar area in...
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The Karnataka high court on Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail application filed by former Janata Dal-Secular MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of rape and sexual assault, in connection with a fourth case registered against him.The fourth case was registered against Revanna,...
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A day before the assembly poll results, the Congress on Friday appointed observers for Maharashtra and Jharkhand to oversee the post-election scenarios.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge deputed Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel and G Parameshwara as All India Congress Committee observers to...
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Friday prayers were held peacefully at the Jama Masjid in Sambhal amid tight security, with the police imposing prohibitory orders and conducting a flag march earlier in the day following claims that the Mughal-era mosque is an ancient Hindu temple site. The Shahi Jama Masjid was surveyed on...
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Kanwariyas walk down a road in UP. File pic
The National Green Tribunal has been informed by the UP government's environment department that over 1.12 lakh trees will be felled in the protected forest area in the state to make way for the upcoming Kanwar Yatra route. The NGT had sought a reply from the secretary of the state's...
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Abhishek Bachchan conveys the numerous chapters and challenges of his mind, body and soul with a never-before candour, observes Sukanya Verma. Read before you watch.
17:22
The domestic stock markets on the last trading session of the week erased the losses after taking support from positive global cues that included an indication of strength in the labour market of the United States and positive sentiments in other Asian markets. At the end of the...
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File pic. Police say the woman was stopped from killing herself
A woman was arrested for killing her six-year-old daughter and four-year-old son, police said on Friday. The incident took place Thursday in Kheda Dharampur village under the Badalpur Police Station jurisdiction, they said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone II) Shakti Mohan...
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In a rare praise for Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Friday said she is a thousand times better than her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal. At the seventh convocation ceremony of the Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women here, Saxena said, I am...
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Rohit Pawar
NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar on Friday alleged 25-30 BJP workers at midnight tried to enter the strong room where EVMs of Karjat-Jamkhed constituency, from where he contested, are kept. Sitting MLA Pawar is pitted against BJP leader and former state minister Ram Shinde in Karjat-Jamkhed...
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This morning we asked you what was so special about the picture of Salman Khan with his father Salim (see our 10:45 am post). Let Salman give you answer. The actor says: Dad's 1st bike, Triumph Tiger 100, 1956.Nostalgia is priceless.
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The Supreme Court on Friday said that it would pass an order on November 25 on a batch of petitions seeking to delete the words 'secular' and 'socialist' from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, while...
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Update: Benchmark equity indices rebounded sharply on Friday, with the Sensex climbing 2.54 per cent to reclaim the 79,000 level, driven by across-the-board rally and value buying at lower levels. Strong buying by domestic institutional investors and a firm trend in the US markets also...
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Pic: Sahil Salvi
The zest, vibrancy and vigour of Indian politics is unmatched. These students from a school in Lalbaug, Mumbai, have a drawn several paintings of Maharashtra's political bigwigs whose fates will be known when the counting of votes for the assembly elections will be done tomorrow. May the best man...
15:48
Sensex skyrockets 1,961.32 points to settle at 79,117.11; Nifty jumps 557.35 points to 23,907.25. Details in a bit.
15:18
Ola Electric Mobility is cutting 500 jobs across verticals and levels as part of a restructuring exercise, according to people aware of the development. The company, which has come under the scanner for its poor aftersales service recently, had started the job cut in the September...
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A Jarawa man
For the first time in the history of India's election process, the 19 members from the Jarawa Tribe in Andaman and Nicobar Islands had been included on the electoral roll of the Special Summary Revision-2025 on Friday. According to the SDM of South Andaman, Vinayak Chamadia, the inclusion of...
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Travelling on Mumbai's local trains are hazardous at all times
A 16-year-old boy allegedly stabbed a man to death at a railway station after the latter quarrelled with him over a seat in a local train in Mumbai, police said on Friday. The Kurla railway police on Wednesday detained the teenager and arrested his elder brother in connection with the...
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With the US filing civil and criminal charges against billionaire Gautam Adani and seven others over a multi-million-dollar bribery scheme, a prominent attorney in New York has said that the case could escalate significantly, potentially leading to arrest warrants and even extradition...
14:10
Jyoti Amge holds the record for being the world's shortest woman
The world's tallest woman and shortest woman enjoyed afternoon tea together in London, meeting in celebration at The Guinness World Record Day 2024. Footage shows Rumeysa Gelgi, a researcher from Turkey, towering over Jyoti Amge, an actor from India, who stand at 2 metres and 15.16cm (7ft 0.7),...
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Amid the chaos over a United States (US) court charging Gautam Adani with allegations of bribery and fraud, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) spokesperson Saravana Annadurai on Friday claimed that corruption in Tamil Nadu started when former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa signed a power agreement with...
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Elon Musk on Friday claimed that X, formerly the microblogging site Twitter, had become the number one news app on the App Store in India. Elon Musk shared the news via a post on X, saying, X is now number 1 for news in India.The announcement was initially shared by a X handle Dogedesigner who...
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As many as 10 Naxals have been killed in the encounter that broke out between the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Friday morning. Inspector General (IG) Bastar, P Sundarraj shared the development and said, 10 Naxals killed in an encounter...
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Mumbai Police investigation into the Baba Siddiqui murder case has revealed that prime suspect Akashdeep Gill, arrested in Punjab, used a labourer's mobile hotspot to communicate with key conspirators, including mastermind Anmol Bishnoi, police said. Gill was identified as the...
12:35
Confident of an MVA win in Maharashtra, Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot on Friday said there would not be any issue among alliance constituents in deciding on the CM post after getting a majority and it would not take more than a day to figure out who will get what position. Pilot,...
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That's a frozen Dal Lake in December 2023
Srinagar experienced the coldest night of the season so far as most parts of Kashmir reeled under sub-zero temperatures, officials said on Friday. The city recorded a low of minus 1.2 degrees Celsius, a drop from the previous night's minus 0.4 degrees Celsius. The night temperature was 1.3...
11:27
A fishing vessel with a 13-member crew collided with an Indian Navy platform about 70 nautical miles off the Goa coast, officials said on Friday. Following the incident on Thursday, the Indian Navy launched a massive rescue operation and 11 crew members of the vessel have been rescued so far,...
11:20
If the Mahayuti wins, as the exit polls predict, will Eknath Shinde remain CM or will it be Ajit Pawar or Devendra Fadnavis? Anyone's guess as of now. But the poster seems to tell another story. It was put up by NCP leader Santosh Nangare. On the Maharashtra Election 2024 results tomorrow, Shiv...
10:56
After Congress MP Rahul Gandhi called for the arrest of Gautam Adani and said that it was clear and established that Adani Group had broken American and Indian laws amid the alleged bribery charges against him by the United States, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday said...
10:51
Canada rolls back extra screening for fliers to India days after announcing it. This week, Canada announced that travellers flying to India will now face heightened security screening measures. Canadian Transport Minister Anita Anand announced the move, citing an abundance of caution'...
10:45
That's obviously Salman with his dad Salim Khan. But there's something special about this image. Do you know?
10:41
Netanyahu with Yoav Gallant
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of crimes against humanity and war crimes. The charges include allegations of targeting civilians and...
10:32
The Congress on Friday hit back at BJP president J P Nadda over his allegation that the opposition party was pushing a politically motivated narrative on the issue of Manipur, saying his letter to Mallikarjun Kharge is a 4D exercise - denial, distortion, distraction, and...
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The violence in Manipur began in the summer of 2023
BJP president J P Nadda on Friday accused the Congress of pushing an incorrect, false and politically motivated narrative on the issue of Manipur unrest, as he hit back at Mallikarjun Kharge for seeking President Droupadi Murmu's intervention and alleging the Centre's complete failure in defusing...
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Mizoram also hosts many refugees from Myanmar
The Mizoram government is planning to relocate all refugees taking shelter in different parts of the state and to bring them in one place, according to Lalmuanpuia Punte, political adviser to the chief minister. Punte on Thursday convened a meeting with officials of south Mizoram's...
09:57
Indian stock markets opened with gains on Friday after the rally in other Asian stocks. The Nifty 50 index opened at 23,411.80 points with a gain of 61.90 points or 0.27 per cent, while the BSE Sensex index opened at 77,349.74 points with a gain of 193.95 points or 0.25 per cent.Experts...
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Days after India strongly objected to a report in the Canada-based Globe and Mail newspaper that attempted to draw a link between the death of NIA-designated terrorist Hardeep Nijjar to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Canada has officially denied the reports. Nathalie G Drouin, the Deputy...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for home after wrapping up his warm and productive visit to Guyana during which he co-chaired the India-Caribbean Community Summit, held bilateral talks and interacted with the Indian community. He was in Georgetown on the final leg of his...
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A glass window of the the New Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi Express were damaged after a stone pelting incident in UP's Saharanpur, police said on Thursday. The incident happened on November 17 when the train was moving between the hospital bridge and Khanalampura yard after departing from...
08:32
Asserting that the relationship between India and the United States is built on a strong foundation, the White House has expressed confidence that it can navigate the ongoing crisis surrounding bribery charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani. At her daily news conference, White House...
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Two media persons in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district have been booked for alleged false reporting, the police said on Thursday. A police official said the media persons were booked by police in Sopore township of the north Kashmir district. Giving details, the official said that...
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In a setback for the Left government in Kerala, the high court in Kochi has said that waving of black flags at the chief minister's convoy was not an illegal act and does not amount to defamation. The ruling by Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas assumes significance as many Youth Congress activists...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole, NCP-SP leader Jayant Patil/ANI Photo/File image
With less than 48 hours left for counting of votes for the Maharashtra assembly polls, leaders of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi met here on Thursday. The meeting was attended by Congress' Balasaheb Thorat and Satej Patil, Shiv Sena-UBT Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut and Nationalist Congress...
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