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Mild 'tremors' were felt in Bhiwandi taluka of Thane district in Maharashtra on Tuesday evening, causing panic among local residents who rushed out of their homes, said a government official.There were no reports of casualties or damage to property in any part of the taluka located on Mumbai's...
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The Manipur government on Tuesday announced an extension of the closure of all schools and colleges in districts, where curfew is in place, from November 27 for an indefinite period.The educational institutes in Imphal East and West, Bishnupur, Thoubal, Kakching and Jiribam will continue to...
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Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal met Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his wife Kalpana Soren in New Delhi on Tuesday and said he will attend the oath-taking ceremony of the new government in the state.Soren, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister...
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A lawyer was killed on Tuesday during clashes between the security personnel and followers of a Hindu community leader, who was denied bail and sent to jail by a Bangladesh court, according to local media reports.The victim was identified as Saiful Islam, a 35-year-old assistant public prosecutor...
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Some candidates of Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray who lost recent Maharashtra assembly polls pointed fingers at the functioning of EVMs during their interaction with the party head Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday.Thackeray took stock of lacklustre performance of his party at a meeting held at...
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Iran has sought technical help from India through the Eurasian Group (EAG) so that it can be excluded from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) blacklist by compliance of norms, a senior central government official said in Indore on Tuesday.India has assured support to Iran on sharing...
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Mahindra on Tuesday unveiled its much-awaited electric vehicles XEV 9e and BE 6e at the MRV Mahindra Research Valley in Chennai, reports Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com from the venue. The auto major also revealed the pricing for the two models. The BE 6e Pack One variant will...
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A woman caught on camera bullying two shawl sellers from Kashmir for trading their wares in Himachal Pradesh apologised on Tuesday.The apology came a day after a 2.46 minute video that surfaced on social media showed her telling two Kashmiris not to come to the village and asking them to say 'Jai...
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A tremor of 3.2 magnitude was experienced in Gujarat's Saurashtra region on Tuesday evening, the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said. There was report of any casualty or damage to property, the Gir Somnath district administration said. The tremor was recorded at 6.08 pm, with its...
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The parliamentary committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill is expected to meet on Wednesday, and its members are likely to move their own amendments to the proposed law, sources said. The committee will discuss the amendments and adopt or negate them depending on the support they...
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, in his first visit to the national capital after leading his ruling alliance to an unprecedented second straight term in the state.The Prime Minister's Office posted pictures of the meeting. Soren was accompanied...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday slammed Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, alleging that he did not greet President Droupadi Murmu at an event held to mark Samvidhan Diwas in Parliament.Posting two video clips purportedly of the event on X, the BJP said, 'Rahul Gandhi is so...
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Jharkhand's Acting Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday asked the Khunti administration to ensure better treatment for one of the descendants of the tribal icon Birsa Munda, who was injured in a road accident. The descendant, identified as Mangal Munda, got head injuries after falling from...
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Remembering Assistant Sub-Inspector Tukaram Omble who captured terrorist Ajmal Kasab alive but was killed by Kasab on the horrific night of 26/11/2008.
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From the 30-share Sensex pack, UltraTech Cement, Adani Ports, Sun Pharma, NTPC, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro and Power Grid were among the biggest laggards. Asian Paints, Infosys, JSW Steel, Tata Consultancy Services and Reliance Industries were among the biggest...
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Supreme Court judge Justice K V Viswanathan on Tuesday said he and another SC judge Justice Surya Kant recently witnessed an unpleasant experience on a flight that also had two drunk co-passengers. Justice Viswanathan narrated the event during a hearing on a plea seeking measures to...
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Ratings agency Moody's said on Tuesday that it has cut the outlook on the ratings of seven Adani entities to 'negative' from 'stable', citing the US indictment of Chairman Gautam Adani and others on alleged bribery charges, while Fitch Ratings put some bonds of the conglomerate on negative...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty snapped the two-day rally and closed lower on Tuesday in line with weak global market trends amid concerns over tariff threats by US President-elect Donald Trump. In a volatile trade, the 30-share Sensex declined 105.79 points or 0.13 per cent to...
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The government has approved a Rs 1,435-crore project to revamp the existing system of issuing permanent account number under which PAN cards with QR Code feature will be given free of cost to taxpayers. The PAN 2.0 project aims to create a common business identifier for all digital systems of...
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The US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti on Tuesday paid his respects to the victims of the deadly 26/11 terror attacks at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai. Today, on the 16th anniversary of the attack, Garcetti said that the US pledges to continue the fight against acts of terror with...
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So, the Abdullahs and some J-K MLAs have landed in the holy city of Madina. We had asked you earlier where J-K's first family was headed. Let MLA Tanvir Sadiq who is accompanying them answer that for you: He writes on X: Alhamdulillah, we have arrived in the blessed city of Madina....
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The 5,500 kg of banned Methamphetamine drug seized from a fishing trawler with six Myanmarese crew near Barren island is the biggest-ever seizure made by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), an official of the Andaman and Nicobar tri-services command said on Tuesday. Speaking to PTI, the senior...
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The President addressed both houses of Parl today
Opposition leaders on Tuesday demanded a debate on the Constitution in both Houses of Parliament. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said he and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi have written to the Chair in the two Houses requesting that a discussion should be...
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Amid suspense over who will be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat has said there will be clarity on the issue by Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. The Shiv Sena spokesperson said the decision on the chief minister will be taken by Eknath Shinde,...
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Eknath Shinde tendered his resignation as CM today
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not rush into announcing its chief ministerial candidate until the distribution of portfolios in the new Maharashtra government is finalised, party sources said on Tuesday. The indications that the Mahayuti coalition's decision on who would become...
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At the Constitution Day program at Talkatora Stadium, Lok Sabha LoP & Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, Does it (Constitution) have Savarkarji's voice? Is it written somewhere in it that violence should be used, people should be killed or that the govt should be run by using lies? This is a book...
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Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das was hospitalised in Chennai last night for 'acidity,' and was now doing fine, the healthcare major treating him said on Tuesday. Das was admitted in Apollo Hospital here for observation. He is now doing fine and there is no cause of...
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Eknath Shinde's last official duty as CM, at the Martyrs' Memorial
As the Mahayuti alliance mulls over the next Chief Minister, Shiv Sena leader and state minister in the outgoing cabinet Deepak Kesarkar said on Tuesday that any decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be acceptable to him. CM Eknath Shinde...
13:54
United States President-elect Donald Trump has said he will impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products coming from Canada and Mexico, and 10 per cent on Chinese goods to check the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the United States.In a series of posts on his Truth Social platform on...
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Ramdas Athawale
On CM face in Maharashtra, Union Minister & RPI-Athawale President, Ramdas Athawale says, The Maharashtra dispute should end soon. BJP's high command has decided that Devendra Fadnavis should be made the CM but Eknath Shinde is unhappy and his displeasure needs to be removed. BJP has so many...
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When you lose EVMs are tampered, SC observed
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking to revert to ballot paper voting in elections in the country. What happens is, when you win the election, EVMs (electronic voting machine) are not tampered. When you lose the election, EVMs are tampered (with), remarked a bench of...
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On Maharashtra's CM face, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut says, The CM will be decided by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi. Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar cannot make decisions for their parties on their own. These two parties are slaves of Amit Shah and PM Modi and are...
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Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday said India has emerged as a vibrant democracy and a geopolitical leader, and the Constitution of the country has helped in this transformation. India has had a transformative journey from a nation, which under the aftermath and horrors of...
13:05
Omar Abdullah shares this image on X. The J-K CM is accompanied by his father, Farooq Abdullah and party MLAs.
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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday invoked Dr BR Ambedkar to say that our independence will be put into jeopardy a second time if parties placed creed above country. Addressing an event to kick-start yearlong celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the...
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Reacting to a recent remark by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi that the Opposition has taken it upon themselves to do the task of the judiciary, the former Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud said that the judiciary is here to scrutinise laws and people should not presume that it...
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President Droupadi Murmu addresses the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament on Constitution Day. She released a commemorative coin on the occasion of 75 years of the Constitution of India at Samvidhan Sadan. The President says, In the last few years, the government has taken several...
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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde tenders his resignation as CM to Governor CP Radhakrishnan, at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai.Deputy CMs Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis are also present. Mahayuti alliance consisting BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP emerged victorious in Maharashtra assembly...
11:28
At the Constitution Day celebration event at Samvidhan Sadan, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla says: I congratulate crores of Indians celebrating Constitution Day today. 75 years ago, on this day, our Constitution was codified. Under the leadership of the President, the entire country is together...
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Two days after violence broke out during a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque, life in Sambhal was gradually returning to normal on Tuesday with schools reopening and several shops selling daily essentials resuming operations. Internet services, however, remain suspended. Police...
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Eknath Shinde at Raj Bhavan
Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde arrives at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. Deputy CMs Fadnavis and Pawar have already reached Raj Bhavan.
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Maharashtra Deputy CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, NCP leader Ajit Pawar arrive at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. The Mahayuti alliance consisting BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP emerged victorious in Maharashtra assembly elections.Amid suspense over the Mahayuti's choice for the next chief minister of...
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Head Coach Gautam Gambhir, Captain Rohit Sharma and Vice-Captain Jasprit Bumrah
India head coach Gautam Gambhir has flown back to India with his family due to personal emergency and is unlikely to be present during the the two-day pink ball warm-up game in Canberra starting November 30. Gambhir, however, is slated to directly link up with the squad in Adelaide before the...
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Delhi's air quality plunged to 'very poor', with a thick layer of haze blanketing the national capital, early on Tuesday. At 9 am, Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 392, compared to a reading of 281 at 9 am on Monday, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)...
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At least five people, including two children, were killed and six others were injured when a truck ploughed into the roadside tent where they were sleeping in this district early on Tuesday, police said. The victims, nomads living in tents set up along the highway, were struck by the...
10:02
The US State Department refused to comment on the disruptions in Indian Parliament over the indictment of billionaire Gautam Adani in a US court on charges of bribery. That is a law enforcement matter, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at his daily news...
09:48
The Indian stock markets continued their bullish trend on Tuesday, marking the third consecutive session of strong buying sentiment.The Nifty 50 index opened at 24,343.30 points with a gain of 121.40 points or 0.5 per cent, while the BSE Sensex index also rose by 0.38 per cent, gaining 305 points...
09:43
The Indian version of The Night Manager, fronted by Aditya Roy Kapur, couldn't register a win at the 2024 International Emmy Awards where it was bested by French show Les Gouttes de Dieu (Drops of God) in the best drama series category. Also starring Anil Kapoor and Sobhita Dhulipala, The...
09:39
Yes, it is Indigo. The airline carried a whopping 86 lakh passengers in October and holds an impressive 63% of the market. See how other airlines compare in the image alongside.
09:35
Essar Group co-founder Shashi Ruia has died after a prolonged illness. He was 80. Ruia, who co-founded metals-to-technology conglomerate Essar with his brother Ravi, died in Mumbai around 23.55 hrs on November 25, family sources said. He had returned from the US, where he was...
09:24
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das has been admitted to a corporate hospital in Chennai, a source said on Tuesday. He was being monitored, the source said without divulging details. There was no immediate official information from the hospital. -- PTI
09:11
The CBI arrested a Trinamool Congress leader, a close aide of former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, for his alleged involvement in the school jobs scam, an official said.The TMC leader from Behala, Santu Ganguly, was held on Monday evening after marathon questioning by officers of the...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday asked supporters not to throng his official residence 'Varsha' in south Mumbai to pitch for his continuation as CM. After the great victory of the Mahayuti alliance, our government will be formed once again in the state. As a grand...
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The Maharashtra government has reinstated IPS officer Rashmi Shukla as Director General of Police (DGP) after the conclusion of the assembly polls, an order issued by the state home department on Monday evening said. Sanjay Kumar Verma had taken over as the...
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The Centre on Monday extended the ban on the United Liberation Front of Asom for five years for continuing to work with the objective to secede Assam from India and maintaining links with other insurgent groups for extortion and violence. The ULFA was first declared a banned organisation in...
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The government on Monday announced the Rs 1,435 crore PAN 2.0 Project to make the permanent account number a 'common business identifier' for all digital systems of government agencies. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
Several Shiv Sainiks organised prayer meets in temples in Thane to ensure Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde gets a second term on the top post. The Mahayuti, comprising Shinde's Shiv Sena, BJP and Ajit Pawar-led NCP swept the November 20 assembly polls, results of which were announced...
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Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu with wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu/File image
After oncologists questioned his claim that a strict diet helped his wife defeat stage 4 cancer, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu Monday clarified that the diet plan was implemented in consultation with doctors and should be considered facilitation in the treatment. During a press...
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