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A 17-year-old boy got electrocuted while standing in a queue to enter the Kalkaji Temple here, causing panic among the devotees that led to a stampede past midnight that left six people injured, police said Thursday.The police received information about the incident at 12.40 am. regarding a...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested a senior NIA official, along with his two agents, for allegedly accepting Rs 20 lakh bribe from a complainant. The accused officer has been identified as deputy superintendent of police Ajay Pratap Singh, posted with NIA's Patna...
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Customs officials have seized 12 newly launched iPhone 16 Pro Max devices from a group of four passengers allegedly attempting to smuggle them into India, the department said on Thursday. The incident occurred on Tuesday when the passengers arrived at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI)...
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The Coldplay concert in Mumbai in November 2016/Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com
Online ticket aggregator BookMyShow on Thursday said it has filed an FIR over black marketing of tickets for shows of British rock band Coldplay. In a statement, the company said it is assessing potential cancellation of tickets that are being sold unethically. In its ongoing fight...
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Intensifying its investigation into the national capital's biggest ever drug haul, the Delhi police has formed several teams to nab other members of the syndicate and also found that the main accused had alleged links with leaders of a national political party, police officials said on...
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The Supreme Court will hear a batch of pleas, including those seeking a court-monitored probe, into the alleged use of animal fat in making Tirupati laddus on Friday. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta requested the apex court, which was scheduled to hear the matter at 3.30 pm on Thursday, that...
21:40
German NSA Jens Pltner meets External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar/Courtesy X
German NSA Jens Pltner on Thursday held separate talks with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar as part of preparation for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's trip to India later this month. Scholz is visiting India to hold wide-ranging talks with Prime...
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The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved conferring the status of classical language to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is a historical decision and this decision...
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A garba event in Indore was cancelled on Thursday, the first day of the Navratri festival, after a right-wing outfit objected to a Muslim man on its organising committee, said the organisers. The Muslim man said he has been associated with the folk dance programme since...
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Three suspected Pakistani nationals have been taken into custody in Peenya on Thursday, the police sources said. This comes close on the heels of four people being arrested at Jigani on Bengaluru outskirts a few days ago. These three people are husband, wife and their...
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Parts of the AN-12 BL-534 aircraft that was crashed in 1968/ANI Photo
The body of jawan Narayan Singh Bisht was cremated with full military honours in his village in Chamoli district on Thursday, days after a search and rescue team found him buried in snow while looking for the remains of personnel missing since a 1968 IAF plane crash near the Rohtang...
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A case has been registered against Union minister HD Kumaraswamy on charges of extortion and criminal intimidation following a complaint by a realtor in Bengaluru, the police said on Thursday. Along with Kumaraswamy, who holds steel and heavy industries portfolio, former MLC of the JD-S...
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Five Maoists, including a self-styled sub-zonal commander' of the proscribed Communist Party of India-Maoist, carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on his head, were arrested in Jharkhand's Gumla district, a police officer said on Thursday.A large cache of arms and ammunition, including a carbine, three...
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The UK on Thursday announced a historic' agreement that will see Britain hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius while it retains the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. The British Indian Ocean Territory status of the disputed archipelago,...
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The Centre has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court regarding the issue of marital rape, stating that it has significant socio-legal implications for the country and requires a comprehensive approach rather than a purely legal one. The Centre emphasised that the matter is not only...
18:41
Hyundai Motor India Ltd, the Indian arm of South Korean automaker Hyundai, is expected to launch its much-awaited Rs 25,000-crore initial share-sale for public subscription on October 14, people familiar with the development said on Thursday. This would be the largest initial public offering...
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Telangana minister and Congress leader Konda Surekha/Courtesy Facebook
Actor Nagarjuna on Thursday filed a complaint against Telangana minister and Congress leader Konda Surekha over her statement regarding the divorce of actor Naga Chaitanya and actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Actor Naga Chaitanya posted the complaint copy on his social media handle...
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India trashed the latest report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and described it as biased organisation with political agenda. US Commission on International Religious Freedom continues to misrepresent facts and peddles motivated narrative about India,...
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The police arrested the 45-year-old driver of a school van for allegedly sexually assaulting two six-year-old girl students in Pune city, an official said on Thursday. The incident took place on September 30 on board the van when the kids were returning home after attending school in the...
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rupa Ganguly was detained on Thursday for allegedly obstructing work at a police station in Kolkata by holding a demonstration there demanding the release of five people arrested on the charge of manhandling the force, a senior official said. Locals at Bansdroni...
17:13
From the 30 Sensex firms, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Industries, Axis Bank, Asian Paints, Tata Motors, Bajaj Finance, Maruti, Bajaj Finserv, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Titan, Adani Ports and HDFC Bank were the major laggards. JSW Steel emerged as the only gainer.
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tanked over 2 per cent each on Thursday, dragged by a decline in heavyweight stocks Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank and spiraling conflict in the Middle East. Falling for the fourth day running, the BSE Sensex tumbled 1,769.19 points or 2.10 per...
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The 2008 Malegaon blast could have been carried out by the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the lawyer of prime accused and BJP leader Pragya Thakur argued before a special court here on Thursday. Local people prevented police from reaching the site immediately after...
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Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will move into bungalow number 5 on Ferozeshah Road in Lutyens' Delhi on Friday, days after he resigned from the chief minister's post. The bungalow, which is close to the AAP headquarters, was officially allotted to the party's Rajya Sabha MP from...
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Meenakshi Seshadri has always had the guts to be unique among Bollywood's cookie-cutter stars. Now she is exhibiting rare courage again, leaving behind her life in the US to seek creative satisfaction in India.Before the interview, Dinesh Raheja jokingly pleads with her not to end...
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has just announced that, three months ago, it killed three senior Hamas leaders in Gaza.Among them is Rawhi Mushtaha, identified by the IDF as the head of the Hamas government, along with Sameh al-Siraj and Sami Oudeh, who were responsible for security in Hamas.The...
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The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a batch of pleas, including those seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged use of animal fat in making Tirupati laddus. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta requested the apex court, which was scheduled to hear the matter at 3.30 pm on Thursday, that...
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Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has claimed that Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar used to eat meat and was not against cow slaughter.Savarkar, a 'Chitpavan Brahmin', used to eat meat. He was a non-veg eater and he was not against cow slaughter. He was modern in a way, he...
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday was informed by the solicitor general Tushar Mehta that the prohibitory order issued by Delhi Police is now modified on October 2, 2024, and the climate activist Sonam Wangchuk is now released from the detention and set free.Tushar Mehta appeared for the state,...
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Mahindra's new Thar ROXX SUV has broken records with over 1,76,000 bookings in just one hour. Deliveries for the Thar ROXX are scheduled to begin on Dussehra. Customers can expect to receive tentative delivery schedules in phases over the next three weeks. Bookings for the Thar ROXX remain open...
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The legal age for defining `juvenile' in criminal cases should be lowered to 14 from the current 18 years, Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Thursday. He would discuss this issue with Union home minister Amit Shah, he said, speaking to reporters at Baramati in Pune...
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Zee Entertainment Enterprises, a co-producer of Kangana Ranaut's Emergency film, on Thursday told the Bombay High Court it was working out with the Censor Board issues over issuance of certificate for the movie. The movie, which was initially slated for a September 6 release, has been...
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The accused was killed police custody
The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the magistrate to submit by November 18 an inquiry report into the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan gave this direction, and...
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The Uttar Pradesh police have prepared a 3200-page chargesheet against 11 people pertaining to the stampede incident in Hathras that claimed the lives of about 121 people. The chargesheet, however, does not mention Suraj Pal, alias Bhole Baba, who held the 'Satsang' in Hathras, according to...
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Will Siddaramaiah be forced to quit?
Activist Snehamayi Krishna, who is a petitioner in the alleged MUDA scam, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Bengaluru on Thursday. He said that there are thousands of crores of rupees involved in the MUDA case.ED summoned him, asking him to produce all the documents and records...
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Update: In a relief for Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu Police to not act further in pursuance of the Madras High Court order asking it to probe alleged illegal confinement of two women at its ashram. The apex court transferred to...
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said the state cabinet has ordered a three-level probe into the disruption of the Thrissur Pooram festivities in April this year. One of the investigations would be by the state police chief against any alleged failures on the part of ADGP...
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The Isha Foundation on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court order directing the Coimbatore Police to collect all case details registered against it and produce them before the court for further consideration. The SC says police shall not take any further...
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The Enforcement Directorate has summoned former India captain and Congress politician Mohammad Azharuddin for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association, official sources said Thursday. The 61-year-old former...
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Violence in Manipur last year
A mob stormed a police station in Manipur's Ukhrul town and looted arms during a clash between two groups, officials said on Thursday. Three persons were killed and 20 others injured in a gunfight that broke out between two groups on Wednesday over cleaning a disputed land in the town as part of...
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Naga Chaitanya with Shobita Dhullipala
Former actor couple Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya hit back at Telangana minister Konda Surekha after her remarks that senior BRS leader KT Ramarao was responsible for their divorce sparked controversy, saying her claims are false and the decision to part ways was mutual. On...
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A 52-year-old businessman allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the Atal Setu sea bridge connecting Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday, the second such suicide on the Atal Setu in three days as a banker had ended his life in a similar...
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Odisha CM Mohan Manjhi
Four minor siblings, who have become orphaned after the death of their father in Odisha's Ganjam district, are waiting for the state government's help for their survival. The orphaned minors are Khusi Behera (17), his two sisters Lushi (15), Mamali (13) and brother Mahabir (11) of Bhanjanagar...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tanked in early trade on Thursday, dragged by decline in heavyweight stocks Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and spiralling conflict in the Middle East. The BSE Sensex tumbled 1,264.2 points to 83,002.09 in early trade. The NSE Nifty...
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The Rapti River is flowing above the danger mark in Gorakhpur, and around 30 villages are facing a flood-like situation in the district.The IMD has predicted a partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers for Gorakhpur throughout the week.Given the heavy rains in the state,...
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A doctor was shot dead by two unknown individuals at the Neema Hospital in the Jaitpur area of Delhi, said police on Thursday.According to the police, the doctor, a Unani practitioner ( BUMS) identified as Javed Akhtar, was killed by the accused, who had come to the hospital seeking medical...
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The Thane Police on Wednesday arrested the two accused school trustees in the Badlapur sexual assault case, an official said. A day before, the Bombay high court had refused pre-arrest bail to the school chairman and secretary, and also come down heavily on police for failing to arrest...
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Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai
Two schemes of the Chhattisgarh government have undergone a name-change for the second time in five years with the BJP government renaming them after Jan Sangh stalwart late Deendayal Upadhyay. The schemes of the Urban Administration and Development department were earlier named for...
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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday expressed concern over deterioration in politics and said there used to be wonderful discussions in Parliament but today there is so much noise in the House. He also said that the people's mindset has changed over...
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Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said that two Meitei youths allegedly abducted by armed Kuki militants on September 27 from Kangpokpi district have been safely brought back under the custody of state police.The two young men abducted in Kangpokpi on 27th September, 2024 have been...
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