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Delhi airport operator DIAL has asked SpiceJet to clear its dues at the earliest, sources said on Tuesday even as the airline asserted that there are no immediate concerns regarding payments.There was no official comment from DIAL (Delhi International Airport Ltd), which operates the Indira...
23:49
Nepal's central bank is preparing to print new banknotes featuring the revised map that includes disputed territories with India within a year, a media report said on Tuesday. Nepal Rashtra Bank has already forwarded the process of printing the banknotes with the new map, which includes...
23:26
A 32-year-old constable of the Sashastra Seema Bal hailing from Uttar Pradesh allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Tuesday, the police said. This was the second incident of suicide by a SSB constable in the last...
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There was a brief gunfight between security forces and terrorists Tuesday evening at a village in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, security officials said.They said the exchange of fire occurred around 7.30 pm when the police and Rashtriya Rifles personnel moved to the lower Karyote...
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RG Kar ex-principal Dr Sandip Ghosh (right)/ANI Photo
The West Bengal health department suspended former principal of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh on Tuesday, a day after the CBI arrested him for alleged financial misconduct. Ghosh was suspended 26 days after the body of an on-duty woman medic, who was allegedly raped...
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Islamic State, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Kabul that resulted in six people losing their lives, Al Jazeera reported. Notably, an explosion in Kabul on Monday...
21:50
Leading French cosmetic maker L'Oreal Paris on Tuesday said it has roped in Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt as its new global brand ambassador. With this, Bhatt joins the brand's diverse roster of L'Oreal brand ambassadors like Viola Davis, Jane Fonda, Eva Longoria, Kendall Jenner, Elle...
21:43
A female passenger assaulted a female staff at the Air India Express counter in the Mumbai airport, and the passenger was later handed over to the police, according to a source. The incident happened on Sunday. On 1st September, a passenger at Mumbai airport misbehaved with a staff member...
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Zee Entertainment Enterprises on Tuesday moved the Bombay high court seeking a direction to the Central Board of Film Certification to issue certificate for the film Emergency, helmed by Kangana Ranaut. The court agreed to hear it on Wednesday. Zee Entertainment is the producer of the...
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Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday filed an affidavit before the Madras high court, apologising to the people of Tamil Nadu for her remarks made in light of the Rameshwaram Cafe blast in Bengaluru earlier this year. Post the March 1 low intensity blast at the popular eatery in...
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The rupee declined 7 paise to 83.98 against the US dollar on Tuesday, tracking a strong greenback against major currencies overseas and sluggish trend in domestic equities. However, lower crude oil prices in international markets and foreign fund inflows capped the losses in the local unit,...
20:21
Former president of Atlas Cycles Salil Kapoor allegedly shot himself dead at his home in Lutyens Delhi area on Tuesday, police officials said. Kapoor's body was found in a pool of blood near the puja room of his house on the Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Road around 1 pm by his manager, they...
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Actor Nivin Pauly was on Tuesday booked for the offence of rape on a complaint by a 40-year-old woman that he sexually assaulted her over a year ago in Dubai, police said.An officer of Oonnukal police station, where the FIR under section 376 of the IPC was registered, said that there are six...
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As theories -- conspiracy, and others -- swirl around us over the IC814 hijack and the series based on it that's dropped on Netflix, journalist Vir Sanghvi weighs in with his opinion. 'I doubt if the makers of the show were motivated by a desire to subvert the truth. I think they just did...
19:48
BJP nominee Rajib Bhattacharjee on Tuesday won the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Tripura by a margin of 37 votes.Bhattacharjee, the BJP's state unit president, got the support of 47 MLAs, while 10 legislators voted for CPI(M) candidate Sudhan Das. The Congress, which has three MLAs in the...
19:36
Police in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district has issued a Look Out Circular against contractor Jaydeep Apte in connection with the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue at Rajkot fort, officials said on Tuesday. An LOC is issued to airports and all other exit points to stop a...
19:13
The Centre on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court alleging unpardonable non-cooperation by the West Bengal government in providing logistical support to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), tasked with providing security at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a trainee...
18:42
As many as 2.75 lakh telephone numbers have been disconnected and services to 50 entities blocked as part of regulator Trai's massive crackdown against pesky calls and unregistered telmarketers. The move came after Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) asked telcos to blacklist...
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The Congress on Tuesday said it is in talks with the Aam Aadmi Party for an alliance in Haryana but nothing has been finalised yet. Earlier, AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh welcomed reports claiming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has shown interest in the possibility of an...
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The temple town of Ayodhya, which had witnessed the historic 'pran pratistha' of Lord Ram in January this year, is all set to host four-day Deepotsav celebrations beginning October 28, the first such event after the consecration ceremony. The Deepotsav celebrations will be held from...
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Amid a row over the web series IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack, Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Subhashini Ali on Tuesday said the Sanghis are objecting to it fearing that the young generation will know that terrorists were set free by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. The web...
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The Madhya Pradesh high court on Tuesday disposed of a Public Interest Litigation filed against Kangana Ranaut-directed film Emergency after being informed that it has not received the Censor board certificate yet, a lawyer said. The petitioner, represented by advocate N S Ruprah, had...
16:57
Amid protests by civil society organisations over the rape-murder of a trainee doctor, Bengali theatre personality Biplab Bandyopadhyay on Tuesday announced returning the state-instituted Best Theatre Director' award over the RG Kar Hospital issue. Bandyopadhyay, eminent playwright and...
16:50
Pakistan witnessed a sharp increase in terrorist activities in August 2024, with 59 attacks reported across the country, up from 38 in July, reported Dawn. This surge in violence resulted in the deaths of 84 people and injuries to 166 others, as recorded by the Pak Institute for Peace...
16:21
Yes, she Kangana Ranaut is playing former PM Indira Gandhi in the yet to be released film, Emergency. But it's still rather weird to see her bete noire's grandmother up there on her WhatsApp profile pic. Meanwhile, the government has said that religious sentiments can't be hurt, ...
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Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei: As he arrives at a hotel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with a child who presented him with his sketch and also gives her his autograph.
15:34
PM Narendra Modi lands in Brunei Darussalam, which is a first-ever bilateral visit by an Indian PM. As a special gesture, the PM was received in Brunei Darussalam by the Crown Prince, Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah. Modi said he was looking forward to his meetings with Sultan Haji Hassanal...
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Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday alleged that the Mamata Banerjee government moved the anti-rape Bill to divert attention from public anger and protests over the murder of a doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. Speaking during...
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At least three children have died at Raniganj village of Bihar's Araria district following a mysterious fever in the last three days, officials said. Although family members of the deceased claimed that the children died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), or brain fever, an illness locally...
14:57
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the chief ministers of all states that have not been able to implement effective legislations to safeguard women. Speaking in the assembly...
14:20
Shobhaa De pays tribute to another legend who passed into the ages on August 23 -- publisher, producer and entrepreneur Nari Hira. In conversation with Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar. Video: Rajesh Karkera. Read/watch it here.
14:11
The victim's father, Siyanand Mishra
The father of the class 12 student shot dead on suspicion of cow smuggling speaks to ANI. Siyanand Mishra says, My son, Aryan Mishra, was a student of Class 12. I was not aware of anything. Later, I got to know my son was shot on suspicion of cow smuggling. Who gives the right to shoot someone...
13:47
Nine Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, a senior police official said.The gunfight broke out around 10.30 am in the forest along the border of Dantewada and Bijapur districts when a joint team of security forces was out on an...
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi and discussed the upcoming assembly polls. The meeting comes days after former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren joined...
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The global slowdown is hitting salary structures for students at reputed management institutes. A report in Times of India stated that IIM-Ahmedabad's one year MBA programme for executives (PGPX), this year, offered a maximum earning potential to Rs 54.8 lakh per annum, a six year low for...
13:04
More than 200 persons were relocated and nearly 90 others rescued after heavy rains inundated several areas in Hingoli district of Maharashtra's Marathwada region, while over 2 lakh hectares of land under cultivation got affected in neighbouring Nanded district. Heavy rains have been...
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West Bengal Law Minister Moloy Ghatak on Tuesday introduced the anti-rape Bill at the state Assembly special session. Discussion on the Bill is expected to take place for around two hours in which BJP MLAs Sikha Chatterjee and Agnimitra Paul are scheduled to speak beside the Leader of Opposition...
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Update: The head of OTT platform Netflix India, Monika Shergill, is meeting the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting today. The meeting is being held in view of certain contentious issues on the web series based on the Hijacking of IC-814. The meeting will be held at Shastri...
11:59
National Disaster Response Force teams and local officials on Tuesday began dropping food packets, water bottles and other basic necessities for people in flood-affected areas of Vijayawada on Tuesday. As many as six helicopters and drones have been deployed for distribution of food,...
11:44
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) has concluded its placement season for the academic year 2023-24, with 1,475 students securing placements, it said in a statement. The overall average package offered during IIT Bombay placements 2023 - 2024 stood at Rs 23.5 LPA....
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Dr Sukanta Chakraborty, representing a joint platform of doctors, arrives at the CBI anti-corruption branch office in Kolkata to submit documents to CBI related to alleged financial irregularities in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. He says, We will submit all the documents, all...
11:19
Netflix Series 'IC814' row: Nobody has the right to play with the sentiments of the people of this nation. India's culture and civilization should always be respected. You should think before portraying something in a wrong manner. The govt is taking it very seriously, Govt sources on why the...
11:13
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday condemned the drone bomb attacks on civilians as acts of terrorism and vowed a firm response.Taking to X, Singh expressed his outrage, stating, Dropping bombs on civilian populations and security forces using drones is an act of terrorism, and I...
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A class 12 student was allegedly chased in a car and shot dead on August 23 by a group of five cow vigilantes who mistook the boy for a cattle smuggler, police in Faridabad said on Tuesday. All the five accused -- Saurabh, Anil Kaushik, Varun, Krishna and Adesh-- have been arrested,...
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A Class 8 student studying in a government-run school in Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh was allegedly sodomised by his five seniors multiple times, police said on Tuesday. The victim alleged that he was being sexually assaulted for nearly two years, they said. The Class...
10:23
Electric vehicle (EV) sales increased by 22.8 per cent year-on-year with 156,199 vehicles sold in August.A total of 127,206 vehicles were sold in August 2023, reflecting a significant growth in EV adoption over the past year.The sales, however, declined by nearly 13 per cent in August compared to...
10:20
Benchmark equity indices declined in early trade on Tuesday due to emergence of profit-taking after a record rally. Weak trends from Asian peers also contributed to the tepid investors' sentiment in the domestic equity market during the early deals. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 78.28...
10:14
RG Kar ex-principal pokes his head out through the gates. File pic
Doctors from B. R. Singh Hospital, Eastern Railway conducted the medical tests of former principal of RG Kar Medical Hospital and College, Dr Sandip Ghosh and three others arrested. Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) anti-corruption branch had arrested Dr Ghosh and three others over...
09:51
Crew from a fishing vessel was rescued by coast guards. File pic
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) which saved 67 lives during recent cyclonic weather in Gujarat was launched around 2300 hours yesterday for the medical evacuation of a seriously injured crew onboard the Indian flagged motor tanker Hari Leela, about 45 kms from Porbandar...
09:28
The Mamata Banerjee government will table the anti-rape bill in the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday. The proposed legislation seeks capital punishment for persons convicted of rape if their actions result in the victim's death or leave her in a vegetative state. Additionally, it...
09:18
Junior doctors of different medical colleges who participated in a rally to the Kolkata Police headquarters Lalbazar demanding the resignation of police commissioner Vineet Goyal, stayed put at nearby B B Ganguly Street even on Tuesday morning, more than 12 hours after they were stopped from...
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Deepak Patel/Business StandardMaruti Suzuki India (MSIL) on Monday, September 2, 2024, reduced the prices of certain variants of two mini cars, Alto K10 and S-Presso, by up to Rs 6,500 amid a significant drop in their sales during the last several months.In August, MSIL sold a total 10,648 units...
08:40
The United Kingdom said it will suspend 30 out of 350 arms export licences to Israel, citing a 'clear risk' that the weapons could be used in serious breaches of international humanitarian law in the ongoing Gaza conflict, Al Jazeera reported.Foreign Secretary David Lammy stated in the parliament...
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Sundar Sethuraman/Business StandardThe record-breaking gaining streak in the domestic markets extended to a 13th day on Monday, September 2, 2024, with growing optimism about rate cuts in the US keeping sentiment buoyant.The benchmark National Stock Exchange Nifty 50 has risen nearly 5 per cent...
08:23
The Trinamool Congress students' wing on Monday suspended a senior member of the organisation following allegations that he was seen, along with the police, in a room in a state-run hospital where the body of a woman doctor was found on August 9.Trinamool Chhatra Parishad state president...
01:13
A 38-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl and threatening to attack her with acid in Mumbai's Bhoiwada locality, a police official said on Monday. According to the Bhoiwada police station official, the accused, Dashrath Ashok Ramane, stalked the...
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A YouTuber-journalist and his brother-in-law were arrested here on Monday on charges of extortion, police officials said.The arrested YouTuber has been identified as Kamlesh alias Fighter, and his brother-in-law Suraj Kumar alias Majnu, they said.Kamlesh had allegedly formed a syndicate...
00:49
The government on Monday notified the constitution of the 23rd Law Commission for a period of three years, with a provision to appoint serving Supreme Court and high court judges as its chairperson and members. The term of the 22nd law panel ended on August 31. According to a law...
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A 23-year-old woman was injured after suspected militants launched a fresh bomb attack using a drone in Manipur's Imphal West district on Monday, the police said. This is the second drone attack in two days. Monday's place of raid is located around 3 km from Koutruk where two persons were...
00:39
The death toll in the recent hooch tragedy in Odisha's Ganjam district increased to five as one more person undergoing treatment at a hospital died on Monday evening, the police said. The deceased has been identified as Pradeep Behera (30) of Jenapur in Chikiti town. Behera was in ventilator...
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Five new murder cases have been filed against Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her former cabinet minister for the killing of five people during the quota reform protests in the country, according to media reports.The cases, filed with Dhaka chief metropolitan magistrate...
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A man and his scientist daughter, who were washed away, were among the 16 people who died in the rain-related incidents in Telangana, which witnessed heavy downpour since Saturday. N Aswini, a scientist, was working at the ICAR -- National Institute of Biotic Stress Management's School of...
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A MiG-29 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in Rajasthan's Barmer on Monday night due to a critical technical snag. The pilot ejected safely and no loss of life was reported. A senior IAF official said a Court of Inquiry has been ordered into the incident. The pilot...
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