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A view of landslide in Wayanad, Kerala/ANI Photo
As 24-year-old Shruti was barely coming to grips with the loss of her entire family in the recent catastrophic landslides in Kerala's Wayanad district, she suffered another devastating blow as her fiance died on Wednesday after meeting with an accident. A spokesperson of the private hospital...
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Uddhav Thackeray
The Shiv Sena led by Eknath Sinde and the Shiv Sena-UBT headed by Uddhav Thackeray will be neighbours in the Samvidhan Sadan as the two parties have been allocated rooms adjacent to each other. Key BJP ally in ruling NDA, the TDP, has been allocated a room in Parliament House or the new...
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Rebel BJP leader Naveen Goyal on way to file nomination papers/ANI crown
Rebel BJP leader Naveen Goyal on Wednesday filed his nomination as an Independent candidate, going barefoot in the office of the returning officer to file his nomination. A sizeable crowd gathered in Goyal's nomination rally at the ground of the old jail complex where he was assured by the...
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National security advisor Ajit Doval (left)
National security advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday called on the BRICS nations to work together to effectively deal with terrorism and challenges emanating from the digital domain. In his address at a conclave of the national security advisors of the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South...
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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved health coverage to all persons aged 70 years and above under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana irrespective of their income, benefiting around six crore senior citizens, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The Rs 5 lakh free health...
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PM Narendra Modi attends Ganpati puja at CJI DY Chandrachud's home, in Delhi/ANI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday participated in Ganpati Puja at Chief Justice of India Justice DY Chandrachud's residence in New Delhi.In a video, Chandrachud and his wife Kalpana Das were seen welcoming Modi at their house.Modi is then seen performing puja at their residence.The prime...
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A 77-year-old German national of Indian origin, who was arrested in connection with the alleged recovery of illegal contraband from the IGI airport, died during treatment at west Delhi's Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, the police sources said on Wednesday.Ashok Kumar was arrested by the Central...
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Miscreants attacked two young Army officers and their two women friends and also raped one of them when they were out on a picnic in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district in the wee hours of Wednesday, the police said. Badgonda police station in-charge Lokendra Singh Hirore said the officers,...
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Global tech giant Microsoft has bought 16.4 acres of land in Pune for Rs 520 crore, according to real estate consultant Square Yards. As per the registration document reviewed by Square Yards, Microsoft's Indian arm, Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd, acquired 66,414.5 square meters...
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Assamese actor Sumi Bora/Courtesy Instagram
Assamese actor, choreographer and social media influencer Sumi Bora, against whom the police had issued a 'Look Out' circular in connection with a multi-crore stock market trading scam, said she will surrender on Wednesday. Speaking from an undisclosed location, Bora said defamatory news...
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Jayam Ravi with wife Aarti/Courtesy Jayam Ravi /Instagram
Aarti Ravi, wife of Ponniyin Selvan star Jayam Ravi, on Wednesday said her husband made the announcement of their split without her knowledge or consent, leaving the entire family blindsided. Ravi, a prominent face in Tamil cinema, on Monday said he is proceeding with the dissolution of his...
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The district administration of Balasore in Odisha Wednesday geared up to evacuate the people from six villages close to the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur ahead of the scheduled missile test by DRDO from a launch pad, officials said. The Balasore district administration on the advice of...
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A polio worker and a policeman were killed on Wednesday after unidentified gunmen ambushed a team of polio vaccinators in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the police said. Following the attack, a police team reached the site and cordoned off the area in Salarzai tehsil of...
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A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly setting bikes on fire at an Ola Electric showroom here after failing to get issues relating to his two-wheeler resolved despite multiple visits to the outlet, the police said on Wednesday. A frustrated Mohammad Nadeem entered the showroom with...
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Labour unrest in the industrial belt of neighbouring Sriperumbudur emerged as a section of employees belonging to Korean electronics giant Samsung have resorted to a strike, pressing for various demands including wage revision, sources said on Wednesday. The facility located about 40 km from...
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The meteorological department has predicted that heavy to very heavy rains will continue in many areas of Rajasthan for a few more days. According to the Meteorological Centre Jaipur, a low pressure area...
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Two terrorists have been killed in an encounter in Kathua near Jammu with the troops of Rising Star Corps, said the Army in Jammu on Wednesday. The operations are in progress, said the Army. The encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists at the Kathua-Basantgarh border...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Actor Ritabhari Chakraborty met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to follow up on her earlier request for the formation of a committee to investigate sexual abuse allegations within the Bengali film industry, inspired by the Hema committee in Malayalam cinema.Ritabhari, a prominent...
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Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid walked out of Tihar Jail on Wednesday, a day after a court here granted him interim bail till October 2 in a terror funding case so that he can campaign in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls. Rashid has been in jail since 2019 following his arrest by...
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The West Bengal government on Wednesday invited the agitating junior doctors for talks on the ongoing impasse arising out of the alleged raped and murder of a woman medic. Following a mail sent by the medics earlier in the day, the government asked them to join a meeting at the state...
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Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury continues to be in the ICU at AIIMS in New Delhi with his condition being critical but stable, sources said on Wednesday. He requires oxygen support and his condition is being monitored by a multidisciplinary team of doctors,...
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Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has sought a report from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan regarding the Left MLA PV Anvar's allegations that the police tapped the phone calls of ministers, along with other revelations implicating certain police officers in illegal activities. An official...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined on Wednesday after two days of gains, tracking heavy selling pressure in index majors Tata Motors and Reliance Industries amid weak trends in Asian markets. In a volatile trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 398.13 points or 0.49 per cent to...
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The BJP on Wednesday slammed Rahul Gandhi over his meeting with US lawmaker Ilhan Omar and others during his visit to that country, alleging that the Congress leader is indulging in dangerous and mischievous activities by reaching out to people abroad who are known for their anti-India...
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Making it clear that the Chief Minister post in the state is not vacant for anyone to weigh in to occupy it now, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Wednesday asserted that there are no doubts in this regard and he will continue in the position. As Siddaramaiah's petition challenging the Governor's...
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The Patna high court on Wednesday commuted the capital punishment awarded to four people convicted in the 2013 serial blasts at Gandhi maidan in Patna to 30 years' imprisonment. The explosions took place at the maidan during an election rally addressed by Narendra Modi, who was then the...
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Malaika and Amrita with their mother Joyce
DCP Crime Branch, Raj Tilak Roshan on Malaika Arora's father's death. The body of one Anil Mehta was found. He resided on the 6th floor. We are carrying out further investigation and our team is here. We are investigating all angles in detail. Our teams are here, forensic teams are here as well....
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Union Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday lashed out at Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for his remarks in the US on reservations.Shah said that it has become a habit for the Congress leader to stand with forces that conspire to divide the country. Shah also stated that the BJP...
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Malaika, Joyce, Amrita, Anil
Update: Actor-model Malaika Arora's father Anil Arora allegedly committed suicide by jumping from a building in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, a police official said. Anil Arora allegedly jumped off the sixth floor of a building in Bandra area, an official said. Police rushed to the...
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A search op to nab the wolves
Two more girls have been injured in suspected wolf attacks in two villages of Mahasi tehsil in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, officials said on Wednesday. According to the officials, one of the incidents, involving a 11-year-old girl, took place in Makupurwa village late Tuesday night,...
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Bollywood actor Malaika Arora's father died by suicide this morning, police said. Anil Arora jumped from the seventh floor of a building in Mumbai's Bandra. The actor's ex-husband Arbaz Khan and senior police officers have reached her residence. The body has been sent for post-mortem and a...
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Defying Supreme Court's directive to join duties by 5 pm on September 10, protesting junior doctors in West Bengal continued with their cease work for the 33rd day on Wednesday to press their demand for justice for a medic who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital in Kolkata...
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Amit Shah on Rahul Gandhi's US speeches. Standing with forces that conspire to divide India and making anti-national statements have become a habit for Rahul Gandhi, Congress. Whether it's supporting NC's anti-national agenda in J-K or making anti-India comments abroad, Rahul has threatened...
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Dr. Abhinaba Pal, a doctor practicing in Kolkata shares this image alongside, writing, GRATITUDE. All Bengalis have been sold yet. #RGKarProtest #JusticeForRGKar #MedTwitter.
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Members of two communities indulged in a violent clash over the issue of installation of religious flags in a locality in Gujarat's Bharuch city, leaving two persons injured, police said on Wednesday. Seventeen persons have been detained in connection with the incident which took place...
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Taylor Swift is officially backing Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race. The artist made the announcement moments after Harris wrapped her first debate with her opponent, former president Donald Trump. Read more here.
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The father of the deceased trainee doctor from Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College said that the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, has not done any work and his family is not satisfied with her role in the case.The victim's father on Tuesday also said that they demanded a CBI...
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US Vice President Kamala Harris said that former US President Donald Trump will sign national abortion ban if he gets re-elected. However, Trump called Harris' statement a lie and said that there's no reason to sign a ban.During Kamala Harris and Donald Trump face-off at Philadelphia during the...
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A painting by Sayed Haider Raza, worth over Rs 2.5 crore, was stolen from a warehouse in south Mumbai, police said on Wednesday. An official of the MRA Marg police station, where an FIR has been registered in this connection, said the painting, named Prakriti (Nature), made by the celebrated...
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Criticising the Donald Trump administration over his trade policy with regards to China, US Vice President Kamala Harris said that the former US President invited trade wars and sold American chips to China to help them improve and modernise the military.During the presidential debate conducted...
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Former US President Donal Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris squared up in the first Presidential Debate in Philadelphia on ABC News. Kicking off the debate, Trump took on the Biden-Harris administration saying that inflation in the US is probably the worst in nation's history. Trump said...
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As the authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich continued their search for a sixth wolf, an 11-year-old girl was injured after a man-eating animal attacked her in the city on Tuesday night.As per the information, she has been admitted to the local government hospital in the Mahasi for...
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A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was injured when Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian posts in violation of a ceasefire agreement along the border in Jammu on Wednesday, officials said. The BSF troops also retaliated but the casualties on the Pakistani side were not...
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The Bhadohi police and labour enforcement department personnel on Tuesday raided Samajwadi Party MLA Zahid Beg's house in Bhadohi and rescued a 14-year-old girl engaged in child labour, officials said. The raid took place a day after a domestic help at Beg's house was found hanging inside...
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav (C)/File image
With the Opposition Congress kicking off its 'Kisan Nyay Yatra' in Madhya Pradesh, the state cabinet on Tuesday cleared a proposal to purchase soybean crop at a minimum support price from farmers and sent it to the Centre for approval. Earlier in the day, Union Agriculture and Farmers...
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BJP ex-leader Eknath Khadse/File image
The prospects of senior leader Eknath Khadse's return to the Bharatiya Janata Party appeared dim on Tuesday after he stated that he was never keen to join the party again, and also claimed that Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis could be stalling his...
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