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Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi/ANI Photo
The Congress on Friday said an unacceptable comment directed at Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was made in a social media post from the official X handle of the Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate and demanded action against the officer. Later, a statement was posted on...
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Ram Temple Construction Committee chairperson Nripendra Misra on Friday said that the work on Ram Temple complex will be concluded by June 30, 2025. Friday was the second day of the three-day meeting of the Ram Temple Construction Committee being held in Ayodhya. In a statement issued,...
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Two Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer, were killed and an equal number injured in an encounter with terrorists in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, security officials said on Friday. The gunfight broke out when a joint security party of the...
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Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa/ANI Photo
A court in Bengaluru on Friday extended till September 17 the judicial custody of Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa along with his friend Pavithra Gowda and others, who are accused in the Renukaswamy murder case. All the 17 accused, including Darshan and Pavithra, were produced before the...
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Four army personnel were injured in an encounter that broke out following a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Naidgham area in Chhatroo belt, police officials...
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Former MP Prajwal Revanna (right)
The Bengaluru police filed a chargesheet in the second case registered against former MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of rape and sexual assault, in a special court in Bengaluru. Revanna is currently under judicial custody at Parappana Agrahara Jail here, and a Special...
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BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Ram Chander Jangra
BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Ram Chander Jangra said he had a narrow escape after a canter-truck allegedly chased his SUV to his home in Meham and tried to hit him. A security personnel accompanying the MP filed a police complaint after the incident took place on Thursday evening. Giving...
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Senior Congress leader and former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday said the 1984 attack on the Golden Temple was wrong and his party has apologised for it, even as he accused the BJP-RSS of exerting pressure on the government for the Army operation at the shrine. Channi...
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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaking to commuters on local train in Mumbai/ANI Photo
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday travelled by a local train, the lifeline of lakhs of Mumbaikars, and chatted up with commuters. Vaishnaw boarded the suburban train at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in south Mumbai at 2.34 pm and alighted at Bhandup station at 3.18 pm...
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At least eight persons drowned while bathing in the Meshwo river in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district on Friday evening, an official said. The deceased were residents of Vasna Sogthi village in Dehgam taluka, said sub divisional magistrate BB Modiya. The incident took place near the...
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Highlighting that troops have disengaged at four places in Eastern Ladakh, including Galwan Valley, the Chinese foreign ministry on Friday said India and China have agreed during their meeting in Russia to work together to create conditions for the improvement of bilateral...
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Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday constituted a five member fact finding committee on the violence during a Ganesh idol immersion procession at Nagamangala in Mandya district. Clashes broke out between two groups during the procession in the town, following which mobs went on a...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stepped out of Tihar Jail on Friday, hours after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the excise policy case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Hundreds of Aam Aadmi Party workers and senior party leaders, including Punjab Chief...
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The legendary K Subrahmanyam
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday revealed that his father was on a hijacked flight in 1984 and said he had a unique window on both sides' in such situations -- the perspective of family members and those in the government. Jaishankar was answering a question during a...
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Just In: The Centre has decided to rename Port Blair as Sri Vijaya Puram, said Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday. Name Port Blair had colonial legacy, Sri Vijaya Puram symbolises victory through freedom struggle, and Andaman and Nicobar's role, said Shah. More details soon. -- PTI
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Seven people died on Friday after a Bengaluru-bound APSRTC bus they were travelling in collided with a truck Palamaneru, said the police. The accident occurred at Mogili Ghat road near Palamaneru mandal in Chittoor district, which also left over 10 people injured. According to the...
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Indian airlines carried 1.31 crore passengers in August, an increase of 5.7 percent compared to the year-ago period, according to official data released on Friday. In August 2023, carriers had flown 1.24 crore domestic passengers while in July this year, the count stood at 1.29...
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In a boost to the Left government in the state, the Kerala high court on Friday dismissed a plea by the Leader of Opposition in the assembly VD Satheesan seeking quashing of the award of contracts for the KFON project and a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into it. A bench of Justices A...
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The Delhi High Court on Friday granted interim bail till January 30 to four co-owners of the basement of an Old Rajinder Nagar coaching centre where three civil services aspirants drowned in July. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma, while pronouncing the verdict on the bail pleas of the four accused,...
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RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case: Arrested accused Sanjay Roy refuses to give consent for the narco analysis test. The Sealdah Court in Kolkata rejected the CBI's prayer for Sanjay Roy's narco-analysis test.The CBI wants to conduct a narco analysis test on Sanjay Roy who was...
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Annapoorna restaurants owner Srinivasan "apologising" to FM Sitharaman
Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Friday apologised for the action of his party functionaries in sharing on social media a video of a private conversation between a hotel chain owner in Coimbatore and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Barely minutes after the video went...
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AAP's presser on the SC's bail for Arvind Kejriwal
Celebrations erupted outside the AAP headquarters here on Friday after the Supreme Court granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case lodged by the CBI in connection with the excise policy 'scam'. Several AAP leaders and workers gathered outside the party...
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India on Friday successfully test-fired the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VLSRSAM) for the second consecutive day from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on the Odisha coast, defence sources said. A statement from the Defence Research and Development...
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A Delhi court on Friday issues release order for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal following the Supreme Court granting him bail in a corruption case related to the alleged excise scam. Special Judge Rakesh Syal passed the order after the advocates for Kejriwal filed a bail bond of Rs 10...
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Dr. Abhinaba Pal, a physician from Kolkata shares this image alongside writing, THE TASTE of REVOLUTION Grateful to RG Kar & Jadavpur Canteens, all the NGOs, etc. Grateful to each & every citizen who are on the streets, showing their support to this movement. My heart is so full today,...
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Following the Supreme Court's decision to grant Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal bail in the excise policy case on Friday, BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari claimed that while he may be out on bail, the Supreme Court has made important observations regarding his arrest. Bhandari...
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Make time for this one, you will be in for a pleasant surprise like I was, recommends Mayur Sanap. Read the review here.
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A Delhi court on Friday framed charges of murder and other offences against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a 1984-anti Sikh riots case. Special Judge Rakesh Siyal directed that Tytler face trial after he pleaded not guilty to the offences. The judge had on August 30 said there was sufficient...
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Barricades in front of Swasthya Bhavan
The CBI is planning to conduct a narco analysis test on Sanjay Roy who was arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a doctor in R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, an officer said on Friday. The central probe agency has appealed to the city-based Sealdah court seeking...
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Observing that the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal by the CBI was unjustified, Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Friday came down heavily on the premier agency for arresting the Delhi chief minister in the corruption case linked to excise policy 'scam', and said it must dispel the notion of...
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Kerala police have taken into custody a couple in connection with the death of a 75-year-old woman whose body was found in the backyard of their house three days ago. Alappuzha police said the couple was taken into custody from Karnataka and detailed interrogation was going on. The...
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Mandi, Himachal Pradesh: Security tightened, barricades placed in Jail Road area ahead of protest by Hindu organisations over mosque row in Mandi. The mosque authorities themselves demolished the unauthorised portion of the mosque yesterday. SP Mandi, Sakshi Verma says, Law and order...
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On Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's bail, a statement from the BJP's Gaurav Bhatia:The Supreme Court has shown a mirror to 'kattar beimaan' AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal once again. He has got conditional bail. The 'jail wala' CM is now a 'bail wala' CM.The most important thing is that Arvind Kejriwal...
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The moment the SC announced bail for Kejriwal. This is at the residence of AAP leader Manish Sisodia, where he and Delhi Minister Atishi were listening in to the verdict.
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Raghav Chadha
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to grant bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying truth can be troubled but not defeated.In a post on X, Chadha said, Welcome back, Arvind Kejriwal, we missed you! Truth can be troubled but not...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita on Friday congratulated the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the Supreme Court's decision to grant bail to her husband and wished for the release of other leaders lodged in Tihar jail. The apex court on Friday granted bail to Kejriwal in the...
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Actor Vijay Varma on Friday urged paparazzi to give space to actor-model Malaika Arora's grieving family in the wake of the alleged suicide of her stepfather Anil Mehta. Mehta (62) allegedly jumped off the sixth floor of the building 'Ayesha Manor' in upscale Bandra (West) on Wednesday...
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In a big relief to Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him bail in the corruption case linked to the excise policy 'scam'While granting the bail, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed, The CBI's arrest was perhaps only to frustrate the grant...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted bail for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy 'scam'.
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's petitions seeking bail and challenging his arrest by the CBI in the excise policy 'scam'.As per the cause list of September 13 uploaded on the apex court website, a bench headed by Justice Surya Kant...
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Three days after the Manipur government imposed a temporary ban on all forms of internet services in the five valley districts, it lifted the restrictions on broadband services conditionally, subject to fulfillment of several terms and conditions, officials said on Friday.A notification by...
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday conducted searches in Punjab in connection with its probe into the attack on the Indian High Commission in Canada by pro-Khalistan supporters, officials said. The anti-terror probe agency had registered a case in this regard in June last...
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Amidst rains in several parts of the national capital, a wall of a 'dargah' collapsed in central Delhi's Nabi Karim area on Friday morning leaving one person dead and two others injured, officials said. A call regarding the incident was received at 7 am and three fire tenders were...
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Indian stock markets opened at a new high on Friday, with both indices continuing the bull run. The Nifty 50 index opened closer to its 52-week high, while the Sensex opened above the 83,000 mark for the first time.The Nifty 50 index opened at 25,430.45, gaining 41.55 points or 0.16 percent,...
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Mamata Banerjee waits for a meeting with docs yesterday
Junior doctors continued their 'cease work' and sit-in demonstration outside the West Bengal Health Department headquarters for the third consecutive day on Friday, a day after the proposed talks to resolve the RG Kar hospital impasse between agitating junior doctors and the Bengal government...
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Swiss authorities have frozen more than USD 310 million in funds across multiple Swiss bank accounts as part of money laundering allegations into Adani Group, US-based short seller Hindenburg Research claimed citing media report -- a charge that the conglomerate vehemently denied. In a post...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said that certain individuals from a party were making objectionable remarks targeting a specific community, asserting that the NCP strongly opposes such language. He was apparently referring to BJP MLA Nitesh Rane, who in a recent...
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Midwife Siro Devi is clinging to Monica Thatte, sobbing. Monica, in her late 20s, has returned to her birthplace -- the Indian town where Siro has delivered hundreds of babies.But this is no straightforward reunion. There is a painful history behind Siro's tears. Shortly before Monica was born,...
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One of the injured women
As the authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich continued their search for a sixth 'killer' wolf, two women in Mahasi village were injured in an attack allegedly by a wolf on Thursday night.The two injured have been identified as 28-year-old Gudiya, who is a resident of Singhia Nasirpur in Mahasi,...
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Samie Modak/Business StandardBajaj Housing Finance's IPO has drawn attention to the highest-bid IPOs in history.According to PRIME Database, Reliance Power's 2008 IPO still holds the record for highest cumulative bids at Rs 7.12 trillion. However, this figure was notional, as QIBs were allowed to...
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A 35-year-old man was shot dead by two bike borne assailants in south Delhi's Greater Kailash area on Thursday night, officials said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) Ankit Chauhan said that an information was received regarding firing at GK 1, adding one person was injured and...
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The possibility of a second meeting between the United States Presidential candidates before election day was dashed on Thursday when former President Donald Trump announced he would not take part in another debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. He asserted that he won Tuesday's...
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Jr NTR-starrer Devara - Part 1 has received a U/A certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification, the makers said on Thursday. The two-part franchise is billed as a high-octane action drama set in the forgotten coastal lands of India. The first part will be released in...
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A road caved in at an intersection in Dadar in central Mumbai on Thursday, trapping a car's tyre in the crater, civic officials said. No one was injured in the incident that occurred around 11.30 am at the busy Kismat junction on Veer Savarkar Marg in Dadar West, they said. It created a...
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Heavy rainfall during the past two days inundated a garden on the Taj Mahal premises on Thursday. A short video of the inundated garden became widely circulated on social media and evoked curiosity among tourists visiting the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Shakeel Rafiq, a...
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Actor Kajal Aggarwal on Thursday confirmed reports that she is set to star in Sikandar, fronted by Salman Khan. Salman will play the titular role in the movie, which will be directed by A R Murugadoss. It also features Rashmika Mandanna. Sikandar, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala's...
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The brother of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru filed his nomination to contest the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir as an Independent candidate from the Sopore seat. Ajaz Guru, a resident of Baramulla's Delina area, filed his nomination from Sopore in the north Kashmir district...
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Three workers were killed and as many injured after a storage tank containing methanol exploded at a factory in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Thursday, the police said. A case of `culpable homicide not amounting to murder' was registered in connection with the blast late in the evening,...
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