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Three persons were killed and over 2.5 lakh people affected by the floods in southern West Bengal, an official said on Thursday. Six districts of the state were affected by the flood, he said. After visiting the flood-affected areas in Paschim Medinipur and Howrah districts, Chief...
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Kani Kusruti and Divya Prabha in 'All We Imagine as Light'.
Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light, the winner of the Grand Prix award at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, is set to be released in limited screens across Kerala on Saturday, the makers announced on Thursday. Production house Spirit Media, founded by Baahubali star Rana Daggubati, has...
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Agitating junior doctors announced that they will partially lift their 'cease work' and partially rejoin their duties at emergency and essential services in state-run hospitals from Saturday as the West Bengal government has accepted most of their demands. The medics, who have been on...
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A video purportedly showing singer Arijit Singh turning down a fan's request at a UK concert to sing a protest song he wrote for the Kolkata's RG Kar rape and murder victim, saying it was not the right time and place, went viral on social media on Thursday. In the video, posted by several...
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India on Thursday described as inaccurate a media report that said artillery shells sold by Indian arms manufacturers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not intervened to stop it. We have seen the Reuters report. It is speculative and misleading. It implies...
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Three separate police complaints were filed by the Delhi BJP against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, including for his divisive and provocative comments on the condition of Sikhs in India and remarks to end reservation, during his recent US visit. The development comes a day after...
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AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal will join the party's campaign in poll-bound Haryana with a roadshow in the Jagadhri constituency on September 20, AAP national general secretary (organisation) Sandeep Pathak said on Thursday. He will also participate in 13 events across 11 districts, covering...
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The Madras high court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu government to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to two victim girls who were allegedly sexually abused at a fake NCC camp in a school in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district recently. The court also directed the government to pay a...
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The driver of the Naini Jan Shatabdi Express averted a possible accident when he slammed the emergency brakes on finding an iron pole across the tracks near Uttarakhand's Rudrapur, officials said on Thursday, alleging that it could be sabotage. The incident occurred on Wednesday near...
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The West Bengal Medical Council on Thursday cancelled the registration of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh, an official said. Ghosh, who is in CBI custody, has been removed from the list of Registered Medical Practitioners maintained by the WBMC, he...
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Amid the controversy over the alleged use of substandard ingredients and animal fat in the preparation of the world renowned Tirupati laddu, the ruling Telugu Desam Party on Thursday claimed that the adulteration has been confirmed by Gujarat-based livestock laboratory, NDDB CALF Ltd on the ghee...
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The rupee strengthened by 10 paise to hit its two-month high level of 83.66 against the US dollar on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve cut the benchmark interest rate by 0.50 percent, boosting investors' sentiment. Forex traders said massive buying in domestic equities and inflow of...
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West Bengal minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Swapan Debnath has stirred a controversy by saying that parents should monitor what their daughters do during the 'Reclaim the night' movement held after midnight, while citing an alleged incident of a protestor consuming liquor with men...
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Mumbai police ex-commissioner Sanjay Pandey, who was arrested in 2022 in the NSE co-location case, on Thursday joined the Congress ahead of the assembly polls in Maharashtra. He was inducted into the Congress by its Mumbai unit chief and Lok Sabha MP Varsha Gaikwad at the party office in...
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has issued an apology after mispronouncing Marathi word kachra in a video. Bachchan, 81, shared a video on Wednesday in which he pledged not to litter on streets. However, his friend, singer Sudesh Bhosale, pointed out a mistake the actor made in the...
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Karnataka State Contractors' Association president D Kempanna, who was at the forefront in its fight in exposing the alleged 40 percent commission scam during the previous BJP government, passed away in Bengaluru on Thursday. The 84-year-old died due to heart attack at his residence, and is...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday supported his embattled MLA Sanjay Gaikwad and asked the Congress to protest against Rahul Gandhi for his comments on reservations. Gaikwad was panned by leaders cutting across party lines after he offered Rs 11 lakh to anyone who cut off...
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The Beed district administration has imposed prohibitory orders till September 27 in the wake of agitations over quota by the Maratha, OBC and other communities in Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday. Activist Manoj Jarange has been on an indefinite fast in Antarwali Sarati village of...
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The Beed district administration has imposed prohibitory orders till September 27 in the wake of agitations over quota by the Maratha, OBC and other communities in Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday. Activist Manoj Jarange has been on an indefinite fast in Antarwali Sarati village of...
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The ministry of labour & employment is investigating alleged unsafe and exploitative work environment days after the tragic demise of Anna Sebastian Perayil who worked with SR Batliboi, a member firm of EY Global. Perayil was a 26-year-old chartered accountant who died allegedly due to...
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The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to equip stray cattle with fluorescent strips particularly at night to mitigate the risk of road accidents. The initiative aims to enhance the visibility of stray cattle to drivers thereby preventing collisions and safeguarding both human and animal...
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West Bengal Medical Council cancels registration of former RG Kar hospital principal Sandip Ghosh. The second round of talks between agitating junior doctors and officials of the West Bengal government failed to resolve the impasse due to the RG Kar issue on Wednesday night despite...
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A 16-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in Rajasthan's Udaipur district, police said Thursday. According to the police, the incident happened in Undithal village under Gogunda police station area. Kamla had gone to graze goats in the jungle on Wednesday afternoon. When she did...
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Police have arrested 15 persons for allegedly pelting stones at a Ganesh festival procession in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city, an official said on Thursday. Three women and two men were injured in the incident which took place in Pundaliknagar area at around 11.30 pm on...
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India is on track to becoming the third-largest economy by 2030-31, driven by a projected annual growth rate of 6.7 per cent this fiscal, S&P Global said in a report on Thursday. The report also said that with 8.2 per cent growth rate in FY2024, continued reforms are crucial to improving...
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The new cabinet under Delhi's future Chief Minister Atishi on Thursday has been finalised. Four ministers from the Kejriwal cabinet--Saurabh Bhardwaj, Kailash Gehlot, Gopal Rai, and Imran Hussain -- will continue in their roles and take oath again. One new face, Mukesh Ahlawat, the MLA from...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday targeted the Abdullahs, Muftis, and Gandhis, saying they have brought only fear and anarchy to Jammu and Kashmir, and added that the region will no longer remain under their control as the local youth are now challenging them.He also accused these three...
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After Pakistan's Defence Minister Khwaja Asif said that Pakistan and the NC-Congress alliance were on the same page on the restoration of Article 370, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday that he does not know what Pakistan says.Speaking to ANI, he said, I don't know what...
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Salim Khan with Arbaaz
Update: A man and a burqa-clad woman allegedly threatened noted screenwriter Salim Khan, father of Bollywood actor Salman Khan, citing jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's name in Mumbai's Bandra area, police said on Thursday. The incident took place when Khan was sitting at the Bandra...
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The Bhartiya Janata party on Thursday released the party's manifesto for the Haryana Assembly elections, just a day after the Congress party announced seven guarantees for the poll-bound state.Union Minister and BJP President JP Nadda, along with Haryana BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli and Chief...
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Bollywood actor Salman Khan's father Salim Khan receives a threat while on his morning walk, Mumbai police have launched a probe. According to reports a man on a scooter accompanied by a female approached Salim Khan, stopped in front of him, and issued a direct threat linked to the notorious...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a rally in Srinagar:You have come in such large numbers today. This enthusiasm of the youth, the message of peace in the eyes of the elders and such a large number of mothers and sisters, this is the new Kashmir. The aim of all of us is the rapid development of...
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What light will illumine the city's tragedy this Puja? The sadness and grotesquerie of our female symbol this year has vanquished the opiate symbol of Shakti, writes Saikat Majumdar. Read the column here.
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The Bombay High Court Thursday said creative freedom and the freedom of expression cannot be curtailed and the censor board cannot refuse to certify a film just because there is an apprehension of a law and order problem. A division bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla...
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Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi called for immediate action against the culprits of the Nawada incident, where several houses were burned, emphasizing that the state police must swiftly take measures to rehabilitate the victims.At least 25 houses were set ablaze by unidentified miscreants...
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In a significant move, Canada said that it is taking steps to manage its temporary resident population by reducing the number of study permits issued to international students and tightening eligibility for work permits.Notably, the government plans to reduce the number of study permits from...
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Eighteen hours after a two-year-old girl fell into a 35-foot open borewell in Dausa on Wednesday, the National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force successfully rescued the girl here on Thursday.The girl, after the rescue, was admitted to the nearest hospital.SP Ranjita...
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CPI(M) West Bengal shares this image on X, writing, Tu Zinda Hai! Palakkad, Kerala. #LongLiveSitaramYechury.Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Sitaram Yechury died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on September 12, 2024 following a prolonged illness,...
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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah confronts the most difficult challenge in his electoral career.In June, Omar lost the Lok Sabha election in Baramulla to Engineer Rashid, an accused in a terror funding case and who was incarcerated in Tihar jail.Some Kashmiris...
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BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda has written a letter to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in response to a letter Kharge had earlier addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In his letter, Nadda slammed Kharge's attempt to defend Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, calling...
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In Supreme Court hearings streamed live, the nation got to see the tragic spectacle of a state that is in the depths of ruin in terms of administrative and moral decline. Read the column here.
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A case of rape, sexual harassment and criminal intimidation has been registered against BJP MLA Munirathna and six others, police said on Thursday. It was registered following the complaint of a 40-year-old woman who alleged that the incident took place at a private resort within the...
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Delhi Chief Minister-designate Atishi and her cabinet will take the oath of office on September 21, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on Thursday. The ruling party had initially decided that only Atishi would be sworn in, however, it was later determined that her council of ministers would also...
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Two people were injured when their speeding SUV crashed into a guardrail that pierced through the middle of the vehicle near Rajghat in north Delhi early Thursday, police said. The Hyundai Venue car had three occupants and all of them have been hospitalised, they said. Prima facie, it...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty surged to their fresh record high levels in early trade on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate after more than four years. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 735.95 points to scale a new all-time high of 83,684.18...
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An idol on auction
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people to bid for the mementoes he has received and which are now being auctioned, noting that their proceeds will be used for the 'Namami Gange' initiative. He said on X, Every year, I auction the various mementoes I receive during the...
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The upcoming Quad Summit in Delaware will show that the four-nation grouping is more strategically aligned and relevant than ever before, the White House has said. The QUAD, comprising Australia, Japan, India and the US, is an initiative of President Joe Biden. In the first 100 days of his...
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Calcutta Medical College Superintendent Anjan Adhikari was questioned by the CBI on Thursday regarding the RG Kar Medical College woman doctor's rape and murder case. He was called to provide information about TMC MLA and West Bengal Medical Council President Sudipta Roy. Speaking...
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Fifteen hours after a two-year-old girl fell into an open borewell in Dausa on Wednesday, the National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force are still carrying out the rescue operation on Thursday.Yogesh Kumar, Assistant Commander (NDRF), said that 31 feet of ground have been...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray has said if the Union government is so concerned about the 'one nation, one election' reform, it should first hold polls to the civic bodies in Maharashtra.Elections to several municipal bodies in the state, including the Brihanmumbai...
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Jerome Powell
In a departure from the recent monetary policy stance by holding interest rates steady in eight straight meetings, the United States Federal Reserve announced a steep 50 basis points interest cut in its latest review meeting.Investors globally were certain that the US central bank would cut...
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Four wagons of a mechanical rake derailed near Narayanpur Anant yard in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Wednesday, disrupting railway services on the route, officials said.No one was injured in the incident that happened near point 67 of the yard in the Sonpur division of the East Central Railway...
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The Odisha government on Wednesday expedited rescue and relief operation in Balasore district as the flood situation continued to remain grim, prompting the administration to evacuate over 11,000 people to safety. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who undertook an aerial survey of the...
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Twenty-one houses were set on fire in Bihar's Nawada district on Wednesday evening, police said. Preliminary investigation suggested that a land dispute could be the cause behind the incident that happened in Manjhi Tola in Mufassil police station area, they said. No one was injured in the...
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Two constables of the local intelligence unit were attacked allegedly by a group of intoxicated people involved in a dispute at a tea stall during the Ganesh idol immersion festivities at Gokul Barrage here, police said on Wednesday.Seven of the attackers were apprehended at the scene by police...
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A jailed gangster's wife has been arrested in connection with the murder of a crew member of Air India in Greater Noida in January this year, officials said on Wednesday. Suraj Maan, brother of jailed gangster Parvesh Maan, was shot dead by three motorcycle-borne men when he was going to a...
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