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Describing poetry as the language of justice and vocal cords of society, renowned screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar has said the right wing has not been able to create any big poet across the world. He was addressing a gathering on Friday evening at Annabhau Sathe Auditorium in Byculla...
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Air pollution could be making rainfall more acidic in cities such as Vishakhapatnam, Allahabad, Mohanbari (Assam), while dust from the Thar could be making rain more alkaline in Jodhpur, Pune and Srinagar, according to an analysis. The study by the India Meteorological Department...
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Citing United States intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard's statement about evidence that electronic voting systems are vulnerable to hacking in her country, the Congress on Saturday demanded that the government and the Election Commission come clean on the EVM issue and urged the Supreme Court to...
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Eminent Kathak exponent and choreographer Kumudini Lakhia passed away at her residence in Ahmedabad on Saturday at the age of 95 due to an age-related ailment.Lakhia was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, on the Republic Day this year in recognition of her...
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The Calcutta high court on Saturday ordered deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, which has been hit by violence allegedly linked to ongoing protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act.At least two people were killed in the clashes and more than 100...
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A 36-year-old man has been arrested in Delhi's Shahdara area for allegedly sexually assaulting a stray dog, police said on Saturday. The incident, which occurred on April 7, came to light after a complaint was received from Renu, a member of the animal welfare organisation, police...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday said hunger for power is the reason for the alliance between the AIADMK and BJP and the tie-up is against ideals such as protection of state rights and it is doomed to fail.Stalin, reacting to the announcement of an alliance between the state's...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Nainar Nagenthran was on Saturday elected as president of the party's Tamil Nadu state unit, with outgoing chief K Annamalai declaring that the goal is to oust the ruling DMK from the corridors of power and the path, to be led by Nagenthran, in alliance with the AIADMK...
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Two persons were killed in West Bengal's Murshidabad district following violent clashes allegedly linked to ongoing protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, an IPS officer said on Saturday. The victims, a father and son, were found with multiple stab wounds inside their home in Jafrabad,...
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The Waqf (Amendment) Act will not be implemented in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday amid violent protests in the state.Banerjee said the law was made by the Centre and answers should be sought from it.My sincere appeal to people of all religions, please remain calm,...
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A Manipur BJP MLA on Saturday claimed that there has been a lot of improvement in the law and order in the state and hoped that a new government would be formed soon.BJP MLA T Robindro said peace talks between Meitei and Kuki civil groups have also started.There has been a lot of improvement (law...
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Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday said the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are safe and tamper-proof.He said that EVMs used in India cannot be connected to internet, Bluetooth or infrared and it is not possible anyway to tamper with it.In India, EVMs are used for...
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The Enforcement Directorate Saturday said it has issued notices to take possession of immovable assets worth Rs 661 crore that it had attached in probe into the money laundering case against Congress-controlled Associated Journals Limited (AJL). The federal probe agency said in a statement...
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Fresh violence was reported on Saturday from West Bengal's Murshidabad district with one person receiving a bullet wound, police said.The incident happened in Dhulian in the Samserganj block of the Muslim-majority district. Large-scale violence was reported on Friday from the Suti and Samserganj...
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Sukhbir Singh Badal was elected president of the Shiromani Akali Dal again in the party's general delegate session that took place in Amritsar on Saturday. Badal's name was proposed by party's working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar while party leader Paramjit Singh Sarna seconded...
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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday hailed the Supreme Court for setting a timeline for governors to act on bills passed by state assemblies and said it is a historic verdict good for federalism as it defines the role of governors. In a major victory to DMK-led Tamil Nadu government, the...
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UPI users across the country experienced transaction failures on Saturday as the popular payment system was down due to a technical glitch. This is the third time in less than a fortnight that UPI witnessed outages impacting transactions. In the recent past, UPI outage was reported on March...
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The family of veteran actor and filmmaker Manoj Kumar immersed his ashes in the Ganga at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar on Saturday.Kumar, who came to be known as 'Bharat Kumar' for his roles in a series of superhit patriotic films such as Upkar, Purab Aur Paschim, and Kranti, died on April 4 in a...
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A moderate intensity earthquake with epicentre in Pakistan struck Jammu and Kashmir at around 1 pm on Saturday, an official said. Tremors were felt in many parts of the Valley, but there were are no reports of loss of life or damage to property, he said.The 5.8 magnitude earthquake...
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Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday criticised Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for not speaking on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill during a long debate in Parliament. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said it is natural for Muslims to feel...
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A 31-year-old man was arrested in Kolkata's Survey Park area after he was caught while allegedly attempting to rob a bank using a toy gun, police said on Saturday.Dalim Basu, an employee of the Department of Post, went to the nationalised bank around 3 pm on Friday and showed the toy gun, asking...
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The Shiv Sena-UBT on Saturday said the Congress must talk about the status of the INDIA bloc and should have addressed questions about the opposition alliance in the party's recent meeting in Ahmedabad.In an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana, the Sena-UBT pointed out that the Congress only...
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A herd of 13 cows were run over by a speeding train while they were crossing a railway track near Meenkara Dam in this district on Saturday, police said. The cows died on the spot and their carcass was found scattered on the railway track and nearby areas, they said. The tragedy occurred...
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Phule, based on the lives of social reformers Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and Savitribai Phule, has been delayed due to objections raised by the Brahmin community and not because of the censor board-suggested amendments, film's director Ananth Mahadevan said on Friday.The biopic, featuring the Scam...
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Delhi Police has denied permission to a procession being carried out by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Hanuman Jayanti in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area in view of the sensitivity and ramification on law and order, an official on Saturday said. Your request to grant...
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Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday morning, police said.A gunfight broke out in a forest in the Indravati National Park area around 9 am, when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior...
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Over 110 people were arrested in connection with the violence that broke out in the Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal during a protest over the Waqf (Amendment) Act, police said on Saturday.Several vehicles, including police vans, were set on fire, stones were hurled at...
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Anjali Singh, Business StandardJSW MG Motor India has announced that its electric vehicle MG Windsor has become the fastest-selling EV model in the country, achieving 20,000 unit sales within just six months of launch.At the end of March 2025, JSW MG Motor enjoyed a 31 per cent retail market...
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Aashish Aryan, Business StandardIndia has developed several small-scale artificial intelligence (AI) models and it should now scale up rather than lose sleep over China's DeepSeek, Infosys Co-founder Nandan Nilekani said on Friday while asserting that the technologys adoption would be quicker in...
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A dust storm disrupted flight operations Friday evening at Delhi Airport, affecting passengers traveling to and from the city.According to airport sources, from Friday evening till Saturday morning, over 50 domestic flights operating from Indira Gandhi International Airport were delayed, around...
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Business StandardMadhur Bajaj, the former vice-chairman of Bajaj Auto, passed away at a hospital in Mumbai on Friday. He was 73.Bajaj had been admitted to Mumbais Breach Candy Hospital a few days ago due to health issues. Bajaj, who was currently serving as a director of Bajaj Finserv and Bajaj...
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Udisha Srivastav, Business StandardIIMA Ventures, a technology-focused investment platform, aims to invest in 30 deeptech startups from a Rs 40 crore corpus under its partnership with Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi).The platform has invested in 5 to 7 companies so far, and will...
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Muskan Rastogi, the prime accused in the brutal murder of her husband Saurabh Rajput, will now receive specialised care in jail after confirmation of her pregnancy, officials said on Friday.According to Senior Jail Superintendent Dr Viresh Raj Sharma, Muskan was taken to the medical college's...
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Two terrorists were killed in an ongoing operation in a snow-bound area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, the army said on Saturday. One terrorist was neutralised the day before.Official sources said the terrorists shot dead Saturday were affiliated with Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad...
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The White House on Friday installed a dramatic new painting of President Donald Trump, capturing the aftermath of an assassination attempt during a 2024 campaign rally, reported the Associated Press.The artwork now occupies the prominent position in the State Floor foyer traditionally reserved...
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Protests against the Waqf Act rocked parts of West Bengal on Friday, as agitators set ablaze vehicles, disrupted vehicular and rail movement, with a few policemen suffering injuries while trying to control the mob, officials said.The demonstrations took a violent turn in Suti in Murshidabad...
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President Droupadi Murmu arrived here on Friday after concluding her four-day historic two-nation state visits to Portugal and Slovakia, coming after nearly three decades at a time when India and the European Union are engaged in talks to finalise a free trade agreement. The president, who...
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Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha member Ramji Lal Suman has moved the Allahabad high court seeking security after an attack on his house that followed a remark he made in Parliament on 16th century Rajput king Rana Sanga last month. In the petition, Suman also sought an impartial probe into the...
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A soldier was injured in a gunfight after alert troops intercepted heavily armed terrorists attempting to sneak into this side from across the Line of Control near Jammu late Friday night, security officials said. The troops guarding the border picked up the movement of a group of terrorists...
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