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The police will take on remand the man who allegedly threw meat pieces at the historic Jama Masjid in Agra, an officer said on Sunday.So far, only Nazruddin's involvement has come to light in the investigation. However, we suspect that others may also be involved. Their roles will be probed...
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Posters labelling Congress MP Digvijaya Singh as gaddar (traitor) following his opposition to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha triggered a war of words between him and the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. After such posters surfaced in Guna, Singh responded by asking...
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Former Supreme Court judge Justice (retd) Dinesh Maheshwari is likely to head the law commission, sources said on Sunday. A formal notification announcing his appointment as chairperson of the 23rd Law Commission is expected to be issued this week, sources in the know said. The 23rd law...
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Days after violence erupted in West Bengal's Murshidabad, DGP Rajeev Kumar said that the situation is under control. The situation is fully under control, West Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar told reporters on Sunday. Three people were killed in the Murshidabad district following...
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The curfew imposed in the Birgunj Municipality of Nepal's Parsa district following violent clashes during a Hanuman Jayanti procession has been extended till midnight Sunday, officials said. The curfew was imposed on Saturday after dozens of people, including policemen and residents, were...
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The Punjab police on Sunday claimed to have foiled plans of Pakistan-based ISI to disturb peace and harmony in the region following the arrest of two terror operatives with an improvised explosive device containing RDX. The two accused, Jagga Singh and Manjinder Singh, both residents of...
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Senior Congress leader Okram Ibobi Singh on Sunday said that the Manipur unit of the party will file a petition with the Supreme Court against the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Act. The former three-time chief minister claimed that the Act is a gross violation of the Constitution. We are...
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Ruling TMC MLA Humayun Kabir on Sunday condemned the violent protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act in West Bengal's Murshidabad district where three people have died, and asserted that the attacks are against the spirit of Islam. Stressing the need for strong action against the...
19:29
A man accused of raping and murdering a minor girl in Kalyan town here, a case that had hit national headlines, allegedly committed suicide at Taloja Central Jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai early on Sunday, the police said. The accused, Vishal Gawli (35), was found hanging in the prison...
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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president and actor Vijay has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. Several petitions were filed in the apex court challenging the Act, contending that it was discriminatory towards the Muslim community and violated...
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Five persons, including three children, are missing after a mini goods vehicle fell into a canal in Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred around 12.30 pm between Mukundpur and Madwarani villages under Urga police station limits when a vehicle with 12...
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Israel on Sunday launched missiles at Gaza's al-Ahli Hospital, causing damage to its emergency unit and putting the only remaining operational hospital in northern Gaza inoperative, Al Jazeera reported. Health officials evacuated patients, with some, including those in critical...
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Former Bihar minister Brishin Patel on Sunday disclosed that he has joined the Jan Suraaj Party founded by former election strategist Prashant Kishor. Patel was talking to reporters in his native district of Vaishali, a day after he met Kishor and became a member of the newly floated...
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Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi has sparked a row by asking students to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' during an event in Madurai. At an event held at a private engineering college in Madurai on Saturday, Ravi, who was the chief guest, at the end of his address, asked students to chant after him...
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Protestors threw stones while the police used batons at a rally held against the Waqf (Amendment) Act on Sunday when agitators and the police clashed in Cachar district of Assam, a senior official said. The official told PTI that several hundred people hit the streets in Berenga area of...
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A Russian missile strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has resulted in the deadliest attack of the year, leaving at least 21 people dead, CNN reported, citing local authorities. The assault occurred as residents were attending Sunday church services. Ukraine's...
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A Russian missile strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has resulted in the deadliest attack of the year, leaving at least 21 people dead, CNN reported, citing local authorities. The assault occurred as residents were attending Sunday church services. Ukraine's...
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It is the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance that is going to dislodge the DMK regime from power following a win in the 2026 assembly election, newly elect Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagenthran said on Sunday. Nagenthran, without naming anyone said...
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The Punjab police on Sunday questioned senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa over his purported statement that 50 bombs have reached Punjab, of which 18 have exploded. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann also questioned the particulars of Bajwa's statement, saying neither Punjab police...
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A 19-year-old engineering student at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Gujarat's Vadodara city allegedly committed suicide in a hostel on Sunday morning, the police said. Abhishek Sharma, who hailed from Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir, recently lost his father due to which he had...
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All India Muslim Personal Law Board will conduct a protest meeting against the Waqf (Amendment) Act here on April 19, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi said on Sunday. The meeting will be held at Darussalam (AIMIM's headquarters) under the leadership of AIMPLB president Khalid Saifullah...
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Karnataka deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday said that the government will not take any hasty decision regarding the Socio-Economic and Education Survey report, popularly known as the 'caste census', that was recently tabled before the state cabinet. He said the cabinet will go...
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Congress MP Isha Khan Choudhury on Sunday urged the TMC government to organise an all-party meeting to restore peace in the violence-hit Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Choudhury is the MP of Maldaha Dakshin constituency, a part of which is Murshidabad district's Samserganj assembly...
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Acting is his first love, but he wants to play a bit of a God again as a director, says Randeep Hooda, who is currently developing the script of an action film. Hooda turned director with 2024's Swatantra Veer Savarkar, a biopic on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar in which he played the title...
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A court in Kochi has found serious lapses in the police inquiry into a 2015 drug case involving actor Shine Tom Chacko and six others. Ernakulam first additional district and sessions judge Sulekha M acquitted the actor and four women-- Reshma Rangaswamy, assistant director Blessy Sylvester,...
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Two persons were arrested from Gujarat for allegedly defrauding the vice chancellor of Odisha's Berhampur University, Geetanjali Dash, of Rs 14 lakh, police said on Sunday. Identifying themselves as Enforcement Directorate officers, the accused reached out to Dash, claiming that she was involved...
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One person died after a plane crashed in a field near the town of Copake, New York, on Saturday, The New York Times reported, citing the Columbia County Sheriff's Office. Two passengers were onboard the plane, a Mitsubishi MU-2B heading to Columbia County Airport near Hudson, New York,...
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Sunny Deol-starrer Jaat has collected Rs 32.2 crore at the domestic box office (gross) during its opening weekend, the makers announced on Sunday. Written and directed by Gopichand Malineni, the film is produced by People Media Factory and Mythri Movie Makers. It released in theatres on...
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The West Bengal police arrested a total of 150 individuals in connection with the recent violence in the Murshidabad district, which was sparked by protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act. Adequate police forces have been deployed in Samserganj, Dhuliyan, and other affected areas to...
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The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority has forecast severe heat wave conditions in 30 mandals across the state on Sunday. Out of the 30 mandals, seven in Vizianagaram, 11 in Parvathipuram Manyam, 10 in Srikakulam, and one each in Eluru and NTR districts are expected to suffer...
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Security forces on Sunday seized caches of 1 M4 rifle, two AK47s with some of their bullets along with medicines, after three terrorists were killed in Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir. 1 M4 rifle, 2 AK 47s, 11 magazines, 65 M4 bullets, 56 AK47 bullets have been seized. Apart...
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The police registered a case against a 30-year-old IPS officer for allegedly raping a woman doctor in Maharashtra's Nagpur after promising to marry her, officials said on Sunday. The woman approached the Imamwada Police Station in Nagpur with a complaint recently, they said. According...
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The police apprehended nine persons in connection with stone-pelting during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Madhya Pradesh's Guna city, officials said on Sunday. The incident took place at around 7.45 pm on Saturday near a mosque in Colonelganj area when members of two communities came...
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Drug makers Glenmark, Sun Pharma and Zydus are recalling products in the US for manufacturing issues, the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) said in its latest Enforcement Report.As per the US health regulator, Mumbai-based Glenmark is recalling over 25 products in the US market due to...
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The caste census report, submitted to the Karnataka cabinet, has recommended enhancing the reservation for Backward Communities from the existing 32 per cent to 51 per cent.According to government sources, the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey, caste census in short, also highlighted that the...
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A Governor does not possess any discretion in exercise of functions under Article 200 of the Constitution in respect to any bill presented to them and must mandatorily abide by the advice tendered by the council of ministers, the Supreme Court has held.A bench of Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice...
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Suspended Bharatiya Janata Party functionary Nupur Sharma met Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday in the national capital.Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was seen chanting 'Jai Shree Ram (Hail Lord Ram)' while holding Nupur Sharma.Sharma was suspended in June 2022 as the spokesperson for BJP...
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A group of people forcibly entered the famous Mata Tekri temple in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas city after it had closed for the night and allegedly beat up its priest as he refused to let them in, police said.While the opposition Congress claimed the son of a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA was part of...
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Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar head Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar shared the dais at an event in Satara on Saturday.This was the second time this week that the two leaders were seen together. Sharad Pawar on Thursday attended the engagement...
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A Russian missile struck a warehouse of an Indian pharmaceutical company in Ukraine on Saturday, the Ukrainian embassy in India said.In a social media post, the mission alleged that though Russia claimed 'special friendship' with India, it was deliberately targeting Indian businesses in...
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