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The proposed visit of President Droupadi Murmu to Shimla from May 5 to 9 has been postponed, officials said on Wednesday.Murmu was slated to reach Shimla on Monday and stay at the The Retreat (Rashtrapati Nivas) located near Mashobra, about 14 km from Shimla city and attend CFA-2025 (Celebrating...
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India on Wednesday banned Pakistan airlines from using its airspace amid escalating tensions with the neighbouring country in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.Sources said that a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) has been issued that bars Pakistan airlines from using the Indian airspace.The...
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A massive fire broke out at the Dilli Haat, a popular market, at INA in South Delhi on Wednesday night, an official of the Delhi Fire Service said.Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra said that the fire has been brought under control and that there was no immediate report of any casualties in the...
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The Allahabad high court will on Friday hear a petition filed against Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband, Robert Vadra, over his remarks on the Pahalgam terror attack.The petition against Vadra has been filed by the Hindu Front for Justice and others before the Lucknow bench of the...
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The rupee surged 42 paise to 84.54 against the US dollar on Wednesday as optimism around the US-India trade deal and unabated foreign fund inflows boosted investor sentiments.Besides, weakness in the greenback against major crosses overseas and lower levels of global crude prices supported the...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday disapproved of his party's social media pictorial 'X' post titled 'Gayab' to portray Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a leader missing in action during a crisis.Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah too expressed a similar view.The Congress had...
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said most parts of India are likely to see above-normal temperatures in May but occasional thunderstorms may keep the heat from reaching the severe levels of last year. IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said the number of...
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Sajjad Hussain, PTIUnited States Charge d'Affaires Natalie Baker on Wednesday met Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar as part of efforts to de-escalate tensions with India following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 in which 26 people were killed.According to the Foreign...
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Sajjad Hussain, PTI The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) plunged by more than 3,500 points on Wednesday as uncertainty took hold due to increasing risk of a showdown with India.Information Minister Atta Tarar said that India was planning military action against Pakistan in 26 to 36 hours,...
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The Narendra Modi government is committed to social justice and has taken a historic decision to carry out caste enumeration in the forthcoming census exercise, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday.Hours after the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) took the significant...
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The Karnataka high court has issued an interim stay on the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) money laundering proceedings against Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd (AIIPL) and its former head, Aakar Patel.The case, which stems from a 2022 prosecution complaint, will remain on hold until further...
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The Congress on Wednesday described the government's decision to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming census exercise as 'better late than never' and stressed that it had been demanding this for long.In a major decision, the government announced that caste enumeration will be included in...
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Gold prices declined by Rs 900 to Rs 98,550 per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday amid a weak trend in international markets, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had closed at Rs 99,450 per 10 grams on Tuesday. Gold of 99.5...
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Security forces deployed on the route leading to Baisaran valley. Routine maintenance of CCTV cameras underway in the Pahalgam market in the wake of the attack.
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Director Generals of Military Operations of India and Pakistan talked over hotline yesterday to discuss the unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistan. India warned Pakistan against the unprovoked violations by Pakistan Army along the Line of Control, defence sources tell ANI.Pakistani troops...
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Tata Motors, State Bank of India, UltraTech Cement, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Steel and Asian Paints were among the other laggards from the 30-share pack. Maruti, Bharti Airtel, Power Grid, Hindustan Unilever and HDFC Bank were among the gainers.
17:05
Sanjay Dwivedi, father of Shubham Dwivedi who was killed by terrorists in Pahalgam, says, I demand that Shubham should be given the status of 'shaheed'. Rahul Gandhi said that he had written a letter to the PM for a special session in parliament. Priyanka Gandhi talked to me and said that my...
16:55
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended flat in a highly volatile trade on Wednesday after two days of rally amid growing concern over geopolitical tensions and selling in Bajaj twins. Sustained foreign fund inflows, however, restricted the markets decline. The 30-share BSE...
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Update: In a major decision, the government on Wednesday decided to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming census exercise in a transparent manner. Announcing the decisions taken by the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the census comes under...
16:20
Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has decided today that Caste enumeration should be included in the forthcoming census, says Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Union Cabinet decisions.
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Lok Sabha LoP & Congress MP Rahul Gandhi meets the family of Shubham Dwivedi - a resident of Kanpur who was killed in a horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22. Rahul Gandhi says, A special session should be called for those who have lost their lives in the Pahalgam terror attack.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will represent India at Russia's Victory Day parade on May 9 that will mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Germany in the Second World War, official sources said on Wednesday. Russia invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the grand parade to be...
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The government's Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Wednesday debunked claims made in posts by several pro-Pakistan social media accounts that Indian Army's Northern Commander Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar has been 'removed' from his post after the Pahalgam attack, and said the general officer is...
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A Pakistani on her way home from India
As many as 786 Pakistani nationals, including 55 diplomats, their dependents and support staff, besides eight Indians with Pakistani visa, have left India through the Attari-Wagah border crossing in the last six days following a government order in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack,...
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A video circulating on social media purportedly showing a mob surrounding a schoolboy and coercing him into urinating on a Pakistani flag lying on a road here has prompted police to launch a probe and book three people. The Aligarh district unit of the Samajwadi Party condemned the incident,...
15:21
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not attend the 80th anniversary celebrations of Victory Day to be held in Moscow next month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday. India will not be represented at the highest level, Peskov said. According to local media reports Indian Defence...
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The CCS meeting
Amid the ongoing stand-off between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir, the Pakistani military, it seems, has started preparing for Indian military action.Sources in the country's military establishment said on Wednesday that Pakistani Navy vessels, including its...
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Pakistan's track record in sponsoring, sheltering, and exporting terrorism has once again come under global scrutiny in the wake of the recent Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. For decades, its soil has been used as a launchpad for cross-border terrorism, insurgency, and extremist...
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The Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is understood to have reviewed the overall security situation in Jammu and Kashmir amid speculations about India's possible response to the Pahalgam terror attack.The CCS took place a day after PM Modi held a meeting with...
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Security has been upped at all tourist spots in J-K
The Union government has revamped the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB). Alok Joshi, a former Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), has been appointed as the head of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB). Six more members have also been inducted into the board.The...
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Vaishnodevi Shriine
A week after the Pahalgam terror attack, a senior police officer visited renowned tourist destinations near Jammu and conducted a comprehensive review of the security situation, an official said on Wednesday. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban range, Shridhar Patil...
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced that Pakistan will host Bangladesh for a five-match T20I series in May. The series is a part of the Future Tour Programme (FTP) and was initially slated for three ODIs and as many T20Is.With the ICC Men's T20 World Cup set to be held next...
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The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has filed a case against AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain over alleged corruption in the construction of 12,748 classrooms in Delhi government schools, an official said on Wednesday. The scam is pegged at around Rs 2,000 crore and involved...
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Senior IPS officer Deven Bharti appointed Mumbai police commissioner.
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Trading in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) remained in the negative on Wednesday owing to the escalating tensions with India following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 people. Shares at the PSX fell over 2,000 points in intraday trade amid uncertainty over...
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Which were India's earliest 'modern' hotels? Kolkata was perhaps the site of the first hotel in India. Although Kochi too had a rather old hotel dating back to the days of the Dutch likely or maybe the British. During the era of colonial rule in India, hotels were established primarily to...
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The first CCS meet
In the wake of the deadly Pahalgam terrorist attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again convened a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) which will be followed by the meetings of Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)...
11:49
From bustling cities to placid villages, bicycles in India are much more than just transport. They are a way of life, carrying goods, dreams and continuing traditions. Submerse yourself in this lovely story here.
11:26
A court in Mumbai has issued a non-bailable warrant against diamantaire Mehul Choksi in the Canara Bank-led consortium loan fraud case involving about Rs 55 crore. Choksi, a prime accused in the multi-million dollar Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, was arrested in Belgium on April 12 following...
11:24
Flipkart, the Walmart-backed e-commerce giant, is aiming to go public in India as early as next year, with an initial public offering (IPO) valuation target of $60 billion to $70 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. If realised, the offering would rank as the largest...
11:21
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Opposition Congress and watchers of India-Canada ties, including former diplomats, on Tuesday hailed Canadian PM Mark Carney's victory in the country's federal elections.There was hope in New Delhi that India-Canada ties under Carney would improve from the damage...
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The Indian military thwarted Pakistan-based cyberattack attempts recently, officials said on Tuesday. Operating under an internet moniker, a hacker group sought to deface pages, disrupt online services and harvestpersonal information of Indians, said officials in the know who didn't wish to be...
11:08
The sketch of the Pahalgam terrorists
A young man from Jalna city in Maharashtra, who recently returned from Kashmir, has claimed that one of the suspected attackers in the Pahalgam terror case spoke to him a day before the carnage. Hindu ho kya. You don't look like you are from Kashmir, said Adarsh Raut, recalling his interaction...
10:50
Billionaire appears to have been asked to pressure friend to return to China to help pursue out-of-favour official. Read the report here.
10:41
What began as a faint smell of something burning turned into a night of horror for dozens of guests at a hotel in central Kolkata's Mechhuapatti area as a devastating fire broke out there, killing 15 people, including a woman and two children.The fire was spotted around 7:30-8 pm on Tuesday in...
10:22
Pak national Osama says he has a ration card and votes in India
In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 Indian tourists, the Indian government decided to break all diplomatic ties with Pakistan, including the cancellation of all kinds of visas of Pakistani nationals currently in India. Following this, a total of 786 Pakistani...
10:04
The post delete by the Congress
Following severe backlash from BJP leaders, the Congress party has deleted its controversial social media post featuring a headless poster with the word GAYAB (missing), which targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The move came after the BJP slammed Congress for the post, accusing it of...
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Pakistan's incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday termed the Pahalgam terror attack deeply disturbing and tragic while saying that India needs to act responsibly. Loss of human life in Pahalgam incident is deeply disturbing and tragic. I extend my deepest condolences...
09:47
Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, the US has called on both countries not to escalate the conflict. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will speak to foreign ministers of both countries as early as today or tomorrow.US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce at a press briefing on...
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United States President Donald Trump has said that tariff negotiations with India are coming along great, and he thinks the two countries will strike a trade deal. Trump made these remarks on Tuesday while speaking to reporters outside the White House.I think we'll have a deal with India,...
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Fourteen people, including one woman and two children, were killed in the massive fire that broke out at a hotel in the city's Mechuapatti area on Tuesday night, police said.Thirteen others sustained injuries.According to a senior officer of Kolkata Police, the deceased include 11 men, of whom...
08:55
Pakistani troops engaged in unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in multiple sectors across four border districts of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting Indian forces to 'respond effectively', officials said on Wednesday. The firing, which began with...
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Seven people were killed and several others injured when a rain-soaked wall collapsed at the Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Simhachalam, here, in the early hours of Wednesday, the government said.Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu expressed deep sorrow and said he had...
08:24
Pakistan on Wednesday claimed it has credible intelligence that India is planning military action against it in the next 24-36 hours and warned New Delhi that there would be consequences.The statement came hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told the top defence brass that the...
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Maharashtra BJP minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
The Ahilyanagar district police in Maharashtra have registered a cheating case against senior Maharashtra BJP minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and 53 others over alleged irregularities in disbursal of Rs 8.86 crore loan to farmers, an official said. The case was filed as per the directive...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan/Courtesy X
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan held a meeting here on Tuesday, during which they discussed a range of topics, including creative economy in Mumbai and the upcoming WAVES Summit. They also held talks on the expansion of YouTube, a popular online video...
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A video went viral on the social media here on Tuesday in which two Kashmiri shawl vendors in Mussoorie can be seen being slapped by a group of local men and forced to shut their shop. In the video, they were seen being abused and slapped repeatedly by a group of three persons led by a...
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