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The Lucknow police have arrested two men from Delhi for allegedly operating a bogus call centre that defrauded people by posing as bank representatives and luring them into credit card renewal scams, officials said on Thursday. The gang is suspected to have committed cyber frauds amounting...
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People faced difficulties in making online payments through the popular Unified Payments Interface platform on Thursday evening due to technical issues. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which runs the UPI platform, said a few banks' systems faced troubles due to which...
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The police have registered seven cases in connection with multiple incidents of violence including the attack on YouTubers by a mob and unlawful assembly that occurred on August 6 near Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada, officials said on Thursday. Following the attack on YouTubers, clashes...
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Jammu and Kashmir deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary had a narrow escape on Thursday when his vehicle suffered a brake failure on the Mughal Road in Poonch district. When my bulletproof vehicle, in which I was travelling from Pir Ki Gali, suffered a brake failure following smoke coming...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received a telephone call from Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, and the two leaders agreed to enhance cooperation in trade, technology, energy, defence, agriculture, health, and people-to-people ties, the PMO said. The development comes a...
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The Allahabad high court on Thursday adjourned till August 20 the hearing on a writ petition challenging the validity of an ordinance related to the Bankey Bihari temple at Mathura. When the matter was taken up before a two-judge bench comprising Justices Arindam Sinha and Manjiv Shukla, it...
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A 24-year-old CRPF jawan allegedly died by suicide by hanging himself at a camp in Amethi district on Thursday, the police said. The deceased has been identified as Khadge Amoldas, a native of Aland village in Maharashtra's Buldhana district. According to the police, fellow jawans took...
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National security advisor Ajit Doval called on Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Thursday, the Kremlin press service said. A video clip shared by it showed Doval shaking hands with Putin before holding the talks. Earlier, Doval held talks with Russian Security Council...
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Kapil Sharma's caf in Canada's Surrey has come under gunfire again this week, marking the second such incident in less than a month, according to an NDTV report on Thursday. Security footage reportedly shows at least 25 shots were fired at the cafe. Two gangs identified as Gurpreet...
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Maharashtra minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha on Thursday claimed Jain community members had no role in the protest at a popular pigeon feeding spot in Mumbai, where agitators forcibly removed a tarpaulin cover to offer grains to the birds. He clarified there was no religious angle to the pigeon...
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The water level in Yamuna reached 205.03 metres at 5 pm on Thursday, just a few notches away from the danger mark of 205.33 metres at the Old Railway Bridge, officials said. The water level was recorded at 204.88 metre at 8 am on Thursday, crossing the warning level of 204.50...
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The Delhi high court has reserved its order for later on Thursday over the release of movie Udaipur Files, which is reportedly based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal murder case. A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing a plea against the ministry of...
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Airlines have reported 190 technical glitches in aircraft this year till July 21, the government said on Thursday.Minister of State For Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, said technical snags are general phenomena in aircraft which may be caused due to improper...
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A Delhi court on Thursday allowed 26/11 Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana to have phone conversations with family members for the limited purpose of discussing engagement of a private counsel, court sources said. They said special judge Chander Jit Singh passed the order in an...
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Kerala high court on Thursday stayed the proceedings in connection with the FIR lodged against Malayalam film actor Shwetha Menon for allegedly publishing or transmitting obscene scenes of some of her past movies and advertisements. The interim order was passed by Justice VG Arun on a plea...
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The Odisha government on Thursday appointed Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit as brand ambassador of the state's handloom industry. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi made the announcement at the inauguration of the Exhibition-cum-Knowledge Sharing for Textile Advantage or 'EKTA', an initiative to...
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Kirill A Dmitriev, Russian President's envoy for investment and economic cooperation, on Thursday confirmed that preparations are underway for a possible summit between Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump next week.Taking to social media platform X, Dmitriev said, Russia confirms...
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Two brothers wanted in the murder of a journalist, among other crimes, were killed in an encounter with a joint team of the Special Task Force and the local police in Sitapur on Thursday, officials said. However, the late journalist's wife slammed the encounter and called for a CBI probe...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty staged a comeback on Thursday following the last-hour buying in IT and banking shares, even as US President Donald Trump slapping an additional 25 percent duty on Indian goods weighed on investor sentiment. Rebounding around 926 points from the day's...
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Activist Manoj Jarange has said he will launch a fresh agitation on August 29 in Mumbai to press for his demand of reservation for the Maratha community. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Jarange said he along with other members of the Maratha community will leave from his Antarwali Sarati...
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The National Democratic Alliance on Thursday authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president J P Nadda to pick the ruling bloc's vice presidential candidate, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said. It was a unanimous decision, the parliamentary affairs minister said. A meeting of...
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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday met Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu, who said that the two countries are linked by strong, time-tested ties of friendship. Doval arrived in Moscow on Wednesday to hold crucial talks on bilateral energy and defence ties and to...
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The Bombay high court on Thursday said it had not passed any order directing the closure of `kabutarkhanas' (pigeon-feeding spots) in the city, but only refrained from staying the closure order of the municipal corporation. A committee of experts can study whether the old Kabutarkhanas in...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar/ANI Photo
For the first time a Bihar minister on Thursday publicly favoured Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar to enter politics.Nishant Kumar ko rajniti mein aana hi chahiye, Ashok Choudhary, a senior Janata Dal-United leader who is considered close to Nitish Kumar,...
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The Kremlin on Thursday said preparations are underway for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump ' their first since Trump's return to office this year.The announcement comes amid signs of growing war fatigue in Ukraine.A new Gallup poll reveals that...
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The Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka on Thursday asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to share names of electors he claimed were either included or excluded wrongfully from the voters' list of the state along with a signed declaration for the poll authorities to initiate necessary proceedings...
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Pak army chief Asim Munir
Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir is expected to visit the US this week for consultations with top American officials, his second trip to Washington since the four-day conflict with India, a media report said on Thursday. In June, Munir travelled to the US on a rare five-day trip during which...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday cited an analysis of data from a Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka from the 2024 general elections to allege that the Election Commission is colluding with the BJP to steal elections and called it a crime against the Constitution. Addressing a press...
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The ministry of youth affairs and sports (MYAS) has launched an online quiz on the national flag and 25 top-scoring participants in the age bracket of 21 to 29 will get an opportunity to visit Siachen with Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. The quiz, according to the ministry, will foster...
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Odisha Police have arrested three persons, including a minor, on the charge of repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl for over a month in Mayurbhanj district, an officer said on Thursday.Among the arrested is the brother-in-law of the survivor.The arrests were made on Wednesday after the girl's...
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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said that India should also raise tariffs on American goods to 50 per cent in response to the US imposing an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian exports. Tharoor questioned why India should stop at the current 17 per cent tariff and emphasised...
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Streaming service Netflix on Wednesday announced Inspector Zende, a gripping crime drama headlined by actors Manoj Bajpayee and Jim SarbhThe film, inspired by true events, will begin streaming on the platform from September 5, Netflix said in a statement.Set in the bustling bylanes of 1970s and...
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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray supremo Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government, saying US President Donald Trump was 'mocking' Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was 'unable' to give a strong reply.At a press conference,...
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The Odisha police on Thursday transferred an ASI to ensure a transparent probe into the allegations of the father of a self-immolation victim that the officer had earlier refused to lodge an FIR about the deceased's ex-boyfriend threatening her of uploading her intimate photographs on social...
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has commenced shooting for the 17th season of the long-running quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati.The new season is set to feature not only new contestants and challenging questions, but also special surprises in celebration of the show's 25-year journey, the makers said in...
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The anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district entered the seventh day on Thursday -- the longest so far this year -- as security forces continued to battle the ultras hiding in the deep forest area, officials said.Army's Northern Commander Lt Gen Pratik Sharma reviewed the...
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Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and 15 injured when a vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and rolled down into a nallah in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Thursday, officials said.The incident took place around 10:30 am in the Kadwa area when the...
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The Army, in close coordination with other authorities, continues to intensify Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations in the cloudburst-affected area of Dharali, near Harsil in Uttarakhand, according to an official statement. The region remains cut off due to multiple...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said US President Donald Trump's decision to impose 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods was a foreign policy disaster, and claimed the Modi government is clueless on how to deal with it.A day after Trump imposed a penalty of another 25 percent on...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday presented a gift to US President Donald Trump before announcing an additional 100 billion USD in company investments in US manufacturing. During the press conference at the White House on Wednesday (local time), Tim Cook presented a unique piece of glass...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Allahabad high court judge Yashwant Varma's plea seeking invalidation of a report by an in-house inquiry panel, which found him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A G Masih said Justice Varma's...
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East India Hotels, part of The Oberoi Group, will add four new hotel projects in Goa, Bengaluru, Gujarat, and Hyderabad to strengthen its presence in key leisure and urban destinations in India.The company will expand through its Oberoi and Trident brands for the new hotels under...
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The water level of the Yamuna river in Delhi reached 204.88 metres at the Old Railway Bridge in New Delhi on Thursday, crossing the warning level of 204.50 metres, officials said.According to officials, an alert has been issued to all the agencies concerned to take precautionary measures to deal...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India will never compromise the interests of its farmers, fishermen and dairy farmers, asserting that he would be ready to pay any price.For us, farmers' interest is the foremost priority. India will never compromise the interests of farmers, fishermen...
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The initial 25 per cent tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on Indian imports came into effect on Thursday.Last week, the White House announced that India will face tariffs of 25 per cent after Trump issued an executive order listing the various duties that Washington will impose on...
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Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson on Wednesday sought to reassure members of the airlines frequent flyer programme, Maharaja Club, that their concerns over flight safety were 'understandable' given the heightened scrutiny following a recent fatal crash and regulatory findings. He said the...
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For the sustainability of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) system, it is important that the associated costs are borne by someone, Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra noted on Wednesday, while emphasising that he never said that the burden will be borne by the users.Who pays is...
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The Reserve Bank of India has introduced systematic investment plans (SIPs) facility for investment in treasury bills in the central bank's Retail Direct scheme.'To enable investors to systematically plan their investments, an auto-bidding facility for treasury bills (T-bills), covering both...
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A woman arrested by Gujarat ATS for allegedly promoting Al Qaeda agenda had appealed to Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir to invade India during Operation Sindoor to 'unify Muslim lands' under 'Project Khilafat', officials have said.Shama Parveen Ansari was arrested from her residence in...
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Two people, including a 15-year-old, were on Wednesday held in connection with the gang-rape of a minor girl in Maharajpur area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, police said.The police said that the third accused is at large and a manhunt has been launched to nab him.The incident came to light after the...
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The Election Commission issued a notification on Thursday for the September 9 election to the vice president's post, kickstarting the nomination process.According to the notification, August 21 is the last date for filing nominations, while the documents will be scrutinised on August 22.August 25...
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Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday said the Indian economy is contributing more to global growth than that of the US.He was speaking at the post-monetary policy press conference.When asked for his views on US President Donald J Trump calling Indian economy dead, Malhotra...
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United States President Donald Trump has said India is 'very close' to China in terms of its purchases of Russian oil and will pay tariffs of 50 per cent as he indicated that 'you are going to see so much secondary sanctions'..... As you know, we put a 50-per cent tariff on India on oil. They are...
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India and Russia are exploring opportunities in rare earth and critical minerals extraction, underground coal gasification, and creation of modern industrial infrastructure, an official statement said on Wednesday.The issue came up for discussions during the India-Russia Working Group on...
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