23:57
A court in Mumbai refused anticipatory bail to a 60-year-old lawyer accused of abetting the preparation of forged documents of a trust, saying more care and integrity was expected from him as he has been practising for thirty years. The anticipatory bail plea of advocate Ramji Gupta...
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The United States has designated the Balochistan Liberation Army and its faction, the Majeed Brigade, as a foreign terrorist organisation. The US State Department move places the groups under sanctions and makes it a crime for individuals in the US to provide them with material...
23:28
Action star Jackie Chan says it's difficult to make a good movie in Hollywood at present as everything revolves around business rather than quality.Chan, whose credits include notable roles in projects such as The Fearless Hyena (1979), Who Am I? (1998), and Police Story (1985),...
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a PIL seeking direction to the Centre to frame policies for a more equitable system of reservation in government employment. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Centre and sought their response by October 10 on...
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Six persons were killed in various rain-related incidents in past 24 hours in Uttar Pradesh, an official report of the state relief commissioner said on Monday. According to the report, one each died in Pratapgarh, Banda and Sant Kabir Nagar due to snake bite, one in Sambhal due to excessive...
22:08
The Delhi police on Monday issued a traffic advisory ahead of the full-dress rehearsal for Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort on August 13, urging commuters to avoid certain roads in the morning due to extensive restrictions in the area. The advisory said that traffic around the...
21:48
Some people allegedly damaged a Hindu place of worship in a village in this Uttar Pradesh district, prompting police to step up security and detain six men for questioning, officials said on Monday. The incident took place in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday in Padohiya village of...
21:24
US President Donald Trump has said that his administration's tariff measures have not only boosted revenue but also strengthened Washington's leverage over its adversaries, enabling it to resolve international disputes including the India-Pakistan conflict. ...The tariffs have helped, gives...
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The SIT probing allegations of several bodies being buried at various locations in Dharmasthala village has begun inspections using Ground Penetrating Radar technology, officials said.On Monday, the Special Investigation Team, accompanied by GPR specialists, moved to the 13th site identified by...
20:42
Ashwin Kumar's directorial Mahavatar Narsimha continues its successful run at the box office and has already crossed the mark of Rs 200 crore with its worldwide collection. The film released on July 25 and has created history by becoming the first ever animated Hindi film to collect...
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A Pakistani intruder was killed after being shot at by the BSF while attempting to sneak into this side from across the International Border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The Border Security Force (BSF) said they are lodging a protest with their...
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An 11-year-old member of a Govinda squad died on Monday after he fell during a practice session to form a human pyramid for the upcoming Dahi Handi festival in Dahisar area of Mumbai, triggering concerns over the safety of young participants. Mahesh Jadhav suffered a head injury during...
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Rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day on a negative note, lower by 8 paise at 87.66 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, as it came under pressure due to continued dollar demand by importers and a rebound in crude oil prices. Forex traders said the rupee pared initial...
19:14
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and exchanged views on recent developments related to the ongoing conflict. Modi reiterated India's consistent stand favouring an early and peaceful resolution through dialogue and diplomacy. Glad...
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Around 20,000 people are affected due to flood-like situation in Jharkhand's Sahibganj district, with the water level of river Ganga river crossing the danger mark on Monday, an official said.As precautionary measures, all government and private schools located in flood-prone or low-lying areas...
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An analysis of Bihar's draft voter list, updated under the Special Intensive Revision, has found that Hindus form a larger share of excluded voters, especially in the Seemanchal region, according to a study by news portal Scroll. The study examined digital electoral rolls using a name-based...
18:31
The Chhattisgarh State Waqf Board on Monday announced that hoisting the national flag will be mandatory at all mosques, dargahs, imambaras, and khanqahs in the state on Independence Day.Speaking about the decision, n Salim Raj, Waqf Board chairman said the move reflects the sentiment that Indian...
18:27
Benchmark BSE Sensex rallied 746 points to close above the 80,000 mark on Monday following buying in oil, auto and banking shares amid fresh foreign fund inflows. The 30-share Sensex jumped 746.29 points or 0.93 per cent to settle at 80,604.08 with 26 of its constituents ending...
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Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Monday said banks are free to decide the minimum balance for savings accounts and that it does not fall under the regulatory domain of the RBI. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function on 'Financial Inclusion Saturation...
17:39
Lok Sabha on Monday passed two laws pertaining to taxation -- Income-Tax (No 2) Bill and Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill -- amid din. The Income-Tax (No.2) Bill, 2025 seeks to consolidate and amend the law relating to Income Tax Act 1961 while the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 will...
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Air India on Monday announced the suspension of its services between Delhi and Washington DC, effective September 1, due to a combination of operational factors, to ensure the reliability and integrity of the airline's overall route network.The suspension is primarily driven by the planned...
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Five persons looted 10 kilograms of gold valued at Rs 10 crore and Rs 5 lakh cash from a bank in Khitola area of Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district on Monday, a police official said. The heist took just 18 minutes, the official said, adding the accused came on two motorcycles and entered the...
17:03
The police cracked Lakshmi Devi murder case in Koratagere in Tumakuru and arrested her dentist son-in-law Dr Ramachandrappa S and his two accomplices. The Tumakuru police recovered the severed head of a woman and her partially decomposed, dismembered body pieces, found stuffed in multiple...
16:25
Six boys -- five adults and one minor -- allegedly tried to give an electric shock to two minor Dalit boys at a government BC welfare hostel in Palnadu district, police said on Monday. The incident occurred on August 7 and reportedly stemmed from an attempt to separate one of the victims...
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A 49-year-old woman's visit to her former school ended in an unimaginable tragedy after she suffered severe injuries in a tree fall incident there and died on way to hospital as an ambulance ferrying her got stuck in massive traffic jam on a highway in Palghar. She could have been saved if...
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India has recorded normal rainfall so far this monsoon season, but the distribution is highly uneven across states, the latest state-wise compilation by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) shows. Between June 1 and August 10, the country recorded 539 mm of rain against a normal of...
15:30
PM Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva
Brazil's Ambassador in India, Kenneth Felix Haczynski, on Monday said they see the US administration's tariffs as a challenge, but at the same time, it is an opportunity to look for trusted partners to do more business. We suffer the imposition of unexpected high tariffs. We (are) seeing the...
15:23
Ahead of the upcoming meeting in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a ceasefire deal, Vice President Vance expressed a clear desire to end the funding of the Ukraine war and bring about peace, according to The Hill. We're done with the...
14:59
Congress MP Renuka Chaudhary at the protests
All the opposition MPs detained on their way to the Election Commission office on Monday to voice their protest against the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and alleged 'vote chori' were released after about two hours, police officials said. More than 30 MPs, including Congress' Rahul...
14:52
MEA statement on Pakistan army chief's nuclear threat: Our attention has been drawn to remarks reportedly made by the Pakistani Chief of Army Staff while on a visit to the United States. Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan's stock-in-trade. The international community can draw its own...
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Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir's nuclear threat from the US soil showed that the neighbouring country is an irresponsible state with such weapons, government sources said on Monday.There is a real danger of nuclear weapons falling in the hands of non state actors in Pakistan, they...
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The Election Commission on Monday said that Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi still has time to submit a formal declaration to substantiate his allegation of vote theft or apologise to the country. The Karnataka CEO on Sunday asked Congress MP Rahul...
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Aviation watchdog DGCA on Monday said Air India's flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi was diverted to Chennai on Sunday evening due to suspected malfunctioning of the weather radar of the aircraft, which landed safely, amid some Parliamentarians who were onboard the plane flagging safety...
14:05
Asim Munir in the US
Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir's comments show that Pakistan is an irresponsible state with nuclear weapons, India says. There is real danger of nuclear weapons falling in the hands of non state actors in Pakistan. The Pak Army Chief's statement is part of pattern; whenever US supports Pak...
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The body of a newborn girl was found in the bushes near a drain in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city on Monday, police said.The infant's body, wrapped in a cloth, was recovered from the bushes near the Choithram intersection, and it has been sent for post-mortem, said Neeraj Birthare, in-charge of...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said the protest against 'vote chori' and SIR is a fight to protect people's right to vote and a struggle to save democracy, and asserted the INDIA alliance will expose BJP's conspiracy. His remarks came as top opposition leaders were stopped...
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A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five persons on multiple occasions over three months in central Mumbai, police said on Monday. The police on Sunday arrested a 25-year-old man and detained four juveniles in connection with the sexual assault in the Kalachowki area, an official...
13:12
New Delhi DCP Devesh Kumar Mahla
New Delhi DCP Devesh Kumar Mahla on the INDIA bloc march to EC: There was a permission for 30 MPs from the Election Commission. Since they were in large numbers, we detained them. We have informed them that 30 MPs will be allowed (to meet ECI). We will take 30 MPs (to the Election...
12:53
Responding to the claims of Congress MP K C Venugopal that there was another aircraft in the runway when we are going to land Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya called it a extremely serious, claim denied by the Air India a day after a Delhi bound flight made an emergency landing at the...
12:49
Terming the stray dog menace in the city as extremely grim, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Delhi government and civic bodies to start picking up strays from all localities at the earliest and keep them at dog shelters. While passing a slew of directions to tackle the menace of dog...
12:44
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi among those detained during opposition march to EC office. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi and others helped TMC MP Mitali Bagh, who fainted during the opposition protest and the resulting detention by the police.
12:29
INDIA bloc protests
Political parties are yet to file any objection or claim regarding the addition or deletion of voters in the revised draft electoral roll in poll-bound Bihar, as no such claims have come in till 11 am on Monday, Election Commission of India said.Releasing its daily bulletin today, the poll body...
12:21
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala has lashed out at the Election Commission, accusing it of hiding voter fraud with its lame duck excuses when confronted with evidence of mass manipulation of voter rolls. His remarks came after the Haryana chief electoral officer (CEO) on Saturday...
12:14
Akhilesh Yadav climbs over barricade
Delhi Police stops INDIA bloc leaders marching from the Parliament to the Election Commission of India to protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar and allegations of voter fraud during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Samajwadi Party chief...
11:55
Congress MP K C Venugopal on Monday alleged that Air India is lying about a potential safety lapse at the Chennai airport runway, while the Delhi-bound AI 2455 flight had to take a diversion due to bad weather conditions. He also called for a fair enquiry by the Directorate General of Civil...
11:34
Early morning rain on Monday threatened to hamper the ongoing search and rescue operations in the flash floods-hit Dharali village, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a 'yellow' alert for all districts of Uttarakhand. In some areas, rescuers manually dug through the...
11:23
Contrary to repeated claims by Vikashsheel Insaan Party head Mukesh Sahni that he will be Bihar's deputy chief minister if the Mahagathbandan is elected to power in the assembly election, Rashtriya Janata Dal General Secretary Abdul Bari Siddiqui says, Yeh kahin bhi tai nahi hua hai ki sarkar...
11:11
Once a dramatic feature of the White House entryway, the official portrait of former President Barack Obama has been moved to a decidedly less prominent position, underscoring the yearslong tensions between the 44th and 47th presidents, reports CNN.Portraits of other recent predecessors with whom...
11:01
Shares of air-conditioning maker and engineering services provider Voltas Ltd on Monday tumbled nearly 9 per cent after the firm reported a decline of 58 per cent in consolidated net profit for the June quarter. The stock tanked 7.78 per cent to Rs 1,202.20 on the BSE. At the NSE, it...
10:57
Crypto exchange platform CoinDCX will absorb the entire $44 million loss -- equivalent to about three to four months of its revenue -- from an alleged security breach on its balance sheet this financial year (FY26), said Sumit Gupta, cofounder and CEO of the company. The theft was reported on...
10:42
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A woman attendant at a daycare in a Noida residential complex has been detained after the parents of a 15-month-old baby girl accused her of assaulting the infant, reports NDTV.While the baby's thighs have bite marks, disturbing CCTV footage from the daycare shows the attendant hitting the little...
10:24
In the fourth such incident within a month, a 13-year-old girl allegedly set herself on fire and is struggling for life at a hospital in Odisha's Bargarh district, police said on Monday. The incident took place at Phiringmal village within Gaisilat police station limits. The minor was...
10:13
Apple Inc, through its vendors, exported iPhones worth $6 billion from India during the April-June 2025 quarter, growing a staggering 82 per cent over the same period last year, according to data shared by the vendors with the government.Exports stood at only $3.2 billion in the same period a...
10:07
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Tripura Police has arrested a woman for allegedly killing her five-month-old child in Sepahijala district, officials said on Monday. Initial investigation revealed that Suchitra Debbarma (28) killed her infant to pave the way for her plan to elope with a man she had been in a relationship with...
09:50
Air India on Sunday said its retrofitting of the widebody fleet began last month, and is scheduled to conclude by October 2028, as part of the airline's $400 million fleet upgrade programme aimed at delivering a better flying experience and enhancing operational reliability.The first of 26 Boeing...
09:44
Pak Army chief Asim Munir with former US Central Command Commander General Michael E Kurilla
Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan, Pakistani Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has said, repeating his anti-India rhetoric. The Pakistani army chief made the comments while addressing the Pakistani diaspora in Tampa, Florida. He is currently on a visit to the US. Weeks before the...
09:39
Work is going on to open the road blocked due to the landslide in Nandprayag in Chamoli district following rainfall days after the cloudburst in Uttarkahsi which left behind a trail of destruction.Speaking to ANI, District Magistrate of Chamoli district, Sandeep Tiwari said that work is going on...
09:35
US President Donald Trump has not yet decided on imposing levies on China for purchasing oil from Russia, as Washington's ties with Beijing affect many things that have nothing to do with the Russian situation, Vice President J D Vance has said. Well, the President said he's thinking about it,...
09:34
Congress MP KC Venugopal shares an experience while Air India:Air India flight AI 2455 from Trivandrum to Delhi - carrying myself, several MPs, and hundreds of passengers - came frighteningly close to tragedy today. What began as a delayed departure turned into a harrowing journey. Shortly after...
09:28
Top executives across Tata group companies witnessed a broad uptick in remuneration during FY25, driven by rising profitability of the companies they represent, thereby leading to higher payout in the form of commissions, and wider strategic roles across the $150 billion conglomerate.The trend,...
09:16
Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking to know the whereabouts of former vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar, claiming that attempts to reach him have been unsuccessful. Dhankhar resigned as vice president on July 21, the first day of the Monsoon...
08:48
ICICI Bank, India's second-largest private sector lender, is facing significant backlash from customers on social media after raising the minimum monthly average balance (MAB) for new savings accounts in metro and urban areas to ₹50,000, effective August 1. As per the bank, in metro...
08:47
Police in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar on Sunday arrested a 19-year-old man on the charge of kidnapping and raping a Hindu girl, and forcing her to convert, a police official said. According to the police, the 17-year-old girl's mother informed police on August 4 that Samsuddin Ansari,...
08:46
Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif
At least five journalists were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent outside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Sunday (local time), Al Jazeera reported. The deceased journalists included two Al Jazeera correspondents, Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, along with camera operators...
08:20
Senior Congress leader and Chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee K C Venugopal on Sunday night claimed that an Air India flight carrying him and several other MPs from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi came frighteningly close to tragedy.In a statement, the airline said that Air India...
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