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In a first, two Agniveers from the Indian Army have been conferred a prestigious military honour for their acts of gallantry, officials said on the eve of the 79th Independence Day.Agniveer Kulveer Singh of 7 Sikh Light Infantry and Agniveer Mood Muralinaik of 851 Light Regiment have been...
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In an apparent swipe at US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for stating that India has been a bit recalcitrant on trade negotiations with America, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said it is far better to be recalcitrant, than to be 'tractable, submissive or acquiescent to...
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India said on Thursday that it has strongly taken up with Ireland incidents of violence against Indian nationals in that country.At the same time, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal noted that Irish President Michael D Higgins and Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris publicly...
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India on Thursday said it remained engaged with China to facilitate the resumption of border trade through designated transit points.The border trade between the two countries was stopped in view of the eastern Ladakh military standoff in 2020.We have remained engaged with the Chinese side to...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray on Thursday opposed the meat ban imposed by some civic bodies in the state on Independence Day, underscoring that the government should not decide the eating patterns of the people.He said the civic bodies do not have the right to impose such a...
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President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday lauded the nation's decisive response to Pahalgham terrorist attack in Kashmir, highlighting the success of Operation Sindoor and emphasising the country's unity and growing self-reliance in the defence sector.In her address to the nation on the eve of 79th...
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On a day the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to publish details of 65 lakh deleted names from the voters list of Bihar, the poll authority on Thursday said it has been sharing the list of deceased electors and those with multiple voter cards with political parties.It also said that...
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has cancelled the 'At Home' tea party and cultural events during Independence Day celebrations on Friday following the loss of lives in a cloudburst in Kishtwar district.A massive cloudburst struck Chositi village on Thursday, killing at least 38...
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned that the secondary tariffs on India could go up if things don't go well during talks between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. Last week, Trump imposed tariffs totalling 50 per cent on India,...
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Chief Minister M K Stalin will not take part in the tea party to be hosted by Governor R N Ravi on Independence Day, the Tamil Nadu government said on Thursday. The chief minister's boycott of the At Home Reception is to show opposition to Governor Ravi, who acts against the interests of...
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Kannada actor Darshan was arrested on Thursday after his bail was cancelled by the Supreme Court in the Renukaswamy murder case.His arrest came shortly after his friend and actress Pavithra Gowda, the prime accused in the case, was taken into police custody.According to police sources, Darshan...
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India on Thursday warned Pakistan not to continue with its hateful rhetoric against New Delhi saying any misadventure will have painful consequences.New Delhi's reaction came days after Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir's nuclear threat against India as well as certain remarks by Bilawal Bhutto...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to publish details of 65 lakh deleted names from the voters list with reasons of non-inclusion to enhance transparency in Bihar's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral roll. A bench of Justices Surya Kant...
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Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the second Indian to travel to space and the first to visit the International Space Station (ISS), is expected to arrive in India this weekend, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday.Singh said Shukla is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during...
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Large-scale rescue and relief operations have been launched after a massive cloudburst struck a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and leading to widespread damage, officials said. The disaster hit Chositi, the last motorable...
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Pooja Pal
The Samajwadi Party on Thursday expelled its MLA Pooja Pal, for alleged anti-party activities, hours after she praised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the assembly for putting gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad to dust. In a letter issued to the MLA, the party accused Pal of...
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IndiGo is prepared to restart its flights from India to China as soon as the necessary bilateral agreements between the two countries are in place, the airline's chief executive Pieter Elbers said on Thursday.IndiGo operated daily flights between India and China prior to the Covid-19 pandemic....
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Kannada actress Pavithra Gowda, one of the key accused in Renukaswamy murder case, was taken into police custody on Thursday after her bail was cancelled by the Supreme Court. According to police sources, a team reached Gowda's house soon after the news broke that the bail of all the accused...
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Wholesale price inflation (WPI) stayed in negative territory for the second consecutive month at (-) 0.58 per cent in July, as prices of food articles and fuel saw deflation, even though prices of manufactured items increased, government data showed on Thursday. WPI-based inflation was (-)...
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S&P on Thursday upgraded India's sovereign credit rating to 'BBB' with a stable outlook after a gap of nearly 19 years, citing robust economic growth, political commitment for fiscal consolidation and 'conducive' monetary policy to check inflation.India remains among the best performing...
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday briefed Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the situation following a massive cloudburst in a remote village in Kishtwar district. He said the news is grim and accurate and verified information is slow in arriving. The cloudburst...
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday extended greetings to the people of Pakistan on Independence Day and said the US was looking forward to exploring new areas of economic cooperation, including in critical minerals and hydrocarbons.Rubio's congratulatory message came as Pakistan and the...
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Pakistan has announced the creation of a new force - the Army Rocket Force - equipped with advanced technology and intended to serve as a milestone in strengthening its combat capabilities. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made the announcement at an event late Wednesday night to mark the 78th...
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Around a month after Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian to reach the International Space Station, India sent an aquanaut 5,000 metres deep into the ocean in a first-of-its-kind expedition earlier this month. Conducted in partnership with France, two Indian aquanauts successfully...
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Update: 12 bodies have been recovered from the cloudburst-hit village in J-K's Kishtwar area; the toll could go up. Two NDRF teams have been moved from Udhampur to Kishtwar. The cloudburst hit Chasoti, is the last motorable village en route to the Machail Mata shrine. The annual yatra...
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Wholesale price inflation declined to a 2-year low of (-) 0.58 per cent in July, as deflation in food and fuel kept WPI in the negative zone for the second consecutive month, government data released on Thursday showed. Experts, however, projected WPI inflation to move back into positive...
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Bihar SIR row: ECI begins arguments, tells SC it has enough reservoir of power to take certain decisions. Operating in atmosphere of sharp political hostility, hardly any decision which is not contested, ECI tells SC. Caught between struggle of political parties, if they win EVM is...
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The Supreme Court of India, on Thursday, heard a plea seeking directions to the Centre for the restoration of statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.The court noted that the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir cannot be ignored while granting statehood and said that the events in...
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Locals carry the injured amid the cloudburst in Chositi
A massive cloudburst has occurred in Chositi in J-K's Kishtwar district resulting in 10 deaths. Union Minister Jitendra Singh says there could be many casualties. Just now spoke to DC Kishtwar Pankaj Kumar Sharma after receiving an urgent message from J&K LoP and local MLA Sunil Kumar Sharma....
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Madhuri, the elephant, at Vantara
The Supreme Court on Thursday termed as completely vague a plea seeking to constitute a monitoring committee to return the captive elephants in Vantara, a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre for wild animals. A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and P B Varale told advocate C R Jaya...
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The Delhi High Court briefly heard a petition filed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), seeking a directive to the central government to allot residential accommodation in the national capital to its national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal.On Wednesday, Justice Sachin Datta...
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Opposition protests wearing T-shirts on 'vote chori'
Amid relentless attacks by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over alleged voter data fudging, the Election Commission on Thursday said instead of creating false narrative by using dirty phrases like 'vote chori', proof should be given. In a statement, the EC said the law for one person one vote...
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar conducts an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in the state. More than 16 lakh people have been affected by floods in Bihar, where several rivers are in spate due to torrential rainfall in the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday.
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Heavy rain brought Delhi to a standstill on Thursday morning, leaving roads waterlogged and traffic gridlocked. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an 'orange' alert, warning of more rain during the day. During the 24-hour period which ended at 8.30 am on Thursday, Delhi's...
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In a major relief to its customers, ICICI Bank on Thursday announced a rollback of its recent decision to hike the minimum average monthly balance (MAB) for certain savings accounts to Rs 50,000. The private sector lender has now reduced the MAB requirement to Rs 15,000. The bank had in...
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Observing that persons regardless of popularity are equal before the law, the Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled the bail granted to actor Darshan and other accused in the Renukaswamy murder case. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan set aside the Karnataka High Court order,...
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Stray dog bites have led to rabies and death in several cases
The Supreme Court reserves order on the interim prayer seeking a stay on the August 11 order of picking up strays from streets. Everyone who has filed intervention will have to own responsibility, says SC. The court says the whole problem is because of inaction of local authorities. The...
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The water level of the Yamuna river in Delhi reached 204.43 metres at the Old Railway Bridge, nearing the warning level of 204.50 metres, officials said on Thursday. According to the officials, the situation is being monitored and all the agencies concerned have been asked to take...
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The Supreme Court cancels bail granted to actor Darshan in the Renukaswamy murder case. The SC says Karnataka HC order granting bail to actor Darshan suffers from serious infirmity. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said the High Court's decision suffered from serious legal...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday commenced hearing in a matter related to stray dogs in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). A three-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria is hearing the matter. Over 37 lakh reported dog bites in a year in country, Solicitor...
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A 15-year-old boy died while practising for a race at a government-aided inter college in Nanpara in Bahraich district, college officials said on Thursday. Himanshu, a class 9 student at Sa'aadat Inter College and a resident of Bhaggapurwa village, was participating in a 100-metre sprint with...
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US President Donald Trump has expressed scepticism about his ability to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop targeting civilians in Ukraine during their upcoming meeting in Alaska. When asked if he believed he could persuade Putin to halt such attacks, Trump said, Well, I'll...
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A man allegedly beat his four-year-old niece to death last year and he and his wife then wrapped the body in a mattress and dumped it at an isolated place in Maharashtra's Raigad district, police said. After probing the case of the 'missing' girl for nearly a year, the Thane police made a...
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The Indian Army has deployed a three-tiered robotic counter-infiltration grid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar village of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, ahead of the 79th Independence Day celebrations.Speaking to ANI on Thursday, an Indian Army officer said that the troops are...
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The nation will celebrate the 79th Independence Day on August 15, 2025, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the celebrations from the iconic Red Fort in Delhi. The Prime Minister will unfurl the National Flag and address the nation from the ramparts of the iconic monument, said a...
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Vece Paes, member of bronze-winning Indian hockey team at 1972 Olympics and father of tennis player Leander Paes dies at 80 years of age.
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A 20-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by ten persons in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra after they spotted him chatting with a girl, leading to the arrest of four individuals, police said on Wednesday.Police suspect an old enmity led to the murder of Suleiman Khan, who was preparing for...
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The public infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh continues to be severely affected due to rains with 323 roads, 70 electricity distribution transformers (DTRs), and 130 water supply schemes disrupted in the past 24 hours due to heavy rains and related incidents, according to the State Disaster...
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Maharashtra food and civil supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Wednesday said he has told the government that he will not be able to go to Gondia for the official flag-hoisting ceremony on Independence Day. I am not upset, the veteran Nationalist Congress Party leader said, adding that...
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The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has revised charges on fund transfers through the IMPS (Immediate Payment Service) effective from August 15. Although there is no change in charges for fund transfer through IMPS done via branch, fund transfer above Rs 25,00o would...
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Ahead of Independence Day celebrations in the national capital, security preparations were thoroughly reviewed on Wednesday and officials were directed to ensure non-vegetarian eateries near the Red Fort dispose of waste properly to prevent birds from obstructing helicopter movement. Delhi...
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