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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday announced that 12,000 trains will be operated for Bihar on the occasion of Diwali and Chhath festivals.This announcement comes after he held discussions with the Bihar NDA leaders.Four Amrit Bharat trains will be launched to connect Delhi and Gaya,...
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The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested the eighth accused in connection with the brutal assault of an Army jawan and his companions by toll plaza employees in the Meerut district, officials said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Ravi (19), a resident of Karnawal, was arrested late...
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Malayalam actress Rini Ann George on Wednesday alleged that a prominent youth leader and people's representative of a well-known political party had sent her objectionable messages and invited her to a five-star hotel.Addressing reporters, George claimed she repeatedly warned the leader and...
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Pakistan authorities on Wednesday extended its airspace ban for Indian aircraft till September 23. The Pakistan Airports Authority has issued a fresh NOTAM (notice to airmen) announcing the one-month extension of the restriction on Indian aircraft in Pakistan's airspace. All aircraft...
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The Bombay high court on Wednesday refused to grant any relief to Jain community members seeking closure of slaughter houses in the city for 10 days during their Paryushan Parv festival. A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne said it respects the community's...
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The Kerala high court on Wednesday extended until August 25 an interim order preventing police from arresting rapper Hirandas Murali, known as Vedan, who is facing rape charges. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, who had earlier granted interim protection from arrest, extended the order while...
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Heavy rains affected the normal life in Thane district on Wednesday, cutting off villages, inundating houses, and triggering landslides, officials said. A man died after falling into a water-filled quarry while an inundated bridge in Kalyan area was closed amid downpours. The Thane...
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The partially charred body of a female college student was found in a field along National Highway-48 in Chitradurga, the police said on Wednesday. The victim, identified as a second-year BA student of a government college who was staying in the girls' hostel, was discovered by a passerby on...
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The rupee pared initial losses and settled on a higher note at 87.07 against the US dollar on Wednesday, up by 6 paise on the back of a rise in risk appetite in global markets. Forex traders said easing tensions over trade tariffs and hopes of peace between Russia and Ukraine enthused...
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The Nagpur and Nashik police have registered a First Information Report against psephologist Sanjay Kumar, co-director of Lokniti-CSDS, following a controversial social media post related to Maharashtra elections.Officials said the FIR has been filed under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyay...
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A 19-year-old student from Bengaluru and a 27-year-old private firm employee were arrested on Monday for allegedly peddling narcotics worth Rs 7.3 lakh, the police said.Acting on a tip-off, the Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (HNEW) apprehended the duo on August 19 in the limits of Domalguda...
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India on Wednesday successfully test-fired the 'Agni 5' intermediate range ballistic missile, in a demonstration of its strategic military capabilities. The defence ministry said the test-firing of the missile from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha's Chandipur validated all operational and...
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Eight Maoists, including two women, carrying cumulative rewards of Rs 30 lakh on their heads, surrendered before the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Wednesday, the police said.The Maoists turned themselves in, citing inhuman and hollow Maoist ideology. They said they...
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The Allahabad high court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on a plea challenging the validity of an ordinance creating government trust to control and supervision of Shri Bankey Bihari Mandir in Mathura. The plea challenges The Uttar Pradesh Shri Bankey Bihari Ji Temple Trust Ordinance,...
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Amid the growing controversy surrounding his film The Bengal Files, director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri claimed that he has received 'threats' over the film's release. Speaking to ANI, Agnihotri revealed that he, along with his family, has become a target of the threats. My daughter and my...
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An FIR has been registered against 150 people for staging a protest at Dadar Kabutarkhana to oppose the Mumbai civic body's attempt to stop pigeon-feeding at the spot, police said on Wednesday. The first information report was registered at the Dadar police station five days ago for unlawful...
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A red alert has been issued for Palghar district and parts of south Gujarat, including Vapi and Valsad, warning of very heavy rainfall from tonight till Thursday evening, according to SkyWatch Weather India. Mumbai, Thane, and Raigad are likely to receive 60-90 mm of rain between 10 pm...
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The Gujarat education department has sought a report after a primary school in Bhavnagar staged an Independence Day play that depicted burqa-clad girls as terrorists, triggering a controversy, an official said on Wednesday. A notice seeking the report was issued after local Muslims, under...
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Heavy rains disrupted normal life in several parts of Himachal, prompting closure of schools and colleges in some areas of Una, Kullu and Mandi districts, officials said on Wednesday. Educational institutions were shut in Amb and Gagret subdivisions of una as a precautionary...
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Narcotics worth more than Rs 11,310 crore were seized from various ports in the country between 2020 and 2024, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Replying to a written question, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, shared data on notified substances under the Narcotic Drugs...
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Benchmark BSE Sensex closed higher by 213 points on Wednesday, extending its rally to the fifth consecutive day on heavy buying in IT shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 213.45 points or 0.26 per cent to settle at 81,857.84.During the day, it jumped 341.23 points or 0.41 per cent to...
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Incessant rains battered several parts of Karnataka on Wednesday, damaging crops, disrupting road connectivity, and prompting precautionary evacuations, even as major reservoirs neared full capacity. Heavy downpour continued in Dharwad, Gadag, Davangere, Haveri and Uttara Kannada, damaging...
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In the matter of the attack on Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday, a case has been registered u/s 109(1) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) (Attempt to murder, Imprisonment for 10 years and fine) at Civil Lines police station. The accused has been taken into police custody. The...
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With heavy rains over the past few days causing flood-like situation in parts of Maharashtra, state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal has urged the Devendra Fadnavis-led government to declare a wet drought and provide urgent assistance of Rs 50,000 per hectare to the affected...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday dialled former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who has been undergoing treatment at a private hospital here, and enquired about his health condition, said a statement issued by the BJD supremo.The PM wished Patnaik a speedy recovery and suggested...
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Palestinians scramble to collect supplies. Reuters/Hatem Khaled
Three Palestinians died in Gaza today due to famine and malnutrition, according to hospital records in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of victims of famine and malnutrition to 266, including 112 children.Since 2nd March 2025, Israeli forces have closed all...
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The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025; the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025' referred to the Joint Committee of Parliament.Union Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday moved three bills in...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday voiced support for laying down rules to remove the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, or ministers of states and union territories from their posts if they are arrested on serious criminal charges. Taking a slightly different stance from his party...
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Maharashtra's average water stock across dams stood at 1,135.04 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) on Wednesday, which is 88.05 per cent of the state's total capacity of 1,254.66 TMC, according to official data. One TMC is approximately 2,831.68 crore litres. Last year on the same day, the...
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Simone Tata was the creator of the Lakme brand
Simone Tata, the mother of Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata, is in critical condition at the Breach Candy Hospital, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told the Times of India. She was airlifted from Dubai to Mumbai on Monday and is under the care of doctor Farokh Udwadia.Simone, 95,...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday wrote to Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, criticising the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for scheduling a match against Pakistan in the Asia Cup Cricket 2025. He called the decision a shameful act and urged the central...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday introduced three bills in Lok Sabha, including a Constitution Amendment bill, which seeks to remove the Prime Minister or Chief Ministers who are facing allegations of corruption or serious offences and have been detained for 30 consecutive...
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Passengers stuck in the monorail were rescued
Mumbai Monorail services restarted on Wednesday after a train broke down between Bhakti Park and Chembur stations near Mysore Colony on Tuesday evening, leaving around 582 passengers stranded. The breakdown, caused by a power supply failure due to overcrowding, halted the train around 6.30...
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The bodies of two minor brothers were found inside a parked car in Jaipur late Tuesday night, police said. Anas (8) and Ahsan (5), sons of Shehzad, went missing while playing near their house in the evening.When they did not return home by late evening, their family members started searching...
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Both the Houses of the Parliament faced a major adjournment on Wednesday after Opposition MPs held a protest, seeking discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is facing criticism over the deletion of voter names from...
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Garbage cafes are springing up across India. The BBC visits the city of Ambikapur to find out how much impact they can really have on plastic ' and people. Read the story here.
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The man attacked the CM the moment he saw her
Delhi Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh on Wednesday informed that the accused in the CM Rekha Gupta attack had conducted a recce of her residence for the past 24 hours and was plotting to meet the Chief Minister.He said that the accused reached CM Rekha Gupta's Shalimar Bagh residence for the recce....
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Update: The US pressure on India for its procurement of Russian crude oil is unjustified, a senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday. We are confident that India-Russia energy cooperation will continue notwithstanding the external pressure, Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Roman Babushkin...
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On the US trade adviser stating that India should stop buying Russian oil, Roman Babushkin, Charge d'Affairs of the Russian Embassy in India, says, Russia is the largest producer of oil and India is the largest consumer. Any kind of unilateral action leads to disruptions in supply chains,...
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The BJP on Wednesday said the Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS panel's defeat in the BEST Employees Cooperative Credit Society poll has shown the Thackeray cousins where they stand and reaffirmed the saffron party's position among the people. The Thackeray brand has turned to be zero, the BJP said,...
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A 30-year-old man suspected of spying for Pakistan was detained by the Military Intelligence (MI) in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer and later handed over to Kotwali police, officials said on Wednesday. According to officials, the accused, identified as Jivan Khan (30), a resident of the Sankada area,...
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Following the attack on Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, state BJP chief Virendraa Sachdeva informed that her condition is stable and was examined by the doctors. He said that CM is a strong lady and she has not cancelled her programs. Sachdeva said that a man approached her and...
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NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan files nomination papers for vice presidential election in presence of PM Modi, senior ministers.
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was allegedly attacked by this man in the picture alongside during a 'Jan Sunwai' programme at her official residence in Civil Lines on Wednesday morning, the Bharatiya Janata Party said.Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav says, This is very unfortunate. CM leads...
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India no longer has the appetite to take the first step in normalising ties with Pakistan after repeated betrayals, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Tuesday, urging Islamabad to demonstrate sincerity by dismantling terror networks operating from its soil. He was speaking at the...
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In Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, the search operation continues for those missing after a cloudburst hit Chasoti village, which claimed 61 lives. Ravi Kumar, who came from Jammu, said he is searching for his sister and other family members after losing his elder sister in the...
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Akasa Air on Tuesday announced the completion of its strategic investment transactions, first unveiled in February this year, after receiving all regulatory approvals.The fundraising brings in Premji Invest, 360 ONE Asset and Claypond Capital, alongside additional capital from the Jhunjhunwala...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India's proposed relaxation of index realignment norms could ease potential selling pressure of nearly $1 billion in HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, the two heaviest weights in the Nifty Bank index.Currently, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank carry weights of 29.1 per cent...
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Sam Altman-led OpenAI launched ChatGPT Go on Tuesday, a low-cost subscription plan specifically designed for Indian users, featuring enhanced message limits, image generation, file uploading capabilities, and chat memory. These features, which will be supported by the company's latest model,...
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Sabyasachi Calcutta, the premier luxury brand, will launch its first digital jewellery boutique on Tata CLiQ Luxury on August 21, marking its debut in online fine jewellery retail.Founder and Creative Director Sabyasachi Mukherjee said the brand will also eventually offer bags and perfumes...
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A Re 1 increase in transaction value on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has reduced the value of debit-card transactions by 14 paise between 2021 and 2025, according to a State Bank of India research report. 'It has been observed through time series analysis for the period from January 2021...
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Quick-commerce platform Zepto on Tuesday announced its partnership with real estate firm The House of Abhinandan Lodha (HoABL) to offer land investment opportunities to consumers. The land offerings, involving premium plots in Vrindavan, are currently discoverable through the Zepto app.While...
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Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, India's top two telecom service providers by subscribers, have withdrawn their entry-level 1 gigabyte (GB)-per-day plans for new customers, effectively raising minimum tariffs.Industry executives and analysts said the recalibration could set the stage for fresh...
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Heavy rain has caused severe waterlogging in Mumbai, leading to the cancellation of several train services on Wednesday. Authorities have issued a travel alert, asking commuters to check the updated train list and plan their travel carefully. The safety measures are being taken because...
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The Mithi river overflows and actually looks like a river and not a drain
A man died after falling into a water-filled quarry while an inundated bridge in Kalyan area was closed after heavy rains lashed Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said on Wednesday. The neighbouring Palghar district also witnessed heavy overnight showers, flooding low-lying areas and...
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Around 50 schools in the national capital received bomb threats on Wednesday through e-mail, prompting police and other emergency agencies to launch a search operation, officials said. Police sources have said that around 50 schools have received bomb threats in the capital. These include...
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was allegedly attacked at a 'Jan Sunwai' programme at her official residence in Civil Lines this morning, the BJP said. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva strongly condemned the attack on the chief minister during her weekly 'Jan Sunwai' programme, said...
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IndiGo issued a travel advisory for its passengers on Wednesday, amid prediction of heavy rains in Mumbai and its surrounding areas. According to the advisory, the heavy rains could lead to air traffic congestion, which could impact flight operations. While we want your journey to be as...
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Sion railway station yesterday. Pic: Sahil Salvi
Intermittent showers lashed Mumbai overnight and on Wednesday morning, while local train services on the Central Railway's harbour line resumed after 15 hours, putting normal life slowly back on track. As many as 782 passengers were rescued on Tuesday evening after two overcrowded Monorail...
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A female lawyer and civil judge aspirant, Archana Tiwari, who was reported missing while travelling on a train nearly two weeks ago, was traced in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Khiri town on Nepal border on Tuesday, a police official said. Tiwari, who was heading to Katni from Indore on...
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday once again claimed that US President Donald Trump has ended the military conflict between India and Pakistan. The President is using the might of American strength to demand that respect from our allies, our friends, our...
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The name of the 'Khooni' village in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand has now been changed to 'Devigram' after a nod from the central government. The state revenue department has issued a formal notification on the name change. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said residents of the...
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Local train services on the Central Railway's harbour line were restored by 3 am on Wednesday, more than 15 hours after Mumbai's lifeline was halted due to the subemergence of tracks following heavy rains, officials said. All public transport services in Mumbai, including local trains,...
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The India meteorological department issued an orange alert of heavy rains for Mumbai for August 20 and predicted that the intensity of rainfall in the metropolis will go down from Thursday. Rains battered Mumbai, its suburbs and the townships in its metropolitan region on Tuesday, flooding...
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to Islamabad on Wednesday to attend the annual strategic dialogue to review all-weather ties, amid Pakistan's efforts to recalibrate its relationship with Beijing's strategic rival - the US. Wang will visit Pakistan from August 20-22 and hold the...
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