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A teenager allegedly delivered a five-month-old foetus by the roadside in Bhadohi and fled, police said on Friday.According to officials, the incident occurred in the afternoon near Gyanpur, Gopiganj Road in the Gopiganj police station area, close to a private nursing home.The foetus...
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Police in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Friday registered a first information report (FIR) against former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav for tweeting an alleged objectionable post about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Milind Narote, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Gadchiroli, had...
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A sniffer dog belonging to a security agency allegedly bit a four-year-old boy at the Kolkata airport, forcing his family to cancel a trip to Malaysia, a police officer said on Friday.The child was attacked by the animal between the departure gates 4A and 4B on August 12, while a police complaint...
22:27
A public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Supreme Court has challenged the nationwide rollout of 20 per cent Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP-20) alleging millions of motorists were forced to use fuel not designed for vehicles.The plea, filed by advocate Akshay, said millions of everyday...
21:22
A 26-year Muslim man from Madhya Pradesh has offered to donate one of his kidneys to Hindu seer Premanand Maharaj, calling him a symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity.The man, Arif Khan Chishti, has written a letter to Premanand Maharaj, a renowned religious and spiritual leader who is suffering from a...
20:36
A girl was gangraped on a moving vehicle by two of her companions near Udaipur railway station in Tripura's Gomati district, police claimed on Friday.The two accused, identified as Mithun Debnath (24) and Bower Debbarma (24) of Maharani, have been arrested, police added.The girl, accompanied by...
20:15
President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the Income-tax Act, 2025, which will replace the archaic Income Tax Act, 1961.The Income Tax Act, 2025, will come into effect from the next financial year, beginning April 1, 2026.The new Act will make tax laws simple and reduce wordage in the...
20:07
From the Sensex pack, Asian Paints, UltraTech Cement, Tata Steel, ITC, HCL Tech, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Adani Ports, Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC Bank and Tech Mahindra were among the major laggards.However, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti, Bharat Electronics and Sun Pharma were among the...
20:06
Equity benchmark index Sensex fell sharply by nearly 1 per cent on Friday, snapping six-day winning streak, as investors turned cautious ahead of US Fed Chair Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole address amid growing global trade uncertainties triggered by Trump tariffs.Intense selling in market...
19:59
Pakistan was ready for a comprehensive dialogue with India to discuss Kashmir and all other pending issues, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday.Talks, whenever held, will be not just Kashmir but on all issues, Dar said while talking to journalists outside the parliament in Islamabad, where...
19:09
Air India flight flight from Mumbai to Jodhpur aborted takeoff and returned to the bay on Friday due to 'operational' reasons.Alternative arrangements were made to fly the passengers to their destination, Tata-owned Air India said in a statement, without sharing further details.Flight AI645...
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents raided the Maryland home of John Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations and former White House national security advisor, early Friday morning as part of a high-profile national security probe, the New York Post reported. A Trump...
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Actor Raza Murad filed an official complaint at Mumbai's Amboli police station on Friday, alleging that a false social media post about his death was circulated online, leaving him exhausted from repeatedly clarifying the rumours. The veteran actor said the rumour left him deeply disturbed...
17:29
China on Friday said the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to be held in Tianjin later this month will be the largest in the bloc's history, with 20 world leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, attending it.The Tianjin meeting of the 10-member grouping from Aug 31-Sept 1 is...
17:06
The Delhi Police is questioning five people in Gujarat's Rajkot for their alleged connection with the attack on Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, an official said on Friday.The officer said they have already seized the accused's mobile phone and are following leads that have emerged.A total of five...
16:08
At least 84 heatstroke deaths were recorded across India between February and July this year, a new analysis has found. The report, Struck by Heat: A News Analysis of Heatstroke Deaths in India in 2025', by non-profit HeatWatch claimed that India's true heat toll is being masked by diagnostic...
16:05
NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Friday said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had called him up to seek support for NDA's vice-presidential candidate CP Radhakrishnan, but he expressed his inability. Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Pawar said, Opposition candidate B Sudarshan Reddy...
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday asserted that she will never be scared and defeated, and will continue to struggle for the rights of Delhi, as she resumed official engagements two days after the attack. Addressing an event in Gandhi Nagar in the trans Yamuna area of the...
15:38
Former president Ram Nath Kovind will be the chief guest at an RSS event being held on October 2 at its headquarters in Nagpur to mark the hundred years of its foundation. The Vijayadashami Utsav, organised on the occasion of the centenary celebration of the founding of...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday charged the INDIA bloc with opposing moves aimed at rooting out corruption in higher echelons of power and steps taken to tackle threat posed to the nation's demography from infiltrators.The PM made indirect references to the Constitution (130th Amendment)...
14:30
Bihar voters challenging their exclusion from the electoral roll before an election later this year can present the Aadhaar as proof of residence, the Supreme Court said Friday afternoon, directing the Election Commission to add the government-issued ID to a list of 11 others, reports NDTV.The...
14:08
Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested on Friday for allegedly misusing the state funds, police said. Wickremesinghe, 76, has been accused of using public funds to travel to England to attend a convocation ceremony of his wife Maithree in September 2023, police said. The...
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Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's recent decision related to stray dogs in Delhi NCR and called it a step toward balancing animal welfare. I welcome the Supreme Court's revised directions on stray dogs, as it marks a progressive step toward...
13:51
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said 20 stampedes took place in the BJP-ruled states, and blamed mass hysteria for the Chinnaswamy stadium incident in June that killed 11 people.Replying to a discussion in the Assembly on the June 4 stampede, the Chief Minister read out the list...
13:10
The Payments Council of India (PCI) re-appointed Vishwas Patel and M N Srinivasu the chairperson and co-chairperson of the associationon Thursday.Patel is the joint managing director of Infibeam Avenues, whereas Srinivasu is the cofounder and director of BillDesk. Nalin Bansal was appointed...
13:02
Two top ministers overseeing key infrastructure portfolios -- Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal -- on Thursday outlined the central government's broader vision to take infrastructure growth to the next level, driven by...
12:42
The US Embassy has said that USAID/India did not receive or provide funding of $21 million for voter turnout in India from fiscal years 2014 to 2024, nor has it implemented any voter turnout-related activities in India, the Centre has told Rajya Sabha. The government said this in a written...
12:36
In a security breach, a 20-year-old man attempted to scale a wall of Parliament on Friday morning but was caught by security personnel and handed over to police, police said. The man, identified as Rama, hails from Uttar Pradesh and appears to be mentally incoherent, they said. Around 5.50...
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BJP leader Maneka Gandhi reacts to the SC ruling on stray dogs in Delhi-NCR. I am very happy with this scientific judgement. Relocation and fear are the only reasons for dogs biting. There is no question of releasing dogs infected with rabies. The court has not defined what an aggressive dog is....
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Stray dogs verdict: Expanding the scope of the matter pan-India, the Supreme Court bench impleaded all the states and Union Territories as parties in the matter and transferred to itself the pleas pending before different high courts on the issue of stray dogs. It posted the matter for hearing...
11:20
The Supreme Court on Friday modified its earlier order of August 11 regarding the management of stray dogs in Delhi and NCR (National Capital Region), directing that the animals will be released back into the same area after sterilisation and immunisation. The court clarified that stray dogs...
11:02
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an earlier order to permanently relocate stray dogs from the streets to dog shelters in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) amid widespread protests.A three-judge special bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria stayed the directive...
10:47
Vaikhari Sonawane tells us how she went from writing blogs about her therapy sessions to creating a nationwide student-led mental health network, writes Divya Nair. Read the story here.
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Parliament security breach: A person has been held for jumping over the building wall and entering the complex.
10:17
Police here have arrested a domestic help for allegedly urinating on utensils while cleaning them at a house in the Nagina area, police said on Friday. The incident came to light after a video of the accused, identified as Samantra, was circulated on social media.In the purported clip, she can...
09:43
Former Army chief Gen M M Naravane (retd) has said that it is fortuitous that India-China ties are on the mend with a number of initiatives announced at political, diplomatic and military levels for the improvement of our engagements and relations going forward.In his address at an event here on...
09:40
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed anguish at the death of Swaraj Paul, a leading UK-based businessman of Indian origin, and said his support for the UK's close ties with India will always be remembered. Lord Paul passed away in London on Thursday evening. He was 94. In a...
09:39
Chennai-based Apollo Hospitals promoter and Managing Director Suneeta Reddy is likely to sell her 1.25 per cent stake in the company worth Rs 1,395 crore via block deals, sources aware of the development said.Suneeta Reddy may sell 1.8 million shares in the company through block deals. The deal...
09:36
Wipro is buying the digital transformation solutions (DTS) business of audio products maker Harman for $375 million in cash to deepen its push into engineering research & development (ER&D) services.The deal is expected to be completed by the end of this year and will need the US...
09:30
The Reserve Bank of India central board will meet on Friday and, among other matters, approve a new member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Executive Director, Monetary Policy Department, Indranil Bhattacharyya will replace Rajiv Ranjan in the MPC as one of the internal members....
09:02
The Delhi Police on Friday detained a friend of Rajesh Khimji, who is accused in the Delhi CM Rekha Gupta attack case in Rajkot, police sources said. It is alleged that Rajesh's friend transferred money to him. The Delhi Police is currently tracking ten people who were in contact with...
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A man who reportedly hoisted the Tricolour on Independence Day in a remote village in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district was killed by Naxalites after being accused of helping police, an official has said. The official identified the victim as Manish Nureti of Binagunda village under...
08:33
Despite sharp criticism for purchasing Russian oil, White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro on Thursday (local time) praised India's leadership and highlighted its key role in bringing the Ukraine-Russia conflict to an end. The road to peace runs through New Delhi, said Navarro while calling...
08:27
Expelled RJD leader and elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, alleged that five powerful families, without naming them, had conspired against him to destroy his political and family life. Five families together and in a broader conspiracy tried to end my political...
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Congress MLA R S Bali on Thursday took strong exception to an inflated electricity bill of Rs 6.78 lakh issued to him and sought an enquiry into the matter to ascertain whether it was an error or a conspiracy. When the matter was raised in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly during Zero Hour,...
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A gang of robbers, including a woman, allegedly posing as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials, looted around Rs 2.3 crore from a businessman's office in Vivek Vihar, the police said on Thursday. According to the police, the complainant, Manpreet, a resident of Indirapuram in...
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