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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, saying that his own party MPs get uncomfortable when he speaks in Parliament and are apprehensive that he will do anap-shanap baatein and the party will have to bear the...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he talks more and works less unlike his predecessor Manmohan Singh who talked less and worked more.Kharge also alleged that Modi considers responding to questions raised by the Opposition an...
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A video showing India captain Rohit Sharma stuck in Mumbai traffic while driving a Lamborghini went viral on Saturday. The batter, however, did not fail to raise his hand and give a thumbs-up to another motorist who started shooting a video of him.Rohit Sharma got stuck in Mumbai...
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Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused an exemption for himself as the government framed the bills regarding the removal of PM, CM and ministers if they are jailed for serious offences.PM Modi told the cabinet that the recommendation is to keep the...
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State-owned NHAI on Saturday said it has terminated the contract of a toll collection agency and debarred it from bid participation for one year, after its staff at the Bhuni Toll Plaza misbehaved with army personnel earlier this month. In addition, NHAI said, it has imposed a penalty of Rs...
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Known for the rulings on black money stashed abroad during his stint as a Supreme Court judge, the Opposition's vice presidential candidate, B Sudershan Reddy, asserted on Saturday that the nation's wealth has to be brought back and it is a work in progress. Reddy, as a judge of the...
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Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Dhaka on Saturday for a rare two-day visit, aimed at rebuilding ties with Bangladesh following the ouster of longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina. A special flight carrying Dar, the most senior Pakistani leader to visit Bangladesh...
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India plans to launch more than 100 satellites over the next 15 years, and it will be a mix of government technology missions and private sector-led operational missions, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said in New Delhi on Saturday.He also released a roadmap for the space sector...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday lambasted the Kerala government for inviting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to the Global Ayyappa Sangamam, to be held at Pampa in Pathanamthitta next month, comparing the move to Hitler celebrating Jews.BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar...
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The body of a four-year-old boy was found in a garbage bin kept inside the toilet of an express train at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) in Mumbai early on Saturday, officials said. The body was found in an air-conditioned coach of Kushinagar Express (22537) that runs daily between...
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Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy Temple, on Saturday welcomed the arrest of the complainant in a case involving allegations of multiple murders, rapes and burials in the temple town, saying that the truth is beginning to come out.Speaking to a gathering that had...
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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the scam trio of Bharatiya Janata Party, Election Commission and government officials have colluded to loot votes. In an X post, Yadav said the scam trio has destroyed the present and future of the country. Yadav also...
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Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti can not win in Maharashtra if elections are conducted with honesty. He also criticised the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for allowing the Indian team to play with...
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Several political parties in Kashmir on Saturday criticised the J-K government's takeover of the management of the 215 schools affiliated with the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), with many calling it a betrayal by the National Conference. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti described it as yet...
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Five persons, including a woman from Uttar Pradesh, were arrested after police busted an inter-state racket involved in orchestrating fake marriages to extort money from unsuspecting grooms here, officials said on Saturday. So far, five such cases three from Akhnoor and two from Nagrota...
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Police arrested a 30-year-old shopkeeper in Andheri on Saturday after a video of his drunk rant against MNS chief Raj Thackeray went viral on social media, an official said.The accused, identified as Sujit Dubey, is a resident of Andheri. According to police, Dubey recorded his video after...
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Postal services to the US have been temporarily suspended as the US-bound air carriers have denied carrying shipments due to lack of clarity in new norms issued by the American customs department, Ministry of Communications said on Saturday. However, services will continue for...
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Students of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have successfully mapped the Moon's surface chemistry using the data collected by Chandrayaan-2, it said on Saturday. It was part of Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)...
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Opposition vice presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy on Saturday said there was a deficit in democracy in the country and the Constitution was under challenge as he pledged to defend and protect it. In a wide-ranging exclusive interview to PTI, Reddy dwelt on a range of issues -- from...
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Professor Hareram Tripathi, Vice Chancellor of Nagpur-based Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, and his wife died when their car collided with a trailer truck parked on the road in Dohrighat police station area of Mau district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday morning. ...
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday inaugurated the state's longest flyover featuring a single-span cable-stayed bridge in Jabalpur.The 7-km-long flyover will cut the travel time between Madan Mahal and Damoh Naka from 40-45 minutes now to just...
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Jammu and Kashmir Police's State Investigation Agency (SIA) Saturday arrested an over-ground worker (OGW) who worked as a sleeper cell for the terrorist organisation Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM). Following relentless efforts, SIA Kashmir has achieved a major success by apprehending an OGW,...
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Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday asserted that he was not afraid of an FIR lodged in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Maharashtra, over his social media post about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and he will continue to speak the truth.Yadav has been booked in Gadchiroli district...
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A 20-year-old suspicious man was apprehended by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Saturday from near Parliament House Complex, an officer said. The person has been handed over to the police by the CISF personnel for further investigation, the official said, adding,...
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Karnataka Congress MLA K C Veerendra 'Puppy' was arrested on Saturday under the anti-money laundering law from Sikkim in an alleged illegal online and offline betting case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said. The federal probe agency also said it seized Rs 12 crore in cash...
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Police have arrested a Syrian national allegedly part of a gang involved in raising funds from mosques in Gujarat in the name of victims of the Gaza war, prima facie to fund their lavish lifestyles, an official said on Saturday.The Ahmedabad crime branch said that such activities can pose a...
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Many places in Tamil Nadu including Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram and Tiruvannamalai districts, received moderate to heavy overnight rains. A sanitation worker who inadvertently stepped on a fallen live electric wire was electrocuted in the city...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday hit out at the United States for what he called unjustified and unreasonable tariffs on Indian goods, after the Trump administration raised duties to over 50 per cent as a penalty for India's purchase of Russian oil. Speaking at The Economic...
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The Trinamool Congress on Saturday termed as farce the JPC formed to look into the three bills that lay down the framework for the removal of the prime minister and chief ministers, saying it will not send any member to it. The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill 2025,...
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The Osmania University police in Hyderabad have booked cases against several persons who held protests with the 'Marwari go back' slogan.The cases were booked against eleven people on charges of promoting enmity between different groups. The accused were allegedly involved in calling...
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Speculation about Govinda and Sunita Ahuja's divorce has resurfaced but the actor's manager has dismissed it as old news and maintained that they are not separating. A report by a news outlet has stated that Sunita filed for divorce on December 5, 2024, in the Bandra Family Court, citing...
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India is on the cusp of a health crisis, with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer reaching epidemic proportions, a group of Padma awardee doctors has said. At a session hosted recently by Pacific OneHealth, the doctors warned that without...
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India has again extended the closure of its airspace for Pakistan planes till September 24. The neighbouring country has also extended till September 24 the closure of its airspace for Indian aircraft. Both countries have issued separate Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) extending the...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against Reliance Communications and its promoter director Anil Ambani, for an alleged bank fraud that caused a loss of over Rs 2,000 crore to State Bank of India, officials said on Saturday. The agency is carrying out searches at the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked space scientists to prepare for a deep space exploration mission to unravel the secrets that brighten the future of humanity. In a video address on the National Space Day, Modi announced that India was preparing to set up a pool of...
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Heavy rain overnight in Tharali town of Chamoli district sent a rain drain flooding and depositing debris at several houses and markets, an official said on Saturday. Tunri Gadhera, a dry canal that channels excess rainwater, filled also the tehsil office with debris before joining the...
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Kerala Sports Minister V Abdurahiman on Saturday confirmed that the Argentina football team, along with star player Lionel Messi, will arrive in Kerala to play a friendly match in November this year.He was speaking to reporters here following the Argentina Football Association's (AFA)...
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A criminal wanted for several murders and robberies was killed in an encounter here with the Special Task Force, police said on Saturday. Shankar Kanojia carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on information leading to his arrest.The police said they had received a tip-off that Kanojia would...
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India's foreign exchange reserves (Forex) rose by $1.48 billion in the week that ended August 15 to $695.10 billion, driven by gains in foreign currency assets, the Reserve Bank of India said in its latest 'Weekly Statistical Supplement'.For the reported week, India's foreign currency assets, the...
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The complainant who had alleged there were multiple murders, rapes and burials in Dharmasthala over a period of the past two decades, was arrested on Saturday by the SIT formed to investigate these charges, official sources said. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) and its chief, Pranab...
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A first-year postgraduate student of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Jharkhand's apex health institute RIMS in Ranchi was on a ventilator after allegedly drinking tea from the hospital's canteen, officials said. Apparently, it is a case of poisoning, the spokesperson of the state-run institute...
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Gangster Mayank Singh was brought back to Ranchi by the Jharkhand Anti-Terrorist Squad on Saturday morning following his extradition from Azerbaijan, officials said. The team led by Jharkhand ATS SP Rishav Kumar Jha visited Azerbaijan to bring back Singh, alias Sunil Meena, after the...
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Real estate analytics firm CRE Matrix has refuted allegations of data theft by Delhi-based PropEquity, calling the claims unfounded and an attempt to tarnish its reputation. This comes after Delhi-based PropEquity, operated by PE Analytics Limited, alleged glaring similarities and almost...
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What did lead to the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar as the vice president in a surprise move last month? An RTI activist, Ajay Basudev Bose, has made a big announcement that he will reveal on Saturday why Dhankar had stepped down. In a post on X, Bose says, As Mystre Shrouds the...
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Edelweiss Financial Services (EFS) on Friday announced that global investment firm WestBridge Capital is acquiring a 15 percent stake in Edelweiss Asset Management for Rs 450 crore. The deal pegs the asset manager's valuation at around Rs 3,000 crore, 57 times its FY25 earnings. This...
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The government has not issued any order to unblock Chinese social media platform TikTok, official sources said late on Friday.Reports to the contrary started surfacing after some people were able to access the TikTok website on their desktop browsers.The Government of India has not issued any...
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ChatGPT parent OpenAI said on Friday it will open its first India office in New Delhi later this year, strengthening presence in its second-largest market by user numbers. The office's location is not known but OpenAI has established itself as a legal entity in India and has begun hiring a...
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Free trade agreements (FTAs) are getting more complex, with the inclusion of matters such as non-service, labour, environment, intellectual property rights (IPR) and government procurement that go beyond the arena of trade, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said on Friday.Citing the example of...
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A day after a Class 9 student shot at his teacher at Kashipur in Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar district, a 14-year-old student in Bajpur area was on Friday caught after he issued a threat to blow up his school. On receiving information from the school management regarding an e-mail bomb...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday voiced optimism about Russia-US ties, saying there was light at the end of the tunnel in relations that have hit their lowest point in years, as the two sides explore cooperation on projects in the Arctic and Alaska. As for our relations with the...
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Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) continued to exert selling pressure on key sectors such as financial services, information technology, and oil & gas in the first half of August.After heavy sell-offs in the latter half of July, FPIs pulled out 13,471 crore from financial services, 6,380...
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Flights in and out of Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport have resumed tonight, having been suspended earlier due to a drone attack from Yemen. According to the IDF, the drone was downed following several interception attempts.According to Magen David Adom, there have been no casualties except for...
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Two-wheeler major Bajaj Auto on Friday announced that it has resumed deliveries of its electric scooter, Chetak, across all dealerships, after navigating supply disruptions caused by a global shortage of rare earth magnet. Bajaj Auto has secured sufficient supply of rare earth magnets...
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The Jammu and Kashmir government has taken over the management of 215 schools linked to the banned Jamaat-e-Islami and its educational wing Falah-e-Aam Trust, starting Saturday.The decision follows adverse reports from intelligence agencies indicating direct or indirect links between these...
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Real-money gaming (RMG) platforms Winzo and Nazara Technologies announced the suspension of their RMG offerings on Friday, to comply with the new online gaming law.On Thursday, prominent players like Dream11, Zupee and Probo said they would halt their RMG products. The firms clarified that...
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday asked the Supreme Court to repose faith in it for carrying out the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar and assured 'not one voter will fall through the cracks'.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi,...
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