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United States Vice President J D Vance on Sunday said President Donald Trump has applied 'aggressive economic leverage' such as 'secondary tariffs on India' to force Russia to stop bombing Ukraine.Vance was speaking during an exclusive interview on NBC News' 'Meet the Press' when he also said the...
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A rider of a bike-taxi service has been arrested in connection with the firing on YouTuber and Big Boss OTT winner Elvish Yadav's house, Gurugram police said on Sunday.They said the accused, Jatin (24), from Faridabad's Parvatiya colony, was involved in planning and providing the motorcycle used...
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The mother-in-law of a woman, who was set ablaze in Greater Noida over a dowry demand of Rs 36 lakh, was arrested on Sunday, police said.The victim's husband, Vipin Bhati, was nabbed on Saturday, they said. Earlier today, Bhati was being escorted for a routine medical check around 1.30 pm when...
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In imagery reminiscent of a water tanker scene from the famous Bollywood film Sholay, a man climbed atop a mobile tower at a village in Bhadohi district on Sunday and threatened to jump unless his 'girlfriend' was brought to him for marriage.This caused a five-hour standoff between the man,...
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After the Trinamool Congress and the Samajwadi Party, the Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday announced that it will not join the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to look into three bills seeking removal of the prime minister and chief ministers, alleging that the purpose of the proposed legislations is...
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Heavy to very heavy rain continued in various parts of Rajasthan in the last 24 hours, with Dausa recording the highest rainfall at 29 cm, officials said on Sunday.Several areas in Bundi, Sawaimadhopur and Kota districts are facing flood-like situations where rescue and relief works are...
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Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday accused the Election Commission of working as a 'cell of the Bharatiya Janata Party', alleging that the poll panel has become 'Godi Aayog' (pliant commission).He was addressing a joint press conference with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi,...
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Bangladesh on Sunday raised pending issues, including an apology for the 1971 war, with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, who is the most senior leader from his country to visit Dhaka since 2012.Dar, who arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a two-day visit aimed at rebuilding ties with Bangladesh...
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday successfully carried out the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) to validate the parachute-based deceleration system for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission. An ISRO official told PTI that the end-to-end demonstration was conducted near...
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At least 45 students of the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) were evacuated to safety in a joint operation by the State Disaster Response Force and police after floodwaters submerged the ground floor of the hostel complex in Jammu on Sunday, officials said.State Disaster Response...
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Bollywood actor Shraddha Kapoor appealed to LinkedIn after she was unable to use her account as it was flagged as fake.The 38-year-old actor, whose last on-screen appearance was in horror comedy Stree 2, shared a note on her Insatagram story on Saturday.Tagging the networking platform, Kapoor...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday accused the Opposition of indulging in propaganda after the Supreme Court said that voters excluded during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar can submit Aadhaar along with other documents, asserting that the apex court did not say...
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Former Central Reserve Police Force and Indo-Tibetan Border Police director general Anish Dayal Singh has been appointed the new deputy National Security Advisor (NSA), with a mandate to handle internal affairs, official sources said.Singh, a 1988-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from...
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Former Jharkhand chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Champai Soren was placed under house arrest on Sunday to avoid law and order issues in view of protests by tribal outfits against land acquisition for a multi-core state-run health institute, police said.His son Babulal Soren,...
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Taking a cue from Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, ruling Congress MLA H D Ranganath sang the opening lines of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh anthem and praised it on Sunday.Shivakumar, who also serves as the Congress state president, took everyone by surprise on August 21 by...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday rode motorcycles as they made their way through the streets of Araria in Bihar's Purnea district during the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra'.The 1,300-km yatra was launched on August 17 from Sasaram.It will cover more than 20...
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After the State Bank of India, Bank of India has classified the loan account of insolvent Reliance Communications as fraudulent and named its former director, tycoon Anil Ambani, citing alleged fund diversion in 2016, according to a regulatory filing.State-owned Bank of India granted a Rs 700...
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Cartoonist Hemant Malviya, accused of sharing an obscene sketch of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) workers on social media, tendered an apology on Facebook on Saturday. He was posting the apology on the social media platform as per the Supreme Court's...
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At least 12 construction workers were killed after a steel cable snapped during bridge construction in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Four workers remain missing, Xinhua News reported, citing officials from the emergency command headquarters handling the accident. As reported by...
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As many as 44 passengers travelling in a private luxury bus had a narrow escape after the vehicle caught fire on Mumbai-Goa highway in Maharashtra's Raigad district in the wee hours of Sunday, police said. The incident occurred near Kashedi tunnel in Poladpur area around 2 am, an official...
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The Election Commission has received documents of 98.2 percent of electors in Bihar with eight days left in the claims, objections and documents period of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in the state, the ECI said on Sunday.According to the press note by the ECI, as per...
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A suspected drug peddler has been arrested with morphine worth over Rs 4 crore in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The contraband weighed over 4 kg, he said. Weekend calls for getting high? Well not in Assam, because our party plans are different,...
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The Konkan Railway on Saturday started its special roll on-roll off' (Ro-Ro) train services between Kolad in Maharashtra and Verna in Goa for private cars during the upcoming Ganpati festival, an official said.A senior KR official told PTI that the first Ro-Ro car train with 10 wagons and two...
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A man, who climbed the historic clock tower here wearing a Spiderman costume and did dangerous stunts to created a video, was arrested on Saturday, a police official said. The arrested man was identified as Faraz, a resident of Abrar Nagar in Meerut. He is active on social media under...
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DRDO tests indigenous integrated air defence system/Courtesy Rajnath Singh on X
The Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully carried out the first flight tests of the Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS) off the coast of Odisha on Saturday. The IADWS is a multi-layered indigenous air defence system that brings together the Quick Reaction...
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Nepal has officially become a member of the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA). Nepal has formally joined the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) by signing the Framework Agreement, announced the IBCA on on Saturday.The IBCA was established with a view to fostering international...
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Devotees participate in the 'Kali and Pili Marbat' procession in Nagpur on Saturday/ANI Photo
Thousands of people thronged the streets of Maharashtra's Nagpur to celebrate the Marbat festival with religious fervour and zeal on Sunday.As per tradition, the effigies are made and this time US President Donald Trump became the highlight of the centuries-old Marbat festival as people...
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Bimalendra Mohan Pratap Mishra, a key member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and a scion of Ayodhya's erstwhile royal family, passed away late Saturday night at the age of 75. Mishra breathed his last at his residence, according to his younger brother, Shailendra Mohan...
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Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has hit out at the Opposition leaders raising non-issues like an India-Pakistan cricket match, instead of talking about matters such as crop losses due to heavy rains or traffic congestion. He was reacting to Shiv Sena-UBT MP Sanjay Raut's...
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The Allahabad high court has rejected the bail plea of Shivam Dubey alias Dalal, an accused in the 2020 Bikru massacre case of Kanpur. The counsel for the Uttar Pradesh government told a bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery that Dubey has misled the court by filing a false affidavit,...
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Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley/File image
Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that India must weigh Donald Trump's concerns over Russian oil with care and engage Washington in search of a workable solution. India must take Trump's point over Russian oil seriously, and work with the White House to find a...
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Russia on Saturday claimed that its forces captured two settlements in Ukraine's Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, Anadolu News Agency reported.In a statement, the Russian Defence Ministry said that the villages of Seredne and Kleban Byk came under Russian control following operations...
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Fiji PM Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka welcomed by Union minister Sukanta Majumdar/Courtesy X@MEAIndia/ANI Photo
Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for a four-day visit, accompanied by his spouse, Suluweti Rabuka.He was welcomed at the airport by Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar.In a post on X, ministry of external affairs...
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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said fear of terrorists and their ecosystem in the Valley has almost ended. Interacting with members of the Indian Chamber of Commerce here in the evening, the L-G said Kashmir has recorded just one local terror recruitment so far...
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In a joint operation, the Border Security Force apprehended 15 Pakistani fishermen on Saturday along with an engine-fitted country boat in the Kori Creek area near Border Outpost (BOP) BBK, as per an official statement.The operation was carried out jointly by the 68 Battalion BSF, 176 Battalion...
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