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The ruling JMM in Jharkhand on Tuesday demanded that the international cricket stadium in Ranchi be named after former CM Shibu Soren. In a statement, JMM spokesperson Kunal Sarangi said that just like the cricket stadium in Ahmedabad was named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the JSCA...
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The local authorities in Madhya Pradesh's Indore have banned the sale of meat completely on certain days of the upcoming festivals celebrated by Hindus and Jains, the city Mayor said on Tuesday. In a statement, Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava said the sale of meat will be...
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The Yamuna river is likely to breach the danger mark on Wednesday, according to a flood warning issued by the Central Water Commission on Tuesday evening. At 9 pm, the river crossed the danger mark, reaching a level of 204.56 metres at the Old Railway Bridge (ORB). Earlier in the day,...
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Karnataka deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar
Karnataka deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said Chamundi Hill in Mysuru which houses the famous Chamundeswari Temple, was not the property of Hindus alone, a statement that drew response from the opposition BJP. Shivakumar made the statement reacting to the opposition to the...
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SpiceJet has imposed a five-year flying ban on the senior army officer, who had allegedly assaulted its staff at the Srinagar airport in July, sources said on Tuesday. The police had registered a case against the army officer for allegedly assaulting and injuring four employees of SpiceJet...
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The much-awaited trailer of Superstar Mohanlal starrer Hridayapoorvam has been released on Tuesday.Directed by Sathyan Anthikad, the film stars Mohanlal, Malavika Mohanan, and Sangeeth Prathap in lead roles.The one-minute and fifty-one-second trailer showcases a humorous yet emotionally...
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A 40-year-old man allegedly committed suicide after his wife refused to cook egg curry in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Sankara village under Sihawa police station limits on Monday evening, a police official said in Dhamtari. As per...
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The Gujarat high court Advocates' Association on Tuesday passed a resolution to abstain from work to protest against the `proposed' transfer of Justice Sandeep Bhatt. Notably, there has been no official communication so far regarding the transfer. The association also formed a...
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The Bombay high court on Tuesday dismissed two public interest litigations (PILs) challenging the government's decision to permit private development of reclaimed land at the Bandra Reclamation by the Adani Group. The petitions filed by activist Zoru Bathena and the Bandra Reclamation Area...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended by a week, the interim bail of convict Vikas Yadav, undergoing a 25-year jail term in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A G Masih was hearing a plea filed by Yadav against an August 22 order of the Delhi high court...
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iPhone-maker Apple on Tuesday announced that it will open a new store in Pune next week. The latest move marks a significant expansion for Apple in the country, offering customers in Pune new ways to explore and purchase Apple products, as well as experience Apple's services in person, the...
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A 17-year-old tribal girl was allegedly gang-raped in Jharkhand's Dumka district by four to five men who also assaulted her boyfriend, police said on Tuesday. The incident happened in the Gumra forest in the Kathikund police station area on Monday, they said.The girl, belonging to a...
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President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday greeted people on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi and said the festival inspires everyone to move ahead with new goals and a positive spirit. This festival is celebrated with great devotion and enthusiasm, she asserted. Bhagwan Shri Ganesh is worshipped...
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted searches at locations linked to the tainted Gupta brothers of South Africa and their associates as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said.The action by the federal probe agency came in the backdrop of a Mutual Legal...
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A Delhi court has acquitted six men in a 2020 Delhi riots case while rapping the prosecution for trampling the accused's rights and called for action by the police commissioner. Additional sessions judge Parveen Singh acquitted the six men accused of being a part of a mob which was allegedly...
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Soon after the Centre cleared a Rs 62,000 crore deal to buy 97 more LCA Mark 1A fighter aircraft, India is close to signing a deal of around $1 billion with the American firm GE for supplying 113 more GE-404 engines for the indigenous combat aircraft.Indian state-owned firm Hindustan Aeronautics...
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The rupee depreciated 12 paise to close at 87.68 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, tracking weak domestic markets after the US issued a draft notice on plans to implement an additional 25 percent tariff on Indian products. Forex traders said the rupee lost momentum as worries...
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A one-year-old girl died after falling from gallery of her first floor house in Nagpur city of Maharashtra, the police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Sunday afternoon in Satranjipura area under the Lakadganj police station limits, they said. The victim, Simra Sameem Ansari,...
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The police on Tuesday said they are probing a complaint that BJP MLA Shalabh Mani Tripathi received death threats after he raised the issue of alleged illegal encroachment at a 'mazar' beneath a railway overbridge on the Deoria-Gorakhpur road. The threats, sent through email and social media...
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A Sai Baba idol at a Shiv temple in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal was removed early Tuesday morning and ceremonially immersed in the Ganga, temple authorities said. A Ganesh idol will be installed at the temple on Ganesh Chaturthi, they said. The decision was taken last week by the temple...
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The government on Tuesday urged stakeholders to avoid speculation on Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates ahead of the upcoming Council meeting. In a post on X, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs said decisions on GST are taken collectively by the Council comprising the Centre and...
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Equity benchmark index Sensex tumbled 849 points to slip below the 81,000 level on Tuesday due to widespread selling pressure after the US issued a draft notice over the implementation of an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian products. Besides, persistent foreign fund outflows and a...
16:25
Equity benchmark index Sensex tumbled 849 points to slip below the 80,000 level on Tuesday due to widespread selling pressure after the US issued a draft notice over the implementation of an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian products. Besides, persistent foreign fund outflows and a...
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Indian Navy on Tuesday simultaneously commissioned the latest multi-mission stealth frigates INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri at Naval Base in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The ceremony was presided over by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.This marks the first occasion when two frontline surface...
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A landslide incident has occurred near Inderprastha Bhojnalaya at Adhkwari on the way to the Vaishnodevi shrine. Some injuries are feared. Rescue operations are underway along with required manpower and machinery.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said swadeshi should be everyone's life mantra, noting his government's 'Make in India' initiative has created a favourable environment for both global and domestic manufacturers. Modi said his definition of swadeshi is simple. I am not concerned about...
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Continuous rainfall across Jammu and Kashmir has led to a sharp rise in water levels of several rivers and streams, triggering flash floods in parts of Jammu region. The Meteorological Department (MET) has issued an advisory on the matter. Possibility of intense/heavy to very heavy...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing unwavering confidence in the people of India, has resolutely stated that a Swadeshi (Indigenous) Aatmanirbhar Bharat is the cornerstone of building Viksit Bharat. He emphasised that in the coming years, every citizen will champion the mantra of 'Vocal...
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CCTV footage has emerged purportedly showing Vipin Bhati standing at a shop near his home in Greater Noida's Sirsa village on August 21 -- the day his wife Nikki Bhati was set ablaze allegedly by him and his family over dowry. The footage from outside a shop near the Bhati family's home...
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Nikki Bhati
The brutal murder of 26-year-old Nikki Bhati, burnt alive in her matrimonial home in Noida allegedly over dowry demands, has reopened a window into her husband's violent past, reports NDTV. Nikki's husband, Vipin Bhati was already named in a 2024 case of assault and exploitation...
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that the US will allow the entry of 6,00,000 students from China. Amid tariff talks with China, Trump said that the inflow of Chinese students was important. I hear so many stories about we're not going to allow their students- We're going to allow...
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Quota activist Manoj Jarange
Noting that public places cannot be occupied indefinitely, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday said Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange cannot hold a protest without prior permission from authorities and cited the law and order situation in Mumbai during the Ganesh festival.A bench of Chief Justice...
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India Inc. is expected to report a modest year-on-year revenue growth of 5-6 per cent in the second quarter of FY2026, compared with 5.5 per cent growth recorded in Q1 FY2026, according to a report by ICRA.The growth is likely to be supported by firm rural demand and structural factors such as...
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India has the power of democracy, the advantage of demography and a very large pool of skilled workforce, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. This creates a win-win situation for every partner of ours, Modi said, after flagging off Maruti Suzuki's first electric vehicle, the...
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Apparently stung by criticism from within the party for singing the RSS' prayer song, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday offered to apologise if anyone was hurt over its rendition in the state assembly and asserted he was a Congressman and would die as one.Shivakumar, also...
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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan rarely engages in social media activities, but whenever he does, his fans never miss a chance to make his post or comment go viral.Recently, SRK's daughter Suhana posted a couple of pictures from an event on Instagram. Dressed in a butter-yellow co-ord set, she...
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GSK India has re-entered the oncology segment with the launch of two precision therapies -- Jemperli (dostarlimab) and Zejula (niraparib), targeting gynaecological cancers as part of its strategy to expand the specialty medicines portfolio.This marks GSK's return to the cancer care segment after...
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The Guruvayur Shri Krishna temple in Thrissur will conduct purification rituals at its pond on Tuesday after social media influencer and former Bigg Boss contestant Jasmin Jaffer, a non-Hindu, filmed a reel washing her feet there, in violation of temple customs. According to an official, the...
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Tata Digital, the ecommerce arm of Tata Sons, has appointed Sajith Sivanandan as CEO and MD.Sivanandan, who was the president of Jio Mobile Digital Services, will take over the role from September 1, 2025. The development was conveyed to employees in an internal email.His appointment comes after...
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Medipally Police of Rachakonda Commissionerate has arrested a 27-year-old man in Telangana's Medchal-Malkajgiri district for murdering his pregnant wife, chopping her body into pieces and throwing them into the Musi river at Prathapsingarm.The arrest was made on Monday.The accused was identified...
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Union minister Piyush Goyal shares this image on X writing, Houseful!!! Ganapati Bappa Morya.
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The Israeli military's killing of six Palestinian journalists, including an Al Jazeera cameraman, in Gaza has caused global condemnation, with the Al Jazeera Media Network accusing Israel of assassinating journalists as part of a systematic campaign to silence the truth, reports Al Jazeera.The...
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The AAP on Tuesday claimed that the Enforcement Directorate raids against Saurabh Bharadwaj were an attempt to divert attention from questions being raised about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree and that the case against the party's Delhi unit chief was false. AAP national convenor Arvind...
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The son of Dashrath Manjhi, popularly known as the 'Mountain Man', Bhagirath Manjhi, expressed gratitude towards Lok Sabha MP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, as he has built a pucca house for his family in Bihar's Gaya.Speaking to ANI yesterday, Bhagirath said, ...When I met Rahul Gandhi in Patna,...
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International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq, who has been invited to inaugurate the world-famous 'Mysuru Dasara-2025' celebrations, has affirmed her respect for the festival and Goddess Chamundeshwari.Mushtaq's statement comes in the wake of objections raised by BJP leaders to the state...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his warm greetings on Ukraine's Independence Day, and said Kyiv was counting on India's contribution to ending the war with Russia. Zelenskyy, in a social media post, said Ukraine appreciates India's...
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With rising inclination from ultra high-net worth individuals and family offices, the total commitments for alternative investment funds (AIFs) surged to Rs 14.2 trillion as of June 2025, recording a 20 per cent jump year-on-year and a per cent growth on a sequential basis.The total...
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Cross-border Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions are gaining momentum with the real-time payments system expanding globally. These transactions grew more than 20 times to over 755,000 in FY25 from just 37,060 payments in FY24. In the first four months of FY26 alone, it clocked...
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Brenden Valentine Crasto, a Roman Catholic originally from Pakistan and long-time resident of Anjuna, expressed gratitude after receiving his Indian citizenship certificate under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, saying he had been waiting for it for a long time and was thankful for the fast...
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Net flows into regular schemes of large mutual fund houses went up sharply in 2024-2025 with net inflows coming through sponsor banks rising up sharply.The largest fund house, SBI MF, received net inflows of Rs 38,429 crore in FY25, up from Rs 17,857 crore in the previous year. The 115 per cent...
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Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) -- led by mutual funds -- are pouring money into Indian equities at an unprecedented pace. On a trailing 12-month (TTM) basis, covering the past 250 trading sessions, DIIs have injected Rs 7.1 trillion into domestic stocks, the most ever.Mutual funds alone...
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Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal will head to Brussels early next month to take stock and give a push to the free trade agreement (FTA) talks between India and the European Union.Barthwal is expected to travel to Brussels as early as next week, even before the 13th round of negotiations that...
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Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin inaugurated in Chennai on Tuesday, the expansion of the Chief Minister's Breakfast Scheme, part of the flagship initiatives of the DMK government, to urban areas in the state. Stalin, along with his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, served food to children at St...
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Domestic equities opened under pressure on Tuesday as the United States Customs Department went ahead with the decision to impose 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods and published a draft notice. The new tariffs will come into effect from August 27. Sensex is over 700 points down this morning,...
09:29
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches at premises linked to AAP leader and former Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj and others as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said.Around a dozen locations in the national capital are being searched by the federal...
09:27
The Yamuna river in New Delhi continues to flow near the danger mark, as visuals from the Old Yamuna bridge showed water level close to the 205-metre mark. Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department on Tuesday issued an alert for moderate to intense spells of rainfall over Delhi and...
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Lieutenant General N S Raja Subramani, with 40 years of experience, will take charge on September 1, as Chief Military Adviser To the National Security Council Secretariat, functioning as a key link between the armed forces NSC. The National Security Council Secretariat functions as the...
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Nikki Bhati's husband, Vipin, is in police custody
The father of the deceased woman, Nikki Bhati, who was allegedly killed in a dowry murder case in Greater Noida, alleged that the in-laws harassed his daughter for money, even troubling her when she tried to run a parlour. He has demanded strict action against the accused. Bhikhari Singh...
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Nearly 60 two-wheelers were gutted after a fire broke out at motorbike showroom-cum-service centre in Maharashtra's Pune city, officials said on Tuesday. One person was trapped in the premises due to smoke inhalation after the blaze erupted on Monday evening and was later rescued, they...
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A social media influencer's video about communal harmony, showing him purchasing an idol of Lord Ganesh from a Muslim seller, has triggered a row, prompting him to delete it and apologise for unintentionally hurting people's feelings. The reel creator, Atharva Sudame, makes humorous videos....
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a draft notice on the implementation of additional duties on products imported from India, following the announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump to increase tariffs on Indian goods to 50 per cent. According to the notice, the...
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Israel carried out an air strike on one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip on Monday and hit the same site again just as journalists and rescue workers reached the spot, reported the Associated Press.At least 20 people were killed and many others injured, according to local health...
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