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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Colonel (retired) Ajay Kothiyal has expressed regret that even four months after the cloudburst in Dharali of Uttarkashi district, the bodies of 147 people buried under the debris could not be recovered. If the Army rescued seven out of 10 soldiers buried under...
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The police on Tuesday registered a case against an NCP candidate contesting local elections in Maharashtra's Pune district for allegedly performing 'puja' of an Electronic Voting Machine inside a polling booth during the local body polls, officials said. The incident took place in Bhor....
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Actor-politician Vijay
The Puducherry police on Tuesday denied permission for actor-politician Vijay's roadshow slated for December 5 in the union territory. Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party had sought permission to conduct a roadshow from Kalapet to Kannaiakoil and also for Vijay to address a public meeting...
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Lieutenant General P K Mishra with soldiers
White Knight Corps General Officer Commanding, Lieutenant General P K Mishra, on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in the forward areas along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, and emphasised the importance of staying alert to meet future challenges. Lt Gen...
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A former close aide of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Timber Market in Sector-26 here on Monday night in a suspected inter-gang rivalry incident, the police said. The deceased Inderpreet Singh alias Parry had multiple criminal cases registered against...
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A dead frog was allegedly found in the midday meal served to children at a government-run primary school in Gokulpur area in Gwalior, an official said. District collector Ruchika Chauhan on Tuesday ordered a probe into the incident after a video of the little frog in a container of the...
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The Odisha Assembly on Tuesday passed a Bill aimed at decriminalising certain minor offences in 16 existing laws to promote a more business-friendly and citizen-centric environment in the state. The Odisha Jan Vishwas Bill, 2025, moved by industries minister Sampad Chandra Swain, was debated...
21:54
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has launched an investigation into Air India after the airline was reported to have operated aircraft in eight revenue sectors with an expired Airworthiness Review Certificate.According to a press note issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Air India...
21:35
Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar (right) with party chief Eknath Shinde./File image
An offence was filed against Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar in Maharashtra's Hingoli district allegedly for sloganeering and breaching confidentiality by showing party election symbol to a woman casting vote during local body polls on Tuesday, a police official said. Earlier in the day, a...
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An apparently drunk man on Tuesday broke through Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's security cordon and advanced towards the stage at the Kashi Tamil Sangam 4.0 programme being held at Namo Ghat in Varanasi, the police said. The man, who is mentally ill, was caught by commandos from the chief...
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In view of the upcoming influenza season coinciding with winters, a high-level review meeting was held under the chairmanship of Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday.It was highlighted at the meeting that the country is well-prepared to handle respiratory illnesses and that all...
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Delhi's Patiala House court on Tuesday granted bail to 8 accused in the Parliament Street Protest case. A total of 17 accused were arrested by the police in a case lodged at Parliament Street Police Station. The court has already granted bail to 9 accused persons. They are accused...
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The Delhi high court will hear on Wednesday a plea seeking urgent steps to control hazardous air pollution levels in the national capital.While hearing the petition, Justice Sachin Datta said the prayers are in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and should be heard by the division...
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The Tamil Nadu government has told the Supreme Court that the Karur stampede in which 41 people were killed is attributable to a series of reckless and uncoordinated actions by the organisers and workers of the TVK party. In an affidavit filed before the top court, the state government said...
19:52
The rupee hit the psychological 90-a-dollar level in intraday trade before settling 42 paise down at an all-time low of 89.95 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, largely owing to continued short-covering from speculators and sustained importer demand for the American...
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Several parts of northern Tamil Nadu on Tuesday continued to witness rains and the death toll due to rain-related incidents across the state increased to 4 and standing crops on more than 2 lakh acres were destroyed. While the rains caused heavy inundation of low lying areas and traffic...
19:12
A Thiruvananthapuram-bound Air India Express flight from Riyadh made an emergency landing at Mangaluru International Airport after a passenger onboard developed a sudden medical complication, officials said on Tuesday. Flight IX 522, which was scheduled to fly directly to...
19:04
Russia's lower house of parliament, State Duma, on Tuesday ratified a key military pact with India ahead of President Vladimir Putin's state visit to New Delhi on December 4-5. The Reciprocal Exchange of Logistic Support (RELOS) signed on February 18, between the two governments was sent to...
18:56
The parental mapping of over 1.61 crore voters in Jharkhand from the current list with that of the 2003 electoral rolls when the Special Intensive Revision was last held has been completed, an official said on Tuesday. Around 12 lakh voters coming under the categories of absent, shifted,...
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Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the government plans to launch a ride-hailing mobility app 'Bharat Taxi' that aims to free the country's commercial vehicle drivers from dependency on private companies. The digital app, 'Bharat Taxi', will be operated by the Sahakar Taxi...
18:03
IRS officer Sameer Wankhede
The Delhi high court on Tuesday reserved its order on a plea by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede seeking an interim injunction on the series The Ba***ds of Bollywood, produced by Shah Rukh Khan-owned Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd. Wankhede has sought that the series, which he has alleged to...
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Rubaiyya Sayeed kidnapping accused Shafat Ahmed Shangloo/Courtesy Umar Ganie
In a major setback to the CBI, a special court on Tuesday set free Shafat Ahmed Shangloo who was arrested by the agency a day before in connection with the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed, the daughter of the then home minister Mufi Mohammed Sayeed. The court refused to grant Shangloo's...
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In a major operation against an international drug cartel, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has seized Rs 12.5 crore worth of high-grade heroin in Assam, transported through riverine route from Myanmar, a senior official said on Tuesday. Acting on specific intelligence gathered over an...
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The Lok Sabha will take up a debate on the 150th anniversary of National Song 'Vande Mataram' on Monday and on electoral reforms on Tuesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said. The decision was taken after an all-party meeting and a Business Advisory Committee chaired by Lok...
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The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Punjab government to produce the foundational material that led to the rejection of jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh's parole plea to attend the Winter Session of Parliament. The direction was issued by the bench of Chief Justice Sheel...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to consider extending the deadline of December 11 by one more week for submitting enumeration forms in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice...
16:33
The doctor-population ratio in the country is 1:811, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said there are 13,88,185 registered allopathic doctors in the country and 7,51,768 registered practitioners in...
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The new complex housing the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) will be called 'Seva Teerth', officials said on Tuesday. The new complex, which is in the final stages of completion, was earlier known as the 'Executive Enclave' under the Central Vista Redevelopment project. Besides the PMO, the...
16:08
Stock markets declined on Tuesday, with the benchmark Sensex tumbling nearly 504 points due to selling in blue-chip bank stocks and Reliance Industries, and persistent foreign fund outflows. Falling for the third straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 503.63 points or 0.59 per...
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Nati koli saaru' (country chicken curry) considered one of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's favourites along with steaming hot idlis was on the breakfast menu at Deputy CM D K Shivakumar's residence on Tuesday, according to official sources. The spread also included 'nati koli' fry, vada and pongal,...
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A 25-year-old woman, daughter of an IAS officer, has allegedly died by suicide at her parental home in Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh after making dowry harassment allegations months ago, said a police official on Tuesday. Her parents broke open the doors after she didn't come out of the...
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BJP National Spokesperson and MP Sambit Patra on Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury's statement on dogs yesterday: Yesterday, when MP Renuka Chowdhury came to the Parliament with her pet dog and when someone from the media asked her about it, she said that this is just a tiny being and doesn't bite,...
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Amid the Sanchar Saathi application row, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said making anything compulsory in a democracy is troubling and asserted that the government should explain everything to the public instead of just passing an order. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has...
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Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday took a veiled jibe at the ruling NDA MPs after Congress MP Renuka Chaudhary brought a dog to the Parliament on the first day of the Winter Session, saying pets are allowed inside the building. Speaking to reporters outside the...
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Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said the Sanchar Saathi app, a fraud reporting app the government wants pre-installed on all devices, can be deleted by users. Users can decide to keep the Sanchar Saathi app or delete it, Scindia told reporters on Tuesday. The Department of...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed trial proceedings against former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa in a sexual harassment case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the interim...
12:54
Asserting that there are no differences between him and his deputy D K Shivakumar, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that they both are running the government unitedly, and will continue to do so in the future too. Reiterating that both of them will abide by the decision...
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The Indian military strike at the terror hotbed at Mudrike
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi on Sunday said that Operation Sindoor is still in progress and refrained from sharing operational details while emphasising the high level of coordination among the armed forces. Operation Sindoor is still ongoing; it is not over. Anything...
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Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday following protests by Opposition parties over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls across the country. As soon as the laying of papers concluded, Opposition MPs trooped into the well of the House, raising...
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Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Tuesday said his force's aggressive posturing during Operation Sindoor in May forced Pakistan Navy to remain close to their ports. In his annual press conference, Admiral Tripathi also said that the Indian Navy maintained a high operational readiness,...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met Deputy CM DK Shivakumar at his residence over a second breakfast meeting between the two amid the speculated power tussle between the two for the Chief Ministerial post. After Idli-Sambar and Upma in their first meeting, DK Shivakumar hosted...
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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) move to mandate the pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi application in all mobile handsets manufactured or imported in India has caused a political storm. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday criticised the recent order by the Department of...
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Teddy bears and stuffed plushies have long been a mainstay in toy collections. But today they don't talk back in a child's imagination ' some talk through built-in AI chatbots.Sometimes that's a problem, though: A scarf-wearing teddy bear recently went off the rails during a...
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A Kuwait-Hyderabad IndiGo flight was diverted to Mumbai on Tuesday following a bomb threat email, police said here. The flight landed safely in Mumbai, they said. The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad received the threat email claiming that certain anti-social elements...
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As Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah meets Deputy CM DK Shivakumar over breakfast amid a speculated power tussle, Home Minister G Parameshwara acknowledged the stir, saying people have different aspirations and they express them at the right time.CM Siddaramaiah today arrived at Shivakumar's...
10:24
Nikhil Kumaraswamy
Amid the ongoing power struggle in the Karnataka Congress, JD(S) MLA Nikhil Kumar took a dig at the leadership on Tuesday, criticising the repeated breakfast meetings between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.In a post on X, Nikhil said, Breakfast diplomacy on...
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Dy CM DK Shivakumar interact ahead of their breakfast meeting.
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah reaches Dy CM DK Shivakumar's residence at his invitation, for a breakfast meeting. The meeting follows a high-level interaction between the two leaders on Saturday morning at Siddaramaiah's Cauvery residence.The Saturday meeting was described by Shivakumar as a...
09:59
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Tuesday dragged by blue-chip bank stocks and persistent foreign fund outflows. After scaling record high level in the previous intra-day session, the 30-share BSE Sensex fell by 380.02 points to 85,261.88 during initial trade.The...
09:58
The rupee depreciated 32 paise to an all-time low of 89.85 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, weighed down by the broad strength of the American currency in overseas markets and persistent foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said strong dollar demand from corporates,...
09:21
Voting was underway on Tuesday across 264 municipal councils and nagar panchayats in the first phase of the local body elections in Maharashtra, where 6,042 seats and 264 posts of council presidents are up for grabs.The polling began at 7.30 am and will conclude at 5.30 pm. Votes will be counted...
08:58
Accusing the Centre of pursuing 'political vendetta' against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar alleged that central investigative agencies were being 'misused' to target him in the National Herald case.Addressing reporters at Vidhana Soudha, Shivakumar on...
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Harmanpreet Kaur
Punjab National Bank on Monday signed World Cup-winning Indian women's team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur as its brand ambassador. The bank said in a press release that Kaur is its first-ever female brand ambassador. She was presented with a framed PNB jersey bearing her name and number,...
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In a remarkable show of courage to strengthen the democratic process in remote Maoist-affected Indravati National Park and Abujhmad areas in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, teams handed over enumeration forms to 300 persons as part of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, a senior...
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People move on a boat in a flooded area in Sri Lanka./Thilina Kaluthotage/Reuters
India on Monday expeditiously heeded to Pakistan's request to use Indian airspace to send humanitarian assistance to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka, people familiar with the matter said. They also described as fake reports in the Pakistani media that India has not granted overflight facility to...
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