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First time after partition, two universities of Pakistan's Punjab have launched short courses in Sanskrit citing shared heritage and plan to teach Gita and Mahabharat in future.The University of Punjab Lahore (public) and The Lahore University of Management Sciences (private) have launched a...
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Bihar Home Minister Samrat Choudhary on Saturday said that the state government will confiscate the properties of those accused in fodder scams, and open schools on those spots.Choudhary was responding to reporters' queries on his previous remarks at a conclave on Friday that the government was...
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A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Srinagar declared Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, an accused in the white collar terror module busted by Srinagar police in October that was behind the November 10 car blast near Delhi's Red Fort, a proclaimed offender under Section 84 of the...
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The House of Lords in London played host to a special reception in honour of the 200th birth anniversary of Dadabhai Naoroji, the nationalist leader who became the first Indian to win a popular election to the British Parliament during the colonial era.Known as the 'grand old man of India',...
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A couple from Gujarat's Mehsana district and their three-year-old daughter were allegedly taken hostage in Libya for a ransom of Rs 2 crore while trying to immigrate to Portugal, officials said on Saturday.Kismatsinh Chavda, his wife Heenaben and daughter Devanshi were kidnapped in the North...
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A man has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly raping and brutally murdering a five-year-old girl in the district 18 years ago, Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) Police said on Saturday.The crime had taken place in the Manikpur police station limits, said Assistant Commissioner of...
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The Delhi Police has arrested three alleged members of a cyber fraud syndicate for duping an 82-year-old man of Rs 1.16 crore by placing him under digital arrest and coercing him to transfer money, an official said on Friday.The victim was intimidated after the accused impersonated as law...
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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday, while lauding the win of the United Democratic Front in Kerala local bodies elections, also congratulated the Bharatiya Janata Party for its historic performance in his Thiruvananthapuram constituency, calling it the 'beauty of democracy'.In a post on...
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With the Cabinet approving a Bill to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Congress on Saturday alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doing this to claim credit and the move is 'nothing but a cosmetic change to paper over the deliberate neglect being...
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Authorities have sealed at least two nightclubs as part of a statewide crackdown following the death of 25 people in a devastating fire at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub on December 6, officials said. Cafe CO2 Goa, a prominent nightclub located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea...
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The lotus bloomed in the state capital as the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance achieved a resounding win in the polls for the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, snatching it from the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front and marking an end to 45 years of...
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The prime organiser of the Lionel Messi event in Kolkata has been detained over alleged mismanagement that led to chaos at the Salt Lake Stadium, West Bengal Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar said on Sunday.The DGP also said the organiser has been directed to refund ticket prices to...
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The Supreme Court has refused to entertain the bail plea of Mihir Shah, the son of a former Shiv Sena leader, in the 2024 Mumbai BMW hit-and-run case, saying 'these boys need to be taught a lesson'.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A G Masih took into account that the accused belonged to an...
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Both ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party lashed out at the organisers of an event of Lionel Messi in Salt Lake stadium on Saturday, which ended in chaos as irate spectators went on a vandalisation spree for not having a proper view of the football icon.Demanding action...
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An IndiGo flight suffered a tail strike while landing at the Ranchi airport, officials said on Saturday.The incident happened around 7.30 pm on Friday when the Bhubaneswar-Ranchi flight was landing with around 70 passengers on board, they said.The tail of the aircraft touched the runway during...
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A one-day-old infant died in an ambulance while being transported to a government hospital in Jaipur, with the child's father claiming that the oxygen cylinder ran out and they were 'abandoned' by the driver at another medical facility.The incident occurred on Friday evening near Bassi...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday apologised to football icon Lionel Messi and his fans over the chaos that marred the Argentine star's brief visit to the city and announced a judicial enquiry into the incident.In a post on X, Banerjee said she 'sincerely apologised' to Messi,...
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Chaos erupted at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday as spectators, who had paid hefty amounts for tickets to see Argentine football icon Lionel Messi, protested after being unable to catch a clear glimpse of the soccer player.Messi arrived at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan...
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YouTuber 'Savukku' Shankar was arrested from his residence in Chennai on Saturday, a police official said.Five others of the political commentator's team were also arrested.Police claimed that Shankar declined to open the door when the investigating officer knocked at his residence here this...
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US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) played down the significance of recently surfaced photographs showing him alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling the matter 'no big deal'.Upon being asked by the media about the newly released images by the Oversight Committee...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday made light of the state forest minister's suggestion to release goats into the forest to keep leopards away from human settlements, saying that apart from big cats, villagers will also feast on this prey base. During an informal...
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Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the news of India not being part of the group comes after the PM had enthusiastically posted on social media about a telephone call with his once-upon-a-time good friend and a...
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Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will attend the GOAT India Tour event featuring football legend Lionel Messi at the RGI Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday evening, Telangana Congress sources said.A friendly match will be played between the two teams -- ...
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Eight leading Muslim countries, including Pakistan, have expressed strong support for the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees, saying its role in Gaza is irreplaceable amid an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. In a joint statement shared by Pakistan's Foreign Office on Friday,...
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Three influential United States lawmakers have introduced a resolution in Congress aimed at ending the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on India, saying the irresponsible tariff strategy toward Delhi is a counterproductive approach that weakens a critical partnership.Representatives...
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A thick blanket of smog shrouded the national capital on Saturday morning with an air quality index (AQI) of 397, on the brinks of the 'severe' category. Of the total monitoring stations in Delhi, 21 were in the 'severe' category with AQI readings crossing the 400-mark, the Central...
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Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who has been suspended from the Congress following her Rs 500 crore for chief minister's chair remark that sparked a political row, has sought security cover from Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. She also questioned the chief minister's silence over the issues she...
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The Indian Railways witnessed 11 consequential railway accidents in the first eight months of FY26, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Rajya Sabha on Friday.'It may be noted that the consequential train accidents during the period 2004-2014 were 1,711 (average 171 per annum), which...
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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has launched a scathing attack on the SIR of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that it was NRC in disguise and part of a larger conspiracy to remove voters opposed to the BJP.Yadav, who is in Hyderabad to attend the Vision India - AI Summit on...
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The Centre is renaming the flagship Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, or MGNREGS, to Pujya Bapu Grameen Rozgar Yojana, while raising the number of mandatory guaranteed employment days from 100 to 125.The Union Cabinet has approved amendments to the master legislation, sources...
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More than 1.28 lakh people in Mumbai were bitten by stray dogs in 2024, raising concerns about the safety of citizens and prompting authorities to undertake measures like sterilisation and vaccination of free-roaming canines to control their population. This information was shared by...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India has disposed of insider trading proceedings against Pranav Adani and two other individuals in a case linked to Adani Green Energy's (AGEL's) 2021 acquisition of SB Energy, citing insufficient evidence to sustain charges.In a 50-page order, Sebi said...
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Zubeen Garg's wife Garima on Friday welcomed the chargesheet filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which named four people in connection with the singer's murder. The investigation began on the basis of the FIR filed by us against the accused on behalf of our family. The probe...
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Thousands braved the December chill and waited past midnight to give a rousing welcome to Argentine superstar footballer Lionel Messi as he arrived in Kolkata for his whirlwind three-day, four-city GOAT India Tour 2025.The Barcelona legend's 2.26 am touchdown in the early hours of Saturday sent...
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A head of department in the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in Hyderabad was arrested on charges of rape following a complaint by a former guest faculty of the institution, the police said on Friday. The complainant had worked with the HoD and the two had developed intimacy,...
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Three members of a family were found dead inside their home in southeast Delhi's Kalkaji on Friday, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, officials said. The police said the incident came to light around 2.47 pm when a police team reached the premises to execute a court order...
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The NIA on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against seven accused and Kovai Arabic Educational Association (KAEA), a registered society, in a 2023 case related to radicalisation of youths for terror activities under the guise of free Arabic classes. The counter-terror agency had...
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