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The Trinamool Congress leadership has decided to instruct party booth-level agents (BLAs) to carry out fresh, door-to-door scrutiny of deleted voters' names in Bhabanipur, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's assembly constituency, after nearly 45,000 electors were struck off from the draft electoral...
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Global football icon Lionel Messi on Tuesday visited Vantara, a wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and conservation centre in Jamnagar, where he participated in traditional rituals and interacted with conservation teams at the facility founded by Anant Ambani.Messi, accompanied by his Inter Miami...
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The rupee sank to a fresh record low, breaching the 91-a-dollar mark for the first time on Tuesday, even as the government attributed the currency's slide to the widening trade gap and developments related to the India-US trade deal.During the session, the local unit tanked below 91 and hit its...
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Gaurav Luthra and his brother Saurabh, co-owners of the Goa nightclub where 25 people were killed in a fire on December 6, are expected to be brought to the state on Wednesday morning by the local police, which secured their transit remand from a Delhi court, a senior official said.The Luthra...
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As many as 12.32 crore electors have found their names in the draft electoral rolls of three states and two Union territories published on Tuesday as part of the ongoing special intensive revision as compared to the 13.36 crore people who were part of the voters' list on October 27.Election...
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The Congress on Tuesday issued a whip in Lok Sabha, mandating its MPs to be present in the Lower House for the next three days as key legislations such as the VB-G RAM G and a new bill to overhaul laws governing India's civil nuclear sector are likely to come up for consideration and passage.The...
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Luthra brothers, Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Goa nightclub where 25 people were killed in a fire on December 6, were produced in a Delhi court on Tuesday.The Goa Police produced both the accused in Patiala House Court before Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Twinkle Chawla to...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had acted in a 'fatherly' manner when he pulled the hijab off a young woman's face, Minority Affairs Minister Zama Khan said on Tuesday.The incident, which happened on Monday at a function where AYUSH doctors were handed appointment letters, triggered a...
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Nearly 42 lakh voter names have been deleted in draft electoral rolls in Rajasthan during Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to state Chief Electoral Officer Naveen Mahajan.Mahajan said on Tuesday that enumeration forms of 41.85 lakh voters out of 5.46 crore voters could not be collected...
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The rupee fell 23 paise against the greenback to settle at a new all-time low of 91.01 (provisional) on Tuesday, as the government in the Rajya Sabha attributed the sliding value of domestic currency to widening trade deficit and the ongoing developments related to the India-US trade...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday arrived in Ethiopia on the second leg of his four-day, three-nation tour.In his first visit to Ethiopia, the prime minister will address the Joint Session of Parliament and share his thoughts on India's journey as the 'Mother of Democracy' and the value...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Aroop Biswas's resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event recently, a senior leader of the ruling Trinamool Congress said.Biswas, who had written to...
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Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Tuesday apologised for the air pollution crisis in the national capital and acknowledged its impact on children's health.He asserted that it was the result of the policies pursued by the previous Aam Aadmi Party government.Addressing a press...
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Sajid Akram, one of the suspects in the recent mass shooting at Bondi beach in Australia, is a native of Hyderabad, the Telangana Police said on Tuesday. He migrated to Australia 27 years ago and had limited contact with his family in Hyderabad, the Telangana DGP office said in a...
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A 37-year-old woman allegedly threw her eight-year-old daughter to death from the fourth floor of a residential building in Hyderabad following an argument with her family members, police said on Tuesday.The incident happened on Monday afternoon, resulting in the girl's death, a police official...
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A case has been registered here against an elderly passenger for allegedly touching a female crew member inappropriately during a flight from Dammam, Saudi Arabia, police said on Tuesday.After the flight landed here, the cabin crew filed a complaint with the RGI airport police station on December...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a sharp dig at the BJP-led Centre on Tuesday while opposing the VB-G RAM G Bill in the Lok Sabha, recalling the 1971 hit Bollywood number -- Dekho o deewano (tum) ye kaam na karo, Ram ka naam badnaam na karo.The MP from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram asserted that the...
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A 31-year-old married woman in Sahavpur town of the Barabanki district was found dead, allegedly hacked to death, at the house of her lover, who, too, was married, police said on Tuesday. Police suspect the role of the married man's parents and his four sisters, who are allegedly...
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Three Indian students were among 40 people injured in the terrorist attack on Sydney's Bondi Beach in Australia, according to a media report on Tuesday. Two out of these three students are believed to be receiving treatment in the hospital, The Australia Today news portal reported. The...
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Actor Rakul Preet Singh slammed a self proclaimed doctor on social media who claimed she went under the knife and urged her fans not to believe such fraud people making statements without factual checks. A user named Dr Prashant Yadav, who is a board certified plastic and cosmetic surgeon,...
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Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, brothers and co-owners of the Goa nightclub where a fire killed 25 people, landed in Delhi on Tuesday after they were deported from Thailand. They were handed over to Indian authorities immediately on arriving at the airport and taken into custody for...
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Low visibility conditions disrupted flight operations at Delhi airport on Tuesday, leading to widespread cancellations, a Delhi International Airport Ltd official said. So far, 49 departures and 77 arrivals have been cancelled due to poor visibility, he added. At the...
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The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, that seeks to replace the existing rural employment law MGNREGA, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday amid strong objections by the opposition to the removal of Mahatma Gandhi's name from it.Union...
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Jordanian Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II on Tuesday personally drove Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Jordan Museum here, in a special gesture reflecting the warmth of ties between India and the Arab nation. The Crown Prince is a 42nd-generation direct descendant of...
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday attacked the government over its bill to replace MGNREGA, saying that it stands to weaken the original Act's guaranteed 100 days of employment to the poorest of the poor. The Congress general secretary also said she does not understand...
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The Congress on Tuesday claimed the illegality of the Narendra Modi government and its politically motivated prosecution stands fully exposed after a court here refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's National Herald money laundering case against Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and...
12:54
Eighteen people were abducted by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's Sindh province while they were en route to Quetta in a bus. The incident took place near the Ghotki area on Monday night when the attackers opened fire on the bus at the Highway Link Road close to the Sindh and Punjab...
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The rupee plunged 36 paise to breach the 91-mark against the US dollar for the first time in intra-day trade on Tuesday, weighed down by sustained FII outflows and a lack of clarity on the India-US trade deal. The rupee fell from 90 a dollar to 91 in the last 10 trading...
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Actor Sohail Khan issued an apology for riding the bike without a helmet and said, although he is claustrophobic, he will ensure to follow all the rules. Khan, known for featuring in films such as Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, Veer, Tubelight, and Dabangg 3, uploaded a picture of himself on...
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A court in Delhi on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering charge against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, and five others in the National Herald case.The ED said it would file an appeal against the court order.Special Judge Vishal Gogne...
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An unidentified drone has been spotted flying over the airstrip of Nagpur-based Solar Industries, manufacturer of defence-related products, prompting authorities to launch an investigation, officials said on Tuesday. A First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged...
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The Delhi high court on Monday upheld an order restraining a footwear manufacturer from using the mark 'POWER FLEX', ruling in Bata India's favour in its trademark infringement suit.A division bench led by Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla dismissed two cross-appeals, one filed...
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The national capital's air quality saw some improvement on Tuesday morning, with an AQI of 377 as against 498 a day ago, even as smog blanketed the city, shivering at 8.3 degrees Celsius during the morning hours, reducing visibility. The air quality in the city at 9 am was in the 'very...
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Barely hours ahead of the publication of the draft electoral rolls of West Bengal, where assembly elections are due early next year, the Election Commission on Tuesday morning released the names of deleted voters on its website.The list features voters whose names were included in the electoral...
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Congress leader P Chidambaram has slammed the increasing practice of the government using Hindi words in the titles of the bills and said the change is an affront to the non-Hindi-speaking people. Chidambaram said the non-Hindi-speaking people cannot identify a Bill/Act with titles...
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Nepal has eased restrictions on carrying high-denomination Indian currency in the Himalayan nation, ending a decade-long ban, according to an official statement.Individuals can hold Indian banknotes of Rs 200 and Rs 500 up to a maximum limit of INR 25,000 per person. The decision was made during...
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An Army soldier died in a landmine blast in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. Havildar Zubair Ahmad of the Army's 13 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry was injured in a land mine blast at Putaha Khan Gali in the Trehgam area of the border district on...
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Ecommerce giant Flipkart, which is owned by Walmart, has been granted approval by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to shift its domicile from Singapore to India.With the NCLT nod, the company comes one step closer to filing its draft papers in the next calendar year.'In light of the...
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Thailand authorities on Tuesday deported Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Goa nightclub where 25 people were killed in a fire on December 6, to India. The deportation comes amid an ongoing probe into the deadly blaze, which triggered widespread outrage and led to scrutiny...
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Charred remains of the Birch by Romeo Lane restaurant, in Arpora, Goa
Authorities have sealed 'The Cape Goa', a prominent restaurant located on a cliff in South Goa district, for violation of fire and other safety norms, officials said on Tuesday.The Tourism Department had granted permission for one temporary private shack, but it was observed that the...
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Four people were killed in a major road accident on the Delhi-Agra Expressway in Mathura on Tuesday morning after several buses and cars collided due to dense fog.The incident took place in the Baldev area of Mathura at 4:30 am on Tuesday. Three of the four deceased were in the buses, while...
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The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday ruled that WhatsApp could not share user data with Meta or its group entities without obtaining explicit user consent, irrespective of whether the data was used for advertising or non-advertising purposes.The Competition Commission of...
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the deadly terror attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach was driven by Islamic State (IS) terror group's ideology.It would appear that this was motivated by Islamic State ideology, Albanese said, as per excerpts shared with news agencies by his office from...
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The Allahabad high court on Monday dismissed writ petitions seeking to quash FIRs filed against two men for allegedly trafficking adulterated cough syrup and stay their arrests. A bench comprising Justice Ajay Bhanot and Justice Garima Prasad said the petitioners were accused of committing a...
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In the latest incident marking the escalation in the human-animal conflict, an eight-year-old boy was killed by a leopard in Junnar tehsil of Pune district in Maharashtra on Monday. The big cat hiding in the bushes pounced on Rohit Kapare at a farm while his mother was working nearby in...
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into federal law a key military pact with India inked earlier this year after both houses of the Russian parliament ratified it, according to the Kremlin chancery. The Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Support (RELOS) agreement between the two...
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