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The Pune police busted an international drugs racket with the arrest of five persons, all in their 20s, and seizure of drugs worth about Rs 3.45 crore, an official said on Wednesday.The arrests were made across the country, including Pune, Mumbai, Goa and Guwahati, he said.According to the...
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Several parties of the opposition INDIA bloc will stage a protest against the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, which seeks to replace MGNREGA, in the Parliament complex on Thursday morning. Sources said the protest will be organised near the...
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Seven infiltrators from Bangladesh have been intercepted in Assam's Cachar district and sent back to their country, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday. Kudos to @cacharpolice for making 7 illegal migrants rethink breakfast plans as they ended up having it in their home...
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The Nationalist Congress Party is ready to contest the January 15 Mumbai civic polls independently, but the final decision on the issue will be taken by NCP president and Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, party MLA Sana Malik said on Wednesday. The NCP is a constituent of...
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Two top economists on Wednesday appeared before a parliamentary panel examining the Bills on simultaneous elections and submitted their views on economic aspects and the manner in which tackle it. Professor of Economics at Harvard University Gita Gopinath, who was previously IMF First Deputy...
22:15
Sajid Akram, the slain suspect in the recent mass shooting at Bondi beach in Australia, a native of Hyderabad, renewed his Indian passport in 2022 from Sydney, Telangana Intelligence sources said on Wednesday. Akram (50) brought his European origin wife to the city in 2001 for a 'nikah'...
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The Supreme Court has quashed an FIR registered by the Karnataka Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) against former deputy chief minister and BJP MLA R Ashoka in a land allotment corruption case.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and Vipul M Pancholi said the FIR shows a concerted effort on the...
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Smog persisted across Delhi on Wednesday, with air quality falling in the 'very poor' category, slightly improving from a day before.The forecasts, meanwhile, predict the air quality to oscillate between 'very poor' and 'severe' categories in the coming days.It is likely to remain in either of...
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The Mumbai police seized a Lamborghini car after its driver was found running it at a breakneck speed of 252 kilometres per hour on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in the city, officials said on Wednesday. The incident took place on December 12 and a case has been registered against the car...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked his deputy Ajit Pawar to inform him who will replace his party colleague and convicted sports minister Manikrao Kokate, sources said on Wednesday, in a sign the embattled Cabinet member may lose his post. Kokate has been...
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A military special train loaded with military vehicles, tanks, and heavy equipment on way to Kashmir crosses the Chenab Bridge, on Tuesday./@adgpi X/ANI Photo
The Indian Army achieved a major logistics milestone with the induction of tanks and artillery guns into the Kashmir valley by a special military train, demonstrating enhanced mobility and logistical capability to the northernmost tip of the nation. The Northern Railway has so far supplied...
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A leopard entered a densely populated area in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur city, prompting forest officials to launch an operation to rescue the big cat, an official said on Wednesday. The big cat entered the house of forest department staffer Shiv Sharma in Mayur Colony on Tuesday...
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A large group of protesters, marching towards the Indian high commission in Dhaka, was stopped by police on Wednesday, even as India expressed strong concern about the security situation around its mission in the Bangladeshi capital. The protesters, marching under the banner of July Oikya...
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The Delhi police on Wednesday arrested five alleged shooters linked to the Aarzoo-Anmol Bishnoi-Harry Boxer syndicate for their role in the murder of former Lawrence Bishnoi aide Inderpreet Singh alias Parry in Chandigarh earlier this month, officials said.The accused have been identified as...
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SS Rajamouli was happy to be the first person in India to watch Avatar: Fire and Ash as he sat down to discuss the movie with director James Cameron who hopes to visit the Indian director's set when he is filming something fun. The two directors, united in their love for creating big...
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In mounting trouble for Maharashtra sports minister Manikrao Kokate of the NCP, a court in Nashik district on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against him in a cheating and forgery case dating back to 1995. The development comes a day after the district court upheld the two-year...
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President Droupadi Murmu visited the Sripuram Golden Temple in Nellore on Wednesday and offered prayers during her brief visit to Tamil Nadu. She was received with full temple honours upon her arrival and was conducted around the Sri Lakshmi Narayani Golden Temple. The president...
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The Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday arrested a notorious drug peddler and recovered cocaine worth over Rs 10 crore from his rented house in the Gooripora area in Srinagar, officials said.The arrest was made during the investigation of a case registered in Ganderbal district, and the accused...
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The rupee recovered 55 paise from its all-time low level to close at 90.38 provisional) against the US dollar after a volatile trade on Wednesday, amid suspected aggressive central bank intervention. Analysts said the rupee's recent fall against the US dollar was primarily driven by external...
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A suspect in the killing of a 30-year-old kabaddi player-cum-promoter in Mohali was shot dead by police in an encounter on Wednesday. Harpinder alias Middu, a resident of Naushehra Pannuan in Punjab's Tarn Taran district, was injured in an exchange of fire during a chase and later succumbed...
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Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesday launched 'Operation Torch' in Varanasi as part of a drive against illegal immigrants, officials said.Under the operation, police teams are verifying the identities of people who are not native residents of Varanasi but have been living in the city for some...
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A case has been registered against a high-end restaurant co-founded by Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty for allegedly operating past the legal closing hours, police said on Wednesday. The restaurant, Bastion, located on St Marks road here, was allegedly found operating beyond the...
17:39
Stock markets declined for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, with benchmark Sensex closing lower by 120 points at a week's low due to relentless foreign fund outflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex edged lower by 120.21 points or 0.14 percent to settle at 84,559.65. During the day, it...
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Bharatiya Janata Party IT cell head Amit Malviya/Courtesy X
Bharatiya Janata Party IT cell head Amit Malviya on Wednesday alleged that the Trinamool Congress MP accused of vaping inside Parliament was senior leader Kirti Azad. In a post on X, Malviya said Azad was named earlier by BJP MP Anurag Thakur and accused him of disregarding parliamentary...
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The police filed chargesheets in three more cases against Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) president Tauqeer Raza, the main accused in the September 26 violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, officials said on Wednesday.With this, chargesheets have now been filed in seven of the 10 cases registered...
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Electric vehicle major Tesla on Wednesday said it has launched its first charging station in Gurugram at DLF Horizon Center. This significant step reinforces Tesla's commitment to building a robust charging infrastructure in India, empowering customers with seamless and sustainable mobility...
16:43
The Congress spent more money than the BJP on party propaganda and social media campaigns in the Delhi assembly elections this year, but lagged on expenses on candidates, data shows. BJP's total expenses were higher at Rs 57.65 crore for the elections than those of Congress at Rs...
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Pakistan on Wednesday extended its airspace ban for Indian aircraft by another month till January 23. Pakistan closed its airspace to India's airlines in April after the Pahalgam attack. India too has imposed a similar ban on Pakistan. The previous extension was set to expire on...
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The Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Wednesday closed its office in view of the current security situation. The IVAC at Jamuna Future Park in Dhaka is the main, integrated centre for all Indian visa services in the capital.In view of the ongoing...
15:24
The Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking to direct the Centre and Indigo airline to pay four times the compensation of the full ticket price to all passengers whose tickets were cancelled during November and December after the new Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL)...
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The SIT probing the Sabarimala gold loss cases on Wednesday arrested former TDB administrative officer S Sreekumar, sources said. Sreekumar's arrest comes barely two weeks after the Kerala High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea, saying that the allegations against him were made...
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As many as 10 private schools in Ahmedabad received an email on Wednesday threatening bomb blasts, which later turned out to be a hoax as nothing suspicious was found during searches, police said. As a precautionary measure, these schools declared a holiday for the afternoon shift as the...
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Manufacturing is the backbone of strong economies, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday while asserting that manufacturing is declining in India. The country needs to build meaningful manufacturing ecosystems for accelerating growth, Gandhi said in a social media post after...
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A 32-year-old barber was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly beating a man to death following an altercation over a 'bidi' in east Delhi's Pandav Nagar area, police said. A call regarding the incident that occurred near the bus stand road in Shashi Garden was received at 1.24 am, they...
14:50
Army troops apprehended a Pakistani woman who crossed into Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district along the Line of Control (LoC) following an argument with her father in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), officials said on Wednesday. A 35-year-old Pakistani national, identified as Shehnaz...
14:27
The multi-lane free flow (MLFF) toll system and AI-driven highway management will be completed across the country by 2026-end, and after implementation, these technologies will eliminate wait time at toll plazas for commuters, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Rajya Sabha on...
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The Bombay high court on Wednesday permitted human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to shift to his house in Delhi, but said he will have to appear before the special NIA court here for the trial hearings as and when required. A bench of...
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India on Wednesday summoned Bangladesh envoy Riaz Hamidullah and conveyed its strong concern over certain extremist elements announcing plans to create a security situation around the Indian mission in Dhaka. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also said...
14:14
Atish Aziz, son of the state secretary of CPI-M's West Bengal unit Md Salim, has alleged a mix-up in the draft electoral rolls published by the Election Commission, claiming that a Hindu surname, 'Awasthi', was added to both his name and that of his father, triggering a political controversy.In a...
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The involvement of a Hyderabad man in the recent mass shooting at a beach in Australia is not only an insult to India, but also a grave security concern, Telangana BJP chief N Ramchander Rao said on Wednesday.Sajid Akram, one of the suspects in the recent shooting at Bondi beach in Australia that...
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Karnataka Director General of Police (Prisons) Alok Kumar on Wednesday said a special drive conducted across prisons in the state over the last 36 hours has led to the seizure of prohibited items, including mobile phones and ganja. He said six mobile phones and four knives were seized from...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the RG Kar Medical College trainee doctor rape and murder case to the Calcutta High Court. The top court had taken suo motu cognisance of the case in 2024. A bench of justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma directed that the case...
12:23
Delhi Labour Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday announced Rs 10,000 in compensation for construction workers rendered unemployed due to the pollution-battling GRAP III and GRAP IV measures. The minister also said all government and private institutions must mandatorily switch to work...
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Congress MPs on Wednesday protested in the Parliament House complex against the Centre over its alleged misuse of the Enforcement Directorate, in the wake of court relief to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. The party MP asserted that truth prevailed when a...
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Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, were brought to Goa from Delhi on Wednesday after being deported from Thailand in connection with the December 6 fire incident that killed 25 persons.They will be interrogated by the Goa Police in connection with the...
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Five people, including two women, were trampled to death by wild elephants in separate incidents in Jharkhand over the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday.In Ramgarh district, three people died at Sirka forest area, while a 36-year-old person was killed at Jidu village in Ranchi's Angara,...
11:43
Global social media and Internet intermediaries, including Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, OneWeb, and others, have urged the Karnataka government to hold public consultations before tabling the legislation intended to address hate speech and misinformation. In two separate letters...
11:12
The Congress on Wednesday demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation after a Delhi court refused to take cognisance of the ED's money laundering charge against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. The opposition party also...
11:06
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The National Medical Commission (NMC) has instructed medical colleges across India to constitute sub-committees aimed at rigorously monitoring prescription practices and reinforcing the crucial role of clear handwriting in medical documentation. According to a directive issued by the Post...
11:05
The ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company IPO saw robust investor interest, with the issue being subscribed 39 times over the shares on offer and attracting bids worth nearly ₹3 trillion on the final day of bidding on Tuesday, according to exchange data. Demand from institutional...
10:57
Lionel Messi hoped that football has a bright future in India and expressed gratitude for the generous hospitality that he got during a whirlwind three-day tour, which had thousands of fans jostling to catch a glimpse of the Argentine genius in four different cities.Messi, after extending his...
10:52
Before considering APJ Abdul Kalam for the eleventh presidential candidate of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party suggested Atal Bihari Vajpayee's name for the President's post and hand over the prime ministership to Lal Krishna Advani. However, the then-prime minister refused, stating...
10:40
Ola Electric Founder-Promoter Bhavish Aggarwal has undertaken a one-time, limited monetisation of a small portion of his personal stake to fully repay a promoter-level loan amounting to Rs 260 crore. With this, all of the previously pledged 3.93 per cent shares will be released, removing a...
10:36
Quick commerce unicorn Zepto is likely to file the draft papers for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) in the next 7-8 days, people in the know told Business Standard. The company is eyeing going public next year and is expected to submit its draft prospectus through a confidential...
10:15
From Thursday, December 18, Delhi will draw a harder line at its borders.Only BS-VIcompliant vehicles from outside the city will be allowed to enter, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Tuesday, framing the move as a necessary escalation in the citys ongoing struggle against toxic...
09:48
In Dehradun, an FIR will be registered against the owner if a pet dog bites someone. Following the incidents of dog attacks, particularly by aggressive breeds like Rottweilers, the municipal corporation in Dehradun has formulated rules regarding dog ownership. Under the Dehradun...
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A clash between inmates at the Central Jail on Tajpur Road in Ludhiana turned violent, leaving the jail superintendent seriously injured, sources said.The incident occurred late Tuesday evening with a scuffle breaking out between prisoners, they said.During a routine check, jail officials who...
09:23
The Trump administration has expanded its travel ban and restrictions to 20 additional nations as well as the Palestinian Authority as part of its efforts to protect US national security and public safety interests. US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Tuesday expanding and...
09:07
IndiGo on Tuesday night issued a travel advisory for a foggy Wednesday morning, with reduced visibility and slower flight movements expected as misty winter skies blanket North and East India. In a post shared on X, IndiGo said, As the morning approaches under misty winter skies, fog is...
08:27
Director Neeraj Ghaywan's Homebound, starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, and Janhvi Kapoor, has been shortlisted for the 98th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. The film was India's official Oscar entry.On Tuesday, The Academy announced the shortlists for 12...
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Dismissing any uncertainty over leadership in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday reiterated that he will complete his 'full term'.We will complete the full term and return to power in 2028...I'm the CM till the high command says, the Karnataka CM said.Speculation over whether D K...
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