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A Singapore national was taken into custody on Saturday for allegedly recording videos inside the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram using camera-embedded smart glasses, the police said.The accused, identified as 49-year-old Thiruneepanar, a resident of North Shore Drive,...
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The Election Commission has introduced a new option in the BLO application to re-verify logical discrepancies in West Bengal, aiming to resolve nearly 32 lakh cases of voters not linked to the 2002 electoral rolls, an official said on Saturday. The application, titled 'Re-verify logical...
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A person was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday and the posters of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) were recovered from his possession, the police said.During routine checking at Gudoora area near New Circular Road in the south Kashmir district, the accused -- identified...
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Western Railway's motormen and train managers have threatened to launch an agitation if their long-pending issues, including denial of leave and forced double duties, are not resolved. After a meeting at Churchgate station here on Friday, they decided to intensify the fight over their...
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INS Sindhughosh, the lead submarine of her class with the Indian Navy, has been decommissioned after 40 years of glorious service to the nation, the Western Naval Command said on Saturday.The decommissioning ceremony was held at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, in the presence of WNC's Flag Officer...
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The Union home ministry has increased the quota for ex-Agniveers for constable recruitment in the BSF to 50 percent from 10 percent, according to a gazette notification.The increase has been made by amending the Border Security Force, General Duty Cadre (Non-Gazetted) Recruitment Rules, 2015.The...
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The rupee appreciated 53 paise to close at 89.67 against the US dollar on Friday, supported by corporate dollar inflows and easing crude oil prices.The rupee sank to a fresh record low, breaching the 91-a-dollar mark for the first time on Tuesday.
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With the air quality in Delhi remaining close to 'severe' category, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Saturday said strict action will be taken against polluting industries and those violating construction ban in the national capital. Sirsa, citing forecast of the India...
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday defended Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is battling allegations of meeting anti-India forces outside the country, saying it was no crime to go abroad and even the prime minister does it. Responding to the BJP's allegations,...
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Delhi experienced its first cold wave of the season on Saturday, recording its coldest December day this year as the maximum temperature plunged to 16.9 degrees Celsius, 5.3 notches below normal. The sun remained largely obscured by thick clouds and a persistent grey haze throughout the...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray as the two parties are discussing seat-sharing for the January 15 civic elections in Mumbai. This was Raut's second visit to `Shivtirth', Raj Thackeray's residence in Dadar, in the last three...
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Bhopal's metro service flagged off by Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav./Courtesy X
Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and state minister Kailash Vijayvargiya on Saturday inaugurated Bhopal's metro rail service by flagging off a train from Subhash Nagar station on the network's 'priority corridor'. The 'priority corridor, part of...
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The Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, has constituted a special vacation bench to hear urgent matters during the ongoing court vacation.The bench will comprise CJI and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. It will sit on Monday, December 22, 2025, to take up urgent matters for hearing.The Supreme Court...
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A policeman has been suspended for allegedly slapping a woman in Ahmedabad after getting into an argument with her over violation of traffic rules, officials said on Saturday.Head constable Jayantibhai Zala has been suspended after he hit a woman for allegedly dropping his ID card, Bhavana Patel,...
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A Delhi court on Saturday ordered the release of Christian James Michel from custody in a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) related to the alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam. However, he will remain in jail as he is also an accused in a separate corruption...
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A 60-year-old man was killed in a tiger attack near here on Saturday, police said. The deceased was identified as Maran, a resident of a tribal settlement under the Vandikkadavu forest station limits. According to the police, Maran and his sister had gone into the forest to collect...
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The Delhi traffic police has issued an advisory announcing restrictions and possible diversions near the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here in view of A R Rahman's musical event Harmony of Hearts slated for Saturday evening. According to the advisory, the concert will take place at the Main...
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar pulls down the hijab of an AYUSH doctor./Screen grab/X
Jharkhand health minister Irfan Ansari on Saturday said he has offered a job with Rs 3 lakh monthly salary, a government flat and desired posting to a woman doctor from Bihar following the naqab controversy during distribution of appointment letters. Ansari alleged that Bihar Chief Minister...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated a new terminal of the Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport in Guwahati. The Integrated Terminal 2 Building is designed to handle 13.1 million passengers per year. The PM also undertook a tour of the new terminal built at...
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Telugu actress Aamani/ Image courtesy Instagram
Popular Telugu actress Aamani on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Hyderabad in the presence of Union Minister G Kishan Reddy and Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao. Along with Aamani, well-known make-up artist Sobha Latha also joined the party, BJP sources...
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Security forces have intensified anti-terror operations across the Jammu region following intelligence inputs about a possible infiltration attempt by terrorists from across the border amid dense fog, officials said on Saturday. Search operations by police, Border Security Force, Central...
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The Delhi police arrested nine people, including a Nigerian national, in a major anti-drug crackdown seizing over 33 kg of cannabis, synthetic drugs, illicit liquor, arms and cash exceeding Rs 3.6 lakh, officials said on Saturday.The 'Operation Clean Sweep-2' was carried out on Friday and...
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Well-known hockey Olympian Anjum Saeed, who accompanied the senior Pakistan team to the FIH Pro League in Argentina as manager, landed himself in trouble after being offloaded in Brazil for smoking on the airplane while it was refuelling at the Rio de Janeiro airport. Anjum, along with a...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday questioned Jai Anmol Ambani, son of industrialist Anil Ambani, for the second consecutive day in a money laundering case linked to an alleged bank loan fraud, officials said. The statements of 34-year-old Anmol Ambani were recorded under the Prevention...
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An Army jawan has been arrested in Jharkhand's Ranchi for allegedly raping a 22-year-old woman while on duty, an official said on Saturday. The incident occurred at Tatisilwai Railway Station on Thursday around 5:30 pm, when the woman was waiting to board a train for Ranchi, he...
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More than one lakh vehicle owners applied for Pollution Under Control certificates in the last three days amid intensified enforcement against polluting vehicles in the national capital, Delhi transport and health minister Pankaj Kumar Singh said on Saturday. Singh said the BJP government is...
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Odisha Youth Congress activists scuffled with police personnel and hurled eggs at them while trying to gherao the residence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in Bhubaneswar on Saturday, an officer said. Holding posters and banners, the Youth Congress workers, led by state president Ranjit...
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Seven people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, the interim government announced on Saturday. Dipu Chandra Das, 25, was lynched to death by a mob and his body set on fire over alleged blasphemy in Mymensingh city on Thursday. In a statement...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's helicopter failed to land at the Taherpur helipad in West Bengal owing to low visibility on account of dense fog in the area on Saturday, an official said. The PM's chopper made a U-turn after hovering over the helipad ground for a while and returned to the...
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The Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express dashed into a herd of elephants in the Jamunamukh-Kampur section in Assam./ANI on X
Train movement has been affected in Assam on Saturday, after seven elephants were killed and one was injured when a herd of pachyderms was hit by the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Hojai district early on Saturday, an official said. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) chief spokesperson...
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Kashmir is likely to face a spell of wet weather, including moderate to heavy snowfall in the higher reaches, even as the night temperature improved slightly a day ahead of the onset of 'Chillai-Kalan' -- the 40-day harsh winter period, officials said on Saturday. The local meteorological...
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Aditya Dhar's directorial Dhurandhar, featuring Ranveer Singh in the lead role, has crossed the mark of Rs 500 crore at the domestic box office, the makers said on Saturday. Released on December 5, the film also features Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Arjun Rampal, Sara Arjun, R Madhavan and...
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Former Pak prime minister Imran Khan
A Pakistani accountability court on Saturday sentenced jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years imprisonment each in the Toshakhana 2 corruption case. The case is about alleged fraud in state gifts, which the former first couple received from the Saudi...
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A local court has sentenced a cashier of an Indian Bank branch to life imprisonment and five others to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for siphoning off more than Rs 1.85 crore from over 100 accounts, the police said on Saturday. Additional district and sessions judge Sarvesh Pandey on...
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The Goa police have started the process to secure a Blue Corner Notice against British national Surinder Kumar Khosla, an accused in the December 6 nightclub fire that killed 25 people, through Central agencies, a senior officer said on Saturday. He said Khosla was in Goa when the incident...
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The Delhi police on Saturday said they have not received any formal complaint so far in connection with the alleged assault of a passenger by an off-duty Air India Express pilot at the city airport. The alleged assault is linked to a dispute over some staff members allegedly cutting the...
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Bangladesh is set to hold the funeral of prominent youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi on Saturday amid tight security following unrest in the country triggered by his death.The funeral prayer will be held at the South Plaza of the National Parliament Building at 2 pm, the press wing of the interim...
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Electronic exports, led by smartphones, reached $31 billion in the first eight months this financial year (FY26), showing an increase of 38 per cent over the same period in 2024-2025, according to figures released by the ministry of commerce and industry.Among the top 30 export items, this sector...
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Noted Malayalam actor-director Sreenivasan died at a private hospital near Kochi on Saturday morning, film industry sources said. He was 69.He was admitted to the hospital at Tripunithura on Friday night. He passed away this morning.Sreenivasan, who hails from Kannur, had been staying in Kochi...
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Visibility plunged across parts of Delhi on Saturday morning, with buildings and flyovers fading into a grey blur amid dense fog, as the capital's AQI edged closer to the 'severe' category at 384.The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) classifies an AQI between 201 and 300 as 'poor', 301 and...
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The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) will hear on January 9, 2026, an appeal filed by the Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy (ASTA) challenging a Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) order that directed the impounding of ₹546 crore and barred the entity from the securities...
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Deputy US Trade Representative Rick Switzer-led American team, which was in New Delhi last week for trade talks, discussed with its Indian counterparts the executive rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and the Information Technology Rules of 2021, sources told Business...
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The Indian rupee appreciated sharply in the final hour of trade on Friday, supported, according to dealers, by aggressive dollar sales by the Reserve Bank of India.The domestic currency posted its strongest single-day gain in over three years, strengthening 1.1 per cent to settle at 89.29 per...
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A 24-year-old man, who allegedly fell into the Main Canal in Kunhadi area here, was found dead on Friday morning, the police said.The deceased was identified as Lokesh Kumawat, a resident of Jaipur district. He was preparing for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test - UG in Kota for...
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Indian Space Research Organisation's LVM3 rocket will launch a communication satellite of a US-based firm AST SpaceMobile on December 24.The launch of LVM3-M6 is scheduled on 24 December 2025 at 08:54 hrs IST from the Second Launch Pad, SDSC SHAR (Satish Dhawan Space Centre), Sriharikota, ISRO...
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An off-duty Air India Express pilot allegedly assaulted a passenger at the Delhi airport on Friday and the airline has suspended him pending investigation, according to sources. The passenger shared his experience in a social media post along with a photo showing blood on his face after the...
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