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In a second security scare within a month, a cow strayed towards Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's car moments after he alighted from it, causing anxious moments to his security detail. The incident occurred on Friday evening when Adityanath arrived to inaugurate the Gorakhnath...
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The CBI has launched a probe into the swindling of more than 2 lakh Swiss francs (around Rs 2 crore) at India's Permanent Mission in Geneva by a former accounts officer posted there, who allegedly siphoned the amount to bankroll his crypto-gambling ventures, officials said. Mohit, who joined...
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A meat trader in Aligarh was allegedly attacked by 10 people over suspicion of selling beef, police said on Sunday. One of the accused, Anshu Pandit, was arrested near the ISKCON temple in Harduaganj on Sunday, while efforts are on to nab others, they said. The meat trader and...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said alliance talks with the Raj Thackeray-led MNS had reached the final stage and an official announcement would be made in two to three days.Speaking to reporters amid counting of votes in the local body polls, Raut also said the Congress, an ally of...
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The BJP lost the one-upmanship game in the Kankavli municipal council to the Shiv Sena, with the candidate backed by Sena's Nilesh Rane defeating his challenger, who was supported by his brother and state minister Nitesh Rane on their home turf. Nilesh described the poll outcome as a mix of...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday clarified that the confusion over the leadership issue in the party's Karnataka unit exists only at the local level and not within the party high command.Speaking to reporters here, Kharge said, The high command hasn't created any confusion. It...
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The Centre on Sunday rejected reports that the definition of the Aravalli hills had been changed to allow large-scale mining, and cited a Supreme Court-ordered freeze on new mining leases in the region. It said a Supreme Court-approved framework provides for stronger protection of the...
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An inebriated man allegedly killed his four-year-old son by repeatedly slamming him on the ground following a quarrel with his wife, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday night in Guwali village in Suriyawan area, they said.Station House Officer Mohammad Shakeel Khan...
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Air India Express will set up an external committee next week to inquire into the incident of one of its off-duty captain assaulting a passenger at the Delhi airport on Friday, sources said. Soon after the incident on Friday, the Tata Group-owned airline suspended the pilot and the...
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India on Sunday trashed as misleading propaganda media reports in Bangladesh that a demonstration outside Bangladesh's mission in New Delhi against the killing of a Hindu man in that country attempted to create a security situation. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said about...
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President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, the Rural Development Ministry said. The VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, was passed by Parliament, amid opposition protests.It seeks to replace the...
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Over half a dozen passenger trains will remain cancelled for three days from December 22 under the Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway due to the movement of elephants, a railway statement said on Sunday.The Memu train services will remain cancelled between December 22 to 24, a South...
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Popular Bengali singer Lagnajita Chakraborty has alleged that she was harassed during a musical programme held at a private school West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district, leading to the arrest of one of the event organisers.Confirming the development, a senior police officer said the main...
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The Delhi Police has arrested a bus helper and recovered USD 1,600 that was allegedly stolen from the purse of an Iranian woman who had forgotten it on a private bus at ISBT Kashmere Gate, an official said on Sunday. The incident came to light on December 15, when a complaint was lodged at...
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The number of elephant deaths in a collision between a train and a herd of jumbos in Assam's Hojai district rose to eight, as a calf succumbed to its injuries on Sunday, officials said. Seven elephants were killed, and one was injured, after a herd of tuskers was hit by the Sairang-New...
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A man holds a placard that reads "We all will be Hadi, we will keep fighting" as tens of thousands of people join the funeral prayer for Sharif Osman Hadi, a student leader, who died after being shot in the head, at the Parliament building area of Manik Mia Avenue, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 20, 2025. Photograph: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall at the Dhaka University has been renamed in memory of Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent youth leader who was part of the July Uprising that toppled Sheikh Hasina's government in Bangladesh last year, local media said Sunday. Hadi died on Thursday, six...
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Actor Nora Fatehi shared a series of videos on her social media assuring her fans and followers she is all right but is slightly traumatized following a car accident. The 33-year-old actor was on her way to the Sunburn music festival in Mumbai on Saturday when a car rammed into her vehicle...
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Amid counting of votes in the local body polls on Sunday, Maharashtra BJP president Ravindra Chavan claimed his party had got a decisive mandate as voters had rejected the Opposition's fake narrative. He claimed the Mahayuti had won more than 250 councils, nagar parishads and nagar...
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Security forces launched a search operation at a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district after terrorists reportedly took food from a house before escaping into the nearby forest area, officials said on Sunday. The joint search operation by police and paramilitary forces was...
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Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, who filed many public interest litigations, including the coal block allocation scam case, has passed away. Sharma, 69, passed away on December 19 after suffering from a kidney ailment, a family source said.In a landmark judgment, the top court in 2014 declared...
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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused the BJP-led government of working towards a one nation, one businessman agenda, alleging that it was systematically promoting monopolies in the country's economic and political life. In a post on X, Yadav claimed that the BJP...
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A convoy carrying the body of Sharif Osman Hadi, a student leader, who died after being shot in the head, moves along the crowd after the funeral prayer, in Dhaka. Photograph: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
India on Sunday suspended visa operations at the Indian Visa Application Centre in the Bangladesh's second-largest city Chittagong until further notice in the wake of heightened tensions following the death of prominent youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, local media reported. Hadi, a prominent...
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Two workers died after the wall of an opencast coal mine collapsed on a truck in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, police said on Sunday.The accident occurred around 11 pm on Saturday in the command area of Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) under the Urimari Police Station limits when the highwall...
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At least nine people were killed and 10 others injured in a deadly shooting at a tavern in Bekkersdal township, west of Johannesburg, South African police said on Sunday, Al Jazeera reported. The attack took place around 1 am (local time) when a group of armed assailants arrived...
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Union Minister Bhupender Yadav on Sunday said the Centre has sought a report on the death of seven elephants after being hit by a train in Assam's Hojai district a day ago. Yadav, the environment, forest and climate change minister, also said all states have been asked to monitor elephant...
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A total of 97 flights were cancelled and over 200 delayed due to low visibility conditions amid fog at the Delhi airport on Sunday. An official said 48 arrivals and 49 departures were cancelled at the airport. According to latest information available on flight tracking...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 10,601-crore brownfield ammonia-urea plant in Dibrugarh district of Assam.The Assam Valley Fertiliser and Chemical Company Ltd (AVFCCL) will have an annual urea production capacity of 12.7 lakh metric tonnes, and the project...
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The Railway has announced a new fare structure effective from December 26, 2025.There will be no fare increase for journeys under 215 km in Ordinary Class.However, for journeys beyond 215 km, there will be a fare hike of 1 paise per km in ordinary class, and 2 paise per km for mail/express non-AC...
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IndiGo on Sunday issued a travel advisory warning passengers about flight disruptions caused by dense fog and low visibility over Bangalore and Amritsar. The airline said it is closely monitoring weather conditions and providing full support to ensure safe and smooth travel for its...
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A law student has filed a complaint with the Hardoi district administration, accusing his college principal of objecting to him sporting a 'tilak' on his forehead, officials said on Sunday. Amit Yadav, a first-semester law student at the BN Degree College in Shahabad, alleged that the...
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said that attempting to understand the organisation through comparisons or political lenses often leads to misunderstandings. While addressing the RSS 100 Vyakhyan Mala' programme in Kolkata, Bhagwat said that viewing the RSS merely...
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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan urged his supporters to gear up for countrywide protests following a 17-year jail term handed to him and wife Bushra Bibi in a corruption case.Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced to 17 years in jail each by a court on Saturday in the Toshakhana...
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Counting of votes for the elections to the posts of president and members in 286 municipal councils and nagar panchayats across Maharashtra began on Sunday.The counting began at 10 am at centres across the state.A turnout of 67.3 per cent was recorded in the polls of 263 local bodies held on...
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Indian Space Research Organisation's upcoming LVM3 M6 mission will carry the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into orbit on December 24, as part of a commercial deal with US-based AST SpaceMobile.The historic mission will deploy the next-generation communication satellite designed to provide high-speed...
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The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Sunday issued an advisory warning that fog conditions in parts of northern India are affecting visibility and may lead to delays or changes in flight operations at select airports.Passengers have been advised to check flight updates with their respective...
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The higher reaches of Kashmir witnessed snowfall and the plains rain on Sunday as 'Chillai-Kalan', the 40-day harshest winter period, brought much-needed respite for the people of the Valley after a prolonged dry spell. Snowfall was reported from the Gulmarg tourist resort in north Kashmir's...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to participate in a 'Pariksha pe Charcha' programme, pay homage to martyrs of the Assam movement in Guwahati, and lay the foundation of an ammonia-urea complex in Namrup, during the second day of his two-day visit to the northeastern state on Sunday.The...
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At least 16 files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein disappeared from the US Justice Department's public website within a day of being uploaded, triggering fresh controversy and political sparring in Washington, DC.The missing documents, which were accessible on Friday but...
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Dhaka University renamed the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall to Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi Hall, days after Hadi, convenor of Inqilab Moncho, a prominent student activist and a parliamentary candidate for the upcoming February 2026 national elections, died on December 18, 2025, in Singapore...
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IndiGo issued a travel advisory on Saturday, warning passengers of possible flight disruptions due to early-morning fog expected across Delhi and several parts of northern India on Sunday.The airline said reduced visibility in the early hours could affect flight operations, leading to delays or...
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