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The DRDO on Tuesday successfully completed user evaluation trials of the next-generation Akash missile system, paving the way for its induction into the armed forces, officials said. The system demonstrated high precision against diverse aerial threats, including high-speed, low-altitude and...
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A Goa court on Tuesday granted bail to two managers of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub who were arrested in connection with the fire that killed 25 people at the entertainment hotspot earlier this month. District judge DV Patkar granted bail with certain conditions to Rajveer Singhania...
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Two teenage boys were killed after being hit by a passenger train while they were making a reel on railway tracks in Dewas city of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, a police official said. Both the victims, Alok and Sunny Yogi, were 16 years of age. They lost their lives in the incident near...
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BJP leader Navneet Rana
BJP leader Navneet Rana on Tuesday said Hindus should give birth to at least three to four children to counter the design of some people who want to turn Hindustan into Pakistan by producing children in large numbers.I appeal to all Hindus. Listen, these people openly say they have four wives and...
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A court in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Tuesday sentenced 13 people to life imprisonment for the lynching of a man and his son during the protests over the Waqf (Amendment) Act.Special public prosecutor Bivas Chatterjee said this is the country's second conviction in a mob lynching case...
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Two persons were killed and at least 45 others, including 38 police personnel, injured as fresh violence erupted in Assam's trouble-torn Karbi Anglong district, after two groups of protesters clashed, prompting security forces to lathicharge and fire tear gas shells to disperse them, officials...
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Eminent Chhattisgarh-based Hindi writer and Jnanpith Award recipient Vinod Kumar Shukla died on Tuesday evening due to age-related ailments at a government hospital here, his family members said. He was 89. Shukla was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),...
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A seventh-class student of a state-run school at Kompally in Hyderabad, was beaten up by his seniors on the alleged direction of the school's headmaster, police said on Tuesday.The incident happened on Monday.According to police, the headmaster grew suspicious on the boy for allegedly deflating...
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The Assam government on Tuesday temporarily suspended internet services in Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong districts, following fresh violence during clashes between two groups over the issues of eviction, officials said. At least eight people were injured, as the two groups of...
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The opposition Congress on Tuesday accused the Kerala CMO of interfering with the investigation through intermediaries in the ongoing SIT probe into the Sabarimala gold loss case. While talking to reporters Thiruvananthapuram, Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan alleged that two IPS officers...
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Congress MP Imran Masood
Congress MP Imran Masood on Tuesday took a swipe at Shashi Tharoor, saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party does not exist in Kerala and advising him not to be confused, amid Tharoor's recent remarks in Bihar.Speaking to ANI, Imran Masood said, He is eyeing Kerala and is in a hurry to go to...
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The Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed the pleas of two sons of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and others challenging framing of charges against them in different terror funding cases. A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain rejected the appeals on the ground that they...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday praised the Nalanda University campus, describing it as a significant but underappreciated achievement of India's foreign policy establishment. In a post on X, Tharoor said he was hugely impressed' by the campus during his visit to the Nalanda Literature...
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Twenty-two Maoists carrying a combined bounty of Rs 2.18 crore surrendered before the police in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Tuesday, an officer said. The surrendered Maoists handed over nine firearms and 150 cartridges, 20 kg of explosives, 13 IEDs, gelatin sticks, and other articles in...
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A tiger was found dead on the national highway here in Palnadu district on Tuesday after being hit by a vehicle, a forest department official said. Between 7 am and 7.30 am today, (on) NH-565 from Markapur to Macherla towards Hyderabad, a road accident occurred. In that accident, one vehicle...
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The Uttar Pradesh police booked four members of a family in Kaushambi, after a man allegedly made a private video of his fiancee and threatened to make it public, demanding Rs 1 crore, police said on Tuesday. According to the police, the woman's father, Pankaj Kesarwani, a resident of...
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Surveillance has been stepped up along the route to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi to manage the expected New Year pilgrim rush, with focus on high-footfall and congested stretches, officials said on Tuesday.A multi-tier security grid has also been...
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Four engineering students were allegedly held captive and robbed of Rs 1.5 lakh while returning after having biryani at a popular food joint on the outskirts of the city, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on December 21 when the students were returning on two-wheelers from an...
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The Kerala government on Tuesday suspended DIG prisons, M K Vinod Kumar, after the VACB registered a case against him for allegedly accepting bribes from prisoners to grant parole and other facilities.According to the government order, the VACB conducted a preliminary probe into allegations that...
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The rupee rose 3 paise to settle at 89.65 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday on the back of a weaker greenback. However, a rise in global crude oil prices, coupled with foreign capital outflows, prevented sharper gains in the local unit, according to forex traders. At the...
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Domestic carrier IndiGo, which is being probed for massive operational disruption earlier this month, cancelled around 50 flights on Tuesday, according to the airline's website.The flights have been cancelled from across airports, including Mumbai, Delhi, Varanasi, Pune, Chandigarh, Amritsar,...
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The Delhi high court on Tuesday sought the response of the Centre and web series producers on a plea by the wife of slain gangster Vikas Dubey to stop the release of UP 77, which is reportedly based on his life. The web series is scheduled to be released on the Waves OTT platform on December...
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Two more persons were arrested in connection with the alleged mob lynching in which a Chhattisgarh native was killed at Kizhakeattappallam near Walayar in Palakkad, the police on Tuesday said.The arrested persons were identified as Vinod and Jagadish of Attappallam, who were allegedly part of the...
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Benchmark stock index BSE Sensex slipped by 42 points in a volatile trade on Tuesday following profit-taking in IT and pharma shares and mixed global cues. Snapping the two-day gaining streak, the 30-share BSE Sensex dipped 42.64 points or 0.05 percent to settle at 85,524.84. The index...
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The Delhi high court on Tuesday suspended the jail term of expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is serving life imprisonment in the 2017 Unnao rape case, while imposing several conditions. A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar...
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The Delhi police busted a fake call centre and arrested 10 people for allegedly duping people across the country on the pretext of settling lapsed insurance policies, an officer said on Tuesday.The accused allegedly used forged logos and documents of the Reserve Bank of India, the Delhi High...
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PM Narendra Modi meets Olympic medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and his wife Himani Mor in New Delhi./Courtesy X
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met two-time Olympic medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and his wife Himani Mor in New Delhi. Chopra, who married former tennis player Mor in an intimate ceremony earlier this year, is currently on a break from competition. Met Neeraj...
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A special NIA court in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday ordered immediate attachment of land belonging to Ghulam Nabi Fai, a US-based Kashmiri lobbyist and convicted agent of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). National Investigation Agency special judge Yahaya Firdous of Budgam...
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The Delhi government will continue its 'No PUC, No fuel' policy for vehicles even after the GRAP-IV restrictions end, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Tuesday. The government will also allocate Rs 100 crore for the rejuvenation of water bodies across the...
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Bharat Biotech International Ltd (BBIL) on Monday inked a technology-transfer agreement with Spanish vaccine maker Biofabri to advance global access for MTBVAC, a vaccine candidate that has progressed into advanced clinical development for tuberculosis in newborns, adolescents and adults.The pact...
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Cipla on Monday announced the launch of Afrezza, an inhalable insulin for adults with diabetes, making it the first such therapy to be commercially introduced in India.The company said it had received regulatory approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) late last year...
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The Delhi Police detained protesting members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and other Hindu organisations near the Bangladesh High Commission in the national capital on Tuesday. The protest was staged against the recent mob lynching and killing of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu man, and called for...
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Video game creator Vince Zampella, best known for his immensely popular 'Call of Duty' franchise, has passed away in a tragic car accident, reported Deadline. He was 55. According to the report, the single-vehicle crash occurred around 12:45 pm on Southern California's Angeles Crest...
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India is serving as a diversification play against AI-driven markets. It has slowly climbed back to a mild overweight position, according to the Asia Fund Manager Survey.However, Japan remains the favourite in the Asia Pacific region, topping preference rankings since its inclusion in October...
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New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has strongly opposed the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), calling it a bad deal that is neither free nor fair for New Zealand.In a strongly worded post on X, Peters said the agreement gives away too much -- particularly on immigration --...
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Mutual funds maintained their fund-launch pace in 2025, but investor demand weakened as volatile equity markets dampened appetite for new schemes. The industry has raised Rs 63,631 crore through 222 total new fund offerings (NFOs) in 2025 (as of November), sharply lower than the nearly Rs 1.2...
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Congress MP Imran Masood on Tuesday said that if Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were made the Prime Minister, she would give a strong response like her grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He was defending her remarks on rising violence against religious minorities in...
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At least 10 flights were cancelled and more than 270 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport due to fog and low visibility conditions on Tuesday. An official said 6 arrivals and 4 departures have been cancelled for the day. Over 270 flights have been delayed and the average...
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Hundreds of activists from VHP and Bajrang Dal descended on the Bangladesh High Commission here on Tuesday in protest against communalism in the neighbouring country, sending into chaos the high security area as they rushed to the barricades.Earlier in the day, security was beefed up outside the...
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An Army jawan died after a raft capsized in the Teesta river during a training exercise in Sikkim's Pakyong district, police said on Tuesday.The accident occurred during an annual rafting training programme for soldiers on Monday when a raft struck a damaged structure of a bridge and capsized in...
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Bangladesh on Tuesday expressed grave concern over attacks on its diplomatic missions in India, summoning the Indian high commissioner to protest incidents in New Delhi and Siliguri, according to Bangladesh Foreign Ministry statement. Bangladesh condemns such acts of premeditated violence or...
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Hyderabad-bound British Airways flight from London has received a bomb threat, prompting aerodrome authorities to initiate standard safety protocols after the aircraft landed in Hyderabad, airport sources said on Tuesday.The customer support service of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here...
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United States President Donald Trump has repeated his claim of resolving the India-Pakistan conflict and asserted that Islamabad's leadership credited him for saving millions of lives.We stopped a potential nuclear war between Pakistan and India. And the head of Pakistan, a highly respected...
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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the premature repatriation of NIA DG Sadanand Vasant Date to his parent cadre Maharashtra, a government order said on Monday. Date, a 1990-batch officer, hailed as a 26/11 hero, is the...
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The Haryana assembly on Monday passed a bill increasing the daily working hours from nine to ten hours while retaining the overall weekly limit of 48 hours for employees of shops and private commercial establishments. The Haryana Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Bill, 2025 has...
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Amadea Enterprises LLP, a firm co-partnered by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's son Parth, has filed a civil suit against Sheetal Tejwani, the power of attorney holder of the Mundhwa land, seeking cancellation of the sale deed.Digvijay Patil, a partner in the firm, has filed the...
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Delhi woke up to choking air on Tuesday morning as thick fog and haze engulfed the city, with AQI levels crossing 400 (severe category) at 27 monitoring stations and several others slipping into the 'severe plus' range, exposing residents to extremely hazardous pollution. At 9 am on...
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The Kerala government will soon file an appeal against the verdict in the 2017 actress assault case, challenging both the acquittal of actor Dileep and the sentences awarded to six convicts, sources said on Tuesday.According to sources in the office of the Director General of Prosecution, the...
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has voiced concern over the violence in Bangladesh, including the lynching of a Hindu man in the country.Yes, we're very concerned about the violence that we've seen in Bangladesh, Stphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, said at...
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The flow of money from overseas Indians into non-resident Indian (NRI) deposit schemes moderated to $8.3 billion during the AprilOctober of FY26 period from $11.9 billion year-on-year, RBI data showed.This decline was due to reduced inflows into Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank)...
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Outward remittances under the RBI's Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) slipped 1.81 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in October 2025 to $2.36 billion from $2.40 billion in the year-ago period due to moderation in remittances for overseas travel and education.However, the rise in overseas investment...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has alleged that the BJP is proposing elimination of the Constitution that grants equal rights to all and vowed to create a system of opposition's resistance that will succeed in removing the party from power.Speaking at the Hertie School in Berlin last week, he also...
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Net foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country nearly doubled to $6.2 billion during April-October from $3.3 billion in the same period a year earlier, chiefly on account of a decline in repatriation despite a rise in outward FDI. During this period, FDI remained higher than last year...
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Any person from outside Gujarat or India can now consume liquor at designated hotels or restaurants in GIFT City, a global finance centre in Gandhinagar, by showing a photo ID card, as per changes made to alcohol rules at the hub by the state government.The government has introduced major changes...
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The Reserve Bank of India net-sold $11.8 billion in October, its highest monthly dollar sale since December 2024, according to the central bank's monthly bulletin. This followed net dollar sales of $7.9 billion in September.In October, the RBI steadily supplied dollars to prevent the rupee from...
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Routine jobs across the industry are expected to be eliminated as the use of new technologies such as AI gains ground in India, Infosys Co-founder N R Narayana Murthy said on Monday.Emerging technologies like AI are expected to introduce better productivity to workplaces and their assisted use...
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Around 32 lakh unmapped voters will be called in the first phase of hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, officials from the office of the State Chief Electoral Officer said on Monday.Hearings for this category, in which voters could not link their names with...
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