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A BJP MLA of West Bengal sparked a controversy on Wednesday after allegedly commenting that if the names of one or two lakh Matua community people are deleted after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, let those people be damned. The comment drew sharp criticism from the...
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A 35-year-old man was allegedly shot dead in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district on Wednesday evening, the police said.Vijay Tirkey, who had a criminal antecedent, went to see cockfighting in Chilgu in the Chandil police station area when armed men waiting for him opened fire, they...
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The Aam Aadmi Party has removed its Goa unit president Amit Palekar from the post, an AAP functionary announced on Wednesday, two days after the outfit fared poorly in the Zilla Panchayat (ZPs) elections. AAP Goa in-charge Atishi said the political affairs committee of the party, its key...
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At least 16 flights were cancelled and scores of flights were delayed at the Delhi airport due to fog and low visibility conditions on Wednesday. An official said 11 arrivals and 5 departures were cancelled, and added that operations are running smoothly at the airport. Delhi...
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Members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other right-wing organisations on Wednesday staged protests in various parts of Bihar against atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh.In Patna, a large number of VHP workers led by its national president R N Singh took out a protest march in Kumhrar area. VHP...
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Five people, including a couple and their two children, were killed on Wednesday evening after a passenger train hit their motorcycle as they were crossing a railway track in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district, the police said. All five were travelling on the same motorcycle, they...
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Authorities on Wednesday banned the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in Kathua district for two months, citing national security concerns. The order, issued by district magistrate Rajesh Sharma, said that VPN services are being misused by certain individuals and groups to bypass cyber...
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One person was killed in a crude bomb explosion in the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, the police said. The explosion took place in front of the Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad Central Command in the Mogbazar Mor area in Dhaka. A crude bomb, hurled by unidentified men from a flyover,...
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Security forces on Wednesday recovered explosives and ammunition from a forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said. The forces carried out search operations in the Shalebuth forest in the Kreeri area of the district following a tip-off, the officials...
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The Lok Sabhha Secretariat on Wednesday urged MPs against using digital devices, such as smart spectacles, pens and watches, in the Parliament complex as it could compromise their privacy and breach parliamentary privileges.A Lok Sabha bulletin reminded the members of Parliament that a large...
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The Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi-NCR and adjoining areas on Wednesday revoked curbs imposed under GRAP 4 following improvement in air quality, officials said. The Commission had on December 13 invoked Stage-IV under the Graded Response Action Plan when the average AQI of...
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Kerala government on Wednesday announced financial assistance of Rs 30 lakh to the family of Chhattisgarh native Ramnarayan, who was killed in an alleged mob lynching incident near Walayar in the northern Palakkad district. Addressing a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram, Chief Minister...
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The rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day lower by 16 paise at 89.79 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, fuelled by persistent capital withdrawals from foreign investors, alongside heightened greenback demand from bullion importers. Forex traders said that despite...
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The Delhi police on Wednesday said it had recorded statements of eyewitnesses and begun collecting evidence in connection with the alleged assault on a passenger by an off-duty Air India Express pilot at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi. The...
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All schools in the national capital will have to constitute school-level fee fixation committees by January 10, under a new law aimed at ensuring transparency in fee determination, Delhi education minister Ashish Sood said on Wednesday.Addressing a press conference, Sood said the Delhi School...
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The much anticipated sequel to filmmaker Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar 2 is slated to release in theatres on March 19, coinciding with the festival of Eid, the makers announced on Wednesday. The espionage-thriller, written and co-produced by Uri: The Surgical Strike fame Dhar, is inspired by...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said the Noida International Airport at Jewar will be inaugurated in January 2026, adding that it will be the state's fifth international airport.Speaking on the final day of the Winter session of the state Assembly, the chief minister...
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A Pakistani court has extended the interim bail of former premier Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the May 9 cases and five other matters.The court also directed that the 73-year-old former premier should appear at the next hearing either in person or through video link.Additional district...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower in a volatile trade on Wednesday as trading volumes remained subdued amid the year-end holiday-shortened week and mixed trends in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped by 116.14 points, or 0.14 per cent, to settle at...
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A manager of a private IT company was allegedly gangraped in a moving car in Rajasthan's Udaipur on the pretext of dropping her home after a birthday party, police said Wednesday.According to the police, after the party all the guests left gradually, leaving the woman alone. The victim...
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A court in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai has convicted two Bangladeshi nationals for entering and staying in India without valid passports.In his order of December 11, a copy of which was made available on Tuesday, additional sessions judge (Belapur) CV Marathe, however, did not accept the...
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Pandemonium ensued after a leopard attacked locals in three villages in Mandi district early on Wednesday morning, leaving one person dead and nine others injured, before it was slain by the villagers, officials said. Panic gripped residents of Chandyal, Badhyal and Malwana villages in Balh...
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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the GST Council to meet at the earliest and consider lowering or abolishing goods and services tax on air purifiers in view of worsening air quality in the national capital.A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela...
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A Bajrang Dal office bearer has been detained for allegedly vandalising an old mazar (shrine) in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, a group of Bajrang Dal workers, led by Narendra Hindu, allegedly gathered at the shrine in...
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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Phase 5A of the Delhi Metro worth Rs 12,015 crore, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The proposed expansion will add 16 more km of metro line with 13 stations -- 10 underground and three elevated.Briefing reporters on the decisions taken by the...
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Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said an alliance between the Thackeray cousins for the Maharashtra civic polls will not have an impact on the local body polls.They are creating a hype as if Russia and Ukraine have finally come along and Zelenskyy and Putin are finally...
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A teenager was allegedly drugged and murdered by two friends over his relationship with a cousin of one of the accused in New Delhi, police said on Wednesday. The victim's body was recovered from the Munak Canal in outer north Delhi. The deceased, identified as Ankit (18), a...
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Two dynasts have come together fearing defeat in the upcoming BMC polls, the BJP said on Wednesday, after Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray announced an alliance of their parties. Addressing a joint press conference in Mumbai along...
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Expressing concern over Delhi's severe pollution, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari acknowledged that the transport sector contributes nearly 40 per cent to emissions. Speaking at a book launch, Gadkari on Tuesday said that he develops infections after living in...
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Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav has approved properly trained post graduate Ayurvedic doctors to independently undertake select operations, the government has said. The Andhra Pradesh government took this decision to integrate the ancient Indian medical system with modern...
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Two new airlines -- Al Hind Air and FlyExpress -- are set to take to the skies, with the carriers receiving their no objection certificates from the civil aviation ministry. In 2026, apart from these two carriers, Uttar Pradesh-based Shankh Air, which already has a No Objection...
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The 2017 Unnao rape case survivor on Wednesday termed the Delhi high court's decision to suspend the jail term of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar kaal (death) for her family and said that she would move the Supreme Court against it.The HC on Tuesday suspended the sentence of Sengar, who...
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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday dismissed speculation about a leadership change in the state, asserting that there is no chief ministerial row and that he is content to continue as Deputy CM. Addressing the media at Karnataka Bhawan in New Delhi,...
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Delhi's air quality saw some improvement on Wednesday morning, with the AQI moving to 'very poor' from 'severe' the day before, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The national capital's Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 336 in the morning, as against 415 on Tuesday, the...
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CEO of Penguin Random House since September 2023, Nihar Malaviya has both the responsibility of the US division as well as the global operation that spans 21 countries and 300 imprints.He believes in publishing independence and has been at the forefront of countering book banning with a movement...
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Three blackbucks were found dead with suspected gunshot injuries in Kadur taluk of Karnataka's Chikkkamgaluru, official sources said. The bodies were found on a private farm land close to Basur Amrit Mahal Kaval, a blackbuck conservation reserve, on Tuesday, they said.The carcasses of...
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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the release of web series UP 77, which is reportedly based on the life of slain gangster Vikas Dubey. Justice Sachin Datta, who was hearing a plea by Dubey's wife Richa seeking to stop the release of the web series, said the court is not...
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A six-year-old girl from Maharashtra's Thane died over a month after being bitten by a street dog, a civic official said on Wednesday.Her family members said she received timely treatment, including anti-rabies shots, and even celebrated her birthday before her condition suddenly worsened.Nisha...
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Once estranged, cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray have joined hands for the upcoming civic body polls in Mumbai.I officially declare that Shiv Sena and MNS are alliance partners, announced Raj Thackeray, who heads the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, asserting that Mumbai will get a Marathi mayor, and...
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A 30-year-old Indian woman has been murdered in Toronto, prompting police to investigate and search for a suspect on charges of first-degree murder, a press release issued by Toronto Police has said. The deceased was identified as Himanshi Khurana, according to the press release issued on...
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Gold prices hit a record of Rs 1,38,676 per 10 grams in futures trade on Wednesday, while the metal crossed USD 4,500 per ounce in the global market, amid expectations of further monetary easing by the Federal Reserve and rising geopolitical tensions. Rallying for the third straight...
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A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army died in a firing incident inside a military camp in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesperson said on Wednesday. The incident occurred late Tuesday night and is under investigation, they said, ruling out any terror angle...
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The Congress on Wednesday accused the government of misleading the public on the issue of Aravallis and asked why it was pushing through a fatally flawed redefinition of the hills. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the redefinition of the Aravallis that the...
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Days after Bangladesh student leader Sharif Osman Hadi died after being shot in the head in Dhaka, his brother has accused a section within the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of orchestrating the assassination to derail the upcoming national election in February.Osman was killed when you...
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Credit card spending in November moderated to Rs 1.89 trillion after surging in September and October, when it crossed Rs 2 trillion amid festival season and the GST rate relaxation. All major credit card issuers witnessed a drop in spending.The largest issuer, HDFC Bank, saw a 10.33...
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An avalanche warning was issued in five districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday in view of the recent heavy snowfall in the higher reaches of the Union territory, officials said. The low danger avalanche warning has been issued for Doda, Ganderbal, Kishtwar, Poonch and Ramban districts....
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Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the country is still facing Hindu-Muslim problems in society due to the Congress' idea of secularism and its vote bank politics. Addressing an event in New Delhi, Gadkari said the meaning of the English word secular is sarva dharma bhav in...
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For the first time, six candidates from the private sector have applied for the post of managing director and chief executive officer of public sector lender Canara Bank. A total of 19 candidates have applied for the top post, including one from State Bank of India, 12 from other public...
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An assistant police sub-inspector posted at the local arms division has been arrested for allegedly molesting a woman with disabilities in a south Mumbai garden, officials have said. The incident took place on Monday at the municipal garden in the Tardeo area near the Mumbai Central railway...
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UPDATE: In a historic Christmas Eve mission, ISRO's heaviest rocket, LVM3-M6, successfully placed a next-generation communication satellite into orbit on Wednesday.LVM3-M6 carried the communication satellite Bluebird Block-2 spacecraft as part of a commercial deal between NewSpace India Ltd...
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In a dedicated commercial mission, ISRO on Wednesday launched a next-generation US communication satellite BlueBird Block-2 onboard its heaviest vehicle LVM3-M6 from Sriharikota.As the 24-hour countdown concluded, the 43.5 metre tall rocket supported by two S200 solid boosters lifted off...
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Bangladesh interim government's senior adviser on Tuesday said that the state will take responsibility of the family of the Hindu worker who was lynched on blasphemy charges last week. Education adviser C R Abrar met the bereaved family of 25-year-old Dipu Das, who was killed by a mob...
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Tata Passenger Electric Mobility (TPEM), the electric vehicle arm of Tata Motors, said on Tuesday that it was planning to introduce five new electric vehicle models by 2029-2030 (FY30) to solidify its presence in the segment and maintain its market share in the range of 40 to 45 per cent in the...
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IPL founder Lalit Modi has posted a social media video from a party for Vijay Mallya's 70th birthday in London, referring to the pair as the two biggest fugitives of India. The video on his Instagram handle is the second in the past few days capturing birthday celebrations for Mallya,...
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The Trump administration is replacing lottery system for H-1B work visas with a new approach that prioritises skilled, higher-paid foreign workers.The change is expected to make the work visa process significantly harder for entry-level professionals, including those from India.The Department of...
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Unidentified armed assailants opened fire at a police van, killing five policemen in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, officials said. The incident occurred in the Karak district when the police officials were on a routine patrol. District police officer Saud...
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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam on Tuesday said his party should get 90-100 seats in the next month's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, including the wards won by the undivided Shiv Sena in the 2017 civic elections, a demand that came amid alliance talks with the...
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