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The election of Congress candidate Niji Justin as Thrissur Corporation mayor on Friday was marred by a senior councillor's allegation that the top post was sold for money. After Lali James lost the opportunity to become the mayor to her party colleague Niji Justin, she alleged exchange of a...
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Classes for students from kindergarten to class 12 in all government and private schools in Ranchi district have been suspended from December 27 to 31 due to the prevailing cold wave conditions, an official said on Friday.Under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Samhita, all government,...
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The four-member panel that probed the massive flight disruptions at IndiGo earlier this week has submitted its report to the aviation regulator DGCA, according to a senior official. The inquiry committee, headed by DGCA joint director general Sanjay K Bramhane, was constituted on December 5...
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The second anniversary celebrations of the inauguration of Ayodhya's Ram temple will be held on December 31, the temple's management said on Friday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hoist the flag at Annapurna Temple in the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple complex and participate as the chief...
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Several hundred people held a protest on Friday evening in Goregaon in Mumbai against Christmas-related attacks by right wing outfits across India. The protest was organised by Samvidhan Jaagar Yatra Samiti and Bombay Catholic Sabha against what they said was rising hate and intimidation...
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The Karnataka high court on Friday granted interim bail to BJP MLA Byrathi Basavaraj in the rowdy sheeter Biklu Shiva murder case. The relief came after Basavaraj moved the high court challenging the rejection of his anticipatory bail plea by the special court for people's...
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PMK founder S Ramadoss (middle) and son Anbumani (left)/File image
The infighting in the PMK intensified on Friday with the party founder S Ramadoss issuing a public notice through his lawyers warning his son Anbumani against using the party's name, flag or symbol. Anbumani had no legal authority to act on behalf of the PMK and he cannot claim to be the...
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Security forces have launched search and verification operations in Kishtwar, Kathua, Samba, and Jammu, ahead of the new year to maintain heightened security, officials said. The operations are aimed at sensitising hinterland areas, upper reaches, and border belts to keep troops on high...
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One person was killed and another was critically injured in a brawl outside an eatery amid Christmas celebrations in the early hours of Friday, a Nagpur police official said. The incident took place around 4 am near Pride Square, the Sonegaon police station official said. Two groups...
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Two motorcycle-borne men shot dead a retired Indian Air Force staffer here on Friday afternoon, the police said.The deceased has been Identified as Yogesh (58), a native of Baghpat district.Yogesh, who had retired from the Indian Air Force (IAF) three months ago, lived in Ashok Vihar Colony with...
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A consumer court in Rajasthan's Kota on Friday ordered Bollywood actor Salman Khan's personal appearance in a misleading pan masala advertisement case and forensic examination of the signature on power of attorney submitted before the court. The court noted that next hearing on the matter...
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A group of men allegedly hacked to death the 45-year-old husband of a newly-elected councillor using various sharp weapons, including a sword, in Khopoli town of Maharashtra's Raigad district on Friday morning, officials said. The deceased was identified as Mangesh Sadashiv Kalokhe alias...
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A Special Vigilance Court in Bhubaneswar on Friday found former IAS officer Vinod Kumar, the ex-managing director of Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC), and five others guilty in a housing scam case. This was Kumar's 12th conviction in corruption cases linked to the ORHDC...
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A Class 11 student was shot dead following a dispute at a school playground here on Friday afternoon, the police said.The police have detained the accused and deployed additional forces to maintain law and order in the area. The incident occurred at around 1.00 pm on the premises of...
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Two youth taking selfies atop a train at Budgam railway station in Jammu and Kashmir received strong electric shock, officials said. They said the youth were taking selfies and sustained injuries due to the electric shock. The duo were rushed to SMHS hospital in Srinagar where the...
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The rupee depreciated 15 paise to close at 89.86 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, tracking a negative trend in domestic equities and foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said a recovery in crude oil prices, significant dollar demand from importers, and risk-off sentiment amid...
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has ordered an immediate halt to construction activities for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project for non-compliance with air pollution mitigation norms.According to officials, the civic body on Wednesday issued a stop-work notice to contractors at the...
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A 35-year-old man fired at his girlfriend after her marriage was fixed elsewhere, and shot himself dead in Jharkhand's Ranchi district on Friday, the police said.The incident occurred around 9 am in the Khalari Police Station area, around 40 km from the city, when the woman was stopped at KDH...
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Two sisters battling depression and distressed over their pet dog's illness have allegedly died by suicide after consuming phenyl at their home in Lucknow, the police said on Friday. The incident occurred in the Doda Kheda-Jalalpur area in the state capital. The deceased have been identified...
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India's forex reserves jumped by $4.368 billion to $693.318 billion during the week ended December 19, the Reserve Bank said on Friday.The overall kitty had increased by $1.689 billion to $688.949 billion in the previous week.For the week ended December 19, foreign currency assets, a major...
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Unnao rape case survivor protest against the Delhi HC order suspending the sentence of Kuldeep Singh Sengar in New Delhi./ANI Photo
The Unnao rape survivor on Friday said she will not be intimidated by the suspension of the life sentence of convict Kuldeep Sengar and asserted that she has blind faith in the Supreme Court, which she will approach for justice. Speaking to PTI, the survivor said she had gone to the protest...
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Renowned singer and Padma Shri awardee Kailash Kher abruptly stopped his Gwalior concert mid-way to address the uncontrollable crowd, which had some people from the audience jumping over barricades to get to the stage.Kher was performing at the Gwalior Mela Grounds on Thursday to mark Tabla Day...
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As Kerala celebrated Christmas, the Kerala State Beverages Corporation recorded liquor sales worth Rs 332.62 crore through its BEVCO outlets during the first four days of the festive season, officials said on Friday. The KSBC on Friday released data on liquor sales during the...
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The Mapusa JMFC court on Friday extended police custody of Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra till December 29 in the Birch by Romeo Lane fire incident.The Luthra brothers are co-owners of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, in which 25 people died, and several others were injured in a fire on...
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A man allegedly burnt his wife to death here, suspecting her fidelity, the police said on Friday.He purchased petrol in a bottle and poured it on his wife while she was sleeping, and set her on fire on December 23, they added.The couple got married 10 years ago. The man is a construction worker,...
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India on Friday said the unremitting hostilities against minorities in Bangladesh is a matter of grave concern even as it reiterated that the upcoming parliamentary polls in that country must be free, fair and inclusive. New Delhi also reacted cautiously to the homecoming of Bangladesh...
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The benchmark BSE Sensex dropped by 367 points on Friday, marking its third consecutive day of losses, amid foreign fund outflows and a lack of major domestic triggers. In a low-volume trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 367.25 points or 0.43 percent to settle at 85,041.45. During...
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta
Setting the stage for trial, a Delhi court on Friday formally framed charges against two persons accused of attacking Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta at a public event earlier this year. Additional sessions judge Ekta Gauba Mann said the proceedings of the case will be in camera since the...
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A man allegedly strangled his wife to death over suspicion of infidelity and buried her body in the backyard of his house in the Belghat area in Gorakhpur, police said on Friday.The accused, identified as Arjun, was arrested on Thursday, four days after the incident, following suspicion raised...
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday indicated that a meeting with US President Donald Trump was expected soon, with key decisions possibly being taken before the New Year as Washington, DC intensifies diplomatic efforts to bring the Russia-Ukraine war to an end.As part of this push,...
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A Booth Level Officer (BLO) deployed for SIR duty allegedly committed suicide by hanging at his rented room in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur, police said on Friday.The deceased was identified as Umesh (30), a resident of Rampur Kala police station area, Ataria police station in-charge Inspector Rakesh...
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A court New Delhi on Friday extended the NIA custody of two accused in the Red Fort blast case.Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma allowed the probe agency to quiz the accused Yasir Ahmed Dar in its custody for ten more days, while the other accused Dr Bilal Naseer Malla will be quizzed for...
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Kashmir's chief cleric and Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest, stopping him from offering congregational prayers at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Friday, his office said.Authorities have once again placed Mirwaiz Kashmir under house arrest today,...
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Activists of Hindu Sanhati, a fringe pro-Hindu outfit, took out a rally to the office of the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata on Friday to protest the alleged attacks on minority Hindus in the neighbouring country. The rally started from Sealdah station in north Kolkata and was...
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The rupee's sharp depreciation against the dollar in the past few weeks does not pose a fundamental concern and the Reserve Bank of India will step in to contain volatility only if depreciation accelerates beyond a tolerable pace, according to Neelkanth Mishra, chief economist, Axis Bank, and...
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An association of hoteliers in West Bengal has decided to temporarily stop providing accommodation to Bangladeshis in and around Siliguri in view of political turmoil in the neighbouring country.According to a recent notice issued by the Greater Siliguri Hoteliers Welfare Association, the...
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Right-wing activists created a ruckus and forcibly removed a Christmas tree and other Xmas decorations from a food street in Indore, police said on Friday.A video of the incident that took place on Thursday night has gone viral on social media.Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajesh...
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Filmmaker Aditya Dhar's latest directorial Dhurandhar has crossed the mark of Rs 1,000 crore at the worldwide box office, the makers said.Featuring Ranveer Singh alongside Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Arjun Rampal, Sara Arjun, R Madhavan and Rakesh Bedi, the film has been produced by Dhar and his...
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman returned to Dhaka on Thursday after more than 17 years in exile, arriving from London along with his wife Zubaida Rahman and daughter Zaima Rahman.Rahman's return also drew attention for an unexpected reason -- the arrival of the...
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The Delhi high court on Friday directed the Centre to file a detailed response to a petition seeking lowering of goods and services tax on air purifiers in view of worsening air quality in the national capital.A vacation bench of Justices Vikas Mahajan and Vinod Kumar granted 10 days' time to the...
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A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Friday inspected the spot in Mysuru where a balloon gas cylinder blast had left one dead.The blast had occurred on Thursday evening near the Mysuru palace.The balloon vendor was killed instantaneously while four others who were nearby were...
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The toll from the tragic collision in Chitradurga rose to seven following the death of the bus driver on Friday, police said.The driver, Mohammed Rafique, was critically injured during the accident in the early hours of Thursday.Following the crash, Rafique was rushed to the Karnataka Institute...
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Three people, including the CEO of a private IT company, have been arrested for alleged gang rape of a female manager of the company after a birthday party in Rajasthan's Udaipur, police said on Friday.According to police, the accused CEO, Jitesh Sisodia, had organised a party on his birthday...
11:27
With three in four digital-only users living in rural regions, India's overall digital-only viewership reached 313 million in the third quarter of CY2025, according to the Kantar Media Compass report.Similarly, connected TV (CTV) saw a 49 per cent rise in viewership coming from rural India.The...
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Mumbai airport, India's second-largest in terms of air cargo handled, will suspend freighter flights from August 2026 to May 2027 as it has to recarpet its main runway, build a new taxiway, and rebuild the apron area where cargo planes load and unload, Business Standard has learnt.In 2024-2025,...
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Four policemen were injured when a mob pelted stones while they were removing iron railings erected along the road outside a mosque in Jaipur district early on Friday, police said.The incident occurred around 3 am near the bus stand area in Chomu town, located 40 kilometres away from Jaipur....
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Four people associated with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal were arrested for vandalising decorative items used for Christmas celebrations at a school and damaging festive articles in shops in Assam's Nalbari district, police said.The arrests were made on Thursday, a senior...
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Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday lashed out at the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, accusing it of perpetrating 'unspeakable atrocities' against non-Muslims. The 78-year-old Awami League leader also said that the current ruling group, which has seized...
09:04
Five sectors accounted for more than half of the total IPOs on both the mainboard and SME platforms over the past two years, according to a report by Motilal Oswal. In a note to investors, the brokerage said the contribution of these sectors varied from year to year. In CY25, non-banking...
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A couple was arrested in Karimnagar district on Thursday for allegedly killing their 17-year-old daughter after she refused to end her relationship with a man from a different caste. The couple had lodged a complaint with the police recently, claiming that their daughter died by...
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The Railway Ministry on Thursday officially notified a hike in train ticket prices by 1 paise per km for ordinary class beyond a journey of 215 km, and 2 paise per km for non-AC classes of mail/express trains and AC classes of all trains.On December 21, the ministry announced its decision to...
08:47
China has gradually started issuing licences to import rare-earth magnets (REMs) into India through suppliers of domestic as well Indian units of foreign companies, according to government officials.Some of the companies on the list are Jay Ushin, Indian units of German automotive component maker...
08:24
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chief cleric and a moderate separatist voice in the Kashmir Valley, on Thursday evening removed his designation as 'Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference' from his verified X profile.The edited bio in the Miriwaiz's X handle only contains his name and basic location...
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