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Notwithstanding the tense relations between India and Bangladesh ever since the ouster of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August last year, a second consignment of rice from India arrived at Mongla Port on Saturday, a media report said. Two ships carrying 16,400 tonnes of rice arrived...
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A delegation of 73 diplomats and foreign guests from different countries arrived at the Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on Saturday. The diplomats expressed their happiness with the arrangements made for the trip, the UP government said in a statement. Recalling her long...
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The Central Zoo Authority has approved a proposal to set up a white tiger breeding centre in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla said on Saturday. Shukla said the project at Govindgarh reflects the MP government's commitment to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested the chairman and six members of a National Assessment and Accreditation Council inspection committee, including a JNU professor, in a corruption case on Saturday, officials said. Those arrested also include the vice chancellor of the Koneru...
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One more accused in the car chasing incident on the East Coast Road in Chennai was arrested on Saturday, a police official said. Out of the seven accused, four had already been arrested and with the arrest of one more person, identified as Chandru, the total number of arrests have gone up to...
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The defence ministry on Saturday said three flight-trials of a very short-range air defence missile system were conducted successfully from Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.The trials were carried out against high-speed targets flying at very low altitude.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh...
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A complaint was filed against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi before a court in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Saturday for her 'poor thing' remark on President Droupadi Murmu.Sudhir Ojha, a Muzaffarpur-based lawyer, filed the complaint against Sonia Gandhi seeking registration of an FIR against...
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A seven-year-old girl died during treatment after a toilet wall collapsed on her at a government school in Rjasthan's Kota, officials said on Saturday. Following an initial inquiry, the district education department suspended three teachers of the school on Saturday for alleged...
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The Madhya Pradesh Public Works Department on Saturday suspended two engineers and imposed fine on the contractor firm after finding that the construction quality of a newly-opened flyover in Bhopal was not satisfactory. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav had on January 23 inaugurated `Dr Bhimrao...
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The report of the joint committee of Parliament examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill will be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday.A bulletin issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said Committee Chairman Jagdambika Pal and member Sanjay Jaiswal will table the report in the Lok Sabha on Monday.The...
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Farmer organisations Saturday slammed the Union Budget for 'cruelly' neglecting their longstanding demand for a legally guaranteed minimum support price (MSP) for all crops and farm loan-waiver, and announced a protest on February 5 against the 'anti-farmer, anti-worker, anti-poor and...
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A 30-year-old man consumed poison at a police station in Maharashtra's Nagpur city on Saturday in a bid to end his life after his partner ended her live-in relationship with him, an official said.After the incident, which took place at the Nandanvan police station, the man -- Sagar Mishra -- was...
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Aviation safety regulator DGCA has imposed a penalty of Rs 30 lakh on Tata Group-owned Air India for allegedly allowing one of its pilots to operate a flight without complying with certain regulatory requirements.The DGCA in order of January 29 also said that it has found 'recurrent rostering...
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Eight outgoing Aam Aadmi Party MLAs joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi on Saturday, with only four days to go for the February 5 Delhi assembly polls.All the eight MLAs resigned from the primary membership of the AAP on Friday, citing reasons like alleged corruption and the Arvind...
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Eight Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday, a senior police official said.An Insas rifle and a barrel grenade launcher (BGL) were among the weapons recovered from the encounter site, he informed.The gunfight broke out around...
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In his first visit to the Maha Kumbh after the January 29 stampede, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Saturday praised the saints for 'acting with such restraint' that day as he took a veiled potshot at political opponents, saying they tried to besmirch the glory of the mega event so...
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A 17-year-old girl died at a private hospital in Guwahati due to suspected Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), the first such case in Assam in the current season, doctors of the health facility said on Saturday.However, there was no official confirmation from the hospital and the state health...
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The Budget 2025 has nothing to offer to the common people and the middle class, and the government has brought the document with upcoming Bihar elections in mind, Opposition leaders on Saturday said. Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee said...
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Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday offered prayers at the Maha Kumbh after taking a dip in the Sangam. Priests were seen chanting hymns as Dhankhar moved towards the Sangam area to take the holy dip. Earlier, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath welcomed the...
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The central government has allotted Rs 3,412.82 crore to the Union Environment Ministry in the 2025-26 Union Budget, an increase of 9 per cent from 3,125.96 crore in 2024-25. The Budget allocates more funds for ecosystem conservation, wildlife protection and expanding forest cover.The...
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Zakia Jafri, the wife of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots, died on Saturday in Ahmedabad at the age of 86. Ehsan Jafri was among 69 persons who were killed inside Gulbarg Society, a Muslim neighbourhood in Ahmedabad, on February 28, 2002, a day...
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Taking a swipe at the Centre over the Union Budget, the Congress on Saturday said while Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke of four engines of development, the Budget was completely derailed. In her Saturday budget speech, Sitharaman said agriculture, MSME, investments and...
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Bihar remained in focus in the Union Budget 2025-26 with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday making several announcements for the state, including setting up of a Makhana Board, financial support for the western Kosi canal and support for enhancing the capacity of IIT Patna. ...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday conducted an aerial survey of roads leading to Prayagraj, Director Information Shishir said. The survey came ahead of the 'Amrit Snaan' on February 3 on the occasion of Basant Panchami. The Maha Kumbh underway in the city...
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The Congress on Saturday attacked the Union government over its announcements in the Budget pertaining to the agriculture sector, saying Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was completely silent on the demands of farmers, including MSP as a legal guarantee and farm loan waiver.Sitharaman on...
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MPs from some opposition parties walk out of Lok Sabha as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman begins her budgetary speech.The protests in the Lok Sabha were primarily by Samajwadi Party MPs, including party chief and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav.Opposition parties...
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Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday claimed that even Bharatiya Janata Party supporters are saving up to Rs 25,000 per month through the schemes implemented by the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi, and urged them to vote for his party in the February 5 assembly elections.In a video message, the Aam...
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Hero MotoCorp on Friday announced that its CEO Niranjan Gupta is stepping down with effect from April 30 as he has decided to pursue other opportunities. Gupta's tenure was exactly two years.The company's Executive Director (Operations) Vikram Kasbekar has been appointed as the acting CEO with...
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More than 60 cooking gas cylinders loaded in a truck en route to Ghaziabad blew up in an explosion early Saturday, the fire department said. The explosion was caused by a fire around 4 am, likely due to friction in the cylinders, officials said. At least four...
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Former chief election commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla passed away on Saturday, ex-CEC SY Quraishi said. He was 79. Quraishi told PTI that he met Chawla some 10 days back when the latter had informed that he was getting admitted to hospital for a brain surgery. He passed away this...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives in Parliament to present the Union Budget 2025-26.
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and MoS Finance Pankaj Chaudhary meet President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.Sitharaman to present the Union Budget2025 shortly in Lok Sabha.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman again took a digital tablet wrapped in a traditional 'bahi-khata' style pouch as she headed for Parliament to present the full Budget 2025-26 in a paperless format just like the previous years. Draped in a white silk saree, she posed for the...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived at the North Block, which houses the Ministry of Finance, ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget.
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After a warm January, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted that February, too, is likely to be hot with both minimum and maximum temperatures projected at above normal over most parts of the country.The cold wave days over Northwest India are also expected to be...
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Stocks in the smallcap segment experienced their worst monthly rout in nearly three years.The Nifty Smallcap 100 Index concluded January with a decline of 9.9 per cent, marking its most significant setback since May 2022 and the third-worst monthly performance since the COVID-19 pandemic.The...
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A cut or tweak in income tax rates/slabs to ease the burden of middle class struggling with high prices and stagnant wage growth is widely expected in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's record setting eighth consecutive Budget. The budget for the fiscal year starting April 1 is expected...
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The Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill will be introduced in the Budget Session of the assembly, Governor Haribhau Bagde said on Friday. During his address to the House, the governor read out a list of legislative and financial businesses to be introduced...
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Several members of a parliamentary committee on Friday pitched for strengthening laws related to the media and bringing news portals and OTT under their ambit as its chairman Nishikant Dubey raised issues like rampant paid news and some news channels turning to sensationalism for TRPs. Most...
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The body of a Shiv Sena leader missing since January 20 from Dahanu in Maharashtra's Palghar district was on Friday found in the trunk of his car in neighbouring Gujarat, a police official said. Shiv Sena leader Ashok Dhodi went missing from Gholwad Palghar on January 20, after which a case...
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