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A mobile billboard advertising truck in Washington, DC displays boards, ahead of the meeting between PM Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump.The two leaders will meet today for the first time in person after the inauguration of President Trump as the 47th US President on January 20,...
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Posting photographs of his meeting with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his children, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, 'It was also a delight to meet Elon Musk's family and to talk about a wide range of subjects!...'
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump will work toward a trade deal and try to reinforce a relationship that, according to the Trump administration, is critical to countering the rise of China, The Washington Post reported, quoted senior Trump administration officials.The report...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets after meeting United States National Security Advisor Michael Waltz at the Blair House in Washington, DC: 'Had a fruitful meeting with NSA Mike Waltz. He has always been a great friend of India.''Defence, technology and security are important aspects of...
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk, along with his family, meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Blair House in Washington, DC.
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JUST IN: The bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tesla CEO Elon Musk begins at Blair House in Washington, DC. -- ANI
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives at Blair House in Washington, DC, for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Musk, who has been appointed as special US government employee and heads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will call on Modi and the Indian government expects to...
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A CRPF jawan allegedly killed two of his colleagues and injured eight others before taking his own life at a camp in Manipur on Thursday, official sources said. The incident took place at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Lamphel located in the Imphal West district at around 8.20...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz here on Thursday. Modi arrived in the US capital Wednesday evening for a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump. The meeting with Waltz was his first engagement of the day. External Affairs Minister S...
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The late chief priest of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, Mahant Satyendra Das, was given 'jal samadhi' on Thursday evening. The mortal remains of Acharya Satyendra Das were taken from his residence in a palanquin to the banks of the Saryu river, where he was given water burial at the...
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A college student belonging to the Schedule Caste community was attacked by three members of another caste allegedly for riding a cruiser motorcycle in their village, police said on Thursday. The 21-year-old student from Melapidavur village in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district was returning...
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Social media influencer Ranveer Allahbadia
Social media influencer Ranveer Allahbadia was asked to remain present at the Khar police station in Mumbai on Friday after he failed to appear in connection with a probe into his controversial comments on a YouTube show, an official said. The city police as well as Maharashtra Cyber...
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More than 10 students of Jamia Millia Islamia were allegedly detained by the Delhi police in the early hours of Thursday for protesting against the university's disciplinary action against two PhD scholars. The protesters later said the detained scholars were released after nearly 12 hours,...
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President's rule was imposed in Manipur on Thursday, four days after Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigned from his position. The assembly has also been put under suspended animation. Announcing the proclamation of the central rule, a notification issued by the ministry of home affairs said...
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India has broadened the scope of the Gaganyaan mission and plans to carry out two crewed space flights by 2028, Parliament was informed on Thursday. According to the enhanced scope, the Gaganyaan programme will have eight missions -- two crewed and six uncrewed -- Union Minister of State in...
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Just In: Harshwardhan Sapkal appointed new Maharashtra Pradesh Congress president in place of Nana Patole.Details soon.
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The rupee settled almost flat with a gain of just 3 paise at 86.92 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday as the support from soft American currency and and easing crude oil prices overseas was negated by a lacklustre trend in domestic equities. According to forex traders, the...
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US President Donald Trump said that the US would unveil reciprocal tariffs on Thursday, as part of a major shift in country's economic policy. Interestingly, the announcement was made ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden meeting with Trump after the latter's historic second win in...
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A fire broke out at the police line camp near Nagvasuki on Bindu Madhav Marg in Sector 6 of the Maha Kumbh on Thursday afternoon, gutting two tents, officials said. However, no casualties were reported. Chief fire officer (Kumbh) Pramod Sharma said that smoke was seen rising from the...
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Two people were killed, and 10 others sustained injuries when a mini-bus carrying pilgrims from Varanasi to Ayodhya collided with a trailer on a highway Jaunpur, the police said on Thursday.The incident took place on the Varanasi-Sultanpur highway near Chak Mirzapur village in the Baksha police...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty pared early gains to close lower for the seventh straight day on Thursday, dragged by fag-end selling in select IT and banking shares and foreign fund outflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex dipped 32.11 points or 0.04 percent to settle at 76,138.97. The...
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Eleven members of a gang were arrested by Gujarat police for allegedly providing fraudulently opened bank accounts to Chinese cyber criminals to transfer proceeds of crime, officials said on Thursday. A preliminary probe has revealed the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal has so far...
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The Centre has provided a Z-category armed protection cover to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in view of potential security threats to him, official sources said on Thursday. The Union home ministry has directed the VIP security wing of the Central Reserve Police Force to take charge of...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral meetings with US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Indian-origin entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday during his two-day visit to the US. More details soon. -- ANI
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Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said that the government provides social security to 92 crore people or 65 per cent of the country's population. Replying to a supplementary oral question in Rajya Sabha, Mandaviya said, About a decade ago, social security was provided to...
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A worker was killed and six others were injured after a fire broke out at a plant of Reliance Industries Limited in Maharashtra's Raigad district, police said on Thursday. The blaze erupted on Wednesday evening at the Patalganga Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) plant, a police official...
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The city that was Gaza
Hamas said it will release Israeli hostages as initially planned after holding positive talks with mediators, following a dispute with Israel over the Gaza ceasefire deal, reports CNN.The militant group had postponed the release of more hostages this weekend, accusing Israel of violating the...
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Shah Rukh Khan shares an ad for Thums UP that he stars in and writes, Jo kehte hai abhi tera time nahin, unko galat saabit karne ka sahi time yahi hai. Toh aaja, jo duniya maane tujhe kam, usey dikhaade tera dum. #ThumsUp utha, #DumHaiTohDikha @ThumsUpOfficial.
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Andhra Pradesh Animal Husbandry Minister K Atchannaidu said on Thursday that the Central Government has dispatched teams to assess the Avian Influenza situation in the state following the outbreak of the viral disease in three districts. Over the past 45 days as many as 5.4 lakh chickens...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty pared early gains to close lower for the seventh straight day on Thursday, dragged by fag-end selling in select IT and banking shares and foreign fund outflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex dipped 32.11 points or 0.04 per cent to settle at 76,138.97. The...
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The police have offered a reward of Rs 30,000
Two motorcycle-borne men allegedly kidnapped a six-year-old son of a businessman after throwing chilli powder into the eyes of the child's mother as they waited for his school bus in Gwalior city of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, police said. The incident took place in Morar area in the...
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Lalon Fakir was a mystic poet and social reformer
The commemoration of philosopher and Sufi saint Lalon Fakir in Bangladesh has been cancelled following objections from various Islamic groups, local media reported on Thursday. In Madhupur of Tangail district, the commemoration of Lalon was cancelled due to the objection of Hefazat-e-Islam,...
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A car drove into a group of people leaving several injured in Munich, police have said.The BBC reports that a major operation is under way in the Dachauer Strasse area and the driver was detained at the scene and poses no further danger, it added.The operation is taking place near the city's...
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A fire broke out in a vacant hut near Harishchandra Marg in Sector 18 of Mahakumbh. The fire has been extinguished.
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Adani Green Energy, the renewable arm of billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate, has withdrawn from two proposed wind power projects in Sri Lanka, following the Island nation's new government deciding to renegotiate tariffs. Adani Green Energy has conveyed its Board's decision to...
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Finance Minister Sitharaman introduces Income Tax Bill, 2025, in Lok Sabha amid opposition parties opposing its introduction. The proceedings of the Lok Sabha are adjourned till 11 am, March 10.
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Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with US President Donald Trump, the Congress on Thursday asked if he would summon up the courage to convey India's collective outrage at the inhuman manner in which Indian citizens were deported from that country.Posing a series of questions to the...
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The Indian Army on Thursday dismissed reports of a ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC), stating that the truce remains intact and is being upheld according to the understanding between the Indian and Pakistani armies. In a statement on Thursday, the Indian Army...
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Outgoing Delhi chief minister Atishi on Thursday said within three days of AAP loosing its hold in the national capital, the city has been facing power cuts. The senior AAP leader said BJP wants to turn Delhi into Uttar Pradesh, a city known known for hours long power outages. No immediate...
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This picture of Modi and Macron at the new Indian consulate in Marseille is all things brotherly. The PM had posted this image yesterday when he was in France writing. The links between Marseille and India are well known. During the First World War, this city was an important base for Indian...
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Ranveer Allahbadia found an easy way of asking questions which made sense to him and his team. No counter-questions or finding out the 'Why?' from the celebrity he was speaking to.The 'Why?' was buried and forgotten in Ranveer's shows, observes Syed Firdaus Ashraf. Read the column here.
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India's Got Latent Row: Maharashtra Cyber Cell sends second summons to comedian Samay Raina to appear before the investigating officer on 17 February. Yesterday, Samay Raina's lawyer informed the Cyber Cell that Samay Raina is in America and will return on 17th March.The Mumbai Police have so...
12:16
The Opposition stages a walkout of the Rajya Sabha amid the discussion on the report of the JPC on the Waqf Amendment Bill.
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi amid rumblings in the opposition MVA after NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar felicitated Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. He met Gandhi in the national capital late on Wednesday. The duo is also learnt to have...
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Indian soldiers fought in some of the bloodiest battles in the world wars and are honoured in war cemeteries in France. See more here.
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Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investments in India began 2025 on a strong note, surging 37 per cent in January 2025 to $6.3 billion, compared to $4.5 billion in December 2024, according to a report by EY and the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association...
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The Mumbai Police have so far recorded the statements of seven persons, including social media influencer Apoorva Makhija, in connection with controversial comments made by Ranveer Allahbadia on YouTube show India's Got Latent, officials said on Thursday. Social media influencer Allahbadia...
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Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Thursday amid protests by Opposition members over allocation of a project to a businessman in Gujarat. As soon as the House met for the day, Opposition members, including those from the Congress, sought to raise the issue of the project...
11:26
Report of Joint Committee of Parliament on Waqf (Amendment) Bill tabled in Rajya Sabha. The House was adjourned amid uproar by opposition after tabling of joint committee of Parliament report on Waqf bill. Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned till 2 pm amid Opposition protests over allocation of...
11:20
Composer AR Rahman subtly addressed the controversy surrounding influencer Ranveer Allahbadia, saying the past week has been all about what happens when the mouth opens when he indirectly shared his thoughts after he was asked to describe his music using emojis at the audio launch of Vicky...
10:52
The government-backed National Investment & Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is planning to raise a $2 billion private credit fund, which would be India's largest such vehicle, according to its CEO Sanjiv Aggarwal.The fund, anchored by the government, is in early discussions with sovereign...
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Markets await Modi-Trump meet fallout
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Thursday following a better-than-expected decline in CPI inflation in January and value-buying at lower levels. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 214.08 points to 76,385.16 in early trade. The NSE Nifty rallied...
10:34
Daytime temperatures over the past few days have risen 3 to 6C above normal across most of North and Central India, potentially reducing yields in wheat and barley crops. The India Meteorological Department warned that mustard and chickpeas might also experience early harvest due to the...
10:31
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on a two-day visit to hold high-stakes talks with President Donald Trump in the face of concerns in New Delhi over Washington's new America First trade agenda as well as its policy on immigration. The prime minister will be hosted by the US President...
09:54
The two leaders hugged each other on the runway tarmac and PM Modi posted: Thank you France! A productive visit concludes, where I attended programmes ranging from AI, commerce, energy and cultural linkages. Gratitude to President @EmmanuelMacron and the people of France.
09:49
During his visit to France for the AI Action Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted an eco-friendly wooden alphabet set to Mirabel Rose Vance, daughter of US Vice President JD Vance. This sustainable wooden alphabet set is a durable, safe, and engaging learning tool, designed to enhance...
09:33
PM Modi and Tulsi Gabbard discussed various aspects of India-US friendship. Modi congratulated Gabbard on her confirmation as US Director of National Intelligence.
09:16
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday claimed comedian Samay Raina's upcoming shows in Gujarat have been cancelled following outrage over crass remarks made on the latest episode of his controversial YouTube reality programme, India's Got Latent. The VHP said tickets for Raina's...
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Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Pandit Prabhakar Karekar has passed away in Mumbai following a brief illness, his family said on Thursday. He was 80. Karekar breathed his last at his residence in Shivaji Park area in Mumbai's Dadar on Wednesday night, his family said in a...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Tulsi Gabbard, US Director of National Intelligence, and discussed various aspects of ties between the two countries with focused on enhancing intelligence cooperation in counter-terrorism and emerging threats. Modi also congratulated Hindu-American...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a rousing welcome from members of the Indian-American diaspora when he reached Blair House, the President's Guest House.Modi arrived in the US on Wednesday where he will meet President Donald Trump on Thursday for his bilateral meeting after last month's...
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The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted bail to Dr Kishore Bisure, former dean at a COVID-19 Jumbo Centre in Mumbai's Dahisar area who was arrested in 2023 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with alleged irregularities during the pandemic. The allegation against Bisure is that...
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A delegation of MPs of the Trinamool Congress is likely to meet President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday, a source said. According to the source, around 12 MPs will be part of the delegation. The time of the meeting has not been confirmed yet, the source added. The agenda of the meeting is...
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There is a growing clamour for declaring Jammu and Kashmir a dry state as at least three MLAs have submitted private members' bills for banning alcohol in the Union Territory. People's Democratic Party MLA from Kupwara Mir Mohammad Fayaz, Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) legislator from Langate...
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