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Gautam Buddh Nagar administration in UP on Thursday ordered suspension of classes till 8 in all schools of the district until further orders in view of cold weather conditions. The order, issued by District Basic Education Officer Rahul Panwar, applies to schools across board...
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Trinamool Congress councillor Dulal Sarkar was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in West Bengal's Malda district on Thursday morning, police said. Sarkar, the TMC councillor from Malda, was shot in his head multiple times from close range by bike-borne assailants at Jhaljhalia More area,...
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One of the two men beaten up during an argument over playing loud music at a New Year's eve party in Thane's Kashmira area died in a Mumbai hospital on Thursday, a police official said. The incident took place on the night of December 31 at a MHADA housing plex, the Kashimira police station...
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Quick commerce major Blinkit on Thursday launched 10-minute ambulance service in select areas of Gurugram as a pilot project. Users will be able to see the option to call for an ambulance on the Blinkit app, according to a company statement. These ambulances will be stocked with essential...
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China declared state of emergency following the outbreak of an epidemic in the country five years after the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2019, according to an X handle known as 'SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19). Multiple viruses, including influenza A, HMPV, mycoplasma pneumoniae, and COVID-19, are...
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Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Khaleel (right)
Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Khaleel arrived in New Delhi on Thursday on a three-day visit to explore ways to bolster bilateral ties in several key areas including maritime security, trade and investment. Khaleel's trip to India comes nearly three months after Maldives President Mohamed...
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In a video he recorded before committing suicide, a 40-year-old Delhi cafe owner has alleged he was extremely tortured by his in-laws and wife, and accused them of not respecting court's orders in their divorce case. Puneet Khurana died by suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his...
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren
The Jharkhand high court on Thursday granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) three weeks to file a response to an affidavit filed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The ED had filed a case before the HC seeking to quash an FIR registered by Soren against the agency officials under the...
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A former sarpanch suffered severe injuries on his legs on Thursday after being allegedly attacked by unidentified persons in Thane district of Maharashtra, the police said. The victim, Kadam Ugada, who was earlier the sarpanch of Ajanup village near Kasara in Shahapur taluka, was attacked...
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Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday barred three individuals, including Ketan Parekh, from the securities markets with immediate effect for their alleged involvement in a front-running scheme which generated illegal gains of Rs 65.77 crore. Further, Sebi directed 22 entities, including...
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The in-charge of the district special team in Jodhpur died of a heart attack while he was out for a morning walk on Thursday morning, the police said. People present on the spot rushed him to AIIMS Jodhpur, where doctors declared him dead, they said. ASP (Rural) Bhopal Singh said that...
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An empty five kilogram gas cylinder was found placed on the railway tracks near the Barrajpur railway station in Kanpur, Government Railway police said on Thursday. In a separate incident, a major accident was averted when a large fragment of a metal was found lying on the railway track near...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Suresh Dhas on Thursday said he had met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and sought the appointment of renowned lawyer Ujjwal Nikam as public prosecutor in the sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case. Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massajog in Beed,...
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The Congress-affiliated National Students' Union of India has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to name Delhi University's upcoming college after former prime minister Manmohan Singh, instead of Veer Savarkar. Modi is set to lay the foundation stone for Veer Savarkar...
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The Madras high court on Thursday confirmed the conviction and sentence of one month simple imprisonment awarded to actor and Bharatiya Janata Party functionary S Ve Shekher by a special court for sharing a derogatory post on women journalists on his social media page. Justice P Velmurugan...
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A dispute at a tea shop here escalated into a clash between two groups from different communities, leaving three people injured including two women, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred on Wednesday at Sadhuapur village in Hardi area. A case has been registered under relevant...
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New Year's Eve (NYE) celebrations reached their peak, with consumers turning to quick commerce (qcom) and food delivery platforms, leading to record-breaking order volumes. Executives from several platforms, including Zepto, Blinkit, and Swiggy Instamart, actively shared real-time order...
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A 30-year-old Indian man crossed over illegally into Pakistan to meet a Facebook friend he wanted to marry, but instead found himself behind bars. And the woman told the local police she does not want to tie the knot. Badal Babu from the Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh was arrested...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Mannathu Padmanabhan Pillai, a freedom fighter and social reformer who founded the Nair Service Society, on his birth anniversary and lauded him as a true visionary. Remembering Sri Mannathu Padmanabhan on his birth anniversary. He...
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White-collar hiring activity in December witnessed a 9 per cent increase compared to the same period of the previous year, driven by high-skill and strategic roles, a report said on Thursday. According to Naukri JobSpeak, the index reached an impressive 2,651 points in December 2024,...
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Benchmark Sensex rallied 1,436 points to close at a two-week high on Thursday on buying in financial, auto and IT shares, extending gains to the second day of the New Year. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 1,436.30 points or 1.83 per cent -- its best single-day gain in more than a...
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Update on the New Orleans attack: From CNN: One of the FBI's challenges when investigating the deadly New Orleans attack is determining whether the suspect was inspired by ISIS or directed by the Islamist militant group, a security expert said.The attack had several strategic and symbolic...
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The Jindals have close ties to the Sharifs
Indian business tycoon Sajjan Jindal along with his family attended the wedding festivities of the grandson of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore, a PML-N leader said on Thursday. Jindal, the managing director of JSW Steel, was among 700 local and foreign guests who...
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Since Lalu Prasad Yadav is in the news today for his statement 'doors open for Nitish', here's a sweet picture of Rabri Devi wishing her husband on the new year. She captioned the image: Happy new year to my dear saheb @laluprasadrjd.
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The quartet of shooter Manu Bhaker, chess world champion D Gukesh, men's hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and para-athlete Praveen Kumar were on Thursday named recipients of this year's Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award -- the country's highest sporting honour.The 22-year-old Bhaker became...
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Family members and human rights activists in Kerala are clinging to hope for a last-minute pardon for Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse whose death sentence was confirmed by Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi for the alleged murder of a Yemeni national. She has been imprisoned in a Yemeni jail...
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Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, had visited a 'shakha' of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Maharashtra 85 years ago, the communication wing of the Sangh claimed on Thursday. During his visit, Ambedkar said he viewed the RSS with a sense of...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Border Security Force of letting infiltrators from Bangladesh enter India and charged the BSF with trying to destabilise the state. Banerjee said she could sense a blueprint of the central government behind this attitude of the...
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India's manufacturing sector growth fell to a 12-month low in December, as new business orders and production expanded at softer rates, a monthly survey said on Thursday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index was at 56.4 in December, down from 56.5 in...
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Reacting to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's statement that alliance doors are always open for CM Nitish Kumar, Union Minister and JDU leader Lallan Singh on Thursday affirmed that his party is with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). ...We are with the NDA and with full firmness. I...
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Indian stock indices are on a strong footing at the start of 2025. The Sensex and Nifty rallied both on January 1 and January 2. At the time of filing this report, Sensex was at 79,752.03 points, up 1,244.62 points or 1.59 per cent. Experts stated that the upcoming Q3 results season will...
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Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party minister Dhananjay Munde on Thursday said those who killed Santosh Deshmukh, the sarpanch of a village in Beed district, should be tried in a fast-track court and hanged to death. Talking to reporters after the state cabinet meeting, Munde said the...
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Months ahead of the scheduled Assembly elections in Bihar, speculations are rife over new alliances. Focus is again on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. There are contrasting signals from the father-son duo of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) -- Lalu Prasad Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav -- regarding a...
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The FBI has named the assailant as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, an Army veteran and US citizen from Texas.A flag associated with the Islamic State (IS) group was found in the vehicle he was driving and the FBI said it was investigating what affiliations Jabbar may have had with terrorist...
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Legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev has promised former India batter Vinod Kambli, who walked out of a Thane hospital, to visit him at the earliest. Kambli was admitted in ICU on December 21 due to health complications which included urinary infection and cramps but doctors later said the...
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At least 10 people have been injured in a mass shooting outside a nightclub in New York's Queens on Wednesday night. The shooting reportedly took place around 11:20 pm near the Amazura nightclub.According to the New York Police Department (NYPD), none of the victims are in critical condition and...
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Shiv Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday took a dig at the BJP-led Central government while raising doubts on its longevity, saying that he has doubts in his mind about whether the Union government will survive after 2026 or not.Addressing a press conference, UBT MP Raut further stated that...
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A gunman who killed at least 10 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro died from self-inflicted injuries on Thursday after attempting suicide, the country's interior minister, Danilo Saranovic, said.The gunman, identified by police as Aleksandar Martinovic, 45, attempted suicide...
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A court in Chattogram has refused to grant bail to Chinmoy Krishna Das, the former ISKCON leader, following a hearing held with heightened security today, The Daily Star reported.The bail request was turned down by Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Saiful Islam after about 30 minutes of...
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The site of the crash that killed 15 people
Security camera footage has emerged of suspected terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar plowing his pickup truck down a packed Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's Day. The truck had an ISIS flag flying on it.Watch the video here. The death toll is now 15 people in the New Orleans act of...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut says on government and governance: I have doubts in my mind that the union government will survive after 2026 or not. What I think is that Modi will not complete his term and once the union government is unsettled, it will affect Maharashtra also. More on this in...
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Assigning ADCs from different services is expected to promote a deeper understanding and cooperation across the branches, reinforcing the integrated approach essential for modern military operations. Read the report here.
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Asserting that debates in the dressing room should not come out in public domain, India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Thursday said he has had some honest conversations with his players as only performance can help them stay in the set-up. Gambhir also side-stepped queries on whether...
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Eleven Supreme Court lawyers are set to participate in the bail hearing on Thursday of former ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das, The Daily Star reported.Led by advocate Apurba Kumar Bhattacharjee, the legal team will defend Chinmoy, in a sedition case resulting from allegations of disrespecting...
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In a series of videos, the suspect in the deadly New Year's attack in New Orleans discussed planning to kill his family and having dreams that helped inspire him to join ISIS, according to multiple officials briefed on the investigation.Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old man who police...
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Deepak Patel/Business StandardAir India announced on Wednesday that it has rolled out Wi-Fi Internet connectivity services on board domestic and international flights operated by its Airbus A350, Boeing 787-9, and select Airbus A321neo aircraft.This makes the Tata-owned airline the first to offer...
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Peerzada Abrar/Business StandardAccel, the venture capital firm backing startups like Flipkart and Swiggy, has raised $650 million (Rs 5,500 crore/Rs 55 billion) for its eighth India fund, regulatory filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission showed. The size of the eighth fund...
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The death toll has now risen to at least 15 people in the New Orleans 'act of terrorism' after a car rammed into a crowd on Bourbon Street in the early hours of Wednesday (US local time), CNN reported.In an official statement, New Orleans Coroner Dwight McKenna said, As of now, 15 people are...
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