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After flying for four decades, Devi Sharan, the captain of the ill-fated Indian Airlines flight IC814, has retired from the airline. Sharan, who turned 65, operated a Dreamliner aircraft from Melbourne to Delhi on January 4. It was his last flight. In a message, Sharan thanked his...
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Cowpea seedlings onboard PSLV-C60 POEM-4 module sprout their first leaves in space, signifying a milestone in space-based plant research, ISRO said on Monday. According to India's national space agency, the Compact Research Module for Orbital Plant Studies, developed by the Vikram Sarabhai...
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Hundreds of investors on Monday protested after finding the office of an investment firm locked in Navi Mumbai amid allegations of a scam, the police said. Many investors claimed they had invested their life savings in the company's schemes which promised them substantial returns over a...
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A tigress was found dead in a forest in Maharashtra's Bhandara district on Monday, following which one person was detained for questioning, an official said. The carcass of the 3-year-old tigress was found in compartment number 74 in Jhanjhariya in Tumsar forest range, he added....
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he will resign amid growing discontent with his leadership and recent turmoil, highlighted by the sudden departure of his finance minister, reports Associated Press. Trudeau acknowledged that it was clear he couldn't lead during...
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Human remains, including a skull and bones, were found inside an abandoned house near Chottanikkara in Ernakulam district on Monday, the police said.The remains were found stored in a fridge within the house, which has reportedly remained unoccupied for two decades.The property, situated on an...
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Microsoft chairman and CEO, Satya Nadella on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. After the meeting Nadella tweeted, Thank you, PM Narendra Modi for your leadership. Excited to build on our commitment to making India AI-first and work together on our continued expansion in...
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Prashant Kishor
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor was released from jail on Monday evening, hours after he was sent to judicial custody upon refusal of bail, the conditions of which were initially dubbed by him 'unreasonable'. It was not immediately known whether Kishor accepted the bail conditions...
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The death of a student of the Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru (IIM-B), Nilay Kailashbhai Patel, who had presumably fallen off the second floor of his hostel, has sparked an online debate on caste-based discrimination. Several posts on 'X' weigh in on the possibility of the student...
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The Delhi police arrested three active members of the Tillu Tajpuriya-Parvesh Maan gang and recovered two pistols, a revolver, and 39 live cartridges from them, an official said on Monday.Those nabbed have been identified as Deepak (36), Ankit (24) and Sagar (24), the official said.Deepak, a...
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The National Disaster Response Force personnel stationed at the Maha Kumbh Mela site rescued nine members of a family from drowning in the Ganga River on Monday, officials said. An NDRF official stated that deputy inspector general Manoj Kumar Sharma was visiting Arail Ghat on Monday when he...
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Two children have tested positive for Human Metapneumovirus and are currently undergoing treatment, a health official said on Monday. These two are the first cases to be reported from the city from two hospitals. Further details are awaited. Meanwhile, officials of the state health...
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The Supreme Court will in July hear the pleas filed by former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and the party's former councillor Balwan Khokhar against sentences awarded in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench of Justice J K Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar on Monday clarified if the final hearing...
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Indian Space Research Organisation on Monday said the docking experiment of SpaDeX satellites scheduled for January 7 is now postponed to January 9. In a post on X, the Bengaluru-based space agency said, The SpaDeX docking scheduled on (January) 7th is now postponed to 9th. The docking...
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Amit Banerji, founder of Table Space -- a managed flexible workspace provider -- has died on Monday. Banerji, who founded Table Space in 2017, was about 45 years old. In a statement, Bengaluru-based Table Space informed about his death. It is with deep sadness that we announce the...
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A man was arrested on Monday and at least 30 people were booked for allegedly posting obscene remarks on the social media page of Malayalam actress Honey Rose, the police said. The arrested man was identified as Shaji, a 60-year-old hailing from nearby Panangadu. The case was registered...
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Just In: Several people feared trapped inside a coal mine in Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district of Assam. We can't say the exact figure as of now, said Mayank Kumar Jha, superintendent of police, Dima Hasao. More details soon. -- ANI
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Three persons were killed and four injured after two groups clashed over water supply from a well in a village in Maharashtra's Dharashiv district, the police said on Monday. The incident took place late on Sunday night at Bavi village in Vashi tehsil under the jurisdiction of Yermala police...
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Two women devotees on their way to Tirumala died at Chandragiri in Tirupati district in the wee hours of Monday after being hit by an ambulance, said a police official. A 108-ambulance coming from Piler hit the devotees around 4 am between Rangampeta and Mangapuram, said the...
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Following the detection of two Human Metapneumovirus cases in the state, the Karnataka government on Monday urged people not to panic as the virus is not as transmissible as Covid-19. Emphasising that the respiratory virus primarily affects children, causing infections similar to the common...
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Four tourists fell into the frozen Sela Lake in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, while attempting to walk on its icy surface, an official said on Monday.However, they were safely pulled out of the icy water, the district official said.The incident took place at the scenic lake, located at an...
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Two cars with the same number plates were found parked near the iconic Taj Mahal Palace hotel at Colaba in south Mumbai on Monday, the police said. Both cars were taken to Colaba police station along with their drivers for a probe, an official said. The incident came to light at around...
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Four members of a family, including two children, were found dead at their rented home in Bengaluru, the police said on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Anup Kumar (38), his wife Rakhi (35), and their two children aged 5 and 2. According to police, the couple was found...
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Eight jawans and a driver were killed in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district when Maoists used an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to blow up their vehicle. The nine were returning from an operation when the IED blew up the Scorpio SUV at Kutru in the Bastar region around 2.15 pm.
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A two-month-old boy admitted to a private hospital in Ahmedabad has been detected with Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) infection, an official said on Monday. The infant, who hails from Dungarpur in Rajasthan, was admitted to the hospital, located in Chandkheda locality here, on December 24 with...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin lashed out at State Governor RN Ravi for leaving the assembly without delivering his customary address on Monday, calling it childish, and charged the latter with continuously insulting the people of the state.Why was Ravi sticking to his gubernatorial post...
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Delhi Chief Minister Atishi breaks down during a press conference over Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ramesh Bidhuri's remarks targeting her.Ramesh Bidhuri, who is BJP's candidate from the Kalkaji assembly constituency, sparked a controversy on Sunday by making a personal jibe at Atishi, claiming...
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Police on Monday filed a charge sheet in Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique's murder case stating that gangster Anmol Bishnoi carried out the killing to create an atmosphere of fear through his organised crime syndicate.The 4,590-page charge sheet was filed in a special court against...
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India on Monday unequivocally condemned Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan and said it is Islamabad's old practice to blame its neighbours for its internal failures. Pakistan carried out airstrikes in certain areas in Afghanistan in what it said was aimed at targeting some terrorist...
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Multiplex chain PVR INOX on Monday said it is set to re-release Hrithik Roshan's debut film Kaho Naa.. Pyaar Hai to mark its 25th anniversary on January 10, coinciding with the actor's birthday.The musical romantic thriller, directed by Hrithik Roshan's father, filmmaker Rakesh Roshan,...
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The Congress on Monday announced a 'Pyari Didi Yojana', promising a monthly financial assistance of Rs 2,500 to women if voted to power in Delhi. The scheme would be rolled out on the lines of the model adopted by the Congress government in Karnataka. Announcing the scheme, Karnataka...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday ruled out the possibility of quitting the National Democratic Alliance, pointing out that his ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party went back a long way.The Janata Dal-United supremo, who termed as a mistake his two short-lived alliances with the...
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The Uttar Pradesh police has detained a Class 11 student from Bihar's Purnia district for allegedly threatening to bomb the Maha Kumbh Mela starting January 13 in Prayagraj, officials said on Monday. Senior Superintendent of Police (Kumbh), Rajesh Dwivedi, said the 17-year-old student, who...
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The BJP on Monday claimed that a CAG report raised 139 questions related to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's previous Flagstaff Road residence and exposed his black deeds.No immediate reaction was available from AAP on the charges.Addressing a press conference, the BJP's Delhi...
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Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Monday recused himself from hearing two separate pleas pertaining to finalisation of the constitutions of the Indian Olympic Association and the All India Football Federation, both framed by former apex court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao. At the...
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Indian stock market crashed with both the benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, falling amid heavy selling across the board after the detection of two HMPV cases in Karnataka and reports of a virus outbreak in China.
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Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who sustained back spasms, is likely to be rested for the majority of India's home white-ball series against England, keeping an eye on the ICC Champions Trophy, starting from February 19.Bumrah, who was India's stand out player with 32 wickets in their 1-3...
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Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate has said the Ladki Bahin Yojana is creating a burden on the state coffers, affecting its ability to implement the farm loan waiver scheme.The Ladki Bahin scheme, launched by the previous Eknath Shinde-led government in August last year to provide a...
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A tremor of 3.7 magnitude jolted Maharashtra's Palghar district early Monday morning, officials said, but there was no report of any casualty or property damage. The tremor was recorded at 4.35 am in Dahanu taluka, district disaster management cell chief Vivekanand Kadam said citing an...
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High Drama was seen on Day 1 of the Tamil Nadu assembly session as governor R N Ravi did not deliver his customary address, citing a serious issue concerning the National Anthem. According to a statement from the office of Raj Bhawan, upon the Governor's arrival at the assembly, only...
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Thane police have registered an FIR against a 26-year-old man for allegedly threatening to harm Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, an official said on Monday. Search was on for the accused, identified as Hitesh Dhende, a resident of Varli Pada in Thane city, Sri Nagar...
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Around 60 flights were delayed at the Kolkata airport on Monday due to poor visibility, an official said.Due to dense fog, low visibility procedures (LVP) had to be implemented at the airport from 7 am, the official said.According to the Director of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International...
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An eight-month-old baby has been detected with the HMPV virus in Bengaluru, according to media reports.This makes it the first case in India amid a surge in such cases in China.The HMPV, or human metapneumovirus is usually detected in children under the age of 11 and about 0.7 per cent of all flu...
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Flight operations at the Srinagar International Airport were affected on Monday due to snowfall in the Kashmir valley, officials said. The snow clearance operation is in progress at the runway. All airlines have pushed their flights after 9:30 am, an Airports Authority of India official...
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Suresh Chandrakar, the prime accused in the murder of a journalist in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, has been taken into custody by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) from Hyderabad, a police official said on Monday. The accused, a contractor by profession, was absconding since the murder...
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce his resignation as Liberal Party leader amid growing dissent within his caucus, The Globe And Mail reported, citing sources. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, emphasised that the exact timing of Trudeau's...
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The police in Maharashtra's Beed district on Sunday booked Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange for allegedly making defamatory remarks against minister Dhananjay Munde and creating divide between two sections of society, an official said. The FIR against Jarange was registered at Parli...
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Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor, who had been on a fast unto death at Gandhi Maidan in Patna to press the demand for cancellation of a Bihar PSC exam, was arrested early on Monday, a top official said. Police personnel removed him and his supporters from the protest site. According...
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