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A 26-year-old junior-level Navy official went missing after he left his home town Berhampur in Odisha's Ganjam district to join duty at a Naval unit in Kerala's Kochi, his family said on Wednesday. Sourav Kumar Patra, who joined the Indian Navy in 2019, had come home in December for a...
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A total of 82 tons of waste was collected by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation after the three-day Coldplay concert, the civic body said on Wednesday. According to the civic body, the generation of waste didn't impact the cleanliness of Navi Mumbai despite lakhs of people...
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A top Army hospital in Delhi has performed India's first-ever left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation using a cutting-edge device at a government institution, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. The LVAD, often regarded as a 'mechanical heart', serves as a life-saving bridge...
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The Delhi high court on Wednesday granted interim bail to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar on medical grounds in the 2017 Unnao rape case. A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said Sengar, who is serving life term in the case, would be...
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An under-construction multi-storey apartment tilted on its left side in Kolkata on Wednesday, days after another highrise collapsed during structural work to lift its foundation.In the latest incident, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) halted construction of the five-storey building on...
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Amid apprehensions by locals over the proposed disposal of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district, a video purportedly showing a borewell discharging black' water surfaced on social media. To dispel any fear, the district administration visited the area near...
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The Beed police in Maharashtra on Wednesday declared Krishna Andhale, an accused in the sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case, as an absconder. Appropriate reward will be given for any information leading to his arrest, said a police official. Elsewhere, deputy Chief Minister Eknath...
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Amid the stiff opposition to the over 4000-acre tungsten mining project in Tamil Nadu's Madurai, happy news from the Centre was likely on Thursday, Bharatiya Janata Party state chief K Annamalai said. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi after leading a delegation of local village heads to...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Parvesh Verma on Wednesday said he will file Rs 100 crore defamation suits against Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for levelling 'false allegations' against him.Verma issued legal notices to both AAP leaders later in the...
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Recovering its past losses, Infosys surged 3.16 per cent to emerge as the biggest gainer among Sensex scrips.Tata Consultancy Services jumped 2.97 per cent and Tech Mahindra by 2.28 per cent. Sun Pharmaceutical, Bajaj Finserv, HCL Technologies, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank and Kotak...
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Benchmark Sensex rebounded nearly 567 points on Wednesday following value buying in IT and banking shares and firm global trends.The 30-share BSE Sensex surged 566.63 points or 0.75 per cent to close at 76,404.99, driven by gains in Infosys, TCS and HDFC Bank.During the day, the benchmark surged...
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The rupee appreciated 23 paise to close at 86.35 against the US dollar on Wednesday, supported by positive domestic equities and soft American currency index.Forex traders said the rupee is likely to witness high volatility with a negative bias ahead of key events in the global and domestic...
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Four people, including three sisters, have been shifted to hospitals from Badhaal village in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district where a mysterious illness has claimed 17 lives over the past one-and-a-half months.A central team continued its investigation into the cause of the deaths, which took...
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Multiple departments under the Forensic Science Laboratory at Kalina in Mumbai will examine key pieces of evidence seized by the police investigating actor Saif Ali Khan knife attack case, officials said on Wednesday.Police on Sunday arrested the attacker, identified as Bangladeshi national...
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A woman sarpanch from a village in Punjab's Moga district has been invited to attend the Republic Day celebrations in the national capital on January 26 as a special guest for her exemplary work in managing the village's water supply scheme, officials said on Wednesday.Narinder Kaur, sarpanch of...
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The trailer launch of Chhava, starring Vicky Kaushal and Rashmika Mandanna, on Wednesday evening at Plaza cinema in Dadar, Mumbai, had its moments of drama, with cameramen from the media threatening to pack up and go home as their view of the stars on stage was being blocked by, well, mobile...
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Convict Sanjay Roy
Just In: CBI files appeal in the Calcutta high court seeking the death penalty for convicted rapist and killer Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar Hospital rape-murder case, officials tell PTI.Details soon.While on the subject, you can read Swarupa Dutt's interview with the parents of the rape-murder...
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JUST IN: Passengers of Pushpak Express were hit by Karnataka Express train in Jalgaon District.The passengers had stepped on tracks after chain pulling suspecting some fire in the train. Railway officials and other staff have reached the spot.More details awaited. -- ANI/PTI
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The Janata Dal-United on Wednesday sacked its Manipur unit president, Ksh Biren Singh, in an effort to quell growing speculation about its ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party.Party's national spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan said Singh's removal was due to indiscipline and asserted that the party would...
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The Sambhal administration on Wednesday started excavating an ancient well found under illegal encroachments near Shahi Jama Masjid.The well, located about 50 metres from the disputed Shahi Jama Masjid-Harihar temple in the Kot Garvi locality area, is believed to be one of the 19 ancient wells in...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday cited paucity of time and deferred to January 29 the hearing on the suo-motu case over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. On January 20, a Kolkata trial court awarded convict Sanjay Roy life term...
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Benchmark Sensex rebounded nearly 567 points and Nifty regained 23,150 level on Wednesday following gains in blue-chip stocks Infosys, HDFC Bank and Tata Consultancy Services, and firm global trends. The 30-share BSE Sensex surged 566.63 points or 0.75 per cent to close at 76,404.99. During...
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Housing sales across nine major cities dropped 9 per cent to nearly 4.71 lakh units in 2024 on lower demand as well as fall in fresh supply, according to PropEquity. Data analytics firm PropEquity, part of listed entity P E Analytics, on Wednesday released the housing data for nine major...
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Breaking news: The Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) has withdrawn support from the N Biren Singh-led BJP government in Manipur and its lone MLA will sit in the Opposition benches. This development will not unseat the government, but Nitish has sent a message to the BJP which it allies...
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A cave-in in New Delhi
Addressing BJP booth-level workers during the 'Mera Booth Sabse Majboot' program, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assigned them with a task to expose AAP by taking pictures of broken drains, garbage heaps and lacking basic amenities and to share them with location.The BJP booth worker has a big...
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Tourists enjoy fresh snowfall on the Gulmarg-Tangmarg road in north Kashmir. Pic: Umar Ganie.
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Fans of 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' have been eagerly awaiting a sequel since the film's release in 2011. The beloved movie, which explored friendship, adventure, and self-discovery, captured hearts with its unforgettable performances by Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, and Abhay...
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The Maha Kumbh revolves around the ritual of bathing in the Ganga, which is believed to cleanse sins and pave the path to liberation.
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Saif Ali Khan met auto driver Bhajan Singh Rana, who saved his life after being stabbed at home in the early hours of January 16. The actor met Rana at the Lilavati hospital before he got discharged on January 21. Read the report here.
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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath along with Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya, Brajesh Pathak and other cabinet ministers take a holy dip in Triveni Sangam during the ongoing Mahakumbh in Prayagraj.A special cabinet meeting of Uttar Pradesh government, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath...
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The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday said it would hear the CBI, the victim's family and the convict before deciding on the admission of an appeal filed by the West Bengal government claiming inadequacy of sentence given by a trial court in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case. The high court...
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Sanjay Roy is not alone.If he's kept alive, maybe we will know what happened.Why was he in the chest medicine department that night when he never went there earlier?Nobody will parade in front of a CCTV camera and then go and murder someone.There are several people who are involved in this...
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Cash totalling over Rs 40 lakh, 89 laptops, 193 mobiles and nine 'mangalsutras' top the list of things left behind by commuters travelling in Delhi Metro in 2024. The items were collected and later restored to the owners by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel after the claims...
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Air India has rolled out an AI-driven eZ Booking whereby customers can complete their reservation on its website in fewer steps than currently available by just texting or talking to the AI agent.''Currently available exclusively for members of the Maharaja Club, Air India's loyalty...
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Even as passive investing continues to grow in popularity, its share in the mutual fund (MF) assets under management (AUM) is on the decline.After tripling from 5.8% in April 2019 to 17.7% in March 2023, passive funds' share slipped to 16.6% by the end of 2024. This decline has...
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday expressed concerns over the situation of the middle class in Delhi, saying that they are nowhere to be seen between the notebank and votebank created by other parties.Listing seven demands before the central government ahead of...
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Did Priyanka Chopra offer prayers at Hyderabad's Chilkur Balaji Temple ahead of a film with Bahubali director SS Rajamouli? Take a look here.
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Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji, Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, has termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the real Boss of the world. In a meeting with Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and Indian Minorities Federation (IMF) Convener Satnam Singh Sandhu and IMF Founder Prof. Himani...
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Cancellation of 270 railway services and a major traffic block on Mumbai-Pune Expressway to cause chaos this week; Work on the south abutment of Bridge No 20, located between Mahim and Bandra stations, will result in a block on the nights of January 24-25 (Friday-Saturday) and January 25-26...
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Chalapathi was careful in his movements and remained a mystery for decades until a selfie with his wife led security forces to him. One among the top seven in CPI(Maoist) ranks, he was killed along with 13 comrades in an operation at the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border. Ramachandra Reddy, better...
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Veteran Bollywood actress Zeenat Aman recently shared a nerve-wracking experience on her Instagram account, revealing that she nearly choked on her blood pressure medication in the middle of the night. The candid post shared on her Instagram handle gave insight into the actress's life beyond...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said that 'illegal foreigners' living in India is a matter of national security and urged the government to deport them. This comes after Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora wrote a letter to Maharashtra government to deport illegal Bangladeshis following...
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These hands belong to powerful men and also signify the end of an era in a country that was recently in the news for a big shake-up. Who are the men?
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to meet Microsoft founder Bill Gates and several other global executives in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, officials said. On the third day of his visit to the Swiss resort town, the Chief Minister will also meet the officials...
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Uttar Pradesh government will hold a special cabinet meeting at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj today. UP Director General of Police Prashant Kumar informed that the meeting will be held at noon, afterwards CM Yogi Adityanath along with other ministers will take a bath at Maha Kumb. The cabinet...
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US President Donald Trump's family photos are displayed on the day he signs documents as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants, in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington. On the desk are pictures of his parents, his son and his wife.Trump...
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For many of America's 170 million TikTok users, US President Donald Trump's move to delay a legal ban of the popular social media platform was cause for celebration.But in China, where TikTok's parent company is based, the reception has been less positive, largely because...
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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 21, 2025, titled Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, with the aim of eliminating race- and sex-based preferences that he argues violate longstanding federal civil-rights laws, in an official statement...
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Ten people were killed and 15 injured after a truck carrying them met with an accident at Arebile area in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada on Wednesday morning, said the police.The victims were travelling to Kumta market from Savanur to sell vegetables.The injured were rushed to the nearest hospital,...
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Dr. Parik Patel, shares this post on his son Kash Patel who is FBI director in the Trump government. He writes, My son Kashu grew up cleaning pots and helping me run my motel Now he is director of the Federal Bureau of Intelligence.The Indian-origin lawyer who has previously served in several...
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New Delhi is prepared to cooperate with Donald Trump's administration to identify and repatriate all Indian citizens residing illegally in the United States, a Bloomberg report said on Tuesday.The US has identified some 18,000 illegal Indian migrants which are to be sent back, and for this India...
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Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton called for reforms in the US immigration system, particularly on the matter of the H-1B visa programme, expressing support for increasing legal immigration and recognising its value as a strength for the country. Speaking to ANI, the former...
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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam shares this post on Twitter on the attack on actor Saif Ali Khan. He says: The doctors said that The knife had penetrated 2.5 inches inside Saif Ali Khan's back. Probably he was trapped inside. The operation continued for 6 hours continuously. All this...
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At his maiden meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, newly-appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed Trump administration's desire to advance economic ties with India, and address concerns related to irregular migration, a spokesperson for the top US diplomat said...
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The Bangladeshi national arrested for attacking Saif Ali Khan gained entry into the actor's building in Mumbai by scaling its compound wall and went inside the main entrance after finding the security guards asleep, police said. The Mumbai police on Tuesday recreated the crime scene with the...
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United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his team is discussing imposing a 10 per cent tariff on China starting February 1 based on the fact that the latter is sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada.We're talking about a tariff of 10 per cent on China based on the fact that they're...
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A 10-member team of retired military officers on Tuesday left for the Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on bicycles as part of an awareness campaign on plastic-free Ganga. Under the Atulya Ganga Abhiyan, the Army veterans will cover 1,150 km in 11 days by bicycle via Devprayag,...
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United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he likes both sides of the argument on H-1B foreign guest workers' visa, noting that he likes very competent people coming into the country and that he has used the programme. I like both sides of the argument, but I also like very...
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The Uttar Pradesh police filed an FIR against two social media users for allegedly posting misleading and objectionable content related to the ongoing Maha Kumbh, officials said on Tuesday.The accused have made misleading posts about a girl visiting the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj without informing...
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The home ministry on Tuesday warned NGOs of penal action if they have been receiving and utilising foreign funds without FCRA registration or even after expiry of registration. In a notification, the ministry said all NGOs receiving foreign funds have to be mandatorily registered under the...
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