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Hindu Sena president Vishnu Gupta
Hindu Sena president Vishnu Gupta, who has moved court claiming the Ajmer Sharif Dargah of Sufi Saint Moinuddin Chisti was built over a temple, alleged Saturday that two unidentified persons opened fire at his car in Ajmer but he is safe. The incident occurred in Ajmer's Gegal police station...
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Fourteen employees at the office of the 108 ambulance services in Chennai were rushed to a government hospital on Saturday following a gas leak from a malfunctioning air-conditioning unit. Health minister Ma Subramanian visited them at the Government Royapettah Hospital and enquired with...
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Manda Krishna Madiga/Courtesy Facebook
Born in a Madiga community (scheduled caste) family that faced socio-economic challenges in Telangana's Warangal district, Manda Krishna Madiga had to put up a relentless struggle for three decades, demanding the sub-categorisation of SCs that yielded fruit in August last year. Krishna...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated all Padma awardees and said India is proud to honor and celebrate their extraordinary achievements. A total of 139 Padma awards, including seven Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri, have been...
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MT Vasudevan Nair
Just In: President approves 139 Padma awards including seven Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri: Govt. The 7 Padma Vibhushan awardees include Kerala's towering literary figure MT Vasudevan Nair (posthumous) and Osamu Suzuki (posthumous) of Japan, the man behind the Maruti...
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The Maharashtra Government would be refunding Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan Rs 9 crore that he had paid in excess to convert the lease of his sea-facing bungalow `Mannat'. Resident suburban collector Satish Bagal said on Saturday that in 2019, Shah rukh Khan and his...
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (left) with President Droupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi/ANI Photo
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, the chief guest for India's 76th Republic Day celebrations, on Saturday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who took him on a tour of the new Parliament building. Subianto held discussions with Birla on India's rich parliamentary system and appreciated the...
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A person sleeping on the footpath was killed, while two others sustained injuries when a speeding car hit them at Banjara Hills in the early hours of Saturday, the police said. The person died instantly after being struck by the speeding car at 1:15 am. The two injured men were reported...
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Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami with the rat miners who rescued the 41 workers/ANI Photo
Rat miners who had who had rescued the construction workers trapped in Silkyara Bend-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand in 2023 are among 49 people approved by President Droupadi Murmu for Jeevan Raksha Padaks. The awards are given for meritorious act in saving the life of a person, on the...
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President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday said the country's education system has been transformed in the last decade in terms of quality of learning, physical infrastructure and digital inclusion. Addressing the nation on the eve of the 76th Republic Day, she said the results of increased...
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President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday approved gallantry awards to 93 armed forces personnel, including two Kirti Chakras and 14 Shaurya Chakras on the eve of Republic Day. The Kirti Chakras -- India's second-highest peacetime gallantry award -- have been awarded to Major Manjit from 22...
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The Central Reserve Police Force has been awarded the highest number of gallantry medals, 19, among all central and state police forces on the eve of the 76th Republic Day on Saturday. A total of 95 bravery medals have been awarded to the personnel of state and central police forces,...
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Twenty officers of the Delhi police have been conferred with medals for their exceptional service and dedication to duty on the eve of Republic Day. Among the officers, three -- additional commissioner of police Asif Mohammad Ali, ACP Sanjay Dutt and ACP Som Nath Paruthi -- were awarded the...
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A 100-year old freedom fighter from Goa, a Dhak player from West Bengal who trained 150 women in the male-dominated field and India's first woman puppeteers are among 30 unsung heroes who were awarded Padma Shri, a government statement said on Saturday. Libia Lobo Sardesai, who played an...
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An Uttar Pradesh man has been arrested for allegedly swindling Rs 10 lakh from the bank account of a Kochi-based businessman through an online fraud, the police said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Dheeraj Giri, 28, was arrested by Kochi city police in Greater Noida, Uttar...
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Our Constitution has become a living document because civic virtues have been part of our moral compass for millennia, said President Droupadi Murmu in her address to the nation on the eve of the 76th Republic Day. Justice, liberty, equality and fraternity have always been part of our...
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Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar said on Saturday that no houses would be sanctioned by the Centre if the Congress government in Telangana undertook housing for the poor in the name of 'Indiramma'. He said that if the photo of PM Narendra Modi is not included on PDS ration cards and housing...
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The Delhi police detained six Nigerian nationals, including two women, for overstaying their visas by more than four years in southeast Delhi, an official said on Saturday. The operation was conducted in Sunlight Colony following tip-off about them. The individuals were identified as...
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Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Saturday requested political parties to avoid disruptive campaigning and fake narratives, saying it might cause disillusionment among youngsters regarding the electoral process.He was addressing the 15th National Voters' Day event here in the presence of...
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With less than two weeks left for the Delhi assembly polls, senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Saturday promised to clean Yamuna in three years, provide complete ownership rights in 1,700 unauthorised colonies, and welfare measures for gig workers and labourers. Shah slammed AAP supremo Arvind...
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Diplomats from 73 countries, including the ambassadors of Russia and Ukraine, are coming here for the first time to take a dip in the Sangam during the ongoing Maha Kumbh. Mela Adhikari Vijay Kiran Anand has confirmed that the diplomats are coming on February 1. The Ministry of...
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Activist Manoj Jarange on Saturday launched a fresh indefinite hunger strike, his seventh in the last 16 months, demanding reservation for Marathas under the OBC quota.In addition to his quota demand, Jarange has sought capital punishment for the accused involved in murdering sarpanch Santosh...
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A special court to try criminal cases against against elected representatives has accepted the closure report filed by the Karnataka Lokayukta police in a bribery case involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The case was based on allegations made by a BJP leader, who accused...
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Five persons have been arrested for allegedly raping a mentally challenged woman in South Goa, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred in Margao on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, an official said.Superintendent of Police (South) Sunita Sawant said one of the accused...
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The Mumbai police suspect more than one person may be involved in the Saif Ali Khan stabbing case, in which a 30-year-old Bangladeshi national has been arrested, an official said on Saturday.The police had cited suspicion about the involvement of more persons in the crime as one of the grounds...
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A social media post stating that Bengaluru is closed for North India has gone viral, generating debate about the Kannada language row online.In a post on 'X', a social media user stated: Bengaluru is closed for North India and neighbouring states who don't want to learn Kannada. They don't need...
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Seven of the 15 Jammu and Kashmir Police officers, including former Kashmir Zone inspector general of police Vijay Kumar, awarded gallantry medals on the eve of Republic Day, played a key role in averting a possible terror attack on the Amarnath Yatra three years ago, officials said. The...
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Years of hard work and dedication, and some engineering marvels later, the dream of Kashmir to be connected by rail finally came to fruition after a specially-designed Vande Bharat Express train arrived in the city on Saturday, completing its trial run.The train, on its maiden trial run, arrived...
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Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from New Delhi Parvesh Verma immersed an effigy of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the murky water of the Yamuna over his unfulfilled promise to clean the river so that people could take a dip in it.Kejriwal's failure to fulfil his promise of...
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Hamas on Saturday released four female Israeli soldiers under a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the 15-month-old war in Gaza.The four soldiers - Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag - were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza, reported AFP.The Red Cross has communicated...
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A cache of explosives buried in a jungle was recovered in Assam's Sonitpur district on Saturday, even as security was tightened across the state for 76th Republic Day celebrations, police said.The explosives, including five grenades and three detonators, were found wrapped in a polythene bag...
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Action drama film Sky Force, starring Akshay Kumar and newcomer Veer Pahariya, earned Rs 15.30 crore net on its opening day at the domestic box office, the makers announced on Saturday.Billed as the untold story of India's first and deadliest airstrike ever, the movie released in theatres across...
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United States President Donald Trump has asked the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to cut the prices of oil, arguing that it would stop the Russia-Ukraine war.He had made a similar claim earlier, too. Addressing the annual World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland via video...
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Ed-tech company upGrad has signed an MoU with the government of Maharashtra to build AI Excellence Centres across the state. The MoU was signed on January 23 in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and upGrads Co-Founder Ronnie Screwvala at Davos 2025.With an initial outlay of Rs...
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Odisha and Chhattisgarh are India's fiscally healthiest states, with states such as Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal, and Kerala lagging (classified as aspirational states), the NITI Aayog, central-government think tank, said on Friday.The Aayog, using data from the Comptroller and Auditor...
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The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday announced its plan to ban the sale of liquor in 17 religious cities, a precursor to total prohibition in the state.The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.As part of the plan to gradually take the state towards...
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The Indian rupee posted its biggest weekly gain in nearly 17 months, rising 0.3 per cent on Friday, January 24, 2025, riven by a decline in the US dollar index after US President Donald Trump refrained from immediately imposing tariffs on key trading partners.The rupee appreciated and settled at...
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Mahinda Rajapaksa
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's son Yoshitha Rajapaksa was arrested by police on Saturday on corruption charges in a property purchase case. Ex-navy officer Yoshitha was arrested from their home territory of Beliatta over the investigation of alleged misconduct in the...
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Mumbai Police collected actor Saif Ali Khan's blood sample and clothes for investigation as part of the oprobe into the attack on the actor at his residence last week. The remand copy of the accused states that the clothes Saif Ali Khan was wearing at the time of the attack were...
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Army troops exchanged fire with terrorists in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district in the early hours of Saturday, officials said, as a massive search operation is underway to trace out the ultras who fled after the initial fire-fight. The alert sentry post of a...
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Indian telecom operators have complied with the Department of Telecommunications order to block traffic from 20 international operators which were repeatedly sending spoofed calls to India, DoT said on Friday.This and other recent measures have led to the number of spoofed calls identified and...
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India's sixth largest IT services firm LTIMindtree on Friday announced that its board has approved the appointment of Venugopal Lambu as the CEO designate and whole-time director based out of London with immediate effect.He will succeed current CEO and MD Debashis Chatterjee.Lambu is returning to...
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The Adani group on Friday denied cancellation of Adani Green Energy (AGEL)s wind power project in Sri Lanka. The group said the tariffs for the project are being revaluated as part of a standard process.Sri Lanka opened a probe into the group's local projects, the AFP reported, after US...
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United States President Donald Trump has appointed Indian-American former journalist Kush Desai as his Deputy Press Secretary, the White House has announced. Desai earlier served as Deputy Communications Director for the 2024 Republican National Convention and Communications Director for...
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The Republic Day weekend is becoming important for travel, as British rock band Coldplay lights up the stage in Ahmedabad while the Maha Kumbh Mela sees devotees flock in droves to Prayagraj.According to travel platform Cleartrip, hotel bookings in Ahmedabad have witnessed a surge of 1,047.6 per...
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Ride-hailing firm Ola on Friday clarified that it follows a homogenous pricing structure and does not differentiate pricing based on users' mobile operating systems for identical rides. In a statement, an Ola consumer spokesperson said the company has communicated this to the Central...
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The US Supreme Court has cleared Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana's extradition to India as it dismissed a review petition against his conviction in the case.India was seeking the extradition of Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, as he was wanted in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist...
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A fire broke out in two parked vehicles in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on the main road leading to Mahakumbh Mela on Saturday morning.No one was hurt in the incident, police said.We received information that a fire broke out in a Maruti Ertiga car at around 6:30 am. Six fire brigades and water...
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Specially designed to operate seamlessly in Jammu and Kashmir's challenging winter conditions, the Vande Bharat Express train arrived in Jammu with a large number of people aspiring to experience a dream travel to Kashmir. The Jammu railway station on Friday echoed with a unique announcement...
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The Allahabad high court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid. The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of...
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Fed up with their alcoholic husbands, two women in Gorakhpur left their homes and married each other. Kavita and Gunja alias Bablu tied the knot at the Shiva Temple, also called Choti Kashi, in Deoria Thursday evening. They told reporters that they first connected on Instagram and were...