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A case was registered against Infosys co-founder Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan, former Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Director Balaram and 16 others under the Prevention of SC/ST Atrocities Act on Monday.The case was registered at the Sadashiva Nagar police station in Bengaluru based on the...
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A special CBI court in Chandigrh on Monday sentenced Himachal Pradesh Inspector General of Police Zahur Haider Zaidi and seven other policemen to life imprisonment in a 2017 custodial death case.On January 18, the court of special CBI judge Alka Malik had convicted Zaidi and others in the case...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on Monday that all cases registered against pro-Kannada activists will be withdrawn.The CM was addressing a gathering at the unveiling of the 25-feet-tall bronze statue of Bhuvaneshwari, the goddess who represents the Karnataka state identity, on...
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The Haryana government will sue Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal for his allegation that the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was mixing 'poison' into Yamuna water, BJP sources said on Monday, adding their party will also move the Election Commission.Kejriwal alleged earlier in the...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced Jeevardhan Chauhan, a tea seller, as its official candidate for the post of mayor.Chauhan has been a member of the BJP since 1996 and has worked as a grassroots worker for three decades.I couldn't believe it when I got the information that a tea...
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A 65-year-old woman died of shock after seeing the hanging body of her grandson who allegedly died by suicide in their home in West Bengal's Jhargram district allegedly after a heated argument with his girlfriend, police said on Monday.The incident occurred after Shubhankar Mahato (25), who...
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A four-storey building collapsed near the Oscar Public School in north Delhi's Burari on Monday evening, a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official said. The DFS suspects that multiple people are trapped under the debris.The incident occurred around 6:56 pm, prompting an immediate response from...
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The rupee depreciated 9 paise to close at 86.31 against the US dollar on Monday, as strong dollar demand and a muted trend in domestic equities weighed on investors' sentiments.Forex traders said the Indian rupee gained on Friday but opened on a lower note on Monday due to added uncertainties...
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All efforts are being made to trace a Shiv Sena leader from Dahanu in Palghar district who went missing on January 20, a senior police official said on Monday.Shiv Sena's Dahanu assembly coordinator Ashok Dhodi was last seen at Gholwad that day, the official said.Three persons have been booked in...
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India and China on Monday decided to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra as the two sides agreed to take certain people-centric steps to 'stabilise and rebuild' ties.The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said this following Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri's talks with his Chinese counterpart Sun...
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Just In: PM Modi speaks to US President Donald Trump, PTI reports quoting sources. Delighted to speak with President Trump, PM Modi said following the conversation.Details soon.
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The civil aviation ministry on Monday said steps are being taken to rationalise airfares for flights to Prayagraj and the number of flights has been increased to cater to the rising traffic demand in view of the Maha Kumbh.Amid concerns over surging airfares for the flights to Prayagraj, where...
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The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Monday said it will move the Supreme Court against the proposed Waqf law once it is passed, soon after the Joint Parliamentary Committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill moved to finalise its report.DMK MP A Raja, one of the members of the committee headed...
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Global technology firm Zoho Corporation CEO Sridhar Vembu has stepped down from the post to focus on the company's research and development initiatives as its chief scientist.The company's co-founder Shailesh Kumar Davey will take over as the group CEO.In view of the various challenges and...
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The Karnataka high court on Monday stayed the notice issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi B M and the state Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh to appear for questioning in connection with the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA)...
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The Delhi high court has permitted retrieval and preservation of sperms of a man who died by suicide recently.Justice Sachin Datta passed the direction on a plea filed by the kin of the man and sought the preservation of his semen through postmortem sperm retrieval (PMSR) for potential future use...
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Several hundreds of Olive Ridley turtles have been washed ashore dead along Chennai's coastline for the past few days, causing concern to environmentalists. The carcasses of at least 60 turtles were found on Kovalam beach. As per a preliminary estimate, about 500 turtles were found dead...
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Amid the increasing number of patients affected by GBS (Guillain-Barre Syndrome), the civic body in Pune on Monday set up a special ward in municipality-run Kamala Nehru hospital, with 45 beddings, to provide treatment to to treat affected patients, following one reported death.Expressing...
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Among Sensex shares, HCL tech fell the most by 4.49 per cent followed by Zomato, Tech Mahindra, PowerGrid and Tata Motors.Shares of Infosys, Tata Steel, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and Bharti Airtel also declined, dragging the index to more than seven-month lows.ICICI Bank, however, bucked the...
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Benchmark BSE Sensex tanked 824 points to settle at more than seven-month low on Monday following heavy selling in IT and oil & gas shares amid weak global trends and increased uncertainty over US trade policy.The 30-share BSE barometer plunged by 824.29 points or 1.08 per cent to close at...
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The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an application filed by a lawyer, challenging the apex court's Registrar order of August 5, 2024, which had declined to register his previous application related to the Hindenburg-Adani Group matter.A bench headed by Justice J B Pardiwala rejected the...
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A 25-year-old woman's charred body was found stuffed in a suitcase in east Delhi, with police arresting her cousin and his accomplice for killing her after she allegedly pressured him to leave his family and live with her, officials said on Monday. The burnt body was found packed inside a...
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Mumbai Police on Monday conducted a search operation in West Bengal's Nadia district and arrested a woman in connection with the attack on Bollywood superstar Saif Ali Khan, a source said.Investigation revealed that the SIM used by the Bangladeshi national, who was arrested earlier in Mumbai for...
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The Centre has deployed a seven-member team of experts in Maharashtra to assist the state in monitoring and managing the increasing cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), an official source said on Monday. Maharashtra reported its first suspected death linked to GBS in Solapur, while the...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday took a dip in the Triveni Sangam in Prayagran amid the Maha Kumbh. Shah took the dip around 1 pm, performed 'jal aachman' (sipping of holy water) and offered water to the Sun besides performing other rituals under guidance of some top seers.Chief...
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Baba Ramdev is at the Maha Kumbh: Amit Shahji is the pride of Sanatan Dharma. Mahakumbh is the biggest festival of Sanatan Dharma. This is the 'Gaurav-kaal' of Sanatan yug.Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with his family, in the presence of several saints and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi...
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Vicky Kaushal reunites with Zara Hatke Zara Bachke director Ramesh Utekar for Chhaava where he plays the Marathi warrior Sambhaji Maharaj. See it here.
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The Hyderabad city police are searching for a engineering student who went missing in Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad, after a boat he was in caught fire due to fireworks, police said on Monday.The fireworks were displayed as part of the 'Bharat Mata Maha Aarti' programme organised on Sunday...
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Smriti Mandhana named ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year. The India vice-captain Mandhana set new career standards in One Day Internationals, scoring more runs than she ever has before in a calendar year, racking up 747 runs in 13 innings across 2024. The left-hander's tally was the...
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Maha Kumbh: Seers bless the baby boy of Jay Shah, ICC chairman and son of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday took a holy dip at the Sangam Triveni in Prayagraj in the ongoing Mahakumbh Mela. Shah was accompanied by Uttar...
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Uttarakhand on Monday became the first state in the country to implement the Uniform Civil Code with the ruling BJP fulfilling a major commitment made ahead of the 2022 Assembly polls.The UCC came into force as Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami unveiled its notification, released the rules for...
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The Joint Parliamentary Committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Monday adopted all amendments proposed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance members and negated every change moved by opposition members. The committee chairman Jagdambika Pal told...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday took a dip in the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh.Flanked by some top seers, Shah took the dip around 1 pm. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also took a dip separately amid loud chants of mantras. The home minister...
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The Calcutta High Court on Monday reserved its judgement on the admission of two separate appeals, one by the West Bengal government and the other by the CBI, challenging a trial court order which sentenced RG Kar hospital rape-murder convict Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment till death. The...
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Update: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday released the party's manifesto, titled Kejriwal ki Guarantee, ahead of the February 5 Delhi Assembly elections. Speaking at the manifesto launch, Kejriwal took a swipe at the BJP, accusing it of copying AAP's promise-based...
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Tata Motors, in collaboration with the Indian Oil Corporation, will roll out trucks powered by hydrogen internal combustion engines on a pilot basis this quarter, leading the way for the use of green hydrogen in the transport sector.This project is part of the National Green Hydrogen Mission....
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AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal releases the party's manifesto featuring 15 guarantees. Kejriwal guarantees employment to youth, 'Mahila Samman Yojna', free treatment to elderly in party manifesto. He promises free bus travel for students, 50 per cent concession in metro fares if party comes to...
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Jannik Sinner dominated Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open Final on Sunday. Take a look
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The Supreme Court on Monday gave a split verdict on the issue of place of burial of a pastor, whose body is lying in a mortuary in Chhattisgarh since January 7, and directed that he be buried at a designated place for Christian burials.While Justice BV Nagarathna said the burial of the converted...
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Shares of IDFC First Bank declined nearly 8 per cent on Monday morning after the firm posted a 53 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 339 crore for the third quarter ended December 2024 on increased provisions due to higher slippages of loans. The company's stock plunged 7.7 per cent each...
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US astronomer Don Pettit shares this image on X and it is awe-inspiring. He writes, 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela Ganges River pilgrimage from the ISS at night. The largest human gathering in the world is well lit.There are literally millions of people in this photo, for an event that has not happened in...
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Update: The government on Monday invited applications for the post of Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The current SEBI chairperson Madhavi Puri Buch's three-year term ends on February 28. Buch assumed charge at the helm of Sebi on March 2, 2022.In a public...
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One of the executive orders Trump signed
The Brazil government has expressed outrage and said it would demand an explanation from the Donald Trump administration, after dozens of immigrants who were deported from the United States, arrived by plane in handcuffs, reports NDTV.Brazil's Foreign Ministry said the treatment meted to...
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Besides cash transfers for women, the Delhi Assembly elections are being contested on the plank of education, health, free rides for women in state-run buses, and other factors, including free electricity for households up to a specified threshold.In terms of education, the number of schools in...
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Indian stock markets witnessed a sharp decline during opening on Monday as US President Trump imposed trade tariff on Columbia which dampened investor sentiment. The Nifty 50 index opened at 22,940.15, falling by 240 points, while the BSE Sensex dropped 700 points to open at 75,421. ...
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Uttarakhand is set to become the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) today (January 27).Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the implementation of UCC will bring uniformity in all laws relating to personal civil matters that discriminate on the basis of caste, religion,...
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Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will travel to Muscat, Oman, starting Monday to give 'further impetus' to the free trade agreement (FTA) talks between India and Oman.The talks on the India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which are at an advanced stage, are...
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90% of homes in Gaza are destroyed
In a shocker, US President Donald Trump suggested 'cleaning up' of the Gaza Strip, which is battered into rubbles following the intense Israel-Hamas war, and expressed the idea of moving Palestinians from the strip to some neighbouring countries.Trump said he spoke to the king of Jordan about...
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The government has invited applications for the post of Chairman in SEBI. Madhabi Puri Buch's tenure as Chief of SEBI comes to an end in February 2025.
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A man suspected to have contracted Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) has died in Maharashtra's Solapur district, while the number of cases of the immunological nerve disorder in Pune has crossed 100, health officials said on Monday.This is possibly the first death in Maharashtra suspected to have...
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Law enforcement officials from the US department of homeland security have started visiting gurdwaras in New York and New Jersey to check for the presence of illegal immigrants, drawing a sharp reaction from some Sikh organisations which see such actions as a threat to the sanctity of their...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar remained conspicuous by his absence at a reception hosted by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan here on the occasion of Republic Day.Kumar, who had driven to the Gandhi Maidan in the morning on January 26 to attend the Republic Day parade inspected by the governor, did...
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Members of the parliamentary panel on the Waqf Amendment Bill have suggested 572 amendments to the draft legislation that has the government and the opposition at loggerheads. The consolidated list of amendments was circulated by the Joint Committee on Waqf Amendment Bill, chaired by BJP...
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For the first time in 35 years, the national tricolour was unfurled at Tral in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as patriotic songs marked the celebration of 76th Republic Day. Once a bastion of terrorists and separatists, Tral town reverberated with patriotic songs and...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh on Monday to participate in the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. Shah will also take a holy dip in the sacred waters of the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganga,...
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The United States has announced the suspension of all foreign aid and ordered the review of American financial assistance to other countries, to ensure they are efficient and consistent with its foreign policy under the America First agenda.The move comes after President Donald Trump signed an...
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Columbia has ordered an increase of import tariff on the United States hours after President Donald Trump's similar move over the South American nation denying entry of two American military plans deporting undocumented Columbians. The US has also announced a travel ban and immediate visa...
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