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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asserted that the insult of Babasaheb Ambedkar by RJD president Lalu Prasad was no small error and showed a mindset of disrespect for Dalits. The former BJP president made the remark at the party's state executive meeting here, which was held...
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A Meghalaya court on Wednesday remanded three persons to judicial custody in connection with the murder case of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi in the northeastern state in May. The three were arrested from Madhya Pradesh on the charge of concealing evidence in the murder. On June...
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A gunfight broke out between terrorists and security forces in a heavily forested area in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The encounter started when police assisted by the Army and CRPF launched a search and cordon operation in the Kuchal area of Chatroo...
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Here are the routes to Amarnath Cave via Pahalgam and Baltal in Jammu and Kashmir.
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The Monsoon session of Parliament will begin on July 21 and continue till August 21, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday.The Hon'ble President of India has approved the proposal of the Government to convene the Monsoon Session of Parliament from 21st July to 21st August,...
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Hectic parleys are underway between officials of India and the US in Washington on the proposed interim trade agreement between the two countries, an official said on Wednesday. The talks entered the seventh day on Wednesday in Washington, the official said. While India is seeking...
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Members of Indian diaspora greet PM Narendra Modi during his Ghana visit./Narendra Modi on X
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived in Ghana on a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with the West African country's top leadership and review the strong bilateral partnership. In a special gesture, Ghana President John Dramani Mahama received Prime Minister Modi at...
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Two men were arrested for allegedly killing a man and a woman following an attempt to rape her, the police said on Wednesday. The police said the victims who were in a relationship were out drinking with the two suspects when they were killed near a waterlogged field in Charwa area, from...
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Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges after a high-profile federal trial in New York City, according to People. The split verdict was announced on Wednesday. According to People, Combs has been convicted on two counts of...
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The Central Reserve Police Force has deployed a special 'May I Help You' women personnel team to assist Amarnath Yatra pilgrims who take the Baltal route to reach the cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.The paramilitary force has pooled in the highest number of troops...
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The railways will prepare seat reservation charts at 9 pm for trains starting journeys between 5 am and 2 pm the next day, while for the rest, the list will be prepared eight hours in advance. Since 2015, the first reservation charts have been prepared at least four hours before the...
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Tesla's electric car sales experienced a significant 13 percent drop in the last three months, a downturn attributed in large part to ongoing boycotts stemming from CEO Elon Musk's political views, says a CNN report. This persistent consumer sentiment against Musk's embrace of figures like...
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The Odisha police on Wednesday arrested two persons for allegedly gang-raping a tribal woman in Jajpur district, officials said. The incident took place when the 32-year-old woman was herding goats in Bhalukhai forest on Tuesday afternoon. The incident came to light after the survivor,...
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Foxconn Technology Group, a key manufacturing partner for Apple, has reportedly asked hundreds of Chinese engineers and technicians to return home from its iPhone factories in India, according to a report by Bloomberg News. This move, which began approximately two months ago, could...
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The rupee depreciated 9 paise to close at 85.68 (provisional) against US dollar on Wednesday, on weak domestic equity markets and a rise in crude oil prices. Forex traders said a slight recovery in the US dollar too weighed on the rupee as market players await the conclusion of India-US...
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A 57-year-old man injured when missile debris fell on his home during a Pakistani aerial strike in May has died at a Ludhiana hospital, officials said on Wednesday. Lakhwinder Singh, a resident of Khai Pheme Ke village in Punjab's Ferozepur, breathed his last on Tuesday night, 54 days after...
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Tamil Nadu minister for co-operation, KR Periyakaruppan on Wednesday handed over house site 'patta,' job appointment order and Rs 5 lakh solatium on behalf of the DMK to the family of a temple guard in Sivaganga district who was allegedly beaten to death in police custody. AIADMK general...
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Cinema exhibitor PVR INOX plans to add around 200 screens in two years at an investment of up to Rs 400 crore, its executive director Sanjeev Kumar Bijli said on Wednesday. The company's expansion plans will majorly focus on South India, followed by smaller cities and towns in the next two...
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A case of criminal intimidation has been registered here against six unidentified persons for allegedly threatening the principal of a local engineering college for `not allowing' girls to wear the hijab. College authorities denied that there was any such ban, stating that restrictions were...
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Tigress Zeenat, which escaped from Similipal National Park and roamed across Odisha, West Bengal, and Jharkhand, is now suspected to be pregnant, a senior forest department official said. Captured in Bankura district of West Bengal after a dramatic 23-day journey through three states, Zeenat...
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The Kerala high court on Wednesday said it would be appropriate to watch the Suresh Gopi starrer movie -- Janaki Vs State of Kerala (JSK) -- on July 5, before proceeding further with the plea against the delay in certification for the film by the Central Board of Film Certification...
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North Korea is set to triple the number of its troops fighting for Russia along the front lines with Ukraine, sending an additional 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers to assist Moscow, according to an intelligence assessment from Ukrainian officials, reports CNN.The troops may arrive in Russia in the...
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Rajbaris are a link to Bengal's rich past, of grand mansions, classical fine dining, and allow guests to be pretend zamindars for those few hours or days that they stay. Itachuna Rajbari is one such, writes Swarupa Dutt.Read more here.
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty pared early gains to end lower on Wednesday, dragged down by selling pressure in HDFC Bank, L&T and Reliance Industries shares ahead of the impending US tariff deadline. Flight of foreign capital from markets and a mixed trend in global equities...
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Monojit Mishra
Kolkata gangrape accused Monojit Mishra's lawyer, Raju Ganguly says, I asked him what happened, that there are such serious allegations against him. He told me that everyone is making him out to be a villain. I told him that it is being said that he has several scratch marks from nails on his...
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US President Donald Trump cast doubts on reaching a trade deal with Japan, a day after threatening higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States, claiming the country won't buy American rice, CNN reported.We've dealt with Japan. I'm not sure if we're gonna make a deal, I doubt it, with...
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Update: A techie working with Infosys in Bengaluru has been arrested for allegedly recording videos of a woman inside the office toilet. Nagesh Swapnil Mali, who works as a senior associate at Infosys, was caught red-handed by the woman employee on Monday, reports NDTV.In the First...
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A techie working with Infosys in Bengaluru has been arrested for allegedly recording videos of a woman inside the office washroom, reports NDTV.
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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has approved a law to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Press TV reported.Pezeshkian officially communicated the law mandating the government to suspend cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, which was approved during a...
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Kolkata-based Luxmi Group, which owns the iconic Makaibari estate in Darjeeling, has acquired a majority stake in UK-based Brew Tea Co., a specialty tea company focused on whole-leaf teas.Founded in Manchester by Phil and Aideen Kirby, the Brew Tea Co.'s subscription service now reaches nearly...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday asserted that he will be in office for a full five-year term. He said that the Congress party was united and the party's government will be in power solid as a rock for five years. Yes, I will be. Why do you have the doubts? Siddaramaiah...
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Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina was on Wednesday sentenced to six months in prison in a contempt of court case by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), according to a local media report.The verdict was issued by a three-member bench of the International Crimes Tribunal-1,...
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Assam's tea estates contribute over half of India's entire tea output. The lush emerald-green gardens have been around for 200 years, ever since organised cultivation began in 1825. Take a walk
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Food delivery platform Swiggy on Tuesday announced the launch of the 99 Store, a new range of offerings on its app. The section, which features quickly prepared dishes, offers single meals at a flat price of 99.The store is currently available to users in more than 175 cities, including...
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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday said he will fully support the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the party high command's decision amid mounting speculations of a possible change in state leadership. Speaking to the mediapersons, Shivakumar said, What option do I...
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Sigachi Industries Ltd on Wednesday said it lost 40 of its team members in the recent explosion and fire at its Pashamylaram plant. The company also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore each to the kin of the deceased in the deadly incident. According to the government figures, the toll...
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A woman abandoned her 15-day-old baby as she handed over the child to two fellow passengers on a local train in Navi Mumbai and made them alight midway while she travelled ahead, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon, an official said, adding that efforts were...
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Sigachi Industries Ltd had been using outdated machinery and workers were compelled to operate it, the FIR registered against the management stated. The explosion at the firm's Pashamylaram unit two days ago left 36 dead and a nearly equal number injured. The Sangareddy police, based on a...
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At least 51 people have lost their lives and 22 others are missing in Himachal Pradesh as torrential rains, flash floods, and landslides continue to wreak havoc across the state during the ongoing monsoon season, according to the latest official data. The State Emergency Operation Centre...
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A 32-year-old villager was seriously injured after a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday evening when the victim, identified as Vishal Gote Hemla, resident of...
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Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions dipped 1.5 per cent in June to 18.4 billion, compared to the record 18.68 billion last month.Transaction value declined 4 per cent to Rs 24.04 trillion, compared to Rs 25.14 trillion in May.Transactions in June grew 32 per cent from the year before...
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The Delhi high court on Tuesday revived a batch of pleas by the US company Crocs Inc against several Indian footwear companies for allegedly copying the unique shape and design of their footwear.A division bench of the Delhi high court overturned a 2019 order of the single judge dismissing...
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Growth in net Goods and Services Tax (GST) receipts in June slumped sharply to 3.3 per cent from a robust 20.4 per cent rise in May with collections totaling Rs 1.59 trillion, according to data released by the finance ministry on Tuesday.Sequentially, net GST revenues fell by 8.09 per cent in...
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United States President Donald Trump said that Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalise a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, reported CNN. However, it was not confirmed if Hamas would accept the terms.On the social media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote, My Representatives had a long...
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Accused Neelam Azad (in white)
The Delhi High Court grants bail to Neelam Azad and Mahesh Kumawat in the December 2023 Parliament security breach case. The court granted bail to the two subject to them furnishing bail bond of Rs 50,000 each and two sureties of like amount.A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish...
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At least 10 people have lost their lives and 34 remain missing in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district following a series of cloudbursts and flash floods over the past 32 hours, according to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC).According to the official figures from the SEOC's monsoon...
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Studies by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have established that there is no direct link between COVID-19 vaccination and the reports of sudden deaths in the country.According to a press release by the Union Ministry of Health and...
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The Utah Iskcon temple
The ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, renowned globally for hosting the annual Holi Festival, has come under attack in a suspected hate crime, with over two dozen bullets fired at the premises over several days, causing significant structural damage.According to ISKCON,...
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RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra To Appear Before House Panel For...As part of its review of the working of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance has called Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra to appear before it on 10 July.At its previous two...
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Police have registered a murder case against a minor boy after he allegedly pushed to death a 15-year-old girl from the terrace of a building in Mumbai and tried to pass it off as a suicide, an official said. The 16-year-old accused and the victim were friends. The girl was a student of an...
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Police have registered a case against a 67-year-old man for allegedly sexually abusing a dog in Wardha district of Maharashtra, an official said. The man was spotted abusing the dog on Monday near a school at Mauza Dhanodi village in Arvi taluka, the official said on Tuesday. Some locals...
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The United States is 'very close with India' on finalising a trade deal, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Tuesday.The 90-day pause on the Trump administration's plan to impose country-specific reciprocal tariffs ends on July 9. His comments came hours after White House...
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MNS has been trying to push for the use of Marathi
A food stall owner in Maharashtra's Thane district was beaten up allegedly by activists of a regional political party for not speaking in Marathi, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday in Bhayander area. A video of the incident, which went viral on social media on...
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Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday launched the much-awaited RailOne app, which consolidates all railway passenger services -- including an upgraded passenger reservation system, unreserved ticketing, and catering -- into an 'all-in-one' platform.Through the app, touted as the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India is committed to BRICS as a vital platform for cooperation among emerging economies as he left on a week-long visit to five countries, including Brazil where he will attend the bloc's meeting.Together, we strive for a more peaceful, equitable,...
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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday flagged off the first batch of Amarnath pilgrims numbering over 5,880 amid multi-tier security cover, marking the beginning of this year's pilgrimage from Jammu.The 38-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre high shrine will commence on...
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United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) reaffirmed that India-US will soon strike a trade deal with much less tariffs, allowing both countries to compete. I think we are going to have a deal with India. And that is going to be a different kind of a deal. It is going to...
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Lakhs of trucks and other goods carriage vehicles in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra will go on indefinite strike to oppose the e-challan system for traffic violations, and other demands from Tuesday midnight, transporters said. The operators of buses, including those involved in...
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The Indore district administration in Madhya Pradesh has issued an arrest order under the stringent National Security Act against a Congress councillor absconding in a case of indulging in a conspiracy to carry out religious conversion through monetary considerations, an official said on...
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