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An order from Kerala's health department assigning three doctors to test food for Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar during his recent visit has sparked anger, with the doctors saying they are not trained for the job and may protest.One of the doctors had to accompany food safety officers, police,...
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that BRICS was established to hurt the US and degenerate the dollar as he warned that the member countries of the bloc would face a 10 percent tariff. Trump made the remarks while talking to reporters at the sixth Cabinet meeting at the White...
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Commander UAE Naval Forces Major General Staff Humaid Mohd Abdullah AI Rumaithi calls on CDS General Anil Chauhan, in New Delhi./ANI Photo
UAE Naval Forces Commander Major General Humaid Mohammed Abdullah Alremeithi on Tuesday held talks with India's top military brass for bolstering maritime cooperation, naval engagements and overall ties between the two countries.He is on an official visit to India from July 7 to 9.Maj Gen...
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Over 32,000 people in six districts of Assam were reeling under floods, with the deluge claiming one more life on Tuesday, pushing the toll in the state to 29, an official bulletin said. An Assam State Disaster Management Authority bulletin said the death was reported from Morongi...
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The Carnac Road Over Bridge during renovation/Image courtesy BMC on X
The reconstructed Carnac Road Over Bridge in South Mumbai has been renamed as Sindoor Bridge, a nomenclature inspired by India's military action in May against Pakistan to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack, civic officials said on Tuesday. The British-era bridge will be inaugurated by...
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The Madras high court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to actors Srikanth and Krishna, who were arrested in a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.Justice M Nirmal Kumar passed the orders on the petitions filed by the actors. The judge granted...
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The Madras high court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to actors Srikanth and Krishna, who were arrested in a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.Justice M Nirmal Kumar passed the orders on the petitions filed by the actors. The judge granted...
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RSS-aligned Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh on Tuesday said it will not participate in the nationwide general strike called on July 9 by a forum of 10 central trade unions and their associate federations.According to a statement, the BMS has stated that certain trade unions have decided to go on strike...
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India has tested an extended range anti-submarine rocket system that is expected to significantly enhance the Indian Navy's fire power.The user trials of Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket have been successfully carried out from INS Kavaratti, officials said.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh...
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The Centre's panel on air quality in Delhi-NCR on Tuesday decided to put on hold the implementation of the fuel ban on end-of-life or overage vehicles in the national capital until November 1, sources said. EOL vehicles are diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than...
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The Telangana Raj Bhavan, City Civil Courts and several other locations here received bomb threat emails on Tuesday, leading authorities to conduct searches. The Raj Bhavan staff received an email threat, prompting a thorough search of the premises that found nothing suspicious, police...
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PM Narendra Modi receives a 114-horse welcome at the ceremonial welcome, at Alvorada Palace in Brazil./ANI on X
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a State Visit to Brazil after participating in the BRICS Summit, received a warm ceremonial welcome at the Alvorada Palace in Brazil on Tuesday.Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shared a hug as the President received the PM at Alvorada...
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A group of kanwariyas vandalised a dhaba after they were allegedly served onion in their food, police said on Tuesday. Superintendent of police Satyanarayan Prajapat said the police rushed to the spot to pacify the kanwariyas. No case has been registered in the matter and the kanwariyas...
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A 32-year-old doctor of a state-run hospital jumped into the sea from Atal Setu, the country's longest sea bridge between south Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, the police said on Tuesday. A massive search operation has been launched in the sea to trace the doctor who has been missing since Monday...
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The rupee rose 26 paise to close at 85.68 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday on the back of a decline in global crude oil prices and a weaker greenback. Foreign fund inflows and firm domestic equity markets further boosted the rupee, according to forex traders. At the...
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A woman and a six-month-old toddler were found with their throats slit allegedly by her live-in partner in north Delhi's Majnu Ka Tila area on Tuesday afternoon, an official said. A PCR call was received at 1.01 pm on Tuesday from a caller who claimed that her daughter and her friend had...
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A woman and a six-month-old toddler were found with their throats slit allegedly by her live-in partner in north Delhi's Majnu Ka Tila area on Tuesday afternoon, an official said. A PCR call was received at 1.01 pm on Tuesday from a caller who claimed that her daughter and her friend had...
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Benchmark BSE Sensex closed higher by 270 points on Tuesday, helped by late-day buying in banking and select IT shares as well as positive trends in the Asian markets. After moving in a narrow range for most of the session, the 30-share barometer rose by 270.01 points or 0.32 percent to...
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Actors Jr NTR and Hrithik Roshan have finished shooting for their upcoming film War 2. Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the movie is a sequel to the 2019 film War, which featured Roshan in the role of RAW agent Major Kabir Dhaliwal. Also starring Kiara Advani, it is slated to hit the big...
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A Jaipur-bound IndiGo flight from Surat got delayed by nearly 45 minutes after a swarm of honeybees was spotted on the door of the plane's luggage compartment prior to its departure, officials said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon, said A N Sharma, director of the Surat...
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The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited on Tuesday announced that the construction of a bridge over the Daman Ganga River in Gujarat's Valsad district as part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project has been completed. This is the 16th river bridge to be completed for the...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
The Tulupara Horata Samiti, a regional organisation based in coastal Karnataka, on Tuesday urged the state government to rename Dakshina Kannada district as Mangaluru district, arguing that the new name would better reflect the identity and administrative significance of the region's central...
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Only 55 per cent of Class 3 students can arrange numbers up to 99 in ascending or descending order while only 53 per cent of them in Class 6 know tables up to 10, a Ministry of Education (MoE) survey has found. The Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic...
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In a surprising turn of events, Maharashtra Minister Pratap Baburao Sarnaik on Tuesday broke ranks with his government and came to Mira Bhayandar to support the MNS protest against traders over the language row. But instead of a warm welcome, MNS workers called him a traitor and forced the...
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Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat is India's answer to James Bond or Jason Bourne -- a man whose life reads like a spy thriller scripted in the shadows of Kashmir's insurgency.Once a teenage militant from Kashmir's Pulwama, Mushtaq crossed into Pakistan under the cover of darkness, trained with Afghan warlords,...
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Madhabi Purohit Buch
Former Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch on Tuesday said the capital markets regulator was seized of the Jane Street matter since April 2024, and termed attempts to imply regulatory failure as unfortunate. In a written statement after the publishing of a media report, Buch pointed to...
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Those stranded hope EAM Dr S Jaishankar will act
A group of 23 pilgrims to Kailash Mansarovar are stuck at Gyirong County in Tibet due to a landslide that has led to a bridge collapse. The bridge connected Tibet and Nepal. Two women in that group are known to a journalist who says that they told her there has been no help from the local...
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Former BJP MP Smriti Irani, as everyone is aware, is making a comeback as Tulsi Virani in the soap, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, reboot. The new edition of the show is set to return on July 29 at 10:30 pm on Star Plus.And of course, India wants to know how much Irani will be paid this...
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Hundreds of people joined a morcha organised by the MNS and some social groups on Tuesday to defend the Marathi 'asmita' (pride) in Mira Bhayandar area of Thane district amid rising political heat following the attack on a shopkeeper for not speaking Marathi. Leaders and workers of Shiv Sena...
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Charlie And The Chocolate Factory made sure that the sight of a chocolate factory anywhere makes our hearts go dhak-dhak. And our imaginations run wild... wondering if there are wickedly delicious rivers of chocolate and bubbling vats of creamy cocoa butter within. The...
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday lashed out at Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray after incidents of violence and vandalism by MNS workers were reported in the state amid Hindi-Marathi language row. Sharing an incident of violence by MNS workers on...
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If they know how to steal hearts, they also know how to kick ass. Looking at 10 gorgeous heroines with serious action moves. Take a look
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PWD minister visits Seraj valley in Mandi
With heavy rain pummeling several parts of Himachal Pradesh, the local meteorological department on Tuesday warned of a risk of low to moderate flash floods in parts of seven districts in the next 24 hours. These districts are Chamba, Kangra, Mandi, Kullu, Shimla, Solan and Sirmaur. The...
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Shabana Azmi (needs no introduction) reposes her faith in the beleaguered national carrier Air India with this post: Off to #London for @Wimbledon on @airindia . Reiterating faith in our National carrier with the best inflight service in the world ! @Javedakhtarjadu @mantagoyal.The faith in Air...
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The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has submitted its preliminary report on the Air India 171 plane crash to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and other relevant authorities, reports news agency ANI, citing top government officials. The report is based on the bureau's initial...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said permission had been granted for a rally in neighbouring Mira Bhayander in which MNS leaders planned to participate but the party insisted on a specific route which posed law and order challenges. Police detained Maharashtra...
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A Kolkata court has sentenced a man to death for murdering a retired college teacher couple, calling it a rarest of rare case due to the betrayal of trust and cruel nature of the crime.As per the case, the death of college teachers Pran Gobinda Das and Renuka Das on July 15, 2015, was due to...
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Eye yoga is a great way to overcome the strain resulting from too much screen time. Keep your eyes peeled for this.
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This World Chocolate Day, unwrap bars of India's finest chocolate. These bean-to-bar creations have won awards or are brands that are fast becoming favourites among true chocolate lovers. Bite in right here.
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Which city gets the term peak traffic hour better than Mumbai? Especially on local trains. There are a few other world cities which share Mumbai's fate of jam-packed commuter trains... Take a look
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Police found a newborn inside a bag in the general coach of a Summer Special Train at the Moradabad Junction, officials said on Tuesday. Upon investigation, it was discovered that the child belonged to a minor girl, who had become pregnant after her father allegedly raped her. The family of...
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Abu Abraham
It's unfair to lift censorship suddenly, growls a grizzled newspaper editor into the phone, a copy of The Daily Pulp sprawled across his desk. We should be given time to prepare our minds.The cartoon capturing this moment - piercing and satirical - is the work of Abu Abraham, one of India's...
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The Delhi high court on Monday dismissed Turkey-based company elebi Airport Services Private Limited's plea challenging the Indian government's decision to revoke its security clearance. The court said that 'once national security considerations are found to exist, it was not for the Court to...
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PM Modi bows before the Constitution
BJP leader Prakash Reddy came to the support of Union Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday, amid a verbal spat with AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi over minority rights in India.Prakash Reddy said that Kiren Rijiju rightly said that minorities are getting more benefits than the...
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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday criticised Union Minister Kiren Rijiju in response to a social media post about the Union Government's welfare schemes for minorities in India. In a post on X, Owaisi said that minorities in India have been...
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The water level of the Ganga River has risen following heavy rainfall across parts of Uttar Pradesh, leading to the submergence of several riverfront ghats. Moradabad also experienced waterlogging due to the downpour. In Varanasi, the Manikarnika Ghat was completely submerged, and a nearby...
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The Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), with various brands like Taj, Gateway, Vivanta, and Ginger, among others, is observing growth in all its brands. But the midscale brand, Ginger, is growing at a faster pace due to management contracts, said N Chandrasekaran, non-executive director and chairman,...
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The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) is likely to begin work on forming a court-ordered expert panel to study the unregulated use of weight loss drugs by mid-July, according to sources. Officials in the know told Business Standard that the panel could be led by...
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Possessions destroyed in the floods. Reuters/Sergio Flores
More than 100 people have lost their lives due to catastrophic flooding across central Texas in the US, with state authorities continuing rescue operations as drier weather is forecast for the coming days, as reported by CNN on Tuesday. As per CNN, among the most heavily impacted areas is...
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PM Modi shares this picture from Brazil: At Brasilia airport, the Batala Mundo band played some wonderful compositions. Theirs is a global effort to promote Afro-Brazilian percussion, in particular the Samba-Reggae from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.
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Police at the encounter site
Update: A criminal named Vikas alias Raja (29) was killed in a encounter by the Bihar police in the early hours today in the Malsalami area of Patna in connection with the murder of prominent businessman Gopal Khemka, police said.Patna SSP Kartikay Sharma has confirmed the killing and said the...
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An accused in the murder of Bihar businessman Gopal Khemka was shot dead in a police encounter last night. Vikas allegedly accompanied the shooter, Umesh, when he shot Khemka dead right outside the gates of his Patna residence. He was killed in an encounter with police in the Bihar capital's...
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Net losses incurred by individual traders in the equity derivatives segment have widened by 41 per cent in financial year 2024-2025 compared to FY24, according to a report by the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The market regulators new study showed that individual traders net losses...
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Police detained local MNS leader Avinash Jadhav early on Tuesday ahead of a rally planned in Thane to counter a protest staged by traders against the slapping of a food stall owner for not speaking in Marathi, officials said. The rally, proposed by the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti in Mira...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India is set to strengthen its surveillance measures for the derivatives market, Sebi Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey announced at an event on Monday. Pandey emphasised that Sebis action against Jane Street was a surveillance matter and that efforts will...
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The United States is close to making a trade deal with India, President Donald Trump has said. Now, we've made a deal with the United Kingdom, we've made a deal with China.We're close to making a deal with India. Others we met with and we don't think we're going to be able to make a...
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The Delhi BJP will host a theatrical presentation on the life of Bhartiya Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee and his political struggles in New Delhi on Tuesday, the party said. BJP national president J P Nadda will attend the performance at the Kamani Auditorium, it said. The...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday announced a high-level inquiry to ascertain any irregularities in the tendering process to auction a hotel in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Shiv Sena MLA and state minister Sanjay Shirsat had come under fire after the opposition pointed out...
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