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Priya Nair will become the first woman CEO and MD of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) effective August 1, 2025, with India's largest FMCG firm announcing her appointment on Thursday. Nair, currently president, beauty & wellbeing, Unilever, has been appointed for a period of five...
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The director of a private school in Haryana's Hisar district was allegedly stabbed to death by two students on the premises of the institute on Thursday, with police claiming that the accused were reportedly angry over being reprimanded by the victim for indiscipline.The accused fled after...
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A man was arrested here after he drove a car on a platform of the Gwalior railway station, causing panic, the police said on Thursday. Nitin Rathore, the accused, was drunk when the incident took place on Wednesday night, said an official. A video of the incident went viral. As the...
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The police have arrested more than 30 people, including 16 women, after tension simmered in a village in Jaisalmer on Thursday as violence erupted over the reconstruction of historic memorial cenotaphs (chhatris) between members of two religious communities, the police said. Heavy police...
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Over 17,000 pilgrims on Thursday paid obeisance to Lord Shiva at the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the total number of pilgrims to 1,45,000 in the first week, officials said in Srinagar. A total of 17,022 pilgrims paid obeisance at the 3,880-metre high holy...
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As many as 48 people, including servitors of the Shree Jagannath Temple, on Thursday recorded their statements at a public hearing into the June 29 stampede in Puri that left three dead and over 50 injured, officials said. The hearing was part of the ongoing administrative inquiry being...
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Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crew members of the Axiom-4 mission are set to return to earth from the International Space Station on July 14, NASA said on Thursday. We are working with the station program, watching the Axiom-4 progress carefully. I think we need to undock that...
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Heavy rain in the past few days has led to the closure of 208 roads, including the Mandi-Dharampur stretch of the National Highway-3 that connects Attari in Punjab with Leh in Ladakh, officials said on Thursday. Mandi, which was ravaged by 10 cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides, leading...
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A 2.7 kilometre continuous tunnel section between Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai and Shilphata in neighbouring Thane has been successfully completed, giving a major boost to the USD multi-billion Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited said on...
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The Delhi high court on Thursday stayed the release of Udaipur Files movie, which is based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal murder case, and scheduled to hit the screen on July 11, till the Centre decided the pleas seeking a permanent ban on the film. A division bench of Chief Justice DK...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
The Maharashtra legislative assembly on Thursday passed by a voice vote the Special Public Security bill which seeks to prevent unlawful activities of Left Wing extremist organisations with focus on urban Maoism. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio, tabled the...
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Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday suspended four engineers of the state's roads and buildings department in connection with the bridge collapse on Mahisagar river in Vadadora district a day earlier that has resulted in 16 deaths while some persons are missing. CM Patel, who...
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A senior citizen was cheated of Rs 7.51 lakh while she as trying to get refund for flight tickets, a police official said on Thursday. Santha Nandkumar Menon (77) lost money in transactions that took place between June 26 and July 4, the Juhu police station official said. In...
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) wrote to the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad, state government authorities and certain banks on Thursday to ascertain the details of assets, accounts and finances of Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba, the alleged mastermind of an illegal religious-conversion...
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The public Ganeshotsav, a tradition over 100 years old, has been officially declared as the Maharashtra State Festival. The announcement was made in the Legislative Assembly by the state's minister of cultural affairs, Ashish Shelar, on Thursday, a press note from the culture minister's...
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Piramal Realty on Thursday said it has sold a sea-facing penthouse and two duplex apartments in its housing project in Mumbai for more than Rs 100 crore to a single buyer. The company did not disclose the name of the buyer. In a statement, Piramal Realty said it has completed the sale...
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The rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day higher by 4 paise at 85.69 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, supported by US-India trade deal optimism, even as domestic equity markets were closed in the negative territory. Forex traders said the Indian rupee ended the...
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State-level tennis player Radhika Yadav was allegedly shot dead by her father on Thursday at their Sushant Lok home in Gurugram, the police said. The father has been detained, officials said. Why he did so is still being investigated. The father allegedly fired over five bullets at his...
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Tamil Nadu police's Anti Terrorism Squad on Thursday said it has arrested Sadiq, a key accused in the 1998 Coimbatore bomb blast case, in which 58 people were killed and 250 others were injured. Also, a key accused in communal murder cases across Tamil Nadu, he has been absconding for 29...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty buckled under selling pressure on Thursday due to weakness in IT and telecom stocks as investors turned cautious ahead of the start of earnings season, with tech major TCS scheduled to announce its Q1 numbers later in the day. Tariff-related uncertainty...
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Maharashtra minister for social justice Sanjay Shirsat on Thursday said he has received a notice from the Income Tax department seeking an explanation of the increase in his assets between the 2019 and 2024 assembly elections. The Aurangabad (West) MLA who belongs to the Shiv Sena...
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The International Road Federation on Thursday expressed concern over the collapse of a section of the Gambhira bridge in Gujarat, resulting in the loss of lives. The Geneva-based global road safety body stressed the need for regular monitoring and maintenance of bridges and other vital...
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The death toll in the adulterated toddy tragedy here has gone up to four, and 44 others were undergoing treatment in different hospitals here, officials said on Thursday. Telangana health minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha visited state-run Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences and enquired...
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Three years before the bridge over the Mahisagar river in Gujarat's Vadodara district collapsed, killing 15 persons, an activist had alerted about its 'dangerous condition' to a government official, who also admitted at that time that the structure 'may not survive long'.Social activist Lakhan...
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An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 struck near Jhajjar in Haryana on Thursday morning, sending tremors across the Delhi-NCR region. The epicentre was 3 km northeast of Jhajjar and 51 km west of Delhi. The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km at 9.04 am, the National Centre for Seismology said.
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Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has criticised the Emergency declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975, saying the people of the country responded clearly to the excesses of that period by voting her party out of power by a large margin.In an article published on the measure, which...
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Supreme Court allows the Election Commission of India to continue with its exercise of conducting a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. Supreme Court says that it is of the prima facie opinion that in the interest of justice, the Election Commission to also...
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The West Bengal government on Thursday submitted a progress report before the Calcutta High Court on the investigation by the Kolkata Police into the alleged gang rape of a student in a law college in Kolkata. The court also looked into the case diary of the police in the alleged gang rape...
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The government is working on further stake sale in Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and the disinvestment department would work out finer details of the transaction, sources said. The government currently holds 96.5 per cent stake in LIC. It had sold 3.5 per cent through an initial public...
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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday slammed Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray amid the Hindi-Marathi language row, saying they only beat poor people for not speaking Marathi. Speaking to reporters, Nishikant Dubey said, You beat up the poor. But Mukesh Ambani lives there, he speaks very less...
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Bangladesh's deposed premier Sheikh Hasina formally indicted in crimes against humanity case, local media reports. Bangladeshi prosecutors at the International Crimes Tribunal have formally charged former prime minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity during the mass uprising in the...
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Dr Ameesha Mahajan, cosmetic dermatologist and founder of Eden Skin Clinic, explains why you can trust these natural ingredients to heal and nourish your skin. Take a look
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday dismissed any leadership change in the state government, saying that there was no discussion in the Congress regarding the change of the chief minister's post.He added that his deputy, DK Shivakumar, himself noted that there is no vacancy for the...
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Actor Chitrangada Singh on Thursday joined the cast of Battle Of Galwan, the upcoming war drama set to be headlined by superstar Salman Khan. The movie, which is directed by Apoorva Lakhia of Shootout at Lokhandwala fame, is based on the 2020 Galwan valley conflict between armed personnel of...
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The Supreme Court commences hearing on pleas challenging the Election Commission's decision to undertake special intensive revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. The timing of Election Commission's 'special intensive revision' of the electoral rolls in Bihar - months before a...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has issued directives for stringent action against those responsible for the alleged stripping of girl students at a school to check if they were menstruating, minister Girish Mahajan said on Thursday.The minister told the legislative assembly that the...
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A Delhi court on Thursday discharged 10 TMC leaders, including Derek O'Brien, Sagarika Ghose and Saket Gokhale, in a case linked to a protest outside the Election Commission of India last year despite prohibitory orders being in place.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neha Mittal passed the...
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At least seven passengers were injured after the bus they were travelling in skid off the road and overturned in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Thursday, officials said. The incident occurred near Highway School, Sunetar, in Ramnagar tehsil. Locals of the area informed...
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Corporate offices and private institutions were advised to allow their employees to work from home on Thursday, a day after torrential rain led to massive traffic snarls and waterlogging in the high-rise city that was brought to its knees. The rains that started around 7 pm on Wednesday and...
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The cigar-chomping or smoke ring-blowing sleuth, often wearing some interesting fedora and/or dapper trench coat, must be one of our favourite characters from fiction and the movies.Met them all?
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The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to make an attempt to save an Indian nurse, who is likely to be executed in Yemen on July 16 for murder charges. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi listed the...
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An Indian team will be visiting Washington soon for another round of talks on tariffs with US. India is trying to negotiate and finalize a trade agreement with the US, Special Secretary in the Department of Commerce Rajesh Agrawal said on Thursday. Agrawal is also the chief negotiator of the...
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Dabur India is bullish on achieving sustainable double-digit growth by FY27-28, stated the annual report released on Wednesday.To spur demand and aid growth in the new financial year, the company has identified seven strategic pillars. These are set to help the company achieve a sustainable...
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Investment bankers earned an estimated $273 million in fees from equity capital market (ECM) activities in the first half of 2025, a 3.4 per cent increase from $264 million in the same period last year, according to LSEG Data & Analytics. This rise came despite a 16 per cent drop in...
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The death toll in the Gambhira bridge collapse incident in Gujarat's Vadodara has climbed to 15 with the recovery of three more bodies, an official said on Thursday. The official further informed that rescue operations are underway as four people remain missing. A section of the Gambhira...
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India's data centre sector is estimated to have a total investment pipeline of between Rs 1.6 trillion and Rs 2 trillion over the next five to seven years, according to a report by India Ratings and Research.Demand for DC capacities is expected to keep pace with supply addition, providing stable...
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Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a Super Premium Frequent Flier PM as he returned to Delhi after concluding five-nation visit that spanned from July 2 to 9.Taking to X, Jairam Ramesh wrote, India welcomes back its Super Premium...
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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday visited the flood-affected areas of the Seraj Assembly constituency of Mandi district. He stated that the Mandi district was the most severely affected, with heavy losses reported in the Seraj Assembly constituency. Mandi...
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Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad, who allegedly slapped a canteen worker in Mumbai, has refused to apologise and said that he has no regrets for his actions, saying that the food in the canteen was akin to poison. I will not apologise. Whatever the CM and Deputy CM said is their duty. I respect...
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AHAR prez Sudhakar Shetty holds a presser
The Indian Hotels and Restaurants Association (AHAR) on Wednesday said that its members might go on a token strike if Maharashtra's government did not provide relief to hotels and restaurants over the hikes in value-added tax (VAT) on liquor, licence fees, and excise duty.This comes after the VAT...
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Police have arrested the principal and another staffer of a private school in Thane where girl students were allegedly made to strip to check if they were menstruating, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred at the school in Shahapur area of Maharashtra's Thane district on Tuesday...
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An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 struck near Jhajjar in Haryana, sending tremors across the Delhi-NCR region. The epicentre was 3 km northeast of Jhajjar and 51 km west of Delhi. The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km at 9.04 am, the National Centre for Seismology said.
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ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (AMC) has filed a draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the markets regulator for an initial public offering estimated at Rs 10,000 crore, one of the largest in the financial services sector.The IPO will be entirely an offer for sale, with UK-based...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote to Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Suman Bery, seeking an apology from the institution after alleging that a report by the Centre's official policy think-tank misrepresented the map of West Bengal. She said that the report Summary Report...
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United States President Donald Trump announced a 50 per cent tariff on imports from Brazil, starting August 1 and called the trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro a 'witch hunt', adding that the 'trial should not take place'.In the letter written to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio...
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Manipal Hospitals on Wednesday said it will acquire Pune-based Sahyadri Hospitals from global investor Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for an undisclosed amount. The hospital chain has inked definitive agreements with Ontario Teachers' for the acquisition. However, industry sources...
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Two people died and as many as 28 people, including 12 women, were hospitalised in Hyderabad after allegedly consuming adulterated toddy, officials said on Wednesday. Cyberabad police commissioner Avinash Mohanty told PTI that it is alleged that two people died after consuming the...
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