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Four staff members of a medical college in Kakinada district were arrested on Friday for allegedly sexually harassing female students. According to a report submitted by the college's internal complaints committee on July 11, nearly 50 students pursuing Bachelor of Science in Medical...
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A director of sweets-and-snacks major Haldiram was duped of Rs 9.38 crore allegedly by four Mumbai-based persons who promised high returns on investments, a Nagpur police official said on Friday. The Kalamna police station official identified the accused as Bandra residents Sameer Abdul...
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'Maratha Military Landscapes', representing extraordinary fortification and military system envisioned by the Maratha rulers, was on Friday inscribed on the coveted UNESCO World Heritage List, the UN body announced in a post on X.The decision was taken during the ongoing 47th session of the World...
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Union Minister Suresh Gopi
The Kerala forest department has proceeded with a complaint accusing Union Minister Suresh Gopi of wearing a necklace featuring an alleged leopard tooth, by summoning the complainant, a Youth Congress leader, to record his statement. The complaint was lodged by Youth Congress leader A A...
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The National Investigation Agency on Friday arrested a key accused for his alleged involvement in the promotion of the activities of the banned Islamic State of Iraq and Syria terror group, officials said. Rizwan Ali alias Abu Salma alias Mola is the 11th wanted accused and a key conspirator...
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The work on the country's first offshore Vadhvan Airport near the financial capital is likely to commence from next year, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday.Speaking as the chief guest at the Western Region Ministers' Conference of Civil Aviation in Mumbai, Fadnavis also...
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A tribal couple in Odisha's Rayagada district was allegedly forced to plough a field with a yoke placed on their shoulders as a form of public punishment for marrying against community traditions, officials said on Friday. The alleged incident took place at Kanjamajodi village within...
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Five women were rescued after a spa was raided in Gondia for alleged prostitution activities, a police official said on Friday. The raid was conducted by the Crime Branch at the spa located near Jaistambha Square on Thursday, he said. Five women were rescued. Baliram Bastaram Ghotekar...
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With 14 more days left before the last date of collection of enumeration forms in the ongoing special intensive revision in Bihar, over 74 percent of the nearly 7.90 crore electors have submitted their forms, the Election Commission said on Friday. In the second phase of the revision...
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The Andaman and Nicobar Command along with Indian Coast Guard rescued two foreign nationals from a US-registered sailing yacht which was adrift in extremely rough sea conditions due to engine and sail failure near the Great Nicobar Island, an official said on Friday. The two rescued foreign...
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An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale hits Jhajjar, Haryana.Tremors felt in Delhi-NCR.On Thursday too, an earthquake of magnitude 4.4 struck near Jhajjar, sending tremors across the Delhi-NCR region.More details awaited. -- PTI
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With 14 more days left before the last date of collection of Enumeration Forms, over 74 per cent of the 7,89,69,844 (nearly 7.90 crore) electors in Bihar have already submitted their forms, a press release from Election Commission (ECI) of India said.In the second phase of SIR, BLOs are going...
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In a first, the Delhi government will make public all documents related to the controversial Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA), which was extensively used against Opposition leaders and activists during the Emergency.According to government sources, all available MISA-related files have...
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Police on Friday apprehended four students of a private senior secondary school in Haryana's Hisar district for allegedly stabbing the director of the institute to death.Superintendent of Police (SP), Hansi, Amit Yashvardhan told reporters that two minor students were involved in the killing of...
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Govind Mohan. Pic: Shrikant Singh/ANI Photo
The Centre on Friday extended the tenure of Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan till August 22 next year, according to an official order. The extension comes at a time when the country is preparing for the mega census with caste enumeration and amid...
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India's forex reserves dropped by $3.049 billion to $699.736 billion in the week ended July 4, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday.In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had jumped by $4.849 billion to $702.784 billion. The reserves had touched an all-time high of $704.885...
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A controversy erupted in West Bengal after a history question paper at the state-run Vidyasagar University described Indian revolutionaries as terrorists, triggering strong political reactions and forcing the institute to issue a public apology, calling it a printing mistake. The...
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Rajiv Shukla
Rajya Sabha MPs Tiruchi Siva and Rajiv Shukla were unanimously elected as secretary (culture) and secretary (sports), while Telangana's A P Jithender Reddy was elected as treasurer of the Constitution Club of India on Friday. A two-time member of Parliament from the Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday pleaded not guilty in a defamation case pertaining to his comments on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar in a Pune court.Judicial Magistrate (First Class) and Special Judge (MP/MLA court) Amol Sriram Shinde read out the charge, levelled by Satyaki Savarkar, a...
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Members of a family from Madhya Pradesh, who came to worship at a temple in Rajasthan's Sikar district, were beaten up for taking shelter in front of a shop during the rain on Friday, police said.Two shopkeepers and two employees were arrested in connection with the incident, they said.According...
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Residents are struggling with severe traffic congestion in Ajmer after the closure of the 2.6 km Ramsetu Bridge following a court order on Wednesday. A local court ordered the shutdown of the elevated road after a PIL by two residents questioned the structural integrity of the bridge and...
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Indian stock markets on Friday ended on a negative note due to a sober start to the first quarter earnings season and a ramp-up in the tariff threat by the US of 35 per cent on goods imported in the US from Canada. At close, the Sensex was down 689.81 points or 0.83 per cent at 82,500.47, and...
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A court Auraiya, UP, has sentenced a woman to death for killing her three minor children by drowning them in the Sengar river in 2024, while her paramour was sentenced to life imprisonment in the case. The woman's nine-year-old son, who survived the attempt on his life, provided crucial...
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The family of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA's Axiom-4 mission, on Friday expressed joy and pride after speaking to him, and said they are eagerly awaiting his safe return on July 14. Speaking to PTI Videos from their...
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From the Sensex firms, Tata Consultancy Services declined 3.46 per cent after reporting its June quarter earnings. The country's largest IT services company on Thursday reported a 6 per cent growth in June quarter net profit at Rs 12,760 crore, helped by a jump in non-core income even as revenues...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined for the third session in a row on Friday, dropping nearly 1 per cent, dragged by heavy selling in IT, auto and energy stocks amid a muted start of the earnings season. Tariff-related uncertainties and mixed global market trends also added to...
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A screen grab from the video posted on X by Sanjay Raut
A video Maharashtra minister Sanjay Shirsat sitting in a room along with a partially opened bag containing what look like bundles of notes went viral on Friday. The Shiv Sena minister rubbished the claim that it was a money bag, and insisted that it contained only clothes. Shiv Sena (UBT)...
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As many as 22 Naxalites, who were active in the Abhujmad area and carrying collective rewards of Rs 37.5 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday, a senior police official said. The cadres belonging to Kutul, Nelnar and Indravati area committees under the Maad...
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The death toll in the Mahisagar river bridge collapse in Gujarat's Vadodara district climbed to 19 on Friday after one of the injured persons succumbed to injuries at a hospital, officials said. The search for the two missing persons is still underway, they said. Several vehicles plunged...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed hope that a hostage release deal with Hamas may be concluded in the coming days, adding that the potential agreement could trigger a 60-day ceasefire during which Israel and Hamas might negotiate an end to the conflict, according to The...
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Basavaraj Bommai on Friday asked the Congress high command to clarify whether Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will remain in power for five years. He said the ongoing drama will continue as long as the Congress high command does not give clarity. Responding to a...
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Radhika Yadav was shot dead by her father
Gurugram Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sandeep Kumar on Friday informed that the 25-year-old tennis player, Radhika Yadav, was shot dead by her father, Deepak Yadav, a result of a disagreement over her tennis academy.Speaking to ANI Kumar said Deepak Yadav, who runs a rental property business,...
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Maalik is just unpleasant, not even slightly engaging, observes Deepa Gahlot. Read the review here.
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When there are two differing points of view, you need to sit down and resolve issues through conversation, actor Ajay Devgn said on Friday while responding to the controversy surrounding Diljit Dosanjh's film Sardaar Ji 3, which has drawn criticism for featuring Pakistani star Hania...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday took a jibe at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over his latest visit to Delhi, saying that he was so desperate to become the CM that he has offered to merge the Shiv Sena with BJP. Raut claimed that Shinde complained about Chief...
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After RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat suggested stepping aside at the age of 75 to make way for new leadership, Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge commented on Friday that the focus should not be on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's age, who turns 75 later this year, but rather on his contributions to the...
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Influencer content in advertisements grabs a longer attention span, with viewers staying 2.2 times longer on an ad before skipping it compared to average digital ads, according to Kantar, a marketing data and analytics company, which tested 1,350 ads released last year.The average skip time for...
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Global EV giant Tesla is all set to officially enter India with the opening of its first experience centre at Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex next week. The Elon Musk-led firm has sent out select invites presenting the inaugural event as the launch of Tesla in India. Tesla could not be...
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A month after the worst aviation accident in India in decades, authorities are poised to release a preliminary report into the catastrophe, offering the first official clues to what caused the aircraft to plummet back to the ground just 30 seconds after taking off, reports NDTV.Investigators have...
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the BJP of making attempts to hijack upcoming elections in Bihar, as it did in Maharashtra. Addressing the party's 'Samvidhan Bachao Samavesh' here, he said the INDIA bloc parties have decided to...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday disbursed the first instalment of the hiked pension amount of Rs 1,100 per month to the bank accounts of 1.11 crore beneficiaries, including senior citizens, widows and people with disabilities. Over Rs 1,227 crore was credited under six different...
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India hit the Nu Khan air base in Islamabad during the Op Sindoor
Update: India hit nine terror targets crisscrossing Pakistan with precision and missed none of them, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Friday, taking pride in India's capability and technological abilities in neutralising the threats from across the border.The precision was to the...
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NSA Doval in Chennai at IIT Madras: Nine terror targets crisscrossing Pakistan were targeted with precision in Operation Sindoor, we missed none. Tell me of one image or photograph that shows any damage to India during Operation Sindoor.More details awaited.
12:40
Amazon has rolled out its 10-minute delivery service, Amazon Now, in New Delhi, marking a major step forward in its quick commerce ambitions. The launch comes after a successful pilot in three Bengaluru pin codes last month, according to a report by Bloomberg.Amazon takes on Blinkit, Instamart,...
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The search-and-rescue operation resumed in the Mahisagar river on Friday morning on the third day, as two persons are still missing following the Gambhira bridge tragedy in Gujarat's Vadodara district, officials said.Several vehicles plunged into the river after a segment of the four-decade-old...
12:16
Trade negotiations between the United States and China are moving slowly, raising the chances that the current tariff deadlines may be extended, according to a report by SBI Funds Management.The report highlighted that the ongoing talks have once again hit a familiar deadlock, with both sides...
11:49
Comedian and actor Kapil Sharma's 'Kap's Cafe' in Canada has shared their response against the firing incident which took place at the cafe on Thursday. Taking to their Instagram handle, the staff of 'Kap's Cafe' described the incident as heartbreaking and stated that they were shocked by...
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Priya Nair
Shares of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) on Friday surged 5 per cent following announcement that Priya Nair will become the first woman CEO and MD of the firm effective August 1, 2025. The stock jumped 5 per cent to Rs 2,529.85 on the BSE. At the NSE, shares of the firm climbed 5 per cent to...
11:21
The Indian Coast Guard rescued a US yacht in distress and its two crew members after the sailing vessel got stranded in turbulent waters south-east of Indira Point in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, officials said on Friday.Indian Coast Guard (ICG) MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres)...
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Baloch insurgents shot and killed nine passengers from Punjab after offloading them from passenger buses in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, authorities said on Friday. The incident took place late on Thursday on the national highway in the Sur-Dakai area of Zhob district, said...
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The shareholders of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) rejected a proposal to raise about 2,237 crore via a preferential issue of convertible warrants to the founder Subhash Chandra family in an extraordinary general meeting conducted on Thursday. According to the stock exchange filing,...
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Nineteen years later, remembering how terror struck Mumbai's lifeline on July 11, 2006. By Prasanna D Zore/Rediff. Read it here.
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A newly opened cafe owned by popular Indian comedian Kapil Sharma, Kap's Cafe, was targeted in a shocking act of violence on Wednesday night. The incident occurred just days after the cafe launched in Surrey, British Columbia, on July 4.According to local authorities, a man sitting in a parked...
10:47
After a controversy erupted in West Bengal after a question in an undergraduate history examination paper set by Vidyasagar University referred to Indian freedom fighters as terrorists, Vice-Chancellor of the University, Dipak Kumar Kar, referred to it as a printing mistake.Kar asserted that the...
10:27
To improve transparency in health insurance claims, and reduce consumer grievances, the finance ministry is seeking control of the digital platform National Health Claims Exchange (NHCX) that is currently under the purview of the health ministry.The department of financial services (DFS), which...
10:24
The Union finance ministry has asked public sector banks (PSBs) to scout for potential locations and open new branches amid growing competition from private banks, according to a senior government official. PSBs have been asked to compete with the aggressive branch expansion by private...
10:23
India is looking forward to expedite the ongoing talks to review the decade-old trade pact with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to ensure fair trade practices and a balanced growth, with focus on the existing challenges, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on...
10:21
Tata Consultancy Services on Thursday said it is yet to decide when it will provide salary hikes to its employees, as macroeconomic uncertainties intensified during the first quarter, leading to delayed deal closures and a drop in revenues.India's largest information technology services provider...
10:13
A day after shots were fired at comedian Kapil Sharma's newly opened restaurant in Canada's Surrey, the cafe said in an Instagram post that they were processing the shock but stand firm against violence. The cafe's team shared their statement via Instagram Stories on Friday. We opened...
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SBI Mutual Fund, the largest fund house in India, is set to enter the specialised investment fund (SIF) space under the 'Magnum' brand. The fund house, which recently received the licence, is exploring products in the equity and hybrid space, said D P Singh, Deputy Managing Director and Joint...
09:52
'You know the situation in Yemen now. There is no government there. The rebels are in control. So, there is no diplomatic channel through which we can negotiate.' Chandy Oommen, Congress MLA and the son of the late Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy, met the Kerala governor, requesting him...
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A meeting of the parliamentary panel on finance on Thursday discussed the need to make some provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, more robust, especially setting up 'dedicated' National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and National Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) courts to...
09:39
Referring to the Congress Working Committee member Shashi Tharoor's social media post, sharing a survey suggesting he is the most preferred choice for chief minister among Congress-led UDF leaders in Kerala, senior party leader K Muraleedharan has taken a swipe at him, saying he should first...
09:33
Insurgents shot and killed nine passengers from Punjab after offloading them from a passenger bus in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Friday, according to authorities. The incident took place on the national highway in the Zhob area of the province, said Assistant...
09:06
On the first expiry of Nifty weekly contracts since the ban on US-based high-frequency trader Jane Street, the total turnover on the National Stock Exchange dropped 21 per cent compared to the previous expiry day. Index options turnover on a notional basis slipped to ₹472.5 trillion on...
09:04
United States President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) announced that the US will impose a tariff of 35 per cent on imports of goods from Canada. Trump sent a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to inform him about the tariff. Trump posted the letter sent to Carney on...
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A man was allegedly beaten up and his motorcycle damaged by a group of Kanwariyas in this Uttar Pradesh district on Thursday, following a minor collision involving the two-wheeler and a Kanwar, police said. The man was rescued after police intervened.Circle Officer Raju Kumar Sav told...
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Pakistani actress-model Humaira Asghar Ali/Courtesy Facebook
The family of Pakistani actress-model Humaira Asghar Ali has refused to claim or bury her remains after her body was discovered under suspicious circumstances, nearly two months after her death, from an apartment in Karachi's upmarket Defence Housing Society. Karachi police are yet to...
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Eleven peacocks were found dead near agriculture fields in a forest area of Jhabua district in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, prompting the forest department to file a case and launch a probe, officials said. The birds were found dead in Dhebar Badi village of Thandla tehsil, a forest official...
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