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The vehicle which fatally hit the world's oldest marathoner Fauja Singh in Punjab's Jalandhar district has been identified and the driver of the vehicle, an SUV, will be arrested soon, police said on Tuesday. Fauja Singh was 114, and the ironies could not be more tragic for the legend who...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Tuesday told his party colleagues that he will decide on forming an alliance with the Shiv Sena-UBT at an appropriate time, a party functionary said. The MNS is holding a three-day conclave at Igatpuri in Nashik district from...
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The Karnataka government has proposed to put a ceiling of Rs 200 on cinema hall tickets including multiplexes for all language films.A draft notification was issued on Tuesday.Provided that the cost of the ticket of each show in all theatres of the state including multiplexes for all language...
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All schools and other educational institutions in Meerut will be closed till July 23 because of the kanwar yatra, according to an official order issued on Tuesday. The order issued by District Magistrate VK Singh pertains to all primary, upper primary, and secondary schools,...
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Actor Aasif Khan of Panchayat and Pataal Lok fame is on the road to recovery after suffering a heart attack, a source said. The actor is currently recuperating at Kokilaben Hospital Mumbai. He suffered a heart attack. He is in the hospital, a source close to the actor...
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Air India on Tuesday said it will operate three weekly flights from Ahmedabad to Heathrow, London, from August 1 to September 30, replacing Gatwick, London. The airline currently operates five weekly flights on the Ahmedabad-London Gatwick route. Besides, Air India also announced...
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Children who obtained Aadhaar when they were below the age of five, need to mandatorily update their biometrics after crossing age of seven, else they will have to face risk of deactivation of their unique id, according to an official statement. The Unique Identification Authority of...
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday downplayed United States President Donald Trump's threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Russia and its trading partners, asserting that Moscow is well equipped to withstand additional sanctions. Addressing a press conference after...
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India can consider a plan to deal with the impact of the United States tariffs only after assessing the full effect of these duties, scheduled to come into effect from August 1, and until then, the government will remain in a wait-and-watch mode, a senior official said on Tuesday. The...
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Two men working as 'shiksha doot' or temporary visiting teachers in government schools were allegedly killed by Naxalites at separate places in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on the suspicion of being police informers, officials said on Tuesday. Both the murders took place in the...
20:47
Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Tuesday said the Election Commission should not start an NRC exercise in the name of electoral rolls revision and asserted the process must not be about verifying citizenship as that is the Home Ministry's job. The Election Commission's Special Intensive...
20:45
Mobile users will now be able to differentiate between genuine and spam SMS as telecom operators have rolled out suffixes that will appear before the sender's name or header, industry body COAI said on Tuesday. The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents...
20:43
Abdul (name changed on request), a 34-year-old Yemeni, said he lived for more than 14 years with a bullet embedded deep in his skull base, a stray shot that struck him while he was simply walking down the street, altering the course of his life and causing persistent pain.But there was nothing he...
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Union minister Jitendra Singh said Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who on Tuesday returned to Earth after an 18-day stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), is expected to arrive in India by August 17 following a series of post-mission procedures. There are certain SOPs to be...
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Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai are among the world's top 130 cities for students with the national capital being ranked as the most affordable city globally for students, according to QS rankings announced on Tuesday. All four Indian metropolises featured in the 2026 QS Best...
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King Charles III felt Mohammed Siraj's dismissal was an unfortunate one and couldn't help but ask Shubman Gill about it as he welcomed India's men's and women's cricket teams in the gardens of Clarence House here on Tuesday. The 76-year-old British Monarch spent a considerable time...
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The hunt was on for the driver who ran over and killed the world's oldest marathoner Fauja Singh while he was walking down a village road in Punjab's Jalandhar district, police said on Tuesday. Fauja Singh was 114, and the ironies could not be more tragic for the legend who got into...
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A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenager in a village in Kokhraj police station area UP's Kaushambi, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday when the girl was grazing a goat and a 14-year-old boy of the same village lured her with a toffee, took her to the...
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The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has debunked media reports claiming that the ministry has directed the issue of warning labels on food products such as samosas, jalebis, and laddoos, calling them misleading, incorrect, and baseless. The Union Health Ministry had...
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Yemeni authorities postponing the execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya has brought relief to the family of the death row prisoner, with her husband expressing satisfaction over the collective effort made by government and other organisations.The execution has been postponed. That is good...
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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has set up a four-member fact-finding panel to look into the incident of self-immolation by a girl student on college campus in Odisha's Balasore, officials said on Tuesday. The 20-year-old second-year BEd student of Fakir Mohan...
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Dheeraj Kumar in 'Sargam' (1979). Courtesy: NN Sippy Productions/Facebook
Veteran actor, director and television producer Dheeraj Kumar passed away at the age of 79 in Mumbai on Tuesday. The actor had been reportedly battling pneumonia and was undergoing treatment at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital. The actor's mortal remains will be taken to his house...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said Shubhanshu Shukla has not just touched space, but also lifted India's aspirations to new heights after the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station returned to Earth after a 20-day space sojourn.Singh, a Lok Sabha member from...
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A state of emergency was declared in New Jersey on Monday as a torrential downpour unleashed widespread flash flooding, crippling transit and stranding residents across the region. The heavy rainfall inundated parts of New York and New Jersey, leading to submerged vehicles, suspended subway...
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The police on Tuesday sought the CCTV footage of July 11 of the entire campus of the IIM-Calcutta as part of the investigation into the alleged rape of a woman by a student inside the hostel, an officer said.The police found discrepancies in her claim and wanted to ascertain which places of the...
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Shubhanshu's sister, Shuchi Mishra, says, I am so happy that PM Modi congratulated him. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla deserves all the praise...We are very relaxed and happy as he has returned to earth safely.Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Axiom-4 crew assisted out of the Dragon Spacecraft...
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Five social media influencers, including India's Got Latent host Samay Raina, on Tuesday appeared before the Supreme Court in a case seeking action against them for ridiculing persons suffering from disabilities. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi recorded their presence and...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday that Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's successful return from the historic Axiom-4 mission is a proud moment for every Indian and lifted the country's aspirations to new heights. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's successful return from the...
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Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's father, Shambhu Dayal Shukla, says, Now we want to meet him as soon as possible. His mother, Asha Shukla, says, I don't have words to express my happiness...PM Modi also congratulated him...
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And finally, the fourth astronaut, Hungarian to Orbit (HUNOR) astronaut Tibor Kapu, exits the spacecraft.
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European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut Slawosz Suave Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, exits the spacecraft.
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And there he is! Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to board the International Space Station (ISS), waves as he exits the spacecraft. He conducted a range of microgravity experiments during the 18-day mission.
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Mission commander Peggy Whitson steps out of the spacecraft.
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Spacecraft hatch opens and a medical officer from the ground crew of Axiom enters.
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And the Axiom crew with the spacecraft on the recovery vessel Shannon.
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The Dragon spacecraft being lowered to the recovery 'nest'.
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PM Narendra Modi tweets the successful return of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla from space. I join the nation in welcoming Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla as he returns to Earth from his historic mission to Space. As India's first astronaut to have visited International Space Station, he has...
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Speedboats of SpaceX, the transporter for the mission, were seen moving towards the spacecraft to bring it to recovery ship Shannon where the astronauts will brought out from the capsule. The Axiom-4 crew will undergo a series of medical checks on board the ship before boarding a helicopter for a...
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Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's family celebrates as Axiom-4 Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth.
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Happy to be back, says Axiom-4 commander Peggy Whitson as Dragon spacecraft splashes down. Shubhanshu Shukla, three Axiom-4 astronauts reach Earth as Dragon spacecraft splashes down off California.
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Shubhanshu Shukla with Commander Peggy Whitson
Communications re-established with Dragon spacecraft after it re-enters Earth's atmosphere, drogue parachutes to be deployed. Dragon spacecraft makes fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere...And so, after spending almost 20 days in space with almost 19 days aboard the International Space Station...
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Dragon spacecraft's nose cone is closed and secured for re-entry, splashdown at 3:01 pm IST: SpaceX. Axiom Space, in its live session on X, noted that the Axiom-4 mission saw over 60 scientific studies and more than 20 outreach events. The Ax-4 crew, comprising Commander Peggy Whitson,...
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Upon reaching Shubhanshu Shukla's school to watch the splashdown, his father Shambhu Dayal Shukla says, We have reached to watch the landing of our son. We are very excited that his mission is complete. Mother Asha Shukla says, The landing will take place shortly. We are very excited.Dragon...
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Singapore Airlines on Tuesday said all fuel switches on its Boeing 787 aircraft -- as well as those belonging to its subsidiary Scoot -- are functioning properly in compliance with regulatory requirements. As a precautionary measure, SIA and Scoot have carried out and completed checks on the...
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Execution of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row in Yemen, postponed by Yemeni authorities, reports PTI. Earlier today, last-minute efforts to halt the scheduled execution of the nurse in Yemen, scheduled for tomorrow were underway, under the leadership of a Sufi scholar there, at...
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras is set to launch a Rs 200 crore venture capital fund, called the IIT Alumni Fund, targeting the next generation of unicorns. With the number of startups emerging from IIT Madras increasing exponentially in recent years, the institute anticipates several...
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The Juvenile Justice Board on Tuesday said the 17-year-old boy accused of driving a Porsche car in an inebriated state and mowing down two persons last year in Pune will be tried as a juvenile. The incident, which hit national headlines, took place in Kalyani Nagar area on May 19 last year,...
13:36
More than 30 lakh (3 million) voters' names are likely to be deleted from the voters list in Bihar ahead of the assembly election later this year.This removal of a large number of voters has emerged from the Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.The...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted protection to cartoonist accused of sharing alleged objectionable cartoons of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS workers on social media.A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Aravind Kumar said if he shared any more offensive posts on social media, the...
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Missing bank branch manager Abhishek Varun's body was found in a well in Patna on Tuesday.Varun's family members suspect that he was killed.Varun, a resident of Kankarbagh Colony in Patna, went missing on Sunday night; his body was found in a well in Beur, also in Patna.His family said he had...
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Port Talbot in South Wales -- Tata Steel's steel making site in the UK -- is set for a new beginning as it kicked off construction of electric arc furnace (EAF), signalling a shift towards low-carbon steel production.This milestone -- for Tata Steel and British steelmaking --was marked by a...
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The International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) has said AAIB's preliminary report into the Air India plane crash, by its very nature, raises many questions and does not provide answers and urged all parties to refrain from speculations. In its preliminary report on the...
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With US President Donald Trump reiterating his claim that he stopped the conflict between India and Pakistan, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said the same claim keeps getting repeated 22 times in 65 days.Trump Monday reiterated his claim that he stopped the conflict between India and...
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Harvinder Singh, son of legendary marathoner Fauja Singh, who passed in an accident, says, He was hit by a vehicle, and the driver ran away. The police are conducting an investigation. The last rites will be done in 2-3 days.
12:05
To retain existing depositors and attract new ones amid competition for deposits, State-owned banks are waiving penalties for not maintaining the minimum monthly average balance (MAB) in savings accounts, senior bankers told Business Standard.Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank, Canara Bank and...
12:03
Citigroup's India head and Managing Director of commercial banking, Bhanu Vohra, has parted ways with the US-based bank after 25 years to pursue external opportunities, the bank confirmed to Business Standard. The bank is in the process of appointing Vohra's successor soon. We can...
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Last-minute efforts to halt the scheduled execution of an Indian nurse in Yemen on July 16 are underway, under the leadership of a Sufi scholar there, at the behest of influential Sunni Muslim leader Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar, informed sources said on Tuesday. A meeting between...
11:29
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) received a bomb threat via email, claiming that explosives had been planted in the building, according to Mumbai Police. Police and the bomb squad quickly reached the spot, but no suspicious items were found. The email came from an ID named Comrade...
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India on Monday received the second GE-404 engine from the US for the LCA Mark 1A fighter jet aircraft programme. Indian public sector firm Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is expected to receive 12 GE-404 engines by the end of this financial year. The engines will be fitted on the LCA...
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Odisha CM at AIIMS Bhubaneshwar
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Odisha college student who set herself ablaze following alleged sexual harassment by a professor died, and said the daughters of the country are burning and dying while the PM is sitting silent. Gandhi...
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Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said Maharashtra wishes to see Tesla establish its research and development and manufacturing facilities in India, and invited the global EV major to consider the state as a partner in its journey.Fadnavis was speaking at the inauguration of the...
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Cong workers protest outside AIIMS Bhubaneswar
The body of the college student who set herself ablaze following alleged sexual harassment by a professor reached her village in Odisha's Balasore district on Tuesday. The student died at the AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Monday night after battling for life for about 60 hours. Her body was sent to...
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EAM Dr S Jaishankar at the SCO Foreign Ministers in Beijing
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A flash flood warning has been issued for 19 Jharkhand districts by the India Meteorological Department on Tuesday amid prediction of heavy rainfall in parts of the state. The flash flood warning till 5.30 pm on Wednesday has been issued for Gumla, Simdega, Lohardaga, Latehar, Khunti, West...
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Update: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, along with fellow Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers, called on Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday. During the meeting, Jaishankar apprised Xi of the recent development of bilateral ties. Jaishankar conveyed...
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US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose 100 per cent secondary tariffs on Russia if a deal on Ukraine is not reached within 50 days. During his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the White House on Monday (local time), Trump expressed disappointment with his Russian...
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EAM Dr S Jaishankar tweets, Called on President Xi Jinping this morning in Beijing along with my fellow SCO Foreign Ministers. Conveyed the greetings of President Droupadi Murmu & Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Apprised President Xi of the recent development of our bilateral ties. Value the...
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CM Devendra Fadnavis arrives for the inauguration of the Tesla showroom in BKC, Mumbai.
09:36
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid warm tributes to veteran marathoner Fauja Singh, who died in a road accident, saying he was extraordinary because of his unique persona and the manner in which he inspired the youth of India on the topic of fitness. Singh, who was 114 years old,...
09:33
DreamSetGo announced the launch of Dream Icons. As part of this initiative, DreamSetGo will host Usain Bolt, eight-time Olympic gold medallist and the fastest man in history, on his first-ever multi-city tour to India this September.The visit will also mark...
09:21
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Tesla is all set to mark its official entry into the Indian market with the launch of its first showroom in the country.The electric vehicle (EV) giant will open its India showroom on Tuesday morning at the Maker Maxity Mall in the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Mumbai.Earlier, Tesla on Friday...
09:03
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others of the commercial Axiom-4 mission are on track to return to Earth with a splash down off San Diego in California on Tuesday, capping a 22.5-hour journey after an 18-day stay at the International Space Station.The Dragon 'Grace' spacecraft carrying...
08:49
Seven senior Hamas terrorists who were released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange and deported to Gaza were killed in an Israeli airstrike last week, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Israel Defence Forces announced Monday.The targeted operatives, all members of Hamas's Judea and...
08:37
The Odisha college student who set herself ablaze following alleged sexual harassment by a professor died at AIIMS in Bhubaneswar, the hospital said. The second-year Integrated B.Ed student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore, died on Monday night, after fighting for her life for...
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The Haridwar police arrested two Kanwariyas on Monday after a group of Kanwariyas vandalised a shop following an altercation with the shopkeeper, a police official said.Superintendent of police (city), Pankaj Gairola, said, After an altercation between the Kanwariyas and the shopkeeper late last...
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A booth level officer in Gaya district of Bihar has been sacked on the charge of indulging in corruption during the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Election Commission said here on Monday.According to an EC statement, complaints had been received against...
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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on Monday arrested a woman passenger at the Mumbai international airport for allegedly carrying over 6 kg of cocaine stuffed in 300 capsules, with an estimated value of Rs 62.6 crore, an official said. The capsules were packed inside six boxes of Oreo...
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