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Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor sustained an injury in his rib cage during the party's roadshow in Arrah city on Friday.According to people present at the site of the incident, the poll strategist-turned-politician was trying to help a woman stuck in the heavy crowd in the roadshow, when...
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A 38-year-old man, accused of raping a woman in a forest on the outskirts of Lonavala, a hill station Pune district, has been arrested, two days after the crime, said a police officer on Friday.The 33-year-old victim, a resident of a village under Maval tehsil of the western Maharashtra district,...
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said the empowerment of women is essential for the progress of any nation, and they should be freed from regressive customs and traditions.Speaking at an event organised by non-profit organisation Udyogwardhini at Solapur in...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Friday warned Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis that if Hindi was made compulsory for Classes 1 to 5 in the state, 'we will not hesitate to shut down schools'.Speaking at a rally at Mira Bhayandar in the district, he asked the people of Maharashtra...
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A Bangladeshi doctoral scholar at the South Asian University (SAU) here has been expelled and a fine of Rs 5,000 has been imposed on the students' mess secretary for their role in a clash over the serving of non-vegetarian food on Maha Shivratri, officials said on Friday.The action has been taken...
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The Election Commission (EC) on Friday said it is sharing lists of Bihar electors who have probably died or have permanently shifted and have enrolled at multiple places with political parties and their booth-level agents to ascertain the exact status of such persons before July 25.As the Special...
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Three persons were on Friday detained in Bihar's East Champaran district, where they waved black flags at the venue of a rally addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, police said.According to DIG (Champaran Range) Harkishore Rai, the trio was being questioned, and further action may be taken...
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Members of a right-wing Hindu group allegedly shut down a KFC outlet forcibly in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, protesting against the sale of meat during the ongoing holy month of Sawan and Kanwar Yatra.According to police, the alleged incident occurred in the Vasundhara area under the Indirapuram...
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The Special Court for People's Representatives has completed the trial in one of the four rape cases filed against former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and on Friday reserved its verdict for July 30.This particular case, considered crucial, stems from a complaint lodged by a domestic worker from...
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A Sambhal court on Friday set August 25 to hear a case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, a lawyer said.Additional district sessions judge (ADJ-II) Aarti Faujdar in Chandausi in Sambhal district on Friday set the August 25 date due to non-functioning of the court due to nomination for the bar...
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The Bihar Cabinet on Friday cleared a proposal for providing 125 units of electricity free of cost every month to domestic consumers across the state starting August 1.The cabinet cleared the proposal of the energy department during a meeting here chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.The state...
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Drishti IAS coaching institute founder and social media influencer Vikas Divyakirti has moved the Rajasthan High Court against a defamation complaint filed against him.The complaint relates to a purported video in which Divyakirti made certain utterances over the functioning of the legal system...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party is the only party that truly respects and protects Bengali 'ashmita' (pride), and lashed out at the ruling TMC for allegedly enabling infiltration, stoking violence, and driving Bengal's youths out of their home...
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TMC's Abhishek Banerjee. Pic: ANI Photo
Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will attend a meeting of the INDIA opposition bloc on Saturday, the party has said. According to a source, the Mamata Banerjee-led party, which is busy preparing for its July 21 Martyrs' Day rally, will skip an all-party...
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Two persons were arrested on Friday in connection with the tussle between supporters of Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar MLA Jitendra Awhad and Bharatiya Janata Party's Gopichand Padalkar a day earlier on the premises of the Maharashtra legislature complex in Mumbai, a police...
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The Aam Aadmi Party distanced itself from the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Friday, saying it is not part of the opposition alliance anymore and questioning the Congress party's role in leading it.The remarks made by Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh came ahead of an...
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A court in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district on Friday granted bail to Silome James, a property dealer, who was arrested in connection with Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi murder case.The bail hearing was conducted via video conferencing. First Class Judicial Magistrate, in charge...
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he Delhi High Court has dropped charges against 70 Indian nationals accused of housing foreign attendees of Tablighi Jamaat congregation in March 2020 allegedly in violation of COVID-19 norms pointing out no evidence to prove they participated in any prohibited activity. Justice Neena Bansal...
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Gold prices rose Rs 100 to Rs 98,770 per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday amid a firm trend in the international markets, according to the All India Sarafa Association. On Thursday, the precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had closed at Rs 98,670 per 10 grams. Gold of 99.5 per...
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Among Sensex firms, Axis Bank tumbled the most by 5.24 per cent after it reported a 3 per cent dip in its June quarter consolidated net profit at Rs 6,243.72 crore, impacted by the implementation of changes in non-performing assets and loan upgrade policy. Devarsh Vakil, Head of Prime Research,...
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Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled on Friday, marking their second straight day of losses due to foreign fund outflows and selling in banking shares after a muted start to the quarterly earnings season. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 501.51 points or 0.61 per cent to settle at...
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Raipur court sends ex-Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel's son Chaitanya Baghel to 5-day ED custody in liquor 'scam' case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested Baghel in an alleged liquor scam linked money laundering case, official sources said. He was taken into custody...
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India needs to be 'very careful and clever' while negotiating trade agreements with the US, especially with regard to the agriculture sector, which is heavily subsidised by developed countries, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Friday. In an interview with PTI Videos, Rajan said...
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Several parents across Delhi chose to keep their children home on Friday after around 45 schools received bomb threats in the national capital via email for the fourth time this week. While institutions operated with caution and authorities later confirmed all threats to be hoaxes, the...
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An autorickshaw driver was on Friday arrested for allegedly throwing acid on a woman home guard after she pulled him up for improper parking in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district, police said. The home guard, who was directing traffic at a junction in Kalol town, escaped with minor burn injuries, an...
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The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) attacked and killed on July 10, 2025 the terrorist Iyad Netzer, who served as deputy commander of the Jabalia Battalion in the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza. The terrorist raided Israel in the murderous massacre on October 7, was wounded during the war...
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DY CM Shinde said the matter will be taken seriously
A day after his supporters clashed with those of the NCP (SP) in the Vidhan Bhavan, BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar on Friday argued with the presiding officer and a minister in the Maharashtra legislative assembly. The exchange of words took place when Padalkar presented a calling attention...
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An Israeli soldier was arrested for passing information to Iran, authorities said on Thursday.According to an indictment filed with the military court, the soldier gave non-security information to Iranian elements in exchange for a fee.Specifically, the soldier is accused of transmitting videos...
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Fauja Singh was 114 years old
The last rites of Fauja Singh, who was the was world's oldest marathoner, will be held at 12 pm in his village, Beas, in Jalandhar on Sunday, his son, Harvinder Singh, told PTI over the phone on Friday.The kin of the Canada-based man, who allegedly hit the 114-year-old marathoner fatally while...
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Scuffle between NCP-SP, BJP supporters in the Assembly
BJP MLA Padalkar and NCP (SP) MLA Awhad express regret in assembly for their supporters coming to blows in Vidhan Bhavan building. From now, only legislators, their aides and govt officers will be allowed during this session, says Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narvekar. There will be a...
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The Jharkhand Police on Friday said a massive manhunt is underway to nab 55 Naxalites, including top CPI (Maoist) commanders, carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 8.45 crore. It said security forces launched an extensive operation to weed out Naxalites from the state and during the past six...
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday lashed out at the BJP over the repeated bomb threats to schools in Delhi, alleging that the national capital was in a state of 'jungle raj' and accused the government of failing to protect children. There was no immediate response available from the BJP over...
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UP CM Yogi Adityanath
The Uttar Pradesh government has collected tax revenue of about 27,858 crore in the April-June quarter of 2025-2026 (Q1FY26). The collection of 27,858 crore corresponds to 62.8 per cent of the tax revenue target set at 44,356 crore for the first quarter, according to UP Finance Minister...
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Maharashtra Government on Friday announced that Islampur in Sangli district is being renamed as Ishwarpur. The announcement was made in the state legislature on the last day of the monsoon session. The move came after a Hindutva organization, Shiv Pratisthan, sent a memorandum to the...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty fell sharply on Friday as foreign fund outflows and a muted start to the quarterly earnings season dented investors' sentiment. Analysts said sentiment among banking stocks is especially cautious in response to Axis Bank's latest financial results, which...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday profusely thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking time off to visit the state almost every month. The JD(U) supremo made the remark in Motihari town, where he shared the stage with Modi, whose charisma he counts on in the upcoming assembly...
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Bengaluru-headquartered Manipal Hospitals' valuation has jumped by at least $1 billion (over 8,000 crore) after the acquisition of Sahyadri Hospitals, reaching around $13 billion (over 1.1 trillion), according to multiple sources familiar with the development.This marks more than a threefold...
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Amid a shortage of skilled manpower in state science and technology councils, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh called for lateral entry for science secretaries in states, indicating that the current crop of the highest-level science officials across states are not particularly motivated to spur...
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Heavy rains have led to the closure of 250 roads in Himachal Pradesh and the local meteorological office has issued an orange alert of heavy to very heavy rainfall in isolated areas of the state, officials on Friday said. The State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said that a total of 181...
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The stock market regulator is considering fresh measures to boost India's cash market turnover and curb the dominance of speculative short-term products in the domestic equity derivatives market that pose a threat to capital formation in the country, whole-time member of the Securities Exchange...
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The student died of 95% burns
The 20-year-old student in Odisha who set herself on fire, alleging sexual harassment by her college professor, had confided in her friends about what she was going through months before her death, reports NDTV. According to a friend of the victim, who spoke to NDTV, the Fakir Mohan College...
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Jio Financial Services on Thursday reported a marginal rise of 4 per cent in its net profit year-on-year to Rs 325 crore in the first quarter of the financial year 2026 from Rs 313 crore, mainly due to a rise in expenses. On a sequential basis, profit after tax increased 2.7 per cent.The...
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Reliance Retail on Friday announced the acquisition of consumer durables brand Kelvinator in a bid to accelerate its growth in the rapidly expanding premium home appliances market across India.The company, however, did not disclose the financial details of the transaction. The acquisition is...
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LTIMindtree on Thursday reported net profit of Rs 1,254 crore for the first quarter of 2025-2026, up 10.6 per cent year-on-year. Sequentially, the profit increased 11.2 per cent.Revenue for the quarter grew 7.6 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 9,840.6 crore. The revenue grew marginally by 0.7 per cent...
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At least four private schools in Bengaluru on Friday morning received bomb threat emails, which turned out to be a hoax, police said. An email titled bombs inside the school was received by these schools at 7.24 am.The sender claimed to have placed several explosive devices within the classrooms...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday defended his brother-in-law Robert Vadra, and said he has been hounded by this government for the last ten years following the Enforcement Directorate's attachment of 43 properties worth Rs 37.64 crore linked to Vadra.Gandhi called the action a continuation...
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Tata group's hospitality arm and Taj Hotels' parent company Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) reported a 19 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 296 crore for the first quarter of 2025-2026 (Q1FY26), despite geopolitical tensions.IHCL had reported a net profit of Rs 248 crore in...
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Update: The Supreme Court was on Friday informed that the execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is on death row for murder in Yemen, has been stayed. Attorney General R Venkataramani, appearing for the Centre, told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that efforts are on in...
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Death sentence of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, facing execution for murder in Yemen, has been postponed, says petitioner to the Supreme Court and the matter for has been posted for further hearing on August 14. The govt is taking good care of whatever is possible, observes the SC. We want...
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Astronomer CEO Andy Byron's wife, Megan Kerrigan Byron, deleted her social media account and her married name from Facebook, following the viral video from a Coldplay concert in Boston, which showed Byron and Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot cuddling on the event's kiss...
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A group representing India's IT workers has sent a letter to the labour and employment ministry, accusing Tata Consultancy Services of 'coercive' and 'punishing' practices under its new bench policy.The policy, enforced by India's largest IT service provider last month, stipulates that employees...
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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has reaffirmed its efforts to normalise India-Canada relations again, reiterating that both nations are working towards deploying High Commissioners in their respective capitals. During a press briefing on Thursday, Jaiswal highlighted the progress,...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in initial trade on Friday dragged by foreign fund outflows and a muted start to the earnings season. Analysts said sentiment among banking stocks is especially cautious in response to Axis Bank's latest financial results, which fell short...
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Parents outside a Delhi school that received a bomb threat. File pic
More than 20 schools in Delhi have received bomb threats via emails, officials said on Friday. According to the police, the Richmond Global School in Delhi's Paschim Vihar area has reported getting a bomb threat.The fire department and Delhi police rushed to the spot after receiving information...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday visit Motihari in Bihar's East Champaran district, where he will launch multiple development projects worth over Rs 7,200 crore. The PM will also address a public rally at Gandhi Maidan in Motihari town, the district headquarters, ahead of the...
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The attack took place at the Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday welcomed the United States' decision to designate as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, The Resistance Front (TRF) which is a proxy of Pakistan's Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LeT) terror group and that has claimed responsiblity for the April 22 Pahalgam...
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A pet owner has been booked after he shot a man on his leg over an argument over walking his dog without a leash at a village in Ghaziabad , police said on Thursday. Loni Assistant Commissioner of Police Siddhartha Gautam said, Arvind Bansal walked his dog without a leash on Tuesday...
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Stephen Colbert has announced that The Late Show will end after its 10th season. According to PEOPLE, Colbert made the announcement during the show's taping on Thursday, July 17, at the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York. Colbert, who took over the show in September 2015 after David...
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted fresh searches at the premises of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel as part of an alleged liquor scam linked to a money laundering investigation against his son Chaitanya Baghel on Friday, official sources said. Baghel's home in...
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Nationalist Congress Party-SP MLA Jitendra Awhad was dragged by the police in the wee hours Friday during his protest against the detention of his supporter, who was assaulted by supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Gopichand Padalkar during the scuffle in the building a day...
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Social media major Meta on Thursday apologised for inaccurate Kannada translation and claimed to have fixed the issue, after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah raised concerns over faulty auto-translation of Kannada content on its platforms. Raising concerns over the faulty...
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Cabs operated by app-based aggregators like Ola, Uber and Rapido will remain off the roads on Friday over their demands like rationalisation of fares to bring them on par with those of the conventional black-and-yellow metered taxis, a functionary said. The stir, which began on Wednesday...
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A teacher from Bahedi district, who went viral recently after reciting a poem mentioning Kanwar Yatra, approached the police on Thursday stating a threat to his life from anti-social elements. A case has been registered at Bahedi police station based on a complaint from Dr Rajneesh Kumar...
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