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An MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Monday accepted for hearing a petition filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his statement on Sikhs during his visit to the United States. Advocate Vivek Shankar Tiwari said a petition was filed in the court regarding the alleged...
23:42
The condition of the 15-year-old girl who was set ablaze in Odisha's Puri district and is undergoing treatment at AIIMS Delhi continues to be critical, sources said on Monday. The girl, who has suffered 75 per cent burns, was airlifted from AIIMS Bhubaneswar and reached AIIMS Delhi at 4.20...
23:29
In fresh trouble for embattled Maharashtra agriculture minister Manikrao Kokate, NCP-SP MLA Jitendra Awhad on Monday posted two videos claiming that the NCP leader was playing Junglee rummy on his mobile phone during the recent monsoon session of the state legislature. Amid the growing...
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Three workers died and an equal number of them were injured in a blast at a fireworks manufacturing unit in Naranapuram in Sivakasi district on Monday, the police said.They were making crackers at a private fireworks-making unit when the explosion triggered by the friction of chemicals occurred...
22:40
Four of the 12 persons acquitted by the Bombay high court in the 7/11 train blasts case were released on Monday evening from Amravati Central Jail, with Suhail Sheikh, who was among the four, asserting he was innocent and always had faith in the judiciary and the government. Sources...
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An IndiGo flight from Goa with 140 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport in Indore on Monday evening following a technical alert related to its landing gear, officials said. All passengers are safe. Airport director Vipinkant Seth stated that...
22:11
The Maharashtra government will challenge the acquittal of 12 accused in the 7/11 Mumbai train bomb blasts case by the Bombay high court in the Supreme Court, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday.He described the high court verdict as shocking.I will go through the entire order. I have...
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Eight devotees were killed in road accidents on the Kanwar Yatra routes in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the last 24 hours as the annual pilgrimage entered its last leg. In UP's Barabanki, a group of kanwariyas (Lord Shiva devotees) was allegedly attacked by some intoxicated men following...
21:46
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday evening resigned from his post citing medical reasons. He has sent his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu and said he was stepping down with immediate effect. To prioritise health care and abide by medical advice, I hereby resign as Vice...
21:19
The Supreme Court on Monday used shame and unfortunate to describe the attack on a 15-year-old girl in Odisha, underscoring the need to empower and provide a safe haven for women especially in rural areas. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said, We need suggestions from...
21:01
Two of the 12 persons acquitted by the Bombay high vourt in the 7/11 train blasts case were released from Nagpur Central Jail on Monday evening, officials said. These comprise Ehtesham Siddiqui, who was sentenced to death in the case by a trial court in 2015, and Mohammad Ali, who was...
20:46
The rupee depreciated 15 paise to close at 86.31 against the US dollar on Monday due to consistent dollar demand from oil importers and foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said that after breaching the crucial 86 level, the rupee continued its decline, which intensified the downward trend,...
20:33
Three people, including two kanwariyas, were killed on Monday in two separate road accidents in Uttarakhand. According to the State Emergency Operation Centre, a motorcycle carrying five kanwariyas overturned near Bhaniyawala flyover in Doiwala area of Dehradun district, leaving two Lord...
20:21
As the the Special Intensive Revision of Bihar's electoral roll reaches a crucial stage, poll machinery in the state has met representatives of all the political parties to share detailed lists of the 29.62 lakh electors whose enumeration forms have not been received so far. It has also...
20:09
A 15-year-old girl has been allegedly raped by four persons, including her two hockey coaches, in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said on Monday. Though the incident occurred on July 3 evening, it came to the fore after the victim filed a complaint at Jajpur town police station on Monday,...
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A travel blogger's viral post on Bengaluru's infamous traffic has struck a chord online, prompting a flood of responses from residents sharing their own nightmare tales of being gridlocked in the city. From missed flights to hours-long commutes for just a few kilometres, the post has...
19:14
India pacer Mohammed Siraj on Monday confirmed Jasprit Bumrah's participation in the fourth Test beginning at Old Trafford on Wednesday. Bumrah, who has been earmarked to play in three Tests out of five due to workload management, had missed the second Test at Edgbaston that...
19:12
The government on Monday agreed to a 16-hour discussion in the Lok Sabha on Operation Sindoor and Pahalgam terror attack, and it is likely to be taken up next week, even as the opposition insisted that it should start this week itself and Prime Minister Narendra Modi must reply. At...
19:05
Workers of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and from other political parties forced the removal of a Gujarati display board at the office of a Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party MLA's office in the Seawoods area of Navi Mumbai on Monday.The plaque was removed under police supervision outside the public...
18:58
Konkan Railway on Monday said it would be running special roll on-roll off (Ro-Ro) train services from August 23 to September 11 between Kolad in Maharashtra and Verna in Goa for private cars during the upcoming Ganpati festival. The specially designed rake for the Ro-Ro car service,...
18:52
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned actors Rana Daggubati, Prakash Raj, Vijay Deverakonda and Lakshmi Manchu for questioning in a money laundering case linked to illegal online betting and gambling by certain platforms, official sources said on Monday. The federal probe agency...
18:19
Two days after an inter-state religious conversion racket was busted, the Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday arrested an alleged kingpin in the case from Delhi, officials said. Abdul Rehman, a resident of Firozabad, is the 11th accused arrested so far in the case, they said. Agra...
18:06
Congress on Monday said that BJP had committed to granting statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and that ten months have passed, but the Narendra Modi government has not taken any steps in that direction. Jammu-Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra told ANI, For the past six months, we have...
17:43
Among Sensex firms, Eternal surged the most by 5.38 per cent post its first quarter numbers. ICICI Bank jumped 2.76 per cent after the company posted a 15.9 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit for the June quarter to Rs 13,558 crore compared to Rs 11,696 crore in the year-ago...
17:42
Benchmark BSE Sensex surged by 442 points while Nifty closed above the 25,000 level on Monday following buying in blue-chip private banking shares HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank after their quarterly earnings.Snapping the two-day falling streak, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 442.61 points or 0.54 per...
17:36
Maharashtra minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Monday that the government will assess the merits of the Bombay High Court order acquitting all 12 accused in the 7/11 Mumbai train blasts before deciding whether to challenge it in the Supreme Court. Seven blasts had ripped through...
17:31
Update: Former Kerala Chief Minister and veteran CPI(M) leader V S Achuthanandan, one of India's most respected Communist figures and a key presence in Kerala's political history, died on Monday at the age of 101, CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan said. The veteran leader passed away at 3.20...
17:10
Gardening contractor Harish Powar lived with the physical and emotional scars of the 7/11 local train bombings while waiting for the closure. However, the acquittal of 12 accused by the Bombay High Court after 19 years has left the Virar resident aghast, prompting him to dub the verdict akin to...
16:54
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At least 19 people have been killed after a Bangladesh Air Force F7 aircraft crashed into a building of Milestone College in Dhaka's Uttara this afternoon. Bangladesh Army and fire service have started rescue operations. Between 100 and 150 people were injured in the crash as well.According to...
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A 29-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly killing her husband for having an extramarital relationship with another woman in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district, a police officer said on Monday. The accused woman, Puja Kumari, had attacked her husband Rajesh Kumar Mahtha with a hammer on...
16:31
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has been admitted to a corporate hospital in Chennai on Monday after he developed 'mild giddiness' during his morning walk, the hospital said. State Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan, who visited the Chief Minister at the hospital, said that he was...
16:26
Former Kerala Chief Minister and veteran Marxist leader Achuthanandan dies at 101, says CPI(M).
16:23
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in the State assembly, Jai Ram Thakur on Monday raised a strong alarm over the extent of devastation caused by heavy monsoon rains in the State.He sad that rain hit across Mandi district, Seraj and the assembly segments of Karsog,...
16:21
More than 34 crore people have got jobs since 2014 in micro and medium enterprises through the Udyam and Udyam Assist portals, Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises gave the information while responding to...
16:03
Baisaran meadow where the horrific attack happened
The government on Monday agreed to a 16-hour discussion on Operation Sindoor and Pahalgam terror attack in the Lok Sabha, and it is likely to be taken up next week, even as the opposition insisted that it should start this week itself and Prime Minister Narendra Modi must reply. At the...
16:01
The monsoon map
The heavy rainfall has continued to lash Himachal Pradesh over the past 24 hours, causing widespread damage across various regions. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning for intense rainfall in the coming days, while normal life in the state capital, Shimla, has been...
15:59
Update: Astronomer Chief Executive Officer Andy Byron has resigned, days after he was caught on camera sharing an intimate moment with a female co-worker at Coldplay's concert in Boston - a moment that made international headlines. The company issued a statement on LinkedIn, saying that...
15:55
The US team will visit India in August for the next round of negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement between the two countries, an official said on Monday.India and the US teams concluded the fifth round of talks for the agreement last week in Washington. For the next round of...
15:25
Justice Verma
Leaders of the opposition parties are scheduled to submit a signed letter on the impeachment motion against Justice Yashwant Varma to the Lok Sabha Speaker at 2 pm on Monday, said sources. According to sources, more than 100 Members of Parliament have signed the impeachment motion draft,...
15:15
It will be a year since Sheikh Hasina fled to India
A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed in Dhaka's Diabari on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring several others, BDnews24 reported. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the aircraft an F-7 BGI training jet. It took off for a routine training mission...
15:09
Sonam Raghuvanshi, who murdered her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, has spent exactly one month in the Shillong jail. But sources told NDTV, that she has neither regretted her actions nor has any of her family members visited her.NDTV quoting sources said Sonam has...
15:03
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A student was killed while five others were injured when a landslide triggered by heavy rains hit a government school in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Monday, officials said.They said a big boulder came rolling down on the tin roof of the primary school in Bainch-Kalsain area, resulting...
14:51
Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar announces that he will not be available for any public engagements, including meetings with the public, party workers, or leaders, for the next three days starting tomorrow. I sincerely regret any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding, DKS...
14:14
Abhishek Banerjee
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday tore into the BJP, branding it a 'Bangla-Birodhi' party, alleging that it wants to send Bengalis to detention camps. He also claimed that after the 2026 Bengal Assembly polls, it is the BJP that will be electorally sent to detention camps and wiped out from...
13:49
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is totally unbiased and is carrying out a definitive, thorough and rule-based probe into the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last month, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said on Monday. We want to stand with truth, not anything...
13:43
The Supreme Court on Monday granted protection from arrest to actor Shreyas Talpade in a case of cheating and breach of trust against a society. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan issued notice to Haryana Police and others on the actor's plea. Thirteen people, including...
13:31
An Air India plane from Kochi overshot the runway at the Mumbai airport on Monday morning and the aircraft has been grounded for checks.An airline spokesperson said the aircraft taxied safely and all passengers as well as crew members have disembarked.'Flight AI2744, operating from Kochi to...
12:51
Vir Das shares this video on X saying, Finally it happened. Got stopped on the street in New York. Do watch Also read: Vir Das: Fool Volume Review: Funny And Profound
12:43
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Tension flared in Kodapur village in Ganganagar in Prayagraj after a statue of Dr B R Ambedkar was allegedly uprooted and thrown into a canal, police said on Monday. Preliminary findings from the revenue department suggest that the statue was located on a disputed access path through...
12:33
After the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on the first day of the monsoon session, LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi says, The question is - the Defence Minister is allowed to speak in the House, but Opposition members, including me, who is the LoP, are not allowed to speak... This is a new approach....
12:20
The government on Monday asserted in the Rajya Sabha that it is ready to hold discussions covering all aspects of Operation Sindoor, as the Opposition demanded immediate debate on the Pahalgam terror attack as well as India's military response against Pakistan. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar also...
12:17
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended birthday wishes to the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge. Best wishes to the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Ji on his birthday. Praying for his long and healthy life, PM Modi...
12:12
A newly married couple was killed and normal life thrown out of gear in Himachal Pradesh as heavy rainfall triggered landslides, blocked 471 roads, and forced the closure of educational institutions, officials said on Monday.The state's meteorological department has issued a 'red' alert for very...
11:53
India and China were locked in a military standoff from May 2020 to October 2024. Countering China's rapid infrastructure growth, India is upgrading a strategically vital 255-km road in Eastern Ladakh to enable the movement of very heavy vehicles, including tanks and specialised trucks capable of...
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A state-of-the-art British fighter jet that has been stuck at an Indian airport for more than five weeks is set to fly out on Tuesday.The F-35B is due to be pulled back from the hangar today and the departure is scheduled for Tuesday, an airport spokesman told the BBC. We do not have any...
11:46
Smartphone use by children younger than 13 was associated with suicidal thoughts, worse emotional regulation, lower self-worth and detachment from reality, especially among girls, according to the study, which was published in the Journal of the Human Development and Capabilities.For every year...
11:38
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Parliament's Monsoon session is like a 'Vijay Utsav' as the Indian armed forces achieved their objectives under Operation Sindoor 100 per cent, and expressed confidence that the MPs will articulate this sentiment in one voice. Speaking with the...
11:24
Update: Nineteen years after multiple train blasts here killed more than 180 persons, the Bombay High Court on Monday acquitted all the 12 accused, saying the prosecution utterly failed to prove the case and it was hard to believe they committed the crime. The judgement comes as a major...
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A 34-year-old woman was found strangled to death at a lodge in Aluva in Ernakulam district, police said on Monday. A man was apprehended from the same room in an inebriated condition. The accused, identified as Binu is a 35-year-old native of Neryamangalam. According to sources, the...
10:37
Nineteen years after the 2006 Mumbai train blasts claimed 189 lives and left over 800 people injured, the Bombay High Court today acquitted all 12 people convicted by a lower court in the serial bombing case. In 2015, a trial court had convicted these 12 accused, sentencing five of them to death...
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A minor technical snag was detected on IndiGo flight 6E 6591 operating from Tirupati to Hyderabad on July 20, 2025. As a precautionary measure, the pilots decided to turn back and landed safely in Tirupati. The aircraft will undergo necessary checks before resuming operations.The IndiGo...
10:19
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty dropped in early trade on Monday, but buying in the blue-chip stocks ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank helped the markets recover all the early lost ground. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 148.68 points to 81,609.05 in early trade despite a positive start....
10:02
The Odisha unit president of National Students' Union of India (NSUI), a wing of the Congress, was arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel in Bhubaneswar, police said on Monday.The incident occurred on March 18 but came to light on Sunday after the student lodged a complaint...
09:45
Police have arrested three people for allegedly supplying drugs along the Kanwar Yatra route in Muzaffarnagar and seized contraband from them, officials said on Monday.They also seized Rs 19,450 in cash from the trio during the arrest under the Civil Lines area in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday evening,...
09:12
A disturbing incident occurred in Mumbai on July 17, 2025, at around 10 pm, where Mohammad Sohail Khan deliberately unleashed his pet dog on a minor boy, who was playing in a parked auto-rickshaw, according to Mumbai Police.The dog attacked the minor boy, biting him on the chin and hands, causing...
09:04
The Israel Defence Forces on Sunday stated that they had killed Bashar Thabet, a commander in Hamas' Development and Projects Department within its weapons production headquarter.Thabet was reportedly responsible for research and development in Hamas' weapons manufacturing apparatus.The IDF said...
09:00
At least 13 more people were killed due to rain and flood-related incidents in the last 24 hours in Pakistan as heavy monsoon continues to lash parts of the country, Geo TV reported on Monday, citing Pakistan's disaster management authority.The downpours have thus pushed the death toll to 216...
08:51
Eight people, including a woman, were arrested in connection with a case of religious conversion, officials said.According to Additional Superintendent of Police (West) Sanjay Rai, acting on a tip-off, a police team searched Kachha Dube Ka Purwa village under Jethwara police station limits and...
08:33
The Monsoon Session of Parliament is set to begin today on a stormy note with Opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc gearing to corner Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Centre on several key issues, including Pahalgam terror attack, Operation Sindoor, Bihar...
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