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BJP lawmaker Aparajita Sarangi on Wednesday hailed India's Operation Sindoor carried out to avenge the Pahalgam terror strike, and said such a retaliatory military action should have happened after the Mumbai attacks in 2008. Sarangi, the Lok Sabha MP from Bhubaneswar, was part of one of the...
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ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Institute of Ocean Technology to develop a submersible spherical vessel, MATSYA-6000, which can carry humans into the sea up to a depth of 6km. The human-occupied vehicle is part of...
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The Mumbai police arrested a 29-year-old man from West Bengal for allegedly threatening to kill Andheri (West) MLA Ameet Satam, a police official said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Neelkanth Mandal, had allegedly called up Satam on his mobile phone and threatened him, the official...
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India and China on Wednesday reviewed the overall situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and prepared ground for the Special Representatives dialogue on the boundary question. The review was carried out at a meeting of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination that took...
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Bestselling author Rhonda Byrne, known for The Secret, is making a comeback with Countdown to Riches: 21 Days of Wealth-Attracting Habits, which will release on November 25.In the upcoming book, which is the first in a planned series of Byrne's new books and will be published by HarperCollins,...
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The Bombay high court on Wednesday restrained rickshaw unions in Pune from obstructing the services of app-based aggregator service Uber during their protest, and asked police to provide protection to its vehicles if necessary. Uber India Systems Pvt Ltd has moved the HC...
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The Delhi high court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to NewsClick's founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha in two cases, including the one lodged by Delhi Police concerning foreign funding.Besides the foreign funding case, Justice Neena Bansal Krishna granted him the relief in a...
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Newly recruited police constables in Madhya Pradesh have been asked to collectively recite one or two chapters of Ramcharitmanas daily before sleeping at police training schools across the state.A nine months long basic training course of newly recruited constables has been started at eight...
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The Press Information Bureau on Wednesday issued a swift clarification to widely circulated social media claims regarding the official residence of the Vice President of India.Responding to rampant speculation on platforms, the PIB in a post on X stated that claims of the Vice President's...
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The Delhi police special cell has arrested a 22-year-old man associated with the banned terror outfit Babbar Khalsa International, an officer said on Wednesday. He was arrested in connection with the April 7 grenade attack at Qila Lal Singh police station in Batala in Punjab. The...
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RJD supremo Lalu Prasad
A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred to August 7 the order on framing of charges against former Bihar chief minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, his family members among other accused in an alleged case of irregularities in the IRCTC. Special judge Vishal Gogne said, Certain clarifications...
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A court in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Wednesday remanded a woman and her paramour in police custody till July 30, a day after they were arrested on charges of killing her husband and burying the body under tiles at home. The sessions court at Vasai sent the woman, Chaman Devi (28),...
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In a major development in the probe in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the National Investigation Agency on Wednesday filed a supplementary chargesheet detailing the role of Pakistani-origin Canadian national Tahawwur Hussain Rana in aiding the deadly assault that left over 170 people...
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Tansa lake, one of the seven reservoirs that supply potable water to Mumbai, started overflowing on Wednesday evening, civic officials said. Tansa is the second lake to overflow after Modak Sagar dam, which filled to the brim on July 9. Before that, BMC had opened three gates of the...
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Private schools in Agra, Meerut and Kanpur received bomb threats through email on Wednesday, prompting extensive searches by bomb disposal and dog squads, but nothing has been found yet, the police said. Agra assistant commissioner of police Vinayak Bhosale said Shri Ram School and Global...
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The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said it has cancelled the licence of Karnataka-based The Karwar Urban Co-operative Bank as it does not have adequate capital and earning prospects. Consequently, the bank ceases to carry on banking business, with effect from the close of business on July 23,...
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The Kerala high court on Wednesday sought the response of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter, her firm and various others on a plea seeking further investigation into private mining company CMRL by the SFIO. The Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd is already facing probes by the Serious...
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A large number of women police constable recruits on Wednesday staged a protest at the 26th Battalion Provincial Armed Constabulary campus in Gorakhpur, alleging poor living conditions and mismanagement at their training centre. The demonstration highlighted a range of grievances, including...
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The rupee stayed weak for the sixth consecutive session and settled with a loss of 3 paise at 86.41 (provisional) against the dollar on Wednesday, amid a strong American currency and outflow of foreign funds. Forex traders said the domestic unit, however, found some cushion due to lower...
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A BJP leader from Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district was allegedly cheated of Rs 41.3 lakh by two persons who promised to help him secure the top post in the state's mineral development corporation, the police said on Wednesday. A case of cheating has been registered against two persons,...
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In the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of voters' list in Bihar, as many as one lakh electors remain untraceable, while enumeration forms of 7.17 crore people have been received and digitised, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. It also said that while 20 lakh electors have been...
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Several schools in Shimla received bomb threat emails, causing panic among students, parents and staff, the police said on Wednesday.The Himachal Pradesh police and the state CID, along with bomb squads, sprang into immediate action and thoroughly investigated these threats. Fortunately, all...
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Two months after India and United Kingdom concluded Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the two countries are poised to sign the mutually beneficial landmark trade pact during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to UK beginning on Wednesday. Ahead of PM Modi's visit, the Union Cabinet approved the...
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Singapore has the world's strongest passport -- again, according to the latest Henley Passport Index. The ranking, released Tuesday, shows the small nation-state retaining the top spot in the index, after it broke a six-way tie for the accolade earlier this year. In 2024,...
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Diu-bound IndiGo flight from Ahmedabad carrying around 50 passengers and crew members aborted take-off at the last minute on Wednesday due to a technical issue, sources said. As per the schedule, the flight was supposed to depart around 11.15 am from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel...
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Six Gelatin sticks and some detonators were found in a carry bag outside a toilet in Kalasipalya BMTC bus stand here on Wednesday, police said. Bomb disposal squad was immediately dispatched to the spot, as soon as the police received the information, they said. Six Gelatin sticks and some...
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Benchmark Sensex jumped nearly 540 points while Nifty closed above the 25,200 level on Wednesday on heavy buying in banking giants and oil shares and a positive trend in Asian markets after Japan secured a trade deal with the US. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 539.83 points or 0.66 per cent...
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Two people were dead and 30 others injured when a truck carrying kanwariyas came in contact with a hanging overhead power line in a village Rajasthan's Alwar district on Wednesday, a police officer said. The group of kanwariyas and locals were performing a parikrama, or circumambulation, of...
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The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested four persons for their links to the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a banned terror outfit, officials said. Terror module affiliated with AQIS has been busted by the Gujarat ATS. Four persons linked to the proscribed terror outfit...
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the government has not prohibited plying of old vehicles, and it was the National Green Tribunal which banned use of diesel and petrol vehicles beyond a certain age in the NCR.The vehicle scrapping policy of the government does not ban use of...
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued an orange alert from Mumbai and neighbouring areas and a red alert for various other districts in the Konkan region, predicting heavy rainfall over the next two days. Mumbai witnessed incessant showers since early Wednesday...
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India has announced resuming issuance of tourist visas to Chinese nationals from this week, a move that comes as part of efforts to repair bilateral ties that came under severe strain following the military clashes in Galwan Valley. India had suspended issuance of tourist visas to Chinese...
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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to NewsClick's founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha booked for allegedly receiving money to peddle pro-China propaganda through its stories. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna also granted him a similar relief in the money...
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he IMD on Wednesday forecast heavy rain in south Bengal from July 24 to 28 owing to the likely formation of a low-pressure area over north Bay of Bengal. Heavy rainfall is also likely to occur in some sub-Himalayan districts from July 25 to 28, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)...
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A scuffle broke out between Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor and Bihar Police on Tuesday as Kishor and his supporters attempted to march towards the Bihar Assembly. Speaking to ANI, Kishor said the state government had failed to address the plight of more than 50 lakh children in Bihar who...
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The Bihar legislative assembly witnessed a heated exchange during the monsoon session when RJD MLA Bhai Virendra on Wednesday after he made a statement that was deemed objectionable by some members of the House. After his comments, ministers allegedly started abusing him, leading to a...
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The Enforcement Directorate has given a fresh date of August 11 to actor Rana Daggubati after he failed to appear on Wednesday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to illegal online betting and gambling by certain platforms, official sources. The sources said the 40-year-old...
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The centre is working to form a committee to probe allegations levelled against Justice Yashwant Verma, government sources said on Wednesday. Amid the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament, government sources also said that the government was not yet mulling any discussion in Parliament on the...
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was forced to resign from his post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior Cabinet ministers, claiming he was threatened with impeachment. Addressing the media, Banerjee further claimed...
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ok Sabha and Rajya Sabha faced major disruptions on Tuesday on the second day of the Monsoon Session amid Opposition protest over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being undertaken by the Election Commission (EC) in Bihar ahead of the upcoming assembly elections....
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A meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the Rajya Sabha was held in the capital on Wednesday. During the meeting it was decided to hold a discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Rajya Sabha on July 29.According to sources, the government however had denied the Opposition's demand of...
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Update: The Election Commission on Wednesday said it has begun the process of holding the vice presidential election, two days after Jagdeep Dhankhar's surprise resignation from the post. The poll authority said it has started constituting the electoral college comprising MPs of both Houses...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has registered a FEMA case against Flipkart-backed e-commerce platform Myntra, linked companies and directors for FDI contravention of over Rs 1,654 crore. The complaint has been filed under Section 16(3) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday departed for the United Kingdom on the first leg of his two-nation visit, which will also take him to the Maldives later this week. The visit to the UK from July 23-24 is aimed at boosting bilateral ties, with the signing of the much-awaited India-UK...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Parliament House office on Wednesday. The meeting comes against the backdrop of the surprise resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar as vice president on Monday, citing health reasons, and the continued disruption of proceedings...
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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has visited Japan's Kobe to meet a group of nurses from the state, who are now working in hospitals there as part of the government's flagship initiative, Mission Moon, officials said on Wednesday. The visit marked an affirmation of the state's...
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Jairam Ramesh with Ratan Thiyam in 2021
Manipur's renowned theatre personality and Padma Shri awardee Ratan Thiyam died at a hospital here early on Wednesday, officials said. He was 77. Thiyam died at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences at around 1.30 am on Wednesday after a prolonged illness, a state government official...
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Election Commission begins process for holding Vice-Presidential elections. EC starts constituting electoral college comprising MPs of both Houses, finalisation of returning officers for Vice-Presidential election. This comes after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from his post of vice...
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An Air India Express flight bound to Doha from Calicut International Airport on Wednesday returned a couple of hours after take-off due to some technical fault, airport officials said. An airport official said that flight IX 375 with 188 persons, including the pilots and crew, took off from...
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The Rajya Sabha proceedings were washed out in the pre-lunch period on Wednesday as the House witnessed two adjournments after Opposition's protest over the issue of special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.The House was adjourned till 2 PM within minutes of meeting, following a...
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Former BJP MP Kirron Kher has been issued a notice seeking the payment of Rs 12.76 lakh in dues for a government-allotted house at Sector 7 here, officials said on Wednesday. The notice was issued by Chandigarh Assistant Controller (Finance and Controller) Rents office for the T-6/23 house...
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TMC MP Mahua Moitra shares this post from yesterday's Parliament session writing, Girl gang at Monsoon session With @supriya_sule @AnupriyaSPatel @MaliahJune @sayani06 - wearing @biswabangla15 proudly.
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The Bihar assembly was on Wednesday adjourned till 2 pm after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar angrily intervened during a statement by leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav over special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state, plunging the House into turmoil. Only three days of this...
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Before his surprise resignation, former vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar made an unscheduled visit to the Rashtrapati Bhavan late on Monday evening, official sources said. Dhankhar met President Murmu around 9 pm on Monday and handed over his resignation to her. Half an hour later, he made...
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No government, most of all Mr Narendra Modi's, would want the spotlight on such discussions and debates [on the VP's resignation]. It reflects on the government. Mr Modi would not want that kind of stigma because the BJP portrays itself as a seamless orchestra.One of the country's leading...
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India has extended the closure of its airspace for Pakistan planes by another month till August 24. In the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people on April 22, India closed its airspace for planes operated, owned or leased by Pakistan airlines and operators, including military...
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An 8-year-old boy has been allegedly strangled to death by two fellow minor students after a quarrel at a residential school in Maharashtra's Jalna district, police said on Wednesday.Two minors have been detained in connection with the incident, they said. The victim was a student of a...
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Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to accord urgent hearing on his plea seeking to invalidate a report by an in-house inquiry panel, which found him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row. I will have to constitute a bench, Chief...
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Congress chief and Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday expressed scepticism over the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar as Vice President, suggesting that there's something not quite right with his decision.Speaking to the media, Kharge reiterated that the government should put forward...
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It took just a few days for Indian Instagram sensation Babydoll Archi to double her following to 1.4 million, thanks to a couple of viral social media moments.One was a video that showed her in a red sari, dancing seductively to Dame Un Grr -- a Romanian song. And a photo posted on the platform...
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The new national policy on skill development will be transformative' and akin to the liberalisation reforms of the 1990s in terms of vocational education and training in the country, said Jayant Chaudhary, minister of state for skill development and entrepreneurship.The skill ministry is...
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A 23-year-old Indian man, Charanpreet Singh, was brutally assaulted and left unconscious on a street in Adelaide after a group of men allegedly hurled racist abuse and attacked him over a car parking dispute. Singh was allegedly told to f--- off, Indian before being punched repeatedly and left to...
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Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Swaminathan J has attributed the rising number of banking complaints, especially in the digital domain, to lack of empathy and a mechanical approach to customer service by the staff while suggesting that bankers should blend professionalism with...
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Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday lambasted the Narendra Modi government over its refusal to rebut the claims made by US President Donald Trump of announcing ceasefire between India and Pakistan. He said that the claims of a ceasefire made by Trump have reached their silver...
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Jagdeep Dhankar in Thiruvananthapuram in March
Deputy Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's social media post on Jagdeep Dhankhar's exit as Vice President showed the political nature of the resignation. Dhankhar resigned from his post on Monday evening, citing medical...
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Richard Grenell, US President Donald Trump's envoy for special missions, met the sons of jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan in California and once again called for the former Pakistani Prime Minister's release, terming his arrest a case of political prosecution. Grenell...
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Seven prominent leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Tuesday were sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in the 2023 riots cases. The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore handed down 10-year sentences each to Senator Ijaz Chaudhry, former Punjab governor Sarfraz Cheema, former...
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Bollywood actor Tanushree Dutta surprised her fans after she dropped a video where she can be seen inconsolably crying and alleged harassment at her own home. Taking to her Instagram handle, Tanushree Dutta was seen crying inconsolably while opening up about the continuous harassment...
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United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed yet again that he stopped the recent war between India and Pakistan and that five planes were shot down in the conflict. He also claimed that the conflict between India and Pakistan was probably going to end up in a nuclear war. We...
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The country's telecom regulator on Tuesday held a meeting with a joint committee of regulators -- comprising representatives from RBI, Sebi, DoT and other such stakeholders -- to discuss measures against spam, fraud, and misuse of telecom infrastructure.The regulators have also decided to launch...
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A Maharashtra government officer has alleged her husband secretly installed spy cameras in their bedroom to record her private moments, and subjected her to mental and physical harassment by demanding Rs 1.5 lakh dowry, police said. The 31-year-old woman alleged her husband, also a...
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Musician FKA Twigs has reached a settlement with former boyfriend Shia LaBeouf over her lawsuit for sexual battery. Twigs had sued LaBeouf in 2020 for sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress, as per Variety. On Monday, Twigs asked the court to dismiss all claims...
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A male passenger suffered injuries after debris from a landslide entered a coach of a suburban train arriving at Kasara station in Thane district on Tuesday night, a Central Railway official said. Swapnil Nila, chief public relations officer, CR, told PTI that the incident occurred when the...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea seeking transfer of a petition challenging the 1995 Waqf Act from the Delhi high court to the apex court. A bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai said that courts are increasingly being used for generating newspaper headlines rather...
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