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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat met prominent Muslim clerics and scholars on Thursday, discussing a host of issues with them and agreeing on the need to start a dialogue between Hindus and Muslims, All India Imam Organisation chief Umer Ahmed Iliyasi said.The meeting that lasted...
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A special court in Hyderabad on Thursday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar for not appearing before it in connection with a poll code violation case.The designated MP-MLA court issued the NBW against Sanjay Kumar and posted the matter to July 30.A...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was received by King Charles III at Sandringham House on Thursday afternoon.'During their time together, His Majesty was given a tree to be planted this Autumn, inspired by the environmental initiative launched by the Prime Minister, Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam, which...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers on Thursday forcibly removed Gujarati signboards of several hotels along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Thane and Palghar districts, demanding Marathi signage.The Palghar district of Maharashtra shares border with Gujarat.The agitation came soon after a...
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India is guaranteed a historic triumph at the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025, with Grandmasters Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh advancing to the final after impressive semifinal victories in Batumi, Georgia.Humpy edged past China's Lei Tingjie in a tense tiebreak on Thursday, while Divya stunned...
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Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan has died at the age of 71.According to media reports, multiple police units and EMTs were seen outside Hogan's Clearwater, Florida home early in the morning following a cardiac arrest call. Hogan was carried out on a stretcher before being rushed to a hospital.WWE...
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With India seeking extradition of a number of billionaire fugitives from the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the concerned agencies of the two sides will continue to work in 'close' coordination and cooperation on the matter.The prime minister made the remarks after...
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A baby boy was born to a woman from Thailand onboard an Air India Express flight en route to Mumbai from Muscat on Thursday.The airline's cabin crew and a nurse onboard helped with the delivery in the flight, according to a release.The moment the Thai national went into labour, the crew responded...
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The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is likely to contest the vice presidential poll after a collective decision on a common candidate as it feels that the numbers are not overwhelmingly stacked against the opposition despite the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National...
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A court in Maharashtra's Nashik city on Thursday granted bail to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed against him for remarks about Hindutva ideologue and freedom fighter V D Savarkar during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2022.Appearing through video link before additional chief...
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In a boost to IT majors like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys, Indian companies operating in the UK would not have to make social security contributions for up to three years for employees they move from India to support their operations.This is estimated to benefit over 75,000 Indian...
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The Union government has 'no current plan or intention' to reconsider or remove the words 'socialism' and 'secularism' from the Preamble of the Constitution inserted during the Emergency period, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.The House was also told that the government has not...
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The Janata Dal-United on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to its MP Giridhari Yadav for criticising the ongoing revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, saying he has not only caused embarrassment to the party but also lent credibility to the opposition's 'baseless and politically motivated'...
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Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and President of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP), Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Thursday voiced concern over what he called fading brotherhood and underlined the need to respect everyone irrespective of their political views.Azad was in Reasi...
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Footwear lost during the stampede
The mother of a 14-year-old girl who died in the June 4 stampede near Chinnaswamy Stadium during the RCB victory celebrations has filed a police complaint, alleging that her daughter's belongings, including a pair of gold earrings, were stolen during the post-mortem. Speaking to reporters...
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Equity markets fell on Thursday, with the benchmark Sensex tumbling 542.47 points, amid profit-taking in blue-chip stocks and continuous foreign fund outflows. Despite a positive start, the 30-share BSE Sensex failed to carry forward the momentum and fell later in the trade. The benchmark...
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UK PM Keir Starmer
Don't bother, we can use English words in between. Don't worry about it, says PM Narendra Modi as translations for questions and answers were made at their press statement and the journalists' questions that followed. I think we understand each other well, says UK PM Keir Starmer adds.
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The India-UK free trade agreement, termed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), signed off by Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Keir Starmer at Chequers near London on Thursday has been hailed as a transformational milestone for trade by Indian business and industry...
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Thailand on Thursday announced that it is closing all its border points with Cambodia after Thai and Cambodian soldiers clashed in several areas along their border Thursday in a major escalation of their conflict that left at least 11 people dead, mostly civilians. The development marked an...
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The signing of the CETA
India and the UK on Thursday inked a landmark free trade pact that will increase market access, cut tariffs on British whisky and cars among other items and double bilateral trade by 2030 as the two strategic partners vowed to chart a new growth path amid growing global concerns over Washington's...
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A low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal will bring heavy to very heavy rainfall, with isolated extremely heavy downpour, in the southern districts of West Bengal for the coming two days, the IMD said on Thursday. A low-pressure system, which has formed over the north Bay of Bengal, will...
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The Congress has concrete 100 per cent proof that the Election Commission allowed cheating in a constituency in Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi claimed on Thursday and warned the poll panel that it will not get away with this because we are going to come for you. The Election Commission responded,...
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A Hindu temple was defaced with racist graffiti along with two Asian-run restaurants in Melbourne, raising concerns among the community members in Australia, a media report said on Thursday. Shree Swaminarayan Temple on Wadhurst Drive, Melbourne's eastern suburb of Boronia, was defaced with...
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Air India witnessed a minor increase in sick leaves reported by pilots across all its fleets in the aftermath of the Ahmedabad plane crash that killed 260 people last month. In response to a Lok Sabha member's query on whether Air India has been experiencing mass sick reporting by its flight...
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India and the UK on Thursday inked a landmark free trade agreement (FTA) that will cut tariffs on British whisky, cars and an array of items, besides boosting bilateral trade by around USD 34 billion annually.The deal was signed by Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and his British counterpart...
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A special court in Mumbai, while granting bail to a 40-year-old woman school teacher held for allegedly repeatedly sexually assaulting a minor male student, has said the relationship between the duo was consensual. Special judge Sabina Malik, hearing cases of Protection of Children from...
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Maharashtra's Transport Minister and Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) Chairman Pratap Sarnaik announced on Thursday that the 30 per cent fare hike on one-way group reservations for passengers travelling to Konkan during the upcoming Gauri-Ganpati festival has been rolled...
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PM Modi meets UK PM Starmer at Chequers, the official country residence of British prime minister that is located 50 km northwest of London. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the UK to sign the landmark UK-India trade deal, which will boost...
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As Uttarakhand continues to be overrun by Kanwar Yatra devotees, with numbers rising exponentially year on year, environmentalists and locals have noted with alarm the lack of even basic waste management facilities in the hill state.Many residents and environmentalists have complained that the...
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Aviation regulator DGCA has issued four show cause notices to Air India for various violations related to cabin crew rest and duty norms, cabin crew training rules and operational procedures, a month after the airline made certain voluntary disclosures to the watchdog, sources said on...
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A Russian passenger plane carrying 43 people has been found crashed in a remote forest near Tynda, with no signs of survivors, Russia Today reported on Thursday. The Antonov An-24 aircraft, which went missing during a domestic flight from Blagoveshchensk to Tynda, was located by a rescue...
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Wipro chairman Rishad Premji shares this picture with his father Azim Premji and writes, Happy 80th birthday to this guy (hug emoji). Premji remains a non-executive member of the board and founder chairman. He is informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry and was responsible for...
14:14
Pakistan's travel document remains classified among the 'least powerful' globally, granting visa-free access to merely 32 locations, while the passports from other Asian nations have emerged as the strongest worldwide, as reported by Dawn. According to the Henley Passport Index for 2025,...
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Shares of Reliance Power and Reliance Infra dropped 5 per cent each, hitting respective lower circuit limits on Thursday following ED raids as part of an alleged Rs 3,000 crore loan fraud relating to a money laundering case against the companies linked to Anil Ambani. The stock of Reliance...
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The Bombay high court on Thursday ordered immersion of all idols of up to six feet height in artificial tanks starting from the 10-day Ganesh festival being celebrated from August 27 this year. The order will be effective till March next year for the festivals that require...
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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday asserted that the party was keeping the option open to boycott the upcoming assembly polls in the wake of the controversy over the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.The leader of the opposition made the remark outside the state assembly...
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Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a strongly worded statement categorically rejecting the claims of stopping humanitarian aid into Gaza. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Israel urged all organizations to cease echoing Hamas' propaganda. The Foreign Ministry said in a post...
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Relentless monsoon rains continue to cripple public infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh, with 311 roads blocked, 221 water supply schemes disrupted, and 65 power transformers damaged across the state in the last 24 hours, according to the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA). As per the...
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Rajya Sabha's Deputy Chairman Harivansh on Thursday rejected around 30 adjournment notices given by Opposition party members over various issues, including for discussing the unexpected resignation of Chairman Rajya Sabha and former Vice President Jagdeep Dhakhar. Indian Union Muslim League...
12:40
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday defended the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar, urging opposition parties to think deeply, going beyond political ideologies. In a statement, the ECI questioned its critics and asked if it should allow fake votes...
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A plane with 49 people on board has seemingly disappeared from over the Far Eastern Amur region of Russia. Of the 49 people on board, were 43 passengers, including five children, and six crew. The plane was flying from Blagoveshchensk on the Russian-Chinese border to the town of Tynda.
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Nine years ago, an Indian student vanished into thin air.Najeeb Ahmed was studying biotechnology at the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi, when he mysteriously went missing in October 2016.The night before his disappearance, the then 27-year-old who lived in one of...
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Thailand on Thursday announced that it is closing all its border points with Cambodia after at least three people have been injured in a targetted attack on civilians by rockets of Cambodian forces that struck its border area of the two countries, the Royal Thai Army said on Thursday. The...
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday launched a massive search operation at 35 premises, 50 companies and over 25 persons linked to an alleged money laundering case against Reliance Anil Ambani Group (RAAGA) Companies, official sources said. The move followed an investigation...
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Update: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Bombay High Court verdict acquitting all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bomb blasts case. The court, however, said there was no question of bringing the 12 back to prison and emphasised that the high court judgement shall not be treated as a...
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Meghalaya's root bridges. Pic: Hitesh Harisinghani
In the remote village of Raibah, nestled in the misty foothills of Mawsynram, known as the wettest place on Earth, an eerie silence used to surround a dilapidated school building a few years ago, but now the joyful whoops of children echo through the dewy air there.The transformation was made...
11:51
The silence and denial around the moral catastrophe unfolding in Gaza only seems to grow in proportion to the scale of atrocity being inflicted on the Palestinian people. It is as if humanity is in moral regress. The fragile gains of international law -- those slivers of humanitarian sensibility...
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A TMC activist was allegedly hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Bharatpur in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, a senior police officer said on Thursday.Sasthi Ghosh was returning home on Wednesday night when he was accosted by the assailants who repeatedly attacked him with a sharp...
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Kangana Ranaut said the Opposition was strangling democracy
Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Thursday following Opposition protests over the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. This is the fourth consecutive day that the Question Hour has been disrupted since the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.As soon as the House met...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Bombay High Court verdict acquitting all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bomb blasts case. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh issued notice to all the accused in the case and sought their response on the appeal filed by the state...
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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday accused the government of silencing the opposition in the Monsoon Session of the Parliament, alleging that they have been asking for discussions on which the government should agree. Speaking to the media, Gandhi accused the treasury benches of...
11:21
Eminent lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President, takes oath as a member of the Upper House of Parliament. Nikam was the prosecutor in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case.
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Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief and renowned actor Kamal Haasan is set to take the oath as a Rajya Sabha MP in Delhi today. Speaking ahead of the ceremony, Haasan said, I am going to take the oath and register my name in Delhi today. I am going to fulfil this duty with honour given to me as an...
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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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Clocking in 7,000 steps a day could lower overall death risk by 47 per cent, dementia by 38 per cent, and depression by 22 per cent, a new study published in The Lancet Public Health has claimed.The analysis of data from 88 studies published between 2014 and 2025, involving 1.6 lakh adults, is...
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The next Vice President will be a veteran leader from the BJP, top sources in the party have told NDTV, ruling out speculation that the BJP may consider key allies, such as JDU chief Nitish Kumar, for the top post vacated by the sudden exit of former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. The Vice...
10:06
Inflows into non-resident Indian (NRI) accounts in banks moderated to $1.9 billion in April-May 2025 from $2.8 billion in April-May 2024, according to RBI data. Total outstanding NRI deposits reached $166.7 billion at the end of May 2025, up from $154.8 billion a year ago. Sequentially,...
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The net foreign direct investment (FDI) in India -- which is the difference between gross inflows and outflows-- declined sharply by 98.2 per cent to $ 40 million in May 2025 from $ 2.2 billion in May 2024, on higher repatriation/divestment and outward investments from the country, RBI data...
09:57
United States President Donald Trump has criticised American tech companies for building factories in China and hiring workers in India, warning that under his presidency, those days are over. Trump made the remarks on Wednesday at the AI Summit where he signed three executive orders related...
09:19
The Maharashtra government has announced insurance coverage to 1.5 lakh 'Govindas' taking part in Dahi Handi festivities with a maximum payout at Rs 10 lakh in case of death, a move coming less than a month before the popular festival.During the Dahi Handi festival, part of Janmashtami...
09:17
Voicing concern over the persisting humanitarian crisis in Gaza, India asserted that a ceasefire must be put in place, emphasising that intermittent pauses in hostilities are not enough to address the scale of challenges facing the region's people. Today's meeting takes place against the...
08:50
A Mumbai-bound Air India Express plane, with around 160 passengers onboard, aborted takeoff due to a technical snag at the Delhi airport on Wednesday evening, according to a source. An Air India Express spokesperson said the crew of one of our flights from Delhi elected to reject...
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that he is set to sign with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi is a major win for jobs and growth, as tariff cuts bring in cheaper prices on clothes, shoes and food products.In a statement ahead of his...
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A 56-year-old pilot was allegedly cheated of Rs 3.16 crore by cyber fraudsters under the guise of offering attractive returns in share trading, the Mumbai police said on Wednesday. The scam unfolded after the pilot watched videos on share market investments on a YouTube channel he had...
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The ministry of home affairs has started vacating the British-era North Block located in the Raisina Hills and shifting to a new building along the Kartavya Path, near India Gate, as part of the Narendra Modi government's Central Vista plan to refurbish the heart of the capital. While Union...
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