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India on Friday advised its citizens in Thailand to exercise caution and avoid travelling to seven provinces in view of the situation arising out of the clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops over a disputed border.The Indian embassy in the Thai capital urged all Indian travellers to check...
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India on Friday advised its citizens in Thailand to exercise caution and avoid travelling to seven provinces in view of the situation arising out of the clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops over a disputed border.The Indian embassy in the Thai capital urged all Indian travellers to check...
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The Allahabad high court has granted bail to Sambhal Jama Masjid committee president Zafar Ali, who was arrested in connection with the violence that broke out during a survey of the mosque in November last year. The order granting bailing was passed by Justice Sameer Jain on...
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The Telangana CID has arrested the secretary of the Hyderabad Cricket Association in connection with a probe into alleged forgery, cheating, and criminal breach of trust by HCA office bearers. Upon receipt of reliable information, the CID team on Thursday arrested Devaraj Ramchander,...
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The India meteorological department on Friday issued an alert about the possibility of heavy or very heavy rainfall in the coastal Konkan region of Maharashtra including Mumbai, and also in the hilly areas of Pune, Satara and Nashik on July 26. The IMD sounded a red alert for Palghar...
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Two persons were arrested for allegedly gangraping a 16-year-old girl in Gujarat's Porbandar city, a police official said on Friday. The incident took place on July 22, while a case was registered against four persons at Udyognagar police station on Thursday, deputy superintendent of...
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The West Bengal police on Friday launched a WhatsApp helpline, 9147727666, to provide assistance to migrant workers facing problems in other states. The helpline was launched after several complaints were received that people from the state were encountering a range of problems, from...
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Two police constables were suspended for allegedly groping a woman and assaulting her outside a pub in Goa capital Panaji, an official said on Friday. They were off-duty when the incident occurred on Wednesday, he said. Constables Omkar Jadhav and Mayur Naik were booked for...
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The Special Court for People's Representatives here on Friday dismissed a second bail application filed by suspended Janata Dal-Secular leader Prajwal Revanna in connection with one of the rape cases registered against him. The plea was rejected by Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat, after Revanna...
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An alarming number of over 25 deaths on an average by drowning are reported daily from West Bengal, half of whom are children, a recent survey has said while advocating more public awareness to prevent the menace. Stated differently, this means that over 9,000 lives are lost annually from...
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After a brief chase and an encounter, the Delhi Police Special Cell arrested two wanted members of an interstate Mewati gang involved in multiple ATM break-ins on Thursday, an official said on Friday. Both the accused, Sazid (23) and Adil (27), residents of Mathura and Palwal in Haryana,...
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An 80-year-old woman died after being abandoned on a road late on Thursday night, police said, adding that the incident took place close to Darshan Nagar Medical College in Ayodhya.A video of the incident, which has gone viral on social media, shows two women and a man dropping the woman from an...
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Six persons were booked on Friday on the complaint of an HIV-infected girl that she was raped over a period of two years at a children's shelter in Maharashtra's Latur district and forced to undergo an abortion when she got pregnant, a police official said.As per the complaint filed by the girl...
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As the first phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral roll ended on Friday, the Election Commission (EC) said its local poll machinery has reported that nearly 35 lakh electors have either permanently migrated or could not be traced since June 24.The state, going to the...
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India and Pakistan agreed on May 10 for a cessation of firing and military activity as a result of 'direct contact' between the director generals of military operations (DGMOs) of both nations, which was 'initiated by the Pakistani side', the Centre informed Parliament on Friday.The Ministry of...
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In a significant step toward mending bilateral ties, India on Friday extended a Line of Credit worth Rs 4,850 crore ($565 million) to the Maldives and launched negotiations for a free trade agreement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Male.After wide-ranging talks with Maldivian...
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An Air India flight bound for Mumbai from Jaipur returned to the airport due to a suspected technical snag mid-air on Friday, officials said.'Flight AI612 operating from Jaipur to Mumbai returned to Jaipur shortly after take-off due to a suspected technical issue. Troubleshooting checks were...
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An armyman was killed and two others injured in a landmine blast along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Friday, officials said.During area domination patrolling in the general area of Krishna Ghati, a mine blast took place, in which an Agniveer jawan was killed and...
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Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Friday said that he will not accept any post after retirement. He was speaking after being felicitated at Darapur, his native village in Maharashtra's Amravati district. I have decided that I will not accept any government position after my retirement...I...
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The British media on Friday lauded the India-UK Free Trade Agreement, saying it opens the door to a market that could be second only to China's by 2050. The India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) or the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) seeks to enhance bilateral trade by around USD...
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In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he has met the PM in person a few times and found him all show and no substance. Gandhi made the remarks while addressing a 'Bhagidari Nyay Sammelan' of OBCs at the Talkatora Stadium in New...
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Heavy rain Mumbai today led to the iconic Shivaji Park in Dadar becoming a pond. Sports activities have been stopped for the last three days due to the rain.
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Update: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to initiate the discussion on Operation Sindhoor in the Lok Sabha on Monday with Rajya Sabha expected to take up the debate on Tuesday.Stalemate over opposition demands for discussion on issues being raised by it was broken on Friday following an...
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Stock markets declined for the second day in a row on Friday, with the Sensex tumbling 721 points due to heavy selling in financial, IT and oil & gas shares amid persistent foreign fund outflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 721.08 points or 0.88 per cent to settle at over a month's...
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The airline with the most cancellation rate is not Indigo or Air India. Check the graph alongside.
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The motion to remove Justice Yashwant Varma, who is embroiled in a suspected graft case, will be taken up in Lok Sabha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Friday, stating that it was agreed by all parties to move unitedly in action against alleged corruption in judiciary....
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India and Namibia on Friday discussed ways to deepen ties in cheetah conservation and wetland protection. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav met his Namibian counterpart Indileni Daniel on the sidelines of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Ramsar...
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On Monday, 28th July, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will initiate the discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha. Other ministers participating in the discussion include Home Minister Amit Shah and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar. BJP MPs Anurag Thakur and Nishikant Dubey will also take...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday acknowledged that it was his mistake and not that of the party that they could not get a caste census conducted earlier, saying he is correcting that now. Gandhi further said he committed a mistake in his political career of 21 years, which is not...
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A 20-year-old student died after she fell unconscious outside her college in the western suburbs in Mumbai on Friday, police said. Harshita Pal, a second-year BSc IT student, collapsed outside Nirmala College in Kandivali East in the morning, an official from the Samta Nagar police station...
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Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi on Friday alleged that the ruling JD(U)-BJP combine had hatched a conspiracy to murder her son Tejashwi Yadav ahead of assembly polls.Talking exclusively to PTI-video, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council also claimed that attempts have...
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With data showing a steep decline in price rise in June, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday said that the outlook on inflation and growth will determine future rate cuts, making it clear that the current data will not influence the trajectory. Speaking at the FE Modern BFSI...
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West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Samik Bhattacharya on Friday said that the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is necessary in West Bengal, warning that failing to do so could lead to the state turning into West Bangladesh. Speaking...
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India's wealthiest households are set to get even richer, with their growing financial assets creating massive opportunities for wealth management firms. According to a recent report by Bernstein, India's wealth managers are witnessing robust growth, driven by rising demand from the country's...
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Asserting that Operation Sindoor still continues, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Friday said the country's military preparedness must remain at a very high level, round-the-clock and throughout the year. In his address at a defence seminar hosted at Subroto Park in New Delhi, he...
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The border clash between Thailand and Cambodia has triggered a massive humanitarian crisis, with over one lakh people forced to flee their homes in just two days of conflict, CNN reported. Villagers, including children and the elderly, have been seen escaping in the middle of the night,...
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Popular British singer Ed Sheeran shared a lengthy post on social media praising Bollywood musician Arijit Singh and said he learnt to sing in Punjabi and play a sitar from him. Sheeran and Singh have also collaborated on the track Sapphire, which released in June. The Shape of You singer...
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The mother of late billionaire industrialist Sunjay Kapur, Rani Kapur, has raised serious questions over the circumstances surrounding her son's sudden death in London last month. In a startling statement, she alleged that the incident, reported as a cardiac arrest during a polo match, is...
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ISRO Chairman V Narayanan on Friday said that India has to nearly triple its number of satellites in space, from the current 55, within the next three years. Delivering 'The GP Birla Memorial Lecture on Indian Space Programme - Accomplishments, Challenges and Future Perspectives', Narayanan...
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Food prices in India saw a sharp rise in 2024 due to an unusually severe heatwave, with onion and potato prices jumping by more than 80 per cent in the second quarter of the year, according to a new study. The study, led by Maximilian Kotz of the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre and involving...
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The government has ordered a ban on more than 20 OTT platforms, including Ullu, ALTT, and Desiflix, for being in violation of various laws, particularly regarding indecent representation of women, sources said on Friday. The ban is aimed at curbing the easy availability of pornographic...
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The Central government has refuted claims that Operation Sindoor was announced under international pressure. In a reply to a question by Samajwadi Party MP Ramji Lal Suman, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said that Operation Sindoor was launched to respond to...
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Amid heavy downpour, the movement of local trains remains affected due to delays, railway officials said on Friday. However, rail traffic remains operational on all lines, including the Western and Harbour lines.According to Central Railway (CR), local train services on the Central Line, part of...
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The Supreme Court on Friday extended the stay on the criminal proceedings against senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal case lodged in Uttar Pradesh for his comments against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 2022. A bench comprising Justices Dipankra Datta and Augustine George Masih...
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India's top finance ministry honchos till recently, who had combined forces on many a Union Budget including the one presented this year, are now collectively responsible for securing and developing the country's financial sector, with the Centre appointing the recently retired finance secretary...
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Anticipation of a long-awaited IPO is driving a remarkable influx of retail investors into the National Stock Exchange. The exchange's public shareholder base has ballooned to 157,000 as of June, a dramatic four-fold increase since the end of March 2025.Retail investors, defined as individuals...
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Heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Friday morning, slowing down vehicular traffic and affecting some suburban train services on the Western Railway, officials said. More showers are expected later in the day, they said.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rains...
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PM Narendra Modi shares this picture from Male, saying: Landed in Male. Deeply touched by the gesture of President Muizzu to come to the airport to welcome me. I am confident that India-Maldives friendship will scale new heights of progress in the times to come. Modi, who departed the United...
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Four newly elected Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu, including actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Friday took oath as member of the House. The other three MPs who took oath were, Rajathi, S R Sivalingam and P Wilson. Haasan belongs to the MNM party, while the other three are from DMK....
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Rajya Sabha MPs Sudha Murty and PT Usha share a light moment in front of the Parliament building today.
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The Meghalaya government is thinking about making a new law to make HIV/AIDS testing mandatory before marriage in view of the rising number of cases in the state, Health minister Ampareen Lyngdoh said on Friday. Meghalaya ranks sixth nationally in terms of HIV/AIDS prevalence, with the...
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Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday over the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), demanding that a fugitive transfer agreement be signed alongside it. FTA has to do with the economy. At the same time, Modi ji should also sign a fugitive transfer...
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As a superhero movie, The Fantastic Four: First Steps has a stale feeling that gets less and less interesting as it progresses before winding up as the usual superhero routine despite the best efforts of its talented cast, feels Mayur Sanap. Read it here.
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The Indian embassy in Thailand on Friday issued an advisory for its nationals in the country, urging them to avoid travelling to seven provinces amid ongoing unrest along the Thailand-Cambodia border. Clashes erupted between Thailand and Cambodia along the border between their countries on...
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The Central government has no current plan or intention to reconsider or remove socialist or secular from the Constitution, nor have any proceedings been initiated for the same, government has informed the Rajya Sabha.Responding to a question by Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Lal Suman, the Union Law...
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A K-9 squad was used to hunt him down
Govindachamy, a convict serving a life sentence in the sensational 2011 Soumya murder case, who escaped from the high-security Kannur Central Jail on Friday morning was nabbed by police several hours later.The convict, who does not have a left hand, was caught from near a derelict building at...
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagannath Sarkar on Friday reacted to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's recent remarks, emphasising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to promoting the Bengali language.Sarkar alleged that Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh have been learning...
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Govindachamy, a convict serving a life sentence in the sensational 2011 Soumya murder case, escaped from the high-security Kannur Central Jail, police said on Friday. The disappearance came to light during an inspection of his cell in the early hours of Friday, they said. Kannur SP Nidhinraj...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday marked a major milestone in the country's history, becoming the second-longest-serving PM of India in consecutive terms, surpassing the record of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Notably, he is the first non-Congress Prime Minister to mark this...
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Amid a controversy over the Bengali language, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for another Bhasha Andolan (language movement) and alleged that people are being harassed for speaking Bengali in many places. Addressing the 'Maha Nayak Samman' Awards on Thursday, CM Mamata...
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Indian stock markets came under pressure on Friday as selling by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) weighed on investor sentiment. At the time of reporting, the Nifty 50 stood at 25,010.35, down 51.75 points or 0.21 per cent, while the BSE Sensex was trading at 82,065.76, a decline of 118.41...
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In a rare and heartwarming incident, a baby was born on board the Air India Express flight from Muscat to Mumbai. The delivery was assisted by the trained cabin crew, with timely help from a nurse among the passengers.The airline further noted that the professionalism and preparedness of its...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday moved a statutory resolution to extend the already imposed President's rule in Manipur till February 13, 2026.That this House approves the continuance in force of the Proclamation dated February 13, 2025, in respect of Manipur, issued under article 356 of...
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Update: A portion of a government school building collapsed in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district on Friday, leaving four children dead and 17 others injured, police said.The children at the Peeplodi Government School in Manoharthana block of the district were preparing for morning prayers when the...
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At least four students dead as the roof of the Piplodi Primary School in Jhalawar collapses. Many students are also injured. Upon receiving the information, Jhalawar Collector and SP Amit Kumar Budania left for the spot.Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma says, The tragic accident caused by the...
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Central Government employees are allowed to avail upto 60 days of leave for taking care of elderly patients, including 30 days of Earned Leave, 20 days of Half Pay Leave, 8 days of Casual Leave and 2 days of Restricted Holiday per year, the government has said in the Rajya Sabha. Replying to...
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PM Modi shared this yesterday from UK: 'Chai Pe Charcha' with PM Keir Starmer at Chequers...brewing stronger India-UK ties!Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday concluded his official visit to the United Kingdom, describing it as a very important trip that will benefit future generations and...
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The United States and Israel have sharply criticised French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to recognise the State of Palestine, calling it a reckless move that encourages Hamas and undermines peace efforts.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a post on X, said the move was a setback to...
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The Army will on Saturday launch three key projects, including a portal where citizens can pay 'e-shradhanjali' to martyrs, as part of the 26th Kargil Vijay Diwas to make people aware of soldiers' bravery and sacrifices. The other two projects are a QR code-based audio application on which...
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Music maestro A R Rahman shared a photo with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at latter's office.In his post shared on Instagram, Rahman tagged Altman and revealed they were brainstorming on Secret Mountain, his upcoming virtual global band project that aims to fuse sound and AI into something...
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Will he or won't he. This is the million dollar question hotly debated in Karnataka's political circles over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah completing his term, even as a unique record beckons the veteran, who along with his deputy and another claimant for the CM's chair, D K Shivakumar, once again...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his two-day official visit to the United Kingdom on Thursday after a full-fledged review of the entire gamut of issues in the bilateral relationship and signing off a historic bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA).Modi was hosted by his UK counterpart, Keir...
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