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Four persons have died and more than 450 houses damaged in heavy rains this monsoon in Maharashtra's Palghar, an official said on Saturday amid a 'red alert' issued for the district by the India Meteorological Department.A 'red alert' indicates 'heavy to extremely heavy' rainfall of over 200...
22:20
Names of two Pakistani influencers have come to light in connection with an illegal religious conversion case, a senior police official said on Saturday. Names of two Pakistani influencers, Tanveer Ahmed and Sahil Adeem, have come to the fore. Both used to preach religious conversion and...
21:14
India has recorded 6.81% above-normal rainfall so far this monsoon season, with large excess rains in Rajasthan and East Madhya Pradesh.However, several regions, including Bihar, Northeast India, and parts of Uttar Pradesh, continue to face significant rainfall deficits.
20:55
Private carrier Air India on Saturday said it has paid the interim compensation to the families of 166 victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash last month.Besides, payment to the families of another 52 victims is in the process, it added.The plane crash, one of the worst air disasters in India in...
20:40
Heavy rains since Friday night have caused widespread damage across several parts of Kerala, raising water levels in rivers and dams and prompting the IMD to issue a 'red alert' in three districts.The India Meteorological Department on Saturday evening upgraded its rain alert status in Ernakulam,...
20:13
Action will be taken against men who have fraudulently become part of the Maharashtra government's Ladki Bahin Yojana and money given to them under the scheme will be recovered, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Saturday.His statement came amid reports that 14,000 men were beneficiaries of...
19:48
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday said it has issued notices to the Rajasthan government and the superintendent of police of Jhalawar in the wake of collapse of a government school building in the district resulting in the death of seven students and injuries to several...
19:21
The Indian Medical Association-Junior Doctors' Network (IMA-JDN) has submitted an urgent representation to Union Health Minister J P Nadda, raising serious concern over the allotment of NEET-PG centres.The move came after aspirants across the country reported being allotted exam centres in...
19:17
Four students have been booked, one among them arrested, for allegedly assaulting a classmate in Navi Mumbai after he insisted on communication in Marathi in their WhatsApp group, an official said on Saturday.In his complaint to the police, 20-year-old Suraj Pawar said he was attacked on Tuesday...
17:54
The Special Investigation Team constituted to probe the case related to the alleged mass burial in Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district commenced its investigation on Saturday, officials said.Senior officials arrived at the designated SIT office established at the Intelligence Bureau...
17:21
The US Embassy in India issued a stern advisory on Saturday, warning that visas can be revoked for foreign visitors who commit crimes or violate laws while in the United States.In a post on X, the embassy stated, 'The United States is a society of law and order. Crimes like assault by foreign...
16:25
Union minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday said he felt 'sorry to support' the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, charging it with failure to control the law and order situation in the state.Paswan, who heads the Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas -- a constituent of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led...
15:22
Former Union minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju was sworn in as the governor of Goa on Saturday, succeeding P S Sreedharan Pillai.Raju was administered the oath of office at Raj Bhavan by Chief Justice of Bombay high court Alok Aradhe.Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other dignitaries attended the...
14:54
A 26-year-old woman participating in a Home Guard recruitment drive in Gaya district was allegedly gang-raped in a moving ambulance while being transported to a hospital after collapsing during a physical test on July 24. According to Gaya SP Ramanand Kumar Kaushal, the woman fainted during...
14:47
Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) received a bomb threat, prompting a swift search operation by security forces, officials said.As per officials, a phone call was received on Friday by the office of the Director General of Police (DGP), Maharashtra, in which the caller claimed...
14:22
Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai on Saturday said he will do consultation and arbitration after his retirement, and will not accept any government post.I have declared this on several occasions in the past that I will not accept any government position after November 24. I will do...
14:20
Amid the political tussle between Karnataka Congress' top leadership, the aides of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar clashed with each other at Karnataka Bhavan.The incident involves C Mohan Kumar, Assistant Resident Commissioner of Karnataka Bhavan, as well as...
13:52
Security agencies launched an extensive search operation at the Rajasthan Chief Minister's Office and Jaipur International Airport on Saturday following a bomb threat received via email, officials said.The threat mail, sent to the official email ID of Jaipur airport, warned that both the places...
13:35
Delhi government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the blanket ban on diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Bhushan R Gavai is likely to hear the plea on July 28, which seeks recall of the court's...
13:05
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has caused a flutter by revealing that Hinjewadi IT Park in Pune is 'moving out' to Bengaluru and Hyderabad.A video of Pawar's angry outburst while inspecting civic works in Pimpri Chinchwad has gone viral.We are ruined. The entire IT park of Hinjewadi...
13:02
Forgive each other and move ahead, the Supreme Court has told a fighter pilot, who took part in the 2019 Balakot strike, and his wife, involved in a matrimonial dispute.A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Atul S Chandurkar asked the couple to amicably settle the dispute between them.Do not lead...
12:25
South Calcutta Law College, where a student was allegedly gang-raped last month, has decided to deploy Army veterans for campus security, an official said on Saturday.The private security guards will no longer be retained, and former Army personnel will be deployed to ensure that the security of...
11:58
Three Naxalites were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Gumla district on Saturday morning, police said.Intelligence inputs were received that members of Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a splinter group of CPI-Maoist, had gathered at the Ghaghra forest, and were...
11:15
Model Ruchi Gujjar
An FIR was registered against the producer of Hindi film So Long Valley for allegedly cheating model Ruchi Gujjar of Rs 23 lakh, a Mumbai Police official said on Saturday.Viral videos, meanwhile, showed Gujjar purportedly hitting the producer, Karan Singh, with chappal during the movie premiere...
11:01
Prominent Muslim bodies and Islamic scholars on Friday appealed to the government to stand against injustice and take swift action to ensure that the continued Israeli aggression in Gaza ends, asserting that India has historically aligned itself with the oppressed and it is time to reaffirm that...
10:44
In 2024-25, 6,645 complaints related to poor quality of food were reported by passengers, out of which in 1,341 cases fines were imposed on the food suppliers, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Of the total, in 2,995 cases warnings...
10:34
A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped in the Kalinjar area in UP's Banda by her neighbour, police said on Saturday. The accused was held following an encounter. The girl has been admitted to a hospital and is undergoing treatment. Superintendent of Police (SP) Palash Bansal said at...
10:16
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced an increase in the pension of retired journalists under the 'Bihar Patrakar Samman' scheme by Rs 9,000 per month.Now, all eligible retired journalists, registered with the Bihar government, will receive Rs 15,000 per month instead of the...
09:59
The Congress on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much boasted friendship with US President Donald Trump is now proving to be hollow and cited several overtures the latter recently made to Pakistan. In a post on X, Congress general secretary, communications, Jairam...
09:55
President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted people on the 26th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas, which marks the success of Indian armed forces in ousting Pakistani intruders from the mountains in Kargil.Murmu said Kargil Vijay Diwas symbolises the...
09:13
Nationalist Congress Party-Sharad Pawar MLA Rohit Pawar has claimed that some ministers in the Maharashtra government have switched off their phones out of fear that they are being tapped.Hitting back, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar demanded proof of the allegations.Phone numbers of...
08:43
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, raped in a moving car, and later abandoned near the spot of her abduction by two unidentified men on July 23, said the police on Friday. The incident occurred around 8 pm near Metro Mall on VIP Road, close to the Chandigarh-Ambala National Highway, at...
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Adding to the growing concern over sexual exploitation of women in Odisha, two minor girls -- both students of Class 10 and residents of state-run hostels in Kandhamal district -- were found to be pregnant during routine health checkups, police said on Friday.The cases were reported from two...
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