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Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate, who was embroiled in a huge controversy after being seen playing an online rummy game on mobile phone in the legislative council, lost his agriculture portfolio on Thursday. NCP leader Dattatrey Bharne, current sports minister, will be the...
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The rupee recovered 15 paise from its all-time low level to close at 87.65 against the US dollar on Thursday, amid lower crude prices and suspected RBI interventions, after US President Donald Trump's announcement of 25 per cent tariffs on Indian imports and a penalty for buying Russian...
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Kolkata Metro on Thursday announced that services along the Howrah Maidan to Esplanade stretch of the East-West corridor would be suspended on August 3 for Automatic Train Operation (ATO) testing. Normal train services, however, will be available between Dakshineswar and Shahid Khudiram...
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Arif Masood, a Congress MLA in Madhya Pradesh, on Thursday said the Maharashtra government should file an appeal against the acquittal of the accused including former Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. The Maharashtra government, which has announced that it would file...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the FIR registered against veteran Telugu actor and former MP Manchu Mohan Babu and his son Vishnu Vardhan Babu, in a case relating to a protest rally held in 2019 over the issue of student fee reimbursements in Andhra Pradesh.A bench of Justices BV...
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In an alleged honour killing of Dalit software engineer, the woman, who was known to be in love with the victim, is heard saying in a video that her sub-inspector parents were not involved in the crime. In the video that has gone viral and was broadcast by the media, she confirms that she...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Amid a raging row in Kerala over the arrest of two nuns from the state in Chhattisgarh over allegations of human trafficking and forced conversion, a Congress-led UDF MP on Thursday claimed that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured that all possible steps would be taken to ensure their...
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The police on Thursday registered a case against the private secretary of Uttar Pradesh minister Asim Arun for allegedly molesting a woman employee posted at Bhagidari Bhawan (a government office) here, sources said. A female employee working in Bhagidari Bhawan on Thursday filed a written...
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Assistant commissioner of police Daya Nayak, popular as an 'encounter specialist' credited with gunning down more than 80 gangsters, retired from the force on Thursday after 30 years of service. Nayak, a 1995 batch sub inspector, was promoted to the rank of ACP just two days ago after...
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Odisha Development Commissioner and additional chief secretary Anu Garg on Thursday submitted the inquiry report into the June 29 stampede near Sri Gundicha Temple in Puri that claimed three lives and left several others injured during Rath Yatra. The report, submitted to Chief Minister...
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The burnt bodies of two children have been recovered from a house in Patna's Janipur locality, a police officer said on Thursday.The cause of the incident is not yet known. A case has been registered and an investigation is underway, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Phulwarishariff, Deepak...
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Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad on Thursday said that his department has asked Tata Consultancy Services to explain the reason behind large-scale layoffs. Yesterday we got information that the TCS has laid off 12,000 employees. Our department has called TCS officials just to have...
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said tourism in his union territory got affected after the Pahalgam terror attack, but asserted that people associated with the industry were not sitting idle either. Abdullah has been on a two-day visit to Gujarat from Wednesday to...
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A sessions court in Rajasthan's Sirohi district has sentenced former RSS pracharak Uttam Giri to life imprisonment in connection with the 2018 murder of Avdheshanand Maharaj, the patron of Ekal Vidyalaya. District Judge Roopa Gupta found Giri (30) guilty of brutally murdering Avdheshanand...
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There will be no change of guard ceremony on August 2, 9 and 16 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, an official statement said on Thursday. The change of guard ceremony is a military tradition that is held every week to enable a fresh group of the President's Bodyguards to take charge. The...
19:31
Union Minister of State George Kurian on Thursday said that the mainstream churches in the country were not carrying out any conversions and it was the new generation churches which were doing it.Kurian, the Minister of State for Minority Affairs and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, was...
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Slamming Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal's remarks in Parliament on US' tariff announcement as a non-statement, the Congress on Thursday said all he engaged in was totally misplaced self-congratulation and claimed that the concerns and sentiments of Indian businesses were simply not...
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The Income Tax Department on Thursday conducted a survey operation at the premises of some broking companies as part of an alleged tax evasion probe against Jane Street, the US-based proprietary trading firm accused of market manipulation, official sources said. Sources stated the department...
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The verdict of the trial court in the 2008 Malegaon blast was wrong and he will move even the Supreme Court to get justice if necessary, said the father of Farheen (10), the youngest victim of the tragedy, on Thursday. 67-year-old Liyaqat Shaikh was speaking to media persons in...
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India is likely to receive above-normal rainfall in the second half of the monsoon season (August and September), the India Meteorological Department said on Thursday.Most parts of the country, barring the northeast and the adjoining areas of east India, are likely to record normal rainfall in...
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The Election Commission on Thursday said it has finalised the Electoral College for the vice presidential election, necessitated due to the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar from the post. The vice president of India is elected by an Electoral College comprising the elected members and...
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India will take all necessary steps to safeguard and promote national interest, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs plus penalty on domestic exports to America from August 1. In a suo motu statement...
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To honour his close friend's last wish, a Mandsaur resident danced, albeit with moist eyes, in his funeral procession. A video of the unique gesture of Ambalal Prajapati, resident of Jawasia village in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, went viral on social media on Thursday along...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Thursday after US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming from India starting August 1 and an unspecified penalty for buying Russian crude oil and military equipment.Halting its two-day...
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Textile, IT, auto and pharma stocks were trading lower on Thursday after US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming from India starting August 1, plus an unspecified penalty for buying Russian crude oil and military equipment. Among...
16:51
Congress party protests arrest of nuns
A victim of an alleged human trafficking and forceful conversion, in which two nuns have been arrested in Chhattisgarh, has alleged she was coerced and assaulted by Bajrang Dal activists to give a false statement, a charge denied by the right wing outfit. The police also did not record her...
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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday told the legislative assembly that the state government was considering a ban on the sale of glass liquor bottles near beaches and replacing them with cans amid concerns over tourists getting injured by shards of broken glass. He was responding to...
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The makers of a film, purportedly based on the life of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, have approached the Bombay High Court challenging the Central Board of Film Certification's (CBFC) decision to deny it certification. A bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale...
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Update: Air India's Boeing 787-9 aircraft, which was to fly to London, aborted takeoff at the Delhi airport due to a technical issue on Thursday. Flight AI2017, operating from Delhi to London on July 31, returned to the bay due to a suspected technical issue. The cockpit crew decided to...
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More than 50 Palestinians were killed and 400 others injured while waiting for food near a crossing in northern Gaza on Wednesday, a hospital says, as US special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel.Footage showed casualties from the incident near the Zikim crossing being taken on carts to...
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The AI-171 crash
The government on Thursday said there have been eight air accidents that killed 274 people in the country so far this year. Apart from the Air India plane crash on June 12 that killed 260 people, there were three trainee aircraft accidents and four helicopter accidents. Minister of State...
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Air India's London-bound aircraft aborts takeoff at Delhi airport due to a technical issue. Details awaited. According to the BBC, India's aviation regulator, DGCA, has uncovered 51 safety violations at Air India during the past year, as part of its annual audit of the country's...
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It was exactly 30 years ago on 31st July 1995, when India's first mobile call was made, marking a new chapter in the country's communication history. The first call on 31 July 1995 was made between then Union Telecom minister Sukh Ram in Delhi to then Chief Minister of West Bengal Jyoti Basu in...
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The University of Delhi on Thursday said that it has not received any formal request or communication from Lenskart co-founder Sumeet Kapahi regarding the issuance of his B.Com (Hons) degree or marksheets.Lenskart co-founder and promoter Sumeet Kapahi has been unable to trace his B.Com (Hons)...
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President Donald Trump hasn't found his recent phone calls with war-entangled leaders encouraging. Very disappointed, Trump said of his last conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose war in Ukraine is only escalating, despite Trump's efforts to end it.It was sort of disappointing,...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has got evidence for his allegation regarding the modus operandi for votes theft during Lok Sabha polls in the state last year. Amid the raging row over the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, Gandhi...
15:56
US President Donald Trump's announcement regarding the imposition of 25 per cent additional import duty plus penalty on goods imported from India will hit the country's textile exporters in a big way, as competitors, including Vietnam and Indonesia now have a pricing edge by virtue of lower...
15:49
Criticising the announcement of 25 per cent tariffs by United States President Donald Trump on India, the Iranian Embassy in India said on Thursday that the US continues to weaponize the economy and use sanctions as tools to dictate its will on independent nations such as Iran and India, which in...
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Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Thursday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the US imposing 25 per cent tariffs on India, and said that the Prime Minister's friendship and wrong policies were the cause of the country's suffering. He also questioned the silence of PM Modi on multiple...
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J-K CM Omar Abdullah shares this picture from Ahmedabad writing on X: While in #Ahmedabad for a tourism event I took advantage of being here to get my morning run at the famed Sabarmati River Front promenade. It's one of the nicest places I've been able to run & it was a pleasure to get to...
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea by Turkish-based company Celebi Ground Handling India Private Limited against the Centre's decision to revoke its security clearance. Dismissed, Justice Tejas Karia said on Thursday, noting that similar pleas were dismissed earlier. A...
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday asked whether the news of acquittal of the Malegaon blast case accused was intended to suppress the big news of the US announcing imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on India. Speaking to reporters in the national capital, Akhilesh Yadav said, I...
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The BJP said on Thursday that the Congress manufactured the theory of Hindu terror when in power to stop the rise of Narendra Modi, the then Gujarat chief minister, to appease its Muslim voters, as it welcome the acquittal of seven accused in the Malegaon blast case. BJP leader Ravi Shankar...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday noted the impact of the 25 per cent tariff announced by US President Donald Trump on the Indian economy and termed the matter very serious, which will destroy India's trade with America. On the US President Trump's dead economy remark, Congress MP...
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Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde on Thursday said the acquittal of 2008 Malegaon blast case accused was a slap on the face of the Congress, and demanded an apology from the party for its saffron terror narrative.He also hit out at the Shiv Sena (UBT) for aligning with the Congress and abandoning the...
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Terrorism should not be associated with any religion and no faith advocates violence, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh said on Thursday after a special NIA court acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Extremists are individuals who distort religion to spread...
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AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel on Thursday demanded that the Maharashtra government challenge the acquittal of seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case in the Bombay High Court. After a special court in Mumbai acquitted all seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur,...
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Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday called the announcement by US President Donald Trump of 25 per cent tariffs on India very unfortunate and called more tragic the dialogue between President Trump and the government of Pakistan. On US President Donald Trump's announcement of imposing a 25%...
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An organisation that helped the families of victims in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, has expressed displeasure over the acquittal of seven accused and sought to know if they were not involved in the incident, then who were responsible for it. It also said the court decision has failed to...
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Former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit on Thursday hailed a special court's order acquitting them in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, which claimed six lives and injured 101 others. Thakur said the acquittal was not just a win for her, but for every bhagwa (saffron). She...
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The trial in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, which stretched over nearly 17 years, witnessed not only a change in investigating agencies but also five different judges presiding over various stages of the proceedings.A special court on Thursday acquitted all seven accused, including former BJP...
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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday agreed with United Stares President Donald Trump's statement that the Indian economy is 'dead' and said he is 'glad' that the US President has stated a fact.Speaking to reporters, Rahul Gandhi said that the whole world knows the Indian economy is 'dead' except...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said terrorism was never saffron and will never be. He was reacting to the verdict of a special NIA court in Mumbai which acquitted all the seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Colonel Prasad Purohit, in the...
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar after the US imposed 25 per cent tariffs on India.25 per cent tariff on India - 'India, Russia can take their dead economies down together,' says Trump....
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More on the Malegaon verdict: Special Judge A K Lahoti, assigned to hear cases of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here, flagged several loopholes in the prosecution's case and the investigation carried out, and said the accused persons deserved the benefit of doubt.An explosive...
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2008 Malegaon blast update: Ex-BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur says acquittal by court not just a win for her but for every 'Bhagwa'. My life ruined for past 17 years; God will punish those who tried to insult 'Bhagwa', says Pragya Thakur.A special court in Mumbai on Thursday acquitted all the seven...
11:41
Sadhvi Pragya was an accused in the case
Advocate Shahid Nadeem, representing the victims of the Malegaon blast said that the trial has not only been only of the accused, but also of the victims who were forced to show their wounds and pain. Remembering how multiple injured had come to the Mumbai court, travelling 300 kilometres...
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Nearly 17 years after a powerful bomb tore through Malegaon in Maharashtra that left six people dead and injured more than a 100, a special court in Mumbai today acquitted all seven accused in the case, including former BJP MP Pragya Thakur and former army officer Lt Col Prasad Shrikant...
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NIA Court acquits all accused in Malegaon blast case: Accused acquitted of all charges of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), Arms Act and other charges.
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NIA Court announces verdict in 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case: Special NIA Judge A K Lahoti assembles in court. Prosecution proved that a blast occurred in Malegaon, but failed to prove that a bomb was placed in that motorcycle. The court has come to the conclusion that the injured people...
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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif shares this message on X writing, I wish to convey my profound thanks to President Trump @realDonaldTrump for his leadership role in finalization of the historic US-Pakistan trade agreement, successfully concluded by our two sides in Washington, last night. This...
11:13
Former World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu on Thursday said the US economic policy towards India has taken an unfortunate turn, noting that President Donald Trump's harsh stance against New Delhi appears baffling. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a 25 per cent tariff on...
11:12
The Indian pharmaceutical industry has hit back strongly at the recent tariff announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump, calling it a move that could hurt the American healthcare system more than India's economy.Reacting to the U.S. decision to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods, Dilip...
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Lauding Home Minister Amit Shah's reply to the debate on Operation Sindoor in the Rajya Sabha as phenomenal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that he categorically expressed the government's stand on national security, including uprooting of terror networks. In posts on X, Modi...
10:18
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on Thursday after US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming from India starting August 1, plus an unspecified penalty for buying Russian crude oil and military equipment. The...
10:11
In a fresh post on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump says, I don't care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care. We have done very little business with India, their Tariffs are too high, among the highest in the World. Likewise, Russia...
09:54
The Trump administration has sanctioned six Indian companies for their significant sales and purchases of Iranian-origin petrochemical products.The Iranian regime continues to fuel conflict in the Middle East to fund its destabilizing activities. Today, the United States is taking action to stem...
09:51
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after US President Donald Trump announced a 25 per cent tariff on US imports from India, saying, He invested very heavily in his personal friendship with President Trump. He also referred to the claims of...
09:31
Weekly special trains will be run for the next two months to connect Shirdi in Maharashtra with Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, the Central Railway said on Wednesday. For the time being, a total of 18 trips will be operated in both the directions, it said in a release. The special trains will...
09:28
Amid the Opposition's walkout from the Upper House, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the latter would not want to take accountability for the 25 per cent tariffs imposed by the United States. This announcement follows an earlier move on April 22, when Trump...
09:18
The National Stock Exchange has ceded its title as the world's largest derivatives exchange by number of contracts to Brazil's B3 for the first seven months of 2025, NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan said during the exchange's quarterly earnings call on Wednesday.Chauhan attributed B3's rise to its...
09:16
Jane Street has not resumed trading in futures and options (F&O) since Sebi lifted the bar imposed on July 3, Sebi Chariman Tuhin Kanta Pandey told BusinessWorld magazine.Sebi and exchanges are maintaining 'aggressive surveillance' of the market since the regulator's order against...
09:14
As India's digital economy evolves and more taxpayers report income from non-traditional sources like content creation and speculative trading, the income-tax department has overhauled its ITR utility to introduce a revised list of 'Nature of Business/Profession' codes.This change, effective from...
09:11
N Chandrasekaran, executive chairman of Tata Sons -- the holding company of the steel-to-software business group -- received a total compensation of 155.81 crore in FY25, which made him one of the highest-paid corporate leaders in India. His compensation rose 15 per cent over the previous...
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US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (local time) that Washington is continuing trade negotiations with India. In response to ANI, if the US remains open to negotiating with India on the tariff front, Trump stated, We're talking to them now. We'll see what happens. Again, India was...
08:49
The United States has imposed sanctions on at least half a dozen Indian companies accused of trading in Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals as part of broader action targeting 20 entities worldwide.The US Department of State announced the sanctions on Wednesday, alleging the Indian firms...
08:28
United States President Donald Trump said that Pakistan might sell oil to India 'some day' after announcing that Washington has concluded a deal with Islamabad under which they will work together to develop the South Asian country's oil reserves.'We have just concluded a Deal with the Country of...
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Two people were charred to death when their car had a collision with a fuel tanker on a national highway in Jandiala Guru on Wednesday, police said. The two were yet to be identified, they said. The accident took place when the tanker overturned after one of its tyres burst and hit the car...
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An 11-year-old girl, who was kidnapped while on her way to school in an e-rickshaw on Wednesday morning in Jharkhand capital Ranchi, was later rescued in neighbouring Ramgarh district, police said. The persons, who were allegedly involved in the kidnapping, were arrested within 12 hours of...
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A 25-year-old Kanwar pilgrim was killed and six others were injured when a speeding truck hit them in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district on Wednesday night, a police officer said. Deputy superintendent of police Umakant Chaudhary said the incident occurred in Kati Ghati area, about 30 km from...
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