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Assam's flood situation remained critical on Friday with over 4.43 lakh people in 16 districts still suffering from the deluge even as major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, were showing a receding trend, according to an official bulletin. There was no report of fatality due to the floods...
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Ahead of Eid-ul-Azha celebrations, the Delhi police have stepped up security arrangements across the national capital to maintain law and order and ensure peaceful celebrations, officials said on Friday. Elaborate deployments have been made in sensitive areas, with the Rapid Action Force,...
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The Supreme Court on Friday cancelled the bail granted to former Karnataka minister Vinay Kulkarni in connection with a 2016 case related to the murder of BJP worker Yogesh Gowda. A bench of justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order while noting that there was...
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta
A death threat to Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was made on the emergency helpline in Ghaziabad, prompting police to launch a probe to trace the caller, officials said on Friday. The police have so far not been able to identify the person who made the threat call on the intervening night...
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The West Bengal police on Friday submitted a charge sheet against 13 people in the father-son double murder case in Murshidabad's Zafarabad violence in April, a senior police official of the district confirmed. The murders of Haragobindo Das (74) and his son Chandan Das (40) took place on...
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A formal complaint has been lodged against cricketer Virat Kohli at the Cubbon Park police station by social activist HM Venkatesh. The complaint is in connection with the stampede that occurred during celebrations of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL win. Police officials have...
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Four officials of RCB and event management firm DNA Entertainment Private Limited were arrested on Friday in connection with the stampede outside Chinnaswamy stadium that killed 11 people, police sources said. They were remanded to 14-day judicial custody. Meanwhile, a complaint was filed by...
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Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was questioned by the Anti-Corruption Branch for over five hours on Friday in connection with a graft case related to the construction of classrooms in city government schools under the previous AAP dispensation. Sources said Jain was evasive in his...
21:33
Seven Maoists, two of them carrying cash rewards on their heads, surrendered in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, a police official said. The cadres turned themselves in before police and CRPF officials citing disappointment at the growing differences within the outlawed...
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The Puri district police on Friday seized six firearms and arrested six members of a syndicate dealing in illegal arms smuggling, an officer said. A special team was formed under the supervision of Puri SP Vinit Agarwal which carried out the operation based on a specific tip-off about the...
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The rupee pared initial losses and appreciated 11 paise to close at 85.68 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, after the Reserve Bank cut repo rate by a higher-than-expected 50 basis points to prop up growth.Forex traders said the rupee traded on a flat-to-positive note as the RBI...
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Another first information report (FIR) has been registered against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, event management firm DNA entertainment private limited and Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) over the stampede near Chinnaswamy stadium that claimed the lives of 11, police said on Friday.The...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he will be attending the G7 Summit later this month in Canada and that he looked forward to meeting his newly elected Canadian counterpart Mark Carney.Carney called up Modi as the Indian prime minister thanked him for the invite to the Summit in...
20:16
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 1 per cent on Friday, driven by a rally in rate-sensitive sectors following the Reserve Bank's jumbo rate cut of 50 basis points. Market analysts said in light of benign inflation forecasts, RBI has taken steps to boost growth. A 50 bps repo...
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The Reserve Bank of India has slashed key policy rates for the third time in 2025.As per the latest update on June 6, the repo rate now stands at 5.50%, the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rate at 5.25%, and the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate at 5.75%.This downward trend began in late...
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has steadily reduced key policy rates over the past year.As of June 6, 2025, the Marginal Standing Facility stands at 5.75%, Repo Rate at 5.50%, and Standing Deposit Facility at 5.25%, marking a significant shift from April 2024 levels.
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The proposed trade agreement between India and the United States would provide greater market access for goods by reducing tariffs, cutting trade barriers, and improving supply chain integration, an official said on Friday. The ongoing negotiations in New Delhi between the teams of the two...
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The Left government in Kerala on Friday made it clear that it was not in agreement with the use of the Bharat Mata portrait at the Environment Day event at the Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram, as the picture was not authorised as the official version by the Constitution or the Indian...
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Makkal Needhi Maiam President and top actor Kamal Haasan on Friday filed nomination papers to contest for the June 19 biennial polls to Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu.Haasan, in the presence of Chief Minister MK Stalin, Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin and leaders of his party, signed and presented the...
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From the Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance surged 4.93 per cent and Axis Bank climbed 3.15 per cent. Maruti, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Eternal, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Steel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Titan, HDFC Bank, and NTPC were among the other major gainers. Bharti Airtel and Sun Pharma...
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The Karnataka CM and ministers visit the injured
Marketing and Revenue Head of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Nikhil Sosale, on Friday approached Karnataka High Court challenging his arrest in connection with the stampede at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium during the RCB's victory celebration. Sosale was arrested by the Bengaluru...
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Assuring his full support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, which he termed crown of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday pledged not to allow the Pahalgam terror attack to hinder development works in the union territory.He also praised the border residents for bravely facing...
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Social media influencer Sharmistha Panoli was released from prison on Friday after the Calcutta High Court granted her interim bail in a case involving alleged communal remarks made in a video uploaded on social media. The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim bail to Panoli, who...
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Silver prices soared Rs 3,000 to hit another record high of Rs 1,07,100 per kilogram in the national capital on Friday amid buying rush by local jewellers and stockists as global macroeconomic uncertainties continued to fuel safe-haven chase. According to the All India Sarafa Association,...
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US Vice President JD Vance has extended support to US President Donald Trump amid the public breakdown. In a post on X on Friday, Vance said, President Trump has done more than any person in my lifetime to earn the trust of the movement he leads. I'm proud to stand beside him. This comes...
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The Karnataka High Court on Friday, in an interim order, directed the state police not to take any coercive action against the office bearers of KSCA in connection with the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy stadium here which claimed lives of 11 people, until further orders. The Karnataka...
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MLC K Govindaraj has been relieved from the post of political secretary to the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with immediate effect, the government said on Friday. The decision is seen in connection with the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium here that killed 11 people. The...
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Rahul Gandhi speaking to Congress workers in MP
A group of para-sports players and specially abled people (divyangs) staged a protest against Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi over his 'Langda Ghoda' (lame horse) remark in Madhya Pradesh's capital, Bhopal, on Friday and submitted a memorandum to state sports and youth welfare minister...
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A total of 45 kilograms of pure gold has been used in the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, according to Nripendra Mishra, the chairman of the Ram Temple Construction Committee. Mishra informed on Friday, a day after the consecration of the Ram Darbar on the first floor of the...
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India's GI-tagged (Geographical Indication) mithais are more than sweets... Bite into it here.
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As the stunning Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Line opens today, Kashmir will join India's vast rail network and history will be made. Take a look
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Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday said the India-Pakistan conflict, following the Pahalgam attack in which 26 civilians were killed, had negligible impact on economic activity. After the terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, in which 26 people were killed, Indian armed forces...
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The PM some of the people who built the bridges
Noting that the newly inaugurated Chenab and Anji Bridges will not only connect Jammu and Kashmir directly but also boost economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that these bridges are not just structures of brick, cement, steel and iron, but a living symbols of India's strength and...
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PM Narendra Modi shares this image writing: The Tricolour flies high over the Chenab Rail Bridge! It's a feeling of immense pride that this bridge seamlessly blends ambition with execution, reflecting India's growing capability to build futuristic infrastructure in the most challenging terrains.
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Markets regulator Sebi has ordered the attachment of bank accounts and shares and mutual fund holdings of absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi to recover dues totaling Rs 2.1 crore in a case of violation of insider trading rules in the shares of Gitanjali Gems. The latest move followed a...
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday reiterated the demand for restoring statehood to the Union territory, expressing confidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the one to accomplish that.CM Abdullah was in Katra to attend the program of the flagging off of Vande...
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Defending the suspension of Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda and other police officials for the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium that killed 11 people, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said, prima facie those who have not fulfilled their responsibility properly have been...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at the programme in Katra after the PM flagged off the first Vande Bharat train from Katra to Srinagar.CM Omar Abdullah speaks, Many people dreamt of this train service... What the British could not do,...
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J-K CM Omar Abdullah shares this spectacular image of the just inaugurated bridge on Chenab river. Anji Khad bridge, another perspective, he writes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning inaugurated the world's highest railway arch bridge - 'Chenab Railway Bridge' and India's first...
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The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the National Board of Examination (NBE) to conduct on August 3, the NEET-PG 2025 exam in one shift in line with the top court's directions. A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Augustine George Masih, which initially questioned the more than two...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off the Vande Bharat Express connecting Katra and Srinagar from Katra Railway Station. Modi inaugurated the world's highest railway arch bridge -- 'Chenab Railway Bridge' and India's first cable-stayed 'Anji Bridge' in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi...
12:58
Mumbai-based pharma major Wockhardt, which is all set to launch its new class of antibiotic Zaynich targeted at treating complicated gram-negative infections in India this year, estimates that the drug would have an addressable market of $7 billion in the United States and Europe, besides a...
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Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has earned a Guinness World Record for performing the most burning parachute jumps by an individual, executing the feat 16 times during the filming of his latest movie, Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning. The film, which released in theatres worldwide in...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Chenab bridge - the world's highest railway arch bridge. Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, CM Omar Abdullah and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also present.
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Anupreksha JainPrivate sector banks had a sharper drop in loan growth in FY25 when overall growth moderated to 11.1 per cent, from 15.3 per cent the year before.Credit growth decelerated across all bank groups in FY 2024-25, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India.Private banks...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inspected the world's highest railway arch bridge - Chenab Railway Bridge, built on the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district. After inspection, Prime Minister Modi met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Union Railway Minister...
11:56
British-Russian satirist and author Konstantin Kisin lauds Musk for his diatribe on Trump. He writes: What Elon Musk is doing is genuinely heroic. He will win no friends in politics and will be ostracised by the current administration. But he is totally right. We (the entire Western...
11:50
Thursday's drama between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump started when Trump confirmed the deterioration of his relationship with Musk, saying he was very disappointed' in the tech billionaire after he repeatedly blasted the president's sweeping domestic agenda bill in recent...
11:37
The couple was on their honeymoon in Meghalaya
The family of Raja Raghuvanshi, a newlywed from Madhya Pradesh's Indore whose body was found in a gorge near Cherrapunji in Meghalaya, has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the matter. Raja Raghuvanshi had gone...
11:25
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty surged on Friday morning trade after the RBI cut repo rate by a higher-than-expected 50 basis points to prop up growth. Recovering all the early lost ground, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 591.94 points to 82,033.98 in morning trade. The 50-share NSE...
11:24
Former chief of army staff, Manoj Naravane, shares this image on X saying, With Jaideep Ahlawat and my wife Veena at Westin Gurgaon. Came back home and saw his movie.
11:23
Four officials of RCB and event management firm DNA entertainment private limited were taken into custody in connection with the stampede outside Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru that claimed lives of 11 people and injured another 56, police sources said on Friday.They were taken into...
10:45
India is not friendless in the United Nations Security Council and Pakistan chairing its Taliban Sanctions Committee and being named vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee is a designation without much practical consequence, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said.Tharoor is leading a...
10:24
Shine JacobWith the success of the electric two-wheeler iQube as one of his strengths, Sudarshan Venu, Chairman Emeritus Venu Srinivasan's son, will take over as chairman of TVS Motor Company in August, the company said on Thursday.Sudarshan Venu will continue to serve as managing director.The...
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Asit Ranjan MishraThe Union government has appointed economist S Mahendra Dev as chairperson of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) for a period of two years. NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery held the position following the death of Bibek Debroy on November 1 last...
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced the repo rate, by 50 basis points to 5.5%. The decision was taken unanimously at the bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee meeting headed by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra.
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The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches in Maharashtra and Kerala as part of a money laundering investigation linked to the Mithi river desilting scam that is alleged to have caused a Rs 65 crore loss to the BMC, official sources said. The raids are covering more than 15...
09:56
Business StandardState-owned Central Bank of India on Thursday said it has acquired a 24.91 per cent stake in Future Generali India for Rs 451 crore. Additionally, it acquired a 25.18 per cent stake in Future Generali India Life Insurance for Rs 57 crore, according to exchange filings. The...
09:41
Surajeet Das GuptaApples iPhone 16 might be the hottest-selling smartphone in the world, with half of the top 10 models coming from the Apple stable in the first quarter of calendar year 2025 (Q1CY25). But in India, the top honours go to Chinese mobile maker Vivos Y29 5G model (starting from...
09:22
As the war of words between United States President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk grew exponentially bitter, the world's richest man threatened to decommission a space capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station.After Trump threatened to cut...
09:00
Tesla shares plummeted on Thursday as Tesla CEO Elon Musk and United States President Donald Trump fired salvos at each other amid fallout.Tesla closed with a 14.6 per cent loss as the market closed on Thursday. Trump expressed disappointment over Musk's criticism of the bill while...
08:33
The public breakdown between US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk grew exponentially more bitter on Thursday, transforming what was once a powerful political alliance into a vicious war of words that has wiped billions from Tesla's market value and threatens to derail the president's...
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Around 40 persons were booked in Pune for bursting firecrackers and creating ruckus while celebrating RCB's IPL win, a police official said on Thursday. The incident took place at Namdar Gopal Krishna Gokhale Chowk (Goodluck Chowk) after the match on June 3, the Deccan police station...
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Around 40 persons were booked in Pune for bursting firecrackers and creating ruckus while celebrating RCB's IPL win, a police official said on Thursday. The incident took place at Namdar Gopal Krishna Gokhale Chowk (Goodluck Chowk) after the match on June 3, the Deccan police station...
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In view of Eid-ul-Azha on Saturday, the director general of police Uttar Pradesh, Rajeev Krishna on Thursday issued comprehensive directives to ensure the peaceful and safe observance of the festival across the state. In line with these instructions, extensive preparations and actions have...
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Sixteen top Maoist commanders are on the radar of the security forces as part of their operational strategy to eliminate Left Wing Extremism from the country by March 2026, official sources said.The forces on Thursday killed 67-year-old Narasimha Chalam alias Sudhakar, a member of the Maoists'...
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