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A 55-year-old trader from Thane district heading to Haridwar with his family and relatives died after falling while attempting to board a moving train at Nashik Road station in north Maharashtra on Monday, the police said. According to the police, the victim, Haresh Khemchand Udasi, a...
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The stalled work of the Russia-India-China troika could be restarted as the tension between New Delhi and Beijing has eased significantly, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. Speaking at the Forum of the Future-2050' here, the Russian foreign minister also said the...
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Frederick Forsyth, the celebrated author behind global bestsellers like The Day of the Jackal, passed away on Monday at the age of 86 after a brief illness, his literary agent announced.Jonathan Lloyd, Forsyth's agent, confirmed that the acclaimed writer died peacefully at home, surrounded by his...
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In a fresh standoff between a section of directors and technicians belonging to the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India, the shooting of a Bengali film was stalled on Monday as none among the crew turned up at the location in Kolkata. Expressing frustration over the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet members of multi-party delegations, who had travelled to world capitals to convey India's stand following Operation Sindoor, on Tuesday evening, sources said. Official sources said the members will be sharing their feedback with the prime minister,...
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Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Monday said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will have to apologise on September 10, a deadline fixed by the BJP leader to present evidence of the opposition leader and his British wife's alleged links with Pakistani spy agency ISI. Visiting...
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Karnataka endowment minister Ramalinga Reddy on Monday said, all temples that come under the Hindu Religious Institutions & Charitable Endowments Department will go 'plastic free' from August 15. He said, directions have been issued in this regard. Plastic free temples from August...
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Indore couple Raja Raghuvanshi and Sonam/Courtesy X
Three people arrested in the murder case of Indore transport businessman Raja Raghuvanshi were on Monday produced in a district court in Indore which sent them to the transit custody of the Meghalaya police for seven days, a police official said. Additional deputy commissioner of police...
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Three Bangladeshi nationals, including two women, escaped from a detention centre in Jharkhand's Hazaribad district on Monday, an official said. The centre is located on the campus of Jaiprakash Narayan Central Jail under Lohsinghna police station limits. Three Bangladeshi nationals,...
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Authorities evacuated the Himachal Pradesh high court premises on Monday after a threat was received claiming the presence of suicide bombers with improvised explosive devices inside the court complex in Shimla, the police said. The entire court complex was evacuated to ensure the protection...
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Due to weather conditions, the launch of Axiom-4 mission carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others to the International Space Station has been postponed to June 11, the ISRO said on Monday evening. SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket was scheduled to blast off from the Kennedy Space...
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The rupee appreciated 4 paise to close at 85.64 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, supported by a firm trend in domestic equities and foreign capital inflows.However, elevated global crude oil prices and the US dollar against major rivals overseas restricted its rise, traders said.The...
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The Chief Electoral Office in Maharashtra said on Monday that annually revised electoral rolls were provided to Congress and other parties at the draft and final stages in 2024 and on previous occasions under a participatory exercise.The statement comes amid a row triggered by allegations of...
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Central Railway's principal chief safety officer (PCSO) will probe the suburban train mishap in Thane's Mumbra on Monday morning in which four people were killed and nine injured, an official said. It is being treated as an incident and not accident, CR chief public relations officer Swapnil...
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Influential Shillong-based civil society group CoMSO on Monday demanded an apology from the family of Sonam, who was arrested in the murder case of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, alleging that they defamed the people of Meghalaya and tried to tarnish the image of a state dependent on...
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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Monday visited Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) and underwent a medical check-up, sources said.This health check-up comes just two days after Gandhi, 78, was taken to Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital in Shimla after she complained of high blood pressure.The...
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Senior Indian Police Service officer Vikash Kumar Vikash, who was among the five officers suspended in connection with the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium, has moved the Central Administrative Tribunal challenging his suspension, official sources said on Monday.Vikash, who was the...
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India will not engage with Pakistan on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) till New Delhi's concerns regarding terrorism are addressed and the pact is completely revamped, sources said.They said Pakistan's Water Resources Secretary Syed Ali Murtaza has reached out multiple times, urging India to...
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Girish Mahajan
Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan on Monday said the state government will give Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased in the suburban railway accident near Mumbra in Thane district.At least four commuters, including a GRP constable, died and six were injured in the mishap, with officials...
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11 people died in the stampede
The CCB sleuths arrested Nikhil Sosale, the marketing and revenue head of RCB, because Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ordered the arrest, submitted his lawyer to the Karnataka High Court on Monday. The court was hearing a petition filed by Sosale challenging his arrest on June 6. Sosale was...
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Stock markets closed higher for a fourth consecutive day on Monday driven by gains in banking and financial shares and a rally in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 256.22 points or 0.31 per cent to settle at 82,445.21 as 21 of its constituents closed higher and nine...
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Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink is preparing to commence operations in India within the next two months after receiving its license last week, sources said. The company has finalised its pricing structure for the Indian market, setting the cost of the required satellite dish...
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Parle Biscuit, Amul Butter, Maggi Noodles, Milkmaid... Archana Masih takes a nostalgic walk through the tastes that make our hearts go ah! Take a look
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10 key facts about Coco Gauff's rise and the family behind the championRead it here.
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Uma Raghuvanshi, the mother of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi, who was murdered in Meghalaya told reporters, My son went to Meghalaya with Sonam on her insistence. He did not want to go on honeymoon so soon. My son had told me that Sonam booked tickets for the trip to Meghalaya. I...
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Meghalaya Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh
On the Raghuvanshi couple case, Meghalaya Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh says, As per the SIT investigation, the main accused is Sonam. She came with three other contract killers and surrendered herself to the UP police. Three others have also been arrested and have confessed to the crime. The...
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The containers on the Singapore-flagged ship, which reported a fire on board off the Kerala coast contain dangerous cargo, including flammable solids, liquids and toxic substances, a top officer at Azhikkal Port said on Monday. Of the 22 crew members on board the ship, MV Wan Hai 503, 18...
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The Railway Ministry has decided to have automatic door closing facilities in coaches of all existing and new local trains for Mumbai Suburban, a senior official said on Monday after four passengers died and six were injured when they fell from a moving overcrowded local train in Thane...
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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair a meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) in Mumbai tomorrow to review the current domestic and global economic scenario and regulatory and supervisory issues.
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The unspoken subject of Mithya is violence, and the big zinger here is our recognition that the movie is showing us the makings of a juvenile delinquent -- perhaps the finest since Truffaut unleashed his Antoine Doinel, applauds Sreehari Nair/Rediff. Read the review here.
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About 163 cases of the newly emerging COVID-19 variant XFG have been detected in India so far, according to INSACOG data. The recombinant XFG variant harbours four key spike mutations and has achieved rapid global spread following its initial detection in Canada, according to an article in The...
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Sahil Yadav, owner of Kashi Dhaba
Update on the honeymoon murder: Sahil Yadav, owner of Kashi Dhaba, from where the UP Police found Sonam Raghuvanshi late last night, says Sonam came here around 1 am. She wanted my phone to call her family members, and I gave it to her. She started crying when she called her family. I took my...
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Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde visits the injured
NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Monday said the death of commuters after falling from a local train was unfortunate and appealed to the Central Railway administration to implement measures like installing automatic doors in suburban trains in view of overcrowding. Four persons were killed...
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An explosion was reported on board the Singapore-flagged container ship MV Wan Hai 503 off the coast of Kerala on Monday morning, a Defence PRO said today. 18 crew abandon burning container ship and was rescued by the Indian Navy and Coast Guard, say Defence sources.The underdeck blast was first...
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World Food Safety Day is a good occasion to review the hygiene of the food we eat, especially in the light of the recent revoking of the license of an app-based grocer for poor provision warehousing. Stay safe, eat smart! Take a look
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Uma Raghuvanshi
Raja Raghuvanshi's mother, Uma says, Before they got married, we wanted them to spend time together, but Sonam's mother was not open to this. If she has done all this, she will be punished. I don't know anything about the others who are reportedly involved.. I had a good relationship with Sonam....
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The couple
The family of Raja Raghuvanshi, the Indore man who was found dead in Meghalaya, has expressed shock and raised suspicion over the emerging details of the case.Responding to reports of Raj Kushwaha's alleged involvement--an employee of Raja's wife, Sonam Raghuvanshi--Raja's brother, Vipul...
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant an urgent hearing on a plea seeking protection against alleged threats over the screening of Kamal Haasan's film Thug Life in Karnataka theatres. A bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Manmohan asked the theatre association...
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The spot of the blasts
A senior police official was killed and some other personnel were injured when a pressure Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Naxalites exploded in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Monday, police said. State's Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma, who also holds the home portfolio,...
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Chhattisgarh (39 per cent), Tripura (40.4 per cent) and Madhya Pradesh (42.4 per cent) have emerged as laggards in terms of mobile phones owned by women, according to the latest 'Comprehensive Modular Survey: Telecom' (CMS:T) released by the National Statistics Office (NSO).Data showed that...
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Mutual fund assets linked to systematic investment plans (SIPs) climbed to an all-time high of 13.9 trillion in April, even as the number of active accounts dropped 14 per cent from the peak.The previous record of 13.8 trillion was set in September 2024. Assets under management then declined for...
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Raja Raghuvanshi's mother
Late Raja Raghuvanshi's mother, Uma Raghuvanshi, said that if Sonam Raghuvanshi is involved in the murder, she should be hanged. She also asked the police to first interrogate the other three accused. Speaking to the media, Raja's mother said, If Sonam is involved, she should be...
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UPDATE: The death toll in the Mumbai suburban train accident rises to four. At least four passengers were killed and six injured after falling off a moving local train in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday morning, police said. The incident occurred between Diva and Kopar railway...
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Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reacts to Amul's ad on the inauguration of the Chenab bridge, India's first cable-stayed rail bridge over the river Anji, on Friday. Vaishnaw wrote on X: Thank you Amul. See the ad alongside.
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Sonam Raghuvanshi
On Sonam Raghuvanshi being found near Ghazipur, UP, Vipul Raghuvanshi, the brother of Raja Raghuvanshi, says, I had no idea about those 3-4 people till the time I did not know their names. Raj Kushwaha's name has come forward, which means Sonam can be involved in the murder. Raj Kushwaha was...
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Greta Thunberg on the 'Madleen'
Israel has intercepted a Gaza-bound aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg and other prominent activists, detaining those onboard and taking them to Israel, reports CNN.The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) earlier said the Israeli military had boarded the 'Madleen,' which was attempting to...
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New test accurately picks up on memory problems by examining two proteins in blood plasma, US researchers find.Read the report here.
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Sales of Mounjaro, Eli Lilly's blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drug, surged 60 per cent in May, for a second full month since its launch in India.It logged value sales worth Rs 12.61 crore in May, compared to Rs 7.88 crore in April.The bumper rise, since its launch in the country in March,...
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The nightmare of Mumbai's suburban trains
Three passengers are feared dead, reports PTI, after falling onto the track near Mumbra station near Thane. The train was going towards Kasara from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. According to officials, at least 10 to 12 passengers are reported to have fallen off the train.The...
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Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. announces that its popular tabloid, Mumbai Mirror, 'is back in its OG avatar from Sunday, June 15th onwards. Back with its fearless reporting. Back with the bold headlines. Back with big questions. Back with we won't rest till we get the answers. Back with the...
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Every time my mind goes down the 'optimisation' route, I'm reminded of my job as a public health scientist, looking into the factors that affect how long we will live, writes Prof Devi Sridhar.Read the column here.
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Chhattisgarh (39 per cent), Tripura (40.4 per cent) and Madhya Pradesh (42.4 per cent) have emerged as laggards in terms of mobile phones owned by women, according to the latest 'Comprehensive Modular Survey: Telecom' (CMS:T) released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Thursday.Data...
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India's consumer protection watchdog recently issued an advisory to over 50 online platforms, asking them to eliminate dark patterns and conduct self-audits in three months.The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) sent the directive not just to e-commerce giants such as Amazon and...
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Brother of Meghalaya murder victim
On Sonam Raghuvanshi being found near Ghazipur, UP, Vipul Raghuvanshi, brother of Raja Raghuvanshi, says, I spoke to Govind around 2 am. He informed me that Sonam was found in Uttar Pradesh. After we contacted UP Police, Sonam was taken in by the police. She did not surrender. We will not...
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Protesters took out torchlight processions overnight, burnt a government building and clashed with security forces, defying prohibitory orders as Manipur continued to witness demonstrations over the arrests of a Meitei organisation leader and four others, police said on Monday.Clashes broke out...
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State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of Baroda (BoB), Uco Bank, Bank of India (BoI), and Karur Vysya Bank have reduced their external benchmark-linked lending rates after the Reserve Bank of India's rate-setting committee -- the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) -- cut the repo rate by 50...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that the stampede that killed 11 people outside the Chinnaswamy stadium shouldn't have happened and he didn't have any connection with the cricket stadium.The CM also said, he was pained by the incident.This incident shouldn't have happened, it...
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Sonam's father
Sonam Raghuvanshi's father, Devi Singh said that his daughter in innocent and the Meghalaya is lying.Meghalaya DGP I Nongrang on Monday said Indore tourist Raja Raghuvanshi was allegedly killed by men hired by his wife during their honeymoon in the north-eastern state.My daughter is innocent. I...
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Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner after their epic French Open final.Alcaraz outclass top seed Sinner 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(10-2) in the final which lasted for five hours and 29 minute, the longest ever final at Roland Garros.
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Sanket KoulAmid concerns over the rise in Covid cases in the past month, doctors and public health experts believe that India might benefit from a focused approach by protecting high-risk groups from infection instead of pushing for a mass booster dose coverage. This comes even as...
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Indore tourist Raja Raghuvanshi was allegedly killed by men hired by his wife during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, DGP I Nongrang said on Monday morning.The wife, Sonam, surrendered before the police in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur, while three other assailants were arrested in overnight raids, she...
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