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Air India on Thursday said its flight AI388 from Delhi to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam carrying 130 passengers returned to the national capital as a precautionary measure shortly after take-off. The flight on June 19 landed safely back in Delhi and all passengers have been disembarked, the...
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US President Donald Trump will decide in the next two weeks on Iran, the White House said on Thursday.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt quoted Trump as saying, ... Based on the fact that there is a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near...
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Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran
Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran on Thursday skipped the Annual General Meeting of Tata Consultancy Services, marking his absence from the group's shareholder gathering for the second consecutive day. This is the first time in over 17 years that Chandrasekaran, who was elevated as the...
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Four minor boys, who were among the 10 people arrested for their alleged involvement in the gangrape of a college student at Odisha's Gopalpur sea beach, on Thursday underwent a medical test to ascertain their exact age, police said. The ossification test was conducted after the police urged...
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Diamantaire Nirav Modi
A special court in Mumbai has allowed the release of properties worth Rs 66.33 crore, owned by fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi and his sister Purvi Modi and attached by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the multi-crore PNB fraud case. The court allowed the application filed by...
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'Arrowhead' (T-84), a popular tigress in the Ranthambore National Park and the granddaughter of legendary tigress 'Machhli', died due to a brain tumour on Thursday, forest officials said. Aged 11, Arrowhead recently made headlines after a video of her hunting a crocodile went viral, with...
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'Arrowhead' (T-84), a popular tigress in the Ranthambore National Park and the granddaughter of legendary tigress 'Machhli', died due to a brain tumour on Thursday, forest officials said. Aged 11, Arrowhead recently made headlines after a video of her hunting a crocodile went viral, with...
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Air India on Thursday said flights will be reduced on 16 international routes and suspended on 3 overseas destinations between June 21 and July 15. The Tata Group-owned airline, grappling with disruptions following the fatal plane crash on June 12 in Ahmedabad, said the objective is to...
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A city-bound private carrier from Guwahati was diverted to Bengaluru due to insufficient fuel, officials at the airport in Chennai said. The pilot of the flight with about 168 passengers noticed there was low fuel, following which it was diverted to Bengaluru, they said. After refueling...
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Delhi continued to record clean air for the second consecutive day, with the Air Quality Index remaining in the 'satisfactory' category at 89. On Wednesday, the city had recorded its cleanest air in over eight months, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board. According...
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The Assam police arrested five people, while three policemen have been taken off duty pending investigation, in connection with the collapse of a newly repaired bridge over the Harang River in Cachar district, connecting the states of Tripura, Mizoram, and Manipur, officials said on Thursday.The...
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The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has commenced a formal inquiry into the Air India flight crash in Ahmedabad and the multi-disciplinary team from AAIB has commenced investigation from June 12, said an official statement from the ministry of civil aviation on Thursday.The investigation...
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Weakening for the third straight session, the rupee lost 30 paise to close at over two-month low of 86.73 against the US dollar on Thursday, weighed down by a strong American currency and rising crude oil prices. Forex traders said the rupee depreciated for the third consecutive day, logging...
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The heatwave gripping Kashmir is on a record-breaking spree, as several parts of the Valley, including Srinagar, on Thursday witnessed the hottest June day in 20 years, officials said. According to the India meteorological department, Srinagar recorded a maximum temperature of 35.2 degrees...
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A court in Shillong on Thursday extended the police custody of Sonam Raghuvanshi and her boyfriend Raj Kushwaha by two more days, while the three hitmen who allegedly murdered Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi were sent to a 14-day judicial remand.Raghuvanshi and his wife went 'missing' while...
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A United States visa is 'a privilege, not a right', its screening does not stop after a visa has been issued and authorities may revoke it if one breaks the law, the country's embassy in New Delhi said on Thursday.In a brief statement, the US Embassy also said using illegal drugs or breaking any...
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A United States visa is 'a privilege, not a right', its screening does not stop after a visa has been issued and authorities may revoke it if one breaks the law, the country's embassy here said on Thursday.In a brief statement, the US Embassy also said using illegal drugs or breaking any US laws...
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The family of a 23-year-old man, who has gone missing in a lake in Germany, said on Thursday that they have approached Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Minister Rajesh Dharmani to appeal to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to approach the German government for all...
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Wreckage of AI aircraft. Pic: Amit Dave/Reuters
The government on Thursday said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau will decide on the location of decoding the black box of Air India's crashed Dreamliner. A multi-disciplinary team from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has commenced an investigation into the...
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Lalu Yadav: Pic: ANI Photo
Three and a half months before the much-anticipated Bihar assembly election, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday urged party leaders and workers to work diligently to make Tejashwi Yadav the next chief minister. Tejashwi Yadav must become chief minister under all circumstances. Everyone...
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Air India condoles co-pilot Clive Kunder's death. He died in the AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad. With heavy hearts, we bid farewell to First Officer Clive Kunder - a young aviator full of promise, a valued colleague, and a deeply cherished member of the Air India family. Clive's quiet...
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Crashed Dreamliner was well maintained; last major check done in June 2023 and next was scheduled for Dec 2025: Air India CEO Campbell Wilson's message to fliers. As a confidence-building measure, we are undertaking enhanced pre-flight safety checks on Boeing 787 fleet, Wilson says.This comes...
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Bungalow No. 5, Sunehri Bagh Road, will be Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's new address and he has started the process of shifting on the occasion of his birthday on Thursday but will start living there before the next Parliament session, party sources said. Gandhi has agreed to have 5,...
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) of Bhubaneswar has reported heavy rainfall across Odisha, with eight to nine places recording significant downpours in the last 24 hours.Manorama Mohanty, Director of IMD Bhubaneswar, stated that a well-marked low-pressure area over Gangetic West Bengal...
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A rescuer works at a bombed site in Israel. Ammar Awad/Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to exchange sensitive information on the Iran-Israel conflict, the Kremlin said on Thursday. President Putin and Xi Jinping in their hour-long phone call have agreed to issue orders to their relevant agencies to...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower for the third straight session on Thursday, in line with weak trends in global markets as the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict continues to weigh on investors' sentiment. The US Fed's decision to keep interest rates unchanged also dampened market...
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Aryan Razdan
Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former J-K CM Mehbooba Mufti shares this on X: Aryan Razdan a 19 year old Kashmiri Pandit student at CGC Mohali was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his hostel exactly a month ago. This was no ordinary suicide but one he was allegedly driven to by CGC.On the...
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Tata Capital Housing Finance Ltd (TCHFL) plans to ink a pact with group firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to raise funds through debentures, term loans, etc. and avail services for value up to 5,150 crore in the current financial year (FY26).In its FY25 annual report, TCFHL said it has...
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Sixty-year-old Tanveer Ahmad was woken up from sleep by a phone call Wednesday morning. A voice he did not recognise said six of his family members, including his three children, met with an accident, that their car caught fire with people still inside. He feared the worst but maybe it was...
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US President Donald Trump has expressed keen interest in developing a mutually beneficial trade partnership with Pakistan based on long-term strategic convergence and shared interests, the army said in Islamabad on Thursday. In a statement after a meeting between Trump and Pakistan Army...
15:42
Israelis hunker down in Haifa
Israel's defence minister says Iran's supreme leader 'cannot continue to exist' after latest Iranian missile attack. Iran's foreign minister says he'll meet with European counterparts in Geneva, state media reports. An Iranian missile hit the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday,...
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Draupadi, beloved Mahabharat heroine, wife of the Pandavas, known for her bravery, outspokenness, loyalty is worshipped devotedly, especially in parts of South India. Take a look.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he does not even want to discuss the possibility of Israel killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reports Russian news agency, Tass.If I may, I hope this will be the most correct answer to your question: 'I do not even wish to discuss such...
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The memoriam for Clive Kunder, co-pilot of the Air India AI-171. Kunder's mortal remains were to his home in Mumbai on Thursday. Visuals from his residence showed a crowd of people gathered at his place while his family stood in front of his portrait and mourned their tragic loss....
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his father, Dr Farooq Abdullah, travelled on the recently-inaugurated Vande Bharat train from Srinagar to Katra on Thursday and were received by National Conference leaders and workers in Katra. Omar, accompanied by the NC chief and his...
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A female student of Mumbai's Sathaye College died after she jumped from the third floor of the educational institute on Thursday morning, a police official said. Sandhya Pathak, 21, was a third-year student of the college located in the Vile Parle (East) area, they said. She was a resident...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said that he had a difference of opinion with his party's leadership but added that the Congress party, its values, and its workers are dear to him.As you know, I have disagreements with the current Congress leadership. Some of them are in the public domain,...
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Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka government to take appropriate action against any person or groups who may attempt to forcibly obstruct the release of 'Thug Life', under the criminal and civil law. The Court disposed of the matter after satisfying itself of the submissions made by...
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On US President Donald Trump's lunch meeting with Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor says, I hope the food was good and he gets some food for thought in the process. I hope that in these interactions, the Americans reminded Pakistan of not enabling, guiding, training,...
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Modi, Trump hug at the White House in February
After Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir attended a lunch event with US President Donald Trump at the White House, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, on Thursday, raised concerns and said that it is a huge blow to Indian diplomacy.In a post on X, Jairam said that Munir is the same man whose inflammatory...
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Stressing the importance of Indian languages as the soul of the nation's identity, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday that the time has come to reclaim India's linguistic heritage and lead the world with pride in native tongues. Speaking at the book launch of 'Main Boond Swayam,...
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As the India Meteorological Department issued a heatwave alert with temperatures expected to soar past 44C in several parts of the country, real estate developers are bracing for significant project delays caused by labour shortages and a sharp dip in productivity.Extreme heat conditions often...
12:43
For seventeen days, the whispers bubbled back up like bad curry. So they love dogs? Cooked, not cuddled, right? Since China's next door, are they all, like half Chinese? With those tiny eyes, how do they even watch TV? Why so much mob lynching up there? Is that how they say hello? They passed...
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Smoke rises from the Soroka medical centre. Pic: Amir Cohen/Reuters
An Iranian missile hit and caused extensive destruction to Soroka Medical Center, a major hospital in the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva, Israeli authorities told CNN.Israel's emergency response service, Magen David Adom (MDA), said it had received a report about a building that had...
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A woman in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district was allegedly raped by four men, police said on Thursday. This is the third such incident in the state in three days. According to the complaint lodged by the 31-year-old victim's husband, four men known to the family entered their house located under...
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The remains of an Iranian ballistic missile. Pic: Gil Eliyahu/Reuters
Israel's President Isaac Herzog said the Iranian missile strikes that damaged southern Israel's Soroka hospital targeted civilians. A baby in intensive care. A mother by their bedside. A doctor rushing between beds. An elderly resident in a nursing home. These were some of the targets of Iran's...
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The mortal remains of Clive Kunder, the co-pilot of the Air India AI-171 flight which crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12, were brought to his home in Mumbai on Thursday. Visuals from his residence showed a crowd of people gathered at his place while his family stood in front of his portrait...
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The gifts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted a silver candlestand to Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and a Pattachitra painting to Croatia's President Zoran Milanovic. This silver candle stand from Rajasthan is a beautiful example of the region's traditional metalwork. Handmade by...
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Amazon will invest over Rs 2,000 crore in 2025 to scale up its all-India operations network, the e-commerce giant said on Thursday. Investments will support network expansion and upgrades to serve customers faster and more reliably, advance technology and innovation, and improve employee and...
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Iran launched dozens of ballistic missiles at Israel on Thursday morning, with 'several hits' on civilian areas, an Israeli military official told CNN.The official said there were several hits to civilian population centers including the Soroka hospital in southern Israel.Israel Defense Forces...
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Indian airlines are facing renewed pressure on profitability as escalating tensions in the Middle East threaten to push global crude oil prices to USD 100 per barrel, according to a report by Nuvama. The report highlighted that the geopolitical rift, particularly the Israel-Iran standoff,...
11:16
Samsung's global volume share of final assembling of smartphones in India might not get the same focus as that of Apple Inc because of the latter's aggressive export strategy and higher average selling price leading to higher value.But in terms of volume, the reality is that Samsung is much...
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A Hyderabad-Tirupati SpiceJet flight returned to the city on Thursday shortly after takeoff due to a snag, sources said. Flight SG 2696, which was scheduled to depart at 6.10 AM, took off at 6.19 AM and was expected to land in Tirupati at 7.40 AM. However, it returned and landed back at Rajiv...
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Rise in gold prices due to global uncertainty has pushed core consumer price index (CPI) inflation on an upward trajectory for four months in a row, even as the headline retail inflation fell to a 75-month low of 2.8 per cent in May, said credit-rating agency Crisil in a note on Wednesday.A...
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For the first time in over two years, silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have attracted more investor flows than gold ETFs for three consecutive months, marking a notable shift in investor preference amid a sharp rally in silver prices.Silver ETFs saw net inflows of Rs 853 crore in May, nearly...
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A Leh-bound IndiGo plane returned to the national capital due to a technical issue on Thursday morning after being airborne for over two hours. The A320 aircraft, operating the flight 6E2006 from Delhi to Leh, returned to the national capital after being airborne for over two hours, as per...
10:44
Israel and Iran continue to trade strikes
Hundreds of Indian Muslim pilgrims are currently stranded in Iran, many of them elderly and in need of medicine, a religious leader in their home country has told CNN.Iran is home to several Shia Muslim holy sites, and draws pilgrims from across the world. The Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad draws 20...
10:27
Smoke rises from a broadcasting station in Tehran
Arriving in New Delhi from the conflict zone in Iran under India's Operation Sindhu, Indian students expressed their gratitude to the Central government for evacuating them directly from their doorstep. They described the situation in Iran as bad, noting that people there are extremely...
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday announced that students evacuated from Iran will be ferried from Delhi to the Union Territory in deluxe buses. As many as 90 students from Jammu and Kashmir were among the 110 people evacuated from war-affected Iran on Wednesday....
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After US President Donald Trump reiterated that he used a trade deal to stop tensions between India and Pakistan, Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala on Thursday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government, asserting that the Nation awaits answer.In a post on X,...
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The INS Arnala, an indigenously built anti-submarine warfare shallow-water craft (ASWSWC), was commissioned into the Indian Navy on Wednesday at a ceremony in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The first of 16 such warships, it is expected to boost the Indian Navy's combat capabilities. It...
08:53
United States President Donald Trump said the two very smart leaders of India and Pakistan decided not to continue a war that could have turned nuclear, the first time in weeks he did not credit himself for stopping of hostilities between the two neighbouring nations. Trump made the remarks...
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The first flight carrying over 100 students, who were evacuated to Armenia from war-torn Iran, landed in Delhi in the early hours on Thursday. Amid escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, Indian students in Tehran were moved out of the city, 110 of them crossing the border...
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Air India on Wednesday announced that it is reducing international flights on widebody aircraft by 15 percent until at least mid-July. In a statement, the Tata Group-owned airline also said it will undertake enhanced safety checks of widebody Boeing 777 aircraft as a matter of added...
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Delhi recorded cleanest air in more than eight months on Wednesday, as the Air Quality Index (AQI) dropping to 81, placing it in the 'satisfactory' category, data from the Central Pollution Control Board showed. This is the cleanest air the capital has experienced in the past 261...
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The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested four more accused in Tamil Nadu as part of its probe against radical elements involved in promoting armed struggle to establish an Islamic state, officials said. The accused persons identified as Ahmed Ali, Jawahar Sathik, Raja Abdullah...
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