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Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti on Saturday asserted that the city is now entirely free of directional loudspeakers after its personnel successfully completed a comprehensive crackdown on public address systems at all religious structures.All loudspeakers from religious structures have...
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A Chennai-bound Air India flight was forced to return to Mumbai on Saturday due to a burning smell in the cabin. The aircraft, however, landed back safely, Air India said in a statement. Air India flight AI 639, operating from Mumbai to Chennai, on Friday, June 27, made a...
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An autopsy has been performed on 42-year-old actor Shefali Jariwala's body, and the opinion about her cause of death has been reserved, a police official said on Saturday.As the cause of death is not yet clear, the Mumbai police have registered an accidental death report (ADR), he said. The...
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Two persons drowned and one sustained injuries while immersing ashes in the sea at Worli in Mumbai on Saturday, an official said.The incident occurred near Lotus jetty at Haji Ali, and the police were alerted around 5.40 pm, he said.Police personnel, along with fishermen, pulled out the three men...
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The last rites of Shefali Jariwala, the actor known for her iconic single Kaanta Laga, were performed at a crematorium in Mumbai on Saturday evening in the presence of her friends and family. Jariwala passed away on Friday night at the age of 42. Many media reports claim that she died due...
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Parts of the national capital received rain on Saturday with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting light to moderate showers and placing the city under an 'orange' alert. According to the weather office, areas in east, west, south, and southeast Delhi have recorded...
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Describing his space journey, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla told Prime Minister Narendr Modi that he sees sunrise and sunset 16 times a day from the orbit.Everything is different here. We trained for a year and I learnt about different systems...but after coming here, everything changed...Here,...
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The Union government on Saturday extended the tenure of CBDT Chairman Ravi Agrawal by one year, till June 2026. The 1988-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer was supposed to retire on June 30. He was appointed as the chief of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today interacted with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is aboard the International Space Station.In his interaction with the Indian astronaut, Modi told Shukla, You are farthest from India but closest to Indians' heart.Citing that his name itself has Shubh...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday alleged that admission of students through the management quota in three Bengaluru-based private colleges was being done in an opaque manner using money, including funds in cash. The federal probe agency's statement comes after they conducted...
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The Kolkata Police on Saturday formed a five-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe into the alleged gang rape of a student by her seniors inside a law college in the city, an officer said.The five-member SIT would be led by an assistant commissioner rank officer, he said.An SIT has...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has interacted with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is aboard the International Space Station, according to the PMO. Shukla created history on Wednesday by embarking on a journey to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a commercial mission...
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A restored and uncut version of Sholay, one of India's most celebrated films of all time, was showcased in front of a packed audience at the prestigious Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, Italy. The screening, which happened at the open-air Piazza Maggiore on Friday night,...
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A woman has been arrested for allegedly plotting and executing the murder of her husband with the help of her lover in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said on Saturday.The woman was apprehended on June 25 after the recovery of the body of her husband Bikku from a field in Amauna village under...
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Heavy rains lashed various parts of Kerala with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing an orange alert in five districts of the state for the day. The IMD sounded the orange alert in Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Malappuram and Wayanad districts of the state for the...
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Saquib Nachan, a former office-bearer of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), died in a Delhi hospital on Saturday, days after suffering a brain haemorrhage, an official said.Nachan, a resident of the Padgha area in Maharashtra's Thane district, had been admitted to a private...
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More than two weeks after the Ahmedabad plane crash, the DNA test has ascertained the identity of the last victim, and the death toll in the tragedy now stands at 260, officials said on Saturday. The mortal remains of the last victim were handed over to the family, they...
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A five-year-old boy who was bitten by a stray dog last month died at the Pariyaram Medical College Hospital in Kerala's Kannur on Saturday despite being vaccinated. Harith, son of a Tamil couple, was bitten by a stray dog on May 31 near the Sree Narayana Park in Kannur city.The child...
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Senior IPS officer Parag Jain, widely known for his expertise in intelligence gathering and affairs related to India's neighbourhood, has been appointed as the new head of the country's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), officials said on Saturday. ...
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At least 13 security personnel were killed and 24 others injured in a suicide attack on Saturday in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, security sources said. A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle...
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A 70-year-old doctor was cheated by cyber criminals of Rs 3 crore and kept under digital arrest for eight days after being accused of involvement in a non-existent money laundering scam, a Mumbai police official said on Saturday. In the month of May, the victim got a call from a person...
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The Kerala government on Saturday stood firm in its decision to introduce Zumba dance in state schools as part of its anti-drug campaign, saying the opposition to it is more venomous than narcotic substance.Explaining the government's stance over the matter here, General Education Minister V...
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A 40-year-old journalist and news presenter of a prominent Telugu channel allegedly died by suicide, police said on Saturday.Swecha V was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her residence here on Friday night.A case of suicide was registered following a complaint lodged by her father who named an...
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Two minors allegedly killed a man by slitting his throat and then crushed his head with a stone to steal his iPhone to create high-quality reels for more likes, police said on Saturday. Police have held both the accused and initiated investigations. The victim, Shadab (19), who...
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Bollywood actor Ileana D'Cruz announced the birth of her second child with her husband, Michael Dolan. D'Cruz shared the news on her Instagram handle on Saturday with a post of her newborn son, Keanu Rafe Dolan. He was born on June 19. Introducing Keanu Rafe Dolan. Born on June 19th,...
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Bangladesh paid USD 384 million to Adani Power in June, significantly reducing its outstanding dues under a power supply agreement with the Indian firm, according to sources. In June (till June 27), Bangladesh has paid USD 384 million of the committed USD 437 million to be paid during...
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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday asserted that the Preamble of a Constitution is not changeable as it is the seed on which the document grows. He said the preamble of no other constitution has undergone change except that of India.But this Preamble was changed by the 42nd...
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The police on Saturday arrested a security guard of the Kolkata law college where a first-year student was raped allegedly by three men including an alumnus earlier this week, an officer said.With this, the total number of arrests reached four in the crime that took place inside the guard's room...
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Two people were arrested on Saturday in connection with the death of a tigress and her four cubs in the Hugyam forest range of Male Mahadeshwara Hills in Karnataka, police said.The big cats were found dead on Thursday, and subsequent investigation revealed they were poisoned.The breakthrough came...
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Following the backlash after featuring footwear strongly resembling Kolhapuri chappals, Italian fashion house Prada has acknowledged that it was inspired by the Indian handcrafted footwear. We acknowledge that the sandals featured in the recent Prada Men's 2026 Fashion Show are...
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Amid renewed enthusiasm, devotees on Saturday resumed pulling the chariots of Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath, after the Rath Yatra in Puri was halted on June 27 night.The chariots were scheduled to reach Gundicha temple, considered the aunt's place of the deities, by the...
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The cause behind actor Shefali Jariwala's death is yet to be ascertained and her body has been taken for postmortem, the Mumbai Police said on Saturday.Her body was found at her residence in Andheri. The police received the information at 1 am (Saturday). Her body has been sent to Cooper Hospital...
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United States President Donald Trump announced on Friday (US local time) that the United States will be terminating all discussions on trade with Canada, effective immediately.In a post on Truth Social, Trump called Canada a 'very difficult' country to trade with.He pointed out that the Digital...
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Abhishek Kumar, Business StandardMutual fund assets as a percentage of total bank deposits have nearly doubled over the past eight years, highlighting a growing investor appetite for equities and other financial assets.As of May 2025, mutual fund assets under management (AUM) stood at Rs 72.2...
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Khushboo Tiwari, Business StandardThe Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has revised the minimum information that companies must provide to their audit committees and shareholders for the approval of related party transactions (RPTs).The new standards will come into effect from...
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Shefali Jariwala, the actor and dancer best known for her iconic role in the hit music video Kaanta Laga, has passed away at the age of 42.Jariwala, who rose to fame in the early 2000s, was rushed to Bellevue Multispeciality Hospital in Mumbai on Friday, but doctors reportedly declared her dead...
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The body of another pilgrim was retrieved on Friday from the Alaknanda river as SDRF personnel on board a raft scoured its swirling waters in search of pilgrims who went missing after a 31-seater bus taking them to Badrinath fell into the river near Gholtir between Rudraprayag and Gauchar a day...
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The transport ministry has made the anti-lock braking system mandatory for all new two-wheelers manufactured after January next year, irrespective of engine capacity, to enhance riders' safety.The ministry, in a notification, said that at the time of purchase of a two-wheeler, the manufacturer...
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The transport ministry has made the anti-lock braking system mandatory for all new two-wheelers manufactured after January next year, irrespective of engine capacity, to enhance riders' safety.The ministry, in a notification, said that at the time of purchase of a two-wheeler, the manufacturer...
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