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A day after the stampede in Puri in which three persons were killed and 50 others injured, Odisha's development commissioner Anu Garg on Monday started the administrative probe into the incident. Garg, who is also the additional chief secretary has been entrusted with the inquiry into the...
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The National Investigation Agency has chargesheeted a key operative of a banned Naxal outfit for collecting funds to revive the organisation in Jharkhand, a statement issued on Monday said.A supplementary charge sheet was filed against Bachcha Singh alias Bachcha Babu Singh alias Mukesh alias Mu...
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The National Investigation Agency has chargesheeted a key operative of a banned Naxal outfit for collecting funds to revive the organisation in Jharkhand, a statement issued on Monday said.A supplementary charge sheet was filed against Bachcha Singh alias Bachcha Babu Singh alias Mukesh alias Mu...
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The Forest department on Monday sent the deputy conservator of forests and two other officials on compulsory leave with immediate effect pending an inquiry into the case of 'unnatural death' of five tigers in the Male Mahadeshwara Hills, officials said. A female tigress and her four cubs...
23:10
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in a car and three women occupants robbed of gold ornaments by two motorbike-borne unidentified persons in the wee hours of Monday on a highway in Daund in Pune district of Maharashtra, a police official said. The incident took place around...
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A magistrate court here on Monday closed defamation proceedings against former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik after BJP functionary Mohit Kamboj withdrew his complaint.The accused stands acquitted of the offence under IPC section 500 (defamation) and the proceeding is hereby closed, the court...
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India will work with ASEAN to develop cruise tourism circuits in the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean, Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Monday. Sonowal inaugurated first ever ASEAN-India Cruise Dialogue here on Monday, according to a statement.The meet hosted by India is being...
21:45
The rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day in the negative territory, down 26 paise at 85.76 against the US dollar on Monday, on weak domestic equities and a bounce back in crude oil prices. Forex traders said the rupee opened in the positive on improved global risk sentiments,...
21:34
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla interacts with PM Narendra Modi from the ISS/@narendramodi/X
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to interact with school students and scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation from his orbital post on the International Space Station via ham radio on Friday evening. The interaction is planned via a telebridge set up at the U R Rao Satellite...
21:24
Controversial Indian Punjabi film Sardaar Ji 3, starring Diljit Dosanjh and Pakistani actress Hania Aamir, has achieved a record-breaking opening in Pakistan, surpassing previous box office records held by Bollywood movies. Sardaar Ji stirred controversy in India due to the casting of...
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A 70-year-old woman was allegedly tied to a tree and brutally assaulted by her neighbour following an argument over garbage disposal in front of her house, police said on Monday. The incident occurred on the morning of June 24 in Gautampura village but came to light only after a video of the...
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Most parts of India are likely to receive above-normal rainfall in July, the weather department said on Monday, asking authorities and people in central India, Uttarakhand and Haryana to stay alert due to the risk of flooding even as some parts of the country are facing the fury of the...
20:18
In a move aimed at enhancing the safety of tourists, the authorities in Meghalaya have made it compulsory for visitors to hire guides while participating in outdoor activities within the East Khasi Hills district, officials said on Monday.The orders came a month after Indore businessman Raja...
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A Delhi court on Monday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to close the case of first year Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing on October 15, 2016, saying the agency 'exhausted all options'.Additional chief judicial magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari also...
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The authorities of the South Calcutta Law College, where a student was allegedly by an alumnus and two of her seniors, decided to suspend classes for all students for an indefinite period, a notification issued on Monday said. The decision was taken by the governing body of the college.All...
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Former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has filed a trademark application for the phrase 'CAPTAIN COOL', a sobriquet widely associated with his calm on-field demeanour. According to the Trade Marks Registry portal, the application's status is 'accepted and advertised'. It was...
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At least half a dozen bodies should undergo DNA profiling to establish the identity of the victims who died in the blast and fire accident at a plant belonging to Sigachi Industries in the Pashamylaram industrial estate, a Revenue Department official said on Monday.A Ranga Rao, Tahasildar of...
17:21
Firebrand Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh resigns from party. The BJP MLA, in a letter, said the decision to appoint Ramchander Rao as the BJP state president came as a 'shock and disappointment' to him.
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Amid heavy rains triggering flash floods in the state, Himachal Pradesh Minister Jagat Singh Negi on Monday held a special review meeting with senior officials to assess the situation arising from landslides, road blockages, and disruption of power and water supply across the state.The Revenue,...
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Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah came out in support of singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh amid the ongoing controversy against him for collaborating with Pakistani artist Hania Aamir in his film 'Sardaar Ji 3'. Amid the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, Diljit's recent collaboration with...
16:31
In the past four trading days, the Sensex jumped 2,162.11 points or 2.64 per cent and the Nifty surged 665.9 points or 2.66 per cent. The global market sentiment is moving in favour of equities on account of easing risk in the Middle East and the US trade deal hopes. However, the main...
16:29
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled on Monday after a four-day rally amid emergence of profit-taking, mainly in bank stocks. After staying in the negative territory throughout the day, the 30-share BSE Sensex later dropped 452.44 points or 0.54 per cent to settle at...
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk strongly criticised President Trump's big, beautiful bill, calling it political suicide for the Republican Party, The Hill reported.Polls show that this bill is political suicide for the Republican Party, Musk said in an X post on Saturday. In another message, he...
15:52
Incessant rainfall over the past 24 hours has caused widespread damage across Himachal Pradesh, including in its capital, Shimla. In the Bhatakufar area near Shimla, a five-storey residential building collapsed early Monday morning, triggering panic among local residents. As a precautionary...
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Tragedy repeated itself in a family in Sonbhadra, UP, eerily in a similar manner, after two years and claimed the life of a girl child on each occasion. Shailendra, a native of Jhansi, and his wife, who runs a roadside stall selling street food in the Duddhi bazaar area of Sonbhadra district,...
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On the upcoming Amarnath Yatra, J&K CM Omar Abdullah says, We hope and pray that the yatra is a success, pilgrims come in good numbers, offer prayers, and go back safely. We have made the necessary arrangements to facilitate the pilgrims. The LG chaired two meetings, one with political...
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A plea (letter petition) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking urgent judicial intervention in the recent alleged gang-rape of a 24-year-old law student in South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata. The petitioner, Advocate Satyam Singh Rajput, has sought a court-monitored CBI...
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A minor Dalit girl was lured from her village in Uttar Pradesh and taken to Kerala where she was coerced into converting ahead of being recruited for terrorist activities, police said on Monday, blowing the lid off a suspected radicalisation network. The conspiracy began to unravel when the...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday stressed that the government in the state will last for five years like a rock. Amidst speculations about Siddaramaiah's differences with Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka CM held his hand while addressing reporters in Mysuru. Our...
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Monojit Mishra, the prime accused
Three out of the four persons arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a female student at a city-based law college had pre-planned the assault, a police officer said on Monday.Sleuths of the nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the incident also found that the three...
13:56
Veteran actor Paresh Rawal has confirmed his return to the third installment of the comedy franchise Hera Pheri, saying that everything is resolved now. In May this year, Rawal had announced his exit from the third part, which would have reunited him with franchise co-stars Akshay Kumar and...
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Accused Monojit Mishra
Arindam Kanjilal, the victim's advocate in the Kolkata gang rape case which happened on June 25, in his interaction with ANI, said, that the highest punishment shall not be less than 20 years and can lead up to life imprisonment. He said, Based on the FIR registered by the victim the matter...
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Two people have died and several have been injured in a reactor blast at a chemical factory in Pasamailaram Phase 1 area of Telangana's Sangareddy district on Monday, said officials. Several workers are also feared trapped. Soon after receiving the information about the incident, 11 fire tenders...
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A Pakistani national arrested along the Line of Control (LoC) near Jammu and Kashmir's border districts of Poonch and Rajouri while attempting to infiltrate into India is a terrorist guide, officials said on Monday. Mohammed Arif was leading a group of four Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists...
12:43
The witty Mr Tharoor responds to author and marketing man Suhel Seth's post on X: Thank you for your condern, @suhelseth! Grateful that you condign to be conderned! Watch out some may condemn you for that!Suhel Seth had posted on a meeting with Tharoor with a post on X that had a typo: Just...
12:24
The crew of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) -- Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Group Captain Shubhanshu Shux Shukla, and Mission Specialists Slawosz Suave Uznanski-Wisniewski and Tibor Kapu -- completed their third day aboard the International Space Station, advancing research and global outreach efforts,...
11:49
Monojit Mishra at a career guidance session in a school
Monojit dada is in our hearts (Team MM) reads a wall graffiti inside the Kolkata law college that has made headlines for a student's rape on campus. Monojit dada here is Monojit Mishra, prime accused in the rape case and an alumnus who wielded huge influence on the campus even after he passed...
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gourav Vallabh has demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the wake of the alleged gang rape of a law student in Kolkata stating that that the ruling TMC always tries to save the accused. Vallabh told ANI, Despite having a...
10:52
After depreciating 1.29 per cent against the dollar this financial year, the rupee is expected to weaken more because of West Asian military conflicts, with the expectation that prices of crude oil will rise. According to a Business Standard poll, the majority of respondents expect...
10:32
Indian Navy's warship INS Tabar, on a mission in the Gulf of Oman, received a distress call from a ship named MT Yi Cheng 6 after which it sprung into action and began firefighting operations. 13 Indian naval personnel and 5 crew members are currently involved in firefighting...
10:11
Mahindra group Chairman Anand Mahindra on Sunday warned that the ongoing geopolitical and economic shifts may disrupt global trade and supply chains, urging India Inc to respond with strategic agility and investment in manufacturing. In a note to shareholders, Mahindra compared the present...
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Ahead of the Amarnath Yatra, scheduled to begin on July 3, CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) has rolled out a robust multi-layered security plan along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44), to ensure safety and security of the pilgrims. Jammu-Srinagar Highway is one of the vital...
10:02
A four-member fact-finding committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) departed for Kolkata on Monday morning to investigate the recent alleged gangrape of a law student at South Calcutta Law College, aiming to assess the law and order situation in West Bengal.The committee includes former...
09:47
Shubhanshu has much to smile about in space
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday met the family members of astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who made history as the first Indian to enter the International Space Station (ISS). Yadav was accompanied by his wife and Lok Sabha MP Dimple Yadav, and senior party leader...
09:33
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said that US strikes on Iran fell short of causing total damage to its nuclear programme and that Tehran could restart enriching uranium in a matter of months, contradicting US President Donald Trump's claims the US set Tehran's...
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The Railways will publish the passenger reservation chart 8 hours before the trains departure, it announced on Sunday.'Currently, the reservation chart is prepared four hours before the departure of the train. This creates uncertainty for the passengers. Wherever passengers are coming from a...
08:35
A 24-year-old Indian woman, who arrived in the US state of New Jersey for an arranged marriage, has gone missing, authorities said. According to the New York Post, the woman, identified as Simran, arrived on a flight from India on June 20. Surveillance footage shows the woman looking...
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