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Social activist Medha Patkar/File image
The police on Monday advised social activist Medha Patkar to leave the house of a city-based activist here in view of law and order concerns, as there was no prior intimation to police about her visit. Patkar, who is in Hyderabad to attend the NAPM's 30th anniversary national convention,...
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Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday demanded that Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi be charged with treason for eulogising Mughal emperor Aurangzeb who brutally tortured Maratha king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. Azmi, who is the Samajwadi Party's Maharashtra president, said...
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President Donald Trump flayed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday for suggesting that the end of Russia's war against Ukraine is still likely 'very, very far away,' according to a report by Associated Press. This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy,...
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The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti coalition in Maharashtra is comfortably placed to win all five vacant seats in the Legislative Council, by-election schedule for which was announced on Monday. According to the Election Commission, the by-elections are slated for March 27 and they were...
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A purported video clip showing the daughter of a former Assam chief minister assaulting a driver surfaced on social media on Monday, while the woman alleged that he used to verbally abuse her under the influence of liquor. The video clip showed a man kneeling down, with the daughter of...
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The accused in Haryana Police custody/ANI on X
A CCTV footage of February 28 shows Himani Narwal murder case accused Sachin was seen carrying the black suitcase with the body stuffed in it, through a street. The CCTV visuals have been verified by the police. Sachin, a 'friend' of Congress worker Himani Narwal -- was arrested earlier...
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Jammu and Kashmir director general of police Nalin Prabhat on Monday chaired a meeting in Srinagar to review the crime and security situation in the Union Territory. The focus of the meeting was to assess the current security situation and evaluate the effectiveness of crime management...
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A 17-year-old student was found dead at his residence in Maruthankuzhy near here on Monday morning, the police said. The deceased, identified as Darshan R, was a Plus Two student at a school in Vazhuthacaud, they said. According to the police, the student was found hanging in his...
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The Supreme Court on Monday said there was a duty on persons exercising fundamental rights and nothing like a fundamental right on a platter. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh made the profound remark while hearing the matter of podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, who was allowed...
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Police detained a biker in Panchkula on Monday after he reached near the cavalcade of Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, which was stationary at the time of the incident, officials said.The chief minister was in Panchkula on Monday afternoon where he later held a pre-budget meeting with...
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A Bharatiya Janata Party leader was detained on Monday in connection with the rape of a 15-year-old girl at his hotel in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh district, police said.The leader allegedly harboured and provided room in his hotel to two accused who abducted and sexually assaulted the minor girl...
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The visiting hours for the Ram temple in Ayodhya have been extended, with the temple now opening an hour earlier at 6 am instead of 7 am.The new schedule, which also includes revised aarti timings, came into effect on Monday, the temple trust's media centre said.According to the updated schedule,...
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At least 38 people were injured when a state transport bus overturned while trying to avoid a motorcycle on a highway in Maharashtra's Latur district on Monday, police said.The accident occurred on the Nagpur-Ratnagiri Highway near Nandgaon Pati in Chakur tehsil around 2 pm.Divisional traffic...
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AAP MLA Jarnail Singh
Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Monday warned Aam Aadmi Party MLA Jarnail Singh of breach of privilege action for posting a picture of the ongoing House session on X and asked him to remove the image. Singh, the MLA from Tilak Nagar constituency,...
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K J M Varma, PTIChina has honoured an army regiment commander who was injured in the Galwan Valley border clash with Indian soldiers in 2020 as an outstanding member of the national advisory body -- Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).Qi Fabao was among the 33 individuals...
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A Congress MLA and a Kannada activist have vented their ire against actress Rashmika Mandanna for declining the invitation to attend Film Festival in Bengaluru and for calling herself as someone from Hyderabad.Mandya MLA Ravi Kumar Gowda, popularly known as Ravi Ganiga, said Mandanna hails from...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Monday said it has issued a Rs 611 crore worth show cause notice to Paytm's parent company and linked entities for contravention of the FEMA on various counts.In a message on X, Paytm responded: We are working to resolve the notice in accordance with applicable laws...
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A day after being removed from all BSP party posts, Akash Anand said on Monday that he remained undeterred, drawing strength from the Bahujan Movement's ideals. He added that this struggle is not a career but a fight for the self-respect and self-esteem of marginalized communities. In a...
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An Indian woman on death row in Abu Dhabi for the alleged murder of a four-month-old child has already been executed on February 15, the Delhi High Court hearing her father's plea about her well-being was informed on Monday. On being informed about the development, Justice Sachin Datta...
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'IIT Baba'
'IIT Baba' Abhay Singh, who burst into the limelight during the Maha Kumbh, was arrested from a hotel in the Shiprapath area with a small quantity of ganja, the Jaipur police said on Monday. He was later granted bail, they added. Shiprapath SHO Rajendra Kumar Godara said the police...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said his government acted swiftly to control the situation after the January 29 stampede at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, ensuring timely medical aid for victims while preventing widespread panic.Addressing a gathering of Indian Institute of...
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The full list
If you've just joined us: The 97th Academy Awards were held on March 3 in Los Angeles, Hollywood, California. 'Anora' has emerged as the night's big winner, taking home five Academy Awards, including the coveted Best Picture award. The film, directed by Sean Baker, also won awards for Best...
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Benchmark BSE Sensex declined by 112 points while Nifty fell for the ninth straight session on Monday following selling in blue-chips HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries. In a see-saw trade, the 30-share BSE benchmark declined by 112.16 points or 0.15 per cent to close at 73,085.94 as 18 of...
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Actor Preity Zinta on Monday said visiting Varanasi's famous Kashi Vishwanath temple for Mahashivratri with her mother was nothing short of an adventure. The actor, who took a holy dip at the recently concluded Maha Kumbh Mela on February 26, shared a lengthy note on her X page detailing her...
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Haryana Police on Monday arrested a friend of Congress worker Himani Narwal for allegedly strangling her after a fight at her home and later dumping her body in a suitcase. Narwal's body was found stuffed in a suitcase in Rohtak on Saturday, leading to the formation of a special...
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An interesting update on the Supreme Court order allowing podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia to air his The Ranveer Show subject to maintaining morality and decency and an undertaking that it was suitable for all ages.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh took note of Allahbadia's...
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A cop went undercover as a momo seller
A 31-year-old man, who had killed a teenager for sharing a social media post in 2021, was apprehended from Rudrapur in Uttarakhand, police said on Monday. The accused, Bhuvan Joshi, was apprehended after an undercover head-constable posed as a momos seller to confirm his...
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Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was being kept in solitary confinement in a death cell at the high-security Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, his party claimed on Monday.Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central Information Secretary, Sheikh Waqas Akram, made the claims during a press...
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday that India and Pakistan came closer to resolving the Kashmir issue during the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government and he is not expecting a return to the situation in his lifetime. During obituary references to Singh and four other...
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Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed deleted her post
Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Monday backed Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed's comments questioning Rohit Sharma's captaincy of the Indian cricket team. Mohamed had said that Rohit Sharma, who was dismissed after 15 runs off 17 balls in India's Champions Trophy match against New...
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Podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia's plea is being heard in SC. He seeks modification of the rider barring him from airing any show till further orders. He says podcasts are his only source of livelihood and asks SC to allow him to air programmes.Solicitor general Tushar Mehta opposes Ranveer...
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Amid a war of words with the Centre over the three-language policy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday argued that if the students in Northern India have been taught two languages properly, then why do Southern students need to learn a third one?In a post on X, Stalin questioned the...
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India's manufacturing sector growth fell to a 14-month low in February amid softer increase in new orders and production, a monthly survey said on Monday.
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The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the ACB not to act until March 4 on an order directing it to lodge an FIR against former Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and five other officials for alleged stock market fraud and regulatory violations.Buch, Bombay Stock Exchange MD Sundararaman...
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PM with ground staff at Gir
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the National Board for Wildlife's seventh meeting at Sasan on Monday, on the occasion of the World Wildlife Day, and announced the Asiatic lion population estimation to be held in May this year.Soon after completing his lion safari at Gir National Park in the...
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Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid has moved a Delhi court seeking interim bail in the alleged terror funding case to attend the upcoming Parliament session. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh on Monday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to file its reply by March...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on a lion safari at Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat's Junagadh district on Monday morning, on the occasion of the World Wildlife Day. In a post on X, Modi said: Lions and lionesses in Gir! Tried my hand at some photography this morning. (See image...
12:47
Britain's King Charles met Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Norfolk estate, Sandringham, shortly after Ukraine's president attended the prime minister's summit for European leaders.
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The Congress on Monday reprimanded its spokesperson Shama Mohamed for fat-shaming Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma and asked her to delete her social media posts in which she made the comments and exercise greater caution in future. Mohamed has now deleted the posts on X, posted late...
12:22
An unsettling new book advocates a closer relationship between Silicon Valley and the US government to harness artificial intelligence in the name of national security. Read the story here.
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The security guard of a jewellery store in Indore allegedly shot and injured his colleague after the latter photographed him while sleeping on duty, police said on Monday. The police have arrested the accused, Pramod Pandey (56), in connection with the firing that took place at a jewellery...
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AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday said Chief Minister M K Stalin and Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin should disclose the secret of their party, the DMK, to get the NEET cancelled.In case it was not done, they should admit that the DMK lied on the issue concerning...
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India's manufacturing sector continued to expand in February, although at a slower pace compared to January, according to the HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) released by S&P Global. The PMI fell to 56.3 in February from 57.7 in January, indicating a decline in...
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The rupee appreciated 9 paise to 87.28 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday as the American currency index retreated from elevated level and domestic equity markets indicated some recovery after firm macroeconomic data. According to forex traders, withdrawal of foreign capital is...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty began the trade on a positive note on Monday but soon turned negative amid heavy selling in bellwether stocks Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank as well as persistent outflow of foreign funds.The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 451.62 points to...
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Chamoli's District Magistrate, Sandeep Tiwari, informed that the last body retrieved from the avalanche site yesterday has been brought to Joshimath today. The Indian Army concluded the search and rescue operations at the Mana area of the Chamoli district in Uttarakhand on Sunday. These...
11:23
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is considering allowing responses through digital mode in sample surveys in a bid to tackle the increasing instances of non-responsiveness among respondents, especially high-income groups.The new facility being considered will be...
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With nearly 80 per cent of orders on BigBasket (BB) coming from quick commerce, Co-founder and CEO Hari Menon believes the platform will serve as the quick commerce arm for Tata Neu's offerings.Yes, BigBasket will drive the quick commerce (QC) offerings for Tata Neu. In fact, Neu Flash is...
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Congress spokesperson Dr Shama Mohamed called Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma overweight and the most unimpressive captain India has ever had, drawing sharp reactions from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Congress leader made the comment after Rohit Sharma was dismissed after...
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... the Gir National Park, home to Asiatic lions. He took a lion safari today.
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CM Reddy visited the spot yesterday
NDRF Commandant VVN Prasanna Kumar said on Monday that operation to save eight workers trapped following the collapse of the SLBC tunnel collapsed was are underway at full capacity, with around twelve agencies working around the clock to locate the trapped victims.Actually, the operation is...
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India's policy formulation must factor in uncertainty, with a focus on a comprehensive framework and an outcome-oriented constructive mindset, said P K Mishra, principal secretary to the Prime Minister.Speaking at the Business Standard Manthan summit on Thursday, he said the government's policies...
10:18
Days after a spat with United President Donald Trump in the White House, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy posted a video message on Monday expressing his gratitude to the US and asserting that the key to put an end to the war are security guarantees.In the video, Zelenskyy addressed the people of...
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma shares this clip from the Britain's Got Talent show, where eight-year-old Binita Chhetry stole the show. He writes, From Assam to UK: Assam's talent shines at Britain's Got Talent Little Binita Chhetry makes the judges of @BGT go all 'Awww' as she presents a...
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That's X leaving memories on the iconic Resolute Desk
Tesla CEO and Head of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk and United States President Donald Trump reached the White House late on Sunday night (local time). Musk accompanied by his mother Maye were earlier guests of the President at his estate in Mar-a-Lago Florida....
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Author, film critic, columnist and long-time Rediff.com contributor, Aseem Chhabra, shares this post after the just-concluded Oscars 2025. OK, I said it last year in July. It was going to be #Anora. And I said it in Feb again! Someone give me credit please I have been a huge fan of...
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Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal flew to Washington on Sunday night to meet key officials of the US administration, weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump decided on a bilateral trade agreement (BTA).During his visit, Goyal is set to meet United States...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Sunday said it would take legal action against a recent court order directing the police to investigate alleged irregularities in granting listing permission to a company on the BSE in 1994. The order was issued by the Anti-Corruption...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has dismissed speculation of a cold war with his deputy Eknath Shinde, and mocked Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut, quipping he wants to compete with Salim-Javed, the legendary screenwriting duo.Fadnavis was addressing a press conference on Sunday with...
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A youth died after a fish got stuck in his throat while he was fishing in a paddy field in Kayamkulam near Alappuzha on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Adarsh alias Unni (25) of Puthuppally, police said.The incident took place around 4.30 pm while he was draining the paddy field...
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