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An FIR has been lodged against West Bengal education minister Bratya Basu, and professor and TMC leader Om Prakash Mishra in connection with the recent incident of violence at Jadavpur University, a police officer said on Thursday. The FIR was registered at the Jadavpur Police Station on the...
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The Karnataka high court on Thursday granted interim relief to prominent YouTuber Sameer M D by staying a police notice issued to him in connection with his video discussing the controversial Soujanya murder case. Sameer and his legal counsel had approached the court saying that the notice...
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In a first for a major corporate house, engineering, procurement and construction major Larsen and Toubro on Thursday announced a one-day paid menstrual leave for women employees. The move will benefit about 5,000 women employees at the city-headquartered company. The company's chairman...
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A security cover comprising only women police personnel will be deployed at the mega event to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Navsari district of Gujarat on the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8, a state minister said on Thursday. This will be the first such...
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Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, on Thursday visited the Dharavi leather hub in Mumbai and interacted with leather industry workers. The visit was aimed at understanding the challenges faced by the leather hub workforce, a Congress leader said. Among the manufacturing...
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Six cancer treatment injections worth over Rs 7 lakh were allegedly stolen from a private hospital in DLF phase 3 area here, police said on Thursday. According to a complaint filed by Narayana Superspeciality Hospital's non-medical head Jatin Negi, during an audit of In-patient Department...
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Three men, including a supervisor, were killed after a roof collapsed in a coal mine of Western Coalfields Limited in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district on Thursday, the police said. The accident occurred in the underground mine of WCL, a subsidiary of state-owned Coal India Limited, in the...
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A court in Sambhal on Thursday rejected the bail pleas of 16 people allegedly involved in the riots that took place in this Uttar Pradesh town in November last year. A total of 104 bail pleas have so far been turned down in connection with the violence. The remaining petitions are...
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Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Thursday hit out at his party colleague Mani Shankar Aiyar and called him a 'sarfira' (mad person) after the latter was seen questioning the competency of late Rajiv Gandhi to become India's prime minister. His statements about Rajiv Gandhi reflect the...
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Days after its assertion to fight trade or 'any other type' of war with the United States, China on Thursday toned down its stand saying that no such wars should be fought because they cannot be won.The US must no longer seek to contain or go after China in the name of strategic competition,...
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Yoshita Singh, PTIMumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana has moved an 'emergency application' with the United States Supreme Court against his extradition to India, claiming that he will be tortured there since he is a Muslim of Pakistani origin.Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani...
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The rupee snapped its three-day rally and settled with a loss of 6 paise at 87.12 (provisional) against the United States dollar on Thursday amid uncertainty over trade tariffs and persistent foreign fund outflows.According to forex traders, investors moved cautiously awaiting the weekly...
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From the Sensex pack, Asian Paints, NTPC, Reliance Industries, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, Hindustan Unilever, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Adani Ports & SEZ, Axis Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, Titan and Bajaj Finance were the major gainers.Tech Mahindra, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Zomato, Tata Motors,...
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Benchmark Sensex rallied nearly 610 points to reclaim the 74,000 mark on Thursday following heavy buying in Reliance on easing crude oil prices and firm global trends after US President Donald Trump softened stand on tariffs. Recovering from early losses, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped...
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Social media personalities Ranveer Allahbadia and Apoorva Mukhija appeared before the National Commission for Women on Thursday in connection with the derogatory remarks made on comic Samay Raina's show 'India's Got Latent' and expressed regret over the entire episode, sources...
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Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said there is a need to create a society where no one will feel discriminated against on the basis of their gender, caste or religion.Gadkari made these remarks at a function to give away the 'Lokmata Ahilyabai Holkar Mahila Samman' to women changemakers,...
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Khalistani supporters demonstrated outside Chatham House
The UK Foreign Office has said attempts to intimidate, threaten India's foreign minister S Jaishankar was unacceptable.India on Thursday said that it has seen footage of a breach of security during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's visit to the UK and strongly condemned the...
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Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, on Thursday visited the Dharavi leather hub in Mumbai and interacted with leather industry workers. The visit was aimed at understanding the challenges faced by the leather hub workforce, a Congress leader said. Among the manufacturing units...
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Shopkeepers near Fashion Street in Mumbai break their fast in the holy month of Ramzan.
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After incidents of wolf attacks in Mahsi and, leopard and elephant threats in Katarniaghat, the residents of Bahraich are now facing the new menace of aggressive stray dogs.Over the past 10 days, one child has died and 14 people have been injured in dog attacks across several areas of the...
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From the Sensex pack, Asian Paints, NTPC, Reliance Industries, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, Hindustan Unilever, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Adani Ports & SEZ, Axis Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, Titan and Bajaj Finance were the major gainers. Tech Mahindra, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Zomato, Tata Motors,...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday asserted that Marathi is the language of Mumbai and Maharashtra and anyone who lives here should learn and speak it. Fadnavis was speaking in the state assembly after Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Bhaskar Jadhav said the government should...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday demanded that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi be booked for treason, after a controversy erupted over the latter's remarks on Marathi language. Talking to reporters in the Vidhan Bhavan complex in Mumbai, the...
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Benchmark stock index Sensex rallied nearly 610 points to reclaim the 74,000 mark while Nifty closed above 22,500 in their second day of gains on Thursday following heavy buying in Reliance Industries on easing crude oil prices. Recovering from early losses, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped...
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Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician known for his song encouraging women to remove their hijabs, was lashed 74 times as part of his punishment for supporting the protests that swept the country, his lawyer said Wednesday, reports CNN.The punishment was fully and completely implemented,'...
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Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said the three-language formula in the New Education Policy (NEP) is good for the whole country.Responding to a query regarding the ongoing serious debate on the three-language policy in the NEP, especially from the southern states, he said that there are...
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India's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth would be steady at 6.5 per cent in fiscal 2026 despite uncertainties stemming from geopolitical turns and trade-related issues led by US tariff actions, said Crisil Intelligence in a report on Thursday. CRISIL's forecast for India's economy...
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi on Thursday said that Marathi is Mumbai's language and those coming from outside and speaking other languages should also understand it. Marathi is my native language and I take pride in it, Joshi said, a day after his remarks at an...
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Executive Member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahli, says on issue of Mohamed Shami not observing roza: It is compulsory for all Muslims to observe Roza, especially in the month of Ramazan. However, Allah has clearly mentioned in the Quran that if a person...
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India, the world's third largest oil consuming and importing nation, spent 112.5 billion euro (about Rs 1.5 lakh crore) on buying crude oil from Russia since the start of the Ukraine war, a European think tank said on Thursday. The Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) released...
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Murdered Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh's family members meet Fadnavis
'What attitude has spawned such gruesomeness in the state of Saint Tukaram, Saint Dnyaneshwar, and great leaders like Chhatrapati Shivaji, Chhatrapati Shahu, Phule and Ambedkar?' asks Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com. Read the report here.
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President of All India Muslim Jamaat, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi has stoked a controversy by calling Indian-cricketer Mohammed Shami a criminal for not observing 'Roza' during Ramzan.Speaking with ANI, Maulana Bareilvi said, By not keeping 'Roza' he (Mohammed Shami) has committed a crime....
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Security personnel during the Maha Kumbh
Update: An active terrorist of Babbar Khalsa International with alleged links to Pakistan's ISI, who had planned a terror attack during the Maha Kumbh, was arrested from Kaushambi early Thursday, police said. The terrorist identified as Lajar Masih was nabbed in a joint operation by Uttar...
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RSS leader Bhaiyyaji Joshi's remarks that those coming to Mumbai need not learn Marathi, has provoked a strong reaction from Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray. Thackeray on Thursday asserted that it is not possible and the language of Maharashtra will remain Marathi. RSS Senior leader...
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Social media personalities Ranveer Allahbadia and Apoorva Mukhija appeared before the National Commission for Women on Thursday over the derogatory remarks made on comic Samay Raina's show India's Got Latent. Producers of the show -- Saurabh Bothra and Tushar Poojari -- and lawyers of comic...
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Arrested Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Lajar Masih wanted to create trouble during Maha Kumbh, says UP DGP Prashant Kumar. The arrest of Babbar Khalsa International terrorist verifies smuggling of arms, drugs from Pakistan into India, he adds.In a joint operation by Uttar Pradesh STF...
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Making a strong pitch for round the year tourism in Uttarakhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said there should be no off-season in the picturesque hill state and this would strengthen its economy in a big way.Addressing a rally in Harsil after offering prayers at the village of Mukhwa,...
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A sessions court here has issued a non-bailable warrant against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma after rejecting his plea for suspension of jail sentence in a cheque bounce case. Earlier, on January 21, Judicial Magistrate (First Class) in Andheri, Y P Pujari, convicted Varma for the offence...
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Air India today announced it has launched 'ZipAhead', a paid service offering priority check-in and priority baggage handling to Economy Class travellers on flights within India. The service is designed to enable time-conscious travellers who are otherwise not eligible for priority...
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The Maharashtra government will set up a media monitoring centre to analyse news content of the print, electronic and digital media, and has allocated a budget of Rs 10 crore for the purpose. The centre will collect and analyse all factual and misleading news reports in print and broadcast...
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Security guarantees. It's the phrase Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used countless times during an explosive clash with US President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance at the White House last week -- and since.How can Ukraine be assured that Russian President...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Thursday said demanding linguistic equality is not chauvinism and alleged that the true chauvinists and anti-nationals are the Hindi zealots who believe their entitlement is natural but resistance is treason. Stalin, in a social media...
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US space agency NASA is all set for a landing on the moon's south pole on March 6. This mission will join the growing fleet of spacecraft missions, including from India, mapping the lunar surface, searching for water, and conducting scientific experiments.Athena, the moon lander developed by...
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Emperor Aurangzeb
Amid the ruckus over the statement made by Samajwadhi Party MLA Abu Azmi, AIMIM Bihar president and MLA Akhtarul Iman has expressed strong support for Azmi after his suspension from the Assembly over comments on the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Iman criticized the BJP for using politics of...
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Global technology major Lenovo on Wednesday said the company will manufacture all of its personal computer models from India over the next three years.The firm aims to touch 100 per cent production for its PC business over this period, said senior executives of the company. This will also include...
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Trump wants the US to own Gaza
The Trump administration has rejected a plan for the reconstruction of Gaza proposed by Arab leaders.The Trump administration has said that US President Donald Trump stands by his vision, which includes expelling the Palestinian residents of the territory and transforming it into a riviera owned...
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Chief Minister Bhupen Patel
With four out of the five semiconductor plants being set up in India being constructed at Dholera in Gujarat, the state will now focus on building social infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, cafeteria, food courts, and other such buildings around industrial areas, Chief Minister Bhupen...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday offered prayers at the winter seat of Maa Ganga in Uttarakhand's Mukhwa. PM Modi was accompanied by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, who also received the PM at the the Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun PM Modi also took in the breathtaking beauty of...
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Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) is actively working' to bring semiconductor fab construction companies to India from Taiwan to build India's semiconductor ecosystem, the company's president Martin Chu said on Wednesday.Speaking during the inaugural session of the four-day...
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India's Consulate General in Chicago expressed sadness over the death of Praveen Kumar Gampa, a student pursuing post-graduation at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the US. The Consulate General of India in Chicago said on Wednesday (local time) that they are in contact with the...
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The firing squad, a method of execution with a long and complex history in the United States, is set to be used for the first time in 15 years in South Carolina. Read more here.
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The Oval Office brouhaha signaled to Putin that it makes sense to continue the war, at the cost of a thousand soldiers that the Russian army loses every day, in the hope that Trump delivers Ukraine to Putin on a plate, Konstantin Sonin tells Rediff.com's Nikhil...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin took to social media website X to evoke the spirit of the 1967 Tamil language protests, urging Tamil Nadu to rise against what he called the imposition of Hindi. Sharing a photograph of former CM Annadurai, Stalin reminded the people of the 1967...
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Vedanta has been a standout performer
Metal stocks rallied on Wednesday on optimism that China's move to cut steel output will boost demand and profitability. Sentiment also got a fillip after China announced more fiscal stimulus to shore up economic growth to 5 per cent and soften the impact of an escalating trade war with the...
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India's share in the world market capitalisation has fallen below 3 per cent for the first time in nearly two years.On March 3, the country's market capitalisation (mcap) at $3.75 trillion was 2.99 per cent of the combined global market cap of $126 trillion, according to Bloomberg data. This...
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Slush is hampering rescue ops
Cadaver dogs of Kerala Police will be joining Telangana tunnel collapse rescue operation, the state government said on Thursday. The cadaver dogs (that are specially trained to locate missing humans, human bodies) and the officers handling them left for Hyderabad on Thursday morning, Kerala...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to pay a two day visit Sri Lanka on 24-25 April, according to diplomatic sources.Both governments are trying to finalise a date for what will be Modis fourth visit to the country. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake had extended a formal...
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Five people were killed and five others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Khuzdar district of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Wednesday. Naal police Station House Officer (SHO) Bahawal Khan Pindrani said that the explosion took place after an IED...
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United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a 'last warning' to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza.Shalom Hamas' means Hello and Goodbye You can choose. Release all of the Hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people you...
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The rupee posted its highest single day gain since February 11 on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, because of the weakening dollar, and dollar sales by State-owned banks on behalf of the Reserve Bank of India, said dealers. The local currency appreciated 0.36 per cent to settle at 86.96 against the...
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Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday claimed that he had helped Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar twice retain his post, preventing the Janata Dal-United from disintegration.The former deputy chief minister was replying to queries about the JD-U president's outburst inside the...
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Olympian wrestler and accused in Sagar Dhankar murder case, Sushil Kumar likely to be released from Tihar Jail on Thursday.He might be released by evening once the court accepts his bail bonds and completes other formalities.However, his release might be delayed if the Rohini Court orders...
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