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The judicial commission investigating the January 29 Maha Kumbh stampede examined documents and recorded statements of officials on Monday, official sources said.The three-member panel held a meeting at the Circuit House in Prayagraj as part of its probe, they added.The Uttar Pradesh government...
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Protesters pelted stones at Enforcement Directorate (ED) vehicles on Monday in Durg district of Chhattisgarh when its personnel were leaving after conducting a raid at the residence of Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, police said. The stone pelting...
22:50
The Lok Sabha will have an hour-long discussion on the statutory resolution seeking approval of the proclamation of President's Rule in Manipur.The decision was taken at a meeting of the Lok Sabha's Business Advisory Committee (BAC), chaired by Speaker Om Birla, on Monday.The Lok Sabha will take...
22:41
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Saudi Arabia to visit Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, ahead of his official meeting with America's top diplomat and others.Saudi state television reported Zelenskyy's arrival Monday in Jeddah, where the Ukraine-US summit will be...
21:52
The rupee depreciated by 36 paise to close at a week's low 87.31 against the US dollar on Monday due to volatile crude oil prices amid tariff uncertainties worldwide and unabated outflow of foreign funds.A weaker American currency failed to support the local unit as a sell-off in the domestic...
21:47
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.It was not immediately known what transpired during the meeting.Lok Sabha officials had conveyed to the Gandhi siblings that the speaker would like to meet them while proceedings of the Lower House...
21:17
Billionaire Elon Musk-owned X suffered a service disruption on Monday with thousands of users globally reporting issues more than once.According to Downdetector, the interruptions peaked in the afternoon around 3:30 pm with nearly 2,200 reports from Indian users and surged once again around 7:30...
21:10
Senior Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said the ED raid at his premises was the outcome of the Bharatiya Janata Party's frustration.Baghel claimed ED found Rs 32-33 lakh cash in his house where he lives with his wife, three daughters, a son,...
21:02
A 22-year-old motorcyclist who was injured after an MGL gas pipeline caught fire in Mumbai's Andheri East area died on Monday, an official said. The blaze erupted at 12.35 am on Sunday in a heavily leaking supply pipeline of Mahanagar Gas Limited passing through the middle of a road at...
20:49
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Amid opposition allegations of manipulation of electoral rolls, sources in the Election Commission Monday said the matter related to duplicate voter identity card numbers is a 'legacy issue' with such cards being issued even between 2008 and 2013 when the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National...
20:04
Canada's next prime minister Mark Carney slammed United States President Donald Trump for 'unjustified tariffs', saying Americans should make no mistake as Canada will win the trade war just as it wins in hockey.Carney, who won the election for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Party to...
19:11
Days after its Delhi-bound aircraft returned to Chicago due to unserviceable lavatories, Air India on Monday said its probe found that polythene bags, rags, and clothes had been flushed down and were stuck in the plumbing.On March 6, AI126 from Chicago to Delhi returned to the US city and on that...
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Three youths are feared drowned after a boat capsized in the Banas River in Rajasthan's Ajmer on Monday, police said.Sanwar SHO Banwari Lal Meena said the incident happened in in Napakheda village.Five youths were on board the boat when it capsized in the river this afternoon.Two youths --...
18:19
In a suspected case of human sacrifice, a man murdered a five-year-old girl by slitting her throat and offered her blood on the steps of a temple in Chhotaudepur district of Gujarat on Monday, police said.The accused, Lala Tadvi, abducted the victim from her house at Panej village in the...
18:14
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in response to a written question in the Lok Sabha, on Monday ruled out any proposal to reintroduce quota for Members of Parliament (MPs) for admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas.Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has withdrawn some of the special provisions...
17:13
Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty pared early gains to close lower in a volatile session on Monday dragged by selling in industrials and oil & gas shares in the last hour. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 217.41 points or 0.29 per cent to settle at 74,115.17 with 22 of its...
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A memorial to Shivaji Maharaj. File pic
Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday tabled his 11th state budget in the legislative assembly, announcing a slew of memorials to be set up in the state and outside. Pawar said that as per the tourism policy, an investment of Rs 1 lakh crore in the tourism sector is planned over...
16:42
Kannada actor Ranya Rao, who was caught smuggling gold bars worth Rs 14.56 crore last week, said today she is 'traumatised and emotionally broken' as she was verbally tortured and threatened in the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)'s custody, reports NDTV.Rao made the submissions before a...
16:22
The central government on Monday cited a new report from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in Parliament and said the water in the Ganga at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj was fit for bathing during the recently concluded Maha Kumbh. Triveni Sangam is where the Ganga meets the Yamuna and...
16:04
On his 80th birthday, remembering the man who could well have been PM had he not died in a plane crash. Read more here.
15:58
Sudiksha Konanki. Pic courtesy her Facebook page
Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old Indian-origin student from the University of Pittsburgh, has reportedly gone missing from a resort in the Dominican Republic, where she had gone with friends while on their spring break.Search operations are ongoing to locate Konanki, who was last seen on March 6...
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Designer duo Shivan & Narresh, who are facing backlash for displaying obscene garments at a fashion show held in Gulmarg last week, have issued an apology saying they deeply regret any hurt caused their presentation during the holy month of Ramzan. The Delhi-based designers, whose full...
15:49
India won their 3rd Champions Trophy title on Sunday. How did India's players fare in the competition? Read it here.
15:42
At Dhaka University, Zarin Rafiza, a student of the Women and Gender studies Department took part in a protest against the recent incidents of rapes and assault of women in Bangladesh, including that of an 8-year-old girl. We want to see action against rape and violence against women right...
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A Delhi court on Monday rejected the plea of jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid seeking custody parole to attend the upcoming Parliament session. Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh dismissed the plea and posted the order on Rashid's regular bail plea on March 19. A...
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Domestic flights from Navi Mumbai International Airport from next month; 85 per cent of the work is done, trials successfully conducted: Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar announces in the Assembly. However, according to a report by Bloomberg, the Navi Mumbai International Airport, developed...
14:19
Mark Carney
Former central banker Mark Carney, who is set to become Canada's next prime minister, recently said he would rebuild his country's relationship with India if he takes charge. What Canada will be looking to do is to diversify our trade relationship with like-minded countries, Carney said last...
14:05
Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla a short while ago.
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Amid controversy over the Gulmarg fashion show held during the month of Ramzan, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said his government would have never given permission for such an event in any month of the year. The fashion show has been billed as obscene by many and...
13:13
The Healthy Ministry has instructed the Indian Premier League to ban all forms of tobacco and alcohol promotions, including surrogate advertisements, during the tournament beginning March 22. In a letter to IPL chairman Arun Dhumal, Director General of Health Services Atul Goel said...
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Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra on Monday said that Actress Ranya Rao's gold smuggling case is the rarest in the country's history. Ranya Rao was arrested on March 3 by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at Kempegowda International Airport (KIAD) in Bengaluru for allegedly...
12:48
The Indian Navy's warship INS Tarkash provided timely technical and medical assistance to an Iranian dhow and its injured crew off the Somali coast. On receiving a distress call, INS Tarkash swiftly responded to the emergency, the ship's crew expertly operationalised the dhow's defective Reverse...
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An Air India flight from Mumbai to New York returned to Mumbai following a bomb threat on Monday morning, according to sources. The aircraft, carrying more than 320 people, landed safely at Mumbai and is undergoing mandatory checks by the security agencies. A potential security threat...
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Congress MP Manickam Tagore came out in the defence of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at the residence of the former CM and his son Chaitanya Baghel. He went on to allege that the ED was behaving like the pet dog of...
11:59
Chaudhary is set to join the public broadcaster soon. Read the report here.
11:56
Filmmaker James Cameron says the duration of his upcoming movie Avatar: Fire and Ash, will be more than the previous installment which exceeded 3 hours. Cameron, who directed Avatar in 2009 and Avatar: The Way of Water in 2022, said he wanted to follow up his first installment with three...
11:47
President Donald Trump expressed uncertainty on Sunday about a potential recession, telling reporters aboard Air Force One, Who knows?At the same time, Trump claimed the United States will become so rich' from the tariffs he's imposing on other nations.Trump was asked about his comment in a Fox...
11:26
The Congress on Monday charged that the ED raids on the premises of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel were a conspiracy to manage headlines on a day when Parliament's Budget session reconvened and the government faces questions from the opposition on multiple issues. Baghel's...
11:14
A young unmarried couple was allegedly murdered by the girl's family members in a suspected case of honour killing at Jaunmana village in Baghpat, UP, police said on Monday. Balram (21), son of Rajeshwar, and Drishti (18), daughter of Pushpendra, were in a relationship that was reportedly not...
10:40
Rohini Eknathrao Khadse, who heads the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar)'s women's wing, has written to President Droupadi Murmu to pardon women of one murder. Why does she want the President to do so?This is about the dignity and safety of all Indian women, whether they be from...
10:38
Following India's victory in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress party after its spokesperson Shama Mohamed's controversial remarks on Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma. Hitting...
10:13
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied in early trade on Monday, tracking firm trends in Asian markets and buying in power and utilities shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 324.67 points or 0.44 per cent to 74,657.25 in the morning trade. On the similar lines, the Nifty of NSE...
10:09
In fresh trouble for Indian Premier League (IPL) founder Lalit Modi, the Vanuatu government has decided to cancel the passport issued to him, saying that attempts to escape extradition don't qualify as a legitimate reason to get citizenship in the South Pacific Ocean nation, reports...
10:08
Shama Mohamed
Congress leader Shama Mohamed congratulated the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team, following its Champions Trophy 2025 triumph in Dubai on Sunday. This comes days after Shama body-shamed Rohit and criticised his leadership. She had faced a lot of backlash for her remarks on Rohit. India...
09:45
The mutual fund industry has set its sights on $33 trillion in assets under management (AUM) and an investor base of 260 million by 2047, aligning its growth vision with the Centre's Viksit Bharat initiative.This growth will catapult India's MF assets from the current gross domestic product ratio...
09:42
The Madhya Pradesh government expects a marginal annual revenue loss of less than 2 per cent due to its decision to ban liquor sales in 19 locations, including 17 of religious significance, from April 1.The locations where liquor shops will be shut include Ujjain, Omkareshwar, Maheshwar,...
09:37
The plan to reintroduce a combo product of insurance and mutual fund has hit a wall with several industry participants believing that it will complicate their offerings, while also leading to operational challenges.The idea was being discussed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India's...
09:30
Congress MP Digvijaya Singh has claimed he was asked not to speak against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) while campaigning in Gujarat, when he was the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, for fear of angering Hindus.In a post on X on Sunday, Singh also hailed Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's tough...
09:14
Seven persons were killed and 14 others injured in a collision between a truck and a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district early on Monday, police said. The incident took place at around 2.30 am near Upni petrol pump on Sidhi-Bahri Road, Deputy Superintendent of...
09:04
Canada's Liberal Party has elected Mark Carney as its leader, and he is set to replace Justin Trudeau as the Prime Minister of Canda, as reported by CTV News. Carney secured a win in the first ballot in a race that was triggered after Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced...
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Clashes broke out in the Mhow town of Madhya Pradesh's Indore district on Sunday after a rally celebrating the Indian cricket team's ICC Champions Trophy final victory was allegedly pelted with stones, locals said.Mhow is located about 25 kilometres from the Indore district headquarters.Indore...
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