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A 24-year-old man and his infant son were killed when a train hit them near Lakkidi on Wednesday evening, police said. The man, his wife, and their son had come to the woman's parental home and were returning when the incident occurred at around 4.30 pm, police added. The man was...
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Actor Ranya Rao
The Karnataka government on Wednesday withdrew its order directing the Criminal Investigation Department to probe possible lapses and dereliction of duty by police officers at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru in connection with actor Ranya Rao's gold smuggling case. The CID...
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The Muslim community in Haridwar have changed the time for holding Friday prayers by an hour for sake of maintaining social harmony and brotherhood, a cleric said on Wednesday. The decision comes in the wake of certain politicians' remarks sparking a controversy over the clash of Holi and...
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Singer-songwriter and pianist Billy Joel shared that he is currently recovering from a recent medical procedure and has postponed eight of his upcoming concert stops, in some cases by over a year. Billy Joel's upcoming concert dates will be rescheduled due to a medical condition, a...
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Indrani Mukerjea
Indrani Mukerjea, a prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, on Wednesday made a submission in a special court seeking clarity from the CBI on whether her daughter, Vidhi Mukerjea, has been dropped as a witness in the case, so that she could meet her.The request made through her lawyer came...
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The latest census conducted by Odisha's forest, environment, and climate change department has found 710 dolphins in various waterbodies along the state's coast.According to the 2024-25 census report, the dolphins included 498 Humpback, 188 Irrawaddy, 16 Bottlenose, and eight Spinner species...
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Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy
The managing director of an online news channel and its reporter were on Wednesday arrested here for allegedly circulating a video on social media platforms with derogatory and abusive contents against the Congress government in Telangana and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, the police...
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The Congress on Wednesday announced to gherao Odisha assembly on March 27 to protest rising atrocities against women in the state and also the suspension of party MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati from the House. The party has taken this decision during a meeting held here in the presence of AICC...
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Shruti Shibulal, one of the promoters of Infosys, on Wednesday acquired additional shares of the IT firm for Rs 469 crore through an open market transaction.Shruti is daughter of Infosys co-founder and former CEO SD Shibulal.According to block deal data on NSE, Shruti bought 29.84 lakh shares of...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MLC Chitra Wagh on Wednesday called for promoting the use of local language in Maharashtra, a statement which comes after a video of a female employee of a prominent telecom company purportedly refusing to interact with a customer in Marathi went viral. Wagh, who also...
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The Bombay high court on Wednesday refused to provide any relief to a Dalit PhD student suspended from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai last year for his alleged misconduct and anti-national activities. A division bench of Justices A S Chandurkar and M M Sathaye...
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The rupee advanced 2 paise to close at 87.19 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday amid volatile global sentiment on tariff uncertainties and some recovery in the American currency index. Forex analysts said an upward move in crude oil prices also impacted the local unit and...
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India's industrial production rose by 5 percent in January 2025 mainly due to good performance of the manufacturing sector, according to official data released on Wednesday. The government also revised upward industrial growth figure to 3.5 percent for December 2024 from the provisional...
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The Delhi high court on Wednesday ordered pulling down from online platforms videos and content published by YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh against spiritual guru Sadhguru's Isha Foundation. Justice Subramonium Prasad said the continuous circulation of the YouTube video, having a clickbait...
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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
The anticipated cost of the new Bilaspur-Manali-Leh railway line that will provide connectivity to Kargil is Rs 1,31,000 crore, the government said on Wednesday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on whether the government has any plan to conduct a survey for connecting...
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Benchmark BSE Sensex dropped by 72 points on Wednesday, extending its losing run to the fourth day as IT shares retreated due to concerns over US growth. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 72.56 points or 0.10 percent to close at 74,029.76. During the session, it tumbled 504.16 points or 0.68...
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Congress MP K C Venugopal and BJP legislator Anurag Thakur on Wednesday raised urgent concerns over the growing drug menace in the country, calling for immediate and unified action to tackle the crisis. Speaking in Lok Sabha, Venugopal emphasised the devastating impact of the drug menace,...
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya on Wednesday shared a picture of actress Ranya Rao, who is accused in an alleged gold smuggling case, with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and said that this case has now reached the CM's doorstep. In a post on X, Amit Malviya with the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday emplaned for New Delhi after a two-day visit to Mauritius where he received its highest national award, signed eight MoUs with the island nation and discussed a range of bilateral relationship with its leadership. PM Modi was on a two-day state visit...
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A 1.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Kodagu district in Karnataka on Wednesday. In a statement, Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre said the epicentre was 2.4 km northwest of Made in Madikeri taluk, about 4 km from Madikeri city. As per the Seismic Intensity Map, the...
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Retail inflation slipped to 3.61 percent in February mainly due to the decline in the rate of price rise in vegetables and protein-rich items, creating space for the Reserve Bank of India for second reduction in interest rate next month. The consumer price index-based retail inflation was at...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received Mauritius' highest honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean, calling it a tribute to the centuries-old cultural and historical bonds of kinship between the two nations. Modi, who is on a two-day state...
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Terming his cabinet colleague Nitesh Rane's statement about Muslims misleading, Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday advised restraint to political leaders in the state. It should be ensured that statements in public do not cause a communal rift, said Pawar...
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A college student from Gujarat's Banaskantha district was allegedly repeatedly raped by seven persons for nearly 16 months after being blackmailed with her nude video, police said Wednesday.One of the six accused befriended the 20-year-old woman over Instagram months after she started attending a...
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A day after Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said that Muslim MLAs of the TMC would be thrown out of the West Bengal assembly if the BJP comes to power, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the saffron party of importing fake Hinduism to the state.She also alleged that the BJP was...
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Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane who launched 'Malhar Certification', a platform aimed at certifying 'jhatka' mutton shops exclusively operated by members of the Hindu community, said that halal food is part of Islam, not Hinduism.The workers following Hindutva ideology have come together and...
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Friday prayers in all mosques across Ayodhya will be offered after 2 pm in view of Holi celebrations this week, a prominent cleric of the city said. Ayodhya Chief Cleric Mohammad Haneef issued instructions on Wednesday for this week's Juma Namaz -- which is also the second Friday of...
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Zydus Lifesciences is set to develop the worlds first combination vaccine for typhoid and shigellosis. The initiative, backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to protect infants and children in endemic regions.This vaccine, the first of its kind, if successful, could revolutionise...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Ketki Singh has demanded a separate wing for Muslims in the proposed medical college in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, citing the need to ensure safety of Hindus. She said Muslims frequently express discomfort during Hindu festivals such as Holi, Ram Navami, and Durga...
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Leveraging the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, Nokia is exporting between 30 per cent and 70 per cent of its production from its own factory in India, making it an important hub for the Finnish telecom gear firm.Tarun Chhabra, who has been recently appointed as the country head of Nokia...
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The mayoral candidate of the BJP won the Ambala municipal corporation and its nominees were leading in eight other civic bodies in Haryana, as the counting of votes for the recently held elections went underway on Wednesday. The Congress, which was hoping to make a comeback after suffering...
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Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar was discharged from AIIMS-Delhi on Wednesday after making a satisfactory recovery, the premier hospital said. He was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on March 9 following cardiac-related ailments, it said in a...
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The Allahabad high court on Wednesday directed the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to undertake and complete whitewashing of the Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district within one week. After hearing counsels for the parties, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal also directed the ASI to...
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With India negotiating trade deals with developed economies like the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom (UK), its customs duty collection, budgeted to grow only 2.1 per cent to Rs 2.4 trillion in FY26, may come under more pressure than it is now.India had forgone Rs 94,172...
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Hollywood superstar Scarlett Johansson wants Marvel fans to accept one fact: her superhero character Black Widow is dead. With crossovers and shifting timelines in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there is always a possibility for a fan-favourite character to return from the dead but...
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The mayor of Bihar's Darbhanga has suggested a two-hour break during Holi celebrations on March 14, which coincides with the Friday prayers during the holy month of Ramzan. In a statement, mayor Anjum Ara proposed that Holi festivities be halted temporarily between 12.30 pm to 2 pm as the...
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Lack of monetisation for 5G services and low return on investment (RoI) for telecom operators globally may delay the advent of 6G technology, Director General of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) S P Kocchar said on Tuesday. Discussed at length at the recently concluded...
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A 38-year-old man who was convicted last week for rape allegedly committed suicide in the district jail in Khandwa, an official said on Wednesday. The man hanged himself using pajama strings in barrack number 2 around 4 pm on Tuesday, said jail superintendent Aditi Chaturvedi.On March...
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A man disguised as a woman has set his married lover on fire inside her house here after she refused to leave with him, police said.As the woman's neighbours rushed to her house after hearing her screams on Tuesday afternoon, the accused, Umesh (28), tried to escape by jumping from the terrace...
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M K Jain, former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, is set to join Reliance Industries as advisor. The conglomerate, controlled by Mukesh Ambani, is also seeking to bolster its senior leadership with talent from the banking industry, according to a source familiar with the...
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United States Vice President J D Vance is likely to travel to India later this month, according to a media report. Vance will travel to India later this month alongside Second Lady Usha Vance, a report in Politico said, citing three sources familiar with the plans.It marks Vance's second...
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The Reliance Industries' digital services company Jio Platforms Limited has signed an agreement with SpaceX to offer Starlink's broadband internet services to its customers in India, the company said on Wednesday.The agreement is subject to SpaceX receiving authorisation to sell Starlink in...
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IndusInd Bank will report net profit for the current quarter (Jan-March) as well as for the full financial year, despite the hit on the bottomline due to discrepancies discovered in the derivative portfolio, Sumant Kathpalia, MD & CEO, Indusind Bank said in an interview to a news channel on...
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US President Donald Trump has welcomed Ukraine agreeing to the ceasefire after the peace talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and further affirmed hope that Russia will also agree to it. Stating that soldiers of both Russia and Ukraine are being killed in this horrible war, Trump said...
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A woman was carried for metres on the bonnet of a car in Sonepat when she rushed to save her son from beating, police on Tuesday said. They said the incident took place Sunday on a road in the Haryana city's Sector 15. We have registered a case, and investigations are on, local...
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A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman in AgustaWestland case, to apply for a new British passport after the existing document expired. Special judge Sanjeev Aggarwal observed one of the bail conditions imposed on March 7, required him to have a...
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A 25-year-old man allegedly died by suicide in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand on Tuesday, having lost all money in the share market, the police said. Sanjeev Kumar used to work as an online tutor and also used to invest money in the capital markets, they said. Due to the volatility prevailing...
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