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Radical preacher Amritpal Singh
The Punjab police will bring back seven associates of jailed MP and radical preacher Amritpal Singh from Assam's Dibrugarh jail after the state government decided not to reinvoke the NSA at the end of their detention period, a top officer said on Sunday. They will be formally arrested in the...
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The upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport will be inaugurated in June, Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani said on Sunday. Earlier, it was set for inauguration on April 17. The greenfield airport -- the second such facility in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region after the Chhatrapati...
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The India meteorological department issued a red warning in five districts of Odisha on Sunday for heatwave conditions and said that the conditions would persist on Monday as well. IMD scientist Dr Sanjeev Dwivedi said, The maximum temperature has been recorded at Boudh 42.5 degrees...
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Ahead of the commencement of Chardham Yatra, BJP MLA from Kedarnath Asha Nautiyal on Sunday demanded a ban on those selling non-vegetarian food and liquor in Kedarnath Dham and alleged that non-Hindus are engaged in such activities to bring ill repute to the holy town. In a video statement,...
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A 28-year-old man met with a tragic end after being struck by lightning while playing cricket in a field in this coastal district of Kerala on Sunday, the police said.The deceased was identified as Akhil P Srinivasan, hailing from Koduppunna in Alappuzha.The man was struck by lightning when he...
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Over 3,000 Israelis and Indians celebrated Holi and the Jewish festival of Purim on Sunday at Jaffa Port at an event organised by the Indian Mission in Jaffa Port in association with the Tel Aviv municipality. The 'India at Jaffa Port' event to celebrate the two festivals, which more or...
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A college professor has been suspended after an FIR was registered against him for allegedly sexually exploiting girls, an official said on Sunday. Circle officer Yogendra Krishna Narain said the police registered an FIR against professor Rajnish, the head of geography department in Seth...
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In strong remarks against caste-based politics, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that nobody should be discriminated over caste, religion, language or sex. Jo karega jaat ki baat, usko kaske marunga laat (I will kick hard anyone who talks about caste), the senior BJP leader...
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MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Sunday announced a financial assistance of Rs 1 crore for the family of assistant sub-inspector of police Ramcharan Gautam killed in a mob attack in Mauganj district. The chief minister said Gautam would be accorded the status of a martyr as he...
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The Malayalam film L2: Empuraan has finally announced a major update! Actor and director Prithviraj Sukumaran took to Instagram to confirm that the film's first show will begin at 6:00 am IST on March 27, 2025, with screenings worldwide in their respective time zones. He also...
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Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Abu Qatal, chargesheeted by the National Investigation Agency in connection with the January 2023 Rajouri attacks, has been shot dead in Pakistan after an assailant opened fire on his vehicle on the Mangla-Jhelum Road, local media reported on Sunday. An armed...
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Three people have been arrested after two groups of Nepali citizens allegedly clashed while celebrating Holi at Lalbagh Botanical Gardens creating panic among visitors, police said on Sunday.The incident allegedly occurred on Friday evening atop the geological monument of Lalbagh rock, they...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said on Sunday he shares a bond of mutual trust with US President Donald Trump and they connect well because they believe in putting their respective national interests above everything else. In a podcast with Lex Fridman, Modi hailed Trump as a man of...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took stock of the implementation of three new criminal laws -- BNS, BNSS and BSA -- across the northeast (NE) in a review meeting with the chief ministers and DGPs of the states in the region. As the President's rule is imposed in Manipur, its Governor...
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In a suspected case of food poisoning, a 13-year-old boy died, and 28 other inmates of an unauthorised hostel run by a private school here were admitted to the hospital on Sunday after complaining of stomach pain following the consumption of food prepared for Holi celebrations, the police...
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A Pakistani gangster has claimed responsibility after a grenade-like object was hurled at the residence of Jalandhar-based YouTuber Rozer Sandhu on Sunday. Two videos have emerged since the incident, one in which a Pakistani gangster, Shahzad Bhatti, claiming that he carried out the attack...
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In a major setback to the cross-border narco-syndicate, the resolute Border Security Forces troops made a huge recovery of heroin near the Indo-Pak border in Fazilka on Sunday, based on a crucial intelligence provided by the BSF's intelligence wing, as per a release. Acting on the...
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The police arrested a student for allegedly offering namaz in an open area of a private university in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, officials said on Sunday. Khalid Pradhan (Khalid Mewati) was arrested following protests by local Hindu groups over a purported video surfaced around Holi...
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A 42-year-old man from Gujarat's Gandhinagar district was allegedly duped of Rs 20.46 lakh by a relative on the false promise of helping him and his wife immigrate to the UK, the police said on Sunday. The police on Saturday registered a case against Hasmukh Patel, a businessman, based on a...
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The Mangaluru police seized over 37 kg of MDMA valued at Rs 75 crore, the biggest-ever drug haul in the state, a police official said on Sunday. Two South African nationals were arrested in Bengaluru in connection with this case, the official said. Addressing a press conference,...
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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon arrived in Delhi on Sunday for an official visit to India. Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, SP Singh Baghel, welcomed him at the airport. Luxon will be the chief guest and keynote speaker in the Raisina...
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Two priests were arrested in connection with attacking an accountant of a temple here by allegedly throwing a chemical substance resulting in injuries to him, the police said on Sunday. The incident occurred at Shri Bhulakshmi Maata temple at Saidabad in Hyderabad on March 14 when the...
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The Delhi police apprehended a Bangladeshi national who has been residing illegally in the city, an official said on Sunday. Afazuddin Gazi (40), was traced during an early morning police patrol on March 13. Deputy commissioner of police (Southwest) Surendra Choudhary said, Gazi had...
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A massive consignment of methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 88 crore was seized and four members of an international drug cartel were arrested in Imphal and Guwahati zones, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday.Shah also said the drug haul is a testament to the stellar performance of the...
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Ten students of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad were injured after their vehicle plunged into a 100-foot-deep gorge in Sikkim's Mangan district, police said on Sunday. The accident happened near Pakshep in Forest Dara around 9:30 pm on Saturday when the students were travelling from Lachung to Gangtok,...
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The ministry of home affairs has sought an umbrella probe in the cases of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants staying in the country. A senior officer informed that in a recent meeting, instructions have been passed to all states and UTs to investigate the cases of illegal Bangladeshi...
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The Diplomat starring John Abraham earned Rs 4.68 crore net at the box office on its second day, the makers announced on Sunday.Directed by Shivam Nair, the film released in theatres on Friday and collected Rs 4.03 crore on its opening day. Following, it made Rs 4.68 crore on...
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India's foreign exchange reserves had their highest weekly gains in over three years in the week ending March 7. Reserve Bank of India data showed that in the week under consideration, foreign exchange reserves rose by $15.267 billion to $653.966 billion. Forex reserves had...
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The Mumbai Customs seized gold worth Rs 3.67 crore in separate operations and arrested four persons, including a woman, at the international airport in the city, an official said on Sunday. The official said that three of the accused worked at stores in the airport and were allegedly helping...
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SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts docks with ISS/Image courtesy Elon Musk on X
SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov docked with International Space Station, Space X CEO Elon Musk announced on Sunday. In a post on X, Musk...
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The search operation to locate seven persons trapped inside the partially collapsed Srisailam Left Bank Canal since February 22 gathered pace with teams and equipment went inside the tunnel on Sunday, official sources said. An autonomous hydraulic-powered robot is being used to remove soil,...
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At least 17 people have been killed across Missouri, Texas, and Arkansas as severe storms battered parts of the United States, causing extensive damage to homes and triggering fires, according to local authorities as reported by The Washington Post. At least 10 people were reported...
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A fire broke out in a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior city early on Sunday, following which more than 190 patients were rescued from the medical facility, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, they said. The blaze erupted at around 1 am in an...
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At least two Pakistani soldiers and nine terrorists were killed after the Pak security forces raided two hideouts used by an armed group in the restive northwest, triggering gun battles, Al Jazeera reported. The raids were conducted on Saturday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Mohmand and Dera...
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Delhi on Saturday recorded an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 85, which is the lowest in the last three years for the period from January 1 to March 15. According to the Commission for Air Quality Management, this is the first day of the year on which the AQI has managed to fall...
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Top music director A R Rahman has been admitted to a corporate hospital in Chennai and was doing fine, sources said on Sunday. The Oscar winning music director was hospitalised last night, they said without divulging details.
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The whitewashing of the outer wall of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal began on Sunday morning, an advocate of the mosque side said. The Allahabad high court on March 12 directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to undertake and complete the...
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Arvind Singh Mewar, the member of the erstwhile royal family of Mewar, died early Sunday in Rajasthan's Udaipur after prolonged illness, family sources said. The 81-year-old was ailing for a long time and was under treatment at his residence in Udaipur. He was also the chairman of the...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting with chief ministers of the Northeastern states on Sunday to review the implementation of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which replaced the Indian Penal Code (IPC), in the region, officials said.Shah spent the Saturday night in Mizoram where...
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A 64-year-old man died after being attacked over objection to loud music being played during Holi amid school exams in Maihar district in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday night in Mankisar village under Ramnagar police station...
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A man killed in a recent anti-Naxal operation in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district was a tribal and not a Maoist, an official has said. The opposition Congress claimed the man was innocent and demanded a high-level probe and a judicial inquiry into the...
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