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The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad has made another arrest in connection with the alleged sharing of confidential and sensitive documents from an ordnance factory with a suspected Pakistani agent, said police on Wednesday. The arrest follows a previous detention of Ravindra Kumar,...
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Two men were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly writing pro-Pakistan slogans and abusive remarks against Kannadigas on the walls of a factory washroom in Bidadi near Ramanagara, the police said. Haimad Hussain (21) and Sadiq (24), both hailing from North Karnataka, were working on a...
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'Russia and Ukraine said Wednesday they had each swapped 175 prisoners in one of the largest exchanges of the war,' Associated Press reported.'Severely wounded soldiers and fighters whom Russia had prosecuted on fabricated charges were among those released,' Ukraine's President Volodymyr...
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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on Wednesday said his upcoming film Sikandar will hit big screens worldwide on March 30. The film, directed by AR Murugadoss, will be released on the festive occasion of Eid. It is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala of Nadiadwala Grandson...
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Satish Salian, father of Disha Salian, former manager of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, on Wednesday said he has moved the Bombay high court seeking a fresh probe into the mysterious circumstances under which she was found dead in June 2020. The petition urges the HC to order the registration...
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A view of the Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex and Shahi Eidgah Mosque, in Mathura
The Allahabad high court on Wednesday sought response from the Muslim side on a plea related to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute at Mathura and fixed April 3 as the next date of hearing in the case.The plea has been filed by the Hindu side under Order 1 Rule 8 of the Code of Civil...
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Eight functionaries of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal on Wednesday surrendered before the Nagpur Police investigating charges of hurting religious sentiments and illegal protest that triggered violence two days back, a senior officer said. The accused were produced in court, which...
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A Delhi court would on March 21 pass its order on the bail plea of jailed J&K MP Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case.Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh, who was scheduled to pass order on Wednesday, deferred the pronouncement.Rashid is facing trial under the Unlawful Activities...
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Mehul Choksi
Chet Greene, the Foreign Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, informed on Wednesday that Mehul Choksi, the fugitive Indian businessman, is currently not on the island. Greene stated that Choksi had left the island for medical attention abroad while emphasising that Choksi remains a citizen...
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A man was crushed to death after he fell off a tractor-tanker and came under its wheels during the traditional 'Ger' procession taken out in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city on the occasion of Rangpanchami festival on Wednesday, officials said. The incident prompted Chief Minister Mohan Yadav to...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said contrary to rumours, no chadar or cloth with Quranic verses was burnt during a protest in Nagpur city, and vowed to dig out from their graves those who attacked police during the subsequent violence. Rioters allegedly misbehaved...
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Investors' wealth surged Rs 13.82 lakh crore in three days of market rally after last week's correction faced by benchmark indices.On Wednesday, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 147.79 points or 0.20 percent to settle at 75,449.05.In three days, the BSE benchmark gauge has jumped...
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A cache of explosives and a Barrel Grenade Launcher were recovered from a Maoist hideout in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said on Wednesday. The recovery was made from a forested hill near Danteshpuram village under Bhejji police station limits on Tuesday when a joint team of...
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Gold prices advanced Rs 700 to reach a new lifetime high of Rs 91,950 per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday on the back of continued buying by jewellers ahead of wedding season, according to the All India Sarafa Association. Besides, increased tensions in the Middle East and...
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Union Health Minister JP Nadda
Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Wednesday said the government's expenditure on healthcare has reached 1.84 percent of GDP and is steadily moving towards the target of 2.5 percent. In his reply to a discussion on the working of the ministry of health and family welfare, Nadda said in...
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Rising for the fourth straight session, the rupee appreciated 12 paise to close at 86.44 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, supported by a positive trend in domestic equity markets and lower global crude oil prices. However, a strengthening American currency against major...
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The seventh round of talks between farmer leaders and a central delegation concluded on Wednesday, with Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announcing the next meeting on May 4.The talks were held to discuss the various demands raised by the farmers, including a legal guarantee for...
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India is concerned about the situation in Gaza after the Israeli strike and stressed upon the importance of the release of the hostages, said the ministry of external affairs on Wednesday. In a statement issued on the recent strikes and the developing situation in Gaza, the MEA gave a...
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The three languages to be learned by school-going children under the National Education Policy will be chosen by states, regions and students and no language will be imposed on any state, Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar informed Parliament on Wednesday. The...
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Stock markets closed higher for the third straight day on Wednesday driven by fresh FII buying and gains in consumer durables, capital goods and realty shares ahead of the key US Fed policy to be announced later in the day. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 147.79 points or 0.20 percent to...
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The Enforcement Department on Wednesday grilled Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad for nearly four hours in connection with the land-for-jobs case, officials said. The ailing septuagenarian reached the ED's Bank Road office in Patna at 10.30 am and left the premises around 2.30 pm,...
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The United States expects Ukraine to support agreements reached during a recent phone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, as ceasefire talks are set to begin in Jeddah on Sunday, according to Trump's special envoy Steven Witkoff, TASS Russian News...
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And the mantra, the gorgeous Ms Padukone says, is: Patience, Balance and Consistency.
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Hyperloop is an emerging technology and is at nascent stage of development, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The technical and safety parameters of Hyperloop are yet to be framed worldwide, Vaishnaw added. The Railway Minister...
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Flames being doused on vehicles that were set on fire
Minority Democratic Party (MDP) leader Fahim Khan has been arrested for allegedly leading a protest outside a Nagpur police station on Monday after VHP workers staged an agitation for the removal of Aurangzeb's tomb, which triggered violence.Khan's name is mentioned in one of six FIRs registered...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to submit a report on whether it was necessary to lay paver blocks on roads in Maharashtra's Matheran to avoid soil erosion. Automobiles are not allowed in the hill station of Matheran...
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The Delhi government's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has registered a case against former PWD minister and senior AAP leader Satyendar Jain over alleged corruption in a Rs 571-crore CCTV project, an official said on Wednesday. The FIR was registered on Tuesday after obtaining prior sanction...
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NASA shares the first picture of astronaut Sunita Williams standing without support on Earth. @@NASA_Johnson shares: Home sweet home. NASA's SpaceX #Crew9 touched down at Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston at 11:19 pm CDT, March 18, after their @Space_Station mission and...
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Amid the demands made by the VHP and other organisations to remove Aurangzeb's tomb from Shambji Nagar, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) spokesperson Sunil Ambekar on Wednesday said that the Mughal Emperor was not relevant in today's times while asserting that any form of violence was...
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Despite market volatility, smallcap and midcap equity mutual funds have emerged the top choices for retail investors, drawing the highest inflows through systematic investment plans (SIPs).According to a recent industry report, SIPs account for over half of the total assets under management...
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An Israeli facial recognition system has helped Delhi Police solve a case of robbery at gunpoint, arrest two accused persons, and recover the entire stolen amount of Rs 80 lakh, officials said on Wednesday. The arrested accused have been identified as Md Ali (21) and Samir (19), a police...
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Fifty individuals have been detained, and a curfew remains in effect for the second consecutive day across ten police district areas in Nagpur following violent clashes that erupted on March 17, police said. Speaking to ANI, DCP Rahul Maknikar says, The situation is under control. The...
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Suryakumar Yadav will captain Mumbai Indians in their opening IPL match against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday as regular skipper Hardik Pandya will be forced to sit out due to a one-match suspension for over-rate offences committed by the team last season. Suryakumar is the national T20...
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A group of rioters allegedly touched a woman constable inappropriately and tried to disrobe her during the violence that broke out in Nagpur city after protests against Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb, officials said on Wednesday. The mob also hurled petrol bombs at the police during...
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Matheran, a popular tourist hill station close to Mumbai has been indefinitely shut from Wednesday. The move has come after an organization 'Matheran Paryatan Bachao Sangharsh Samiti' (Save Matheran Tourism Struggle Committee) has called for the indefinite bandh due to growing menace of...
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Congress MP Shahi Tharoor on Wednesday reaffirmed his stand on India's diplomatic stance and said that his earlier comments speak for themselves and that there was nothing to add. The comments speak for themselves. Nothing to add, Tharoor told ANI.Earlier in a panel discussion at the...
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President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday congratulated the entire team behind the safe return of India's daughter Sunita Williams and her fellow astronauts to Earth, saying they have inspired everyone with their perseverance, dedication and never-say-die spirit. Their historic journey is a tale...
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The PM shared this file picture with Sunita Williams
As the world rejoices the safe return of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, PM Narendra Modi sent out a congratulatory message on X. He wrote: Welcome back, #Crew9! The Earth missed you. Theirs has been a test of grit, courage and the boundless human spirit. Sunita Williams...
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Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates arrives in Parliament. Gates, who is on his third visit to India in three years, emphasised India's role in global health, digital transformation, and agricultural innovation. In a LinkedIn post before his visit, he noted, India is a place where big challenges...
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Four employees of a private firm were charred to death and five others injured after their company vehicle caught fire near Pune on Wednesday morning, police said. An official said the casualties resulted because the emergency exit at the rear side of the minibus could not be opened. The...
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Autorickshaw drivers on the Bengaluru-based cab aggregator Namma Yatri platform are part of the early pilots testing unsecured credit on the Unified Lending Interface (ULI), according to people in the know.These pilots focus on providing small-ticket loans while improving collection efficiency....
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Poland's Secretary of State and Deputy Foreign Minister, Wladyslaw Teofil Bartoszewski said on Wednesday that the relationship between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, may be helpful at some stage of negotiating the end of the Russia-Ukraine war. He however...
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Several persons were injured as fresh clashes broke out between people belonging to Zomi and Hmar tribes in Manipur's Churachandpur district, an official said on Wednesday. The clashes took place in Churachandpur town late on Tuesday, just hours after a peace settlement was reached between...
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Making the splash
ISRO Chairman V Narayanan on Wednesday said astronaut Sunita Williams' safe return was a remarkable achievement and a testament to NASA, SpaceX, and the USA's commitment to space exploration. He also said India would wish to utilise her expertise in space exploration. Welcome back, Sunita...
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A woman and her partner allegedly killed her husband, dismembered his body, and sealed his body parts in a drum filled with cement in Uttar Pradesh's Indiranagar, police said on Tuesday. According to the Meerut City SP Ayush Vikram Singh, the accused has been identified as Muskan and Sahil....
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It was Diwali and Holi at Sunita Williams' village
Residents of NASA astronaut Sunita Willaims' ancestral village in Gujarat's Mehsana district burst into celebrations on Wednesday morning as a SpaceX capsule carrying her and her colleague Butch Wilmore splashed down off the Florida coast. All eyes were on Willaims' safe return as those in...
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After National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut Sunita Williams returned to Earth after being stranded at the International Space Station for nine months, her cousin Dinesh Rawal on Wednesday said that the NASA astronaut will change the world as she is not an ordinary person.When...
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The Trump administration on Tuesday released thousands of records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that it said had previously been classified.Many of the files related to the JFK assassination have already been disclosed, including a tranche of 13,000 documents released...
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The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) under the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has fixed ceiling prices for 928 scheduled formulations and retail prices for over 3,200 new drugs, according to a government statement. As a result, price reductions under the National List of...
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Seeing astronauts floating around weightlessly inside the International Space Station may be fun but the absence of gravity has its effects on long-duration space travellers, who experience dizziness, nausea and an unstable gait when they return to earth. NASA astronauts Sunita Willams and...
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People in Gujarat's Jhulasan, the native village of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, celebrated her safe return to Earth on Wednesday by bursting firecrackers. The celebrations began after the successful splashdown of the Dragon spacecraft, which brought Williams back to Earth along with...
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State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India is in advanced stages of negotiation to buy a 'substantial' stake in a standalone health insurer to broaden its footprint in that segment, the insurer informed the stock exchanges on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, speaking at the sidelines of an...
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The White House on Tuesday (local time) highlighted how US President Donald Trump prioritised the return of stranded NASA Crew-9 astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. The White House stated that the astronauts safely returned in the...
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NASA Crew-9 astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov breathed earthly air for the first time in over nine months on Wednesday after the successful splashdown of SpaceX's Dragon capsule. The astronauts disembarked the capsule on...
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NASA astronaut Nick Hague can be seen coming out of the Dragon spacecraft and being taken in a gurney for medical checkups. As the others on board the spacecraft could come out, NASA cut the feed.
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NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov waiting to exit from the Dragon spacecraft after having successfully splashed down in the Gulf of America, off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, USA, on Wednesday morning IST.
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NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Sunita Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov have successfully splashed down in the Gulf of America, off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at 5:57 pm EDT, announced NASA. Hague and Gorbunov have been at the International Space...
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The SpaceX recovery ship can be seen securing Dragon and ensuring the spacecraft is safe for recovery.
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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft floating in the sea off the Florida coast.
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As NASA astronaut Sunita Williams embarks on her journey back to Earth after more than nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), her extended family in Gujarat is offering prayers for her safe return. Her cousin, Dinesh Rawal, organised a 'yagna' in Ahmedabad on Tuesday,...
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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has completed its deorbit burn at 5:18 pm EDT, NASA announced on Wednesday morning IST.NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are less than an hour away from a splashdown off the coast of...
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Five members of a gang, including a woman, were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping a minor girl, sexually assaulting her and attempting to force her into prostitution in Warangal district of Telangana, the police said. A juvenile has also been apprehended in connection with the...
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A committee led by a retired judge will be set up to investigate unauthorised constructions in the Mumbai municipal corporation areas, state Industries Minister Uday Samant told the legislative council on Tuesday. He said officials found responsible will face immediate action based on the...
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Three women and four children were feared to have drowned after a boat ferrying them capsized in Matatila dam in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district on Tuesday evening, the police said. In a post on X, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced a financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of...
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