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Traffic resumed at the Khanauri farmers protest site on Friday, more than a year after the Punjab-Haryana border point was closed due to the agitation.A senior Punjab police official said the vehicular traffic resumed this evening after the barricades put up to thwart the farmers' march to Delhi...
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Tamil Nadu's ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is all set to host its first meeting of states over delimitation in Chennai on March 22 and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday said it was more than a meeting, which marked the beginning of a movement that will shape the future of the country to...
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Indian students in the United States should comply with American laws, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday following the detention of a postdoctoral fellow at the Georgetown university and self-deportation of another student to Canada.External Affairs Ministry spokesperson...
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A 'new dawn' in Pakistan-India relations can emerge by enhancing mutual understanding, addressing shared concerns and resolving 'long-standing disputes' including the Kashmir issue, Pakistani Charge d'Affaires Saad Ahmad Warraich has said.The comments by the Pakistani envoy came days after Prime...
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Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru will kick off Indian Premiere League 2025, with KKR holding a 20-14 head-to-head advantage in past encounters.
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India on Friday said it hopes to rebuild ties with Canada based on 'mutual trust and sensitivity', blaming the downturn in the relations to the 'licence' that was given to the 'extremist and secessionist elements' in that country. New Delhi's comments came days after Mark Carney, an...
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Rising for the sixth straight session, the rupee appreciated 36 paise to close at 86 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday on a sharp rise in the domestic equity markets and fresh foreign capital inflows.At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 86.26, then touched an...
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The Supreme Court on Friday said misinformation and rumours were being spread over the incident related to Delhi high court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, from whose official residence a large stash of cash was allegedly discovered after a fire.The proposal for Justice Varma's transfer to...
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Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Demands for Grants of various ministries for 2025-26, approving expenditure of more than Rs 50 lakh crore.The House passed the Demands for Grants by applying the guillotine on Friday evening.Earlier this week, the Lok Sabha discussed the Demands for Grants for the...
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Justice Yashwant Varma
Fire fighters found no cash during their operation to douse flames at the residence of Delhi high court Justice Yashwant Varma, Delhi Fire Services Chief Atul Garg said on Friday.The control room received a call about a blaze at Varma's Lutyens Delhi residence at 11.35 pm on March 14 and two fire...
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Delhi high court Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya on Friday expressed shock after an alleged incident of cash discovery at the official residence of its sitting judge Justice Yashwant Varma came to light.The chief justice's reaction came when a senior lawyer mentioned before the top judge's court that...
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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Dy CM DK Shivakumar
The Karnataka legislative assembly on Friday passed a Bill to provide 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in public contracts, amid strong protests by the opposition BJP.BJP MLAs climbed on the podium where Speaker U T Khader's chair is placed and threw papers at him.On Khader's direction,...
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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Ambadas Danve on Friday criticised the shielding of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb in the district by metal sheets, saying only the army was left to be brought in to guard the ASI site now.Danve, leader of opposition in the state legislative council,...
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AAP MP Sanjay Singh targeted the BJP in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, claiming cases of communal violence have gone up by 94 per cent between 2019 and 2024 due to incendiary and hate speeches by the ruling party leaders. Participating in a debate on the working of the Home Ministry, he said...
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Delhi court junks bail plea of J&K MP Engineer Rashid in terror funding case.
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Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 1 per cent on Friday, marking their fifth day of rise on the back of fresh foreign fund inflows and gains in bank stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 557.45 points or 0.73 per cent to settle at 76,905.51. During the day, it surged...
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Three persons were arrested in connection with the death of a man amid Holi celebrations in Thane district on March 14, a police official said on Friday. Satyaprakash Upadhyaya was part of group celebrating the festival by spraying water on each other in Varap village, which led to a dispute...
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The opposition BJP and JD(S) created a ruckus in the Karnataka Assembly on Friday, demanding a judicial probe by a sitting High Court judge into the alleged honey-trap attempt involving a minister and other politicians. BJP and JD(S) members stormed into the well of the House, protesting with...
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Nepalese students were forced to leave the campus after the incident
The Nepalese student, who died by suicide at KIIT in February, had lodged a complaint of sexual harassment before the varsity authorities in March last year, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj told the Odisha assembly on Friday. Replying to a written question from Congress MLA...
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The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) said it recently attacked a military site containing underground infrastructure in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, and a military site containing rocket launchers in southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah terrorist organization activity was observed. Earlier, The IDF...
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A 32-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh's Vrindavan, who attempted to cure his recurring stomach pain by performing surgery on himself using techniques learned from YouTube, is now reportedly recovering well at home. Raja Babu, a resident of Sunrakh village, had cut and stitched his own abdomen...
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Police on alert in Nagpur
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is reaching Nagpur Friday evening, his first visit to his home city after protest against Aurangzeb's tomb triggered violence there on Monday, an official said. Fadnavis will be halting in Nagpur for the night and has no public engagements till he...
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A local court in Nagpur has remanded 17 persons arrested in connection with the violence in the city in police custody till March 22, noting the seriousness of the offence and that prima facie the accusation against them was well-founded. The accused were produced on Thursday night before...
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The parents of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki have asked for Dominican authorities to declare their daughter dead because they want closure. Their request highlights the heartbreaking realities of losing a child and handling the legalities of a missing person...
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said on Friday that only Hindus should be employed at the Tirumala Temple, and if individuals from other communities are currently working there then they will be relocated to other places without hurting their sentiments.Only Hindus should be...
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Congress MP Manish Tewari criticised the union government on Friday for trying to can gain favour with United States President Donald Trump's administration, after sources from the Ministry of Information and Technology said that they have not sent any notice to the company X (owned by Elon Musk)...
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Have you looked down at your feet lately? Are they well cared for and elegant in appearance? No? Why not? Do you get aches and pains walking long distances? You should not be. Other parts of our body may be beautiful and charming, but our hardworking feet tend to get overlooked. Take care of...
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Patrick Graham's crime documentary The Dupatta Killer gives all sides of the story and leaves it to the viewer to fill in the blanks, notes Deepa Gahlot. Read before you watch.
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Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi on Friday said the Supreme Court should intervene in the Allahabad high court's ruling, which held that actions like grabbing breasts or snapping a pyjama string do not constitute rape or an attempt to rape but rather fall under the...
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Members of the Muslim community in Nagpur have condemned the violence in Vidarbha's largest city earlier this week and sought an impartial probe into it, claiming that timely action by police could have prevented it.Addressing a press conference on Thursday, they said Maharashtra Chief Minister...
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Nitish Kumar grabbed the officer next to him and was seen to be talking and smiling
After Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was seen purportedly talking during the national anthem at a function in Patna, Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Misa Bharti on Friday raised questions on his mental and physical health and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah should think in...
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Bengaluru-based Embassy Developments Limited, through its wholly owned subsidiary Embassy East Business Park, has signed a Rs 1,125 crore (Rs 11.25 billion) land transaction deal with Lam Research (India), a leading global semiconductor equipment manufacturer, as per a company statement.The...
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The Maharashtra state transport department has extended the deadline for installation of High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) on vehicles registered before April 1, 2019 to June 30. According to a Hindustan Times report, In an internal circular issued to all Regional Transport...
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The Supreme Court Collegium has decided to transfer Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi high court to his parent high court in Allahabad after an adverse report against him following the recovery of huge amounts of cash from his residence. The SC collegium led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna made the...
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United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that people who get caught sabotaging Tesla cars may stand a chance to go to jail for up to twenty years. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, People that get caught sabotaging Teslas will stand a very good chance of going to jail...
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday inaugurated the three-day meet of Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), Sangh's top decision making body, that will discuss Manipur situation, as well as the attempts to create the 'North-South divide' in the country.Addressing a press meet, RSS joint...
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A new dawn in Pakistan-India relations can emerge by enhancing mutual understanding, addressing shared concerns and resolving longstanding disputes, including the Kashmir issue, Pakistani Charge d'Affaires Saad Ahmad Warraich has said. The comments by the Pakistani envoy came days after...
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Police in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj have arrested a 50-year-old Geography professor accused of sexually abusing his students -- he allegedly filmed these acts and used these 59 videos to blackmail them into silence, as well as force them to perform further sexual favours, reports NDTV.Rajnish...
10:46
A US federal judge has blocked the deportation of an Indian student at Georgetown University who was arrested after federal authorities accused him of actively spreading Hamas propaganda. Badar Khan Suri is a postdoctoral fellow at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian...
10:39
Fixed wireless access (FWA) or home broadband is driving the massive surge in 5G data traffic in India, Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia said on Thursday.In its annual India Mobile Broadband Index report, Nokia said that 5G data traffic tripled in 2024, while 4G growth declined. The...
10:29
Shiv Sena (UBT) Sanjay Raut on the allegations against Aaditya Thackeray in the Disha Salian death case: The BJP tried to raise the Aurangzeb issue, but they were not successful. Now, to hide their defeat, they have raised this issue of Disha Salian. You should see statements made by Disha...
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Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen said she doesn't find relocating to Kolkata from Delhi a feasible option at this point, adding that I don't want to get kicked around anymore. Speaking to PTI on the BJP raising her ouster from Kolkata in Parliament, Nasreen said she would instead...
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Kiran Nadar
Philanthropist Kiran Nadar has bought MF Husain's 'Untitled (Gram Yatra)' painting for Rs 119 crore. The painting was hidden in Norway for decades before Christie's auctioned it at New York's Rockefeller Centre on Wednesday. According to a report in The Economic Times, the painting was...
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Net inflows from External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) more than doubled to $18.4 billion in the April 2024 to January 2025 period, compared to a year ago, amid declining costs of overseas fund raise, according to Reserve Bank of India data.ECB registrations of $47.3 billion and disbursements of...
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US Supreme Court justices will hear next month Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana's renewed application, submitted to Chief Justice John Roberts, seeking a stay of his extradition to India. Rana, 64, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles and...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Thursday proposed changes to norms for the Electronic Book Provider (EBP) platform and the Request for Quote (RFQ) platform in a bid to boost liquidity in the corporate bond market and improve transparency.The regulator has proposed making EBP...
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The US-based private equity giant Bain Capital announced on Thursday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire joint control of India's second-largest gold financier, Manappuram Finance, by purchasing an 18 per cent stake for Rs 4,385 crore.The acquisition will be through a...
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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday fired Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar over its failure to anticipate the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas.Netanyahu announced his intention to sack the head of the nation's security service in a video statement on Sunday, citing an ongoing distrust...
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London's Heathrow Airport will remain closed on Friday after a fire at an electrical substation triggered a major power outage, disrupting operations at one of the world's busiest airports.Due to a fire at an electrical substation supplying the airport, Heathrow is experiencing a significant...
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United States President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to begin the process of shutting down the Department of Education, stating that while essential programs like Pell Grants and Title I funding for children with disabilities would be preserved and reassigned to other...
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Four Fire Brigade personnel sustained injuries in a blaze at an industrial unit in Andheri in western Mumbai, officials said on Thursday. The blaze erupted at New Industrial Estate on Mahakali Caves Road in Andheri East in the afternoon and was doused late in the evening, they...
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File image of a protest against the rape-murder of RG Kar Hospital doctor
West Bengal government on Thursday transferred Dr Subarna Goswami, a prominent figure in the protests demanding justice for the female doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at RG Kar Hospital to Darjeeling as the Superintendent of the Darjeeling TB Hospital. Goswami, a member of...
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