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The Mumbai Crime Branch arrested a Bangladeshi national from Dadar in the metropolis for allegedly staying illegally in the country and have begun a probe to check if he was involved in the March 17 violence in Nagpur, an official said on Thursday.Azizul Nizanul Rahman (29) was held by Crime...
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The body of a 32-year-old woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase here on Thursday, the police said. The deceased was identified as Gauri Khedekar, a native of Maharashtra, they said. The victim's husband Rakesh Rajendera Khedekar fled to Pune after the crime, police said, adding the...
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Three empty goods wagons of a NMG rake derailed near here on Thursday, but there were no injuries, Southern Railway said. (Today, at 18:52 hours, three empty goods wagons (8th, 9th, and 10th wagons) of the NMG (New Modified Goods) rake derailed while being shifted to Tambaram Yard. There...
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A total of 669 Asiatic lions have died in the last five years, but none due to poaching, the government told Parliament on Thursday. The Gir forest in Gujarat is the only remaining natural habitat of Asiatic lions. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of...
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No new public library has been built in the country by the Union government in the last five years, according to information shared by the Centre on Thursday. PV Abdul Wahab, Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala, asked the culture ministry in the Upper House whether the government has built any...
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A Final exams will be conducted thrice a year from 2025 instead of two, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India announced on Thursday. Last year, the ICAI took a decision to hold the Intermediate and Foundation course exams three times a year and now the CA Final exams will follow...
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Karnataka cooperation minister K N Rajanna (left) with CM Siddaramaiah
Karnataka cooperation minister K N Rajanna's son and Congress MLC K N Rajendra on Thursday said officials from the Criminal Investigation Department of the state police have begun a preliminary investigation into the alleged attempts to honeytrap his father and had visited his official...
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Maharashtra minister Shambhuraj Desai on Thursday said his ruling Shiv Sena party has asked the Union government to remove the protected monument' status to Aurangzeb's tomb at Khultabad in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. Our party MP Rahul Shewale today met Union Minister of...
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands police on Thursday filed a chargesheet at the Special NDPS Court in Port Blair in connection with the largest-ever drug haul in mid-sea, involving 6,016 kg of methamphetamine worth Rs 36,000 crore.The investigation is related to the case registered vide FIR No. 111/24...
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The Madhya Pradesh high court on Thursday allowed the state government to dispose of the chemical waste from the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal at a Pithampur plant after it was told that a trial incineration did not cause any adverse consequences. The...
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The father of late celebrity manager Disha Salian on Thursday met a top Mumbai police officer and sought action on his written complaint demanding registration of a case against Shiv Sena-UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray and others in connection with her death in 2020. Accompanied by his...
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Shiv Sena Dogra Front activists on Thursday set ablaze a Pakistani flag in Jammu to protest over terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, where two cops were injured.The gunfight erupted this morning when security forces spotted terrorists near the Jakhole village in the Ghati...
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The rupee weakened by 5 paise to close at at 85.74 against the US dollar on Thursday, as month-end dollar demand from importers, coupled with the greenback's recovery against major currencies, weighed on the rupee. The US dollar strengthened after US president Donald Trump announced...
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If anyone thinks that Fire and Rescue personnel are only responsible for saving human lives through adventurous operations, they are mistaken. They also play a crucial role in assisting during critical medical situations when practitioners face difficulties. Such an incident occurred at...
20:29
Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra
The Maharashtra legislative council has admitted a breach of privilege notice against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for allegedly insulting deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during a recent performance. Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sushma Andhare has also been named in the notice. Maharashtra...
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Congress ex-MLA Dharam Singh Chhoker
The Enforcement Directorate Thursday said it has attached fresh assets worth Rs 44 crore of absconding former Haryana Congress MLA Dharam Singh Chhoker and his businessmen sons as part of a money laundering investigation linked to a fraud with 1,500 homebuyers in Gurugram. A provisional...
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Multiple raids were conducted in the Kashmir valley Thursday as part of police investigations into the activities of several proscribed organisations, officials said. The raids were conducted in Srinagar, Ganderbal, Shopian and Baramulla districts, they said. Multiple locations were...
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Three people were arrested for allegedly bludgeoning a man to death with bricks and dumping his body in a borewell pit at an under-construction pump house in Delhi, the police said on Thursday. The accused have been identified as Suraj (24), Ankit (20), and Abhishek (22), all residents of...
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A fierce gun battle in a remote forested area of Kathua district has left two terrorists dead and five security personnel injured as the security forces intensified their operation to neutralise an infiltrating group of about five militants, officials said on Thursday. It was not immediately...
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The Karnataka government on Thursday announced an increase in the selling price of Nandini milk and curd by Rs 4 per litre, effective from April 1. The decision was made during a Cabinet meeting held by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The move aims to encourage dairy farming in the...
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TMC Rajya Sabha member Sagarika Ghose on Thursday said the alleged recovery of 'piles of cash' from the residence of a high court judge is an example of the failed policy of demonetisation and asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ready to face punishment to be decided by people for its...
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A total of 97 Indian fishermen are currently in the custody of Sri Lanka, of which 83 are serving sentences, three awaiting trial and 11 were apprehended on Thursday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed the Rajya Sabha. Replying to supplementaries during question hour, Jaishankar...
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A man arranged his wife's marriage to her lover, citing concerns for his own safety after he learnt about the recent murder of a husband allegedly by his wife and her lover in Meerut. Bablu, a resident of the Katar Mishra village, Dhanghta police station area, facilitated the marriage of his...
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The Uttar Pradesh Forest Department has released two more greater one-horned rhinos into the wild at Dudhwa Tiger Reserve as part of an ongoing effort to boost their population in India's Terai region. This carefully orchestrated translocation took place on March 27, 2025, with assistance...
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A 52-year-old Indian fisherman has died allegedly by suicide at the Malir Jail in Pakistan's Karachi, a jail official said on Thursday. Gaurav Ram Anand on Tuesday night hanged himself with a rope in the washroom of the barrack where Indian fishermen are jailed, jail superintendent Arshad...
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A minor fire erupted outside the Chennai Egmore Railway Station here on Thursday, but it only damaged a cable, officials said. Rail traffic to and from South Tamil Nadu is primarily operated from Chennai. Trains on the busy Chennai BeachChengalpet route also halt at this station. A...
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The driver of a private firm's bus that caught fire in Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad area on March 19, leading to the deaths of four employees and injuries to six, was arrested on Thursday, a police official said. Janardhan Hambardekar, who was among those injured in the horrific incident, was...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a visit to RSS founder Dr KB Hedgewar's memorial in Nagpur on March 30 and lay the foundation stone of the extension building of Madhav Netralaya Premium Centre. The memorials of Hedgewar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's second Sarsanghchalak MS...
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Reliance Industries among others provides internship opportunities
Jubilant Foodworks Limited, Maruti Suzuki, ONGC, Reliance Industries and Eicher Motors have emerged as the top five companies to provide internship opportunities under the Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS), according to the standing committee report on demands for grants by the...
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Three persons were arrested on Thursday for alleged involvement in the murder of a 24-year-old woman on March 20 in Indore in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said.Bhavna Singh was shot at during a liquor party in a rented house in Indore and she was dumped outside a hospital by the accused,...
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A local court on Thursday rejected the interim bail plea of Shahi Jama Masjid president Zafar Ali and posted his regular plea on April 2, officials said.Additional district judge II Nirbhay Narayan Rai heard the interim bail plea and dismissed it, said additional district government counsel...
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National Highways Infra Trust (NHIT), the infrastructure investment trust (InvITs) of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), has completed the largest highway sector monetisation round, raising Rs 18,380 crore, the ministry of road transport and highways said on Wednesday.With...
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Justice Yashwant Varma
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Thursday assured bar leaders to consider their demand for withdrawal of the collegium's recommendation to transfer Delhi high court's Justice Yashwant Varma, Allahabad high court Bar Association president Anil Tiwari said.The representatives of six bar...
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India may soon start training drug regulators from select foreign countries on drug regulatory practices and pharmacovigilance, officials in the know said on Wednesday.The project could include drug regulators and inspectors from African, South East Asian, and SAARC countries on drug and...
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A minor boy was allegedly converted to Islam by promising him to give money in the Civil Lines police station area in Muzaffarnagar, an official said on Thursday.Circle Officer Rajkumar Sav told reporters that three accused -- Imran, Noor Ali, and Mange Ram -- have been taken into custody for...
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A man, released on bail in a case related to the kidnapping and rape of a minor girl last year, has allegedly kidnapped the same girl again, prompting a fresh police investigation, officials said on Thursday.Police have launched a search operation to rescue the girl and arrest the man who is...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will be visiting India soon, said Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. Preparations are being made for the President's visit, he confirmed in a televised address today. While addressing the Russia and India: Toward a New Bilateral Agenda conference...
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Dilawar Hussain Mozumder. Pic: Facebook
The Press Club of India issues a statement standing in solidarity with the Guwahati Press Club's protest being held today against the arrest of senior digital media journalist Dilawar Hussain Mozumder by the Assam police on midnight of March 26.Mozumder, who is also assistant general secretary of...
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Delhi on Thursday recorded a minimum temperature of 19.5 degrees Celsius, 1.4 degrees above the season's average. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasted strong surface winds during day time. Relative humidity at 8.30 am was 32 per cent. The maximum temperature is expected to...
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth details were found online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by Der Spiegel has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers, is freely accessible on the internet. Read the report here.
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Maharashtra Minister and Shiv Sena leader Shambhuraj Desai on Thursday lashed out at stand-up artist Kunal Kamra over his new parody song over Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and said he has crossed all limits, and now it's time to give him 'Prasad.'The Shiv Sena leader expressed his outrage...
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Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani group, penned a heartfelt note for differently abled Kay Mehta, an employee of his organisation who showcased that neither odds nor fear can stop his willpower. Kay, a differently abled person, didn't let himself be stopped by his disability and enjoyed the...
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Salman Khan says heightened security due to death threats from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has significantly restricted his movements and cramped his style. The security protocol has impacted his daily routine, Khan told reporters on Wednesday night.I cannot do anything about it (security)....
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The Harappan site of Lothal
Police have registered a case against an IIT Delhi professor for alleged negligence following the death of a woman PhD student last year during excavation work near the archaeological site of Lothal in Gujarat, officials said on Thursday. While the incident took place on November 27 last...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party's Saugat e Modi scheme is likely to benefit 3.2 million under-privileged Muslims before Eid ul Fitr.The scheme's announcement has drawn criticism from Opposition parties who say Modi is trying to woo Muslim voters before the Bihar assembly elections later this year. The...
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Author of accomplished books on Chhatrapati Shivaji, Chhatrapati Sambhaji, and the Maratha Empire, author and IAS officer Vishwas Patil tells Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com how both Maratha kings chose their soldiers, generals, administrative and judicial staff solely based on...
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Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K Annamalai on Thursday took a dig at Chief Minister MK Stalin over three-language policy row, labelling him as a con artist who is masquerading as a protector of the constitution.In a post on X, Annamalai alleged that the DMK is scamming both the...
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Auto stocks declined in morning trade on Thursday, with Tata Motors tumbling over 6 per cent, after the US President Donald Trump announced imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on auto imports from April. Shares of Tata Motors tanked 6.58 per cent to Rs 661.35 on the BSE. Ashok Leyland dropped...
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The demand to introduce a merchant discount rate (MDR) on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions is growing louder with the Startup Policy Forum (SPF) becoming the latest industry association to endorse the Payments Council of India's (PCI's) proposal.PCI, a representative body of digital...
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Salman Khan shares a couple of posed pictures on X, writing: See you in theatres this Eid! The superstar's much awaited movie 'Sikandar' is going to release on March 30, and its advance bookings opened recently. Sikandar has made a solid start at the box office with Rs 1.92 crore in...
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European Union citizens should stockpile enough food and other essential supplies to sustain them for at least 72 hours in the event of a crisis, the EU Commission has said.In new guidance released Wednesday, the commission stressed the need for Europe to shift its mindset, to foster a culture of...
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Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) offloaded stocks worth Rs 30,013 crore in the first fortnight of March, triggered by the disappointment at declining corporate profits and uncertainty over the US trade policy.IT and FMCG stocks bore the brunt of the FPIs selling in the first two...
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Indian markets opened under pressure on Thursday after Donald Trump announced 25 per cent flat tariffs on US auto imports effective April 2nd 2025. The Nifty 50 index opened at 23,422.45, dipping 64.40 points or -0.27 per cent, while the BSE Sensex opened at 77,089.12, losing 199.38 points...
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A 17-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped by two men and taken to a graveyard where one of them - known to her - raped her, police said. Police have booked two men --Israel and Ashraf -- alleged as the assailants in the complaint. They are still at large. The incident occurred Monday...
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Exaggerated YouTube video captions have landed investment adviser Basant Maheshwari in regulatory trouble.The Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a penalty of 4 lakh on Basant Maheshwari Wealth Advisers for alleged violations of investment adviser norms and non-compliance with the...
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A gold dealer was arrested for allegedly assisting Kannada actress Harshavardhini Ranya alias Ranya Rao in disposing of smuggled gold, sources said on Thursday. The dealer, a native of Ballari, was questioned in connection with the case following which he was arrested by the Directorate of...
09:41
Wipro on Wednesday announced that it had won a 500 million (around Rs 5,500 crore), 10-year strategic deal with Phoenix Group, the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business. This will be one of the biggest publicly announced deals for Wipro since 2020.As part of this...
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Unidentified miscreants hurled bombs and opened fire outside the residence of Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former MP Arjun Singh in West Bengal's Bhatpara, police said on Thursday.A youth suffered injuries in the attack that took place late on Wednesday, they said.Singh and his close...
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A leaked Signal chat has revealed that senior Trump administration officials, including Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, shared details about an upcoming military strike on Yemen, The Atlantic reported.The messages,...
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Amritha Pillay, Business StandardEngineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday announced that it had won its largest order ever. The amount, which sources pegged at over $4 billion, was not disclosed.In its press note, L&T said QatarEnergy LNG has awarded the engineering...
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Harsh Kumar, Business StandardFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that public sector banks were asked to conduct a comprehensive audit of gold loan portfolios to ensure full regulatory compliance, but, no major lapses had been reported.The gold loan portfolio of banks rose by...
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Avik Das, Business StandardInfosys has laid off 40-45 trainee engineers out of the 1,200 it onboarded between October and November last year, sources said.According to an email reviewed by Business Standard, the company informed the trainees that they had 'not met the qualifying criteria in the...
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The Bureau of Indian Standards conducted a search and seizure operation at a warehouse of e-commerce major Amazon in Hyderabad and seized 2,783 uncertified consumer products. The seized products, which were being sold without the requisite BIS Standard Mark, are estimated to be worth more...
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