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Local Samajwadi Party MLA Iqbal Mehmood's son Suhail Iqbal appeared before a Special Investigation Team on Tuesday and recorded his statement on the November 24 violence that erupted in Sambhal over the court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque.Suhail Iqbal is named in the case along with...
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All patients were evacuated safely after a fire broke out on the ground floor of a four-storey private hospital in Surat city of Gujarat on Tuesday evening, officials said. No casualty was reported in the blaze which started in the store room of the medical facility, they said. The...
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India on Tuesday hit out at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for refusing to recognise cross-border linkages to the Pahalgam terror attack. The ministry of external affairs described the OIC's statement on the attack as absurd and said it was made at Pakistan's behest. The...
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Following the terror attack in Pahalgam, the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, conveyed his condolences and full support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a telephonic conversation on Tuesday. Expressing Qatar's backing for India's fight against terrorism and its...
21:05
A 25-year-old groom-to-be died in a road accident just hours before his wedding procession was set to depart in Rampur district, police said on Tuesday. According to the police, on Tuesday morning, Yogendra Kumar, a native of Mazhra in Sentakheda village, was returning from a gurdwara on his...
20:56
The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved the creation of 850 temporary posts for a special support squad aimed at combating Maoist activities in Mandla, Dindori and Balaghat districts. Each squad member will receive an honorarium of Rs 25,000 per month, amounting to a total...
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A full emergency was declared at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Tuesday after fumes were reported inside the cabin of an Aeroflot flight en route from Bangkok to Moscow, airport sources said. According to Delhi airport sources, the flight crew reported fumes in...
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The Delhi police has beefed up security measures in the national capital and will maintain a strict vigil on social media to check the spread of misinformation ahead of Wednesday's civil defence mock drill 'Operation Abhyaas'. The Union home ministry has asked all states to conduct the mock...
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The rupee settled for the day 15 paise lower at 84.45 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, amid growing uncertainty and a cautious recalibration of risk appetite. According to forex traders, the USD/INR pair was supported by an overall decline in crude oil prices and sustained...
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The Indian Air Force will carry out a two-day mega military exercise along the border with Pakistan from Wednesday that will involve all the frontline fighter jets including Rafale, Su-30 and Jaguar aircraft, sources in the defence establishment said on Tuesday. The exercise is taking place...
19:49
Eight people were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a car and a tractor in Bihar's Katihar district in the early hours of Tuesday, the police said. The accident happened in the Sameli block when those in the car were returning home in Supaul from a wedding, they...
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Three people, including a married couple, died after being hit by lightning in separate incidents in the Mau district, police said on Tuesday. On Monday, Lalchand Rajbhar, 40, a native of Sehbarpur village, was grazing his buffaloes around 5.30 pm when he was struck by lightning. He died on...
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The police on Tuesday registered a case against 13 persons including contractors and civic officials for an alleged Rs 65 crore scam related to desilting of the Mithi river which flows through the city, and conducted searches at seven places. It is alleged that Brihanmumbai Municipal...
18:51
In a historic milestone, India and the UK have successfully concluded an ambitious and mutually beneficial Free Trade Agreement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday. India and UK also firmed up Double Contribution Convention pact. These landmark agreements will further...
18:18
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower in a range-bound trade on Tuesday due to profit booking, mainly in banking and oil shares, and investors staying on the sideline amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. Snapping its two days of gains, the 30-share BSE Sensex...
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The corridor of a school in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district turned into a fighting zone with the principal and the librarian, both women, slapping and pulling each other's hair following an argument. Authorities suspended both women after a video of the physical fight at the Eklavya...
17:39
The Maldives on Tuesday said existing defence agreements with India are being amended to ensure they do not compromise the Maldives' sovereignty and independence, media reports said in Male. Defence Minister Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon also told Parliament members that 74 Indian soldiers...
17:27
The Centre on Tuesday informed the Delhi high court that the Indian embassy in Indonesia was providing assistance, including legal aid, to the three Indians on death row in the foreign country. Justice Sachin Datta was assured by the Centre's counsel that the authorities would continue with...
17:09
Music composer AR Rahman
The Delhi high court on Tuesday stayed an interim order in a copyright case against music composer AR Rahman and the makers of the film Ponniyin Selvan 2 over a musical composition. A bench of Justices C Hari Shankar and Ajay Digpaul, however, directed Rahman and the makers of the film...
16:56
The UK government on Tuesday said that it is building intelligence around foreign nationals who abuse study and work visa grants to go on to claim asylum in the country, a category led by Pakistanis. The UK Home Office has not revealed details around the expected crackdown, first reported in...
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Syed Akbaruddin
On closed-door UNSC meeting on Kashmir & UNSC questioning Pakistan over Pahalgam attack, India's former permanent representative to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin says, The writing on the wall is pretty obvious, I am not surprised because I am aware of Pakistan's standing in the Committee of...
16:36
Karnataka ex-minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, three others given 7 yrs imprisonment in Obulapuram illegal mining case.
16:35
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday provided the widow of slain Indian Army Havildar Jhantu Ali Sheikh with the job of a police home guard and assured his family of all help in future. Banerjee said that the state government has taken the responsibility of educating...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower in a range-bound trade on Tuesday due to profit booking, mainly in banking and oil shares, and investors staying on the sideline amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.Snapping its two days of gains, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined...
16:13
After empty rhetoric where he threatened blood if the Indus water was stopped, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has sought peace with India, saying Pakistan was committed to fighting for freedom, not conflict, Dawn reported.During his address at Pakistan's National...
15:50
As tensions simmer between India and Pakistan, security agencies have observed a marked rise in suspected spy calls in the border regions. In an exclusive interaction with ANI, Jaisalmer Superintendent of Police Sudheer Choudhary revealed that there has been an increase in attempts to extract...
15:21
Pakistan coalition government has endorsed an 18 per cent increase in defence spending to over Rs 2.5 trillion in the next budget due to tensions with India, according to a media report on Tuesday. The government is set to unveil the 2025-26 budget in the first week of the next month ahead...
15:11
Congress MP & LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi leaves from the residence of Indian Navy Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who lost his life in the Pahalgam terror attack.
15:08
On Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, BJP leader CR Kesavan says, He has made treacherous statements similar to a modern-day Mir Jaffar. His toxic, baseless, unfounded rant against the Prime Minister is most deplorable and condemnable, and Mr. Kharge's remarks are unpardonable, indefensible, and...
15:03
India is gearing up for a nationwide security drill tomorrow amid heightened tension with Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 innocents dead. In the Ministry of Home Affairs' directions to states regarding the drill - the first in 54 years - provision for crash...
14:55
Serena Williams shares this image on X, writing: And one meltdown later we are finally on the way to the Met Gala #MetGala.
14:44
The government directive to conduct national drills on Wednesday, May 7, may be part of the psywars currently being conducted by India and Pakistan, but it has spooked many Indians, one of who whatsapped this correspondent late on Monday evening to ask: Will there be war?The...
14:05
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had received an intel report on a possible terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, following which he cancelled his own visit to the union territory. Kharge said an intel report was sent to the PM three days before...
14:01
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to postpone the Common University Entrance Test for Undergraduate programmes (CUET-UG) 2025, which was scheduled to begin on May 8, according to official sources.While an official announcement is awaited, the decision is reportedly being considered...
13:58
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra state election commission to notify local body elections in the state within four weeks. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh said the contentious issue of OBC reservation in local body polls of Maharashtra will be as it...
13:18
The funeral ceremony of Lt Vinay Narwal
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met the family members of Navy officer Lt Vinay Narwal, who was killed in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam. The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha reached Karnal in Haryana in the afternoon. Congress' Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda was among the...
12:59
As the United Nations Security Council held a closed door session in New York, holding deliberations amid growing tensions between India and Pakistan, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Tuesday that he does not expect anything specific from the meeting, as any resolution against Pakistan will...
12:55
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's fans in India woke up on Tuesday morning to exciting pictures and videos of King Khan from his Met Gala debut.From X to Instagram, social media feeds have been flooded with discussions over SRK's Met Gala look in Sabyasachi's all-black creation since the...
12:51
Civil Defence, Police and local administration rehearse mock drill exercise in Lucknow's Police Lines, following MHA's order for nationwide mock drills on May 7 A Police officer says, Nationwide mock drills will be held tomorrow. Civil Defence, Police and local administration are preparing for...
12:35
SDRF personnel hold exercise to prepare for tomorrow's mock drill at Dal lake. MHA has asked several states and UTs to conduct mock drills for effective civil defence, tomorrow, May 7.
12:21
Farmers living along the nearly 200-km-long International Border in Jammu and Kashmir are racing against time to complete the harvest process amid heightened tension following the Pahalgam terror attack. In the three districts of Jammu, Samba, and Kathua, about 1.25 lakh hectares of agricultural...
12:00
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the vehement submissions of few convicts that a two-judge bench cannot hear their appeals against conviction as the matter pertained to the award of death penalty to 11 accused in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde,...
11:58
Moody's Ratings on Tuesday cut India's GDP growth projections for 2025 to 6.3 per cent, from 6.5 per cent, saying economies globally will see a slowdown on account of heightened US policy uncertainty and trade restrictions. In its Global Macro Outlook 2025-26 (May update), Moody's said...
11:48
The Pahalgam victims
US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has said that US will make every effort to support India in its fight against terrorism. He called India a very important partner for the US in so many ways.In his remarks at the Congressional briefing at the Capitol Hill on Monday (local time),...
11:36
Several high-ranking officials, including DG Civil Defence and DG NDRF, arrive at the Ministry of Home Affairs for the meeting called by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan regarding the conduct of mock drills for effective Civil Defence across the nation on 7th May.
11:27
Airtel's new Business Name Display (BND) service lets businesses showcase their brand on recipient screens during calls.This solution powered by artificial intelligence helps customers distinguish genuine calls from spam. Earlier, many crucial calls from banks, hospitals, and delivery...
11:25
US President Donald Trump has an idea to make Amercia great again'.Trump writes on X: REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ! For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering....
11:18
A man allegedly killed his 26-year-old wife and was caught transporting her body on a scooter in Maharashtra's Pune district on Tuesday, police said. Based on a tip-off, a patrolling team of police intercepted the 28-year-old accused, who was riding his two-wheeler in the Nanded City area in the...
11:15
Artificial intelligence adoption is still nascent across most enterprises, a survey by US-based IT firm Accenture said, as organisations try to frame and put in place an AI strategy that is cost-effective and built on trust.Accenture's survey of 2,000 global executives showed that 86 per cent...
11:05
The Indus river
Pakistan has recorded a significant decrease in the waters of the Chenab river, after India held the Indus treaty in abeyance and the closure of the gates of Baglihar and Salal dams.According to Pakistan news site Dawn News, the water flows in the Chenab, recorded at the Marala headworks,...
11:02
Himanshi Narwal
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday left from his residence in the national capital for Karnal, Haryana to meet the family of Navy officer Lt. Vinay Narwal, who was killed in the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Gandhi's visit...
10:46
Naturally, Sabyasachi Mukherjee wore custom Sabyasachi at the Met Gala. The couturier writes on Instagram: Black dandyism originated as a form of self-expression to defy societal, racial and gendered norms. It was a tangible protest of the discrimination faced by those excluded from society,...
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Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan will on Tuesday review the preparations for strengthening civil defence mechanisms that include conducting mock drills on air-raid warning sirens, training civilians to protect themselves in the event of a hostile attack and cleaning bunkers and...
10:19
Escalating tensions will hit Pakistan's economy hard and impair the cash-strapped country's access to external financing, in contrast to India which is expected to remain mostly unscathed, Moody's Ratings said on Monday In September last year, Pakistan secured a $7 billion bailout programme...
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Parts of the Chenab river started to dry up as India closed up all the gates of the Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project Dam and Salal dam, regulating water flow to Pakistan.The move comes as India takes multiple diplomatic steps against Paistan in response to the Pahalgam attack. India has also...
10:01
Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh left desi fans proud with his traditional yet modern appearance at the Met Gala 2025. Diljit honoured his Sikh roots on a global platform as he walked the iconic stairs of the Metropolitan Museum in New York City wearing a turban (a symbol of Sikh...
09:47
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi is set to visit Srinagar in Jammu Kashmir. Visuals showed him from leaving his residence in New Delhi.This is Owaisi's first visit to the region since the deadly April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people were...
09:44
The National Stock Exchange on Monday released implementation standards for algorithmic (algo) trading, aligning with recent norms framed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India to ensure safer participation for retail traders.The new norms, effective from August 1, were initially set for...
09:31
Actor Kiara Advani, who is expecting her first child with husband and her Shershaah co-star Sidharth Malhotra, debuted in a custom-made Gaurav Gupta couture titled Bravehearts at the 2025 edition of the Met Gala. Making the Met Gala debut, as both an artist and mother-to-be, feels incredibly...
09:23
UN Security Council members raised tough questions for Pakistan at its informal session today. They refused to accept the false flag' narrative and asked whether LeT was likely to be involved. There was broad condemnation of the terrorist attack and recognition of the need for...
09:05
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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan made a smashing debut at the Met Gala 2025 in an all-black bespoke menswear crafted by celebrated designer Sabyasachi, who also made an appearance at the fashion fundraising gala.Wearing a crystal-studded pendant shaped as the letter 'K' in one of the necklaces...
08:36
Anupreksha Jain, Business StandardThe Reserve Bank of India added nearly 58 tonnes of gold in the financial year 2024-2025 (FY25), official data released on Monday showed.The central bank now holds 879.59 tonnes of gold in its reserves, of which 26 tonnes were added in the second half of...
08:24
Pakistani troops continued to violate the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, resorting to unprovoked firing across multiple sectors and prompting a strong and calibrated response from the Indian Army. This marks the 12th consecutive night of such...
08:10
Amid rising India-Pakistan tensions, the United Nations Security Council has held closed-door consultations where envoys called for restraint and dialogue. The consultations, held by the 15-nation Security Council, lasted about an hour and a half on Monday afternoon but no statement was...
00:27
In a bid to enhance transparency, the Supreme Court on Monday said it has uploaded statements of assets of judges on its website, in accordance with a full-court decision to place the relevant details in the public domain. The full court of the Supreme Court of India has on April 1, 2025...
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A YouTuber was arrested on Monday by the cyber police based on a complaint from a woman who alleged that he broadcast defamatory content about her, the police said. The woman, currently residing abroad, had lodged the complaint against Shajan Skaria, accusing him of airing defamatory...
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Days before going under the hammer at Sotheby's Hong Kong, India has stepped in to halt the auction of a portion of sacred Buddhist relics, which were excavated in the northern part of the country in 1898, and demanded their repatriation. The ministry of culture said in a statement on Monday...
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