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Just In: Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal has said that he will be inducted into Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday. More details soon.
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The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency on Monday filed a charge-sheet in the grenade attack case on a temple in Surankote that took place on November 2023, officials said. They said the charge-sheet names two accused Abdul Aziz of Hari Safeda in Surankote and Nazir Ahmed alias...
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The Kerala high court on Monday declared that the Governor's appointment of a temporary Vice-Chancellor for APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University was not legal. It said that the appointment did not follow the proper procedure laid down by law. The case was filed by the state...
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An explosion blew off portions of the walls of an apartment in Titagarh near Kolkata on Monday morning, the police said.Three persons, including a Trinamool Congress councillor, were arrested in connection with the blast on BT Road, they said.The incident happened in the congested Ward 4 of...
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Foreign secretary Vikram Misri
Parliament's Standing Committee on External Affairs unanimously condemned the trolling of foreign secretary Vikram Misri and praised his professional conduct, sources said on Monday. Misri was briefing the parliamentary panel on the India-Pakistan military conflict in the aftermath of the...
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The use of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's picture saluting the heroes of Operation Sindoor on train tickets is a tribute to the soldiers' valour, the railway ministry said on Monday.It added that besides using the PM's photo on tickets, all divisions and zones have been at the forefront of...
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Television news viewership in Hindi speaking markets during Operation Sindoor of the Indian armed forces was higher than the news audience traffic recorded during days around the 2016 surgical strike, the Broadcast Audience Research Council said on Monday.The Hindi TV news share in the over 15...
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A massive fire broke out at a garment store in the New Market area of Bhopal on Monday. The Fire Brigade team responded swiftly and doused the fire, bringing it under control.No injuries or casualties have been reported in the fire incident.According to Inspector Maan Singh Chaudhary, SHO of...
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The India meteorological department on Monday issued a 'yellow' alert for rain in many districts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, for the period from May 19 to 23. The IMD, in its 'District Forecast and Warning for the Next Five Days' also issued an 'orange' alert for some districts in...
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav chaired a review meeting at Samatva Bhavan (CM House) in Bhopal on Monday in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed visit to the state on May 31 on the occasion of 300th birth anniversary of Devi Ahilyabai Holkar. CM Yadav discussed the...
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Kerala government has moved the Supreme Court to intervene in the batch of pleas against the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. The state government submitted the 2025 amendment deviated from the scope of the parent Waqf Act, 1995 and its Muslim population, having...
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The Ahmedabad-based National Institute of Design on Monday announced termination of its collaborative agreement with a media institute in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka in the paramount interest of national priorities and sentiment. The move comes two days after India decided to allow entry of...
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The US on Monday said that it is imposing visa restrictions on owners, executives, and senior officials of travel agencies in India for knowingly facilitating illegal immigration to the United States. Mission India's Consular Affairs and Diplomatic Security Service work every day across our...
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The arrest of Ashoka University associate professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad over his online posts on Operation Sindoor triggered condemnation from opposition leaders and academicians, besides students. In protest against the arrest, his students wrote a beautiful and strong message in solidarity...
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Meghan marked the milestone by showcasing never-before-seen photos of the couple/Courtesy Instagram
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, celebrated seven years of marriage, according to a report by the People. Meghan marked the milestone with a touching Instagram post, featuring a bulletin board-style tribute set to The Proclaimers' I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) and...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted that the TMC is not boycotting the Centre's multi-party diplomatic mission aimed at countering Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and would send its representatives once a formal request is received from the Centre.Banerjee, the Trinamool...
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Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday announced that former BJP MP Uday Singh has been unanimously chosen as its first national president. Addressing a press conference in Patna, Kishor said he will now concentrate on public outreach, delegating the responsibility of running the...
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Maharashtra minister Ashish Shelar
Significant progress has been made in road works in Mumbai but not all of it will be completed before May 31, the deadline set by authorities ahead of monsoon, Maharashtra minister Ashish Shelar said on Monday. The BJP MLA was speaking to reporters after visiting various areas in the...
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The rupee appreciated 17 paise to settle at 85.40 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, on weak US dollar index and a decline in crude oil prices. Forex traders said global investors were also cautious as global rating agency Moody's downgraded US investment grade rating, leading to...
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Foreign secretary Vikram Misri
Foreign secretary Vikram Misri told a parliamentary committee on Monday that the conflict between India and Pakistan was always in the conventional domain, and there was no nuclear signalling by the neighbouring country, sources said. The sources said Misri reiterated the government's stand...
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Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi, on Sunday visited Longewala in the forward areas of the Konark Corps in the desert sector to congratulate the troops for their exemplary role during 'Operation Sindoor' and to review the joint actions undertaken in coordination with the Indian Air Force...
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Benchmark BSE Sensex dropped by 271 points on Monday, marking the second straight day of losses due to selling in IT and banking stocks and a weak trend in global markets after rating downgrade of the US by Moody's Ratings. The 30-share BSE barometer declined 271.17 points or 0.33 percent to...
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Union Minister Chirag Paswan
Deploring Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah's remarks about Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Monday asserted that had the Bharatiya Janata Party leader been in his party, he would have been expelled for life. The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president, who is on a...
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The contest between laggards Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals will take place at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi from 7.30 pm today.
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday declined to join issue with some opposition parties, including his own, over the government's choice of MPs from their ranks for all-party delegations to foreign capitals following Operation Sindoor. I am absolutely not getting into that subject, he told...
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Foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Monday briefed a parliamentary committee on the India-Pakistan military conflict in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. The meeting of Parliament's Standing Committee on External Affairs, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, was attended by...
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Punjab Police on Monday said it has arrested two persons for allegedly sharing sensitive military information with Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI. Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said, In a counter-espionage operation, the Gurdaspur police thwarted an attempt to compromise...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a fresh attack on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, saying his silence on the number of aircraft India lost after Pakistan was informed about the military action under Operation Sindoor is damning. The Congress leader had...
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A British Kashmiri Professor of Politics and International Relations at London's University of Westminster has claimed her Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) has been cancelled by the Indian authorities over alleged anti-India activities. Nitasha Kaul took to social media on Sunday to post...
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Four children died of suffocation after being trapped inside a parked car in Vizianagaram district, police said on Monday.The children, who were playing outside the house, entered the parked vehicle at around noon on Sunday. They were unable to exit as the doors of the unlocked car automatically...
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The Allahabad high court on Monday dismissed a plea of the masjid committee against the survey ordered by a Sambhal court in the Shahi Jama Masjid and Harihar Temple dispute. The court said the order to appoint a court commissioner and the suit were maintainable. Justice Rohit Ranjan...
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The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has cut fixed deposit rates by 20 basis points across tenures effective May 16.As per the bank's website, the cut in interest rates on retail domestic term deposits below Rs 3 crore is applicable for both general public and senior...
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India will not be intimidated by desperate provocations, the Indian embassy in Portugal has said after a Pakistani group staged a protest outside its chancery building in Lisbon. The embassy said in a post on X on Sunday that it responded firmly with 'Operation Sindoor' to the cowardly...
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England's Test captain Ben Stokes has quit drinking alcohol during his ongoing hamstring injury rehabilitation in an effort to be battle-ready for the upcoming Ashes series against traditional rivals Australia. The flamboyant cricketer said he gave up drinking at the start of the year...
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Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah
Just In: The Supreme Court on Monday chided MP Minister Vijay Shah over remarks on Col Sofiya Qureshi, says he should be sensitive before making crass comments. The SC also constituted an SIT of 3 senior IPS officers to probe the FIR against Vijay Shah, and directs the MP DGP to form SIT...
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Nationalist Congress Party-SP president Sharad Pawar on Monday virtually snubbed Sanjay Raut, advising him against bringing local level politics in India's global outreach efforts, a day after the Shiv Sena-UBT leader called for boycotting the Centre's move to send delegations to various...
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In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Monday held all high court judges, including additional judges, will be entitled to full pension and retirement benefits. The top court said the former chief justices of the high court will get Rs 15 lakh per annum as pension.Observing...
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Three more people have been apprehended in Assam for allegedly being involved in anti-national activities, following the Pahalgam terror attack, taking the total number of such arrests to 71 so far, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday. In a post on X, Sarma said one person each...
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea of Ashoka University's political science department head Ali Khan Mahmudabad challenging his arrest for social media posts related to Operation Sindoor. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih took note...
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The yellow alert issued on May 18 to some regions in Karnataka, including Bengaluru, remains valid for Monday and Tuesday as well, said IMD Bengaluru centre director N Puviarasu.Speaking to PTI, he said the department is studying the current pattern of the air circulation and will later issue a...
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TMC MP Yusuf Pathan was to be part of outreach
Sources in the Trinamool Congress on Monday said that no MP or leader of the party will join the outreach initiative, introduced by the Indian government to send a multi-party delegation to over 30 countries. Earlier it was reported that (TMC) MP from Baharampur Yusuf Pathan could be a part...
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A bomb exploded near a market in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, killing four people and injuring 20 others, according to a media report on Monday. The blast occurred near Jabbar Market in Killa Abdullah district of Balochistan on Sunday, causing extensive damage to the building...
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In clear acts of bravery and valour, the armed forces safeguarded many cities in the border states of India during the recent conflict with Pakistan, which witnessed drone attacks and other form of air assault that was intercepted and destroyed before it could cause destruction in civil...
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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will brief a parliamentary committee on Monday on the India-Pakistan military conflict in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. The briefing will be held around 4 pm, sources said.The meeting comes against the backdrop of the Indian armed forces...
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Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Business StandardWith the Food Corporation of India (FCI) sitting on stockpiles of wheat and rice, the Centre may permit states to lift three months of their ration quota in one go and distribute it free among beneficiaries.Permitting states to distribute three months ration in...
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A Tanda resident was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur on Sunday for allegedly being an agent of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force. Shahzad was apprehended by the STF Moradabad unit following inputs about his alleged...
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Asit Ranjan Mishra and Harsh Kumar, Business Standard The government plans to divest a 6.5 per cent stake in the Life Insurance Corporation in tranches over the next 24 months, while kicking off a slew of share sales in central public-sector enterprises (CPSEs) this financial year to meet...
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Former United States President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said.According to the statement from his office, the diagnosis followed the discovery of a prostate nodule after he reported worsening urinary symptoms,...
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