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A court in Bihar's Darbhanga district on Friday sentenced BJP MLA Mishrilal Yadav and his associate to three months in jail in connection with a 2019 assault case. Additional district and sessions judge of Special MP/MLA court of Darbhanga, Suman Kumar Diwakar, dismissed Yadav's plea for...
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A court in Bihar's Darbhanga district on Friday sentenced BJP MLA Mishrilal Yadav and his associate to three months in jail in connection with a 2019 assault case. Additional district and sessions judge of Special MP/MLA court of Darbhanga, Suman Kumar Diwakar, dismissed Yadav's plea for...
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India on Friday slammed Pakistan at the UN Security Council, saying it has experienced decades of Pakistani sponsored terrorist attacks ranging from the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to barbaric mass murder of innocent tourists in Pahalgam last month. India's Permanent Representative to the UN...
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The Haryana police arrested 59 Bangladeshi nationals, including women and children, allegedly staying without any legal documents during a raid at a brick kiln in the Palwal district on Friday, officials said police. They were working as labourers at a brick kiln. Fake identity...
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would pay a visit to Turkiye, Iran, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan from May 25-30 to appreciate the support by friendly countries during the military conflict with India, it was announced on Friday. It would be Sharif's first foreign trip after the recent...
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The ministry of civil aviation on Friday announced the extension of the ban on the use of Indian airspace by Pakistani aircraft until June 23, 2025.As per the ministry, the notice to airmen restricting access for Pakistani flights has been extended for another month.The ministry stated, Indian...
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The civil aviation ministry is taking inputs from IndiGo and security agencies on the airline's use of planes leased from Turkish Airlines and then will decide on the way forward, Union minister K Rammohan Naidu said on Friday. On May 15, aviation security watchdog BCAS revoked the security...
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The National Investigation Agency has arrested a key aide of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang who was helping members of the syndicate with fake passports to evade arrest by fleeing the country, officials said on Friday. Rahul Sarkar, who was running the gang's passport module, was arrested and has...
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The national capital has reported 23 COVID-19 cases, prompting the Delhi government to issue an advisory asking all hospitals to prepare for availability of beds, oxygen, medicines and vaccine.On Friday, health minister Pankaj Singh said that 23 COVID-19 cases have been reported till Thursday and...
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In a major relief for voters, the EC on Friday said it would set up mobile phone deposit counters at polling stations. Several voters who go to cast their votes take their phones inside polling booths by concealing the device in their clothes due to the absence of a facility to deposit...
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As many as 33 Maoists, among them 24 carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 91 lakh, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region on Friday, the police said. The surrender came days after security forces gunned down Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju, the general secretary...
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The Odisha government on Friday said it was contemplating installing an anti-drone system to bolster the security at the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri.Law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said the system can help detect, track and neutralise unauthorised or potentially malicious drones.We are...
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The Kerala high court has directed the deputy director of Periyar Tiger Reserve (West Division), to take action under the Wildlife (Protection) Act against those responsible for unscientific dumping of solid waste at Sabarimala during the Mandala-Makaravilakku festival.A bench of Justices Anil K...
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RV University granted free admission to the son of Manjunath Rao, who lost his life in the recent Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tejasvi Surya said on Friday. The Bengaluru South MP stated that RV University's School of Business has admitted Abhijaya M into its...
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The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has decided to temporarily defer the matter of displaying a portrait of former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh in the Central Sikh Museum at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. SGPC secretary Partap Singh on Friday said that a recent meeting of the...
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Pakistan on Friday extended closure of its airspace for Indian flights until June 24, according to a new NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) issued by the Pakistan Airports Authority. The extension follows the International Civil Aviation Organisation rules that restrict such closure for a month at a...
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The rupee snapped its three-day losing streak and settled for the day higher by 70 paise at 85.25 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, on a sharp fall in the dollar index and surge in domestic equities, amid rise in risk appetite for riskier assets. Forex traders said, the rupee...
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National security advisor Ajit Doval is expected to visit Russia next week, according to sources. The development comes as a seven-party Indian parliamentary delegation is visiting several nations to garner global support against terrorism. The outreach follows the terror attack in...
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British Airways flight BA118, which departed Bengaluru at 7.40 am on Friday, returned after reaching Abu Dhabi due to a technical issue, Bengaluru airport sources said. The flight later departed for London, its original destination, at 2.30 pm, according to sources. In response to a PTI...
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US President Donald Trump on Friday issued a stark warning to technology giant Apple, threatening to impose a 25% tariff on its popular iPhone products unless the company shifts its manufacturing operations to the United States. The threat, delivered via social media, could significantly...
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India's forex reserves dropped $4.888 billion to $685.729 billion for the week ended May 16, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. The overall reserves jumped by $4.553 billion to $690.617 billion in the previous reporting week. The forex reserves touched an all-time high of...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply by nearly 1 per cent on Friday, propelled by buying in market heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank and ITC. Besides, hopes of a record dividend from the RBI and easing US treasury yields bolstered investor sentiment, traders...
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The Delhi high court on Friday reserved its verdict on petitions by Turkey-based Celebi against the revocation of its security clearance. Justice Sachin Datta heard submissions by the lawyers appearing for petitioners -- Celebi Airport Services India Pvt Ltd and Celebi Delhi Cargo Terminal...
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Karnataka Minister M B Patil on Friday defended the government's decision to appoint actress Tamannaah Bhatia as brand ambassador of Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited, as pro-Kannada activists protested outside the KSDL factory in Yeshwanthpur, opposing the move.The Karnataka government had...
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The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Delhi government to withdraw seven cases filed by the erstwhile Aam Aadmi Party government against the Centre and Lieutenant Governor over issues including the control over services in the capital.A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice...
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Four days after his induction into the Devendra Fadnavis-led cabinet in Maharashtra, senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal was on Friday allocated the food and civil supplies portfolio, a department held by him earlier also.Bhujbal (77), a prominent OBC leader, confirmed he has been assigned...
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said its executive board granted $1 billion in assistance to Pakistan this month after finding out that the country met all conditions and targets for it.The IMF carried out a review of its extended fund facility (EFF) granted to Pakistan in September...
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A third-year MBBS student was allegedly raped in Maharashtra's Sangli district by her two classmates and one of their friends after they spiked her drink, police said on Friday.Police have arrested the three accused persons, who are from Pune, Solapur and Sangli.A court has remanded them in...
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India will make a strong case with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to revert Pakistan to its 'grey list' for failure to comply with anti-money laundering and terror financing rules, a government source said.We will be taking it up (with the FATF), the source said when asked whether India will...
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The Election Commission (EC) has started an investigation into a complaint alleging that the wife of Bharatiya Janata Party's West Bengal president and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar possesses two voter identity cards, a senior official said on Friday.Initial probe found that the minister's...
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The flight carrying an Indian MP delegation to Moscow led by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Kanimozhi had to circle in the sky for sometime due to a drone attack but the aircraft later landed safely.Kanimozhi was leading the delegation of MPs deputed by the Centre as part of an international...
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The Mumbai police are planning to regulate the entry and exit of visitors at Galaxy Apartments, the residence of Bollywood actor Salman Khan in Bandra, following incidents of trespassing on the premises, officials said on Friday.The actor, who has received threats from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang,...
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Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday said the crew of IndiGo flight from the national capital to Srinagar on Wednesday had sought permission to enter the Pakistan airspace to avoid turbulence but the request was rejected.In a detailed statement about the...
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The airspace over Andaman and Nicobar Islands was closed for three hours from 7 am on Friday for high altitude weapon test by the tri-services command, an official said. A senior Andaman and Nicobar Command official said, Like today, the airspace over and around Andaman and Nicobar Islands...
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A handwritten 'feedback' letter purportedly written by Bharat Rashtra Samiti leader K Kavitha to her father and former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), highlighting both the negative and positive aspects of the party's recent meeting, has sparked discussions in Telangana's political...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Poonch in the Jammu region on Saturday to meet the families of those killed and affected by the recent Pakistani shelling, All India Congress Committee general secretary Jairam Ramesh said.This will be the second visit of Gandhi, the leader of opposition in...
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An Israeli military investigation into Hamas' October 7 attack on Kibbutz Kissufim and the nearby Kissufim army base found glaring failures in the Israel Defence Forces' preparedness.The report, released on Thursday, found that soldiers, trained primarily for combat in Gaza's open areas, were...
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Encounter between Security forces and terrorists in Singhpora area of Chatroo continued for the second day in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar.A jawan lost his life in the line of duty during the ongoing operation, as per Army officials.In an official statement on X, White Knight Corps said, 'During...
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Subrata Panda, Business StandardState-owned Life Insurance Corporation is set for a reshuffle in its top management in June, with the term of the current MD &CEO ending and two new MDs stepping in to replace two outgoing ones.The Centre appointed Dinesh Pant as MD effective from June 1. He is...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Friday driven by buying in blue-chip IT stocks and a firm trend in Asian equity markets.After a flat start to the trade, the 30-share BSE benchmark gauge Sensex later bounced back and climbed 219.05 points to 81,171.04.The NSE Nifty...
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The 48-hour state-wide bandh called by Meitei organisation Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) in protest against the removal of the state's name from a government bus affected normal life in the five districts of Imphal Valley for the second day on Friday.All business...
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An ex-Nationalist Congress Party leader from Pune and his son, who were on the run after being named in a dowry harassment and abetment to suicide case involving the former's daughter-in-law, were arrested on Friday, police said.Rajendra Hagawane and his son Sushil were taken into custody from...
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Krishna KantTata Consultancy Services (TCS) has emerged as the most generous dividend payer in Indias information technology services sector, with the highest payout-to-net earnings share among its peers over the past five years.Indias largest IT services exporter has distributed an average of...
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The Karnataka high court on Thursday stayed the proceedings against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya and Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, with the next hearing to take place on June 20.Senior Advocate Aruna Shyam told reporters that the Karnataka high court passed interim...
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Bangladesh's interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus mulls resignation as he finds it difficult to work because political parties failed to reach a common ground, BBC Bangla service reported at midnight on Thursday quoting student-led National Citizen Party chief Nahid Islam.We have...
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A man was booked for allegedly threatening the family members of Vaishnavi Hagawane after they went to his house to get custody of her 10-month-old child, a police official said on Thursday. Expelled Nationalist Congress Party leader Rajendra Hagawane along with four members of his family,...
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In an unprecedented development, the Trump administration has revoked Harvard University's eligibility to enrol international students. A report in the New York Times cited a letter sent to Harvard University by Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem. In the letter, Noem...
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