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Chief of Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, on Friday visited forward posts along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district to assess the operational readiness of troops in the region. General Upendra Dwivedi, COAS, today visited forward areas and posts along the...
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Chief of Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, on Friday visited forward posts along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district to assess the operational readiness of troops in the region. General Upendra Dwivedi, COAS, today visited forward areas and posts along the...
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An anti-drone system has been deployed at the Taj Mahal to enhance security around the wondrous monument, the police said on Friday.Assistant commissioner of police (Taj Security) Syed Arib Ahmed said the system has been installed within the Taj Mahal premises and is capable of disabling any...
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The Special Task Force of Bihar police on Friday arrested two suspected drug peddlers, after recovering over 2 kg heroin from their possession in Bhojpur district. This is the third huge recovery of drugs in the state in the last one month by the newly created Narcotics Cell of the STF,...
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Security personnel inspect vehicles after bomb threat at Udyog Bhawan in New Delhi/ANI on X
An alert was issued at Udyog Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday after authorities received a threat of a possible bomb attack, officials said. Security personnel immediately sprang into action as Udyog Bhawan houses several central government departments. Visuals from the spot showed...
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Two persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in Mizoram, seven months after the last such case was reported in the state, health department officials said. The patients are undergoing treatment at Zoram Medical College and Hospital in Falkawn near Aizawl, they said. Mizoram reported the...
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An 18-year-old youth was arrested after he posted a video on social media brandishing a semi-automatic pistol in the Welcome area of northeast Delhi, an official said on Friday.The accused, identified as Ali Khan, a resident of Kabir Nagar, was apprehended and a semi-automatic pistol along with...
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President Droupadi Murmu will attend the first convocation of the Central Tribal University in Visakhapatnam on June 10, the state government said on Friday. In view of the President's visit, chief secretary K Vijayanand on Friday reviewed the preparations and directed officials to make...
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The Andhra Pradesh police said on Friday that they had successfully foiled the attempt by two terror suspects who were recently arrested before they could assemble and detonate a bomb.Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Police held a joint operation on May 17 and arrested Siraj Ur Rehman (29) and Syed...
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Three masked armed robbers looted about Rs 40 lakh from the branch of a private bank in Rehana Jattan village on Punjab's Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road Friday afternoon, the police said. Eyewitness accounts said that three armed robbers came in a white-coloured car. While two of them,...
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A trainer aircraft overturned while landing at Suktara airstrip in the district on Friday morning but its trainee woman pilot was safe, the police said. The aircraft flipped over due to a faulty landing, said a police official. The airstrip is 22 km from the Seoni district...
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Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday granted a three-month extension to IndiGo on damp leasing two Boeing 777 planes from Turkish Airlines to avoid sudden flight disruptions that will cause inconvenience to passengers, according to sources.Currently, IndiGo is...
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Sajjad Hussain, PTIPakistan on Friday announced to upgrade its diplomatic ties with Afghanistan and appoint an ambassador to the country, a major indicator of improvement in ties between the two neighbours. Pakistan had tacitly applauded the capture of Kabul by Taliban in 2021 with the hope...
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India's economic growth slowed to 7.4 per cent in the January-March period, and pulled down the annual growth rate for 2024-25 to a four-year low of 6.5 per cent, mainly due to the manufacturing sector, official data showed on Friday.The economic expansion was recorded at 7.4 per cent during...
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The rupee pared its initial gains to settle 8 paise lower at 85.56 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, as volatility in domestic equities and recovering global crude prices pressured the local currency.However, a steady inflow of foreign funds supported the domestic unit even as...
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India's forex reserves jumped by $6.992 billion to $692.721 billion during the week ended May 23, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday.In the previous reporting week ended May 16, the overall reserves had dropped by $4.888 billion to $685.729 billion.The forex reserves had touched an all-time...
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A Bengaluru trial court on Friday granted permission to Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa to travel abroad for film shooting between July 1 and July 27.The 57th City Civil and Sessions Court had earlier reserved its order on Wednesday. Darshan, currently out on conditional bail, had approached...
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Yoshita Singh, PTIIn the wake of the Trump administration's decision to halt scheduling new interviews for student visa applicants, the United States has asked foreign students to frequently check to see when those spots might open, saying it's something that would happen perhaps 'sooner than...
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The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Friday apprised the Supreme Court of its decision to scrap the tender process for two marquee infrastructure projects in Mumbai worth Rs 14,000 crore. The top court was hearing a plea of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) against a...
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Among Sensex firms, Tech Mahindra fell the most by 1.73 per cent.HCL Tech, Asian Paints, NTPC, Infosys, Nestle, Sun Pharma, and Tata Steel also closed lower.Eternal, State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Industries and Bajaj Finserv were the gainers.
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Stock markets closed lower in a range-bound trade on Friday following losses in IT shares and sluggish trends in Asian markets due to trade uncertainty after a US appeals court temporarily reinstated reciprocal tariffs.The 30-share BSE Sensex declined by 182.01 points or 0.22 per cent to settle...
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The Osmanabad railway station in central Maharashtra has been renamed as 'Dharashiv', officials said on Friday.The station previously known as Osmanabad, with the station code UMD, has now been officially renamed Dharashiv, with the new station code DRSV, the Central Railway said in a release.The...
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Actor-politician Kamal Haasan
An FIR has been registered against a Kannada activist for allegedly burning posters of actor Kamal Haasan as a mark of protest against his recent controversial statement about the Kannada language, the police said on Friday. The incident occurred near Pavitra Paradise Circle, B Road,...
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The Delhi High Court on Friday said it would hear in July an appeal by journalist Rajdeep Sardesai challenging a single judge's order in a defamation case filed against him by BJP leader Shazia Ilmi. The appeal came up before a bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Renu Bhatnagar which said it...
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Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif with Turkey prez Erdogan
Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera launched a sharp attack on the Centre's foreign policy on Friday, saying its result was seen during and after 'Operation Sindoor.' No country called Pakistan a terrorist state, Khera said.While speaking to ANI, the senior Congress leader said, The result of...
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Actor-politician Kamal Haasan, who stoked a controversy by his Kannada was born out of Tamil remark, on Friday yet again declined to apologise and said he believed in law and justice and his love for Karnataka was true.He claimed that the alleged warning by pro-Kannada groups threatening to...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday lauded the BSF for its resolute response to Pakistani aggression earlier this month and said over 118 enemy posts were destroyed and damaged in retaliatory action along the Jammu frontier. During his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after Operation...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday likened terror to a serpent, saying, if it raises its hood again, it will be dragged out of its hole and trampled, and asserted that the Indian armed forces have reduced to rubble the hideouts of those who had masterminded the Pahalgam attack, sitting in...
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Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut says, The six terrorists of the Pahalgam attack are not being caught because one day you might get a press note from the BJP office saying those six people have joined the BJP. Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said 'Operation Sindoor' was far from over...
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An inquiry has been ordered after four women allegedly delivered babies under the light of mobile phones at a government health centre in Beruarbari, UP officials said on Friday.A three-member investigation committee, led by the deputy chief medical officer, has been formed to probe the incident....
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Danish toymaker The Lego Group expects strong growth in India, driven by the country's vast population of young children, a top executive told Business Standard. We've seen Lego love grow not just among kids, but also parents and adults in recent years. India has the largest population...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh aboard India's first indigenously built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, on Friday warned Pakistan of the Indian Navy's unmatched strength, stating that had the Navy joined its sister forces in active combat during Operation Sindoor, Pakistan would have faced a worse...
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The Supreme Court on Friday directed that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Post Graduate (NEET-PG) 2025 examination, which is scheduled on June 15, be conducted in a single shift instead of two shifts. A bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath directed the authorities concerned to make...
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Uttar Pradesh has acquired land worth more than 5,500 crore nearby key expressways to bolster the state's vision of becoming a trillion dollar economy by 2029. So far, the UP Expressway Industrial Development Authority has acquired 3,827 hectares from farmers for developing industrial hubs...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah distributes appointment letters to the families of those affected by Pakistan's shelling during Operation Sindoor in Poonch.Shah says, Pakistan targeted civilian areas, religious places. Appointment letters have been given to the families of those affected by...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed Operation Sindoor and emphasised that he had returned to the State after fulfilling his promise to retaliate and destroy terrorist camps following the Pahalgam terror attacks.Addressing a rally in Karakat, PM Modi said, Even the name of the land...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Karakat, Bihar: The condition of railways in Bihar is also changing rapidly. These development works could have been done earlier as well. But those who were responsible for modernising railways in Bihar looted the lands of the poor. These were their methods...
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The government should bring out a 'Vivad se Vishwas' tax scheme for India Inc to free up 'lakhs of crores of rupees' currently tied up in corporate litigation, Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said on Thursday.While speaking at the CII Annual Business Summit, Mittal said it was...
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Slamming Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy over his statement regarding the destruction of Rafale jets during Operation Sindoor, BJP MP Sambit Patra said, 'Yeh jo Pakistan ke Babbar hain, woh Hindustan ke Gabbar hain'.Sambit Patra was addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters in...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Enforcement Directorate Deputy Director Chintan Raghuvanshi (IRS) in Bhubaneswar on charges of corruption. According to sources, Raghuvanshi was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting the first instalment of a bribe amounting to Rs...
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Cake is the answer, no matter the question. Because a good day always ends with cake. Be it either a tiny delicious tidbit of a cupcake. Or an elegant, unfussy tea cake. Else maybe a drippy, triple-layered chocolate masterpiece. Learn how to make them all. Take a bite
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NDA cadet Ishita Sangwan
The first batch of 17 female cadets graduated from the National Defence Academy (NDA) today.Ishita Sangwan, one of the cadets, says, It feels amazing to be an ex-NDA. I had no idea about NDA as there was no one from defence background in my family. When I joined, everything was new. It felt like...
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In a coordinated operation, the North West District of Delhi Police apprehended 38 Bangladeshi nationals from different areas of Delhi. These individuals, including women and children, had previously resided in Nuh and came to Delhi via Bihar, Delhi Police said. According to officials, the...
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In a coordinated operation, the North West District of Delhi Police apprehended 38 Bangladeshi nationals from different areas of Delhi. These individuals, including women and children, had previously resided in Nuh and came to Delhi via Bihar, Delhi Police said. According to officials, the...
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Shubham Dwivedi's wife
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the family of Pahalgam terror attack victim Shubham Dwivedi at Chakeri airport here on Friday, an official said. Businessman Shubham Dwivedi (31) was among the 26 people killed in the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. The bereaved family members have...
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Former Congress Rajya Sabha Member, V Hanumantha Rao, alleged that the Centre is targeting the Opposition instead of taking action against terrorists who attacked in Pahalgam. Talking to ANI, Rao said, Innocent people were killed (in Pahalgam), after which all political parties came together...
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Nearly half of the women living in rural areas do not own a mobile phone, according to the latest Comprehensive Modular Survey: Telecom, 2025 released by the National Statistics Office on Thursday. Data showed that as many as 51.6 per cent of women aged 15 years and above in...
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BJP MP Sambit Patra on the statements made by the Opposition MPs' delegations abroad: Be it Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh or Revanth Reddy, the kind of statements they have made; they have tried to lower the morale of the Indian Army. A big military expert of the US, John Spencer, has written an...
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Raj Khosla's biography comes out in time for his birth centenary on May 31.Written by Amborish Roychoudhury and Khosla's daughters Anita Khosla and Uma Khosla Kapur, it is a reminder of his diverse filmography.Aspiring to become a singer, Raj Khosla ended up assisting Guru Dutt and then getting a...
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Shashi Tharoor in Colombia
Congress leader and Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor, who is leading a multiparty delegation to Colombia, on Thursday (local time) said that the Indus Waters Treaty was offered by India to Pakistan in a spirit of goodwill and harmony, but that goodwill has been repeatedly betrayed over the...
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Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy at a recent event raised questions on why Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called a ceasefire to the recent military operations against Pakistan without consulting political parties even though an all-party meeting was held before military strikes...
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Barely out of their teens, the first batch of girls graduated today alongside 300 male cadets from the National Defence Academy, writes Archana Masih/Rediff.Read more here.
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Azamat Yeskaraev, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
President Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from the Ambassadors/High Commissioners of Thailand, Costa Rica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Turkiye, Bangladesh and Kazakhstan at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday. Those who presented their credentials were: H.E. Ms Chavanart...
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The Trump administration has threatened to escalate its tariffs dispute to the Supreme Court after a court ruling overturned many of the president's new import duties. The administration is demanding that the decision be suspendedWhite House Press Secretary Karine Leavitt declared, We will...
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The Apple store in Mumbai
Apple India has zeroed in on Bengaluru for opening its third retail outlet after Mumbai and Delhi, which were opened in 2023.For the third outlet, the iPhone maker has leased 8,000 square feet of retail space in Bengaluru's Phoenix Mall of Asia, which will be smaller than its first flagship store...
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Counterfeit notes of Rs 500 denomination (excluding specified banknotes) detected in the banking system rose 37.35 per cent year-on-year to 117,722 in 2024-2025 from 85,711 in 2023-2024, the highest level in six years (since FY20), the RBI's annual report showed. The number of counterfeit...
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Tharoor showed a picture of Pak army officials attending funerals of terrorists
Reiterating India's firm stance against terrorism, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday (local time) said that the country decided that the Pahalgam terror attack could not go unpunished and launched strikes against terrorist infrastructure under Operation Sindoor. Addressing the media at...
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The Delhi Police has arrested a man from Rajasthan for allegedly aiding Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs) by supplying Indian mobile SIM cards for espionage activities, officials said on Thursday. The accused, identified as Kasim (34), had travelled to Pakistan twice -- first...
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Moscow is genuinely interested in the revival of activities within the framework of the Russia-India-China (RIC) format, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.I would like to confirm our genuine interest in the earliest resumption of the work within the format of the troika --...
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The Karnataka high court on Thursday orally asked Bharatiya Janata Party MLC N Ravi Kumar to extend a direct apology to Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner Fauzia Tarannum over his controversial remarks, which led to a first information report (FIR) being lodged against him.A vacation bench comprising...
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