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All seven Nationalist Congress Party MLAs in Nagaland joined the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party on Saturday, giving the CM Neiphiu Rio-led party an absolute majority in the 60-member assembly.With this merger, the NDPP's tally increased from 25 to 32.The NCP's Nagaland unit had...
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In a high-stakes clash at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the Indian Premiere League 2025 Qualifier 2 will witness Punjab Kings taking on Mumbai Indians on June 1 at 7:30 pm.The head-to-head record between the two sides is narrowly tilted in Mumbai's favor, with 17 wins to Punjab's 16...
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In the last 24 hours, 685 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported and four people have died, according to data released by Union health ministry. Kerala has 1,336 active cases, Maharashtra 467, Delhi 375, Gujarat 265, Karnataka 234, West Bengal 205, Tamil Nadu 185 and Uttar Pradesh 117.
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A Kerala legislator on Saturday broke open a house, allegedly attached by a private financial firm, to help a family take essential documents and medicine in Karunagappally in this southern district.The firm attached the two-storied house and locked the building on May 30 when its owners were...
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Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in Karnataka, the Department of Health and Family Welfare Services on Saturday requested people to stay calm, remain vigilant, and work with health authorities to prevent further spread and ensure public safety.It issued an advisory to Health Care Workers (HCWs)...
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Maharashtra revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday said government employees should not take the benefit of the Ladki Bahin Yojana for women.Under this flagship scheme of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, eligible women get Rs 1,500 per month.Responding to reports that...
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The number of active COVID-19 cases in India has crossed 3,000, with Kerala accounting for the highest at 1,336, followed by Maharashtra and Delhi, Union health ministry data released on Saturday showed.According to the data, four deaths -- one each in Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused the government of misleading the nation on the India-Pakistan conflict and demanded holding a special session of Parliament immediately, following Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan's acknowledgement of aircraft loss in the...
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A man was arrested on Saturday in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district after he was found walking around with the severed head of his sister-in-law, police said.According to a senior police officer, the man was apprehended in Bharatgarh in the district's Basanti area on suspicion of killing...
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The Constitution has ensured that whenever the country has faced a crisis, it has remained united and strong, Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai said on Saturday. The CJI was addressing a function after the inauguration of advocate chambers and multi-level parking at the Allahabad...
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India has said that Pakistan should stop blaming it for the breach of the Indus Water Treaty, as the unrelenting cross-border terrorism from its soil is interfering with the treaty's implementation. Addressing the plenary session of the first UN conference on glaciers in Tajikistan's...
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The Congress asked the government on Saturday to tell the country the truth on what losses were suffered during the four-day conflict with Pakistan after Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan acknowledged aircraft loss in the hostilities. Gen Chouhan, however, dismissed as absolutely...
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Karnataka government has notified a legislation that prohibits hookah bars, raises the legal age for buying tobacco products from 18 to 21 years, and increases the fine for violations.The notification was issued on May 30, following the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of...
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A Kerala expatriate community in Dubai, which is facing intense online backlash over a warm welcome extended to Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi in a recent programme, has apologised for the incident and clarified that it was not intentional.The Cochin University Btech Alumni Association (CUBAA),...
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Kolkata police has arrested a female Instagram influencer, who allegedly uploaded a video with communal comments, claiming Bollywood actors were silence on Operation Sindoor, a source said on Saturday. The woman, enrolled in Pune's Law University, was arrested from...
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A man died and another suffered injuries after a car parking lift collapsed at a 21-storey residential building in Mumbai's Borivali West area on Saturday, civic officials said. The accident took place around 11 am at Prathamesh Building, located on Link Road, said the Mumbai Fire...
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A court in Pune on Saturday rejected Rahul Gandhi's application seeking details of the maternal lineage of Satyaki Savarkar, the grand-nephew of V D Savarkar, over his defamation complaint filed against the Congress leader for his alleged objectionable remarks against the Hindutva...
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Two high-end hotels in Jaipur were promptly evacuated on Saturday after they received bomb threats through email, an official said. Three Rajasthan ministers were in one of the hotels when the threat was made. The bomb threat at the Holiday Inn Hotel later turned out to be a hoax while a...
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Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Saturday dismissed Pakistan's claim of downing six Indian fighter jets during Operation Sindoor as absolutely incorrect.I think what is important is that, not the jets being down, but why they were being down, General Anil Chauhan said in an...
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A Dhangar community leader on Saturday demanded that the Churchgate railway station in south Mumbai be renamed after Ahilyabai Holkar, the revered queen of the Maratha-ruled Malwa kingdom. Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Dhangar leader Prakash Shendage also launched a sharp attack on...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said 'sindoor' has become a symbol of valour following India's response to the Pahalgam terror attack, and warned Pakistan that bullets will be answered with cannon balls.He also described Operation Sindoor as the biggest and most successful anti-terror...
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Stressing that there cannot be any dialogue with Pakistan till it decides to dismantle terror operators constructed in its country, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is leading an all-party delegation, said that India understands that disputes must be settled through dialogue, but it does not...
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In view of the Covid-19 situation in the state and the reopening of schools, Karnataka government, in a circular, has asked parents not to send their children to school, if they have fever, cough, cold and other symptoms.The Commissioner, Health and Family Welfare has issued the circular late for...
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Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan said India today is ahead of Pakistan on all fronts despite greater diversity than the neighbouring country due to its long-term strategy. At the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, CDS Chauhan noted that both countries gained independence at...
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An expert team from Gujarat recovered a container from the shipwreck of Liberian vessel MSC Elsa 3, that was washed ashore in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, an official said on Saturday.The container washed ashore at Vaniyakudi fishing village, about one km from Colachel, according to the...
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A 60-year-old woman who tested positive for COVID-19 has died in Delhi, officials said on Saturday. This is the first fatality in the capital amid the current surge in cases.According to official data, Delhi has 294 active COVID-19 cases.The woman was suffering from acute intestinal...
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Several people were feared dead after five houses and a hotel collapsed due to landslides triggered by heavy rain in south Mizoram's Lawngtlai town, officials said.The incident occurred around 10:30 pm on Friday in the border area of Bazar Veng and Chandmary localities in Lawngtlai when the...
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Samie ModakThe latest measures introduced by the Securities and Exchange Board of India for the futures & options (F&O) segment may adversely impact HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank stocks. Market participants anticipate a churn of nearly $1 billion as passive funds tracking the Bank Nifty...
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Valmik Thapar, one of India's most eminent wildlife conservationists and authors, died at his residence Saturday morning. He was 73. Born in New Delhi in 1952, Thapar dedicated his life to the study and conservation of wild tigers, especially in Rajasthan's Ranthambore National...
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Aathira VarierGrowth in gold loans by commercial banks rose sharply by 119.6 per cent to Rs 2.23 trillion in April from Rs 1.02 trillion in the year-ago period, driven by a rise in gold prices.Sequentially, gold loan growth was 6.9 per cent in April, the Reserve Bank of India data showed.The gold...
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The Congress on Saturday wondered when Prime Minister Narendra Modi would respond to US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly given more than an indication that it was he who brokered a truce between India and Pakistan during the latest armed conflict. In a series of posts on X,...
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One more person, accused of being a Pakistan sympathiser, has been apprehended in Assam, taking the total number of such arrests to 79 in the state since the Pahalgam terror attack last month, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.The arrested person has been identified as Farijul Haque from...
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Former Minister of External Affairs and Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Friday noted that violations continued on the Pakistani side, suggesting a lack of control over its military actions even after a ceasefire was reached. In Indonesia, Khurshid, a member of the all-party...
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An anti-drone system has been deployed at the Taj Mahal to enhance security around the wondrous monument, 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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Maharashtra Minister Aditi Tatkare has said that more than 2,200 beneficiaries of the Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana were found to be government employees during scrutiny.In a post on X on Friday, Tatkare said verification of beneficiaries will be a regular process.After scrutinising nearly 2...
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In a significant accomplishment for India in its global outreach effort to expose Pakistan and to convey its zero tolerance against terrorism, Colombia, which earlier in its statement sympathised with Pakistan over the loss of lives, has now withdrawn its statement. Congress MP Shashi...
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A 36-hour major block will be operated on fifth line and yard lines from Saturday afternoon to dismantle an elevated booking office at Kandivali Yard, a Western Railway official said. Suburban and mail express trains will be run on Fast Line during the block that will start at 1 pm on...
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Six people have been arrested for allegedly cheating a retired Navy officer of over Rs 2 crore in a fake share trading scheme, the police said on Friday. Superintendent of police Abhishek Kumar Jha said Bhupendra Singh, a resident of Lalpur village, was lured into investing Rs 2.08 crore...
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US President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his claim that he stopped India and Pakistan from fighting and told the two nations that his administration cannot trade with people that are shooting at each other. We stopped India and Pakistan from fighting. I believe that could have turned out...
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