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A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly circulating obscene photos and videos of his estranged wife on social media in Perumbavoor, police said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Sharook A B, a resident of Kalamassery, had been living separately from his wife due to marital issues, the...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the CID now has a definite angle' in singer Zubeen Garg's death case after receiving the viscera report. Sarma also said four more Assamese expats, who reportedly witnessed Garg's dying moments, will arrive in Guwahati on Monday and...
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A 28-year-old firefighter died of electrocution and his colleague suffered injuries while rescuing a pigeon entangled in an overhead power line in Thane on Sunday, officials said. The incident occurred near Sudama Residency on Diva-Sheel Road around 5 pm, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the...
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Punjab Aam Aadmi Party MP Malvinder Singh Kang on Sunday slammed the Congress over its leader P Chidambaram's remarks on 'Operation Blue Star', saying merely admitting that what happened was wrong does not erase its crimes and sins. The Anandpur Sahib MP further said the wounds inflicted on...
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The 26 Special Composite Group of the National Security Guard on Sunday organised a cyclothon in Mumbai in memory of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan while also raising awareness about cervical cancer. The 100-km race was flagged off at 7 am from the Gateway of...
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Stones were hurled at police at a 'mahapanchayat' organised by AAP for farmers in Botad district on Sunday, prompting cops to fire teargas shells, officials said, adding that at least three policemen were injured. The police claimed no permission was taken for organising the rally in Haddad...
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A subdivisional court in Durgapur on Sunday remanded to 10-day police custody the three men arrested for their alleged involvement in the gangrape' of a student of a private medical college in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district. The charges pressed against the accused persons include...
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An assistant superintendent posted in the central jail in Ludhiana was arrested on the charge of smuggling narcotics into the prison with the help of two undertrial prisoners, the police said on Sunday. Assistant superintendent Sukhwinder Singh has been arrested along with two prisoners --...
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A moving ambulance caught fire on Sunday afternoon in Gorakhpur, sparking panic among locals, the police said. The incident occurred around 3 pm on the Sonbarsa overbridge along the Kushinagar Highway when the ambulance, driven by Santosh Kumar from Varanasi, was transporting a patient,...
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Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday claimed that Assamese Hindus now make up only around 40 percent of the state's population, about the same as that of Muslims. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme in Guwahati, Sarma said the state has witnessed a sharp shift in...
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The BJP and the JD-U will each contest on 101 seats in the Bihar assembly elections, while Union minister Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party will field its candidates on 29 seats, Union minister and BJP's Bihar polls in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Sunday. In a post on X as the...
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A man, believed to be in his 30s, died by suicide after jumping in front of a long-distance train in Maharashtra's Thane district on Sunday, an official said. The incident at Kopar railway station briefly brought train movement to a halt. According to officials from the Dombivli unit of the...
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Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Sunday expressed his desire to step down from his ministerial post and recommended BJP's newly elected Rajya Sabha member C Sadanandan Master as his replacement in the central cabinet. Addressing party workers at a function here, which was also attended by...
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A 32-year-old man with an MPhil in Chemistry from Delhi University has been arrested for his alleged involvement in two jewellery shop heists in northwest Delhi's Model Town area, officials said on Sunday. The accused, Deep Shubham, a native of Sitamarhi in Bihar and currently residing in...
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The Delhi police have arrested four men in connection with a burglary case, recovering 440 kilograms of cashews stolen from a warehouse in the New Kondli area of east Delhi, an official said on Sunday.The investigation revealed that the robbery was orchestrated by an employee of the shop who had...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray met his cousin, Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray, at the latter's Mumbai residence 'Matoshri' on Sunday, marking his second visit in a week.Asked by reporters about the purpose, Raj said, My mother is with me, indicating that it was a family...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kickstart his campaign for the Bihar Assembly elections with an interactive session with BJP workers on Wednesday. In a post on X, Modi said he would interact with BJP workers directly on October 15 under the 'Mera Booth, Sabse Majboot' (My booth the...
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday called Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath an infiltrator and said that he should be sent back to Uttarakhand. Speaking to reporters at the Lohia Park in Lucknow on Sunday, on the death anniversary of Ram Manohar Lohia, Yadav said that the...
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Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi
Afganistan wants peaceful resolution of its conflict with Pakistan but if the efforts don't succeed, it has other means, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Sunday. Muttaqi's comments at a media briefing at the Afghan embassy came amid escalating tensions between Afghanistan...
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The Border Security Force air wing has got its first woman flight engineer in its over 50 years history following completion of a first in-house training capsule. Inspector Bhawna Chaudhary along with four male subordinate officers were recently awarded their flying badges by BSF director...
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PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday targeted the BJP-led government at the Centre, saying embracing Taliban-ruled Afghanistan while targeting Muslims of India is a stark reminder of the internal hypocrisy of the party. Her remarks came at a time when India has decided to upgrade its ties with...
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Army's northern commander Lt Gen Pratik Sharma has reviewed the operational preparedness of the troops deployed in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. The General Officer Commanding-in-chief, northern command, visited the forward areas of the border district on...
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Afghanistan claimed on Sunday that its forces had killed as many as 58 Pakistani soldiers during overnight operations along the border, citing repeated violations of Afghan territory and airspace, reported the Associated Press. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban government's chief spokesman,...
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Zubeen Garg
Zubeen Garg's close associate Arun on Sunday appeared before CID's Special Investigating Team (SIT) which is probing the singer-composer's death in Singapore last month, officials said. They, however, did not divulge details of Arun's visit to the CID office in Guwahati. Arun, whom Garg...
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Actor Abhishek Bachchan
Actor Abhishek Bachchan paid a touching tribute to his father, legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan, at the 70th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2025 with Gujarat Tourism on Saturday night.Taking the stage, Abhishek performed a lively medley of some of Big B's most popular songs from over the...
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A Special Branch police officer of Suryapet in Telangana died by suicide by hanging himself at his residence, reportedly due to health issues, the police said.Satyanarayana, aged 54, died by suicide by hanging himself at his residence, cops said. A case has been registered in the matter.Further...
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Actor-director Mrunmayee Deshpande/Image courtesy Instagram
Actor-director Mrunmayee Deshpande has expressed disappointment over the disruption of screenings of her recently released Marathi film Manache Shlok by some people in Pune, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and other places in Maharashtra. Some videos showed people wearing saffron stoles...
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Border Security Force jawans apprehended a smuggler near the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Nadia district and seized 20 gold biscuits worth Rs 2.82 crore from his possession, a statement issued by the paramilitary force said. BSF 32 battalion deployed at Horandipur BOP received...
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The police nabbed two sharpshooters of the Bambiha gang following an encounter near Ramgarh village here in the early hours of Sunday, the police said. Both were injured during the exchange of fire and were admitted to the hospital, they added. According to the police, crime unit teams...
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The visit of Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to Agra on Sunday has been cancelled, official sources said. However, officials in Agra did not mention any reason for the cancellation. The Afghan foreign minister was to travel to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. Muttaqi was...
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Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday announced the names of three candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in the Union Territory. The party named Gulam Mohammad Mir, Rakesh Mahajan and Sat Paul Sharma as its candidates.Sat Paul Sharma is serving his second term as the BJP's J-K...
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Having overcome multiple challenges, fuel loading at India's first prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tamil Nadu's Kalpakkam is expected to start next week. Nuclear scientists, working on the sodium-cooled 500 MWe reactor, had encountered some problems. Early next week we will start loading...
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a total penalty of Rs 40 lakh on IndiGo Airlines after finding that the carrier conducted pilot training on non-qualified flight simulators for operations at critical airports, including Calicut, Leh, and Kathmandu.According to official...
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A huge crowd filled 'Hostages Square' in Tel Aviv tonight for a spectacular gathering.Participants expressed hope that it would be the last rally of its kind, as everyone hopes that the hostages will return as provided for in the agreement to end the war in Gaza, despite the remaining gaps in the...
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A couple in Firozabad ended their lives separately following an altercation after Karva Chauth, police said on Saturday.The deceased have been identified as Pramod Kumar (26), a resident of Dabrai under Matsena police station limits, and his wife Nisha (24). According to Sadar...
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Three persons were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the 'gang rape' of a student of a private medical college in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, police said.The identities of the three arrested accused were yet to be disclosed by the police.We have arrested three...
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The family members of Hariom Valmiki, who was beaten to death by a mob in the Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh after being mistaken for a thief, met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday, according to an official statement.Valmiki, a Dalit and native of the Fatehpur district, was beaten...
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Pakistan on Saturday summoned the Afghan ambassador to convey its 'strong reservations' over the India-Afghanistan joint statement issued in New Delhi a day earlier.Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who landed in New Delhi on Thursday, is on a six-day visit to India.The Foreign Office...
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