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Four baggage handling staff at Mangaluru International Airport were arrested on charges of stealing gold jewellery from a passenger's trolley bag, the police said on Wednesday. According to Bajpe police, the staff were employed in loading and unloading luggage when the theft...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray on Wednesday visited `Varsha', the official residence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on the occasion of Ganesh festival. Thackeray's visit to `Varsha' along with his wife Sharmila followed a visit by Fadnavis to the MNS...
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Footwear costing up to Rs 2,500 will attract 5 percent GST, while footwear priced above Rs 2,500 will remain at 18 percent. Earlier, footwear below Rs 1,000 was taxed at 12 percent and above Rs 1,000 at 18 percent. -- ANI
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a major relief for insurance policyholders. Accordingly, the GST rate on insurance services, previously at 18 percent, will now be split into separate categories. All individual life insurance policies -- term, ULIP, and endowment --...
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The GST rate on electric vehicles will remain unchanged at 5%, Arvind Shrivastava, revenue department secretary in the finance ministry said on Wednesday.The clarification came amid wider rate revisions approved at the 56th GST Council meeting.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the revised GST rates approved at the 56th Council meeting will come into force from September 22, coinciding with the first day of Navratri. She clarified that the new rates will apply to all goods except sin products, which...
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GST tax rates on common use items ranging from hair oil to corn flakes, TVs, and personal health and life insurance policies were slashed after the all-powerful GST Council approved a complete overhaul of the tangled goods and services tax regime. Almost all personal use items will see rate...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday welcomed the decisions of the 56th GST Council meeting, saying the Centre and the states had collectively agreed to the proposals of the Centre on rate cuts and reforms. During my Independence Day Speech, I had spoken about our intention to...
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GST rates on small cars and motorcycles up to 350 cc, three-wheelers, buses, trucks, and ambulances has been reduced from 28 percent to 18 percent. A uniform rate of 18 percent will now apply on all auto parts, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday evening while announcing...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a sharp reduction in GST rates on several essential goods after the 56th Council meeting. She said GST on 33 life-saving drugs and medicines has been cut from 12 percent to zero, while three medicines used for cancer, rare and...
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After the 56th GST Council meeting, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a major reduction in tax rates on goods of daily use. She said there is a complete reduction' on items used by the common man and middle class. GST on hair oil, soaps, shampoos,...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
India on Wednesday called upon Germany to ensure early return of Indian baby girl Ariha Shah who has been living in a foster care in Berlin for nearly four years.The issue was raised by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during talks with his German counterpart Johann Wadephul.I raised the...
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The GST Council on Wednesday approved a two-tier rate structure of 5 and 18 per cent, which will be implemented from September 22. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said that all states were on board for the rate rationalisation, and it was a consensus-based decision. West Bengal...
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The BJP's Manipur unit on Tuesday said the party lodged a police complaint over alleged abusive language' used against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Congress' Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar last week. The saffron party's state unit also filed a separate complaint against TMC MP Mahua...
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Here is the status of water levels in Indian reservoirs as on August 28, 2025.
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Twenty-one monitoring stations, including one in Delhi, have reported rivers in severe flood situation, while 33 others are flowing above the normal level, the Central Water Commission (CWC) said on Wednesday. The nationwide flood alert comes amid heavy rainfall forecasts for several states...
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An Air India Express flight from Tiruchirappalli was delayed on Wednesday after it developed a technical issue.An alternative aircraft was later arranged, and the flight departed for its destination.One of our flights from Tiruchirappalli could not operate due to a technical issue. An alternative...
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The NHRC on Wednesday said it has issued notices to the Punjab government and police authorities over reports that a stray dog was seen carrying the severed head of an infant near a government hospital in Patiala district last month. Reportedly, the attendants of the patients have alleged...
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A view of overflowing Yamuna river in Delhi.
Cremations at Nigambodh Ghat, Delhi's largest cremation ground, have been suspended after Yamuna floodwater entered the premises, officials said on Wednesday. The facility stopped conducting cremations approximately two hours ago, and only the rituals which began earlier in the morning are...
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Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara
Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara on Wednesday reminded the Joint Milad Committee, which will be hosting the International Meelad-un-Nabi Conference in the city on September 5, that foreigners are prohibited from participating or preaching in religious events in India. According to...
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The rupee recovered 9 paise from its all-time low level to settle at 88.06 (provisional) against US dollar on Wednesday, on positive domestic equities, softening of crude oil prices and weak US dollar index. Forex traders said the rupee is trading near all-time low levels amid persistent...
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NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Wednesday said he would move the court against the GR or order issued by the state government for expediting the grant of Kunbi caste certificates to eligible Marathas. Indicating his displeasure about the Government Resolution (GR)...
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The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday gave approval to several big-ticket projects including Wadala-CSMT-Gateway of India metro line in Mumbai, officials said. The other projects included a ring metro in Thane, Pune Metro's Line-2 and Line-4 extensions, and Nagpur Metro Phase-II. The...
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An FIR has been registered against former Uttar Pradesh minister Swami Prasad Maurya in Varanasi over his alleged objectionable remarks on Ramcharitmanas, the police said on Wednesday. The FIR, lodged on Tuesday at the Cantonment police station, was filed on the directions of a local...
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India kills the US with tariffs and the country has now offered no tariffs' to America, President Donald Trump has said, amid New Delhi's escalating tensions with Washington over his administration's policies on trade and tariff. They have tariffs against us. China, which kills us with...
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The Kerala high court on Wednesday admitted a public interest petition challenging the Travancore Devaswom Board's (TDB) plan to hold the Global Ayyappa Sangamam at Pamba near Sabarimala.The petitioner, Ajeesh Kalathil Gopi, appearing in person, argued that the proposed event was a political...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty closed higher in a volatile session on Wednesday, driven by a rally in metal stocks and optimism related to the GST Council meeting. After oscillating between highs and lows, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 409.83 points or 0.51 percent to settle at...
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Two students from Telangana have been killed in a two-car road collision at a major roundabout in Essex, south-east England, while five others sustained serious injuries, local police have said. While Chaitanya Tarre, 23, died on the spot, Rishi Teja Rapolu, 21, succumbed to his injuries in...
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The Kerala government has set up the country's first Senior Citizens Commission to protect the rights of the elderly and address issues such as neglect and abuse. K Somaprasad has been appointed chairperson of the Thiruvananthapuram-based Kerala State Senior Citizens Commission, state minister...
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Climate change could be creating conditions conducive for venomous snakes to shift and spread into India's north and northeast, potentially increasing risks of snakebites in regions so far considered unsuitable for the species, a study has found. The 'Big Four' refers to the four species of...
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The BSF, which guards India's borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh, is training special units of drone commandos and drone warriors for modern warfare involving remote-controlled aerial platforms, with plans to deploy them in missions such as Operation Sindoor. A 'School of Drone Warfare'...
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Fresh devastation due to rain was witnessed in Himachal Pradesh where rescue personnel recovered four more bodies from the debris of a landslide in Mandi district while two persons, including an NDRF jawan, were feared dead as two houses collapsed in Kullu district, officials said on...
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A man was acquitted in a rape case by a court in Kolkata after the complainant woman claimed she had lodged the complaint due to some misunderstanding.The man was arrested in the case filed on November 24, 2020, and had to spend 51 days behind bars till he was granted bail by a court.The woman...
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The weather department has warned of heavy showers lashing several parts of the national capital, where skies remained overcast in the afternoon, and many areas received intermittent rains.The city recorded a minimum temperature of 22.8 degrees Celsius, 2.8 degrees below normal. The relative...
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The Union Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has blocked over two crore phone connections used for fraudulent activities and has been able to reduce spoof calls by 97 per cent with the introduction of initiatives like Sanchar Saathi, its secretary Dr Neeraj Mittal said on...
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From August 21, electric vehicles have been exempted from paying toll tax on the Atal Setu, Mumbai-Pune Expressway, and the Samruddhi Highway, according to a Maharashtra government notification. The move, announced by Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik, is part of Maharashtra's effort to...
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More than 125 metric tonnes of garbage was collected from Azad Maidan and its surrounding areas in south Mumbai during the five-day-long Maratha quota agitation, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Wednesday. Azad Maidan was the ground zero of the Maratha reservation protest...
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After spending more than 17 years behind bars, gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli on Wednesday walked out of the Nagpur Central Jail days with the Supreme Court granting him bail in a 2007 murder case, officials said. The apex court granted bail to 76-year-old Gawli, who was serving life...
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Members of the Maratha community will now get reservation in Marathwada and western Maharashtra, said quota activist Manoj Jarange on Wednesday, appealing to his supporters to maintain calm and have faith in his decision.The 43-year-old activist, who returned from Mumbai after ending his hunger...
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Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who has been opposing reservation to Marathas under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, skipped the state cabinet meeting on Wednesday. I did not go for the cabinet meeting, Bhujbal, a prominent leader from the OBC community, told PTI.Activist...
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As many as 20 Naxalites, 11 of them carrying a collective bounty of Rs 33 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Wednesday, police said. Out of the 20 Naxalites, nine are women, including a hardcore cadre of the Peoples' Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) battalion no.1, which...
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A day after her suspension from KCR-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi, senior leader K Kavitha on Wednesday announced her resignation from the party and trained her guns against cousin and former minister T Harish Rao.Kavitha, daughter of party founder and former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar...
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Online brokerage Zerodha faced a brief technical glitch on Wednesday morning that disrupted price updates for some users on its Kite trading app. The outage left several investors complaining on social media platform X about difficulties in selling stocks when the securities market opened at...
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A day after her suspension from KCR-led BRS, senior leader K Kavitha on Wednesday announced her resignation from the party and trained her guns against cousin and former minister T Harish Rao. Kavitha, daughter of party founder and former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR),...
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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has extended the cut-off date for entry into India for applying under CAA till 31st December 2024.Earlier, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, sought to grant Indian citizenship to refugees who had sought shelter in India before December 31, 2014.The CAA...
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta resumed her public hearing programme at her camp office amid tight security arrangements on Wednesday morning, a fortnight after she was attacked during the Jan Sunwai programme. People from different parts of the city raised their grievances and sought help...
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Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Wednesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to China to attend the SCO Summit, calling it a mere Selfies, headlines & bhakts clapping.He questioned the outcome of India's participation after Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with...
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Underscoring the impact of the American tariffs on the textiles industry in Tamil Nadu's western region, including Tiruppur, the ruling DMK on Wednesday asked what the BJP-led Centre was going to do to protect the industries in the western belt as the Saffron party has set its sight on western...
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A day after Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange ended his fast, doctors attend to him in a hospital here on Wednesday said he had dehydration and low blood sugar, and was being administered intravenous (IV) fluids.Jarange, who began his hunger strike in Mumbai on August 29, called off the...
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BJP leader Amit Malviya on Wednesday said that Kota Neelima, wife of Congress leader Pawan Khera, holds two active Electors Photo Identification Cards (EPICs)-- one registered in Khairatabad and another in New Delhi. Kota Neelima, another Congress leader, candidate from the Khairatabad (60)...
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A swollen Tawi river
A woman and her daughter were killed in a house collapse, while 40 persons were trapped in a flooded village as torrential rains pounded Jammu region for the second day on Wednesday, officials said. The heavy rains led to increase in the water level in rivers, streams and rivulets which are...
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Domestic two-wheeler sales in August largely moved upward, with TVS Motor Company, Royal Enfield, Suzuki Motorcycle and Hero MotoCorp reporting growth.However, Bajaj Auto and Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India lagged, posting declines in sales. Together, these companies constitute over 90 per...
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The Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) has proposed the idea of a Mutual Fund-Voluntary Retirement Account (MF-VRA), a savings product for employees modelled on the US retirement plan.The proposal, outlined in a white paper jointly prepared by Crisil Intelligence and Amfi, is based on...
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US President Donald Trump is facing severe crticism at home for imposing 'irrational' tariffs on India with some experts advising him to turn them down to zero and apologise. In an exclusive interview with ANI, Edward Price, adjunct professor at New York University, mentioned that India has...
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A 22-year-old man was feared drowned in the Kwari river in Etawah district's Chambal valley while immersing his father's ashes, police said on Wednesday. Santosh Kumar Tiwari of Bidouri village had entered the river on Tuesday to immerse the ashes and clothes of his father, Vinod Tiwari, they...
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AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra remained on the run a day after he escaped police custody amid gunshots and stone pelting by his supporters following his arrest in a rape case. Efforts are on to nab Pathanmajra, police sources said on Wednesday. Pathanmajra, a first-time MLA, escaped from...
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Tata Consultancy Services on Tuesday announced that it has expanded its strategic partnership with Tryg, a leading Scandinavian non-life insurance company that operates in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. The deal worth 550 million (around 5,695 crore) has been extended by seven...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India approved IPOs for 13 companies last week, including prominent names like Urban Company and Imagine Marketing, the parent of Boat headphones and smartwatches. The move potentially enables primary issuance of Rs 15,000 crore in the coming...
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Search and rescue operations underway as landslide hits Kullu district. The debris fell on residential houses. People feared trapped.
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Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday expressed hope that India would conclude the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA) with the US by the fall or November this year.He said a little bit' of geopolitical issues overtook the trade matters in the negotiations for the pact...
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An independent foreign policy analyst has delivered a scathing assessment of President Donald Trump's approach to India, warning that recent trade disputes risk undermining what he describes as the most crucial 21st century partnership. Edward Price, an independent analyst and adjunct...
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Urban Company, the mobile app-based beauty and home services platform, on Wednesday fixed a price band of Rs 98 to Rs 103 per share for its upcoming Rs 1,900 crore Initial Public Offering (IPO). At the upper end of the price band, the company's valuation is pegged at Rs 14,790 crore. Urban...
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A drone visual of the Yamuna today
The water level of the Yamuna River in Delhi crossed the danger level mark on Wednesday morning. The warning mark for the city is 204.5 metres, while the danger mark is 205.33 metres. Evacuation of people starts at 206 metres. The water level is rising due to continuous heavy rainfall...
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Manoj Jarange broke his fast yesterday. Pic: Sahil Salvi
Civic personnel worked overnight to remove heaps of garbage, food items and mineral water bottles left behind on roads and Azad Maidan in south Mumbai after Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange ended his hunger strike. After the quota protesters dispersed from Azad Maidan, which witnessed a...
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India delivered 21 tonnes of relief materials to Afghanistan as part of its assistance to earthquake-hit people of that country. Over 1,400 people were killed and more than 2,500 injured in eastern Afghanistan after a 6.0 magnitude quake hit the region late Sunday. Indian earthquake...
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United States President Donald Trump said America gets along with India very well but the relationship was one-sided for many years since New Delhi was charging Washington tremendous tariffs. No, we get along with India very well, Trump said in the White House on Tuesday in response to a...
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The water level in rivers and streams of Kashmir has started rising due to rainfall across the valley, which has led to closure of Srinagar-Jammu national highway, officials said on Wednesday. The authorities also announced closure of schools and colleges across the valley for the day...
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Two senior doctors and three staffers of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) have been suspended in connection with the death of a four-day-old infant after she was found hanging from the wires of a medical equipment in the facility's neonatal ICU, a top official said on Tuesday.GMCH...
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A court in Hisar on Tuesday extended till September 10 the judicial custody of YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra who was arrested in May on suspicion of espionage.Her lawyer Kumar Mukesh said that Malhotra was produced before Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Sunil Kumar through video conferencing and the...
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The police have seized more than 6,000 gelatin sticks and 2,200 electric detonators found stored without permission at a village in Nashik district of Maharashtra, and arrested seven persons in this connection, officials said on Tuesday. The seizure was made following a raid conducted at...
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