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A 30-year-old man from Mahabubnagar district of Telangana died in the United States after allegedly being shot by the police there following a scuffle with his roommate, his family members said on Thursday.Mohammed Nizamuddin's father Mohammed Hasnuddin, citing information received from a friend...
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Police have filed an FIR against three persons in Faridabad for allegedly kidnapping and beating an Engineering student for not accepting the friend request of a woman on Instagram. According to a complaint filed by Manoj Kumar, a resident of Dabua Colony, Faridabad, his son Dhruv...
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The ICC is mulling action against Pakistan for violation of multiple tournament rules prior to their Asia Cup match against the UAE that was delayed by the team to protest the world body's rejection of its demand to remove match referee Andy Pycroft. The ICC has shot off an e-mail to the...
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Commuters will soon be able to use a single smart card for public transport in Delhi and several other parts of the country, as the Delhi government prepares to roll out the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) program in the capital, officials said on Thursday. The NCMC (National...
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Families of four passengers who died in the Air India plane crash in June this year have filed a product defect and negligence lawsuit in a US court against US aircraft maker Boeing and aircraft parts maker Honeywell International alleging that a faulty fuel cutoff switch led to the crash,...
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Over a third of the Indian rich prefer not to drink alcohol, a survey released on Thursday said. The survey of 150 Indians having over Rs 8.5 crore of net worth individually had 34 per cent of respondents stating that they do not drink alcohol at all. Whiskey came close second...
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A class 11 student was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by two men who she met on social media, police said on Thursday. After raping the 17-year-old girl, the accused threw her from their car near her house here and fled away, they said, adding the incident took place on...
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The Trump administration has said that individuals operating the Chabahar Port in Iran would invite sanctions beginning later this month.The move is consistent with President Donald Trump's maximum pressure policy to isolate the Iranian regime, State Department principal deputy spokesperson...
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Deposed prime minister K P Sharma Oli has moved from the army barracks to a private place, after spending nine days under the Nepalese Army security. Oli had flown to the army barracks, probably in Shivapuri forest area in the North of Kathmandu, as soon as the Gen Z protest turned violent,...
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United States President Donald Trump repeated his claim that he had intervened to resolve a conflict between India and Pakistan earlier this year among seven global clashes during his State Visit to the UK on Thursday. Addressing a joint press conference with Keir Starmer at the British...
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Maharashtra has added 14.71 lakh voters to its electoral rolls since the November 2024 assembly polls while names of 4.09 lakh voters were deleted but not a single political party has raised any objection in this regard, a senior official said on Thursday. District-wise data showed...
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The rupee depreciated 35 paise to close at 88.20 against the US dollar on Thursday, as a strengthening greenback against major crosses overseas sapped investors' risk appetite amid global trade uncertainties. The domestic unit remained under pressure on worries over US tariffs on India and...
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An Indian national who reportedly arrived in the United Kingdom illegally on a small boat across the English Channel became the first to be deported to France under a new treaty on Thursday.The unnamed man who is said to have arrived in early August has been flown out to Paris on a commercial...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that while the government has moved to rationalise Goods and Services Tax (GST) slabs, the country is not yet prepared for a single-rate GST system, though it remains a possibility in the future.At an event in Kolkata, she underlined that...
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The Congress on Thursday alleged that the education ministry's new idea of nation building is to use classrooms as propaganda theatres by forcing students to watch a film glorifying the prime minister's childhood. Chalo Jeete Hain, based on principles espoused by Swami Vivekananda and...
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An Air India Express flight from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad with 103 passengers made an emergency landing here on Thursday, following an engine problem after a suspected bird hit mid-air, said an official.Visakhapatnam Airport director N Purushottam said the pilot of Air India Express flight...
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Samir Modi, a relative of fugitive businessman Lalit Modi, has been arrested after rape charges were registered against him in Southeast Delhi, an official said on Thursday. According to the police, Samir was arrested at the Delhi airport upon his return from abroad. He has been taken...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation filed a chargesheet on Thursday against Anil Ambani and others over alleged fraudulent transactions between the industrialist's group companies,FL and RHFL, Yes Bank and firms of the bank's former CEO Rana Kapoor's family, causing a loss of Rs 2,796 crore to...
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The Vyommitra, designed by ISRO to fly aboard the uncrewed test mission of the Gaganyaan Spaceflight Mission, will be an AI (Artificial Intelligence) enabled half-humanoid robot, the national space agency chairman V Narayanan said here on Thursday.This half-humanoid robot will be the first to be...
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Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Thursday asserted that fauj' is the only place where there is no nepotism, as he urged children to aspire to join the armed forces to serve the nation and explore places.During an interaction with school children in Ranchi, Gen Chauhan also said that the...
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An 18-year-old woman working as a domestic help allegedly jumped from the third floor of an apartment in east Delhi's Joshi Colony after being accused of stealing Rs 3,000 from her employer, officials said on Thursday. However, the woman's family has alleged that she was pushed off the...
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Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir had issued direct orders to the Corps Commander of Bahawalpur and soldiers to attend the funeral of those killed in the Indian missile strikes on Jaish-e-Mohammad's headquarters on May 7, a top commander of the terror group has said.In a video that went viral on...
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A plea in the Kerala high court has urged it to prohibit sale, circulation and display of Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy's book -- Mother Mary Come to Me -- with its present cover where she is shown smoking a cigarette without the statutory health warning.READ: Is Arundhati Roy...
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The Delhi high court has called it an unfortunate and shocking case and cancelled the bail of a man, accused of repeatedly raping his minor daughter and forcing her to watch porn. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna noted that the allegations against the man were of such serious nature that...
18:53
Sensex firms, Zomato-owner Eternal rose the most by 2.96 per cent on positive bets by brokerages. Sun Pharma, Infosys and HDFC Bank rose more than 1 per cent. HCL Tech, Hindustan Unilever, Power Grid, ITC and Adani Ports were also among the gainers.Discover the top gainers in the Indian share...
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The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) rules are ready and will be published in the next 10 days, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The minister said the rules followed an extensive consultation process.The DPDP rules are ready, about to be published in a few days from...
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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has directed its veterinary teams across all zones to identify designated feeding spots for stray dogs in compliance with a Supreme Court order issued last month. The directive issued on Wednesday instructed officials to work with area councillors...
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Stock markets advanced for the third consecutive day on Thursday, with the benchmark Sensex gaining 320 points to close above 83,000 level after the US Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points and signalled the possibility of two additional rate reductions this year. The...
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Slogans of 'Go back Kangana, you are late' rent the air on Thursday when the Bollywood actor and BJP MP from Mandi, Kangana, visited a rain-affected area in Himachal Pradesh's Manali. Videos of locals expressing their resentment against Kangana Ranaut's visit to Patlikuhal area of...
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The Congress expressed concern on Thursday over Saudi Arabia signing a strategic mutual defence tie-up with Pakistan, saying it will have grave implications for India's national security and describing it as yet another setback for the much-hyped personalised diplomacy of Prime Minister Narendra...
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Over 900 researchers and mathematicians have urged the University Grants Commission (UGC) to withdraw the draft undergraduate curriculum for mathematics, claiming it is riddled with grave defects and if adopted will damage the prospects of generations of students. Last month, the UGC...
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An Indian-origin man, who has lived in the United States for more than 30 years, has been kept in detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for almost a month over a very old case, according to media reports. Paramjit Singh, a businessman from Fort Wayne, was arrested at...
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The United States has revoked and denied visas for certain Indian business executives and corporate leadership over allegedly being involved in trafficking fentanyl precursors.The US embassy in New Delhi on made the announcement on Thursday. The move comes hours after US President...
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Stock markets advanced for the third consecutive day on Thursday, with the benchmark Sensex gaining 320 points to close above 83,000 level after the US Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points and signalled the possibility of two additional rate reductions this year. The...
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In a striking affidavit, Malik recounts meetings with prime ministers, Ambani, intelligence chiefs and even Hafiz Saeed at IB's request, claiming promises of peace were later broken after Article 370's abrogation. Read more here and here.
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King Charles III bid farewell to Donald Trump at the conclusion of the royal pomp and pageantry aspect of the US President's State Visit on Thursday morning, when his Marine One helicopter flew him to Chequers for bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Trump was greeted...
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Fourteen people were feared trapped and 20 injured as landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rain flattened more than 30 houses in four villages in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on Thursday. All four villages come under the Nandanagar area, about 260 km from Dehradun and 50 km from...
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A wave of alleged wolf attacks has caused panic across a dozen villages in the Bahraich district's Kaisarganj and Mahsi tehsils. In the past 20 days, eleven attacks have left two young girls dead and nine people injured, officials said on Thursday. Authorities have deployed over 100...
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India will be aiming to get some batting practice when they take on an embattled Oman in their final Asia Cup group league game in Abu Dhabi on Friday.Having already qualified for the Super 4s and with one eye on the important rematch against arch-foes Pakistan on Sunday, the Oman game is a...
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Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said he expects that a solution to the tariff issues with the US is likely to arrive in the next eight to ten weeks. The additional 25 per cent tariff imposed by the US on Indian products for the country's purchases of Russian oil came...
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Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Thursday affirmed his respect for all religions in the wake of the online criticism his comments garnered in a matter over the reconstruction of a Lord Vishnu idol. Someone told me the other day that the comments I made have been portrayed in social media...I...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday affirmed support and cooperation aligned with Nepal's priorities during a conversation with interim Prime Minister of Nepal Sushila Karki. According to a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), the two Prime Ministers spoke late Thursday...
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Heavy rainfall and associated landslides have significantly disrupted essential services across Himachal Pradesh, with the State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA) reporting a total of 564 roads blocked, 525 power distribution transformers (DTRs) disrupted, and 281 water supply schemes...
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Commander Abhilash Tomy shares his Narendra Modi story: I was lying in a medical facility on a remote island in the South Indian Ocean, recently shipwrecked and rescued. On the 2nd day, the French doctor rushed in:Is the Prime Minister of India an important man? I thought it a silly question --...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday sprung a surprise when he drove down to a Patna hotel to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is in the state for fine-tuning the BJP's strategy for the upcoming assembly polls. Photographs of the JD(U) supremo offering a bouquet of flowers...
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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) over allegations of the poll body shielding certain people who are trying to delete votes of real voters, as he hailed party leader Rahul Gandhi for thoroughly exposing mass vote deletion in Karnataka's Aland...
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Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday alleged that Form 7 was misused under the previous BJP government to delete voters en masse, ahead of May 2023 Assembly polls. His remarks followed claims by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who cited Karnataka's example, where votes of party...
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday reviewed the aftermath of the cloudburst that triggered widespread damage in Chamoli district, affecting over 200 people. The review was conducted from the Emergency Operations Centre in Dehradun, following heavy rainfall that...
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On Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi's press conference, BJP MP Anurag Thakur says, A leader who loses election after election and is repeatedly rejected by the public, under whose leadership the Congress party has lost nearly 90 elections. His frustration and despair are continuously increasing, and...
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NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Thursday said he is still working at the age of 85 and has no moral right to weigh in on the debate over whether political leaders should step aside after turning 75. To a question on whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi should stop (working in public...
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Historian Ramachandra Guha's Speaking with Nature and scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde's Iconoclast are among the non-fiction titles longlisted for the Crossword Book Awards 2025, alongside fiction works like former diplomat-author Vikas Swarup's The Girl with the Seven Lives and novelist Prayaag...
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At least 35 children fell sick due to suspected food poisoning after eating chowmein from a stall in Jharkhand's Latehar district, an official said on Thursday. The incident happened at Temki village under Sadar police station limits on Wednesday evening during a fair organised on the occasion of...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has alleged that he is getting help from people who are working for the Election Commission of India (ECI) in uncovering alleged vote fraud in the country. We have started getting help from inside the Election Commission. I am making it clear that we are now...
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Ten people are missing after a landslide flattened houses in a village and a river flooded another following heavy rain on Thursday in Chamoli district's Nandanagar, which is already reeling from land subsidence. Eight people, including four members of a family, are missing in Kuntari...
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Update: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of protecting vote chors and people who have destroyed democracy, and cited data from a Karnataka Assembly constituency to claim that votes of Congress supporters were being systematically deleted...
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Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on vote deletions: Let's come to why I'm making such a direct accusation about Gyanesh Kumar. There is an ongoing investigation into this matter in Karnataka. The CID of Karnataka has sent 18 letters in 18 months to the Election Commission, and they have...
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Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, I am not going to say anything on this stage that is not backed up by 100 per cent truth. I am somebody who loves my country, I love my Constitution, I love the democratic process, and I am protecting that process. I'm not going to say anything...
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Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi begins his promised presser in New Delhi, which the party had said would deliver a H-Bomb of a banger. First of all, this is not the H-bomb, the H-bomb is coming. This is another milestone in setting up and demonstrating to the youth of...
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Matheran, near Mumbai, offers up some beautiful treks
The decomposed body of a 33-year-old Navy official, who went missing during a trek at Matheran hill station near Mumbai earlier this month, has been found in a gorge, police said on Thursday. The deceased, identified as Surajsingh Amarpalsingh Chauhan, served as Master Chief, Class II, at...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the government has delivered policies as per the expectation of industry, and it's now time for India Inc to invest more and expand capacities. Speaking at the IFQM Symposium, Sitharaman also asked the industry to partner with the...
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The Noida International Airport will be inaugurated on October 30, and flight operations are expected to start 45 days thereafter, Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu has said. The greenfield airport is located in the Jewar area of Gautam Buddh Nagar district in western...
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The Noida International Airport will be inaugurated on October 30, and flight operations are expected to start 45 days thereafter, Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu has said. The greenfield airport is located in the Jewar area of Gautam Buddh Nagar district in western...
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A day after Pakistan and Saudi Arabia inked a strategic defence pact, India on Thursday said it will study implications of the move for its national security as well as for regional and global stability. The agreement states that any aggression against either of the two countries shall be...
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Peoples' Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday claimed she was put under house arrest to prevent her from visiting Sopore to offer condolences on the demise of former Hurriyat Conference chairman Abdul Gani Bhat. The decision to place the political leadership under house arrest...
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India has called on the international community to ensure UN-designated terror entities, including Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, as well as their facilitators, no longer exploit Afghan territory for terrorist activities.India is closely monitoring the security situation...
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Nearly 40 per cent of the total systematic investment plan (SIP) inflows into direct mutual fund schemes are routed through Groww, according to an analysis of data shared by the company in its IPO documents and industry data on direct plan inflows.Users of the platform invested Rs 34,028 crore...
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Domestic mutual funds ramped up their bets on Eternal (formerly Zomato), picking up shares worth Rs 7,200 crore in August, as the stock surged to record highs and crossed the Rs 3 trillion market cap milestone.Eternal's shares have leapt over 60 per cent in the past six months, propelled by...
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Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) on Wednesday signed a long-term wage-settlement agreement with the United Union of Hyundai Employees (UUHE), valid for a period of three years between 2024 and 2027.The revised all-inclusive compensation package sets a new benchmark in the automotive industry....
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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra trekked deep into the Karulai forests in this district to meet the Cholanaykkar tribal community, where she listened to their concerns and assured support.Priyanka, who is in her Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency since September 11, was briefed about the forest and...
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Electronics products maker Sony India will pass on GST rate cut benefits to customers by reducing prices of premium television sets by nearly 8 per cent, effective from September 22.We wish to pass on the entire benefit of the GST rate cuts on TVs to the consumer. In the premium and super-premium...
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CNN journalist Anderson Cooper reveals that on the day of Robert Redford's death, Watergate journalist Bob Woodward reveals that he disclosed the identity of Deep Throat to the actor. Redford played Woodward in All the President's Men.' His reporting partner Carl Bernstein never knew until...
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A couple from Vadodara has claimed their 28-year-old son has been held captive for five months in Thailand, prompting police to launch a probe into the matter, an official said. City resident Nagarbhai Ranpara and his wife Rita claimed their son Tushar was incommunicado for the last five...
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United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) reacted to the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show, calling it 'great news for America', after the comedian faced backlash for remarks about the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.'Great News for America:...
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Five people went missing early on Thursday after a landslide triggered by heavy rains demolished their houses in the disaster-hit Nandanagar in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.The landslide debris destroyed half a dozen houses in Kuntri ward of Nagar Panchayat Nandanagar, the district disaster...
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United States President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he is designating the far-left, anti-fascist movement Antifa as a 'major terrorist organisation', days after the fatal shooting of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk.In a post on shared on his social media platform,...
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A three-year-old boy abducted from Ranjangaon industrial area in Pune district five days ago was rescued from Ludhiana in Punjab and reunited with his mother, while a childless couple was arrested for the crime, police said on Wednesday. According to police, a woman, Kajal Padghan, and her...
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Dubai's Burj Khalifa displays photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with greetings/ANI on X
Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, lit up in the Indian tricolour on Wednesday, displaying photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with greetings on the occasion of his 75th birthday. The iconic Dubai skyscraper showcased multiple images of Modi along with messages...
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A 45-year-old farmer tragically ended his life in front of revenue officials in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district who had arrived to conduct a survey following his complaint about waterlogging in his farmland, a senior revenue official said on Wednesday. The incident occurred around 2 p.m....
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