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Maharashtra Legislative Council Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe on Monday demanded strict action against employees of a top IT company facing allegations of sexual harassment and religious conversion at the firm's branch in Nashik.In a statement in Mumbai, Gorhe said she has directed the Nashik...
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The United States Central Command on Monday said USS Tripoli (LHA-7) conducted night flight operations in the Arabian Sea, highlighting its aviation-focused design. Built without a traditional well deck, the vessel can carry more F-35B Lightning II jets, MV-22 Osprey aircraft, and...
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Uttar Pradesh Labour Minister Anil Rajbhar on Monday termed the violence during workers' protests in Noida a well-planned conspiracy and said a possible Pakistan link was also being probed in the wake of recent terror-related arrests in the region. The incident appears to have been carried out...
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Four intermediate students allegedly died by suicide in separate incidents in Telangana after failing in the examination, police said on Monday.The victims were distressed over their academic results, they said. The results of the Intermediate Public Examinations (IPE) 2026 were released...
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A lone tusker that had fallen into an abandoned 20-foot-deep well in Dakshina Kannada district was successfully rescued after forest officials constructed an earthen ramp, allowing the animal to walk out safely, officials said.The incident occurred when the elephant, aged about 30 years and...
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In a sharp escalation of regional tensions, US President Donald Trump issued a fresh warning to Tehran on Monday, asserting that the American military is prepared to sink any Iranian vessels that approach the newly established naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.The President claimed that...
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A special judicial tribunal set up at the Joka Shyama Prasad Institute began functioning on Monday following a Supreme Court directive to address complaints related to the deletion of names from electoral rolls, officials said.The tribunal witnessed heavy footfall on its first day, with several...
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General Officer Commanding of Army's White Knight Corps Lt Gen P K Mishra on Monday visited Akhnoor sector near Jammu to assess the operational preparedness of the troops guarding the Line of Control (LoC) with a key focus on counter-infiltration measures. Lt Gen Mishra was accompanied by GOC...
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The American military naval blockade against Iran has officially commenced following the expiry of the deadline established by US President Donald Trump.Confirming the start of the operation, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) stated it has received reports that maritime access...
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Haryanvi singer Masoom Sharma has been booked for allegedly using indecent, obscene and offensive language from the stage during a DAV College event in Dehradun, the police said on Monday. Dehradun superintendent of police (City) Pramod Kumar said that based on videos surfacing on social media...
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Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Monday raised objections to reports of a proposed symbolic jyoti (flame) monument at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust in Ayodhya, terming the concept against Hindu religious traditions. He also sought clarification from the temple trust on the...
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The India meteorological department on Monday projected that the 2026 southwest monsoon seasonal rainfall (June to September) over the country is most likely to be below normal, estimated at 92 percent of the Long Period Average (LPA), with a model error of +-5 percent.According to IMD, the LPA...
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The rupee slumped by 56 paise to settle at 93.39 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday after a failed US-Iran peace talk fuelled uncertainties in West Asia, leading to a surge in crude oil prices and a global chase for the greenback. According to forex analysts, uncertainties over the...
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Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran on Monday termed allegations at TCS Nashik as gravely concerning and anguishing, and announced an investigation into the matter under a senior executive. The complaints and allegations emerging from the Nashik branch of Tata Consultancy Services have been...
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Two persons were arrested on Monday after 50 kg of ganja estimated to be worth Rs 25 lakh was found in their possession in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, a police officer said.On receiving an input that a consignment of contraband waslikely to be smuggled out to Bihar through...
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The ministry of ports, shipping and waterways and the ministry of external affairs are in coordination to bring back a total of 15 Indian-flagged vessels stranded at the Strait of Hormuz. Addressing an inter-ministerial briefing on Monday, ministry of ports, shipping and waterways additional...
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Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed nearly 1 percent lower on Monday as the failure of US-Iran negotiations heightened concerns of a prolonged conflict driving crude oil prices sharply higher.The 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 702.68 points or 0.91 percent to settle at...
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Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed nearly 1 percent lower on Monday as the failure of US-Iran negotiations heightened concerns of a prolonged conflict driving crude oil prices sharply higher.The 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 702.68 points or 0.91 percent to settle at...
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Legendary singer Asha Bhosle was cremated with full state honours on Monday evening at the Shivaji Park crematorium in Mumbai. People lined the streets, gathered on rooftops and windows and hundreds walked along the cortege winding its slow way from Lower Parel to Shivaji Park...
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Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) plunged over 5,000 points on Monday after the US-Iran peace talks in Islamabad ended without any breakthrough. Trading started on a cautious note and by mid-day, the benchmark KSE-100 Index fell sharply by 5,353.67 points as heavy selling was witnessed by investors...
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Expressing concern over a series of threatening e-mails targeting the Delhi Assembly over the past few weeks, Speaker Vijender Gupta on Monday sought urgent action from the city's police commissioner for addressing the issue and enhance security at the Vidhan Sabha premises. The Assembly received...
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The Tamil Nadu cybercrime wing has arrested six individuals in connection with the unauthorised online leak of Vijay's highly anticipated film 'Jana Nayagan' in HD ahead of its theatrical release, the police said.Acting on a formal complaint regarding the film's piracy across multiple digital...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said his party stands with Pawan Khera and will not be intimidated, after the Assam government moved the Supreme Court challenging the transit anticipatory bail to him in a case related to his allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his...
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Decked in her favourite white and yellow blooms, the vehicle carrying legendary singer Asha Bhosle's mortal remains made its way to Shivaji Park on Monday as thousands lined the streets to bid a tearful farewell to the voice that defined Indian music for eight decades.Bhosle, one of India's most...
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The Israel Defense Forces has intensified its operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, expanding targeted ground actions in the Bint Jbeil area. In a statement shared on Telegram on Monday, the IDF said troops from its 98th Division, including soldiers from the Paratroopers,...
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Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Bihar on Monday said that the name of the party's first chief minister in the state will be known on Tuesday, with Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan like to arrive here to facilitate the power transition.Chouhan, whom the BJP headquarters in Delhi had on...
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Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan remembered legendary singer Asha Bhosle and said her demise is a loss of an entire era. Bhosle died on Sunday at the age of 92 due to multi-organ failure. She was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital in south Mumbai on Saturday evening following a chest...
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Eleven people were killed and two severely injured after a van collided with a cement mixer on a bridge in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday, police said.The fatal crash occurred around 10.45 am on the Raita bridge in Govili village of Murbad, an official from the district rural police told...
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Asha Bhosle's voice shaped Bollywood music for eight decades and she credited much of it to her long-time collaborator OP Nayyar, with whom she later parted ways but never quite stop acknowledging.Nayyar, the maverick composer who chose not to work with Bhosle's elder sister, the more widely...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted searches in multiple cities of Maharashtra as part of a money laundering investigation against self-styled godman Ashok Kharat and his linked entities, officials said.Five premises in Kharat's home town Nashik and three each in Pune and Shirdi have...
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Iran on Monday strongly criticised US plans to impose a blockade on its ports, warning that maritime security across the Persian Gulf region would be jeopardised if its own security is threatened. According to the Iranian state media Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), citing a...
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Security forces rushed to the Delhi Assembly on Monday after a bomb threat was received via email, prompting a swift response from multiple agencies, police sources said. The alert was communicated by Assembly authorities, following which teams of the Delhi Police, bomb disposal and dog...
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The Congress on Monday issued a whip to all Lok Sabha MPs to remain present in the House for the special sitting of Parliament when the government will bring up amendments to the Women Reservation Act. The Congress has told its Lok Sabha MPs that some very important issues will be taken up for...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted that the people of West Bengal will reply to bombs with votes and form a 'double-engine' government of the BJP in the assembly elections.Addressing an election rally at Mayureshwar in Birbhum district, Shah alleged that Chief Minister Mamata...
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Two supertankers carrying Iranian crude have arrived at Indian ports on both the east and west coasts, marking the first such deliveries in nearly seven years, according to ship-tracking data. Felicity, a very large crude carrier operated by the National Iranian Tanker Company, anchored off Sikka...
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash a CBI FIR in the land-for-jobs case involving RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members.A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh, however, granted exemption to the 77-year-old former Bihar chief minister from appearance before...
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Addressing the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Sammelan' on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, Numerous studies have shown that when women's participation in the decision-making process increases, it also leads to greater sensitivity in the system... I believe that the biggest factor...
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The Communist Party of India-Marxist and the Congress on Monday questioned the Election Commission over the delay in the release of detailed polling data of the recently held Kerala assembly elections.Senior Congress leader V D Satheesan has written to the Commission urging it to immediately make...
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A total of 114 drivers of tourist and private cars stranded in Lachen in North Sikkim due to a road breach were rescued, and the vehicles moved out, officials said on Monday.A total of 1,321 tourists stranded in those vehicles were rescued on April 9 through a footbridge constructed on the spot...
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Veteran actor Asha Parekh, composer AR Rahman and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar were among friends and colleagues who paid their last respects to legendary singer Asha Bhosle at her residence here on Monday.Bhosle passed away on Sunday morning due to multi-organ failure at the age of 92 at a...
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Protests by factory workers demanding a hike in wages turned violent in parts of Noida on Monday, with incidents of arson, vandalism and stone-pelting reported from Phase-2 and Sector 60 areas, police said. According to officials, a large number of workers from various industrial units...
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United States Vice President JD Vance-led talks for peace with Iran may have been unsuccessful, but the 21-hour-long discussions helped build goodwill with the new leadership in Tehran, according to a media report. The Washington Post, quoting unnamed US officials, reported that the measure...
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United States President Donald Trump has sharply criticised Pope Leo XIV over the pontiff's remarks on American foreign policy, escalating tensions between the White House and the Vatican. In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that it wasn't for him to be elected as the US...
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Music icon AR Rahman arrives at the residence of legendary singer Asha Bhosle in Mumbai to pay his last respects. The 92-year-old singer who ruled Bollywood for over seven decades with her wide range of memorable songs passed away on Sunday due to multi-organ failure at Breach Candy Hospital in...
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A woman Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Monday, police said. The face-off comes 12 days after the government declared Chhattisgarh free of armed Maoists on March 31. The exchange of fire took place in a forested area under...
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The Sensex plunged over 1,500 points while the Nifty slipped below the 23,600 mark on Monday after US President Donald Trump threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz following failed US-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Sunday said zero lessons earned after hours of negotiations between the United States and Iran held in Pakistan as the Islamabad MoU ended in a stalemate, despite being close to a breakthrough. He said Iran engaged in good faith during...
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The last rites of legendary singer Asha Bhosle will be performed at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Monday afternoon with state honours.The 92-year-old singer who ruled Bollywood for over seven decades with her wide range of memorable songs passed away on Sunday due to multi-organ failure at Breach...
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