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A pregnant school teacher was found dead near railway tracks in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district, the police said on Sunday.The body of Pinky Gupta (35), who was on maternity leave from her job as an assistant teacher at a primary school in Bazardeeha in Maharajganj district, was found near...
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CPI-M workers attack a vehicle carrying ED officials over its searches at the residences of ex-CM Pinarayi Vijayan, in the CMRL case, in Thiruvananthapuram, May 27, 2026./ANI Photo
The Enforcement Directorate has opposed in the Kerala high court the bail plea of a person accused of attacking the agency's officials following a search at former CM Pinarayi Vijayan's residence in May this year, claiming that it was a coordinated and organised assault and not a spontaneous...
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At least seven persons were killed and over a dozen injured in an explosion during a peace rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, sources said.The blast occurred when the Swat Peace Rally was in progress in Kabal Town in Swat district, district officials...
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Five women were killed and four others injured in lightning strikes in Jharkhand's Ramgarh and Godda districts on Sunday, police said.Of the five fatalities, three were reported from Patratu Block in Ramgarh, and two from Maheshpur-Rampur village in Basantrai Block in Godda district, officers...
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The Odisha government has stepped up security arrangements in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur ahead of President Droupadi Murmu's three-day visit to the state beginning Monday, officials said.According to the President's itinerary, Murmu will arrive in Bhubaneswar on Monday afternoon and...
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Manipur home minister Govindas Konthoujam on Sunday said the government is considering redeploying state police commandos on national highways passing through the state to curb extortion.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme, Konthoujam said state police commandos were earlier...
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A woman in her 30s died after being attacked by a tiger in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district in the early hours of Sunday, officials said. The incident occurred at Parrapur Baigatola village, under the Khapa range of the Kanha National Park, they said. According to villagers,...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' paternal uncle Balasaheb Fadnavis on Sunday said he firmly believed his nephew would sooner or later be prime minister of the country.Balasaheb Fadnavis, a retired banker, was speaking here at the launch of the book 'Devabhau', which is based on the...
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day, featuring Tom Holland and Zendaya, was leaked online and reached thousands of users before it was pulled down from the platforms.The film, which is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, released on Friday and has already earned over $168 million at the global box...
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A nine-year-old boy was killed and his 15-year-old cousin critically injured in Pipraich after a group of men allegedly attacked them on Saturday night with sticks, iron rods and bricks, the police said on Sunday. Officials said the attack occurred days after a panchayat settled an issue...
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Six Bangladeshi nationals have been shifted to a detention centre after being detained by the Delhi police for violating the conditions of their double-entry visas by staying beyond the permissible duration, officials said on Sunday.The six were detained during the inspection of hotels and guest...
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Torrential monsoon rains and strong winds battered the Dakshina Kannada district in coastal Karnataka region overnight, triggering landslides, inundating roads and low-lying areas, and swelling major rivers, officials said on Sunday.The district administration placed emergency response...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph C Vijay has agreed to postpone his Cauvery-related visit to Bengaluru following a request from the Karnataka government, Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said on Sunday, describing the gesture as one that would help maintain a cordial atmosphere between the two...
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A B.Tech student of IIT-Guwahati went missing after falling into the Brahmaputra river, officials said on Sunday.A police official said the incident took place on Saturday when two students of the institute were walking along the riverbank near the institute.Suddenly, both of them fell into the...
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A Delhi court has ordered the framing of charges against a man for the alleged illegal possession of over 4,300 kg of codeine-based cough syrup, saying the evidence raises grave suspicion against him.Special Judge Jitendra Pratap Singh said a prima facie case is made out against the accused,...
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Customs has seized eight kg of smuggled gold worth more than Rs 11 crore at airports across Kerala over the past one week, officials said on Sunday.Customs commissioner T Tiju, in a statement, said 14 cases were registered during the period and nine persons, including six Keralites and three...
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The body of veteran Nepalese-British mountaineer Nirmal Purja was found on Sunday, three days after he and nine fellow climbers were swept away in an avalanche on Broad Peak, located in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's Gilgit-Baltistan.The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) said the 43-year-old...
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A 53-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant when he was heading to his agricultural field in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, a forest official said on Sunday.The incident took place on Saturday near Badmar village under Jhokia Patra forest area, he added.Jageshwar Rathiya, who had...
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Enforcement Branch (EB) teams on Sunday visited several markets across West Bengal, including key wholesale and retail markets in Kolkata, to monitor prices amid a steep increase in prices of vegetables, eggs and other essential commodities over the past few weeks, an official said.In Kolkata, EB...
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The Jharkhand Police have lodged an FIR against a man for threatening to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, an officer said on Sunday.The FIR was lodged at Nagri police station in Ranchi district on Saturday on the...
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National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday demanded that the identity of the killers of two migrant labourers in Kulgam and a policeman in Anantnag be made public. He also asked the authorities where the terrorists were coming from.They (administration) should tell people...
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An official of a civic body has been shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said on Sunday.The deceased has been identified as Vimal Kumar, executive officer (EO) of the Dehri-Dalmianagar Municipal Council.The incident took place near Dhanauti Bridge in Barun...
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More than 50 houses were damaged, and two girls lost their lives after heavy rains triggered severe floods, wreaking havoc in the Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh's Abujhmad region on Saturday.According to Chhattisgarh Minister Kedar Kashyap, the entire region received rainfall on July 28, 29,...
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains out of control, with the epidemiological situation continuing to deteriorate and the risk of cross-border transmission to neighbouring countries increasing.In a statement, the...
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Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Sunday announced the expulsion of former Rajya Sabha member Ashok Siddarth and party coordinator Randhir Singh Beniwal from the party for repeated indiscipline and violation of organisational directives.In a post on X, Mayawati said Siddarth, who is the...
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday concluded its week-long exercise at the Pokhran Field Firing Range, showcasing its combat readiness and counter-drone warfare capabilities, officials said.According to defence sources in Rajasthan, the exercise, Rotor Clapp-III, was conducted on the theme of...
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The excess water discharged from Hirakud Dam has reached Mundali near Cuttack on Sunday, further swelling the Mahanadi river, but there was no major flood threat in the delta regions even though 10 coastal districts are on high alert, officials said.The water level at Mundali has increased to...
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Opposition parties Congress and the Goa Forward Party have launched preliminary talks to ally for the 2027 state assembly polls, with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also signalling its willingness for a tie-up.Talking to PTI on Sunday, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Girish Chodankar said he...
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'Chaiwalaz' founder Rohit Sharma allegedly died by suicide at his residence in Dausa, police said Sunday.The 30-year-old resident of Saket Colony was found hanging on Saturday afternoon.Family members broke open the door, brought him down and rushed him to the district hospital, where doctors...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the country's youth to take a pledge against substance abuse, saying drugs can give them a high for some time, but would make their entire career and personal life low.Launching the 'Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan', Modi said the...
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Actors Tom Holland and Zendaya's film Spider-Man: Brand New Day has earned over Rs 200 crore in India in the three days of release at box office.The film, which is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, released in India on Thursday in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam in...
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The cases registered against students who had protested against NEET will be withdrawn, Tamil Nadu Minister A Rajmohan said on Sunday.The decision came following a directive from Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, the School Education minister said in a social media post.As per the directions of the...
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Kerala State Electricity Board opened multiple gates of Kallarkutty Dam amid heavy rainfall, in Idukki, Kerala, August 1, 2026./ANI Photo
Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Sunday said that eight people have died, an equal number are missing and 13 were injured in the previous day's heavy rains which caused property damage, landslides and waterlogging in many parts of the state.In a statement issued by his office, Satheesan...
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A man climbed a 100-foot-high mobile tower at the Jaipal Singh Munda stadium in Ranchi in the early hours to demand that Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren solve his problem, officials said.A senior police officer said that police safely rescued the man after persuading him for several...
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Tremors were felt in parts of Mandi as an earthquake of 3.1 magnitude hit the Himachal Pradesh district at 9:13 am on Sunday.The depth of the earthquake was 8 km, at a latitude of 31.445 degrees and longitude of 76.993 degrees in the Mandi region, the weather office in Shimla said.No damage to...
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Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari on Sunday said India was 'not a democracy anymore' as the representative institutions of the will of the people were 'all but redundant'.He said the country had instead become a 'two-horse system' comprising 'an arbitrary executive and a judiciary that...
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Nagaland Police have busted a major inter-state narcotics network that allegedly procured and distributed cocaine through commercial courier and parcel delivery services and arrested five people, an official statement said.Investigation found that the network used a structured network of...
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A Surat-based RTI activist, Amit Tiwari, has sought a formal investigation into the finances of Bhagwanrao Dipke, father of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, questioning how a Junior Engineer's (JE) salary could have funded his son's higher education in the United States.The...
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The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) on Sunday said that Kerala received up to 320 mm of rainfall in some parts on the previous day, leading to water-logging of roads and low-lying areas.According to the KSDMA, the highest rainfall of 320 mm was at Ayyankunnu area of Kannur...
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Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar will chair an all-party meeting in Bengaluru on Sunday to chalk out the state's legal and political strategy on the Cauvery water-sharing dispute with Tamil Nadu, following the CWRC's direction to release 3,500 cusecs of water daily for 15 days.The meeting...
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A top American military commander stationed in Europe has cautioned the Pentagon that Washington, DC may soon confront hard decisions on missile defence resources as the ongoing conflict with Iran continues to place heavy pressure on American military stockpiles.The development was reported by...
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United States President Donald Trump has announced the cancellation of a planned attack on Iran, subject to being able to rapidly make a deal with the Persian Gulf country, while noting that Israel has joined him in this commitment.Trump said there have been urgent appeals from Middle Eastern...
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Iran on Saturday cautioned the United States against any 'adventurous action', declaring that it would respond decisively should American forces launch fresh strikes on Iranian targets, thereby heightening tensions across the Middle East.The warning followed remarks by US President Donald Trump...
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The first round of counselling for admission to MBBS and other undergraduate medical courses under the All India Quota will begin on August 4 and the academic session for the 2026-27 batch will commence on September 8.According to the schedule released by the Medical Counselling Committee, the...
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Multiple people were killed, and several others sustained injuries during a shooting at a fast-food outlet in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday afternoon, CNN reported, citing local officials.Josh Palmer, the public information officer for the city, confirmed that the gunman is deceased, after which...
