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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to address members of the Indian-American community during his US visit later this month as part of the organisation's global outreach during its centenary year.Bhagwat will address an event titled 'Universal Oneness Celebrations' on August 29, organised by...
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The opposition BJP called for a Jharkhand bandh on Tuesday to protest police atrocities and lathi-charge on students agitating over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations in the state.Bharatiya Janata Party state president Aditya Sahu said the bandh will be effective from 8 am till...
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US ambassador Sergio Gor on Monday met foreign secretary Vikram Misri and discussed matters relating to India-US bilateral ties.The meeting came two days after US Vice President J D Vance held a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Always good to meet with Foreign Secretary...
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A senior underground leader of the outlawed CPI-Maoist, Kakarala Samatha alias Madhavi, surrendered to Telangana DGP C V Anand on Monday.In a significant setback to the CPI (Maoist), Samatha, one of its senior-most ideologues and a State Committee Member handling women's issues and...
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China on Monday termed India's move to identify 27 places and features in Arunachal Pradesh by their standard names on the official Indian map as illegal, null and void.China does not recognise the so-called 'Arunachal Pradesh' illegally set up by India, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo...
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The Calcutta high court on Monday allowed a rally by Jamiat e Ulema on Tuesday, imposing restrictions, while expressing displeasure over the police authority's refusal to grant permission on Friday evenings, causing the court to sit on weekends.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya permitted the...
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Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly has complained to the police that he had received several threatening letters in the past few months, including one that warned of killing him and his wife Dona Ganguly, a senior officer said on Monday.The police began an investigation to find out...
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The Crime Branch Jammu on Monday filed a chargesheet against a Myanmar national in a nine-year-old case involving alleged fraudulent procurement and use of official documents, including a ration card and a permanent resident certificate (PRC), an official said.The chargesheet was filed before the...
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People gather outside a building following an earthquake in Bogota, Colombia/Reuters/ANI Photo
At least 18 people have been killed in Pereira, a city in western Colombia, after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country on Monday, according to The New York Times.The US Geological Survey (USGS) recorded the quake at around 7:34 am local time with epicentre near San Jose del...
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Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal/Victor Fraile/Reuters
Businessman and founder of now-defunct Jet Airways Naresh Goyal on Monday moved a plea before a special court in Mumbai, seeking discharge from a money laundering case, linked to alleged Rs 538.62 crore bank fraud, filed against him by the Enforcement Directorate.The court set up under the...
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The rupee declined by 13 paise to settle at 95.30 against the US dollar on Monday amid a firm greenback and a rise in global crude oil prices.Lack of any breakthrough in talks in West Asia put further pressure on the local unit, while FII inflows provided some support, forex traders said.At the...
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The Maharashtra police registered a case against a man from Nanded for allegedly posting objectionable and 'casteist' remarks against Maharashtra revenue minister and senior BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule on social media, an official said on Monday.The complainant claimed the Facebook post...
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The Punjab police on Monday said Amritsar commissionerate police dismantled two major cross-border drug and illegal arms supply networks with the arrest of seven individuals and recovered 10 illegal pistols, over 1 kg heroin, and a drone from their possession.The recovered pistols include one...
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Ethanol-blended diesel failed required safety specifications because the addition of ethanol sharply lowered the fuel's flash point, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi said on Monday, effectively ruling out the fuel for wider use unless the technical issue is...
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private college based in Thane city of Maharashtra is organising an intercollegiate reel making competition for youth creators with Gen Z as the central theme to mark India's landmark 80th Independence Day.Centring on the theme 'I Am Responsible Gen Z - My Country... My Commitment,' the...
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Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, his cabinet colleagues and other leaders participated in a day-long 'Varuna Yagam' organised by the state government in Nalgonda district, seeking adequate rains during the current monsoon season.The rituals began with 'Ko puja' (worship of the cow) at 4...
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The country's largest IT sector company TCS on Monday reported that it has received threat-intelligence alerts alleging a possible leak of 'basic' employee data.The Tata group company was quick to add that there is no indication of customer data, customer systems or its own operational systems...
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Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt-starrer 7 Dogs is set to hit Indian cinemas on August 21 in Hindi and English, bringing together an ensemble of Indian, Egyptian, European and Hollywood talent.The action spectacle is led by Egyptian stars Ahmed Ezz and Karim Abdel Aziz and also features acclaimed...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the country is not interested in Amit Shah's speech in Parliament 'on general topics' and asserted that the Union home minister must come clean on who authorised the firing of pellet guns on the protesting students.The Leader of Opposition in the Lok...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the use of force against students protesting in Jharkhand is wrong and called on the state government to continue to hear the protesters out and resolve their issues immediately.The Congress is part of the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand.Gandhi's...
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Market benchmark indices ended marginally higher on Monday, with the Sensex climbing over 43 points and the Nifty ending flat, amid a spike in crude oil prices due to geopolitical uncertainties.The 30-share BSE Sensex was up 43.27 points, or 0.06 per cent, to settle at 78,542.44.During the day,...
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A rabid stray dog attacked and bit nearly 130 people within seven hours in an area in Kalyan (west) in Thane district of Maharashtra, necessitating hospitalisation for 25 victims and advanced medical care for a severely injured 11-year-old girl, civic health officials said on Monday.The ordeal...
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Kerala court grants bail to right-wing commentator T G Mohandas over NEET protest remarks. Mohandas was taken into custody from his residence in Mattancherry in Kochi on Sunday over remarks he allegedly made in a YouTube video about a students' protest in Delhi over the NEET paper leak,...
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From the Sensex pack, Titan, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Steel, Asian Paints, and Infosys were among the major winners.State Bank of India, Eternal, NTPC, ITC, and Tata Consultancy Services were among the laggards.
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei stated on Monday that the Strait of Hormuz will not be reopened until the United States halts its naval blockade against Iran, according to local media reports.Speaking at a weekly press briefing in Tehran, Baghaei attributed the closure of...
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea against the Punjab and Haryana High Court order acquitting Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder case of a journalist.This matter requires consideration, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya...
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Nine persons, including a girl, were killed after a van carrying 11 passengers got swept away while crossing a swollen nullah (drain) amid heavy rains in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district on Monday, police said.Two occupants of the van managed to swim to safety following the incident that...
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Bangladesh on Monday once again sought the extradition of former premier Sheikh Hasina from India during High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi's first meeting with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka, amid fresh strains in ties between the two countries.The meeting also covered a range of important...
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Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto holds the portrait of Shibu Soren
Amid the ongoing protests by JPSC and JSSC aspirants in Ranchi, Jharkhand Minister Deepika Pandey Singh on Monday stated that while the government respects the democratic right to protest, it must operate within the constitutional framework regarding the cancellation of examinations.Addressing...
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Market benchmark indices ended marginally higher on Monday, with the Sensex climbing over 43 points and the Nifty ending flat, amid a spike in crude oil prices due to geopolitical uncertainties.The 30-share BSE Sensex was up 43.27 points, or 0.06 per cent, to settle at 78,542.44. During the day,...
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Jharkhand students were hit with batons today
Jharkhand CID on Monday arrested former JPSC chairperson L Khiangte in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment examinations, a top official of the state probe agency said.Khiangte, who was appointed as Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) chairperson in February last year...
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The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear on August 17 a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was apprised by a...
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Accusing the opposition of stalling parliamentary proceedings, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju asserted on Monday that while the government is fully prepared for a detailed debate on student-related movements, lawmakers must refrain from disrupting the Home Minister's official...
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The Supreme Court on Monday permitted Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee to travel abroad for three weeks for eye treatment.A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the order while hearing the Diamond Harbour MP's plea challenging a...
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Four persons were arrested for allegedly cheating people to the tune of around Rs 1 crore by promising them of locating hidden treasure buried underground in residential premises, police said on Monday.Police teams busted the racket involving cheating of innocent persons on the false pretext of...
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Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM) MLA Jairam Kumar Mahato on Monday said that the protest is fundamentally driven by students seeking accountability. He added that the agitation will come to a rest once the demands are fulfilled.Fundamentally, they are students. As for the opposition...
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The government introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday to rename 'Kerala' as 'Keralam' after the state assembly adopted a resolution two years ago.The Kerala government had forwarded to the Centre a resolution passed by the state's legislative assembly regarding the name change in June...
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Jharkhand Police on Monday used water cannons against student protesters attempting to break through the barricading during the Vidhan Sabha Gherao march against alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate...
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Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava on Monday called on Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah in the first meeting since Shah assumed office in March. The courtesy call opens a series of individual discussions Prime Minister Shah is holding with foreign envoys, marking a clear shift toward...
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday asserted that the deadlock between the opposition and the government in Parliament will continue till Union Home Minister Amit Shah makes a statement over alleged police excesses on students.With only four days of the Monsoon session remaining, the...
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Three tribal girls died and as many others were undergoing treatment after a venomous snake bit them at a residential school in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli, prompting the district administration to launch an inquiry into the incident, officials said on Monday.The incident occurred around midnight on...
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Devendra Nath Mahto has been on hunger strike for the last nine days
Thousands of job aspirants, protesting alleged irregularities in various recruitment examinations in Jharkhand, began their march to the state assembly on Monday morning.JLKM leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who has been on a fast for nine days over the issue, joined the march in an ambulance, despite...
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A man who was travelling with Aban Ahmed
Police have registered an FIR against drivers of 28 vehicles in the convoy accompanying Umar Ahmed, son of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, from Lucknow to Prayagraj, for allegedly breaking a toll barrier and misbehaving with toll plaza employees.According to police, the incident took place...
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Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjana, IPS, has issued a public warning about a new cyber fraud targeting women and young girls through social media under the guise of Rent Boyfriend offers.VC Sajjanar, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City, taking to his X handle, wrote, Feeling...
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has clarified that T G Mohandas is not associated with the organisation at any level and that his remarks on the recent protest were his personal views.In a statement issued by the Kerala Prachar Vibhag on July 27, K B Sreekumar, Dakshin Keralam Prant Sah...
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Iranian state broadcaster Press TV on Sunday claimed that President Masoud Pezeshkian has held a meeting with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and discussed the country's military and economic affairs, days after Israeli media reported that Khamenei was in an extremely critical condition.According...
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Floor leaders of the Opposition parties will hold a meeting in the chamber of the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, to chalk out the strategy for the Floor of the House on Monday.The INDIA bloc MPs are likely to continue their protest against the alleged Ram Mandir...
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A clerk has been detained for allegedly raping a government primary school teacher after barging into her house and threatening to kill her in the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.The complainant teacher, aged about 35, alleged in the FIR that she had approached Amit...
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This comes amid talks on Hormuz security
Iran's top security official has been replaced by a veteran Revolutionary Guards commander as diplomatic efforts continue to reach a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, reports the Financial Times. Iranian state media reported Sunday that Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Supreme Leader...
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During a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace Director-General Nikolay Mladenov, Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty called for the implementation of all provisions of the Gaza roadmap, including a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave and...
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The death toll due to the ongoing flood situation in Assam has reached 100, with casualties reported across several districts as large parts of the state continue to reel under the impact of the deluge.According to the Disaster Reporting and Information Management System (DRIMS) Assam bulletin...
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The US proposal to eliminate the 60-day grace period for H-1B workers seeking employment after job loss will cause severe human displacement and loss of highly skilled talent, mostly from India, experts said.Indian nationals are among the largest beneficiaries of H-1B employment visas, comprising...
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Bollywood filmmaker Shakeel Noorani
The Mumbai Police have arrested Bollywood filmmaker Shakeel Noorani after a 33-year-old aspiring actor accused him of raping and threatening her, officials said on Monday.The 73-year-old accused was traced to his farmhouse in Mahabaleshwar hill station, located more than 200 km from Mumbai, on...
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An Indian student accused of murdering his girlfriend in Tucson, Arizona, was arrested in Germany before he could board a connecting flight to his home country.Varun Batchigari, 20, a business analytics student at the University of Arizona, allegedly murdered his 19-year-old girlfriend Julissa...
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Kerala Health Minister K Muraleedharan and Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan on Sunday said that the full version of Vande Mataram will not be sung in Kerala.Muraleedharan told reporters that in Kerala, as always, only the first two couplets of the national song will be sung.In all state government...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met members of the Indian contingent that returned with medals from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and congratulated the athletes for their impressive performances at the multi-sport event.Modi shared a short video clip of his interaction with the...
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The Centre has extended the tenure of ED Director Rahul Navin by a year beyond August 13, a government order said.A 1993-batch Indian Revenue Service officer of the Income Tax cadre, 59-year-old Navin has been leading the federal anti-money laundering agency as its chief since September 2023.The...
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The sixth round of talks between the Jharkhand government and students protesting against alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations in the state failed to reach any breakthrough on Sunday, with both sides accusing each other of not being serious about resolving the matter.While the...
