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Former journalist Tarun Tejpal's daughter Cara has rejected as 'an absolute untruth' the 'narrative' that the complainant in the rape case against her father was a childhood friend of hers and her sister and therefore regarded Tejpal as a 'father figure'.Yes, it is true that my father and the...
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The US has revoked more than 600 visas from foreign nationals in the last month as part of a major offensive against 'birth tourism', Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday.The visa revocations followed a review conducted by the Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force, which the State...
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A parliamentary panel has pointed out that schools have not been provided enough time to prepare for the introduction of third language Class 6 onwards, noting that recruitment of language staff, availability of study material and clarity on language selection led to stress to students, teachers,...
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President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that the United States exercised 'total control' over the Strait of Hormuz, and he 'will keep it' amid stalled negotiations with Iran regarding the reopening of the strategic conduit.In a statement on Truth Social, Trump asserted, 'The U.S.A. has total...
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A total of four applicants were interviewed on Wednesday for the post of first full-time CEO of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, with the candidates being asked about their ability to handle large crowds at major events and functioning of the temple system, sources said.Those who...
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The Centre may go ahead with the impeachment process against Justice Yashwant Varma in the Winter session of Parliament as a panel constituted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has found him guilty in connection with the discovery of stacks of unaccounted cash from his official residence.A...
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The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the food business licences of four Domino's Pizza outlets including three in Mumbai for alleged violations of food safety and hygiene norms, officials said on Wednesday.The fourth outlet is located in Satara district of western...
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The viral video of a real estate agent specifying that only vegetarians are allowed to buy flats in a posh upcoming high-rise in south Mumbai's Tardeo area has prompted strong reactions.Some social media users said this was a classic case of Mumbai's cosmopolitanism giving way to 'food...
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The Gurugram police arrested seven persons allegedly linked with foreign-based criminal overlords Himanshu Bhau, Deepak Nandal, and his wife Meenakshi, with officials saying one of the accused allegedly operated a hawala business in Delhi's Chandni Chowk.Police have recovered four pistols, 18...
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Presiding officer Jagdambika Pal conducts the proceedings of the Lok Sabha on Wednesday./Sansad TV/ANI Photo
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Jagdambika Pal's remarks, made while he was presiding over the Lok Sabha proceedings, were expunged by Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday, the second time in the Monsoon Session currently underway.The expunged remarks referred to Chotelal, Samajwadi Party MP from...
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A political slugfest erupted between the BJP and the Congress here on Wednesday over a 'shuddhikaran' (purification) ceremony held at the Ramlila Ground in Haldwani following a rally addressed by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on August 8.Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal alleged...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari./ANI Photo
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday directed the police to arrest those making derogatory comments on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, and said the law is equal for MPs, MLAs and government officials.The chief minister's direction to the police came days after BJP MP Nagendranath...
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A special court for Vyapam cases in Gwalior has sentenced a 'solver' and the original candidate to three years' rigorous imprisonment in an impersonation case linked to an examination conducted in Guna, officials said on Wednesday.The court sentenced Amitesh and Vipin Kumar to three years'...
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Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, one of the country's foremost economic reformers who spearheaded sweeping changes to the state-owned enterprises and helped secure China's entry into the World Trade Organisation, died here on Wednesday.He was 98.Zhu died of illness, the state-run Xinhua news...
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Some senior citizens were injured when an open-sided structure in a public garden in Mumbai's Sion area collapsed on Wednesday evening, officials said.Local people rescued the injured persons after the gazebo in Mala Garden, located opposite T/18 building in Pratiksha Nagar, collapsed at around...
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Retail inflation inched up to 4.45 per cent in July, largely driven by higher food prices, according to government data released on Wednesday.The consumer price index (CPI) based retail inflation was 4.38 per cent in June.Food inflation in July rose to 5.52 percent from 5.32 percent in the...
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Practical knowledge of the Marathi language has been made mandatory for all commercial passenger vehicle drivers in Maharashtra, including those operating app-based cabs, with the state government warning of strict penalties for non-compliance.The new directive, announced by Maharashtra transport...
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The Delhi police found its own kuchu-puchu moment on social media -- but instead of asking someone to resign, it is asking the city residents to do something more important: say goodbye to Chinese manjha.In a playful social media post, the city police joined the viral kuchu puchu trend to spread...
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Falling for the second day, benchmark BSE Sensex closed lower by nearly 188 points on Wednesday following elevated crude oil prices and selling in TCS and other Tata Group shares after N Chandrasekaran said he will not seek reappointment as Tata Sons Chairman when his current term ends on...
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A Mumbai police constable was arrested after allegedly being caught while purchasing mephedrone, officials said in Mumbai on Wednesday.Accused Kiran Indulkar is currently posted at Jogeshwari police station in the western suburbs of the metropolis, they said.Acting on inputs, a team of cops laid...
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Two Lakshadweep Police personnel have gone missing after a police boat met with an accident during an official patrol near Suheli, an uninhabited island in Lakshadweep, the police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred at around 10 am on Tuesday when the boat, carrying three police personnel,...
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A Parliament-appointed probe panel has found all three charges against Justice Yashwant Varma proved in connection with the recovery of cash from a storeroom at his official residence, according to its report tabled in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.The panel said a substantial...
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India is home to over 60 percent of the world's wild Asian elephants, and it has 33 reserves for them, strengthening efforts towards their long-term conservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, marking the World Elephant Day. In a post on X, he said, On World Elephant Day,...
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The body of a 52-year-old lawyer was recovered from the Ganga in Ballia on Wednesday, two days after his wife's body was found in the same stretch of river, police said.The lawyer, Om Prakash Dubey, and his wife, Indu Devi, had gone to the Ganga on Monday evening to collect water for...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower for the second day on Wednesday as elevated crude oil prices and selling in Tata Group stocks after Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said he will not seek reappointment when his current term ends on February 20, 2027, weighed on investors'...
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TMC MP Sushmita Dev on Wednesday said she had not cast aspersions on the attire of any state and that no message from the Rajya Sabha should seek to divide India culturally or on the basis of religion, after CPI(M) MP John Brittas alleged in the morning that she had repeatedly called him...
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The body of a 12-year-old boy who was swept away by strong currents in a rain-fed stream in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district was recovered from neighbouring Haryana, police said on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Amarjit Kumar. His parents belong to Kartahan in Bihar's Vaishali...
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The Rouse Avenue Court has listed the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) chargesheet in the November 2025 Red Fort car blast case for taking cognisance on August 27.Meanwhile, the court has asked the NIA to file a table specifying the role of each accused.The NIA has filed a 7500-page...
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Heavy widespread rain in Himachal Pradesh resulted in closure of 313 roads on Wednesday and also affected essential infrastructure as the weather department issued a yellow alert for heavy rainfall in isolated areas till August 18.Dhaulakuan recorded the highest rainfall in the state at 80.5 mm...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at his official residence in Mumbai on Wednesday, leading to speculation in political circles.An MNS functionary said the meeting was about issues related to Shivaji Park in central Mumbai, where...
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A grainy mobile-phone clip shot at Revati Sule's -- Baramati MP Supriya Sule's daughter -- wedding reception in Delhi this week has done more for jackfruit than three decades of agricultural extension work.In the video, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seen leaning forward, visibly absorbed, as a...
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A Delhi court on Wednesday took cognisance of the CBI's chargesheet in the NEET paper leak case.Special Judge Ajay Gupta took cognisance of the agency's final report against 13 accused.The CBI recently submitted its final report before the designated fast-track court dealing with criminal cases...
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Videograb of Mr Chakraborty singing a Rabindra Sangeet
Shovan Chakraborty, trained Rabindra Sangeet singer and music teacher from Kolkata, went viral for working night shifts as a security guard to support his family after losing his music students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chakraborty studied music at the prestigious Visva-Bharati...
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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a politician and Dr Jukaku's husband
Dr. Sarah Jukaku has recently found herself receiving more public attention as her husband, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, has risen in American politics. Yet Jukaku has built an accomplished career of her own as an Indian American psychiatrist based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.Read more about her here
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah to move the motion that the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, be referred to a Joint Committee of the Houses consisting of 21 Members of this House to be nominated by the Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, and 10 Members of Rajya Sabha to be nominated...
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An estimated 704 children in two districts of West Bengal have got their vision back through an inclusive education programme aligned with the Centre's Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan and the National Education Policy, 2020, an official said on Wednesday.The programme also seeks to enable children with...
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Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday signaled the opposition's unwillingness to back-off from its protest and take up the Home Minister Amit Shah's offer of a debate in the house on the alleged police action on the July 20 student protests. Hitting...
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Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the government is ready to discuss all issues in Parliament, including students' protests, and asked the opposition to let the House function.Speaking to reporters in the Parliament House complex, Shah also asserted that he will give a reply to the debate...
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Consumer goods industry veteran Sudhir Sitapati has quit as managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL), just days after the shareholders approved his stewardship of the company for five more years. In a statement to exchanges, GCPL also named...
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The Supreme Court recently clarified that its direction requiring police to immediately register an FIR on receiving information about a missing person applies to every person, irrespective of age or gender. Read more here.
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More than 2,000 people have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since its outbreak was declared fewer than three months ago.Al Jazeera, citing official government data, reported that at least 1,000 of the deaths have occurred in the last three weeks as the virus continues...
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Tata Group stocks fell on Wednesday, with TCS dropping nearly 6 per cent, after Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said he will not seek reappointment when his current term ends on February 20, 2027.Shares of Tata Consultancy Services tanked 5.70 per cent, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles tumbled...
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The report of an inquiry committee which investigated allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma -- against whom removal proceedings were initiated over the alleged discovery of unaccounted cash from his official residence -- was tabled in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.Secretary General P C Mody...
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Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned in pre-lunch session on Wednesday without transacting any business following an uproar over BJP MP Sushmita Dev's alleged derogatory remarks against CPM's John Brittas.Soon after listed papers were laid on the table at the start of the day, Brittas raised...
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N Chandrasekaran's statement
Tata Sons Chairman, N Chandrasekaran, released a statement on his decision to resign, I have communicated to the Tata Sons Board that I have decided not to offer myself for reappointment when my term ends on Feb 20, 2027. I have asked the Board to decide on the succession soon to ensure a proper...
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N Chandrasekaran has stepped down as chairman of Tata Sons, according to sources cited by NDTV Profit.His resignation comes ahead of the company’s annual general meeting on August 18. Sources said Chandrasekaran is unlikely to seek reappointment.An abrupt end to his chairmanship would trigger...
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Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran has discussed with close associates the possibility of stepping down rather than being subject to the outcome of an uncertain, and potentially contentious, annual general body meeting (AGM) scheduled on August 18, multiple people familiar with the developments...
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The ongoing students' protest in Ranchi entered its 19th day on Wednesday, with protesters demanding cancellation of examinations conducted by the TSR Data Processing Private Limited (TDPL) firm and urging the Jharkhand government to hold a dialogue with them.Speaking to ANI, student leader...
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Accel, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm that placed some of the earliest bets on Flipkart and Swiggy, is deepening its commitment to India as artificial intelligence reshapes how startups are built.The firm has raised $550 million for its ninth early stage India fund, part of a $3.5...
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A day after Tata Consultancy Services said it received threat-intelligence alerts alleging a possible breach of certain employee information, India's third largest information technology services player HCLTech said there was no evidence of a breach in its system or any impact to clients.The...
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The lifestyle pickup segment in India is about to witness a seismic shift. Built on the rugged ladder-frame chassis of the Mahindra Scorpio N, Mahindra's upcoming pickup truck, currently known as the Global Pik Up (internally in M&M) is gearing up to deliver a true-blue, made in India...
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Narrow access to the landslide site in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area, where boulders crashed onto several huts early on Wednesday, posed a major challenge to the rescue efforts, a civic official said.Two persons were killed and several others feared trapped after the landslide occurred at Gaushiya...
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The report of the three-member Inquiry Committee that investigated allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma, former Judge of the Allahabad and Delhi High Courts, is set to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, bringing the controversial 'cash-at-home' case formally before Parliament.The...
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An Android mobile phone was found in the possession of former Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna during a Central Crime Branch (CCB) raid at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison on Tuesday, DGP Prison and Correctional Services Alok Kumar said on Wednesday.Revanna, son of JD(S) MLA H D Revanna,...
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US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he secretly switched planes while returning from the NATO Summit in Turkiye last month, in the wake of a threat to him at the behest of the Secret Service and the military, shortly after a Washington Post report on the incident.Speaking to the...
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Following the intervention of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and sustained efforts by the state government, two brothers from Pithoragarh, Anand Singh Karki and Bhupendra Singh Karki, who had been stranded in Russia for nearly 97 days, have safely returned home on Tuesday.According to a press...
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Rajiv Gandhi Bar Association President Advocate Ramashankar Sharma on Wednesday said he has filed a case against BJP MP and actor Kangana Ranaut for referring to students who protested over the NEET paper leak as Generation Gutter.The court is scheduled to hear the matter on August 21.Speaking to...
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A US federal court has deferred the sentencing of Nikhil Gupta, who pleaded guilty to plotting the assassination of Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, to November 20.The federal court for the Southern District of New York had originally scheduled Gupta's sentencing for September 25 but...
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Veteran wrestler and BJP leader Babita Phogat has been blessed with a baby girl on the auspicious occasion of Shivratri on Tuesday.Sharing the news on X, Babita said the arrival of her daughter, whom she described as an embodiment of Goddess Parvati, has brought immense joy to her and her...
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Armed miscreants attacked a Naga village in Manipur's Kangpokpi district and burnt down several houses, officials said on Wednesday.The miscreants fired several rounds at Tokpa Liangmai Naga village, located near Tumnoupokpi Thangal village, before setting fire to several houses around 10 pm on...
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US Presidential Counsellor Peter Navarro has said that President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have a very good working relationship and would resolve issues concerning the Russian-oil-related tariff issue.The remarks come amid efforts by India and the US to further their close...
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Two people died, and eight others were injured after a fire broke out on the 11th floor of a ground-plus-12-storey building on Church Road in Mumbai on Tuesday night.The blaze erupted at around 10:02 pm at the Shanta Bhavan Building near St. Xavier's School in Vile Parle (West). The fire spread...
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Two persons were feared dead and six to eight others trapped after a landslide in Mumbai's Kurla area early on Wednesday following heavy rain, civic officials said.The landslide was reported at Gaushiya Chawl (row tenement) in Chirag Nagar at 3.48 am, they said.Search and rescue operations were...
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India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, a day following his courtesy call on Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka.'High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi called on Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi...
