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The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order of the Madras High Court which quashed Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's order providing government jobs to relatives of people who died in a stampede at Karur last year.A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran issued notice to the Tamil Nadu...
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The Supreme Court on Friday took a stern view of a Bar Council of India (BCI) circular directing all state bar councils not to enrol any 2026 batch graduate of NALSAR University of Law as advocates, saying students have a right to protest.A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant said the BCI...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with the Commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), Admiral Brad Cooper, in Jeddah to discuss bilateral defence ties and ongoing initiatives to de-escalate tensions across West Asia.Reaffirming the strategic security partnership between Riyadh and...
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The Centre on Friday notified 40 questions - caste, place of Covid vaccination being two of them - to be asked of respondents during the population enumeration phase of the Census, set to begin from September 1 in snow-bound areas, a government order said.The order from Registrar General of India...
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Seven workers died when water gushed inside a tunnel under construction at a hydroelectric project site in Chamoli district, officials said on Friday.Search for three missing persons is currently underway, they said.The incident occurred in a tunnel at Mayapur (Pipalkoti), when landslides and...
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached Pipalkoti in Chamoli on Thursday amid extremely adverse weather conditions to take stock of the ongoing relief and rescue operation for workers trapped inside a tunnel following an accident.The Chief Minister's helicopter landed at Pipalkoti...
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A 19-year-old student of the IIT Kharagpur died after he allegedly fell from the third floor of a building on the institute campus, police said on Friday.The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon when the second-year Mechanical Engineering student fell from the third-floor terrace of the...
09:45
Bengaluru residents seeking to park vehicles on public roads outside their homes may have to pay an annual residential parking fee of up to Rs 25,000, depending on the vehicle type, under the draft GBA (Parking) Rules, 2026.The draft rules propose an annual residential parking permit fee of Rs...
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A major leak has been detected in the Mumbai-III water pipeline, which has a diameter of 3000 mm, located along the Eastern Express Highway in the Teen Hath Naka area of Thane.This pipeline is underground and encased in a protective covering. Since the pipeline is buried at a depth of...
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Even after hours of interrogation by multiple agencies, the police could not ascertain a concrete reason for the attack on Punjab's former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, allegedly carried out by a member of the Nihang order, an official said on Friday.Shiromani Akali Dal chief Badal,...
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It's not only what you eat that matters - your body clock plays an important role in how you metabolise food.Have breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and have dinner like a pauper, my Spanish friend and colleague Javier Hirschfeld told me when I asked about typical Spanish eating habits....
08:44
Security has been heightened across the national capital ahead of the 80th Independence Day celebrations on August 15, with police and security agencies intensifying surveillance and checks at key locations.Police personnel have been deployed at strategic points, while additional checking is...
08:41
Amid preparations across India to celebrate the 80th Independence Day on August 15, two famous temples in Madhya Pradesh, dedicated to Lords Shiva and Ganesh, marked the national festival four days early on August 11.Special religious rituals, prayers, flag hoisting and a Tiranga Yatra were...
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of serious concerns relating to the manufacture, licensing, sale and consumption of analogue paneer, particularly in relation to its composition, nutritional value, food safety and the protection of consumers' right to accurate...
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An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 struck Chamba in Himachal Pradesh on Friday, reported the National Centre of Seismology (NCS).The earthquake hit the district at 06:36 am.Sharing the details on its website, the NCS said, M: 3.0 - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, Origin Time: 2026-08-14 06:36:28 IST,...
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Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, claiming that the LoP in Lok Sabha feels he's born to rule, and alleged that his frustration was clearly visible.Joshi's remark came after the conclusion of the Monsoon Session of Parliament that saw relentless...
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The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, passed by Parliament, is applicable only to major minerals and will not affect states’ existing powers over minor minerals, Union Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Thursday in a bid to calm states’ concerns.Reddy said the...
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An Indian-origin man has pleaded guilty in a federal court in New Jersey to accessing child sexual exploitation material involving a prepubescent minor, the US department of justice said in a statement.Abhishek Vijaykumar, a resident of Hasbrouck Heights in New Jersey, knowingly accessed the...
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Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) strongly condemned the corruption in the recruitment process of JNU, which has been alleged in a report by an independent media forum.We all at the university have been suffering due to such appointments driven by corruption and RSS-oriented...
