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A cloth salesman in Uttarakhand was arrested for allegedly raping his daughters aged 17 and 19 after a complaint by his wife claiming years of sexual abuse, police said on Tuesday.Police said the 46-year-old man, a resident of Kotdwar in Pauri district, was arrested based on available evidence,...
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A cloth salesman in Uttarakhand was arrested for allegedly raping his daughters aged 17 and 19 after a complaint by his wife claiming years of sexual abuse, police said on Tuesday.Police said the 46-year-old man, a resident of Kotdwar in Pauri district, was arrested based on available evidence,...
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Ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to Pune to interact with students as part of the Chhatron Ki Gunj initiative, party leaders and police officials on Tuesday reviewed preparations and security arrangements at the venue.Gandhi is scheduled to visit Pune on August 22. The event will be...
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The Goa government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking enhanced sentence for journalist Tarun Tejpal in the 2013 sexual assault case, contending the case warrants imprisonment for life.On August 6, the Bombay High Court convicted Tejpal of rape and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment...
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Bill Rasmussen, a former local news sports director who turned his interest in the emerging satellite television business into the launch of a global sports media giant ESPN, has passed away after a battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 93.The news of his demise was shared on ESPN's...
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's Tamil mouthpiece Murasoli on Tuesday ridiculed Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and actress Trisha by alleging that he saluted her and that they saluted each other on the Independence Day.On the Independence Day, the honour of Chief Minister Vijay, who hoisted the...
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A law student has alleged that her brothers and their wives were pressuring her to undergo halala to return to her divorced husband and assaulted her when she refused, the police said on Tuesday.The woman, who is pursuing an LLB and also works as a trainee at a lawyer's chamber in Bareilly court,...
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Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and ex-Delhi Jal Board CEO Udit Prakash Rai are among six persons arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch in connection with an alleged corruption case involving the tendering process for sewage treatment plant projects of the Delhi Jal Board, an officer said...
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An unidentified thief broke into a church in Mumbai's Santacruz area and decamped with cash from three donation boxes and other materials kept in the premises in the early hours of Tuesday, the police said.According to a Vakola police Station official, the thief broke open the rear door of the...
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The rupee depreciated 13 paise to close at 95.74 against the US dollar on Tuesday, weighed down by elevated crude oil prices and lingering geopolitical tensions in West Asia.Forex traders said the USD/INR pair is likely to trade with a slight negative bias, pressured by the delay in the deal...
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Congress on Tuesday demanded that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) issue a clarification on a statement made in court by Satyaki Savarkar, V D Savarkar's grandnephew, that Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse was a member of the Sangh.During the hearing of his defamation complaint...
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Amid Elon Musk's recent announcement that X will make government content takedown requests more transparent and visible, a senior IT Ministry official on Tuesday asserted that the platform 'will have to comply with the Indian laws'.X's new transparency push seeks to make government-directed...
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A view of the Otter's Club in Bandra, Mumbai./Image courtesy Otters Club website
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the licences of six hotels, restaurants and other food establishments in Mumbai over food safety and hygiene violations.The FDA inspected several hotels, restaurants and eateries in Mumbai and issued improvement notices to six of...
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In a faux pas, a Hindi song sung by Lata Mangeshkar with reference to Vande Mataram instead of the official version of the national song was played at a government event attended by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Thane.A video clip of the incident, which occurred on Monday...
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A 32-year-old man died by suicide by hanging himself during a video call with his family in Maharashtra's Thane city after four men allegedly harassed and tried to extort money from him, police said on Tuesday.Based on a complaint, the Daighar police have registered a case of abetment to suicide...
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Despite repeatedly railing against mail-in voting and alleging that the system is vulnerable to fraud, United States President Donald Trump has once again voted by mail in his home state of Florida, Politico reported, citing local voting records.According to Politico, voting records in Palm Beach...
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Veteran Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said more than 50 per cent of the party tickets for the upcoming local body polls in the state should be given to Gen-Z and young candidates, asserting that it is time to recognise the ongoing generational change in the country.Speaking to reporters...
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The western Himalaya, spanning across Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, is warming faster than the central and eastern stretches of the range, according to a new study.It added that winter is warming faster than spring, and night-time temperatures are climbing faster than daytime...
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The Delhi high court was informed on Tuesday that Aam Aadmi Party MLA Kuldeep Kumar, who was leading a protest against the murder of a sanitation worker, was taken into preventive detention and has now been released.The submission was made before a bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder...
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Tuesday said that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed to maritime traffic until all Iranian conditions set forth in the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the US are fully met, tying the reopening directly to the...
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Domestic donations to the PM CARES Fund fell by 30 per cent to nearly Rs 479 crore during the fiscal year 2024-2025 while foreign donations also declined by 18 per cent to Rs 92.8 lakh, according to its latest audit report.The total balance in PM CARES Fund stood at Rs 8,452 crore as on March 31,...
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JLKM leader Devendra Mahto, who ended his 16-day hunger strike after the Jharkhand government cancelled job exams over alleged irregularities, on Tuesday announced that he would soon launch the second phase of the demonstration for corruption-free recruitment by JPSC and JSSC.He said the...
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) chief spokesperson Saurav Das on Tuesday questioned the Delhi government's reluctance to submit before the court the list of FIRs sought to be quashed, asserting that the issue concerning the students was the withdrawal of cases registered against them.Saurav said the...
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Amid mounting controversy over the rendition of Vande Mataram during Independence Day celebrations, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge remained defiant on Tuesday, asserting that he sang the exact same version of the national song that leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and...
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The IMD has forecast heavy rain and thunderstorms in several parts of Arunachal Pradesh from Wednesday.The districts likely to witness heavy rain include Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Papum Pare, Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri, East Siang, Lower Dibang Valley, Lohit, Anjaw, Namsai,...
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Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto on Tuesday welcomed the Jharkhand government's decision to cancel the JSSC-CGL examination and all tests conducted by TSR Data Processing Private Limited (TDPL), calling it a historic win for aspirants.He called for stringent laws and reforms to monitor the...
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Three of the six protesters, including JLKM leader Devendra Mahto, who were on hunger strike over the alleged job exam irregularities in Jharkhand, ended the fast after Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced the cancellation of all recruitment tests conducted by an outsourced agency since...
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Floods have claimed 105 lives in Assam so far this year, with nearly 32,000 people across five districts still affected, according to the Disaster Reporting and Information Management System (DRIMS) of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).Of the 105 people who have died in...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would constitute a high-powered committee comprising retired judges, a former DGP, an ex-CBI director and others to examine allegations of police excesses against student protesters in Delhi.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking an alternative and more dignified method of executing death row convicts, declining to interfere with hanging as the existing mode of execution for carrying out the death penalty.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta considered...
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with an individual impersonating White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles before growing suspicious and terminating the interaction, according to a report published by Politico.Citing four unnamed officials, the report stated on Monday that...
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Tell us our crime. Don't throw us out. The plea of successful candidates outside the Jharkhand Secretariat on Tuesday captured the anguish of around 2,000 people who fear the state government's decision to cancel the JSSC-CGL exam would cost them their jobs.In the face of sustained protests by...
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Twisha Sharma died by suicide, according to the final forensic opinion submitted by a five-member medical board of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the death case. Sharma was found dead in Bhopal's Katara Hills area...
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he Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Sachin Andure, convicted in the 2013 murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.A bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ranjitsinha Bhonsale also suspended the life sentence handed to Andure by a sessions court in 2024.A copy of the detailed order...
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BJP president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday appointed Rajya Sabha MP Vinod Tawde and national general secretary as in-charge of party affairs in Uttar Pradesh and newly appointed national secretary Jagdish Ishwarbhai Patel as co-in-charge.Newly appointed BJP national general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre, all states, union territories, and social media platforms Meta and X on a PIL seeking directions to prevent police organisations from posting content revealing the identities of accused individuals or depicting them in a dehumanising...
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Paytm Founder and Chief Executive Vijay Shekhar Sharma will not gain financially from the proposed sale of a 4.98 per cent stake in One97 Communications Ltd (Paytm) undertaken by investment vehicle, Resilient Asset Management BV, with the proceeds going to Antfin.Additionally, Sharma's roughly 9...
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In 1911, a US professor claimed he had discovered the ancient mountain stronghold of the last Incan king deep in the Peruvian Andes. Yet 53 years later, another explorer proved he was mistaken - and shortly afterwards, a BBC crew followed his trail.Read more here.
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has utilised the period of relative calm following a June memorandum of understanding with the United States to prepare for a wider confrontation, including formulating plans for pre-emptive strikes and potential operations on enemy territory,...
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Former Asian Games gold medallist double-trap marksman Ronjan Sodhi believes India's target of winning 30-40 medals at the 2036 Olympics -- whose hosting rights it is strongly bidding for -- is still a distant prospect, with the country already behind schedule in talent identification and...
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The Indian benchmark indices opened on a bearish note on Tuesday, with Sensex sliding over 300 points and Nifty below the 24,300 level as elevated crude oil prices and renewed geopolitical concerns continue to weigh on investors' sentiment.Brent crude climbed USD 91 per barrel while WTI topped...
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At least seven persons, including five CRPF personnel, were injured on Tuesday in a head-on collision between a truck and a mini-truck of the paramilitary at Qazigund on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, officials said.The CRPF vehicle and the truck collided at Levdora in Qazigund area. Five...
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Student leader Piyush Kumar says he will wait to see if JSSC notification has actually been withdrawn
Students protesting against alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations may take a call on withdrawing the demonstration on Tuesday after the state government cancelled all recruitment tests, including the JSSC-CGL exam, conducted by an outsourced agency since 2014.The...
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The Gujarat CID has arrested a man from Assam allegedly involved in a staggering 1,090 cybercrimes, including 'digital arrest' cases, amounting to Rs 1,071.5 crore across the country and having links with China-based criminals, police said.The investigation showed that the accused, Rafiqul Alam...
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US President Donald Trump said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has always treated him with great respect, highlighting their personal rapport and saying his approach is aimed at making the situation on the Korean Peninsula safer.Speaking to reporters, Trump said he had met Kim on multiple...
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Bajaj Life Insurance Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Tarun Chugh in 2025-2026 was the highest-paid top executive among the country's life insurers, a review of company disclosures showed, as insurers are preparing to navigate new regulatory scrutiny over how they set executive...
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The body of a girl was found inside a suitcase in Delhi's Burari area after a relative, now arrested for the previously unreported killing, led a police team to the spot where it was hidden, an official said.The murder had not been reported earlier and the case came to light after the Special...
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The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pay Rs 5 lakh to a Pune-based sweets shop after questioning the continued suspension of its food licence despite substantial compliance with safety norms.The shop had its licence suspended on June 12...
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US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Tuesday endorsed President Donald Trump's renewed push for strict nationwide voter identification laws under the SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) America Act.Citing India's 2024 general election as a global benchmark for voter authentication, Gor...
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Sebi on Monday launched Incident Reporting Portal and Cyber Suraksha Portal to streamline communication among market intermediaries about cybersecurity incidents.The incident reporting portal will make reporting cyber security incidents more structured and timely, and align it with the...
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US President Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner has reiterated Washington's firm stance on Iran, stating that the American leader remains clear that Tehran cannot be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon.Speaking to Fox News while in Tel Aviv, Kushner outlined the core conditions required from...
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Making a strong case for stricter electoral laws in the US, President Donald Trump praised the Indian election system and recalled Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar questioning lack of voter identification in American polls.In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump said over 646 million...
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A 27-year-old Bangladeshi woman has been arrested by the Mumbai Police for allegedly re-entering India illegally and residing in the city without valid travel documents, barely a month after she was deported to her home country, an official said on Monday.According to a Gamdevi police official,...
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The Uttar Pradesh home department has handed over the Special Investigation Team's final report in the Ayodhya Ram temple donation theft case to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust to take further action, an official statement said on Monday.The three-member SIT, headed by Lucknow...
