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The Maharashtra consumer commission has held an IVF doctor here guilty of deficiency in service for charging an unmarried man exorbitant fees for surrogacy procedure to seek a child and retaining his frozen semen sample for over a decade without consent.The commission ordered the doctor to pay...
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India and China on Tuesday discussed ways to maintain peace and stability along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and to move toward progress on delimitation of the frontier, while sustaining ongoing work on trans-boundary cooperation, as National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held extensive talks...
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived in the US on Tuesday as part of the Sangh's centenary-year global outreach programme.During his stay in the city, Bhagwat would participate in the Universal Oneness programme and address a gathering of around 5,000 people at the iconic Madison Square Garden on...
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The Mizoram Assembly on Tuesday passed the Mizoram Regulation of Fireworks Bill, 2026, to regulate the use of fireworks and firecrackers in the state.Home minister K Sapdanga, who introduced the fresh bill, said that the proposed legislation seeks to protect public health and the environment...
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Trial proceedings against independent MP Pappu Yadav began in a Prayagraj court on Tuesday with statements of two witnesses recorded in the case related to his symbolic skit in the Parliament premises, allegedly portraying the theft of Ram temple donations.Advocate Sushil Kumar Mishra, who is...
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What a woman wears, what she does and where she goes -- is her choice, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday and urged people to stop trolling women for exercising their freedom.His remarks came over actress Kriti Sanon finding herself in the crosshairs of controversy over her Rakhi...
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Former CDS Gen Anil Chauhan speaking at an event in New Delhi on Tuesday./ANI on X
A loitering munition looking for radars which were in and around Sargodha in Pakistan must have hit an area in Kirana Hills -- which houses Pakistan's nuclear facilities -- as the ammunition has a lifetime of about two hours and hits somewhere once it does not find a target, former Chief of...
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A group of seers on Tuesday held a protest against former Ram temple trust general secretary Champat Rai over alleged embezzlement of offerings and claimed that the Ayodhya police forcibly stopped their meeting at an ashram.The meeting was called by Computer Baba, Mahant Janmejay Sharan of Mahant...
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Market regulator Sebi has slapped fines totalling Rs 33.08 crore on Varanium Cloud, its promoter Harshawardhan Hanmant Sabale, and seven others for misrepresenting the company's financials and diversion of IPO proceeds.Besides, the regulator barred Varanium Cloud Ltd (VCL) and Sabale from the...
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Women aged 60 years and above will be eligible for lifelong free travel on all Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) buses under the Lokmata Ahilyabai Matrushakti Yojana approved by the state Cabinet on Tuesday.Briefing reporters, UP Transport Minister Daya Shankar Singh said...
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President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday greeted citizens on the eve of harvest festival Onam and Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad.In a message, she said Onam is an occasion to express gratitude to nature on arrival of the new harvest.Onam celebrates our rich culture and spirit of...
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US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that his administration is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, marking the latest rhetorical escalation in a deepening trade dispute between the United States and Canada.Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump suggested...
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Heavy rains lashed Varanasi overnight, causing waterlogging at several places and leaving five people dead in separate rain-related incidents, including electrocution, officials said on Tuesday.Several parts of the city were waterlogged following the heavy downpour since Monday night.Sir...
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Actor-filmmaker Prakash Raj on Tuesday announced that civil society organisations in Karnataka will hold an Election Commission Chalo campaign in Bengaluru on September 1, opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and raising concerns over alleged flaws in the...
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Continuing its enforcement drive, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the licences of four hotels and food establishments, including south Mumbai's famous eatery Ayub's, citing multiple violations, officials said on Tuesday.The regulator has also seized food products...
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The government will sell onions at Rs 35 per kg in the national capital, a deep discount of around 36 percent from the prevailing average retail prices, as it looks to provide relief to the common man from high rates.The Centre is procuring onions from the key-producing state of Maharashtra,...
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An American Boeing C-17A Globemaster III military transport aircraft reportedly landed in Moscow on Monday morning, according to online air traffic monitoring systems, Russian news agency TASS reported.The aircraft, which originated from the Andrews Air Force Base near Washington DC, touched down...
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The rupee pared initial losses and settled for the day higher by 24 paise at 95.46 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, driven by positive domestic markets, a weaker greenback, and a fall in crude oil prices.Forex traders said the overall weakness in the US dollar on declining odds of...
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A 45-year-old man was apprehended here on Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping two minor girls, who were later rescued, the police said.The police registered a case after a labourer complained that his four-year-old daughter and another labourer's three-and-a-half-year-old daughter were allegedly...
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Andhra Pradesh agriculture and fisheries minister K Atchannaidu on Tuesday said the search operation to trace seven fishermen who have been missing for nearly three weeks has been intensified, with the Indian Coast Guard, Navy and other departments coordinating efforts.The fishermen from...
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The Odisha government has roped in IIT-Bhubaneswar to introduce a queue management system at the Jagannath Temple in Puri, including setting up wooden ramps for a clearer view of the deities, law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said on Tuesday.Harichandan said various models have been developed...
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Tamil Nadu industries minister S Keerthana has slammed social media posts targeting a woman over her clothes in a misidentified viral video and clarified that she was not the person featured in the video.The fact that a video of a woman simply going about her day could spark political hysteria...
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Six persons were apprehended here for allegedly posing as qualified doctors without possessing valid medical qualifications and practising medicine without authorisation, the police said on Tuesday.Acting on credible information, police teams conducted searches at different locations in the...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday met the woman, who was reprimanded by a minister for warming milk on a stove for her child on a pavement, and said his government will make an alternative dwelling arrangement for her.Adhikari also accused the Trinamool Congress and the Left...
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The Karnataka government has fast-tracked cloud seeding operations to mitigate the prevailing rainfall deficit and avert severe water scarcity across the state.Addressing a press briefing on Tuesday on the third floor of Vidhana Soudha, Karnataka Water Resources Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy said...
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Facing fresh attack from actor-politician Kangana Ranaut, actor Taapsee Pannu on Tuesday asked media to stop asking them questions about their alleged beef.At the trailer launch event of her new Netflix movie Gandhari, Taapsee was asked about Kangana's comments about her.Aap khatam kyun nahi hone...
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Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty recovered their intraday losses and ended higher on Tuesday as fag-end buying and sharp decline in crude oil prices calmed investors' sentiment.After remaining in negative territory for most part of the day, the 30-share BSE Sensex bounced back during the...
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Highlighting the success story of the Unified Payments Interface, the BJP on Tuesday attacked the Congress, saying its leader P Chidambaram had mocked the launch of UPI which has become the world's largest real-time payment system in a decade.The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on Tuesday...
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Stone pelting during the Jharkhand protests.
A case was filed against 38 people for allegedly molesting a member of the JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch during the August 21 protest in Ranchi, police said on Tuesday.The case was lodged on Monday after the woman, accompanied by Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi of the BJP, lodged a complaint at...
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Thousands of students fought a pitched battle with the Bihar Police here on Tuesday, hurling stones and braving water cannons and lathi-charge, upon being prevented from marching to the chief minister's residence to air their grievances.The protesters, most of them aspirants for Teachers'...
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The first 'Kanda Express' carrying 800 tonnes of onion will reach the national capital on Wednesday, and the key vegetable item will be sold at a subsidised rate of Rs 35 per kg, Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare said on Tuesday.The onion will be retailed via Nafed, NCCF and Kendriya Bhandar...
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The Uttar Pradesh food safety and drug administration department has destroyed around 490 kg of sweets and 275 kg of spoiled paneer here as part of a crackdown on adulteration and unhygienic food practices ahead of the festivals, officials said on Tuesday.Four teams conducted raids at sweet shops...
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The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday defended its decision to scrap the Parandur greenfield airport project, accusing the previous DMK regime of acquiring land without an environmental impact assessment or requisite approvals.Amid heated exchanges in the Assembly over the decision to drop the...
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Responding to the online backlash for her new ad over her Indo-Western outfit, actor Kriti Sanon on Tuesday said that while ethnic fashion has evolved over the years, a woman's respect for her culture is still measured by her clothes.Culture & Traditions are in her heart, not in her...
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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday quipped whether players knew they were consuming nonâˆ'vegetarian tea, noting insects were found in the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) kitchens, and directed the FDA to carry out a fresh inspection of the facility.It also asked the MCA to clean its eateries'...
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I am not going to pretend that it made no difference to me. It did. It also did not change a single thing I did as a reporter that day - which is the only assurance I can offer, writes Anwesha Banerjee. Read the column here.
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The body of a 15-year-old boy who fell into an open drain in southeast Delhi's Jasola village while trying to retrieve a kite was recovered on Tuesday, three days after the incident, officials said.Mithun, a class 8 student, had gone missing around 11 am on Saturday, with his family suspecting...
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Security forces have arrested eight overground workers of terrorists in three separate operations across Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday.On a tip off, police and army personnel launched a joint operation in an orchard at Imamsahib in Shopian district.During the search operation, security...
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The Supreme Court rejects journalist Tarun Tejpal's plea seeking exemption from surrendering in the 2013 rape case. The SC directs Tejpal to surrender within two weeks for the 10-year sentence in the 2013 rape case. On August 20, Tejpal moved the court challenging the August 6 order of the...
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US President Donald Trump's popularity has hit a record low as Washington remains engaged in the prolonged conflict with Iran, with the American public's approval of the conflict falling to its lowest level, a poll by Reuters Ipsos analysed on Monday.The poll over a period of four days surveyed...
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Thirty-six newborns were shifted to a safe location after a major fire broke out at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Amravati District Women's Hospital, with authorities taking the step as a precaution over concerns that smoke from the fire could affect the babies' lungs, District Civil...
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Supreme Court Justice Prasanna Varale expressed concern over the closure of Marathi-medium schools, lack of facilities in Ashram schools, tragic deaths of female students forced to sleep on the floor, and inadequate growth in the education budget in Maharashtra, saying greater spending on...
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The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Tata Trusts have signed a memorandum of understanding formalising a philanthropic contribution by the Trusts towards the development of IIMB's School of Undergraduate Studies, which will be named the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore -...
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The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Cultus Education have launched a nationwide Cloud and artificial intelligence skilling initiative in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, with the programme targeting 150,000 learners for foundational training and 10,000 participants for...
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Despite global headwinds from the war in West Asia and its core business in the region being hit, DP World, a global giant in ports and terminals, intends to carry through on its investment commitment of $5 billion in India, a senior executive said.According to the company's recently declared...
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Sowing of kharif crops almost touched the 2025 levels during the week ended August 21, as the monsoon continued to lash parts of India, though with occasional breaks.According to the latest data, till August 21, kharif crops were sown on around 105.67 million hectares of land, which was just 1.5...
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Infosys has given an average variable pay of 70 per cent for the first quarter, according to people familiar with the matter. It was less than the 80 per cent it paid for the same period last year, as IT companies continued to navigate macroeconomic volatility and low revenue environment.The...
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Muslim Clerics have Tuesday criticised the Allahabad High Court's order, dismissing a petition filed by a minor student of a school in Prayagraj, who had sought permission to wear a Hijab additionally along with the prescribed school dress code.The court observed that the petitioner failed to...
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Taking a potshot at Kriti Sanon's new jewellery ad, actor-politician Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday said it felt intentionally creepy and wondered why anyone would tie a Rakhi to their brother in a bikini.Sanon's new ad for a jewellery brand sparked outrage on social media for the actor's sleeveless...
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Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has held comprehensive discussions with the Iranian leadership in Tehran, focusing on measures to prevent further escalation of the West Asia conflict and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the army's media wing said on Tuesday.The army chief, who...
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As mystery continues to shroud the appearance of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, Al Arabiya reported that Iran's Fars News released archival footage of the Iranian Supreme Leader.According to Al Arabiya, the footage was reportedly filmed before Khamenei became the Supreme Leader.He was seen...
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The United States has sanctioned four India-based companies over their alleged involvement in Iran-related petroleum and petrochemical trade and procurement networks, according to a release by the US State Department.The designations were announced as part of the latest round of US sanctions...
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US Vice President JD Vance backed the support to the proposed new six-figure fee for H-1B visas that would apply to most new applicants, and stands at $103,265 fee-- replacing an earlier plan to charge $100,000 for the visa that was struck down by the courts.In a post on X, the US VP reshared a...
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Heavy rains in the early hours of Tuesday left several parts of Delhi waterlogged and traffic crawling.Many areas received around 100 mm of rainfall or more in the 24-hour period ending 8:30 am.Ayanagar recorded the highest rainfall at 101.9 mm, followed by the Ridge at 100.4 mm. Safdarjung...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said he held a wide-ranging conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on bilateral cooperation, regional hotspots, global challenges and multilateral issues.In a post on X on Monday (local time), he said, A wide-ranging conversation this...
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Preliminary investigations into the deaths of three family members after falling from a cliff in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar have pointed toward a long-standing family dispute as the primary trigger for the tragedy, a senior police official said.DCP, Zone-2, Pankaj Atulkar, providing a follow-up on...
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Regional transport offices across Maharashtra on Monday issued notices to 331 autorickshaw and taxi drivers, including 139 in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), for failing to demonstrate working knowledge of Marathi, officials said.As part of the statewide drive that started on August 20, RTO...
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Two children, aged 11 and 7, left their home in Hastinapur, Meerut, after watching a 'Secret House' game video on YouTube. Inspired by it, they set up a base in a secluded spot near a farmhouse to undertake a '24-hour challenge', police said on Monday.Police and the 'Mission Shakti' team...
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Amid the tightening of immigration policies, the number of Indian students seeking admission to US colleges declined by 15 per cent in 2025-26 over the previous year, according to a report.A report, representing over 1,100 institutions, released by the Common App, shows that although application...
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A 7-year-old student of a residential school in Maharashtra's Palghar district has died after suffering from high fever and breathing difficulties, while 26 others have been hospitalised with cold, cough and fever symptoms, officials said.This comes after three tribal girls died from a venomous...
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Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples, has been granted a 21-day furlough. Sources said on Tuesday.He will stay at his Sirsa-headquartered Dera during the period, they said.It will be the 17th time Ram Rahim will move out of...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will undertake an official visit to Canada and the United States from August 25 to September 2. The visit will focus on boosting bilateral economic and financial partnerships, deepening investment linkages and advancing cooperation on shared global...
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The United States on Monday proposed an additional fee of $103,265 for all H-1B visa cap-subject applications, including those filed by applicants eligible for the advanced degree exemption.The US Congress currently limits the H-1B visa programme to 65,000 visas a year under the regular cap.An...
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Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharya on Monday fell ill during a meeting to discuss the recent campus unrest and was taken to a hospital, a varsity official said.The meeting, which brought together representatives of different stakeholders to discuss last week's clashes...
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Security forces on Monday arrested three suspected overground workers of terrorists following recovery of explosives from their possession in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.The officials said three motorcycle-borne individuals were taken into custody after their body...
