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Telangana forest minister Konda Surekha./ANI Photo
Amid a controversy over her daughter's cricitism of Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and some Congress leaders, state forest minister Konda Surekha on Friday tied a 'rakhi' to the CM.Surekha, along with minister for Panchayat Raj and rural development Danasari Anasuya Seethakka, tied...
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Infosys on Friday said its subsidiary Infosys Public Services' chief Lax Gopisetty is not reachable following the devastating floods in Nepal.Infosys Public Services, a subsidiary of IT services major Infosys, is mainly focused on the public sector in the US and Canada.Gopisetty was visiting the...
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Two leopards and a jaguar died of age-related and other health issues at Sri Venkateshwara Zoological Park in Tirupati within a month, officials said.Lava, a 16-year-old male jaguar died due to multi-organ failure. The animal had been suffering from cancer since 2017, the zoo said in a press...
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Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday said Minister B Nagendra had expressed his intention to resign in the interest of the Congress party and to avoid embarrassment to the government.He insisted that Nagendra was in no way connected to the alleged scam in the Karnataka State Maharshi...
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The Calcutta high court on Friday directed the CBI to submit a report on the involvement of certain persons in an alleged conspiracy in the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.During a hearing, which was held in-camera, the Central Bureau of...
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Two persons from Assam's Karbi Anglong district have gone missing following devastating flash floods in Nepal, officials said on Friday.Three youths had travelled to the neighbouring country in search of employment when the disaster struck. Two of them have been missing since then, while the...
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Two doctors and two nursing staff members were suspended on Friday following a preliminary inquiry into the death of a pregnant woman and her unborn child at a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district two days ago, officials said. Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Rajendra...
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has frozen bank deposits worth Rs 51.75 crore under the anti-money laundering law as part of its fresh action in connection with an alleged bank-loan fraud worth over Rs 34,000 crore, linked to the Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL).The...
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Bangladeshi national Mohammad Shariful Islam, accused in Saif Ali Khan attack case./ANI on X
The Bangladeshi national arrested for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan at his residence in Bandra in January 2025 approached a court here on Friday and sought to plead guilty in the case.Mohammad Shariful Islam, arrested two days after the incident, is currently in judicial custody.He filed...
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On a pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar, a British couple with Kolkata roots have been missing for the past four days following the devastating flash floods in Nepal, leaving their family here anxiously awaiting news of their whereabouts.Anal Kar (56) and his wife Sanjukta Kar (50) reached...
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Actor Anil Kapoor is set to host a new game reality show India Ke Top 1%, which will release on Star Plus and JioHotstar on September 19.After winning over audiences across the globe in countries including the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Greece, Australia, Israel, Turkey, Ukraine, Mexico and the...
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The police detained a Bangladeshi woman in Bikaner following information received from the crime investigation department, an official said on Friday. The woman, Nila (27), a resident of Saldanga, Bangladesh, had been staying in the Ashok Nagar area of Bikaner for the past two days, police...
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A 45-year-old woman died after she was allegedly caught in a crowd crush at a saree distribution event ahead of Raksha Bandhan, her family said on Friday.Her last rites were performed on Friday, while her family alleged they were informed late about her condition.The deceased, Madhu Singh, a...
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Two Non-Resident Indian (NRI) women linked to Chhattisgarh have been reported missing following flash floods in Nepal, while two other women from the state who were earlier reported missing have established contact with their families, officials said on Friday.The Chhattisgarh government has...
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India on Friday dispatched a third tranche of 10 tonnes of relief supplies to flood-ravaged Nepal, alongside an 11-member team of doctors and paramedics, as well as a reconnaissance crew to assess tunnel rescue operations.New Delhi on Wednesday had dispatched 10 tonnes of HADR (Humanitarian...
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A whopping Rs 53 lakh crore has been transferred to crores of beneficiaries of various government schemes through the Direct Benefit Transfer, mostly to Jan Dhan account holders, in the last 12 years.The government of India's innovative citizen engagement platform, MyGov India, also said on...
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The rupee rose 6 paise to settle at 95.39 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday on the back of a fall in global crude oil prices and intervention by the Reserve Bank of India.However, a marginally stronger greenback and FII outflows kept the local unit under pressure, forex traders...
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Karnataka planning and statistics minister B Nagendra./ANI Photo
Karnataka planning and statistics minister B Nagendra on Friday announced his resignation from the state cabinet, within 25 days of assuming office, over the alleged Valmiki Corporation scam.His announcement came shortly after he said he would meet Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and reveal his...
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India's forex reserves jumped $12.422 billion to a new all-time high of $729.328 billion during the week ended August 21, the RBI said on Friday.In the previous reporting week, the kitty had increased $9.905 billion to $716.907 billion.The previous all-time high had stood at $728.494 billion was...
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Thousands of printed SIR forms were allegedly found at a photocopy shop in Kharghar area of Navi Mumbai on Friday, triggering a clash between Shiv Sena-UBT and Bharatiya Janata Party activists and a police investigation, officials said.  The incident occurred after Sena-UBT workers confronted a...
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Delhi-Bilaspur Alliance Air flight suffered a tyre burst during landing at airport./ANI Photo
A Bilaspur-bound flight from Delhi suffered a tyre burst during landing at the airport in Bilaspur in north Chhattisgarh on Friday, but all 41 people on board were safely evacuated, officials said.The flight, 9I613, operated by Alliance Air, was carrying 37 passengers and four crew members when...
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A man was arrested for sexually harassing a minor girl during an Onam celebration in Kozhikode, the police said on Friday.The arrested person was identified as Muhammed Rafi, a native of Pallikkara in Payyoli.According to the police, the eighth-standard student was watching a tug-of-war...
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A view of 37.5 tonnes of relief material being loaded onto the second IAF C-17 flight for flood-hit Nepal in Ghaziabad, on Thursday./ANI Photo
India has sent two aircraft carrying humanitarian assistance to flood-hit Nepal and is preparing to dispatch a third flight this evening, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday, as New Delhi steps up relief and rescue support following the devastating flash...
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Seven members of a family, including a six-month-old baby, were rescued alive from the debris of a two-storey house here, two hours after it collapsed amid incessant rain, police said on Friday.Deputy superintendent of police Arvind Kumar said after receiving information about the incident in...
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Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh (third from left)/ANI Photo
Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh on Friday said individuals in the state who did not want peace needed to be identified.Singh made the remarks at a guest lecture titled 'On Manipur Situation: Prevailing Trust Deficit and the Path Towards Trust-Building', organised by the Assam Rifles.The...
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As rescue and relief operations continue in flood-hit Nepal, 320 Indian nationals remain uncontactable while around 100 persons of Indian origin are also yet to be reached out to, the ministry of external affairs said on Friday, underlining that the figures remain fluid as authorities work to...
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PM Narendra Modi with Norway's King Harald V/File image
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the death of Norway's King Harald V and said he was deeply touched by his warmth and profound sense of service to his nation.King Harald V, who was Europe's oldest monarch, has died. He was 89.Deeply saddened by the passing of His Majesty King...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met with a group of 21 Indian pilgrims who returned safely from the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra after being caught in the devastating flash floods in Nepal.Expressing deep relief, the EAM highlighted that while 85 Indians have been rescued so far, the...
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The overflowing Ganga at LCT ghat in Patna
Parts of Bihar faced the threat of floods as water levels in the Ganga, Gandak, Kosi and Burhi Gandak rivers showed a rising trend following the devastating flash floods in neighbouring Nepal.The Nepal floods were triggered after an ice-rock landslide blocked a river near the country's border...
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SDRF personnel carry a body recovered from the Gandak River in Maharajganj
Four bodies were recovered from a river in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district after they apparently drifted into Indian territory from Nepal amid the ongoing flood situation, officials said on Friday.The bodies were found in a severely decomposed state and have not yet been identified; they are...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Friday after two days of losses and ended higher, tracking buying in blue-chip IT stocks and a rally in global markets.The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 330.92 points, or 0.43 per cent, to settle at 77,264.51. During the day, it jumped 424.38...
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Jio Platforms Ltd, the digital services division of Reliance Industries, has received Sebi approval to float an initial public offering that could raise around USD 4 billion (approximately Rs 37,700 crore), making it potentially the largest public issue in the country.Jio Platforms had filed its...
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Eight Sikkim residents, who were on the Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra, were stranded in Tibet after a flash flood hit the region two days ago, the state disaster management authority said on Friday.They have been contacted and found safe, it said.The Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority (SSDMA)...
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Around 100 people of Indian origin remain uncontactable while 320 Indian tourists are missing in flood-hit Nepal, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday.The MEA said 400 Indian nationals on the Chinese side of the border were safe, while 96 Indians who had been stranded there safely...
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Men paste photographs of victims for identification. Sabrina Dangol/Reuters
The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rose to 538 on Friday with more bodies recovered as search and rescue operations continue with caution following the threat of fresh flooding due to an increase in the water level of a lake formed by avalanches on the border with Tibet. In a statement,...
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An excavator repairs a road leading to Gyirong Port
At least 28 pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh who travelled to Nepal for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra are expected to return to their respective destinations on Friday after completing the pilgrimage and safely crossing a flood-affected area.Venkatramana, proprietor of the Tirupati-based travel agency...
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NDRRMA Nepal releases a list of rescued persons. Click on this link for more details.Â
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A woman salvages a piggy bank from the ruins of her house
The worsening flood situation in Nepal has begun affecting tourism and road connectivity, with several Indian tourists travelling to Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan and Nepalgunj abandoning their trips and returning to India through the Sonauli border in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district.Tourists...
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People stuck in the tunnel of a hydropower project are rescued
Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah and his council of ministers on Friday decided to deposit a month of their salaries to Prime Minister's Disaster Relief Fund in the wake of devastating floods in the country.The decision was announced in a Facebook Post by the PMO, following the cabinet...
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Penguin Random House India on Friday issued a statement clarifying that it is not the publisher in India of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's memoir 'Belonging'.The publisher made the clarification following media reports, which claimed that it had withdrawn from releasing 'Belonging' in the...
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China on Friday said the collapse of a high-altitude glacier in Nepal may have triggered the massive flash flood disaster that engulfed the Tibet-Nepal border, killing hundreds and causing widespread damage.The death toll from Wednesday's flood-related devastation climbed to 469 in Nepal, while...
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The Nepal flash floods have disrupted cross-border trade between India and the neighbouring country, with the movement of goods vehicles to Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal via Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh, affected by damaged and flooded roads.A queue of around 16 km of cargo vehicles has...
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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has signed on as Kissht's brand ambassador for a three-year period. The campaign, titled Loans Without Any Hiccups brings Kissht's core promise to life through a lighthearted, comedic premise: every time a loan is approved on the Kissht app, Sachin gets the...
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Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister and cricket great Imran Khan's sons, Sulaiman and Kasim, have expressed fears for their father's safety in prison, saying blatant attempts are being made to kill him in there.The brothers appeared in an 18-minute interview on Sky Sports that was conducted by...
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PM Modi with King Harald earlier this year
King Harald V of Norway, who fled to the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland and defied convention to marry his school sweetheart, has died aged 89.The palace announced his death on Friday morning.Europe's oldest monarch, Harald modernised Norway's royal family but...
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India plans to procure the US-made Javelin anti-tank missile system, United States Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Friday, in a development that could further strengthen defence cooperation between New Delhi and Washington.'BIG news! India plans to buy the battle-tested Javelin anti-tank...
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People look at pictures of missing people following flash floods. Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
Rescue operations are being carried out at a rapid pace using helicopters as emergency responders work to evacuate flood-affected populations to safe locations. At the same time, specialised rescue team members are being deployed via helicopter directly into isolated, flood-affected areas.Adding...
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A man stands in the ruins of his house. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Nepal Police on Friday issued a fresh alert for floods in the Himalayan country, evacuating people from Trishuli. The death toll from the devastating Bhotekoshi flood on Wednesday rose to 475, according to police, The Kathmandu Post reported.A police official told ANI that all forms of work,...
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People rescued and airlifted from flood-affected areas arrive at Maithali Barrack
Twenty-one Tamil Nadu residents rescued from flood-affected areas have reached Kathmandu, and Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, enquired about their well-being before their upcoming return to India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated.The crisis stems from a catastrophic...
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A woman reacts as she arrives at a mortuary to identify victims. Sabrina Dangol/Reuters
Bodies of people swept away by the devastating Bhote Koshi floods in Nepal are being recovered far downstream, overwhelming morgues and forcing authorities to set up temporary facilities to store and identify the remains, according to a media report.Bodies recovered from Rasuwa and Nuwakot have...
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A drone view of mud-covered homes in Nuwakot district
Rudraprayag District Magistrate Vishal Mishra on Friday highlighted heightened safety protocols across fragile Himalayan zones, noting that administrative watchfulness has been scaled up in light of recent climatic concerns witnessed in neighbouring mountain regions.Speaking to ANI, Mishra...
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Panned for using the word drama in a post on the Nepal flash floods, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday clarified that the term is also defined as a state, situation or series of events involving intensely clashing forces and that is the sense in which he intended it.Tharoor, however, said...
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For Raju Budhathoki, a customs agent in Nepal's Rasuwa district, Wednesday morning began like any other day but soon turned into a desperate fight for survival as the ground shook and raging floodwaters swept away homes before his eyes.Budhathoki was resting in his room in Timure when, around...
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Flood-affected people are brought to Maithali Barrack. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
As many as 37 pilgrims from Maharashtra who were stranded in Tibet after completing their Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, amid flash floods in Nepal, departed for Kathmandu on Friday morning following the intervention of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.According to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO),...
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Indians wait to be airlifted from Rasuwa district. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
An NRI couple from Vadodara has gone missing after a flash flood hit Nepal, with family members appealing to the government for swift rescue action.Chirag Patel, brother of missing Kinnari Patel, said his sister and her husband Mihir Patel had travelled directly to Kathmandu from New Zealand.My...
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Dilip Itwala's daughter goes missing in Nepal. The anxious father says, My daughter left Valsad on the evening of the 25th of August for Mumbai. From Mumbai, she flew to Kathmandu with a tour operator and a group for a 5-to-7-day trip. They all gathered there and joined the tour. I spoke to her...
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Uttarakhand Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Minister Madan Kaushik on Friday said that Uttarakhand is highly vulnerable to natural disasters and the state government is working with utmost seriousness to mitigate potential risks.Taking lessons from the recent disaster in Nepal, the...
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Chinese officials on Friday said more than 1,000 people, including 555 tourists, have been evacuated from Gyirong County near the Tibet-Nepal border after devastating flash floods that caused heavy casualties.The flash floods struck Gyirong Port in the Tibet Autonomous Region on Wednesday,...
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In the devastating floods that severed an entire district from the rest of Nepal, one The Kathmandu Post journalist witnessed his childhood village disappear -- through fragments of video, and phone calls that stopped connecting. Read more here.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will discuss the imbalance in India-Russia bilateral trade, as well as deepening trade relations, at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at their meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Kyrgyzstan's Bishkek on August 31 and...
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OpenAI's ChatGPT started showing advertisements to its ChatGPT Go and Free users in India from Thursday, the company said.Though these advertisements will not affect responses, users may see an ad below a ChatGPT response 'when there is a relevant sponsored product or service'.'They will always...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently asked public sector banks to build long-term relationships with youth.The announcement came alongside a month-long 'Banking for Youth' campaign for individuals aged 16 and above, which is set to launch on October 2.The campaign aims to build customer...
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the United States has offered Nepal any help that they need following the devastating flash floods in the country's Rasuwa district, as Washington works to locate American citizens reported missing in the disaster.Addressing reporters on the...
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WHO supplies heading to Nepal
The United States and the World Health Organization (WHO) have extended support and expressed solidarity with Nepal following devastating flash floods and mudslides, with Washington announcing USD 500,000 in assistance and the WHO dispatching emergency medical supplies.US Under Secretary of State...
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Moscow issued a stern warning, stating that Russian forces could target British military installations both within Ukraine and beyond its frontiers if Kyiv deploys long-range British cruise missiles against deep targets inside Russian territory, according to reports.The warning followed an...
09:33
The administration has sounded a high alert in Maharajganj and Kushinagar districts of Uttar Pradesh and stepped up monitoring of the Gandak and other water bodies downstream of rivers in Nepal, following devastating flash floods in the neighbouring country that have killed at least 177 people...
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The death toll from flash floods in central Nepal rose to 469 on Friday, with more bodies recovered as search and rescue operations continued for the third day following the disaster.In a statement, Nepal Police said the bodies were recovered from eight districts of the Himalayan nation.According...
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Overwhelmed by anxiety after learning her bank account was allegedly used in multiple cyber fraud cases across India, a 38-year-old woman committed suicide at her residence in Thane district, police said on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Devika Armugam Pandaram, a resident of Sairam...
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Shares of HDFC Bank fell around 2 per cent on Thursday, extending losses after an investor filed a securities fraud class-action lawsuit against the lender in the US.The stock is also under pressure amid uncertainty over the succession of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Sashidhar...
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China has sounded a Level-IV alert following the devastating flash floods at the Tibet-Nepal border, warning that a newly formed barrier lake at the confluence of two rivers faces a high risk of breaching and flooding downstream areas.China's Ministry of Water Resources on Thursday night sounded...
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A Territorial Army jawan died due to drowning in Gurez area near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday while a CRPF constable sustained head injuries after an accidental discharge of his service weapon in Ahmad Nagar area in Srinagar, officials said.Jawan Ashiq Hussain...
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Security was stepped up in central Mumbai's Parel area on Thursday after a clash broke out between two communities the previous night following an Eid procession, the police said. The police are currently scanning CCTV footage to identify the persons involved in the violence.  According to the...
