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A day after a 35-year-old businessman was shot dead in the Bawana industrial area in Delhi, a social media post purportedly issued in the name of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the killing. Investigators said that four men were involved in the attack, during...
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A court has directed YouTuber Ajey Nagar, popularly known as CarryMinati, from making defamatory, vulgar, and abusive content about filmmaker Karan Johar. It also asked social media platforms to take down Nagar's existing videos targeting the filmmaker. Civil judge P G Bhosale on Monday...
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Four days after a 25-year-old private bank employee died after falling into a pit dug by the Delhi Jal Board, a labourer died after falling into an uncovered manhole in the Begumpur area of Delhi's Rohini. The body of the labourer was recovered from a manhole after an overnight delay in...
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The magistrate court in Mansa, Gandhinagar, has convicted journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case and sentenced him to a year's imprisonment and imposed a fine. The case followed a complaint filed by Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), the Adani Group's flagship company, alleging that...
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Heroin weighing nearly 7 kilograms, neatly concealed in soap-sized boxes, was seized from a male passenger who arrived at the Ahmedabad international airport from Kuala Lumpur, a Customs department official said on Tuesday.Authorities arrested the passenger after the seizure on Monday and further...
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The wreckage of the aircraft at the crash site in Baramati, January 27, 2026./ANI video grab
Aviation watchdog DGCA has started a special safety audit of non-scheduled flight operators, including VSR Ventures, following the plane crash that killed Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others in January. The Learjet 45 plane that crashed near Baramati airport on...
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A woman lawyer, who was on bail in a narcotic case, was found dead at her residence in this coastal district of Kerala on Tuesday, the police said.The deceased was identified as Sathyamol, a 46-year-old native of Ambalappuzha.The police said she and her son had earlier been arrested in a narcotic...
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Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian on Tuesday advised people against consuming undercooked chicken, amid concerns over avian influenza in the state.He said poultry that dies from illness should not be consumed and must be buried to prevent the spread of infection.I did not say not to eat...
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The CBI on Tuesday opposed in the Delhi high court petitions by RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav challenging the framing of charges in the IRCTC scam case. Additional Solicitor General D P Singh, appearing for the agency, said it was a case of...
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Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh received a threat through WhatsApp from unidentified persons, police said on Tuesday. Security around his residence was increased after Singh received a threat through a voice note and approached the police, an official said. The threat to the...
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Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V V Rajesh (second from right)/Courtesy Courtesy Rajeev Chandrasekhar on X
The Bharatiya Janata Party in Kerala on Tuesday rejected allegations surrounding the Delhi visit of its newly elected civic body councillors, saying the trip was fully funded by the party following an invitation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The 115-member delegation, led by...
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IndiGo, which faced massive flight disruptions in early December, on Tuesday said it has an optimum pool of staff to ensure stable operations as regulator DGCA's temporary pilot duty norm relaxations for the country's largest airline come to an end. Over-optimisation of operations,...
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Water supply will be disrupted on February 11 and 12 in several parts of the national capital due to maintenance work on a major pipeline, the Delhi Jal Board said on Tuesday. The affected areas include Civil Lines, Hindu Rao Hospital and nearby areas, Kamla Nagar, Shakti Nagar and nearby...
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Filmmaker duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, better known as Raj & DK, have shared a poster on social media teasing the production of the second season of acclaimed thriller series Farzi, featuring Shahid Kapoor. The directors uploaded the poster on their Instagram handle on Tuesday, which...
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Former army chief M M Naravane on Tuesday shared on X a statement issued by the publisher of his memoir Four Stars of Destiny that says no copies of the book in print or digital form have been published, distributed, sold or otherwise made available to the public. This is the status of...
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The rupee pared initial losses and settled on a positive note on Tuesday, higher by 9 paise at 90.57 (provisional) against the US dollar, supported by positive cues from domestic equities and weakening of the American currency in the overseas market. Forex traders said the rupee is...
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A US lawmaker has introduced a bill to end the H-1B visa program, saying corporations have repeatedly abused this system and imported cheaper foreign labour into America. US Representative Greg Steube, a Republican from Florida, introduced the 'Ending Exploitative Imported Labour Exemptions...
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Australia will take on Ireland in the Group B match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup match at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday.
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The MP/MLA court in Patna on Tuesday granted bail to independent MP Pappu Yadav in a three-decade-old forgery case. Yadav was arrested on Friday evening at his residence by Patna Police after a warrant was issued against him by the court in connection with a 1995 case lodged under Section...
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The final voters' list was published in poll-bound Assam on Tuesday with over 2.43 lakh names deleted from the draft roll, an EC official said. The final electoral roll comprises nearly 1.25 crore men, 1.24 crore women and 343 third gender voters. At the end of claims and objections,...
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French President Emmanuel Macron to visit India from February 17 to 19: MEA.
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A 62-year-old Hindu trader was hacked to death by unidentified men inside his shop in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh in Bangladesh, a local media report said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday night at the Bogar Bazar intersection in the Upazila, Trishal Police Station chief Muhammad...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday asserted that the day of 'Qayamat' (doomsday) will never come and hence the Babri Masjid will never be rebuilt.Speaking at an event in Barabanki, Adityanath said, We had said that 'Ram Lalla, hum aayenge, mandir wahi banaayenge' (Child Ram,...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty advanced for the third straight session on Tuesday driven by firm global cues and optimism over India-US trade agreement, even as investors turned to profit-booking at higher levels. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 208.17 points, or 0.25 per cent, to...
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Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan surprised his neighbour and fan Nirmit Jesrani by inviting him to his house following a viral video which featured him greeting the actor from his balcony. Jesrani posted a picture alongside the actor on his Instagram handle on Monday and said he is beyond...
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The India-US interim trade deal looks more like a pre-committed purchase agreement that overturns every principle of reciprocity, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Tuesday and slammed Union ministers S Jaishankar and Piyush Goyal for playing ping pong when questions are posed.Initiating a debate...
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Penguin Random House issued a fresh statement on Tuesday following an allegation by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that the publisher had incorrectly claimed that 'Four Stars of Destiny' authored by former Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane, was not available for sale. A book is considered...
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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the mother, wife and family members of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur to peacefully resolve their differences and not let God's blessing of financial wealth turn into a curse.Calling it a sorry situation, Justice Mini Pushkarna observed that the family...
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Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said very ugly scenes could have taken place had the BJP MPs not been stopped and the party's women MPs been allowed to confront the Congress members who had come to the treasury benches on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi was supposed to reply to the...
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A special court here on Tuesday framed charges under MCOCA and BNS against 27 accused in the 2024 murder case of former Maharashtra minister and NCP politician Baba Siddique after they pleaded not guilty. The charges were framed by special judge, Satyanarayan R. Navander, under relevant...
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Some Russian female tourists were allegedly harassed on Goa's Baga beach by some men. However, timely intervention by a beach marshal and a lifesaver prevented the matter from deteriorating further. The domestic tourists involved in the incident, which occurred last week, were warned and...
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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted three weeks' time to Delhi University for filing its objection to the delay in appeals against an order refusing disclosure of details of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bachelor's degree. Appearing for the university, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta...
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The BJP on Tuesday slammed the Opposition for submitting a notice for moving a resolution to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from office and said the time has come for India to impeach Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the Congress from politics.Those who have been impeached of their...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday termed the allegations made by Congress leaders in a recent press conference as malicious, and said he has filed a Rs 500 crore defamation case against them. Addressing a joint press conference here on February 4, Gogoi, the Assam Congress...
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Automobile retail sales rose nearly 18 per cent year-on-year to over 27 lakh units in January, led by continued post-GST momentum, healthy rural cash flows on the back of harvest and weddings, and sustained demand visibility across freight, dealer's body FADA said on Tuesday. Overall retail...
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Two Japanese tourists have gone missing from Rajasthan's Jaipur, police said on Tuesday. Ashok Nagar Station House Officer (SHO) Moti Lal Sharma said that a missing persons complaint was registered by the driver of a taxi that was hired by the tourists. The two Japanese men came to Jaipur...
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Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday directed Lok Sabha Secretary General Utpal Kumar Singh to examine a notice served by the opposition for moving a resolution to remove him from office, sources said. About 120 opposition MPs submitted the notice for moving the resolution to remove Birla from office...
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The Congress on Tuesday submitted the no-confidence motion notice against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said, At 1:14 pm today, we submitted a motion for a no-confidence motion against the Speaker under rule 94C rules and procedures.A total of 118 MPs have signed the...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday asserted that whatever the Congress high command decides on the CM change issue is final, and that he will be committed to what the leadership says.He also clarified that he is not going to Delhi to discuss the issue, and will go only if he is...
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Opposition MPs staged a protest against the framework of the India-United States Interim Trade Agreement on Tuesday at the Makar Dwar of the Parliament. The INDIA bloc MPs carried a poster with the pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump, and wrote, Narender...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday cited a December 2023 social media post by former army chief MM Naravane informing people that that his book is available now to rebut publisher Penguin Random House India's statement that the 'memoir' has not yet been published. Gandhi said he believes the...
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On January 24, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist party, stunned the People's Republic of China by purging General Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission.Zhang -- a long-time associate of Xi -- was accused of among other things undermining the...
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Karnataka deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said he has no confusion over the leadership issue involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as the two leaders have discussed the matter involving the Congress high command, and warned the local party functionaries against making any...
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The National Stock Exchange is 'hopeful' of 'some review' of the hike in the securities transaction tax (STT) announced in the Budget for FY27, the exchange's management said during an earnings call on Monday.Alluding to representations made by industry participants, the management said it is...
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The investigation into the high-profile Lamborghini crash took a contentious turn on Tuesday after tobacco baron's son Shivam Mishra's lawyer claimed that his client was not driving the luxury sports car when it rammed into pedestrians on VIP Road, even as police said CCTV footage, eyewitness...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Tuesday assumed her ministerial duties at the state secretariat Mantralaya, 13 days after the death of her husband and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar. She was accompanied by senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders and her elder son Parth Pawar...
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Shares of BSE Ltd jumped nearly 7 per cent to hit its 52-week high on Tuesday after the leading stock exchange reported a nearly three times rise in consolidated profit to Rs 602 crore for the quarter ended December 2025.The stock appreciated by 6.81 per cent to Rs 3,188.40, marking its yearly...
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In the coming weeks, the US and India will work toward finalising the interim agreement on trade with a view to concluding a mutually beneficial Bilateral Trade Agreement, the White House has said.The two countries will also continue negotiations to address remaining issues, including services...
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People with obesity could be 70 per cent more likely to be hospitalised or die from an infectious disease, including flu, COVID-19 and pneumonia, according to a study published in The Lancet journal. In 2023, obesity was linked to one in ten infection-related global deaths, researchers said,...
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A 62-year-old man from Maharashtra's Thane city has allegedly been cheated of Rs 82.13 lakh in an investment fraud after being promised high returns, police said on Tuesday. The victim came across a Facebook advertisement on September 26, 2025, promising high returns on share market...
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The Enforcement Directorate will soon issue fresh summons to Tina Ambani, wife of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, for questioning in a money laundering case, officials said on Tuesday. Tina, 68, a former actor, was asked to depose by the federal agency here on Monday but she did not do...
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Bangladesh has secured a reduced 19 per cent tariff under a trade agreement with the United States that would exempt some textiles and garments manufactured with US materials, interim government chief Muhammad Yunus said. In an X post on Monday, he said Washington had committed to...
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Karnataka Congress MLA Iqbal Hussain said that at least 80 party MLAs had given Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's name for the CM post to the high command. Speaking to ANI on Monday, Iqbal Hussain slammed Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah for giving statements in favour of his father and...
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Bharatiya Janata Party's women MPs have urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to take the strongest possible action against the opposition MPs who have committed 'heinous acts' like moving deep inside treasury benches, climbing the table and laying a siege of the seat of the prime minister.The women...
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Police have identified the man who allegedly offered a reward of Rs 2 lakh for the killing of gym owner Deepak Kumar, popularly known as 'Mohammad Deepak', in connection with a shop name dispute in Kotdwar, an official said on Monday.The accused, Utkarsh Kumar Singh, a resident of Motihari in...
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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar will go to New Delhi to meet party leaders on Tuesday.I will be meeting the party leaders who have called me to Delhi. During the visit, I will also meet Union Water Resource Minister C R Patil and legal counsels as well, he told reporters in...
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Penguin Random House India (PRHI) on Monday said it holds the exclusive publishing rights to former Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane's memoir titled Four Stars of Destiny, and clarified that the book has not yet been published, amid reports of unauthorised copies in circulation.The...
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A ward boy posing as a doctor was arrested in Vashi in Navi Mumbai after two injections he allegedly delivered to a 21-year-old woman resulted in her death, a police official said on Monday.The incident took place on February 5, the Vashi police station official said.Prachiti Bhikuram Bhuvad's...
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Kerala's social media influencer Reshma K/Image courtesy Instagram
A popular woman social media influencer was found dead in Kasaragod on Monday, the police said.The deceased has been identified as Reshma K (25), popularly known as Chinnupappu, a native of Adhur in Karaduka.She had over two lakh followers on Instagram.According to police, Reshma was staying in a...
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A bank employee allegedly committed suicide in Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Monday while his house was being seized as per court orders by a bank for loan repayment default, a police official said. Hemant Brahmavanshi (51), who worked at a cooperative bank in the city, committed suicide by...
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