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Armed miscreants opened fire at the residence of two coal traders before feeling, in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in Saunda Basti around midnight, they said. SP Ajay Kumar told PTI that four bike-borne assailants fired shots, and their motive...
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Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, 2,870 water quality testing laboratories are functioning as of February 2026 across the country to ensure safe drinking water to every rural household, Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Responding to questions...
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A fire broke out in the Naval Dockyard in south Mumbai on Thursday night, officials said. As per preliminary information, the blaze erupted at the Survey Yard building located inside the Naval Dockyard at around 10.15 pm, they said. An official said the spot where the fire erupted was...
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A 20-year-old woman was found hanging from a tree in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Thursday, the police said.According to police, the woman allegedly took the drastic step after her mother scolded her for remaining glued to her cellphone.The incident took place at Bhagtola within Chhipadohar...
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Security forces on Thursday defused two powerful improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by Maoists at separate places in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, an official said.A memorial built by the Maoists for their slain chief Basavaraju on the banks of Indravati river in Mad area under Kutru...
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The Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers on Thursday held a flag meeting along the International Border in the R S Pura sector here, officials said. The meeting was held near Bullechak Border Outpost at the request of Pakistan Rangers over an incident of firing, the officials...
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The Kerala high court on Thursday stayed a contest announced by Malabar Distilleries seeking a name and logo for its upcoming brand of brandy.A bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V M issued the interim order on two separate pleas moved by Kollam-resident M M Sanjeev Kumar...
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The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Thursday following uproar by the opposition over BJP member Nishikant Dubey's remarks targeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Dubey alleged that Gandhi was hand-in-glove with anti-national forces. His remarks...
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The authorities on Thursday enhanced the accidental insurance cover for registered Amarnath Yatris, service providers and 'pujaris' from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, strengthening the safety net for all stakeholders associated with the annual pilgrimage in south Kashmir, officials said. The...
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Preparations are in full swing for the world-famous 'Lathmar Holi' in Barsana here, with district magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh on Thursday reviewing the arrangements and directing officials to complete all pending works timely.According to the centuries-old tradition, 'Lathmar Holi' will be...
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For the first time, the Indian Air Force is set to train pilots of the UK's Royal Air Force under a new initiative.The decision was taken at the 19th UK-India Air Staff Talks held on Thursday in New Delhi.Under the latest agreement, the Indian Air Force will deploy three Qualified Flight...
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The over 150-year-old neo-Gothic Calcutta High Court building got a new postal address on Thursday, after the Kolkata Municipal Corporation changed the name of the road on which the edifice stands. The name of the road was changed from Esplanade Row (West) to Justice Radhabinod Pal...
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India on Thursday introduced a new series of its Consumer Price Index (CPI), the benchmark that tracks retail inflation.The change will improve the quality of data used in formulating monetary and fiscal policies, according to Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran.The new index will reflect...
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The rupee appreciated 17 paise to settle for the day at 90.61 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, as foreign fund investments lifted investor sentiments.Forex traders said foreign fund inflows, while not massive, provided a psychological anchor.Moreover, the RBI has been quietly...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will not allow 'anyone to touch the Aravallis', refusing to permit the Haryana government to submit a detailed plan on jungle safari till a definition of 'Aravalli range' is clarified by experts. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya...
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A court in Goa on Thursday dismissed the bail applications of Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, both owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub where 25 people were killed in a devastating fire in December last year.The fire broke out on December 6, 2025 at the nightclub in Arpora village in...
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Former German chancellor Angela Merkel will deliver the first Dr Manmohan Singh Memorial Lecture in the national capital on February 26, sources said here on Thursday.The lecture is being organised by the Dr Manmohan Singh Trust.Merkel, who shared good ties with the former prime minister, will...
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A 25-year-old nurse who had recovered from Nipah virus infection died of cardiac arrest on Thursday at a private hospital at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, a state health department official said.She had been taken off ventilator support at the end of January.She died of...
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Amid speculation over a leadership change in the Congress-led Karnataka government, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said 'patience will also pay'.The Siddaramaiah government is set to complete 1,000 days in office on Friday.Shivakumar denied that there was any power tussle...
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Retail inflation stood at 2.75 per cent in January under the new series of All India Consumer Price Index (CPI), with 2024 as the base year, released on Thursday.The new series released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation has...
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Technology stocks led the slide, with Tech Mahindra, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) tumbling nearly 6 per cent each to emerge as major laggards on the Sensex.HCL Technologies, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hindustan Unilever, Reliance Industries, Eternal, HDFC Bank, IndiGo, Kotak Mahindra...
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Benchmark BSE Sensex fell 558 points on Thursday amid heavy selling in IT shares, as concerns over AI-led disruptions and waning hopes of a Fed rate cut after firm US economic data weighed on investor sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 558.72 points, or 0.66 per cent, to settle at...
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Skipper Mitchell Marsh's fitness will be watched closely as an injury-hit Australia try to ward off a tricky Zimbabwe and move closer to the Super Eights in a Group B match of the T20 World Cup in Colombo on Friday.Marsh missed his side's big win over Ireland on Wednesday with an internal...
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Netherlands will look to blend batting explosiveness and bowling discipline for a victory against the dangerous United States of America, essential to keep their T20 World Cup Super Eights hopes alive during a Group A match here on Friday. Having lost their tournament-opener against Pakistan...
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Bogged down by heavy opening losses, Canada and the UAE would be eager to make amends when they take on each other in a Group D clash of the T20 World Cup here on Friday. Drawn into the Group of Death alongside three top-10 teams -- New Zealand, South Africa and Afghanistan -- both the UAE and...
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A 40-year-old woman, an alleged key link in an interstate heroin trafficking network operating across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and part of a family long associated with narcotics trade, has been arrested from east Delhi, police said on Thursday. The accused, Sapna Rahi, was arrested from...
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The defence ministry on Thursday cleared a long-pending proposal to procure 114 Rafale fighter jets under a government-to-government framework from France, nearly 13 years after a similar acquisition was almost firmed up. In total, capital acquisition of military hardware worth Rs 3.60 lakh...
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The players of the Pakistan hockey team were forced to spend several hours on the road upon reaching Canberra, as their hotel bookings in the Australian capital were cancelled after the Pakistan Hockey Federation failed to pay the bill due to a lack of funds. They are in Australia for the second...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday said it is high time all states rethought the constitution of the real estate regulatory authority (RERA) as the institution is doing nothing, except facilitating defaulting builders. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said the...
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Tobacco baron's son Shivam Mishra gets bail from Kanpur court. Shivam Mishra's lawyer, Narendra Kumar Yadav, on Thursday claimed that his client has been wrongly arrested by the police in connection with the Lamborghini car accident case in Kanpur, asserting that Mishra was not driving the...
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The Bombay High Court on Thursday reprimanded fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, saying that he cannot seek equitable relief while deliberately avoiding court proceedings.The court gave Mallya a final chance to clarify if he intends to return to India. Mallya's petition challenges the Fugitive...
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A 25-year-old man died after his motorcycle plunged into a deep, waterlogged pit on the side of a poorly lit road in Kanpur Dehat district, police said on Thursday. This is the third incident of this kind in the last two months.The deceased -- Dheerendra Kumar, a resident of Bhawanipur village in...
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Normal life largely remained unaffected by the strike call given by a joint forum of central trade unions across the country on Thursday to protest against the alleged anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national pro-corporate policies of the central government. According to reports, a mixed...
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Indian exports to the US, which already attract zero duty, account for more than 40 per cent of total shipments to the country, according to the latest government data for April-November 2025. This was even before India and the US announced the conclusion of a mega trade deal.Key commodities...
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The Centre will not move a privilege motion against Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, though the words used in his speech delivered on Wednesday are likely to be expunged as the allegations made by him were not authenticated, sources said. This comes a day after Union...
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Lawyer Sanjay Hegde pays tribute to Doordarshan news anchor Sarla Maheshwari who passed away today. She was 71. The passing of a gentle era of Doordarshan News. I remember my sister and me, looking forward to her reading of the Hindi news, Hegde writes. Sarla Maheshwari was a...
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Voting began on Thursday morning in Bangladesh's crucial general election -- the first since the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina in massive nationwide protests two years ago, amid sporadic violence. The Election Commission reported that 32.88 per cent of votes had been cast across...
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Dying doesn't normally give a person new life - yet that is exactly what happened to Patrick Charnley.He was a high-flying corporate lawyer, who viewed downtime as wasted time, restlessly pushing himself to success.But working long hours during the pandemic in 2021, the ultra-fit father-of-two...
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Congress MP KC Venugopal has challenged the BJP to respond to yesterday's Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's speech criticising Nirmala Sitharaman for not answering his questions. He also accused Kiren Rijiju of accessing parliamentary footage improperly and termed the Parliamentary...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rekha Sharma on Thursday hit out at Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi accusing him of recklessly defaming people. As Union Minister Kiren Rijiju announced to move a privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi, Sharma termed it a good move. The way he ( LoP Rahul Gandhi) is...
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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday said he has given a notice to initiate a 'substantive motion' against Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. Speaking to PTI videos in Parliament House complex, Dubey said that in his notice he has stated how Gandhi visits foreign countries...
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What to make of New Delhi's recent pact with the Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation and Kohima to create an 'autonomous' authority in the eastern Naga hills? Read more here.
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The alleged accused Shivam Mishra in the Lamborghini car accident case in Kanpur was arrested on Thursday, four days after the luxury vehicle rammed into multiple vehicles, leaving one person injured. Mishra was taken into custody from a hospital, Uttar Pradesh police said. Speaking to...
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As voting gets underway across Bangladesh, the country finds itself at a pivotal moment following the dramatic political upheaval of 2024 that removed long-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power.The elections, described by observers as both a referendum and a general vote, are being closely...
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Bangladesh interim government head Muhammad Yunus on Thursday cast his vote at a polling booth in Dhaka as the 13th national parliamentary elections and constitutional referendum got underway in the country. Yunus, who is leading the country's interim administration, described the election...
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A 25-year-old woman died in a road accident in Haryana's Ambala after she was allegedly hit by a police officer who was reportedly driving under the influence, officials said on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Nikita, according to initial information. Her body was brought...
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Tarique Rahman on Thursday said that the country had been waiting for the election day to exercise their right to vote. He made the remarks after casting his vote at the Gulshan Model High School and College in Gulshan-2. I have exercised my...
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Police on Thursday arrested Shivam Mishra, son of local tobacco baron K K Mishra, in connection with the high-profile Lamborghini crash that left several people injured on the VIP Road earlier this week, the police chief said. Commissioner of Police Raghubir Lal told PTI that the 35-year-old...
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The city of Seattle has agreed to pay USD 29 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was fatally struck by a speeding police vehicle in 2023.Kandula was hit by Officer Kevin Dave, who was traveling up to 119 kph in a...
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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's brother-in-law Aayush Sharma has allegedly received a threat email, police have said, the development coming close on the heels of actor Ranveer Singh getting a threat through WhatsApp. The sender of the email to Sharma, who is also an actor, claimed he was...
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India's trade surplus with the United States may cross USD 90 billion annually, supported by a sharp rise in exports and higher import potential, according to a report by SBI. As per the report, Indian exporters may increase their exports of the top 15 items to the US by around USD 97...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that the government ignored the voices of workers and farmers while making decisions concerning their future and asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will listen to them now or if there is a grip on him too strong. Gandhi's attack on the...
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State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday became the countrys fourth-most valued company by market capitalisation, overtaking market leader Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).Reliance Industries (₹19.87 trillion), HDFC Bank (₹14.26 trillion) and Bharti Airtel (₹11.5 trillion)...
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United States President Donald Trump has hailed the trade deal with India as historic and said America will increase its coal exports dramatically to the country and to others with which it has trade agreements. And under our leadership, we're becoming a massive energy exporter. In just the...
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India's outward foreign direct investment (FDI) was marginally down at $3.42 billion in January 2026 from $3.44 billion in the same month last year. Sequentially, it was down from $4.07 billion in December 2025, according to the data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).Outbound FDI,...
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The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought a response from Rani Kapur, the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's mother, on a plea by his wife Priya, accusing the 80-yearold matriarch of making false statements under oath.Justice Mini Pushkarna directed that notice be issued, recording that...
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IndiGo has informed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that it is fully prepared to implement the new Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) rules from Wednesday, following the expiry of a one-time temporary exemption granted to the airline after its operational meltdown in...
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Image: Shafiqur Rahman, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer (President), votes inside a polling station during the national election in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photograph: Fatima Tuj Johora/Reuters
Voting began on Thursday morning in Bangladesh's crucial general election -- the first since the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina in massive nationwide protests in August 2024.The voting started in 299 out of 300 parliamentary constituencies across the country from 7:30 am (local time) and...
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Newly anointed Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde on Wednesday said removing illegal Bangladeshi hawkers who have encroached upon footpaths, strengthening healthcare, and improving solid waste management will be her key focus areas.In her maiden speech after taking charge as the 78th mayor of the city,...
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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday said that his party would work to build 'strong, respectful and mutually beneficial' relations with India if voted to power.Rahman made the comments during a meeting with a group of journalists in Dhaka on the eve of the general...
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