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A five-year-old girl died after a pack of stray dogs attacked four children who had stepped out of their homes in the morning in the Dhaneipur area here on Saturday, police said.The incident occurred around 7 am near the primary school in Madhavganj, anout 200 metres from the victim's house,...
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The Department of Elections in Puducherry on Saturday released the final voter lists for all 30 Assembly constituencies, with women outnumbering men.District Collector and District Election Officer A Kulothungan released the final electoral rolls at his office.The total number of voters in the...
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Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal on Monday courted controversy by suggesting equivalence between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and 18th-century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan, triggering fierce condemnation from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who called the comment shameful.Tipu Sultan...
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Delhi's iconic The Ashok hotel, a veritable landmark and a preferred luxury address in the government-run hospitality segment, has completed 70 years.A grand double-anniversary celebration was hosted at The Ashok at Chanakyapuri in New Delhi on Friday night to mark the occasion and the diamond...
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Gold remains the most trusted investment for young Indians despite growing access to modern financial products, with 62 per cent of respondents choosing the metal as the first choice for investment, according to a survey.The survey also revealed that 66.7 per cent of respondents stated that gold...
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Producer Namit Malhotra, who claims the budget for his two-part Ramayan is Rs 4,000 crores, is all set to formally introduce all the characters of his film and the team behind the epic at a spectacular event planned for Ram Navami, March 26, 2026.The invitees for the evening will...
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the construction of India's first 34-km-long twin-tube underwater road-cum-rail tunnel between Gohpur and Numaligarh in Assam at a total capital cost of Rs 18,662 crore. Addressing mediapersons,...
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NCP-SP MLA Rohit Pawar on Saturday said he has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a comprehensive and transparent probe into the January 28 plane crash that killed Ajit Pawar.In a social media post, the Karjat-Jamkhed MLA said he has sent an email, along with a presentation marking...
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The government has approved road projects worth more than Rs 11,000 crore in Maharashtra, Telangana and Gujarat, according to official statements.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Friday approved the rehabilitation and upgradation of the Ghoti-Trimbak (Mokhada)-Jawhar-Manor-Palghar...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said a thorough probe will be conducted into the metro rail slab collapse incident in Mulund in Mumbai on Saturday, which killed one person and left three others injured.The probe will cover aspects of safety, precautions during construction etc and...
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that the interests of the country and its people will determine Bangladesh's foreign policy.The interests of Bangladesh and its people will determine our foreign policy, Rahman said when he was asked about Bangladesh's ties...
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NCP-SP president Sharad Pawar, who was undergoing treatment for a chest infection at a private hospital here, was discharged from the facility on Saturday afternoon. The 85-year-old Rajya Sabha member left the hospital around 1 pm.Pawar's daughter and NCP-SP working president Supriya Sule said he...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an all-out attack on the Congress, accusing it of neglecting the Northeast and promoting insurgency in Assam during its rule.Addressing BJP workers at a rally in Guwahati, Modi alleged that the Congress always endangered the nation's security,...
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The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday petitions seeking action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a viral video allegedly showing him taking aim and firing with a rifle at members of a particular community.According to the apex court cause list, a bench of Chief Justice...
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A 32-year-old man allegedly shot his 26-year-old girlfriend before turning the gun on himself inside a parked car in Sector 107 in Noida, police said on Saturday. The bodies were found inside the car parked near pillar number 84 on Dadri Road under the limits of Sector 39 police...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday greeted people on Valentine's Day through a post on X.An avid user of social media, this was the first time that Banerjee posted a message on Valentine's Day. The post comes at a time when political parties are gearing up for the...
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A six-year-old boy has died allegedly during an MRI procedure at a private diagnostic centre in Greater Noida, with his family accusing the facility of negligence and administration of expired medicine or an overdose, officials said on Saturday. The facility was sealed on Friday, and a...
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Five friends died while two sustained injuries when their SUV rammed into a tree in Haryana's Sonipat district, police said on Saturday. The victims were returning to Rohtak on Friday evening after attending a wedding ceremony in Gohana, Bhawar village when the accident occurred, they...
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The Cabinet has approved the second tranche of the Startup India Fund of Funds Scheme with a corpus of Rs 10,000 crore, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday.The key focus would be on deep tech startups, early growth stage startups through smaller funds, tech-driven innovative...
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Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha remained non-committal on whether his side would shake hands with India ahead of their T20 World Cup clash in Colombo on Sunday, but said he expects players from both teams to uphold the spirit of the game. India captain Suryakumar...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday asserted that in FTA and trade deals, the interests of farmers and fishermen have been fully secured and slammed top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for misleading them with 'lies'.Addressing a well-attended BJP rally in Puducherry's Karaikal, Shah alleged...
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Likening the air quality of the national capital to a 'gas chamber', Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday asserted that people in Uttar Pradesh enjoy a clean environment and are not being suffocated, despite all the developmental work.While speaking at an event in Gorakhpur, Adityanath...
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Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has said that judicial leadership does not suffer because judges are imperfect, but it is adversely impacted when judges pretend that they are not imperfect. The CJI also called for a radical shift in how judicial leadership is perceived, advocating for the...
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Three to four persons are feared injured after a portion of a pillar of an under-construction metro rail route in Mulund in north-east Mumbai collapsed on Saturday afternoon, a fire brigade official said.The incident took place around 12:20pm on the arterial LBS Road in front of Johnson and...
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A Shillong-bound aircraft was moved to the isolation bay at Kolkata airport on Saturday after the discovery of a handwritten note claiming that a bomb has been placed in the plane, an official statement said.The discovery was made before passengers boarded the IndiGo flight 6E 7304.The Airports...
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The new Charlie's Angels film is in the works at Sony Pictures with Pete Chiarelli, known for Crazy Rich Asians, tapped to write a screenplay.The upcoming project is in early development, and more details are yet to be shared by the makers, according to the entertainment news outlet The Hollywood...
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NCP-SP president Sharad Pawar, who was undergoing treatment for a chest infection at a private hospital in Pune, will be discharged from the facility on Saturday, the hospital administration stated.The 85-year-old Rajya Sabha member was brought to Ruby Hall Clinic earlier this week from his...
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Anand Ramanand Sagar Chopra, son of legendary filmmaker Ramanand Sagar of Ramayana fame, passed away following prolonged illness here, his wife Nisha Sagar Chopra said.He was 84.He took his last breath at 10:37 am in the morning yesterday. The whole family was by his side. He went away...
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An Indian student named Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a post-graduate at UC Berkeley from Karnataka, has gone missing and the Consulate General of India in San Francisco has expressed concern over it.The Consulate General is in touch with both the authorities and the boy's parents, and is helping locate...
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Bangladesh's Election Commission has published a gazette of newly elected members of Parliament from the 13th general election, paving the way for their swearing-in, media reports said on Saturday.The gazette was published for 297 out of the 300 parliamentary constituencies late on Friday,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a historic landing at the Northeast's first highway Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) at Moran in Assam, arriving aboard a C-130J aircraft.The ELF, developed on the Moran Bypass under the Dibrugarh-Moran National Highway project, is the first such...
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BSE has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India to launch derivative contracts on the BSE Focused Midcap Index. At present, the exchange offers derivatives only on the Sensex and Bankex indices. With the approval, its derivatives basket will widen to three...
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The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has revised annual recovery charges (ARC) for connectivity and colocation (colo) services, offering a 50 per cent reduction in charges on Wednesdays and Thursdays across most message rate categories. The revised charges would be applicable from...
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With wheat production and stocks expected to touch new highs in the coming season, the government on Friday approved exports of 2.5 million tonnes (mt) of wheat and an additional 500,000 tonnes of wheat products. Simultaneously, the government also permitted exports of 500,000 tonnes of...
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Chaos marked a protest called by Left-backed student unions at the Delhi University on Friday evening.This after a protest called by the 'All India Forum for Equity' to observe 'All India Vanchit Adhikar Divas' at the Arts Faculty, Delhi University saw scenes of alleged violence.The students were...
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A 26-year-old software engineer was injured after being hit by a stray bull while returning from work in Noida's Sector 168, police said on Friday.A CCTV clip of the incident has since gone viral on social media.The incident occurred on Tuesday evening under the jurisdiction of the Expressway...
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Indian national Nikhil Gupta, accused of being involved in a murder-for-hire plot against a Sikh extremist on American soil, on Friday pleaded guilty to the charges.Gupta, 54, pleaded guilty to charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit money...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said action will be taken against local leaders in Chandrapur who backed bitter rival BJP in mayoral polls.Talking to reporters here, Raut said whatever happened in Chandrapur was not the position of party chief Uddhav Thackeray.No one in the party has...
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Bangladesh Awami League president Sheikh Hasina./Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
Bangladesh Awami League president Sheikh Hasina has formally challenged the legitimacy of the February 12 elections, characterising the event as a disgraceful chapter for the nation's democracy.In a statement addressing the conduct of the polls, the former Prime Minister alleged widespread...
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