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Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday claimed that Uttar Pradesh BJP leaders knew how many voters would be removed from the SIR draft electoral roll even before it was published, and questioned the poll panel's credibility. The draft electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh after the...
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The Congress on Saturday launched its 45-day nationwide campaign -- MGNREGA Bachao Sangram -- against the repeal of the UPA-era rural employment law by holding press conferences at every district. The opposition party's agitation demanding the withdrawal of the VB-G RAM G Act and...
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A 55-year-old man from Kashmir, said to be mentally ill, was detained in Ayodhya on Saturday after he allegedly attempted to offer namaz inside the Ram Mandir complex and raised slogans when stopped, officials said. According to Superintendent of Police (Security) Balramchari Dubey,...
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All candidates appearing in recruitment examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will undergo face authentication at the venues, officials said on Saturday. They said it would further strengthen the integrity of the examination process. All candidates...
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Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Saturday met BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, a day after the party officially elected him to the position ahead of the scheduled February 12 elections. The meeting lasted for some 40 minutes, Bangladesh Nationalist Party media cell...
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday responded to AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi's hijab-clad woman as PM statement, saying that even though it is Constitutionally possible, India, being a Hindu nation, will see a Hindu person becoming the Prime Minister of the country. Constitutionally,...
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A 'deep depression' over the Bay of Bengal has weakened into a 'depression' and is very likely to cross the north Sri Lanka coast on Saturday, the IMD said. Due to the weather system, heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places over Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai,...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been turned into an exercise to exclude voters rather than correct records.In her letter, Banerjee accused the...
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A 17-year-old girl went live on Facebook, apparently attempting suicide. The video, showing her consuming pills while a melancholic song played on, triggered an automatic alert from Meta AI to the Gorakhpur police, who rushed in only to find it was a prank. She captioned the video,...
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United States ambassador-designate Sergio Gor, known to be a key member of President Donald Trump's inner circle, has arrived in New Delhi amid an unprecedented estrangement in ties between the two countries. Gor, 38, was sworn in as the US envoy to India in...
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London-based doctor and popular YouTuber Sangram Patil was detained at Mumbai international airport on Saturday morning in connection with a defamation case filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party functionary, a police official said. Patil was served a notice under section 35(3) of the...
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The Kolkata Police on Saturday started the process of identifying Enforcement Directorate officials allegedly involved in the theft of documents from the residence of I-PAC chief Pratik Jain and the consultancy firm's office in Kolkata, after an FIR was filed, a senior officer said.Police are...
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Tension prevailed in parts of Meghalaya's West Garo Hills after a youth was allegedly lynched by a group of people near an illegal stone quarry in the district's Rajabala area, prompting police to conduct overnight raids and arrest three accused, officials said on Saturday.Police said a manhunt...
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Police have arrested a meat seller for allegedly stabbing a pet female dog to death in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur, a senior officer said on Saturday. Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Diksha Bhavre said a complaint was lodged by Bhupendra Sharma, a resident of...
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Independent MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday wondered why the Enforcement Directorate (ED) acts against opposition leaders only when elections are underway and asked the Supreme Court to hear the review petitions pending before it on the jurisdiction of probe agencies. Addressing a press...
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In a veiled dig at Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said voters are no longer swayed by so-called brands but support those leaders who ensure development. Addressing a rally for upcoming civic polls in Thane district on Friday, the Shiv Sena leader...
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A suspicious pigeon was caught from a forward village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Akhnoor sector near here on Saturday, officials said. The pale grey pigeon with two black bars on each wing is carrying red and yellow rings in legs inscribed with 'Rehmat Sarkar' and 'Rizwan 2025'...
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Varanasi unit of Uttar Pradesh Jewellers Association on Saturday imposed a ban on the sale of jewellery to customers wearing a veil, burqa, mask or helmet, citing security reasons. This decision has been taken in view of the incidents of theft, robbery, and fraud that have occurred in...
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Two days after JD-U leader K C Tyagi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider bestowing 'Bharat Ratna' on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the party on Saturday said the statements by its former MP were his personal views and not in line with the party's ideology. In a letter to the...
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ISRO on Saturday said its Aditya-L1 solar mission has provided new insights into how a powerful solar storm can impact Earth's magnetic shield. The most severe effects occurred during the impact of the turbulent region of the solar storm, the space agency said in a statement.In a...
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The BJP has suspended 58 functionaries from Mumbai and Nagpur for a period of six years for breach of party discipline in the run up to the January 15 polls to 29 municipal corporations, the action coming amid dissent marking the campaign of almost all major outfits and alliances in the...
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The West Bengal government has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court seeking that no order should be passed without hearing it in connection with Enforcement Directorate raids against political consultancy firm I-PAC. A caveat is filed by a litigant in the high courts and the Supreme Court to...
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At least six people suffered minor injuries when a small aircraft of a private airline in which they were flying made a crash landing near Rourkela on Saturday, Odisha's Commerce and Transport minister B B Jena said. The incident took place near Rourkela, he said. One A-1 nine-seater...
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Two days after a bomb attack at a fuel station in Bishnupur district, the Manipur Petroleum Dealers Fraternity (MPDF) announced an indefinite closure of all petrol pumps in the valley area and its peripherals starting from Saturday till its demands are met.The MPDF, in a letter to Governor Ajay...
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Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya on Saturday criticised the members of her family for allegedly destroying a legacy, and claimed that outsiders are not needed for that. Acharya did not name anyone in her post on X. She also alleged that attempts...
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The Delhi Police has arrested three more persons accused in the Turkman Gate stone-pelting incident, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 16, an official said on Saturday. The arrested people have been identified as Mohd Naved (44), Mohd Faiz (20), Mohd Ubaidullah (23),...
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A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped by five men, including the driver of police's emergency response service vehicle, in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, police said on Saturday.Two accused, including the driver of Dial 112 police helpline vehicle, have been taken into custody, they said.The...
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United States President Donald Trump has played down suggestions that the US could launch a dramatic operation against Russian President Vladimir Putin similar to the raid that led to the capture of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro.Asked about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's cryptic...
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Delhi assembly speaker Vijender Gupta on Saturday said that notices have been issued to three top Punjab Police officers, seeking their replies within 48 hours over the registration of an FIR against Delhi Law Minister Kapil Mishra by using a video clip of the assembly. The notices...
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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Saturday said India has to strengthen its security not just at the borders, but in every other way, including economically, to avenge a painful history of attacks and subjugation.Speaking as the guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the Viksit Bharat...
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The fire triggered by a major gas blowout at an ONGC-owned well in Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema district was extinguished on Saturday morning. Konaseema District Joint Collector T Nisanthi said the blowout has been fully controlled.The fire is extinguished. Almost no flames now. Blowout...
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Bangladesh's National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman met with Allison Hooker, Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Paul Kapur, Assistant Secretary of State at the State Department in Washington, DC on Friday.During the meetings, they discussed upcoming elections in Bangladesh,...
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The Telangana Drugs Control Administration on Saturday issued an urgent advisory to immediately stop the use of Almont-Kid Syrup, commonly prescribed to treat allergies, hay fever, and asthma in children, as it was allegedly found adulterated with Ethylene Glycol (EG), a highly toxic substance.A...
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United States President Donald Trump met top oil and gas executives at the White House and assured them of safety and security in Venezuela.Saying that the US built the Venezuelan oil industry with American talent, now US would do 'everything' about the assets which were 'stolen'.Trump said he...
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The Nationalist Congress Party, led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, and the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar, headed by his uncle Sharad Pawar, on Saturday released a joint manifesto for the upcoming elections to the Pune municipal corporation.Ajit Pawar and his...
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India's forex reserves dropped by $9.809 billion to $686.801 billion in the week to January 2, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday.In the previous reporting week, the forex reserves had jumped by $3.293 billion to $696.61 billion.For the week ended January 2, foreign currency assets, a...
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United States President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his claim of having stopped a war between India and Pakistan, while also saying that Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, during his visit to the US thanked Trump for having saved millions of lives.He made the remarks while responding to queries...
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Bangladesh's Tarique Rahman on Friday was appointed as the chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, days after the demise of his mother and party chairperson Khaleda Zia following a prolonged illness.The Standing Committee of the BNP approved the appointment of Rahman as the Chairman of the...
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A speeding luxury car ploughed into pedestrians near Kharabas Circle in Jaipur's Patrakar Colony area on Friday night, killing one person and injuring 15 others, police said.Four of the critically injured were referred to Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital.The car first hit a divider, went out of...
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United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that the situation in Iran is being monitored very closely and hoped for the protestors in the country to be safe.He warned that if protestors were killed, the US would get involved and would hit the country where it hurts.Trump made the remarks...
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India is closely following the developments in Iran, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday, amid a wave of protests in that country over inflation and currency devaluation.On January 5, New Delhi had urged Indian nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Iran and also advised Indian...
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