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The police on Sunday said a case was registered against nine people after around 300 stray dogs were allegedly killed in Hanamkonda. In a complaint filed on January 9, animal welfare activists Adulapuram Goutham and Farzana Begum alleged that 300 stray dogs were killed in Shayampet and...
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TVK chief Vijay will appear before the CBI in Delhi on January 12 in connection with the Karur stampede case and the party has requested police in the national capital to ensure security for its founder-leader, party sources said in Chennai on Sunday. Complying with the summons issued to...
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An abandoned bag found near a minister's bungalow in south Mumbai triggered panic on Sunday until police determined that it had been left by a US citizen who wanted to give away his clothes and shoes, officials said. The incident came to light around 9.30 am, when security personnel posted...
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A woman was mauled to death by a leopard attack in Dhari block of Uttarakhand's Nainital district on Sunday, officials said. This is the third incident such incident in the district in a fortnight. The officials said the incident occurred around noon in Dhanachuli area of Khutiyakhal when...
22:16
The All India Medical Students Association and the Federation of All India Medical Associations on Sunday said that all Indian students currently studying in Iran are safe, urging families and the public not to panic.Dr Mohammad Momin Khan, vice-president of AIMSA and FAIMA Doctors Association,...
22:06
Security forces picked up movement of suspected drones in several forward areas along the International Border and Line of Control in Samba, Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday evening, officials said. All the flying objects came from the Pakistan side, and returned...
21:56
Kandararu Rajeevaru, tantri (chief priest) of Sabarimala, who was in judicial custody in connection with the temple gold theft case, was discharged from the Government Medical College Hospital on Sunday, the police said.The tantri was discharged from the hospital in the afternoon and shifted back...
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Two men from Haryana allegedly ran over a 55-year-old parking manager with their car after a dispute over fee near Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar in Haridwar, resulting in his death, the police said on Sunday. The two men, Vishal (22) and Suraj (34), both residents of Sonipat, had fled the scene...
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Normal life was disrupted on Sunday in Assam's Kokrajhar district, where a bandh was called to protest the alleged rape of a mentally-challenged woman.Markets and business establishments remained shut, and public transport stayed off the roads as a result of the bandh called by the World Hindu...
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The first Bailey Bridge built with India's assistance package to Sri Lanka has been opened for traffic in the cyclone-hit island nation, the Indian mission in Colombo said on Sunday. The 100-ft Bailey bridge was constructed by the Indian Army, restoring a vital road link between the Central...
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A seven-year-old boy died after a window frame fell on him at his residence in Pathanamthitta on Sunday, the police said. The deceased has been identified as Drupath, son of Thanoj Kumar, a resident of Ezhamkulam near Adoor. According to the FIR, the incident occurred around 9 am when a...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening inaugurated the remaining stretch of phase 2 of the Ahmedabad metro, completing a key transport link between the twin cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. The remaining phase connects Sector 10A of Gandhinagar to the Mahatma Mandir convention...
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Beginning April 1, the Income Tax Act, 2025, will come into force replacing the six-decade old tax law and the changes made in tax laws in 2026-27 Budget will be incorporated in the new legislation. The 2025 I-T law is revenue neutral with no change in tax rates. It has only made direct...
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Actor and singer Nupur Sanon shared a series of pictures on her social media on Sunday as she tied the knot to Sahiba fame Stebin Ben. Nupur opted for a white lace off-shoulder gown for her wedding. Stebin wore matching formals. The couple uploaded pictures on their respective Instagram...
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Ten people were arrested in connection with the communal clashes in Tripura's Unakoti district, the police said on Sunday. The violence happened on Saturday in Saidarpar in the Kumarghat sub-division over the collection of 'chanda' or subscription for a local temple, they...
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Regular Tamil language classes are likely to be introduced in schools and colleges of Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi as part of efforts to deepen cultural and linguistic exchanges, officials said.The initiative is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam. The prime...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday warned that Kerala's law and order situation may look calm now, but several threats are slowly emerging that could become dangerous in the future. Speaking at a conclave organised by Kerala Kaumudi, a leading Malayalam newspaper in Thiruvananthapuram,...
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Five persons, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with the animal hides and remains found in a 30-foot-deep pit at a scrap warehouses' compound located in a colony here, police said on Sunday.Superintendent of police (City) Rajeev Kumar Singh said Ilyas was arrested on Friday...
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The ministry of home affairs has sought a report from the office of West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari over the alleged attack on his convoy in Paschim Medinipur, a BJP leader said on Sunday. According to him, Adhikari's office is preparing to submit video footage of the...
16:34
Actor Sonu Sood extended Rs 22 lakh support to a cow shelter in Varahi, Gujarat, which is a home to nearly 7000 cows. The shelter provides care, protection and dignity to abandoned, injured, and rescued animals, operating at a scale that requires constant resources and sustained support,...
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Prashant Tamang, who rose to fame as the winner of Indian Idol 3 and was praised for his turn as a cold-blooded assassin in Paatal Lok 2, died in New Delhi on Sunday following a cardiac arrest. He was 43. Tamang's close friend, singer Mahesh Sewa, told PTI that the singer-actor died at...
15:59
An HR manager was cheated of Rs 36.74 lakh in an online investment fraud, a Navi Mumbai police official said on Sunday. The victim was contacted by a woman claiming she represented a SEBI-registered firm and was added to a Whatsapp group with the promise of high returns in share...
15:29
A both level officer was found hanging inside a primary school in Murshidabad district, with his family alleging that excessive SIR work pressure led him to take his own life, the police said on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Hamimul Islam (47), a primary school teacher at...
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The Navi Mumbai police's Anti Narcotics Cell has targeted multiple locations to identify foreign nationals residing illegally in the city, an official said on Sunday. The raids began at 7am on Friday in Kharghar police station limits, he added. Residences in Sector 35F and Sector 30...
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Two passengers injured in the emergency crash landing of a small aircraft near Rourkela in Odisha were airlifted to Mumbai for treatment, while another injured person is under ventilator support, a senior official said on Sunday. At least six people, including two pilots, were injured when a...
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A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly unlawfully entering the Katta Maisamma temple premises in Safilguda in Hyderabad and committing indecent acts in front of the idol, the police said on Sunday. The BJP, pro-Hindu organisations and devotees held a protest condemning the incident,...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday slammed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the gold loss at Sabarimala temple and demanded a probe by a neutral investigation agency. Addressing the newly elected BJP representatives of local bodies and inaugurated the party's Mission 2026 programme...
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The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Supreme Court alleging interference and obstruction by the West Bengal government, including by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in its probe and search operation at the I-PAC office and premises of its director Pratik Jain in connection with the coal...
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A 35-year-old woman was killed by a wild animal in the Nighasan range of the Dudhwa Buffer Zone, forest officials said on Sunday.The incident occurred near Mahrajnagar village.The partially eaten body of the woman, who was identified as Usha Devi, was recovered from a sugarcane field on Sunday...
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Nearly 1.08 crore tourists, including five lakh foreigners, arrived in Goa in 2025, surpassing the numbers of previous years, as per official data. The Goa government's focus remains on promoting quality tourism, diversifying markets, and advancing the coastal state's vision of Regenerative...
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Dhruv Jurel on Sunday replaced an injured Rishabh Pant in India's ODI squad for the three-match series against New Zealand. Jurel, who has been in stellar form in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy, has joined the squad for the series beginning Vadodara on Sunday. Pant suffered a side...
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Two alleged masterminds of a cryptocurrency fraud worth Rs 100 crore have been arrested in Agra, the police said on Sunday. According to the police, the accused cheated several thousands of people across four states. The accused, Vinod, from Baghpat and Vinay, hailing from Lucknow,...
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In a jolt to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-UBT ahead of the Mumbai civic body polls, former MLA and loyalist Dagdu Sakpal joined the Eknath Shinde-headed Shiv Sena on Sunday. Sakpal had served as an MLA multiple times from Mumbai's Lalbaug-Parel-Sewree belt, the stronghold of the...
11:57
Microblogging site X has accepted its mistake and assured it will comply with Indian laws after the IT Ministry warned the Elon Musk-led social media platform on the Grok AI obscene content issue, government sources said on Sunday.Around 3,500 pieces of content have been blocked, and over 600...
11:54
A 23-year-old Hindu farmer has been shot dead in Pakistan's Sindh province allegedly by his landlord for building a shelter on his land, leading to widespread protests by the Hindu community.The police arrested the landlord Sarfaraz Nizamani, and his facilitator, Zafarullah Khan, from Hyderabad...
11:47
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he expects to hold talks with Danish officials next week about Greenland, as European governments respond to renewed pressure from the Trump administration over the Arctic island's future.Greenland is a self-governing territory under Danish...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday led 'Shaurya Yatra', a ceremonial procession organised to honour those who laid down their lives defending the Somnath temple in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district.The yatra, being organised as part of the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, featured a procession of 108...
10:24
Six people were killed, including a seven-year-old girl and a pastor, in Mississippi, the New York Post reported, citing the police.As per the New York Post, this was the biggest mass shooting to rock Mississippi in almost a decade, the police said Saturday.It reported that the 24-year-oldThe...
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Indonesia has become the first country to completely suspend access to Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's company xAI, amid growing global concerns over the misuse of AI to create sexualised images without consent, CBS News reported.The decision comes after reports...
09:42
According to a report in the New York Times, United States President Donald Trump has been briefed in recent days on a range of military options targeting Iran.According to the report, the options presented to Trump include targeted strikes on select sites in Tehran, including non-military...
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Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Saturday met Bangladesh Nationalist Party 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, BNP media cell spokesman...
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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.Crime branch officials questioned him for hours and allowed him to go...
09:20
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday had a narrow escape after his car collided with a cow on the Pilibhit Bypass Road here, officials said.The incident occurred near a roadside eatery when Maurya's convoy was heading to the Bareilly airport.The front portion of...
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Expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil was taken into custody in connection with a sexual assault case from Palakkad around Saturday midnight, police sources on Sunday said.He was shifted to a police camp here on Sunday morning, officials added.According to police, a third sexual assault case...
08:29
United States Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, along with partner forces, conducted large-scale strikes against multiple ISIS targets across Syria as a part of Operation Hawkeye Strike.Sharing the details in a post on X, CENTCOM said that the strikes were conducted at approximately 12.30 pm...
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