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The National Stock Exchange of India on Friday announced that it will conduct a live trading session on Sunday, February 1, 2026 on account of the presentation of the Union Budget. In a circular issued by the Futures & Options Department, NSE said the live trading session will be held in...
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Two Naxalites were gunned down in an encounter with the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday, police said.The gunfight broke out in the morning hours in the forested hills of the district's northwest region, where a joint team of security forces was out on an...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's betrayal of the Marathi manoos paved the way for the Bharatiya Janata Party to win the Mumbai civic elections and install its mayor. The BJP has officially maintained that the next...
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A Kerala court on Saturday declined to grant bail to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in the third sexual assault case against him in which he was arrested last week. The detailed order of the Thiruvalla Judicial First Class Magistrate court is awaited.The Kerala high court and...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met patients and families affected by the vomiting and diarrhoea outbreak linked to water contamination in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city.He visited four patients undergoing treatment at Bombay Hospital, a private facility, enquired about their health and...
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The Congress on Saturday took a swipe at the Modi government and said the joint training exercise by American and Pakistani troops was yet another blow to the self-proclaimed Vishwaguru's self-boastful diplomacy. US and Pakistani troops concluded a joint training at the National...
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The Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Saturday gave its first reaction following the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections, striking a defiant tone and signalling that the political fight in Maharashtra is far from over. In a post shared on social media platform X, Shiv...
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Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta
Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Saturday said that a forensic science laboratory report on the veracity of the video related to Leader of Opposition Atishi's alleged remarks disrespecting Sikh gurus stated the clip to be original and without any tampering.Earlier, police in AAP-ruled...
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The administration in Maharashtra's Jalna district has imposed prohibitory orders in view of the Dhangar community's agitation to seek inclusion in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category, an official said on Saturday. District collector Ashima Mittal issued an order under section 163 in the...
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An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude shook Gujarat's Kutch district in the wee hours of Saturday, causing panic among locals, though no casualties were reported, officials said. The quake was recorded at 1.22 am with its epicentre about 55 km north northeast (NNE) from Khavda in the district, the...
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Traffic movement will be restricted at several key crossings in Delhi on January 17, 19, 20 and 21 due to rehearsals for the Republic Day parade along Kartavya Path, the police said on Friday. According to an advisory, the rehearsals will be held from Vijay Chowk to India Gate, with the...
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Actor Ben Affleck recently opened up about a challenging experience on the set of the 1998 blockbuster 'Armageddon', revealing that he was suffering from food poisoning while filming one of the movie's most emotional scenes, according to People. Affleck, who played AJ Frost, described the...
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Posters hailing Maharashtra CM as 'Dhurandhar Devendra' put up across Mumbai./ANI Photo
Posters hailing Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as Dhurandhar Devendra were put up across several parts of Mumbai on Saturday, a day after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections results were announced. The posters were displayed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
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Security forces arrested four militants belonging to various proscribed outfits in Manipur for their alleged involvement in extortion activities, the police said on Saturday. In separate operations, nearly 65 acres of illicit poppy cultivation were destroyed in parts of Kangpokpi and...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party has swept the 2026 civic polls, winning 1,425 of 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations, and wresting control of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation from Uddhav Thackeray, ending his family's three-decade-old dominance in the cash-rich civic body. The BJP...
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A Class 12 student died after falling from the second floor of a school in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district, the police said on Saturday. Ramandeep Kaur, 18, had come for a practical examination at SD Girls School when the incident happened on Friday evening, they said. Acting...
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The elections to the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) saw a neck-and-neck contest between the Shiv Sena and BJP, with the former edging out its Mahayuti ally by one seat. According to the final tally on Friday, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena won 52 seats in the 122-member civic...
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SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia./Courtesy @bsmajithia/X
The Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday met Punjab Governor in Chandigarh, alleging that the state government had done nothing concrete to safeguard the life of jailed party leader Bikram Singh Majithia despite intelligence inputs indicating a threat to his life. The SAD appealed to Governor Gulab...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal on Saturday, during which he will attend a government programme and address a rally, amidst a political slugfest over the SIR of electoral rolls and the recent ED raids on the consultancy firm I-PAC. The prime minister is scheduled to...
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US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on countries opposing Washington's plans to acquire Greenland for national security reasons.I may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security, he said.Trump has repeatedly...
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US President Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) said that the Iranian government has cancelled the hanging of over 800 people and added that he greatly respects the fact as the regional tensions rise.Speaking to the reporters on the South Lawn, Trump said, Iran cancelled the hanging of over 800...
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The Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city police on Friday resorted to lathi-charge at a counting station, resulting in injuries to former mayor and Shiv Sena leaderVikas Jain and some others. A video of the incident went viral. After this incident, Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Minister for...
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Rehearsals for the 77th Republic Day parade underway at Kartavya Path in New Delhi on Saturday./ANI on X
As cold wave conditions continued to prevail in the national capital, dense fog enveloped large parts of Delhi on Saturday morning, leading to reduced visibility and delays in several flights at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.Passengers are advised to check flight statuses with their...
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Indians return from Iran at Delhi airport./ANI Photo
Several Indian nationals arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi from Iran late Friday evening amid rising regional tensions.This comes after the Indian government advised its nationals in Iran to leave the country due to the volatile security situation, with the ministry of...
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BJP workers allegedly ransacked an office of a Shiv Sena leader in Nerul, following which more than a dozen persons have been booked, a police official said on Friday. No arrest has been made so far in the case, he added. Civic poll results were declared during the day. The Shiv...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said Mumbai would not have seen a BJP mayor had Maharashtra deputy Chief Eknath Shinde not betrayed the party. In a post on X, Raut drew parallel to Jaichand, a historical character reviled for betrayal.Had Eknath Shinde not been a Jaichand to...
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Scuffles and incidents of unlawful assembly were reported from several parts of Maharashtra on Friday amid announcement of results of polls to 29 municipal corporations, the police said. In Mumbai's ward no. 146, Satish Rajguru, a candidate of Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, was beaten up by...
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