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Actor Rajesh Sharma has been admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata after a suspected insect bite during the shooting of a film starring Prabhas in Hyderabad's Ramoji Film City, his family said on Wednesday.According to a statement issued by actor Sudipa Chatterjee on behalf of Sharma's...
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Tensions in West Asia escalated sharply on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump threatened fresh military strikes on Iran, prompting Tehran to warn that it would not relinquish control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and was prepared to fight to defend the vital shipping route.According to...
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Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotirmath on Wednesday questioned the credibility of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Ram temple donation theft and alleged that irregularities had occurred at multiple stages since the temple project began.He also called for a complete...
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Hizbul Mujahideen's slain terrorist Burhan Wani/File image
Pakistan's Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday described Hizbul Mujahideen's slain terrorist Burhan Wani as a hero and said her country will continue to raise the Kashmir issue at all international forums.Wani was killed in an encounter with security forces in July 2016 in south...
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India's hydrogen powered train./courtesy @fuelcellsworks/X
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to flag off the country's first hydrogen train from the Jind railway station in Haryana on July 17, sources in the railway ministry said.As of now, we have received confirmation from the PMO that Prime Minister Modi will flag off the hydrogen train from Jind...
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The IMD on Wednesday issued a red alert for three districts in Kerala, warning of extremely heavy rain, officials said.The India meteorological department said a red alert had been issued for Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad districts, indicating the likelihood of extremely heavy rainfall...
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The rupee tanked 52 paise to settle at 95.48 against the US dollar on Wednesday as the US launched fresh strikes on Iran after Tehran struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, pushing up crude oil prices and strengthening the dollar.The US military attacked Iran early Wednesday after it said...
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Flight-test of Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket being conducted in Chandipur/PIB
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday conducted a successful flight-test of Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR) at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur. The rocket was tested for a user-defined minimum range of 60 kms.According to the ministry of defence,...
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Congress leader Ramgopal Agrawal was detained by the Chhattisgarh's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Wednesday for questioning in the alleged coal levy scam, officials said.He will also be interrogated in connection with the liquor and rice custom milling-linked cases, they said.All these alleged...
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The accused in the Ram temple donation theft used forged receipts to collect money from devotees, police said as the investigation progressed on Wednesday.Police on Wednesday took three accused -- Anukalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra and Karunesh Pandey -- into custody for questioning after a local...
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Security forces busted a terrorist hideout in Kathua district on Wednesday and recovered two hand grenades, officials said.The hideout was unearthed in the upper reaches of Billawar on the disclosure of an overground worker, Haji Latief, they said.Latief, a resident of Rabagh who was arrested on...
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One person died while five to six others are still feared trapped after a three-storey under-construction building collapsed in Delhi's Rohini area on Wednesday, the police said.The incident took place at 4.20 pm near an MCD school in Sector 16 of Rohini as heavy rain lashed several parts of the...
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Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday cautioned poll officials over the rising tide of false narratives on social media, urging them to proactively counter the spread of misinformation.Addressing the officials, he emphasised that passive monitoring is no longer enough.He...
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A three-storey building-cum-office of a private company collapsed after a huge mound of garbage crashed onto it at Moshi in Pune district of Maharashtra on Wednesday, officials said, adding that at least seven of 16 people trapped under the debris have been rescued alive till evening.Efforts are...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived in Australia on the second leg of his three-nation tour during which he will hold talks with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese and interact with the Indian diaspora.'Landed in Melbourne, Australia. This visit will add vigour to the...
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Hours after US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that the ceasefire deal with Iran was 'over', the US President indicated that Washington, DC could launch another round of strikes against the Islamic Republic, following strikes on Tuesday, saying it had already hit Tehran 'very hard' and...
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted a critical test on the main parachutes for the Gaganyaan's crew module.The test was carried out at the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) drop zone in Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.The objective...
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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Navy crashed into an open field near Gujarat's Porbandar city on Wednesday afternoon shortly after taking off from the Naval Air Enclave, but no casualties were reported, officials said.The UAV crash-landed in an open field at Dharampur village,...
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A suspended employee of the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee was booked in connection with alleged irregularities in the handling of donations at the Badrinath temple, with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday describing it as a sin akin to 'cow slaughter'.The FIR was lodged...
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The Delhi high court on Wednesday said it will hear next week the dispute between Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai over the custody of a pet Rottweiler.During the hearing, Justice Jasmeet Singh asked Dehadrai's senior counsel if he was agreeable to letting Moitra...
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North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte on Wednesday defended the recent United States military strikes on Iran, calling them 'absolutely necessary' after Tehran allegedly attacked three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.Delivering his doorstep...
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Markets regulator Sebi has replaced the existing US dollar-denominated registration fee for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) with a rupee-based fee structure.To implement the change, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has amended the rules governing FPIs. The revised provisions...
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Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting doctors and medical staff at a civic-run hospital in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said.Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Kalyan, Atul Zende, said Mhatre has been taken into custody in connection...
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All firms in the Sensex pack ended in the red. InterGlobe Aviation, Maruti, Hindustan Unilever, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Mahindra & Mahindra were major laggards.The BSE MidCap Select index tanked 2.14 per cent, and the SmallCap Select index dropped 1.61 per cent.
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled over 2 per cent on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said the interim agreement with Iran is over, leading to a sharp rally in crude oil prices.Besides, investors shifted to a risk-off mode following pre-earnings anxiety over sluggish...
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As heavy rains lashed Delhi, an under-construction house collapsed in northwest Delhi's Rohini on Wednesday evening, prompting a swift response from the Delhi Fire Service, an official said.The Delhi Fire Service officer said that so far, two people have been removed from the rubble, adding that...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled over 2 per cent on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said the interim agreement with Iran is over, leading to a sharp rally in crude oil prices.Besides, investors shifted to a risk-off mode following pre-earnings anxiety over sluggish...
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Oil prices surged more than 6% after US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the interim agreement with Iran is over, though he will allow talks to continue.Trump made the comments following US strikes on Iran in reaction to attacks on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The price of Brent...
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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams on Wednesday carried out rescue operations and successfully evacuated 85 individuals, including 36 males, 27 females, and 22 children, at the Sriram Nagar Society, Surat, Gujarat.The rescue operation comes as Surat reels under the havoc of floods,...
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At least 16 persons are feared trapped after a huge mound of garbage crashed onto a three-storey building, causing it to collapse, following heavy rains in Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune district on Wednesday, a senior official said.The incident occurred at Moshi, where the building was being used as...
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A video has surfaced on social media claiming to show a loco pilot stopping a train near Indore to buy samosas from a shop, but the Western Railway on Wednesday termed it as misleading, saying that the cargo train was stopped there as part of an authorised operational halt.It also said the...
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday (local time) said she has cordial relations with US President Donald Trump, following weeks of tensions between the two leaders, CNN reported.Speaking to Italian reporters on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey, Meloni made the remarks after...
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Asked about the ceasefire between the US and Iran, Donald Trump says: I think it's over.He tells reporters at the Nato summit: I don't want to deal with them anymore, they're scum, reports BBC.As far as I'm concerned, it's over, he adds. It's just a waste of time dealing with them, they're...
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US sailors test a fighter jet engine aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed recent American military actions against Iran, following an announcement by the US military that Tehran had targeted three vessels in the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing peace talks.In a post on his platform, Truth Social, Trump shared a screenshot of...
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Thousands of passengers, including tourists, were stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Wednesday after authorities stopped Jammu-bound vehicles near the Navyug tunnel in Kulgam district.Though traffic authorities did not disclose the reason for the prolonged halt, traffic is usually...
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India's quick commerce (qcom) market is growing at 40 per cent year-on-year, with the combined dark store network of Blinkit, Instamart and Zepto expanding by nearly 48 per cent over the past year, according to a latest report by Equirus.The report estimates the country's digital commerce market...
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Sandhya Mondal, the mother of Baruipur rape and murder son, Prabhas Mondal, killed in a police encounter on Wednesday, refused to claim her son's body or bring his remains home in a chilling display of detachment.The incident unfolded when two police officers arrived at the Mondal residence to...
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Palghar was inundated
In a flooded village in Maharashtra's Palghar district, locals turned a house door into a makeshift stretcher and waded through chest-deep water to carry a pregnant woman in labour to the hospital, ensuring she reached in time.The woman later delivered a baby boy at the Saphale Rural Hospital,...
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A waterlogged road in Goregaon on July 5
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and took stock of the situation in the state arising out of heavy rains, officials said.In his phone call with Fadnavis, Shah assured him of all help from the Centre.Mumbai witnessed torrential rain...
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High tide and a choppy sea at Marine Drive
After a brief respite, heavy rains accompanied by thunder returned to Mumbai on Wednesday morning, delaying local train services and causing inconvenience to office-goers.Long-distance train services towards Gujarat remained disrupted due to waterlogging in the Vasai-Virar section in neighbouring...
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Tulsi lake overflows. Pic: @mybmc
Following a period of heavy rainfall across the city and its catchment areas, Tulsi Lake, the smallest of the seven lakes supplying water to Mumbai, also began overflowing on Tuesday night, following Vihar Lake, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced on Wednesday.Earlier the same...
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Bahrain sounded its missile alert sirens for a second time on Wednesday after Iran claimed it had launched attacks on the island kingdom in retaliation for earlier U.S. airstrikes on the Islamic Republic.Authorities in Bahrain urged residents to seek shelter immediately as a precaution.There were...
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Rescue workers use an excavator to clear the debris. CK Thanseer/Reuters
Full road connectivity to the Kalladi landslide site in Wayanad has been restored, a critical development that authorities expect will significantly accelerate ongoing rescue efforts.Kerala Agriculture Minister T Siddique confirmed that all roads blocked by the mudslide were cleared by 4:00 AM on...
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Food delivery and quick-commerce (qcom) company Swiggy has become an Indian-owned company as its domestic ownership has crossed the 50 per cent mark, according to a stock exchange filing on Tuesday. Shares of the Bengaluru-based firm closed at Rs 266.15 per share, up 6.8 per cent.This is a...
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One of the key accused in the alleged rape and murder of a girl was killed in an encounter early on Wednesday after he tried to escape from police custody during a crime scene reconstruction exercise, a senior officer said.The accused was taken to Suryapur in Baruipur on Tuesday night for...
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Monthly demat account additions in June rose by 2.6 million, the highest month-on-month increase since February, taking the total number of accounts to 231.5 million, according to data from depositories.The net additions in April and May stood at 2.2 million and 2.3 million, respectively....
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Social media conglomerate Meta said on Tuesday that it had removed 160,000 accounts for hosting and sharing 'suspicious off-platform links in coordination with other signals indicating child exploitative activity'.Overall, Meta, which has WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Threads under its...
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The United States said that its forces carried out a new round of retaliatory strikes against Iran on Tuesday (local time), targeting more than 80 sites, after accusing Tehran of attacking commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, while Iranian authorities said there had been no...
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Rescuers carry the body of a victim. CK Thanseer/Reuters
Rescue operations entered the second day on Wednesday after a landslide at the Kalladi tunnel construction site in Keralam's Wayanad district claimed three lives, while five people are feared missing, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for Wayanad, forecasting...
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Powai lake overflowed on July 1
The Centre has said that the rainfall deficit has come down to 12 per cent, with the first week of July recording above-normal monsoon activity, and asserted that an El Nino year may not necessarily lead to below-normal rainfall.The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said on Tuesday that in the...
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds over Mumbai and adjoining districts on Wednesday, even as heavy rain-triggered waterlogging disrupted rail traffic on the Western Railway network.According to the IMD, Mumbai, Thane,...
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India has extended its lobbying contract with a firm headed by President Donald Trump's former top campaign spokesman and longtime communications adviser Jason Miller, according to filings made public under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.The contract between the Indian Embassy here and...
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Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday asked his party's lawmakers to take the 'Ram Raksha Andolan' against the BJP to the district level and also to different cities including Nagpur.Thackeray held a meeting with MLAs and MLCs of the party at his residence 'Matoshri' in Bandra late in...
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Maharashtra minister Shambhuraj Desai on Tuesday said the state government was trying to find out the reason that led to a landslide on the Missing Link project on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.In the legislative council, opposition members raised questions over the newly-built Missing Link that had...
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The United States has charged Lawrence Bishnoi, a gangster imprisoned in India, and his aide Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar for ordering the assassination of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada in November 2023.According to a federal indictment unsealed in Los Angeles on...
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Three workers were killed after an oxygen cylinder exploded at a pig iron manufacturing unit in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur on Tuesday evening, police said.The incident occurred at the 3D Innovation factory on Bendri Road under Urla Police Station limits, a police official said.The factory...
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The Delhi government is planning to convert the bungalow that served as Arvind Kejriwal's official residence during his tenure as the chief minister into a state guest house, official sources said on Tuesday.According to a senior official, the proposal includes parking space, a waiting hall, and...
