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CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke receives a warm welcome as he reaches his house, in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra, on Wednesday./ ANI Video Grab
The mother of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday claimed that her son had received a video threat coercing him to join the BJP or face severe consequences against his family.Speaking to a Marathi news channel here ahead of Abhijeet's return from New Delhi, his mother,...
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Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration announced a strict state-wide ban on Wednesday, prohibiting the sale, distribution, and advertisement of high-fat, sugary, and deep-fried items inside and around school premises.FDA commissioner Tukaram Munde emphasised the strict accountability of school...
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The police on Wednesday said a 12-year-old girl who had gone missing from Aluva in Kochi on July 25 was found in Pune the previous day, along with a Kollam-based man.The girl is on her way back to Kerala, Ernakulam rural district police chief Sudarsan K S told reporters.Giving details of the...
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A man and three members of his family were booked in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi district after his pregnant wife alleged that he tried to kill her for refusing to abort her female foetus, officials said on Wednesday.The woman alleged that she was forced to undergo an alleged illegal prenatal sex...
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There is no Pakistani Kashmir, the Indian Embassy in the US said on Wednesday, pointing out that the headline of a news report in a leading American daily was misleading and incorrect.The news report in The New York Times referred to violent clashes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.Misleading and...
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A professor of IIT-Kharagpur was found dead at his staff quarters inside the institute campus on Wednesday, the police said.The deceased was identified as Dr Deepak Reddy Pullaguram (36), an assistant professor in the department of electrical engineering and a native of Hyderabad.The body of a...
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A gas leak from an LPG tank wagon of a goods train at Hisar railway station was brought under control without any untoward incident, officials said on Wednesday.The leak was detected in one of the LPG-filled tank wagons of the train, which was moving from Bathinda in Punjab to Bahadurgarh in...
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Technical trials of the country's first Vande Bharat Freight EMU, a superfast parcel rake, commenced in West Central Railway Kota Division on Wednesday, officials said.The 16-coach Vande Bharat platform-based Freight EMU prototype rake, developed by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, will...
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A second-year student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay here has been found dead in his hostel room with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide.Sohil Rajkumar Sangwan (20), a native of Pilani, Rajasthan, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his room on Tuesday night....
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All government schools in Himachal Pradesh will remain open on August 15 as the state government has directed educational institutions to celebrate Independence Day with flag-hoisting ceremonies, cultural programmes and patriotic events.The directorate of school education on Wednesday issued...
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Thirteen peacocks and several other birds and animals have gone missing from a garden widely used for picnics here in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, triggering a police probe and detention of three persons on charges of wildlife smuggling.The birds, along with turtles, parakeets and...
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday sent a consignment of the Kew variety of pineapples to Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman as a goodwill gesture, officials said.A total of 100 packets of the indigenously grown pineapple variety were sent to Dhaka via the Akhaura Integrated...
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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed a forceful response against Iran, stating that Washington would beat the f**king sh*t out of the Islamic Republic after it launched a ballistic missile attack targeting US bases in Jordan.He stated that Washington, in response, would retaliate with a...
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Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said the anti-paper leak amendment bill passed by Lok Sabha is an attempt to dismantle the paper leak ecosystem.He said the bill will increase transparency, credibility and fairness in the examination process.Lok Sabha has passed the Public...
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A newlywed couple was found hanging from a tree in a village under the Hanumanganj police station area in Kushinagar on Wednesday, officials said, adding that suicide is suspected.The bodies of Ritesh Bharti, 22, and his wife Pooja Sharma, 21, were found hanging from separate nooses made of...
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The Bombay high court has restrained media organisations and online platforms from referring to the 'Ashirwad' bungalow in Bandra, once owned by late Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna, as cursed, haunted, or unlucky.Justice Arif S Doctor, in an interim order passed on July 24, said that such...
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The Delhi police on Wednesday said that claims on social media about a woman protester sustaining gunshot injuries during the July 20 protest in central Delhi are not confirmed by her medico-legal certificate (MLC).According to a statement, the MLC records a lacerated wound in front of the right...
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The rupee rose 16 paise to 95.66 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, extending its gaining streak for the fourth straight session, amid hectic buying in domestic equity markets and lower global crude prices.Foreign capital inflows and a weak American currency ahead of the US Federal...
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Benchmark Sensex rebounded by nearly 889 points while Nifty closed at 24,250 on Wednesday following buying in blue-chip shares such as HDFC Bank, Larsen & Toubro and Infosys and fresh foreign fund inflows.The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 888.68 points, or 1.16 percent, to settle at 77,654.60...
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Students from several Left-affiliated organisations on Wednesday held a protest at Jantar Mantar against the alleged police crackdown on student activists, demanding the release of those detained during the recent demonstrations and an end to what they described as the criminalisation of student...
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Leader of Opposition in the LS Rahul Gandhi addressing press conference in New Delhi./Courtesy X
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging that the Home Ministry was responsible for the police action against students during their peaceful protest.Addressing a press conference, Gandhi said, Home Minister...
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A trainee IPS officer, accused of sexually harassing a woman co-trainee at a police training academy here, was arrested on Wednesday. He (trainee IPS officer) has been arrested and produced before a city court, police sources told PTI. A case...
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The Bihar State Transgender Welfare Board on Wednesday approved a proposal to construct a temple dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he has given the community respect and rights, said Ranjan Singh, a member of the board.Singh made the proposal at the maiden meeting of the board which...
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The government has said that Boeing's detailed examination of the Dreamliner aircraft's fuel control switch locking mechanism did not find any abnormality following an Air India pilot flagging possible issues with the system after operating a London Heathrow-Bengaluru flight in February this...
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A three-and-a-half-year-old kindergarten girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a male staff member at a private school in Didwana-Kuchaman district of Rajasthan, triggering widespread protests by locals and public representatives, who demanded immediate arrest of the accused.According to the...
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Kayalvizhi Alagiri, daughter of former Union minister M K Alagiri and granddaughter of DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, was arrested and subsequently released on station bail by the Chennai police in connection with the alleged assault of a SBI branch manager.She appeared before the investigating...
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Rahul Gandhi shares this post on X on the discussion in Parliament today on the Public Examinations Amendment Bill.Today, during my speech in Parliament, I raised the issue of the brutality inflicted on students in Delhi and named the one responsible - Home Minister Amit Shah.The BJP did not...
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The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to make insult to national song 'Vande Mataram' a criminal offence.The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was passed with a voice vote.As soon as the House convened in the post-lunch session, following two back-to-back...
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Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 passed in Lok Sabha. A war of words erupted in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday between Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju during the discussion on the Public Examinations...
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On his speech in the House, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi says, There can be two possible scenarios. One is that the Home Minister issued the order. The second is that the Home Minister was unaware that firing would take place. In the first case, he is culpable; in the second, he is incompetent --...
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Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday condemned Leader of the Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks drawing Union Home Minister Amit Shah into the debate on alleged police action on student protesters, saying that no firing took place during the protests.Speaking to the...
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Centre during the discussion on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, alleging that the real enemy of students was the RSS and claiming that Union Minister...
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Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi says, The use of force can only be authorised by the Home Minister or the Prime Minister. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju objects and says, What is that order of the Home Minister? Present a copy of that order. Tell us who told you that? Present a copy...
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, during his address on the ongoing debate over the new anti-paper leak bill, claimed that Union home minister Amit Shah ordered the use of force against students during the NEET protests. I am very happy today to see that so-called home...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh says, I humbly request that the unparliamentary word used by the LoP be expunged and I urge to everyone on my side to maintain silence and listen to him.
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Recollecting his conversation with a student, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi says, She said the student wears the truth on his/her chest proudly. I said, what about the other type? She said the other type requires an image. It requires an image and as the image is not true because the idiot is trying...
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BJP MP Kangana Ranaut and Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Saurav Das have traded sharp barbs as the controversy over the actor-politician's remarks describing Gen Z as Generation gutter escalated.Ranaut on Tuesday sparked a political row by posting strongly-worded Instagram Stories...
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Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi speaking on the Exam Bill says, I was very excited, reassured by what the future of this country did on our streets. This was not anger, not violence, not hatred. This was a deep expression of the youth of this country of the future generation of this country and I...
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The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm, within minutes of meeting at 12 noon, as the Opposition pressed for Home Minister Amit Shah's presence in the House.This was the second time the Upper House of Parliament was adjourned on Wednesday. The first adjournment came around 20 minutes into the...
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Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday took a swipe at leaders of the recent student protests in Delhi, citing an old social media post by CJP leader Saurav Das praising jailed student activist Umar Khalid.In a post on 'X', Chandrasekhar shared Das's old social media post in which...
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High-voltage drama and heated exchanges between the ruling government and opposition benches continued to disrupt proceedings in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament.The Upper House witnessed a sharp war of words between Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and BJP...
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On her remarks on Pralhad Joshi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says, What was unparliamentary about it? It was simply the truth. If they want to punish me for speaking the truth -- well, I will speak the truth. You have seen that there are videos -- and it is not just this instance. Who...
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Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday took a jibe at Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, urging him to dedicate at least five minutes of his speech to the actual merits and details of the anti-paper leak bill.Speaking to the reporters, Rijiju...
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Congress Rajya Sabha MP Pawan Khera on Wednesday hit back at Union Minister Pralhad Joshi over his demand for action against Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for her remarks on the newly appointed Education Minister, and accused the BJP leader of ignoring his own past statements.Speaking to ANI,...
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A student who hacked the websites of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) and IIT Madras after being denied admission in IIT-K's newly launched Bachelor of Cyber Security programme may get another chance to join the institute, which is considering assessing his technical skills...
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The CBI has filed a 2000 page charge sheet in the NEET UG Paper leak case. The Special Fast Track Court at Rouse Avenue on Wednesday granted the agency 3 days to file all documents, list of statements and articles filed as per the charge sheet.The counsel for CBI submitted that the charge sheet...
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Mohandas also said he would have shot the protestors
The Kerala Police's Cyber crime wing has registered a case against right-wing political commentator T G Mohandas over remarks he allegedly made in a YouTube video about the students' protest in Delhi over the alleged NEET paper leak.According to the First Information Report (FIR) launched by...
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Senior Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on newly appointed Union Education Minister Prahlad Joshi, supporting the recent criticisms made by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi.Tiwari warned the Minister that his past mistakes and controversial track record in...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that the Centre should consider introducing a specific offence of 'digital arrest' under criminal law, with stringent penalties, and empower authorities to freeze the assets of accused persons once a prima facie case is established...
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Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Wednesday led by IT stocks, HDFC Bank and fresh foreign fund inflows.The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 726.13 points to 77,471.26. The 50-share NSE Nifty climbed 203.50 points to 24,189.05.From the Sensex pack, Infosys, Larsen...
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Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat on Wedneday supported Congress Lok Sabha MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's remarks against the newly appointed Education Minister Prahlad Joshi, saying that expecting morality from someone who carries the responsiblity of educating the country is futile.The statements that...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said the bill brought by the government to tackle paper leaks was not enough, but there is a need for a system that prevents paper leaks.Speaking on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, which seeks to enhance punishments...
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Rituals for 'Chhari Mubarak', age-old traditions associated with the annual Amarnath Yatra, formally began on Wednesday, Mahant Deependra Giri said.'Chhari Mubarak', the saffron-robed silver mace of Lord Shiva, was taken from its abode at Dashnami Akshara here to Pahalgam in Anantnag district for...
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Top Maoist Misir Besra, who was carrying a bounty of over Rs 1 crore, was arrested from Jharkhand's Dhanbad district, police said.Besra was wanted in various cases related to red rebels' activities in several states, including Jharkhand and Odisha, a police officer said.Besra, a resident of...
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All the educational and technical institutes, including schools, colleges and anganwadis, would be closed on Wednesday in Nahan subdivision of Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district in view of the heavy rain forecast.In an order issued on Tuesday night, Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Nahan, Rajiv...
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Chief Spokesperson Saurav Das on Wednesday warned of a fresh, nationwide agitation if written assurances regarding the dismissal of First Information Reports (FIRs) against the student protestors are not delivered immediately.Speaking to ANI, the CJP Spokesperson said...
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A 70-year-old man was washed away after allegedly falling into an open manhole late last night following heavy rainfall in the Miyapur Police Station limits of Hyderabad, police said.Rescue teams rushed to the spot shortly after the incident was reported, and intensive search operations are...
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The toll in Assam floods increased by seven on Tuesday to reach 75, even though the number of affected population came down to 3.32 lakh, an official bulletin said. All seven deaths were reported from Sivasagar district, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) bulletin...
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The extradition of fugitive businessman Nirav Modi to India will take place after the completion of ongoing judicial proceedings in the United Kingdom, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.During a media briefing, MEA official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the legal...
