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A 23-year-old female doctor of the Goa Medical College and Hospital was found dead at a beach near Panaji on Wednesday, police said.Her body was found on the Hawaii beach in the evening, an official said.State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has directed GMCH dean Dr Jai Prakash Tiwari to ensure a...
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United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that the United States would resume attacks on Iran, as he voiced frustration over Tehran's delays in concluding the deal with Washington, DC.Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump said, We're going to be attacking them, attacking them very...
22:57
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed his gratitude for the good wishes conveyed by people for his feat of becoming the longest continuously serving elected PM of India and said he considers it a privilege to have the opportunity to serve Bharat.Modi on Wednesday crossed the record...
22:52
The government on Wednesday dismissed as 'factually incorrect and misleading' media reports claiming Nepal has banned or suspended imports of Indian mangoes, saying exports to the neighbouring country continue uninterrupted.The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said Nepal's Plant...
22:46
India and the United States are learnt to be exploring the possibility of a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on the margins of the G7 summit in France next week.There is no clarity yet on whether the two leaders will be able to meet as it will depend on...
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India on Wednesday summoned the United States' Charge d'Affaires Jason Meeks and lodged a protest over the attack on commercial vessel Settebello off the coast of Oman, in which three Indian crew members remain missing.Nagaraj Naidu, Additional Secretary (Americas) in the Ministry of External...
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The rupee appreciated 16 paise to close at 95.25 against the US dollar on Wednesday, amid likely intervention from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to curb excessive volatility and prevent a further slide in the domestic unit.Forex traders said the rupee pared its initial losses and settled on a...
21:41
The humble jhalmuri found itself in the political spotlight once again at the 12th anniversary conclave of the ruling National Democratic Alliance at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Wednesday.And yet again, this was courtesy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had sent the popular Bengali...
21:38
As he became India's longest continuously serving elected prime minister, Narendra Modi on Wednesday said people of the country have now understood the importance of political stability and the decisiveness of a stable government.Modi also said the dream of a 'Viksit Bharat' does not belong to a...
20:47
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked President Droupadi Murmu and National Democratic Alliance chief ministers and leaders for their warm wishes on becoming the longest-serving democratically elected PM and said whatever has been achieved over the years is the result of the...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay met Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Wednesday.Vijay, who is on a three-day visit to the national capital, is expected to attend the Niti Aayog governing...
19:56
The Delhi High Court has said any endeavour to use social media to malign the judiciary and interfere with its independence cannot be accepted, and online platforms cannot act like 'silent spectators' in such instances.The court has asserted that fair criticism of judicial orders and institutions...
19:55
Amid heightened tensions in the Gulf region, the Indian Embassy in Muscat on Wednesday said it is 'closely monitoring' an incident involving a vessel off the coast of Oman.In a post on X, the Indian mission also said that it is in close touch with the local authorities on the issue, without...
19:31
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday received emails allegedly containing references to Khalistan warning of explosions at multiple locations in Mumbai, including the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) and the mayor's office, officials said.The emails, sent to several official...
19:07
Amid a high-voltage drama over Bharatiya Janata Party-backed Independent candidate Nathwani Parimal's nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand, the returning officer on Wednesday said his papers were found 'valid'.The order came amid Congress's protest in Ranchi, demanding cancellation...
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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said the parties like the Trinamool Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar which were once part of the Congress should reunite and strengthen the grand old party.Such reunification was the 'need of the...
18:46
A massive fire broke out at a nine-storey government building in Kolkata in the pre-office hours on Wednesday morning, forcing the deployment of 17 fire tenders that contained the blaze before the smouldering embers turned to flames in the afternoon.The building housed the South 24 Parganas Zilla...
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Ritabrata Banerjee
As Mamata Banerjee's meetings with the Congress leadership fuelled fresh speculation about the future of her embattled faction, rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed ownership of the Trinamool Congress itself, declaring that the dissident camp was the 'real TMC' and had no plans to...
17:43
Among the Sensex constituents, Hindustan Unilever, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, ITC and HDFC Bank were the biggest winners.Eternal Ltd, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv and Titan were among the laggards.
17:41
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty pared gains to settle flat on Wednesday, dragged by last-hour selling in oil and gas, metal and telecom shares as renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran unsettled investor sentiment.The 30-share BSE Sensex closed higher by 64.42 points, or 0.09...
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Asserting that India's youngsters are not scared of questioning the government, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which led a protest here last week demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation, said on Wednesday that it would launch an 'indefinite sit-in' at Jantar Mantar from...
17:29
An Mi-17 helicopter of the Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday, killing all personnel on board, the army said.According to a brief statement by the army, the accident occurred 'during take-off due to a technical fault'.There were no...
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday said that Iran must move beyond a prolonged state of neither war nor peace, revealing that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had allowed negotiations and dialogue to continue as a means of resolving the situation, as per the Iranian news agency...
16:04
Satabdi Roy
Trinamool Congress (TMC) party leader Satabdi Roy on the exodus in the party, If just two MPs had left, I would have said it was their individual problem... But when twenty MPs left, it showed there were issues--problems faced by so many MPs--that the party never recognised or addressed; this is...
15:49
Gold prices slumped by Rs 4,300 to Rs 1.56 lakh per 10 grams while silver crashed by Rs 10,000 to Rs 2.45 lakh per kg in the national capital on Wednesday as a fresh jump in crude oil rates and a strong US dollar weakened demand for the precious metals.According to local marketmen, gold of 99.9...
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Officers of the Prime Minister's Office congratulated PM Modi on becoming the longest-serving democratically elected Prime Minister of India in consecutive terms.Over the last twelve years, he has provided leadership characterised by stability, transparency and a steadfast commitment to good...
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NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday objected to comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Jawaharlal Nehru, saying Indians cannot forget the former PM's sacrifices and his contribution to nation building.Speaking at the 27th foundation day of his party here, Pawar said PM Modi has become...
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Thieves stole goods worth nearly Rs 1 lakh from the home of a YouTuber, who gained popularity on social media by sharing videos of her lavish lifestyle, in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, a police official said on Wednesday.The official said the police have found some clues that may lead to...
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Ten days after the swearing in of the extended cabinet of the BJP government in West Bengal, portfolios were allocated among the ministers on Wednesday, with senior leader Tapas Roy named the industries minister and journalist-turned-politician, Swapan Dasgupta, getting the finance...
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The Centre's spending in 2025-2026 (FY26) fell short of the revised estimate (RE) across 50 of the 55 ministries and departments, resulting in total expenditure coming at Rs 59,690 crore below the RE of Rs 49.65 trillion.Among the top 10 ministries, in terms of Budget allocation, the largest gap...
13:57
From psychological mind-benders to zombie comedies, these horror films prove Bollywood has produced far more than just things that go bump in the night, writes Sreeju Sudhakaran. Read it here.
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Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee met Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday at 10 Janpath in the national capital.The meeting comes amidst the continuous resignations of leaders and the ongoing political crisis within the TMC. Earlier on Tuesday, Mamata Banerjee met...
13:06
Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, extends her heartiest congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on being India's longest continuously serving PM.She tweets, Congratulations to PM Narendra Modi who today becomes the longest-serving elected Prime Minister in the history of India. It...
12:54
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday passed a resolution applauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi for becoming the longest-serving elected PM for consecutive terms, as he completed 4,399 days in the office.Members of the cabinet also gave a standing ovation to PM Modi.Today, PM Modi surpassed former PM...
12:32
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held separate telephonic conversations overnight with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia and Turkiye to review intensifying geopolitical friction, it was reported by the country's IRNA news agency.The diplomatic dialogues focused primarily on a thorough...
12:11
A 25-year-old man accused of raping a one-year-old girl was arrested after being shot in both legs during an encounter with police in Shahjahanpur, UP, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.The incident took place in a village in the district on Tuesday when the toddler was lying on a...
11:51
TMC MP Sushmita Dev resigns from Rajya Sabha. Trinamool Congress is facing an internal turmoil following the party's defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections.Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday slammed the rebel faction of the party, terming them traitors and said even...
11:24
Google Cloud services in major Indian cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai, are experiencing network disruptions and elevated latency following a fire at a third-party data centre facility in the national capital.The fire necessitated an emergency power shutdown of networking equipment,...
11:11
The PM with the former president Ram Nath Kovind
The Congress on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he may have passed a self-proclaimed and dubiously invented milestone but he is a millstone around India's neck, presiding over the murder of democracy.The opposition party's attack came as Modi became...
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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi became India's longest continuously serving PM on Wednesday, he termed public service as the biggest test of good governance.Sharing a Sanskrit shloka on X, PM Modi said defined humility, dedication and dutifulness as virtues to earn public trust.He posted, Public...
10:31
The number of soiled banknotes disposed of by the Reserve Bank of India dropped sharply in 2025-2026 because shredding of such notes was interrupted due to the replacement of new machines.According to the latest data, the central bank disposed of soiled or mutilated notes of 17 billion pieces in...
10:29
Zepto is emerging as the closest challenger to market leader Blinkit as the former's operating metrics show it has nearly matched its largest rival on several fronts, even though profitability seems away.Data in the company's updated draft red herring prospectus shows Zepto generated Rs.7,497.6...
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As Zepto inches closer to marking its D-street debut, its draft IPO papers show that the qcom firm's founders, Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, received summons from the Enforcement Directorate. The summons, each dated April 8, 2026, required the founders to appear before the agency and...
09:55
The Jordanian military on Wednesday announced that its air defence systems had successfully intercepted and destroyed multiple projectiles launched from Iranian territory, neutralising an imminent threat over its eastern region.According to reports citing the military command, the country's...
09:29
Planes on board the USS Abraham Lincoln
Amid a rapidly evolving security situation in West Asia and the Gulf region, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that it targeted and destroyed hangars of the F-35 fighter jets along with targeting about 21 American air and naval bases, ISNA reported on Wednesday.Citing the IRGC, the...
09:24
Iran's national football team, who are currently training in Tijuana, Mexico, will be permitted to arrive in the United States the day before their matches, the Department of Homeland Security said.The clarification comes after media reports over the weekend quoted Iran's ambassador to Mexico,...
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The Gulf nation of Bahrain activated missile warning sirens on Wednesday morning after Iran announced it had targeted the island in retaliation for US airstrikes on the Islamic Republic.Bahrain's Interior Ministry urged residents to take shelter as a precaution.Iran claimed it had struck the...
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The US has launched military operations against Iran following the downing of an American Army Apache helicopter near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.In an official statement, the US Central Command stated, CENTCOM forces struck Iranian air defense, ground control stations, and surveillance radar...
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Congress leaders on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party over the rejection of nomination papers of party candidate Meenakshi Natarajan and said when they approached the Election Commission to challenge the decision, officials 'refused' to meet them, forcing the delegation to stage a sit-in...
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