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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said stand-up comedians should be mindful that their freedom of expression does not violate another person's right to dignity.He was replying to a question over the controversy involving a show by stand-up comedian Pranit More.Everyone has...
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that the US and Iran have agreed on the text of a peace deal, kindling hope of a diplomatic breakthrough in the region.Amid ongoing intense mediation efforts by Pakistan, we are fully aware of incessant misinformation campaign being waged by...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday announced a torchlight procession in Ranchi on Saturday to protest the deteriorating law and order situation in Jharkhand and the rising number of missing children cases, a party leader said.The party alleged that three children, including twin brothers, have...
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Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde, in the wake of the controversy surrounding comedian Pranit More, asserted that comedy shows should be banned and she will pen a letter to the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the issue.Tawde's remarks on Friday came a day after Maharashtra Cyber registered an FIR...
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Under attack from senior Trinamool Congress lawmaker Kalyan Banerjee amid turmoil within the party, its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday struck a conciliatory note, describing the Serampore MP as a political mentor who had brought him up and therefore had...
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US Vice President JD Vance on Friday rejected what he described as fake information circulating about a possible agreement involving the reopening of the Strait and curbs on Iran's nuclear programme.I'm seeing a lot of fake information about a potential deal to reopen the Strait and end Iran's...
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The Uttarakhand high court has directed that a Pakistani Sikh family residing in Dehradun should not be deported if they do not pose a threat to national security.A single-judge bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari observed on Thursday, while hearing a petition challenging a...
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Two persons have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a man on a running Mumbai local train following a dispute over a seat, the police said.The incident took place on Thursday morning in a train headed for Khopoli from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, an official...
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Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh announced on Friday that the proposed civil airport at Udhampur is expected to become operational in the coming months, with a tender for the construction of the airport terminal being floated nearly three weeks ago.Addressing a special public outreach campaign...
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An Indian-origin provincial police constable in Ontario, who was killed in the line of duty, was on Friday remembered by Foreign Minister Anita Anand for his courage, dedication, and commitment to keeping Canadians safe.Originally from Brampton, 29-year-old Tarun Bali, a constable with the...
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A Lucknow-Delhi flight was delayed by over six hours on Friday after a hoax bomb threat was received shortly before take-off, officials said.The IndiGo flight 6E 2111, carrying around 180 passengers, was scheduled to depart from Lucknow at 10.45 am but finally took off around 4.15 pm. It landed...
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US President Donald Trump on Friday accused Iran of carrying out drone attacks against Indian ships leaving the Strait of Hormuz, saying it was 'totally unacceptable'.Three vessels with Indian crew came under attack off the Oman coast this week.One of them resulted in the death of three Indian...
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Police have registered a case of alleged abetment to suicide against three persons including two employees of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) following the death of a 48-year-old staffer of the IT firm, an official said on Friday.In a statement, TCS said it had taken note of the allegations...
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The government on Friday warned that the full might and weight of law will fall on anyone who tries to distort, disrupt, or tamper with the integrity of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) re-exam scheduled to be held on June 21.This was conveyed by Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan...
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The Delhi high court on Friday sought the stand of the makers of the film Kala Hiran: The Battle for Legal on a plea by actor Salman Khan seeking a stay on its release.Khan's counsel argued that the film was purportedly based on the blackbuck poaching case allegedly involving the actor and was in...
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A first information report (FIR) has been registered against former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee for allegedly making provocative remarks during the last assembly poll campaign, a senior officer said on Friday.A person lodged a complaint at the Netaji...
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Educationist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday met Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai.Wangchuk, 'the founder of an educational and cultural movement in Ladakh' met Thackeray at the latter's residence 'Matoshri', the party said in a post on X.Wangchuk attended the...
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A team of the West Bengal CID on Friday visited the residence of Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to serve a notice in connection with an investigation of an alleged provocative statement made by him during a poll rally in the state, an officer said.The CID team...
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Mumbai's civic-run KEM Hospital has formed a two-member committee to probe into the controversial remarks made by its undergraduate MBBS student Sejal Pawar regarding male cadavers during stand-up comedian Pranit More's show.Hospital Dean Dr Harish M Pathak on Friday said the comments were...
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Despite Iranian officials maintaining that reports of a deal with the United States to end the conflict in West Asia remain 'merely speculation', a memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington, DC is expected to be signed in Geneva, Switzerland, with the proposed agreement reportedly...
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From the 30-Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance, Larsen & Toubro, InterGlobe Aviation, Titan, Eternal and HDFC Bank were among the biggest winners.Tech Mahindra and Power Grid were the only laggards from the pack.
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Benchmark indices ended sharply higher on Friday, with the Sensex climbing 1,695.40 points and the Nifty surging nearly 2 per cent, in tandem with a rally in global markets and a decline in crude oil prices after US President Donald Trump declared that his country has ended the war with Iran.The...
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Whenever Ajay Parmar sees a plane overhead, fear grips him. At 28, he has no steady job, his marriage is over, and sometimes he wakes up in the middle of the night.Parmar was riding home on his two-wheeler when the Air India flight AI-171 crashed into the Meghaninagar hostel complex and he found...
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Nearly two decades after the Singur movement altered West Bengal's political landscape, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday vowed to bring the Tata Group back to the state, accusing the Left Front and the previous TMC government of presiding over two contrasting failures -- forcible land...
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David Hockney, widely regarded to be one of the most influential contemporary British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, has died. He was 88.The news was announced by Hockney's publicist to the BBC.The celebrated British artist David Hockney, one of the most important figures in contemporary...
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Domestic equity benchmark indices witnessed a strong rebound on Friday, surging nearly 1.5 per cent each, as global risk sentiment improved sharply following signals of a possible breakthrough in tensions between the United States and Iran.The rally came after US President Donald Trump...
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The Supreme Court on Friday referred the long-running defamation dispute between IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri and IPS officer D Roopa Moudgil, both serving in Karnataka, to mediation, remarking that both officers were harming each other's careers through continued litigation.A bench of Justice...
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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has summoned the US Chargé d'Affaires, Jason Meeks, to lodge a strong protest against the ongoing attacks on commercial vessels off the coast of Oman.The diplomatic move follows yet another incident yesterday, where a commercial vessel with 20 Indian crew...
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EY's Global Delivery Services (GDS) unit has launched ey.ai Centre for Reimagination (CFR), a first-of-its-kind immersive flagship client experience centre by the tax, audit and consulting firm, as companies attempt to help clients navigate their artificial intelligence (AI) and digital...
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Former India shooter and renowned coach Jaspal Rana passed away in New Delhi on Friday after battling health complications.Dr Balbir Singh, Group Chairman of Cardiac Sciences at Pan Max, said Rana had arrived at the hospital in a critical condition after experiencing a three-day-old heart attack,...
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Shiv Sena-UBT MP Sanjay Raut on Friday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led central government and the Uttar Pradesh government over the alleged misappropriation of Rs 7 crore from offerings made at the Ayodhya Ram Temple, claiming that theft is pervasive within the BJP, as the party has a...
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Former Union minister Smriti Irani has been left out of the panchayat voter list of Medan Mawai village in Amethi district despite her name being present in the Lok Sabha and Assembly electoral rolls for the area, officials said on Friday.Amethi District Magistrate Sanjay Chauhan said an inquiry...
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Students and government job aspirants assembled in Lucknow on Friday for a protest led by Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke over alleged examination irregularities, with demonstrators pressing for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.Candidates preparing for...
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Friday launched a fresh attack on the party's rebel lawmakers, asserting that they were misreading the Constitution and had no legal basis to seek recognition as a separate bloc in Parliament.In a post shared on X, Moitra said that the 91st...
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday announced a global strategic partnership with Anthropic, the company behind advanced AI model Claude, to expand enterprise AI adoption. Through the collaboration, TCS will establish a dedicated business unit to deliver joint industry solutions, enhanced...
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Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has lodged a cheating and forgery complaint against a Hyderabad-based aerospace component supplier, alleging that the firm submitted 199 forged test reports linked to components supplied for the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Mk1A programme.Sources familiar with the...
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Bomb threat to IndiGo flight which was about to takeoff for Delhi from Lucknow; security checks underway.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has strongly defended India's strategic energy decisions, highlighting that the procurement of Russian crude oil from 2022 onwards successfully prioritised national interest while simultaneously fulfilling a critical global economic role.He revealed that New...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the sporting world in mourning the untimely demise of renowned Indian shooter and coach Jaspal Rana, describing his passing as a profound loss to the nation.Rana, 49, who brought laurels to the country through his achievements as an elite shooter and later...
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Free ride for women on West Bengal government-run buses has been a welcome move for many. However, private bus operators say they have been suffering losses due to the outflux of women passengers to state-run buses and higher fuel costs.To offset losses, operators are seeking support from the...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has staunchly defended New Delhi's strategic energy choices, highlighting the inherent contradictions in Western criticism over India's procurement of Russian crude oil.The seasoned diplomat delivered these sharp remarks on Thursday while participating in a...
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Indian equity markets staged a sharp recovery on Friday morning as global stock indices turned green, dusting off recent geopolitical cues. The BSE SENSEX started at 74,742.65 points, up by 910.10 points or 1.23 per cent. Similarly, the NSE NIFTY 50 began at 23,432.70 points, advancing 271.10...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed a harmonised framework for determining base prices and daily price bands for stocks listed on multiple exchanges, aiming to reduce price divergence in securities.Under the proposal, if a stock trades on only one exchange on a...
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Renowned Indian shooting coach and former Asian Games gold medallist Jaspal Rana has died. He was 49.According to National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, Rana breathed his last at a Delhi hospital on Thursday night.Rana recently underwent a medical...
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On reports that seven MPs from the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) faction are in touch with Maharashtra Deputy CM and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, BJP leader Ram Kadam warned of consequences for changing political allegiance.Speaking to ANI, Kadam said Uddhav Thackeray has already...
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Five foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have moved the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) against the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), alleging procedural lapses in an ongoing adjudication process. The matter is scheduled to be heard on Friday.The appeals have been filed by LTS...
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The latest escalation between the US and Iran has brought the April ceasefire to its most difficult moment so far, with crude prices rising and financial markets, including US equities, falling, according to Rystad Energy.The Oslo-headquartered energy research and intelligence firm estimates that...
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Amid intensifying internal rift within West Bengal's Trinamool Congress (TMC), a series of resignations and rebel assertions have fuelled uncertainty over the party's internal cohesion and possible merger.A major turmoil emerged within TMC, as 19 breakaway MPs, including senior leaders...
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United States President Donald said that a deal to end the war with Iran is nearly complete and is expected to be signed over the weekend in Europe, as he called off military strikes on the gulf nation hours after threatening to take control of its oil industry.Trump, speaking to reporters at the...
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Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leaders on Thursday performed havan or fire ritual at the iconic Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai over the falling rupee and fuel prices rising to record levels during his tenure.They sought the Almighty's intervention...
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Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke/ANI Photo
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke will join students in Lucknow on Friday to demand the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.After two successful peaceful protests in Delhi and Pune, I am leaving for Lucknow. Will join the students there tomorrow to demand the...
