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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stressed the need for unity in the INDIA bloc and claimed that they did not lose the 2024 Lok Sabha election and have already won the 2029 polls.Sharing his speech delivered at a meeting of the INDIA opposition bloc on Monday, Gandhi said several...
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A 26-year-old Indian-origin man was murdered in a knife attack in Southall, west London, the Metropolitan Police said on Saturday.Gurbhej Singh was the victim of stabbing on North Road, near the junction with Dormers Wells Lane, along with another man in his 30s who was treated at hospital and...
20:29
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that any violation of the American blockade and illicit transport of Iranian oil through the Straits of Hormuz will not be tolerated, an official statement said Saturday.Rubio conveyed this to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who spoke...
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Eleven Indian sailors have been convicted and their merchant vessel fined $5.3 million by a court in Nigeria for cocaine trafficking.They were arrested around six months ago by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly importing 31.5 kilogrammes of cocaine from...
19:43
A meeting between senior Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav in New Delhi on Saturday sparked fresh political speculation amid turmoil within the party, raising questions on whether the veteran MP could join the dissident group seeking recognition as a...
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Qatar vs Switzerland, June 14, 12.30 am ISTQatar take on Switzerland in their World Cup opener on Saturday eager to shake off the pressure of expectation, coming in as back-to-back Asian champions with an urgent need to make amends for a dismal debut as hosts of the 2022 tournament.On the other...
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said a US-Iran peace deal could be finalised within the next 24 hours, raising hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough after months of conflict and negotiations.We are closer to a peace deal than ever before. With finalisation likely expected in the...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the Cabinet has decided that Aadhaar cards would not be issued to those above the age of 18 to ensure illegal immigrants don't acquire the document.In exceptional cases, the district commissioner will have to send a proposal to the state...
16:47
Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth will be the next Chief of the Army Staff, the defence ministry announced on Saturday.Lt Gen Seth, currently serving as the Vice Chief of Army, will take charge of the top position on June 30 when the incumbent Gen Upendra Dwivedi retires.The senior military officer is an...
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Police have arrested five persons, including a police constable, after a vehicle carrying them entered the convoy of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant in North Goa, officials said on Saturday.The incident occurred on Thursday night at Amona when the chief minister was travelling from Sanquelim to...
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Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary M A Baby on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks at the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) meeting on Kerala politics and said the LoP has been urged only to stop being the 'facilitator for ED and...
15:59
A trader in West Bengal's Siliguri on Saturday said he has lodged a police complaint against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee over his alleged provocative remarks during the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly polls.The complainant, Sanjay Kr Singhal, said the complaint was filed at...
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Alleging that stand-up comedians are crossing all limits under the pretext of freedom of expression and need to be taught a lesson, Shiv Sena leader Manisha Kayande on Saturday said she will introduce a motion against such acts in the upcoming monsoon session of the state legislature.Her remarks...
15:03
Five Indian Air Force personnel killed in the crash of AN-32 transport aircraft at Jorhat, Assam, officials said on Saturday. The IAF also posted an update on social media, saying: 'Indian Air Force (IAF) deeply regrets the loss of five personnel in the An-32 accident at Jorhat, Assam. Sqn...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday condemned the alleged derogatory remarks made on social media against Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav's daughter and said such comments against any daughter were unacceptable.He said police action should be taken in the case but...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the Cabinet has decided that Aadhaar cards would not be issued to those above the age of 18 to ensure illegal immigrants don't acquire the document.In exceptional cases, the district commissioner will have to send a proposal to the state...
14:15
Activists Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid have moved fresh bail applications before a Delhi court in the larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.The applications argued that there has been no significant progress in the trial despite the Supreme Court dismissing the earlier...
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Police issued a fresh notice to former West Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas on Saturday, asking him to appear before investigators within 48 hours for questioning in a case related to the chaos at the Lionel Messi event at Salt Lake Stadium in December.Biswas had not complied with two notices...
13:41
Artificial intelligence major Anthropic has abruptly suspended access to its advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all customers globally following an export control directive from the US government citing national security concerns.According to the company's statement, the US government...
12:30
A bomb threat email was received on Saturday for a Lufthansa flight operating from Frankfurt, Germany to Hyderabad, India, according to the sources.More details regarding the threat and security measures are awaited.Earlier, on May 16, a bomb threat email received at Rajiv Gandhi International...
12:22
An Indian Air Force aeroplane, AN-32, has crashed while landing in Assam's Jorhat district on Saturday, a defence spokesperson said.The incident occurred while the aircraft was landing at the IAF's airbase in the Rowriah area.Senior IAF officials have rushed to the area, and casualty, if any, is...
12:11
With the National Testing Agency scheduled to conduct the NEET exam on June 21, the engineering admission counselling schedule in Tamil Nadu is expected to face delays.Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions 2026 (TNEA 2026) is a fully digital process encompassing online registration, fee payment,...
12:07
The Trinamool Congress on Saturday strongly condemned the police search at party MP Abhishek Banerjee's Kalighat residence, alleging that the operation was part of a campaign of political vendetta against its leaders by West Bengal's Bharatiya Janata Party government.In a dramatic pre-dawn...
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US President Donald Trump's claim that Iran carried out a drone attack on Indian ships in the Strait of Hormuz is simply baseless, the Iranian embassy has said.The mission also described Trump's comments as an attempt to divert attention from the American military's strikes on merchant vessels in...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for a week-long visit to France and Slovakia, during which he will attend the G7 Summit and hold discussions with world leaders on a range of bilateral and global issues.In his departure statement, Modi said France occupies a special place in India's...
10:43
Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying his political approach does not strengthen the INDIA alliance and often ends up helping the BJP.Responding to a question about Rahul Gandhi's reported remark at an INDIA...
09:53
In a dramatic pre-dawn operation that triggered a political storm in West Bengal, a large contingent of police, accompanied by central forces, raided the Kalighat residence of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday in connection with a case filed in a police station in...
09:45
A man was arrested for allegedly making phone calls threatening to kill Chief Minister VD Satheesan and his family, officials said.The arrested person was identified as Sony Thomas of Attingal.According to police, an unidentified person called the Thiruvananthapuram City District Police Command...
09:36
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday raided TMC MLA Madan Mitra as part of a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged municipality recruitment scam, officials said.They said a total of seven premises linked to Mitra, a former minister in the Mamata Banerjee cabinet, are being...
08:58
Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of manipulating elections and alleged that if the same dishonesty witnessed in Bihar and West Bengal was repeated in Uttar Pradesh, future elections could be...
08:56
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and lodged a strong protest over the attacks by the US Navy in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners.Such lethal actions against commercial shipping are not justified, Jaishankar said in a post on X about his...
08:34
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $711 million to $681.61 billion during the week ended June 5, driven by a decline in foreign currency assets, according to the latest Reserve Bank of India data.Foreign currency assets fell by $2.7 billion, while gold reserves rose by $1.9 billion.Gold...
08:30
Dubbing TMC lawmakers for rebelling against the party timid, Shiv Sena-UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray has said those ungrateful to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are now abandoning the ship .Thackeray, whose own party in Maharashtra suffered a split in 2022 following a rebellion...
08:22
The Centre has prohibited industrial and commercial consumers from purchasing petrol and diesel from retail outlets, directing them to source fuel from designated consumer pumps.The move comes as bulk buyers shift to retail outlets due to a price difference of Rs 40 per litre between retail and...
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Local Bharatiya Janata Party corporator Pravin Chheda on Friday demanded registration of a police case against social media influencer and YouTuber Prasad Vedpathak for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.A controversy erupted earlier when Vedpathak criticised white road markings painted in...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested two former executives of the Reliance Anil Ambani Group (RAAG) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Mumbai, officials said.The ED has taken transit remand of Sateesh Seth and Gautam Doshi, both of whom previously served as directors...
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Hospitals cannot force patients to buy medicines from their in-house pharmacy or any specific shop, and orders have been issued to prevent this, Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said on Friday.Addressing a press conference, Mundhe said there were several...
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