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US Vice President J D Vance said on Saturday the peace talks with Iran were on and negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were already in Switzerland.In an interview with Fox News, Vance said he also planned to join the talks in Switzerland in the next few days, contending that the US has...
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The Congress on Saturday slammed party member Shashi Tharoor over his admiration for Narendra Modi, saying it appears to have transcended the physical world as he now seems capable of hearing what the prime minister never even said.Tharoor, the party's Thiruvananthapuram MP, however, said he...
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Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief and Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Saturday intensified his attack on the Samajwadi Party, claiming that party president Akhilesh Yadav may step aside and Shivpal Singh Yadav would take over the party reins.Addressing reporters in...
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Shigella infections continued to rise in Kerala with 13 more cases being reported on Saturday, even as health authorities intensified surveillance and containment measures, officials said.According to a statement issued by the Health Minister's Office, four of the new cases were reported in...
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Iran on Saturday closed the Strait of Hormuz, citing Israeli attacks in Lebanon Iran's top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said the crucial waterway would be closed to vessel traffic, citing alleged violations of a ceasefire agreement by the US...
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Around 35,000 people are expected to gather in Kolkata on June 21 for one of the country's largest celebrations of the International Day of Yoga (IDY), with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to lead the national event, officials said on Saturday.They said an estimated 10 lakh people will...
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Shiv Sena-UBT MP Omprakash Raje Nimbalkar on Saturday asked who killed his father, former Maharashtra minister Pawanraje Nimbalkar, if none of the accused tried before a CBI court was guilty, and alleged that the police who conducted the probe initially were under pressure from Padamsinh Patil, a...
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Ahead of the NEET-UG re-examination, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday urged the government to ensure there are no glitches and irregularities this time, saying the students have been through enough stress and cannot afford to go through it again.Gandhi posted a video on X in which he...
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At least three persons died and several others were injured after a slab of a Hanuman temple collapsed at Yashwadi village in Maharashtra's Parbhani district on Saturday afternoon, police said.The village is located on the Manwat road, about 190 km from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.The slab of the...
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As the Delhi Police asked Cockroach Janta Party supporters to vacate Jantar Mantar, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke posted a video alleging that authorities were attempting to arrest him.Police is about to arrest me. I appeal to you to not stop this peaceful protest nationwide even if I am arrested!,...
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The Delhi Police has denied permission to Cockroach Janta Party to continue its protest at Jantar Mantar, even as party founder Abhijeet Dipke asserting that he will not move from the site until the education minister resigns.Police have asked CJP supporters to vacate the site where a large...
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Bachchu Kadu, a leader of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, on Saturday made an appeal to both the Sena factions to reunite.He was speaking to reporters in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar a day after the Shinde-led Sena as well as the rival Shiv Sena-UBT headed by Uddhav Thackeray celebrated the...
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A Hyderabad court has granted interim bail to Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar's son, Bageerath, who was arrested in connection with a POCSO case registered against him, till June 25.Bageerath, who was in judicial custody, was granted interim bail by the court on Friday to enable him to write...
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Responding to the issue of allotment of a centre in Abu Dhabi to a candidate from Nagpur, the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday said the city change request was made through the candidate's own registered login during the open correction window and it had later acted on his request to...
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Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday reached Iran unannounced †the first visit to the country by any senior Pakistani official after Washington and Tehran signed an agreement aimed at restoring peace in West Asia.Naqvi reached Mashhad in Iran on Saturday, reported Geo News,...
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The ongoing strike by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking evoked a near-total response so far on the second day on Saturday, with only four of 2,766 buses plying on roads in the morning hours, hugely inconveniencing commuters.None of the 246 scheduled BEST-owned...
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Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav has lodged a police complaint against former aide Akash Yadav and the latter's family members, accusing them of hatching a conspiracy to kill him and his father, Lalu Prasad.Yadav lodged the complaint with the Sachivalaya police station on...
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AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government to revert Pakistan to its grey list.The Hyderabad MP, in a post on 'X', said : Vivek Agarwal is the first Indian to have been elected Vice President of FATF, what @narendramodi government must...
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A 32-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by fellow passengers while attempting to board the Yoga Express at Shahdara railway station in east Delhi on Saturday, police said.The incident took place on platform number 3, where a quarrel broke out among passengers amid a rush to board the...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday took a sharp jibe at Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray, accusing him of sitting in Congress's lap and trying to turn infiltrators into a vote bank, warning that India is not a dharmshala.In an apparent reference to the imminent split in Thackeray-led...
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Two men were charred to death and three others sustained injuries after their newly purchased car veered off into a deep gorge and caught fire in the Lohaghat area in Uttarakhand, officials said on Saturday.The accident occurred on Friday in the Bantoli area along the Tanakpur-Pithoragarh...
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A special court in Mumbai on Saturday acquitted former Maharashtra home minister Padamsinh Patil and seven others in the 2006 murder case of Maharashtra Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his driver.Special CBI court judge Satyanaryan Navandar said the prosecution failed to prove the chain...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is losing support within his own party and cited Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's purported remarks praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attack the opposition leader.BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla...
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The Centre has prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of 16 fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs, saying they lack therapeutic justification and their continued use was not considered beneficial in relation to the potential risks involved.The move, the Union Health Ministry said, was to...
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The wife of TMC leader Jahangir Khan was arrested on Saturday for allegedly masterminding a violent attempt to free him from police custody and leading an attack on the Falta police station earlier this month, officials said.Regina Bibi, who had been absconding since the incident, was arrested...
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Despite appeals by the Maharashtra Transport Minister and invocation of the Essential Services Maintenance Act, employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport remained firm on strike, with common people bearing the brunt on the second day on Saturday.Passengers were forced to rely on...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday lashed out at the Modi government after a NEET-UG aspirant from Nagpur was allotted a centre in Abu Dhabi for the re-exam, saying it should stop gambling with children's future.The family of the Nagpur NEET aspirant claimed that he was allocated a school...
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Heavy security arrangements were put in place across the national capital on Saturday as the Cockroach Janta Party will hold its second protest at Jantar Mantar, with police deploying extensive surveillance and crowd-control measures, officials said.The protest, led by CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke,...
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Kerala high court has directed the police to provide protection to the young girl who shot to fame during the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela and whose husband is now facing charges of kidnapping her.The High Court's order came on the girl's plea seeking directions to the state government and the SHO of the...
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A man and his son were run over by a train in Deoria when the father was trying to save his son, who allegedly stepped onto the railway track to take his own life following an argument between the two, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred around 11 pm on Friday near the Gauribazar...
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The Congress on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having a 'blind devotion' to Israel and said this is hurting India's interests.Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the US-Iran MoU that has been cautiously welcomed the world over faces many...
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A nationwide mock drill was underway across the country on Saturday ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination as part of the efforts to ensure smooth, secure and transparent conduct of the medical entrance test, officials said.Security has also been tightened at the National Testing Agency (NTA)...
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The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Friday stated that it will continue operations in southern Lebanon, asserting that it would 'continue to remove immediate threats, respond to Hezbollah's violations', even as a ceasefire agreement b between Israel and Hezbollah remains in place.In a video...
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A Nagpur-based NEET-UG aspirant was left shocked after allegedly being allotted a school in Abu Dhabi as his examination centre for Sunday's re-examination, prompting his family to seek intervention from the National Testing Agency (NTA).The family of Abdullah Mohammad Talib claimed that when his...
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The United States is eyeing working with Qatar so as to chart a plan for releasing billions of dollars in frozen funds aimed at humanitarian spending in Iran, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.According to the American news outlet, yet...
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The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has suspended registration of the central ethics committee in one unit of the KKR-backed HCG Oncology Hospital -- one of the largest cancer chains in India -- over alleged irregularities in its clinical testing processes.The CDSCO order,...
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More banks on Friday raised interest rates on Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) [FCNR (B)] deposits, offering returns ranging from 6.5 per cent to 7.13 per cent.Punjab National Bank has increased rates on its FCNR(B) deposits by up to 6.6 per cent per annum on deposits of $1 million and...
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The Reserve Bank of India on Friday directed banks to submit daily details of Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) [FCNR (B)] deposits, external commercial borrowings (ECBs), and overseas foreign currency borrowings (OFCBs) mobilised under the concessional swap facilities announced by the central...
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India's forex reserves dropped $9.985 billion to $671.625 billion during the week ended June 12 due to sharp drop in gold reserves, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday.In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had dropped $711 million to $681.610 billion.For the week ended June...
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The Embassy of Palestine to India has issued an urgent appeal for immediate international and Indian intervention for medical aid, asserting that the healthcare sector in the territory has reached a breaking point and is on the 'verge of total collapse'.'The Embassy of the State of Palestine to...
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The Goa government has prohibited mosquito fogging by individuals, private agencies and resident associations without prior approval from the competent health authority, warning that unauthorised operations pose serious health and environmental risks.In a circular issued on June 19, the Health...
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United States President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled a new presidential aircraft, a modified Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar, describing it as a 'flying White House' and one of the most advanced aircraft ever operated by the United States.Speaking during the unveiling ceremony at Joint Base Andrews...
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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday reaffirmed Washington's support for Lebanon's security, stability, and efforts to extend the state's authority across all its territories during a phone conversation with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.According to a statement issued by the...
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United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is currently heading to Switzerland as preparations intensify for a new round of US-Iran negotiations following the recently announced memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two sides in order to end the hostilities in West Asia, Axios reported,...
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People found spitting on roads, using plastic indiscriminately or urinating in public places in urban areas of West Bengal will face monetary penalties from September 1 as part of a drive to improve civic cleanliness, state Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Agnimitra Paul said on...
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A youth has been arrested in Bhilwara for allegedly selling fake question papers through a Telegram ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination scheduled to take place on June 21, a senior police officer said on Friday.The arrest came amid the Centre's restrictions on Telegram over the NEET-UG...
