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Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray
Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray reached Nagpur on Friday and is set to tour Yavatmal, Washim, Hingoli and Parbhani over the next two days, following a major political setback for his faction.This comes in the wake of the recent defection of six Shiv Sena-UBT MPs to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv...
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The bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) of the Indian Army on Friday successfully defused an old cylindrical-shaped explosive in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a police statement said.The 56 cm long bomb-like metallic object weighing 20/25 kg was detected on June 23 when a villager was...
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The bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) of the Indian Army on Friday successfully defused an old cylindrical-shaped explosive in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a police statement said.The 56 cm long bomb-like metallic object weighing 20/25 kg was detected on June 23 when a villager was...
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The Mumbai Police's Narcotics Cell has seized 750 grams of heroin worth an estimated Rs 3.75 crore in the international market and arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with the case, officials said on Friday.The seizure was made during an operation in Goregaon based on confidential...
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The names of six military personnel -- five from the Indian Army and one from IAF -- who died in the line of duty during Operation Sindoor last year, have been inscribed on a wall at the National War Memorial, as a tribute to the fallen heroes.This is the first time since the military operation...
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At least four persons, including three women, were killed in separate lightning strikes across three districts of Jharkhand in the past 24 hours, police said on Friday.Of the four fatalities, two were reported from Lohardaga district, while one death each occurred in Latehar and Koderma...
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Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala/Courtesy ISRO website
Senior scientist U P Rajeev has been appointed as the new Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), one of the key centres of the Indian Space Research Organisation.Dr Rajeev, who is currently serving as Associate Director (Research and Development) at VSSC, will take over the...
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Eight people, including three minors, were injured following an attack by a leopard in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh.Those injured in the attack have been identified as Salamun (40), Hakim (75), Afsar (70), Saiyyad Khan (24), along with three minors.Additionally, a 21-year-old forest...
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As Tehran and Washington continue with their engagements following the signing of the MoU earlier this month, sources have told Al Arabiya that the two are set to hold the next round of negotiations in Switzerland on June 28 and 29.Citing sources, Al Arabiya said that the next round of US-Iran...
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A 17-year boy was feared drowned in the Arabian Sea off Aksa beach in Mumbai on Friday afternoon, and a search operation was underway to trace him, officials said.The incident occurred between INS Hamala and the Shitaladevi temple in Malad (West) at 3.53 pm, a civic official said.The teenager was...
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The Andhra Pradesh government has identified nearly 50 lakh children below the age of five years for polio vaccination on June 28 as part of National Immunization Day.The drive aims to administer two drops of bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) to all eligible children in the zero to five age...
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy on Friday said that transit through the strategic Strait of Hormuz would only be permitted through routes approved by Tehran, despite the IRGC establishing a communication line with the US Central Command (CENTCOM) in the strait to prevent...
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann/ANI Photo
Hoardings calling for the social boycott of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann have surfaced at several places including Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Bathinda and Amritsar in the state.The posters also mention the June 15 edict of the Sikh Clergy pronounced from the podium of the Akal Takht, declaring...
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Three persons were killed and 10 others injured after a tazia came in contact with a high-tension power line during a Muharram procession in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Friday.The incident occurred late Thursday night in Hatnara village located under Piplauda police...
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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav/ANI Photo
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday took a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party over the resignation of Champat Rai from the position of general secretary in Ram Mandir Trust as investigation continues in Ram Mandir donation row.In a post on X, Yadav said that the mask of the Danbhakto...
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A court has granted police custody of all eight accused arrested in connection with the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya till June 29, during which investigators will continue questioning them, an official said on Friday.Prosecution officer K C Verma told reporters...
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Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has seized 2.08 lakh Tramadol tablets worth an estimated Rs 8.32 crore and arrested a Rajasthan-based medical stockist allegedly involved in trafficking of the restricted psychotropic substance, officials said on Friday.Acting on a tip-off, an ATS team on...
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Raising concerns in the Middle East, The United Arab Emirates issued an incoming missile alert for Dubai on Friday evening before withdrawing it within minutes, leaving the reason for the warning unclear, according to an Associated Press report.The alert was issued shortly after...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he would keep fighting for the people of the country and carry their voice to the corridors of power as the Lok Sabha leader of the Opposition.In a post on X, Gandhi shared a short video, listing issues he raised both inside and outside Parliament, as...
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Delhi education minister Ashish Sood on Friday said all 924 coaching centres across the capital would be inspected as part of a safety drive, and institutions that were earlier warned against flouting norms would be sealed if the violations are found to persist.The minister said coaching centres...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday assured the family of Ketan Agarwal, who was allegedly pushed to death from Lohagad Fort by his fiancee and her lover, that the government would ensure strict punishment to those responsible and spare no effort in securing justice.Fadnavis...
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India's forex reserves increased by $963 million to $672.587 billion during the week ended June 19, the RBI said on Friday.In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had dropped by $9.985 billion to $671.625 billion.For the week ended June 19, foreign currency assets, a major component...
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Two Uzbek women have been arrested from Bihar's East Champaran district for allegedly residing in India illegally, officials said on Friday.The arrests were made at Custom Chowk near Maitri Bridge in Haraiya police station area on Thursday evening.According to an official statement, Sashashtra...
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A 21-year-old woman died on a state bus on her way to Mau from Varanasi, police said on Friday.According to passengers, the woman remained motionless for a good part of the journey, but they took her to be sleeping.Her death was revealed only when the bus reached Mau bus station around 12.15 am,...
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The Delhi High Court has refused bail to a man accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting his own daughter for ten years.The 17-year-old survivor, who was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, alleged that the assault began when she was about 6.She...
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Congress MP KC Venugopal on Friday criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training for praising the Election Commission in its new Class IX Social Science textbook, alleging that NCERT has become a BJP department for distorting the history and putting venomous items in...
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Ketan Agarwal's father meets Maha CM Fadnavis
The ongoing probe into the alleged murder of realtor Ketan Agarwal has revealed that it was co-accused Chetan Chaudhary who instigated Agarwal's fiancee Siya Goyal to eliminate him, a police official claimed on Friday.In a related development, the Maharashtra government accepted the Agarwal...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday assured the family of Ketan Agarwal, who was allegedly pushed to death from Lohagad Fort by his fiancee and her lover, that the government would ensure strict punishment to those responsible and spare no effort in securing justice.Fadnavis...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said that the party remains strong despite the splits it has suffered, and Aaditya Thackeray has the capability to lead it.Speaking to PTI Videos ahead of party chief Uddhav Thackeray's planned tour of the constituencies represented by the six party MPs...
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Police said they will also seek a technical report from the vehicle manufacturer. The car, they said, is about 15 years old but has a valid fitness certificate. Read more here.
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Siya's parents want her to be punished if guilty
The Ketan Agarwal murder case has taken a new turn as Lonavala police on Friday said the prime accused, Siya, has given conflicting statements during interrogation, while chats recovered from mobile phones appear to contradict her claims.According to police officials, Siya has now started...
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Siya Goyal in police custody
The ongoing probe into the alleged murder of realtor Ketan Agarwal has revealed that it was co-accused Chetan Chaudhary who instigated Agarwal's fiancee Siya Goyal to eliminate him, a police official claimed on Friday.From the questioning of both the accused it has come to light that it was...
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On June 17, messaging app Telegram challenged before the Delhi high court the Indian government's temporary ban on it. The ban was implemented to prevent paper leaks. This is not an isolated incident.Between 2014 and 2025, the government issued 54,310 digital block orders. Web site blocks,...
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Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust General Secretary Champat Rai and member trustee Anil Mishra have resigned, taking moral responsibility in connection with the alleged Ram Temple donation theft case, sources said on Friday.The developments came after a first information report was registered in the...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday alleged that his party did not receive a receipt for a Rs 1 crore donation it made to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra.Talking to reporters here, Raut also claimed that the party did not receive a receipt for a silver brick it donated to the...
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Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met the visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and offered Beijing's support for the new government in Dhaka.On the final day of his five-day visit, Rahman met Xi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Xi told Rahman that China supports...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said action against those accused in the alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya began immediately after the SIT submitted its report, asserting that those found guilty would not be spared.Addressing a public...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday alleged that Rs 2000 crore was stolen from the Ram Mandir Trust and used to engineer political splits in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Shiv Sena (UBT)Speaking on the FIR registered against eight people in the alleged Ayodhya Ram Mandir donations...
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After hours of standoff between a group of Nihangs and the administration at the Himachal Pradesh-Uttarakhand border in Dehradun, the group left for Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh in the early hours of Friday following negotiations with authorities.The development brought an end to the tension...
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The Mumbai Police on Friday launched an investigation to trace an unidentified caller who allegedly threatened a bomb blast in the city, police said.According to preliminary information, the Mumbai Police Control Room received information about a bomb threat after an unidentified individual made...
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The toll in the Taratala warehouse collapse in south Kolkata rose to 15 on Friday as teams of multiple agencies, including Army personnel, retrieved two more bodies and two others succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment, an official said.The rescue teams continued intensive search...
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Iran struck a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, forcing a pause on evacuations of stranded seafarers and demonstrating its continued ability to restrict the critical waterway, despite the agreement reached last week with the United States.A US official told CNN the vessel was attacked...
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Beauty has emerged as the largest category driving customer acquisition on Amazon India, with the segment growing 25-30 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in gross merchandise sales (GMS), said Siddharth Bhagat, director of Amazon Beauty India.In an exclusive conversation with Business Standard,...
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The registration of an FIR into the alleged misappropriation of Ram Mandir donations on Friday has sparked a range of reactions from Ayodhya's spiritual community. With the SIT now officially naming the accused, local priests from Ayodhya, while speaking with ANI, collectively demanded that the...
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Om Malik, founder of Gigaom, the technology-focused analyst firm and media company, died on June 24, at the age of 60. An obituary for Malik, the Indian-American journalist and early-stage venture capitalist, noted that Malik passed away at Stanford Hospital. It is with profound sadness that...
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The High Commissioner of Singapore to India, Simon Wong Wie Kuen, on Friday expressed excitement over trying the Banganapalle Mango after the first-ever 5 metric tonne shipment from Andhra Pradesh was recieved at Singapore.In a post on X, the High Commissioner announced the arrival of the...
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Eight persons named in an FIR over the alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram temple in Ayodhya have been arrested, senior officials said on Friday.The FIR, lodged at the instance of Krishna Mohan, a member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, follows recommendations...
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Western Railway's suburban train services were delayed by 10 to 15 minutes on Friday morning following an overhead equipment (OHE) snag and a point failure, an official said.The snag occurred on the down-fast line between Dadar and Churchgate stations around 6 am, he said.The Ahmedabad-bound...
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Next quarter the firm will begin pilot trials of trucks running on diesel blended with 2 per cent isobutanol, joining an industrywide effort to evaluate alternative fuels as India seeks to reduce its dependence on imported crude oil.The company is working with government agencies and...
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In a bid to improve transparency in the pharma supply chain, the Union health ministry is set to mandate drugmakers to enable QR Code tracking on all vaccines, antimicrobials, anti-cancer, narcotic, and psychotropic drugs.As part of this move, all these new drug categories will be moved to...
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US vice president JD Vance shares a post on X lauding his wife, Usha's sharp as a tack fiscal policies, if you may. Usha, who is pregnant with their fourth child, bought a maternity dress that she wore to a podcast with her husband, that went viral for Vance's awkward greeting. Vance...
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The death toll in Venezuela following the deadly double earthquakes has risen to 235, while 4,300 people have been injured, health minister Carlos Alvarado said on Thursday evening (local time).The minister, in an interview with the state television, said that while the injuries include mostly...
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A 37-year-old man allegedly died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district after being distressed over an alleged job scam in which money was taken from him on the promise of employment, police said on Thursday.According to police, Manmohan alias Monu, a resident of Mawana Khurd village in...
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Bodies of four out of 12 Indian nationals who were killed in an explosion at a factory in the Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar are being repatriated to the country on Thursday, officials said.Twelve Indians were among 13 people killed in the explosion on Sunday. One of them was a Pakistani...
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Thirty-five nations, including India, have signed on to the US initiative to build trusted and resilient supply chains to power artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.At the second Pax Silica Summit held in Washington, DC on Thursday, 35 nations signed the Joint Statement on AI Opportunity,...
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Firhad Hakim
The police on Thursday arrested Kalicharan Bandyopadhyay, former Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to former city mayor Firhad Hakim, in connection with the warehouse collapse case that left 11 people dead, an officer said.The arrest came hours after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari made certain...
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High drama and tension prevailed at the Himachal Pradesh-Uttarakhand border on Thursday night after a large group of Nihang Sikhs clashed with the police, pushed through security barricades at the Kulhal checkpoint in Vikasnagar area in Dehradun, and proceeded towards Hemkund Sahib.Visuals from...
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The Madhya Pradesh high court on Thursday directed the Dhar district administration to hand over the keys of a disputed government-run Imambara (congregation hall) to a petitioner from the Muslim community within 24 hours for its use for five days.The direction of the high court's Indore bench...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Chhattisgarh on Thursday constituted a five-member committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to prepare a draft for implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state.Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai's office shared a notification in this...
