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More than 100 people, including children, fell ill allegedly due to food poisoning after consuming sweets prepared at a wedding function in Rajasthan's Kotputli-Behror district on Friday.The incident occurred in Dhani Gaskan village of Viratnagar area, where 105 villagers complained of vomiting...
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US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine from May 9 to 11, claiming both sides agreed following his direct request. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said all kinetic activity would stop during the period and both...
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Hunters deployed by the forest department shot dead a leopard in Bamthi village in Pauri, bringing relief to villagers who had been living in fear for the past fortnight, officials said on Friday.The eight-year-old leopard, which was killed late Thursday, was brought to the Nagdev Range office in...
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An Indian crew member was killed in an unfortunate maritime incident, the Indian mission said on Friday, extending assistance.The Indian Consulate in Dubai did not give much information about the incident but said it was saddened to learn of the unfortunate incident at Sea that caused the tragic...
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved USD 1.2 billion for Pakistan under two separate ongoing financing arrangements.The fund agreed in September 2024 to provide USD 7 billion over a period of 37 months under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) while it decided to provide USD 1.4...
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Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from...
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The top brass of the Congress party, including Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, will attend the swearing-in ceremony of TVK chief Vijay as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, according to the Congress sources.This comes as the actor-turned-politician and TVK chief Vijay is poised to...
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Mumbai's civic body on Friday said permission has been granted for religious animal slaughter at 109 designated locations across the city during Bakri Eid later this month.In a release issued by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) after a review meeting chaired by additional municipal...
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A violent face-off erupted between the cadres of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Congress in Tamil Nadu's Mayiladuthurai on Friday, resulting in party flags being torn down and discarded on the streets.It was said that the clash broke out following the Congress leaving the DMK-led alliance and...
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The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Friday alleged that its Youth Congress office in Baharampur was attacked and damaged by BJP workers during the counting process.In a post on X, the party claimed that the office was targeted and looted. It alleged, In Baharampur, the Trinamool Youth...
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Actor Celina Jaitly/Image courtesy @CelinaJaitly/X
The Mumbai police registered an FIR against Bollywood actress Celina Jaitly's husband, Peter Haag, after the actress filed the complaint alleging cruelty, physical harm, criminal intimidation and sustained harassment against her.The Mumbai police registered an FIR against Austrian National Peter...
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Recently elected leader of NDA legislative party N Rangasamy and deputy leader A Namassivayam meets Lieutenant Governor K Kailashnathan to present a letter of support./ANI Photo
All India NR Congress chief N Rangasamy on Friday met Lieutenant Governor K Kailashnathan and staked a claim to form a government in Puducherry.Rangasamy was accompanied by the newly elected MLAs of the alliance parties.A communication from the Lt Governor's office said that the letter presented...
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Outgoing Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma/File image
The Bharatiya Janata Party legislature party will meet on May 10 to elect its new leader of the Assam Legislative Assembly, outgoing Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.The new government will be sworn in on May 12 at 11 am in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he...
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Communist Party of India-Marxist leader K Balakrishnan has said that the swearing-in ceremony of TVK chief Vijay as chief minister on Saturday at 11 am.Tomorrow morning by 11 am, swearing-in ceremony is going to take place. Invitation and other things will be sent before that....
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India and Canada will hold the next round of negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement in July in Ottawa, the Commerce Ministry said on Friday.The two sides concluded the second round of talks for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) here on May 8.India and Canada...
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Outgoing Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M K Stalin on Friday urged Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to immediately take necessary steps to ensure a new government is formed as per the Constitution.Stressing the need to avoid any delay in installing a new government, he said the Governor had...
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TVK chief Vijay meets Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at Lok Bhavan in Chennai on Friday./ANI Photo/TN Lok Bhavan
TVK chief Vijay, buoyed by the support from the Left parties, on Friday called on Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at the Lok Bhavan in Chennai in connection with securing an invite from him to form the government.Vijay, who has already staked claim to form the government, appears to have had...
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Third-gender candidates drew a blank in the recently concluded five assembly elections, with only two contesting, one each in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, according to Election Commission data.The data made public on Friday revealed that both candidates had to forfeit their deposits.A similar trend was...
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China, for the first time, has confirmed that it provided on-site technical support to Pakistan during the four-day conflict with India last year, official media reports here said.China's state broadcaster CCTV on Thursday aired an interview with Zhang Heng, an engineer from the Aviation Industry...
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Just In: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay leaves for Lok Bhavan, to call on Governor Rajendra Arlekar over government formation.More details soon. -- PTI
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The rupee depreciated 25 paise to close at 94.47 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, after rising in the past two sessions, on renewed tensions between the US and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.Forex traders said investor sentiments were affected after Iran accused the US of violating...
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The Delhi high court has refused to grant interim bail to jailed Popular Front of India (PFI) leader Anis Ahmed, who wanted to meet his mother and other family members before they left for Haj.A bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Madhu Jain stated that although Haj was of immense importance,...
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The Maharashtra government on Friday directed strict implementation of Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act to safeguard women at workplaces, the move coming in the backdrop of the Nashik TCS case.All government and private establishments employing 10 or more persons must set up Internal...
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The Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India-Marxist extended an unconditional support to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam for the formation of government in Tamil Nadu. CPI-M state secretary TT Shanmugam says, DMK leader has never said to oppose TVK to form government....
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A three-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted during school hours by an unknown male school staff member, the police said.The matter came to light after the victim's mother lodged a complaint in Janakpuri police station on May 1 alleging sexual assault charges agaisnt the male staff of...
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Security tightens ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata to attend the oath-taking ceremony/ANI Photo
Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place across the city ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the new government at Brigade Parade Grounds here on Saturday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ministers of all Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states expected to attend the event,...
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First of all, I want to express my deepest gratitude to the people of Bengal with joined hands. The atmosphere that had been created since the Communist era was deepened by Mamata Banerjee, and it was almost impossible to cast your vote there... I am very thankful for the huge victory that...
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BJP leader Agnimitra Paul says, The Bengal that has received nothing for the past 50 years -- we will give everything to that Bengal today, and restoring the honor of women and the safety of all is our responsibility, and this is our promise, it is PM Modi's promise; we are the soldiers of PM...
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Equity markets stayed on the back foot for the second day on Friday as fresh geopolitical tensions in West Asia revived concerns over energy supplies and weighed heavily on investor sentiment.Foreign fund outflows and a weak trend in global markets further added to the bearish trend.The 30-share...
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Update: Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was on Friday elected the leader of the BJP legislature party in West Bengal, paving the way for him to become the first BJP chief minister of the state.BJP sources said Adhikari's name was proposed at the legislature party meeting in Kolkata and...
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I announce the name of Suvendu Adhikari elected as Leader of West Bengal BJP Legislative Party, says Union Home Minister Amit Shah, appointed as the Central Observer for the election of the legislative party leader in West Bengal
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Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Friday declared there would be no apologies for the party's decision to back Vijay's TVK as it has always been anti-BJP, while simultaneously accusing the DMK of engaging in talks with AIADMK, its long-time rival.In an X post, Tagore said that if the goal was to...
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Food delivery and quick commerce firm Swiggy on Friday reported a narrowing of consolidated net loss to Rs 800 crore for March quarter FY26.The company, which owns Instamart, had incurred a loss of Rs 1,081 crore in the year-ago period.Revenue in the quarter rose nearly 45 per cent to Rs 6,383...
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The accused in the religious conversion case at TCS
An AIMIM corporator allegedly harboured Nida Khan, an accused in the alleged sexual harassment and religious coercion case at TCS, and her family in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, police said on Friday.The Nashik police said that the sustained questioning of Matin Patel, a corporator from the All...
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Vijay at the first meeting with the TN governor
The CPI on Friday declared unconditional support to actor-politician Vijay-led TVK for government formation.The Left party, following deliberations, decided to extend support and accordingly, gave an unconditional letter of support support for government formation, party sources said. The letter...
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TVK chief Vijay will meet TN Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar this evening on government formation, according to an official source.This would be his third meeting with the governor over staking the claim to form the government this week.A source in the TVK said that during the meeting, Vijay...
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DMK MP Kanimozhi has written a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker, requesting a change of seating arrangement in the Lok Sabha.I write to respectfully request suitable changes in the seating arrangement of the MP belonging to the DMK in the Lok Sabha. In view of the changed political circumstances...
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Following a collision between a private car and a cab on Sohna Road in Gurugram, a group of taxi drivers allegedly harassed a girl travelling in the car and assaulted its driver, with the girl's mother claiming that even after police arrived at the scene, they failed to take action and the victim...
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A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a staff member inside a private school in west Delhi's Janakpuri, an official said on Friday.The incident came to light on May 1, when the victim's mother filed a complaint at Janakpuri police station, alleging that her daughter was sexually assaulted...
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Senior DMK leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Friday reiterated her party's opposition to the office of the governor amid uncertainty over government formation in Tamil Nadu after a fractured election mandate.Speaking to PTI Videos, Kanimozhi emphasised that the DMK's demand for the abolition of the...
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The Maharashtra State Board on Friday announced the Class 10 or Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination results with an overall pass percentage of 92.09 per cent.As per the results declared by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), girls...
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President of the Madurai Corporation District Congress Committee (DCC), Nallamani, on Friday warned to lay siege to the Raj Bhavan if the Tamil Nadu Governor does not invite the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to form the government. Nallamani alleged that from the first step of government...
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Accused Rajeshbhai Khimjibhai Sakariya
Delhi CM Attack case accused Rajeshbhai Khimjibhai Sakariya and Tehsin Raza Sheikh alleged beating and life threat by other inmates in Jail. They have also alleged threats to their family. They are seeking a separate barrack and directions to ensure their safety and security in jail, as well as...
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A fresh political controversy has emerged within the Congress in Keralam amid ongoing discussions over the next Chief Minister, after an image allegedly showing the preference list of Congress MLAs surfaced in public.The image, published by The New Indian Express, reportedly shows a document in...
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SP chief Akhilesh Yadav shares two images with Mamata Banerjee and MK Stalin and writes: Hum woh nahin jo mushkilon mein saath chhod de. (We are not those who abandon each other in times of difficulty).
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday moved the Delhi High Court against the publication of AI-generated deepfake videos purportedly showing him praising Pakistan and making statements on such politically sensitive issues.Justice Mini Pushkarna issued summons to social media platforms X and Meta...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday offered prayers at the Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Kolkata, West Bengal.Shah arrived in Kolkata earlier today as the Central Observer for the election of the legislative party leader in West Bengal.Meanwhile, BJP MP Rahul Sinha took a swipe at the...
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Terming his party's decision to ally with the TVK in Tamil Nadu as dreadful, veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday said it smacked of low political opportunism and asserted that if the move facilitates the backdoor entry of a communal BJP into the Dravidian state then it would...
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A CID team carries out an investigation at the spot where the PA was shot
Police stations in border districts of West Bengal intensified surveillance and searches as investigators suspect the involvement of professional shooters from neighbouring states in the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's close aide, a senior officer said on Friday.The police are also...
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The Supreme Court on Friday expressed disappointment over the non-production of witnesses in the ongoing trial against Ashish Mishra, son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra, and others in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives in Kolkata.Shah, who has been appointed as the Central Observer for the election of the legislative party leader in West Bengal, will chair the Legislative Party meeting today with Suvendu Adhikari emerging as the frontrunner to become the party's first...
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The cruise ship that reported the Hantavirus outbreak
At least two Indian nationals are part of the crew of the Dutch vessel MV Hondius which reported a hantavirus outbreak with five confirmed cases and three deaths so far, according to the BBC.The luxury cruise ship, operated by Oceanwide Expeditions, began its journey on April 1 from Argentina's...
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Stock exchange BSE's consolidated net profit surged by 61.3 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs.797.33 crore in the fourth quarter of 2025-2026 (Q4FY26). The bourse's net profit in Q4FY25 stood at Rs.494.4 crore.The exchange's revenue from operations stood at Rs.1,563 crore in Q4FY26, up nearly...
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The Air India board on Thursday reviewed the airline's financial performance, cost management, and the succession plan regarding the next chief executive officer.The meeting, chaired by N Chandrasekaran, comes at a time when the Tata group-owned carrier is facing higher costs of fuel and...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut writes to US President Donald Trump on his endorsement to the Bengal polls. US President Donald Trump had congratulated Prime Minister Modi on what the White House described as a historic, and decisive election victory in West Bengal, where the Bharatiya Janata...
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Family pays tribute to the mortal remains of Chandranath Rath, Suvendu's aide
The family of Buddhabeb Bera, the driver injured in the shooting that killed BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's close aide Chandranath Rath, demanded exemplary punishment for those responsible and urged the new government to ensure such incidents do not happen in West Bengal.Rath was shot dead in...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor meets party president Mallikarjun Kharge today on Kerala: Met with @INCIndia President Mallikarjun @kharge to share my impressions of the situation in Kerala and discuss recent political developments involving our party. Always good to share views with the...
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The next Bengal CM?
The BJP legislature party is scheduled to meet in Kolkata on Friday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to formally elect its leader, with Suvendu Adhikari emerging as the frontrunner to become the party's first chief minister in West Bengal.The BJP registered a historic victory in...
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BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Friday launched a sharp attack on the outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee following her meeting with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, alleging that she is in a state of illusion and being misled by those around her.He said that TMC supremo is unable...
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In another setback to the White House, a US federal court has struck down the 10 per cent global tariffs slapped by President Donald Trump, terming them c and unauthorised by law.These new tariffs were imposed by Trump on all countries, including India, on February 24 for 150 days following a...
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The United States Central Command on Friday said that Iranian forces launched missiles, drones and small boat attacks targeting US naval vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz while stating that no US assets were hit during the incident.Later, United States President Donald Trump also confirmed...
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A joint team of police, municipal authorities and the food department has taken legal action against three meat shop owners in Meerut's Lisadi Gate area for allegedly operating their shops in violation of prescribed standards.According to the police, the special enforcement drive was conducted on...
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday held a meeting with the newly elected MLAs from Tamil Nadu at a private resort near Ariyankuppam on the outskirts of Puducherry.Nearly 40 legislators were present at the meeting, which...
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