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In a major success for security forces in Jharkhand, 27 Maoists, including several senior commanders, surrendered before the police on Thursday, the police said.The surrendered cadres, owing allegiance to the last active politburo member of the CPI-Maoist, Misir Besra, who carries a bounty of Rs...
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Just In: An Air India flight declared full emergency at Delhi airport following a suspected engine fire on Thursday evening, according to media reports.More details soon.
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A visual of the seized vehicle by the police of the alleged suspect involved in the reported murder of Chandranath Routh, PA to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari/ANI Photo
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has secured the release of Raj Singh, who had been wrongfully arrested by local police in the murder case of West Bengal Chief Minister PA, Chandranath Rath.According to the CBI sources, the agency itself filed an application in court, stating that Raj...
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The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday told the Punjab and Haryana high court that electronic voting machines (EVMs) have been dispatched from Rajasthan to Punjab for the May 26 local body elections in the state.The information was given during the hearing of a petition, challenging the Punjab...
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The home of Indian-origin president of Canada's cricket governing body has been attacked by unidentified gunmen on Wednesday, according an Associated Press report.There is no report of injuries in the gun attack on the residence of Arvinder Khosa, who confirmed the firing incident,...
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A five-year-old boy was attacked by a leopard near his home in a village under Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary on Thursday, but was rescued after a struggle by his mother, officials said.Divisional forest officer Apoorv Dixit told PTI that the incident occurred around 8 am in Teliyanpurwa village...
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Activist and former JNU student leader Umar Khalid has moved the Delhi high court seeking interim bail for 15 days from May 22 to June 5 and setting aside the trial court order dated May 19, which rejected his plea for temporary release in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.The...
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Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said it will hike prices of its vehicles across models by up to Rs 30,000 from June 2026, citing inflationary pressures and an adverse cost environment.The company has decided to increase prices of its models across its portfolio by up to Rs...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has moved a revision petition in a sessions court in Sultanpur against an order passed by a lower court in an ongoing defamation case, giving a fresh turn to the proceedings.Gandhi's counsel Kashi Prasad Shukla said on Thursday that complainant Vijay Mishra, a local...
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A joint team of the Manipur police, the Assam Rifles, and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in a special operation apprehended four cadres of the armed group United National Liberation Front-Pambei (UNLF-P) and seized a large cache of weapons, including looted police weapons from the...
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Amidst growing concerns over alleged irregulaties in the NEET, examination process, triggered by the recent paper leak, the director general of the National Testing Agency (NTA), Abhishek Singh on Thursday appeared before a Parliamentary committee to provide a detailed briefing on the NEET-UG...
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit China from May 23 to 26, during which he will meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang.Sharif is visiting at the invitation of Li, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a media briefing in Beijing on Thursday.Guo said...
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The rupee rebounded 49 paise from its all-time closing low to settle at 96.37 against the US dollar on Thursday after crude oil prices retreated from elevated levels amid signs of easing geopolitical friction, alongside likely central bank intervention.Forex traders said the rupee had gained...
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Around 12,700 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Singapore between May 10 and 16, compared to 8,000 in the previous week - a surge of 58.8 per cent, according to data shared on Thursday by the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA).The average number of daily COVID-19 hospitalisations increased from...
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Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed marginally lower after a volatile session on Thursday, driven by profit-taking in select IT, financial, and oil & gas shares.The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 135.03 points, or 0.18 percent, to settle at 75,183.36. During the day, it hit a high...
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No respite seems to be in store for Uttar Pradesh from the sweltering heat conditions, as the meteorological department issued a 'red colour warning' for the next three days and an orange warning thereafter in view of the possibility of heatwave to severe heatwave conditions and warm night...
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Bihar continues to reel under an intense heatwave with temperatures touching 40 degrees Celsius and above, affecting normal life across the state.Following this, the India meteorological department (IMD) warned that the prevailing conditions are likely to persist for the next few days.Scorching...
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A murder case convict, who jumped parole in 2014 and started doing supporting roles in Bollywood films, including those made by prominent production houses, after changing his identity, was arrested in Ahmedabad 12 years later, the police said on Thursday.The crime branch arrested the convict,...
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A man was arrested for allegedly killing his teen daughter, dismembering her body into six parts, and dumping her head in a pond here and the other parts in a trunk on a train over a suspected interfaith relationship, officials said on Thursday.Police said Kushinagar resident Biggan Ansari, with...
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has unveiled 'Awaaz', a child-like robot goat, who speaks to encourage people to make animal-free food choices and inculcate vegan eating habits.A video shows the realistic-looking robot goat engaging in gentle, interactive conversations in...
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From gifting disputed Himalayan territory to backing nuclear ambitions and countering India together, the China-Pakistan partnership has evolved into one of Asia's most durable strategic alliances.As both countries mark 75 years of diplomatic ties, this deep dive traces the hidden deals, wars,...
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An Air India aircraft, with 181 passengers onboard, suffered a tail strike during landing at the Bengaluru airport on Thursday morning and the plane has been grounded for a detailed inspection.The airline's narrow-body A321 aircraft was operating the flight AI2651 from Delhi to Bengaluru.An Air...
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The X account of Cockroach Janata Party, the satirical digital outfit that came up last week and took social media by storm, was withheld in India on Thursday. Soon after, came up another handle - 'Cockroach is Back'.This was expected since there were attempts to hack the account yesterday. But...
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Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Thursday mandated uniforms for all universities and colleges in the state.Patel, the chancellor of all state universities, issued the direction on Wednesday at a meeting in Jan Bhavan.However, no official order has been issued yet in this...
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The Tamil Nadu government established a dedicated ministry for Artificial Intelligence, making it the second state, after neighbouring Kerala, to create a separate ministry.Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam legislator R Kumar, who won from Velachery Assembly constituency, was administered the oath as...
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The Madras high court on Wednesday officially closed the habeas corpus petition challenging the preventive detention of YouTuber and political commentator Savukku Shankar under the Tamil Nadu Goondas Act. The court rendered the plea infructuous after taking note of the state government's...
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Delhi recorded its warmest night in the month of May in nearly 14 years as the minimum temperature settled at 31.9 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the weather office said.The last time the minimum temperature was higher than this was on May 26, 2012, when the minimum temperature settled at 32.5...
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The United States team is likely to visit India next month for trade talks with their counterparts here, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.The Indian side visited Washington, DC, in April for an in-person round of meetings with their US counterparts to finalise the...
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The repoll in the Falta assembly constituency in West Bengal on Thursday saw a voter turnout of over 60 per cent till 1 pm, with no untoward incident reported from anywhere, a poll panel official said.A total of 2.36 lakh electors -- 1,21,300 men, 1,15,135 women and nine third gender individuals...
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The Calcutta high court on Thursday granted senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee protection from coercive action till July 31 in an first information report (FIR) over his comments at a public meeting last month, and asked if it was appropriate for a parliamentarian to make...
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A baggage-tag switching racket linked to Canadian airports has allegedly led to innocent travellers being arrested abroad in drug smuggling cases, according to an investigation by CTV W5 cited by The Tribune.The report said at least 17 passengers flying out of Canada were detained in countries...
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A court in Thane on Thursday acquitted all the accused, including Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, in a 2008 case related to the alleged assault on Railway Recruitment Board examinees at Kalyan railway station by MNS activists.Eight persons, including Thackeray, had been...
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Iran is pursuing negotiations with the United States 'in good faith' even as it continues to view the US with 'deep suspicion', Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said as reported by Iranian state media Press TV.Speaking in a televised interview, Baghaei confirmed that several...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday allotted portfolios to the 23 newly inducted ministers of his Cabinet, including those from the Congress.Vijay revised some of the portfolios and accordingly he has got Poverty Alleviation, and re-allocated the Women Welfare portfolio he held...
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Indian Union Muslim League top leader K M Kader Mohideen on Thursday announced that his party would join the Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay-led government.Speaking to reporters after chairing a top-level party meeting, Mohideen said the party has decided to be a part of the government led by...
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Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir is likely to travel to Tehran on Thursday as negotiations for peace talks continue, as reported by ISNA.The Iranian agency said that Munir is set to arrive in Tehran today as part of continuing talks and consultations with Tehran officials, through mediation between...
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Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Vaiko on Thursday strongly opposed the inclusion of Vande Mataram in Tamil Nadu government functions and reiterated his opposition to the PM SHRI scheme, alleging that it was an attempt by the Centre to impose the three-language policy in...
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Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Thursday said he has asked all high courts across the country to conduct hearings online and most of them have already implemented it.The observation came when a lawyer mentioned a plea before a bench headed by the CJI seeking an urgent hearing of her...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday landed in the national capital, returning from a five-nation tour during which he signed pacts on energy, defence, and critical minerals.The prime minister embarked on his tour on May 15, visiting the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway,...
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India abstained from voting on a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling on countries to comply with their obligations on climate change, voicing concern that the draft 'undermines' the 'sacrosanct architecture' of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.The...
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Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar on Thursday corrected Congress leader S Rajesh Kumar during his oath-taking as a minister and asked him to confine to the written oath given to him.The Congress legislature party leader representing Killiyoor constituency, who was part of the...
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Nearly two weeks after forming government, the maiden Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam Cabinet was expanded on Thursday with the inclusion of 23 new members, including two Congress MLAs, in the C Joseph Vijay-led ministry.Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath to the newly...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday took oath as an MLA on the first day of the new assembly.Pro tem Speaker Chandra Mohan Patowary administered the oath to Sarma for the 16th Assam Legislative Assembly.Sarma took his oath in the Assamese language. Patowary said, All the members...
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As United States President Donald Trump continues to hold out a threat to Iran to commit to a peace deal, fast paced diplomatic developments continue in West Asia.Iranian state-run agency Nour News on Thursday quoted Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei as saying 'we have received US...
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The newly-launched Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) defined the boundaries of the Strait of Hormuz management supervision area.In a post on X, PGSA stated that the supervision area starts from the line connecting Kuh Mobarak in Iran and the south of Fujairah in the UAE in the east of the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Rajiv Gandhi, his former counterpart, on his death anniversary.Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944, in Mumbai and was assassinated in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991.'Tributes to former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji on his...
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Days after the Madhya Pradesh high court declared Dhar's Bhojshala complex a Vagdevi temple, two petitioners from the Hindu side have demanded free entry for devotees and claimed that idols of Hanuman and other deities may be buried beneath the premises.Petitioner Ashish Goyal, associated with...
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Joint rescue teams safely evacuated 10,450 pilgrims stranded on the Kedarnath route in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag following a sudden landslide at Munkatiya, officials said on Thursday.According to the officials, the landslide occurred between Sonprayag and Gaurikund on Tuesday late night after...
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Voting began on Thursday morning for the re-election to the Falta assembly seat in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, amid tight security, officials said.More than 2.36 lakh people, including 1.15 lakh women and nine belonging to the third gender, are eligible to cast their votes across...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday conferred with the prestigious FAO Agricola Medal by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in recognition of his contribution to food security, sustainable agriculture and rural development.Modi, who arrived in Italy on Tuesday...
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