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Four school students who went missing on October 3 were found dead in the Thiruneermalai lake near Chromepet on Sunday, police said.The deceased, all residents of Krishna Street in Lakshmipuram, were identified as Pooja, 13, Khushi, 13, K Devadarshan, 12, and Yuvanesh, 10.The two girls were...
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Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday said any process which disenfranchises millions of Indian citizens was intrinsically arbitrary and a negation of the constitutional order. No amount of 'whataboutery' can justify it.Speaking at an event at the NALSAR University of Law in...
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A day after a resignation letter purportedly submitted by former DGP R Sreelekha as a councillor of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation came to light, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader on Sunday deleted a message informing residents of her ward through a WhatsApp group that she was stepping...
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A first information report (FIR) has been registered in connection with the death of a 40-year-old PhD student of the IIT-Delhi, who was found unconscious and injured at his rented accommodation in Munirka in August, police said on Sunday.The FIR under section 108 (abetment of suicide) of the...
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Gurugram-based social media influencer put out a post saying he was alive and said that claims on his official Instagram account that he had died were false.Claiming that his old Instagram account was hacked, Bobby Kataria on Saturday posted from a new Instagram account, I am alive, folks; do not...
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a batch of pleas seeking suspension of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and challenging the manner in which the poll panel led by him took decisions, allegedly without the approval of two election commissioners.A bench of Chief Justice...
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The high-decibel election campaign in the two reserved constituencies in Tamil Nadu that witness a five-way contest with allies battling each other ended on Sunday, with ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam founder and Chief Minister Joseph C Vijay wrapping up his party's campaign with an expansive...
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All India Students' Association (AISA) activists protested for the third consecutive day on Sunday demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and proceeded towards Jantar Mantar even as the area was fortified with heavy police barricading and security deployment.The...
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A woman was forced to deliver a baby outside the district hospital here after she was allegedly denied admission by the staff, a relative has claimed.The claim was made in a video that made rounds on social media on Sunday.In the video, Archana, a relative of the woman, claimed that she had...
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A 36-year-old Pakistani undertrial prisoner died of suspected suicide at the high-security Central Jail in Jammu on Sunday, officials said.Shahid Imran, a resident of Sargodha in Pakistan's Punjab province, was arrested along the International Border in the Makwal sector of Jammu in October 2024...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday announced that Bhadohi district has now been renamed to Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi.Announcing the move during a programme held in Bhadohi, Adityanath said, Now our Bhadohi district will be called Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi.The chief minister...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said his government will bring stringent laws against 'love jihad' and 'land jihad' in six months, and implement a Uniform Civil Code in the state like Uttarakhand and Gujarat.Addressing an event here to mark the birth centenary of Vishva...
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Following reports that Hamam al-Hammami, the Omani co-pilot behind the September 30 terrorist attack aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, had been granted Australian student visa in 2014, authorities in Canberra have initiated an inquiry, according to The Times of Israel.The...
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A 45-year-old soldier allegedly died by suicide after hanging himself in an army camp here on Sunday, officials said.Naik Wagh Ambades, a resident of Maharashtra, was found hanging in a shed at Sunjwan camp in Channi Himmat area here, they said.The body was shifted to Government Medical College...
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An Indian Navy sailor accused of 'transmitting' classified maritime intelligence to a Pakistani operative was arrested, officials said on Sunday.According to official sources, the espionage operation involved a social media 'honey-trap'.The Andhra Pradesh Police Counter Intelligence (CI) cell...
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Senior Election Commission officials led by deputy election commissioners will start visiting the five poll-bound states from this week to oversee election preparedness at the field level.Functionaries said this week teams from the EC will visit Goa, followed by Uttarakhand next week. The EC...
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Uddhav Thackeray addresses the protest: Pic: Afsar Dayatar/Rediff
Shiv Sena-UBT head Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was the weapon of the ruling BJP, while MNS leader Raj Thackeray demanded cancellation of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Maharashtra.The Thackeray cousins led a protest...
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Pakistan on Sunday braced for a protest by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf after it decided to proceed with a long march following the failure of negotiations with the government.The talks focused on key demands of Khan's...
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Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray arrive at the South Mumbai protest venue, with all the protestors gathered behind barricades making a beeline to welcome the two leaders.Organisers are alerting the people to ensure that the barricades don't fall as the crowds begin their march towards CSMT/BMC...
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Security forces arrested an army personnel at the drop gate of Srinagar International Airport after some contraband substance was recovered from his baggage, officials said on Sunday.Police and CRPF personnel apprehended the army personnel on Saturday as they recovered poppy straw and...
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The South Mumbai protest rally against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday morning had a novelty on stage.A CEC look-alike bound in ropes was brought on the dais set up near Metro Inox cinema, with the organisers claiming that itwas symbolic of Gyanesh Kumar having been...
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Protestors from different political parties gathered in good numbers in South Mumbai, near Metro Cinema junction, on Sunday morning even as the chief organisers, cousins Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, were so far notable by their absence. Newspapers had reported that the march to the BMC...
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Actor Juhi Chawla turned the latest celebrity to praise flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his incredible courage and presence of mind while he was attacked by his co-pilot on the Israel-bound plane.Machchhar was seriously injured after being stabbed by his co-pilot in the cockpit of...
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Police detain a woman protester near Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on Friday./ANI Photo
Three women journalists have alleged sexual harassment by police personnel during a protest in Jantar Mantar on October 3, prompting the Delhi police to transfer their complaints to the Crime Branch for an impartial enquiry, an officer said on Sunday.The complaints were received by the New Delhi...
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Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretary M V Govindan on Sunday said that the party has never made any communal remarks about Malappuram district and it has only criticised how communalism has influenced the ideology of political parties like the Indian Union Muslim League.Govindan,...
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The next edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) convention will be held in Kolkata in January, the ministry of external affairs announced on Saturday.The three-day PBD convention beginning January 7 will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The 19th edition of the Pravasi...
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Dubai's Crown Prince and UAE deputy PM Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum meets Smit Machchhar in hospital on Saturday./@HamdanMohammed X/ANI Photo
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday spoke with Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, calling him a hero of the entire world for foiling an alleged attempt by his co-pilot to crash an Israel-bound flydubai flight.Netanyahu spoke to the pilot, who is currently undergoing treatment at a...
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AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday warned of protests in Hyderabad over what he alleged was the filing of false Form-7 applications during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Addressing the 57th 'Jalsa-e-Milad-un-Nabi' at Milad Maidan on Saturday,...
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Hydroponic ganja worth Rs 5.2 crore was seized from a passenger at the Chennai International Airport in Chennai, the Customs department said on Sunday.Based on passenger profiling, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), Chennai Customs intercepted a male passenger, who had arrived at the...
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Veteran filmmaker Singeetam Srinivasa Rao/Image courtesy @VyjayanthiFilms/ANI Photo
Veteran filmmaker, screenwriter and composer Singeetam Srinivasa Rao died on Saturday at the age of 94. Best known for films including Pushpaka Vimana, Aditya 369 and Mayuri, 'Rao' had a career spanning more than six decades across several Indian languages.Actor Jr NTR remembered Rao for his...
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The Sri Lanka Navy has arrested nine Indian fishermen and seized their trawler for allegedly poaching in its territorial waters, according to an official statement.The fishermen were arrested on Saturday for having crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line in Sri Lankan waters south of...
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Keralam home minister Ramesh Chennithala on Sunday ordered an investigation by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities during his tenure as the state's public works department secretary in 2006.The case...
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A flydubai flight from Dubai to Nepal's Pokhara was diverted to Lucknow on Saturday evening due to adverse weather at the destination airport, officials said.Flight FZ 1165, operating from Dubai International Airport to Pokhara, was diverted to Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International...
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A case has been registered against a sub-inspector, two constables and two unidentified persons in Jhansi on allegations of forcibly taking away nearly Rs 6 lakh from a businessman, the police said on Saturday.The case was registered on the orders of a court following a complaint by event manager...
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A press conference of the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Gorakhpur on Saturday was disrupted after supporters of former district president Nagina Sahani and party leader Anshuman Singh allegedly clashed over seating arrangements, party leaders said.The incident took place around 2.45 pm at the...
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The final electoral roll for Uttarakhand, released on Saturday following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), lists approximately 71.58 lakh voters -- nearly 8 lakh lower than the count at the start of the SIR process.The Congress, which is the main opposition party, however, has claimed that...
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Two members of Iran's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in New York were kicked out of the United States on Saturday after allegedly failing to comply with a US State Department order to leave the country, Axios reported, citing a US official, as tensions between Washington and...
