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An Indian-origin detective with the Metropolitan Police in London has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, Scotland Yard said on Thursday.Detective Sergeant (DS) Prakash Patel, attached to the North West Command Unit of the Met Police, will appear before Westminster Magistrates'...
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The Allahabad high court has expressed serious concern over the non-recovery of sugarcane farmers' dues, noting that around Rs 1,936 crore, including principal and interest, is still outstanding under various recovery certificates (RCs).The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court directed all...
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The Allahabad high court has expressed serious concern over the non-recovery of sugarcane farmers' dues, noting that around Rs 1,936 crore, including principal and interest, is still outstanding under various recovery certificates (RCs).The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court directed all...
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Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao, party and BJYM workers were on Thursday taken into preventive custody as police foiled their march towards the state Secretariat here over fee reimbursement dues.Rao along with party leaders led a march towards Secretariat to submit a representation...
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The Jagannath temple in Puri will be closed for five hours on Friday for a special ritual on the occasion of Janmashtami when the Lord, assuming a maternal persona, will give birth to Sri Krishna.The temple authorities said in a statement on Thursday that public darshan will remain suspended from...
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India has further expanded its emergency humanitarian response to flood-hit Nepal by sending two more aircraft carrying 21.5 tonnes of relief materials to Kathmandu.In a post on X, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal highlighted India's commitment to supporting relief,...
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Security forces on Thursday launched an anti-terror operation deep inside the forest area of Budgam district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials in Srinagar said.The operation was launched based on information about the movement of a suspected group of terrorists from Pakherpora in Pulwama district...
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A Punjabi singer and lyricist was found dead inside his residence in Ludhiana on Thursday, with his body recovered in a highly decomposed state, the police said.The singer, Baljit Singh, aged around 35 years, had been living alone at the house in the Sudhar Patti Dhaliwal area of Ludhiana, they...
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Major artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Anthropic's Claude, experienced significant service disruptions on Thursday, affecting thousands of users globally, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.The disruption also appeared to impact...
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Train connectivity between north and south Bengal was affected on Thursday following land subsidence caused by heavy rain between New Farakka and Kalidanga railway stations in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, an Eastern Railway official said.The railway cancelled several express trains...
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Two youngsters were killed, and another suffered serious injuries when a stolen motorcycle they were riding crashed at Kaichoondmukku here early Thursday, the police said.The deceased are Rinshad and Sabeel of Manancheri.The injured is Shijas, who is also from Manancheri, the police said.The...
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A 31-member joint committee of the two Houses of Parliament was constituted on Thursday to examine the contentious Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, with Bharatiya Janata Party's Sanjay Jaiswal named as its chairperson.The panel, which was constituted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om...
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Unidentified assailants fatally shot a property dealer outside a gymnasium in outernorth Delhi's Narela on Thursday morning, with police suspecting a possible gang rivalry behind the killing, official sources said.The deceased has been identified as Pramod Dahiya, a resident of Haryana's Sonipat,...
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Seven people, including a woman, have been arrested in the last two days for allegedly illegally manufacturing or storing firecrackers here, with police recovering 145 kg of firecrackers and explosive material in three separate operations on Thursday.The crackdown was launched following a...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray/File image
Shiv Sena-UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday dismissed the Bombay high court's directive to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register an FIR in the Disha Salian death case, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of running a smear campaign against him for the last six...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the six-month imprisonment sentence imposed on a YouTuber who was held guilty of contempt of court over videos that personally attacked certain judicial officers and lowered the dignity of the judicial system.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel...
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The rupee extended its gaining momentum for the fifth straight session on Thursday, appreciating 14 paise to close at 94.59 (provisional) against the US dollar, buoyed by the country's improved balance of payment condition following higher-than-expected foreign currency deposits.India mobilised a...
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Gold broke out of a six-session losing streak, staging a sharp recovery of Rs 3,400 to Rs 1.59 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday, tracking a firm trend in the international markets.The yellow metal of 99.9 percent purity climbed Rs 3,400 to Rs 1,59,500 per 10 grams (inclusive...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty buckled under fag-end selling pressure for the fourth straight session on Thursday as rising crude oil prices and losses in IT stocks weighed on investor sentiment.The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 417.49 points, or 0.55 percent, to close at...
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All the offices of the Delhi government, its autonomous bodies and public sector undertakings, will remain closed on September 11 due to the BRICS Summit, an order said on Thursday.The summit is scheduled for September 12-13, with Bharat Mandapam hosting the main event and several bilateral...
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Telangana forest minister Konda Surekha, who was dropped from the Cabinet on Thursday, alleged that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy resorted to blackmail politics seeking her removal though the party high command was not in favour of it.Surekha, who said she committed no wrong, claimed that she...
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A section of the statement
Congress senior leader and party general secretary Jairam Ramesh releases the party's statement asking four questions of the Modi government on the 7.8% GDP claim. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed India's 7.8 per cent real GDP growth in the first quarter of FY27, calling...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday warned schools that financial aid and other government support would be stopped if the mandatory singing of the full version of Vande Mataram during school prayers was not strictly followed.Addressing the annual programme of Vivekananda...
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The mammoth task of cleaning up the mud has begun in Nepal
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday warned Himalayan states and Union Territories (UTs) against the risks of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and snow avalanches, directing them to continuously and proactively monitor vulnerable glacial lakes and avalanche-prone areas, particularly...
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The Nuwakot region after the floods
Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are likely to become more unstable, which may lead to more collapses and collateral disasters similar to last week's deadly flash flood at the Tibet-Nepal border, a senior Chinese climate official has warned.The flash floods, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near...
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Security forces on Thursday unearthed a weapons cache during a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, recovering a pistol, a grenade and 184 rounds of ammunition, officials said.Acting on specific inputs from the local Army intelligence unit, a search operation was conducted by...
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India will announce the final details of its Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with the United States only after Washington agrees to offer preferential tariff terms over India's competitors, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.As soon as the US is able to give us the...
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Indian equity markets closed lower on Thursday, with the Sensex losing 417 points and the Nifty 50 declining 41 points, as surging crude oil prices and elevated global yields kept investors cautious.The BSE Sensex closed at 76,152.86, down 417.49 points or 0.55 per cent, while the Nifty 50 ended...
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Central government offices located in Delhi will remain closed on September 11 in view of the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit being hosted in the national capital.As per an official memorandum issued on Thursday by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, the decision to close...
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India and Belgium on Thursday vowed to expand cooperation in trade, defence, critical minerals, clean energy and technologies following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wide-ranging talks with his Belgian counterpart Bart De Wever.In his media statement, Modi highlighted India's 7.8 per cent...
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Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal on Thursday called the massive floods that caused widespread devastation in the country a Himalayan Tsunami and thanked neighbouring countries and the international community for their support and solidarity during this difficult period. Khanal's comments...
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A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a corruption case involving the Delhi Jal Board.Bail plea is allowed, Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh said in a brief order passed orally.He directed Jain to furnish a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh along...
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Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday rejected allegations that his organisation was the B team of either the Congress or the Aam Aadmi Party, asserting that its focus was on students and education.Responding to allegations that he was working as a B team for political...
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Even as international and domestic assistance continues to pour in, for some schoolchildren in Nepal, helping victims of the devastating floods has meant giving up a snack, emptying a small savings box or parting with a few rupees from their pocket money.As images of homes swept away, families...
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An Air India Express flight from Varanasi to Delhi made a precautionary landing at Lucknow airport Thursday morning allegedly after a smoke detection alarm went off in the aircraft's cargo hold, sources said.However, preliminary checks at Lucknow airport found no sign of smoke or fire in the...
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The flood situation in north Odisha remained grim on Thursday, even as water levels in major rivers showed a receding trend after inundating parts of Balasore, Jajpur and Mayurbhanj districts, officials said.The Subarnarekha, which inundated 214 villages across five blocks of Balasore district --...
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As disaster relief operations kick into full swing in Nepal following the devastating August 26 Bhote Koshi floods, the United States has sent additional humanitarian and disaster response assistance to the Himalayan nation.Sharing the details in a post on X, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor,...
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Vidyanand Bapat, a Pune-based activist who has been vocally opposing the use of high-decibel DJ systems and loudspeakers during festivals, was allegedly assaulted by a man in Pune on Thursday morning, police said.Bapat was attacked when he was giving a sound bite to some media persons in the...
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Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane on Thursday said that if Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray and others named in connection with the Disha Salian death case have nothing to do with the matter, they should come forward and clarify their position, following the Bombay High Court's direction...
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Retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra arrived in Ayodhya on Thursday to take over his new assignment as the first CEO of the Ram temple trust, saying he was fortunate to have been given vital responsibilities twice - once to serve the nation and now to serve Lord Ram and his devotees.Air Marshal...
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A three-month-old girl was raped allegedly by a 35-year-old neighbour in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri, police said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Jetendra, was arrested on Wednesday following a swift raid on his suspected hideouts, they added.According to police, the incident...
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Leading stock broker Zerodha received approval from market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India to enter investment banking, according to data on the regulator's website.With the nod, Zerodha Corporate Advisors will be able to undertake activities such as managing IPOs and other...
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State-owned aluminium producer National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has been fined Rs 28.62 lakh by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the BSE for failing to comply with multiple corporate governance requirements under the Securities and Exchange Board of India's Listing Obligations and...
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Flood-affected people in the Dujra area of Patna
Water levels in several rivers in Bihar, including the Ganga, Kosi and Gandak, have risen rapidly following flash floods in Nepal, forcing residents of low-lying Diara areas to evacuate their homes and move to safer locations.Residents of Nakta Diara and other riverine areas said floodwaters have...
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Devastation in the Nuwakot region of Nepal
The death toll from the devastating flash flood in Nepal has reached 1,252, according to an official update released by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) on Wednesday.Addressing the fifth daily press briefing in Kathmandu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
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World Bank Executive Director Neelkanth Mishra has termed ill-educated and egregiously wrong the claims that India's economy grew by 2.6 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal as against the 7.8 per cent.Mishra's statement on X came amid a political row over the growth figures...
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday hit back at BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha over his voter registration issue, accusing him of attempting to get his voter registration made in Delhi through a backdated process.Replying to Chadha's X post, AAP said, Raghav Chadha has been caught by a...
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Former diplomat Syed Akbaruddin, who served as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has been appointed as a part-time, non-official director on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India for a four-year term.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the...
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Average daily turnover (ADTV) in the equity derivatives segment fell to a 14-month low of Rs 346.9 trillion in August, according to data compiled from exchanges. The turnover has declined by 22 per cent from July -- the sharpest month-on-month decline since December 2024.The declines, analysts...
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The sugar industry has expressed dismay over retail prices not falling in line with the sharp decline in ex-mill rates in recent days.At a joint press briefing in New Delhi on Tuesday, the Indian Sugar and Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (Isma) and National Federation of Cooperative Sugar...
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TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee alleged that BJP hooligans, armed with weapons, stormed the party's Camac Street office here early on Thursday and vandalised the premises.In a post on X, Banerjee said they ransacked the office and destroyed electronic equipment, calling the...
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Adding sugar to Amrutham Nutri Mix distributed through anganwadis could affect children's health, the Keralam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has observed.The commission directed the Women and Child Development (WCD) Department to consider completely eliminating sugar from the...
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Education is not a privilege, but the right of every student in India, and students from marginalised communities should not face neglect from the system, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has said.He met a delegation of tribal students, including those who were on a hunger strike to press for their...
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Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Wednesday alleged that his name was wrongly classified as shifted in the draft electoral rolls in Punjab and accused the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab of a political vendetta.Chadha said he is a sitting Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab with...
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said he did not think India and Iran were talking of a trade deal, and many countries around the world talk to the regime in Tehran.Rubio's remarks came during an interview on The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox News Radio in response to a question on the...
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A man from this district has died in war-torn Ukraine, according to his family members here.V Sudarshan Goud (42), who belongs to Hasnabad village in Jagtial district, died on the night of August 31 local time in a missile attack, they said on Wednesday.Venkata Rajam, a cousin of Sudarshan Goud,...
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A landslide near Bantoli in the Madmaheshwar valley of Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district on Wednesday caused the water level of the Morkhanda river to rise, prompting the administration to step up vigilance in areas along the riverbanks, officials said.According to the Rudraprayag District...
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Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange on Wednesday evening agreed to take water and undergo saline treatment after BJP MLA Prasad Lad met him on the government's behalf, but maintained that his indefinite fast would continue until all his demands were met.Jarange began his latest indefinite...
