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Union Minister Jiten Ram Manjhi was admitted to AIIMS in New Delhi on Sunday evening after he complained of breathing difficulties and fever, sources said.Manjhi, the minister for micro, small and medium enterprises, was brought to the emergency department at around 5 pm and shifted to the ICU at...
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Rescue operations underway at the site of a building collapse in South-West Delhi, in New Delhi./Ritik Sharma/ANI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the building collapse incident in the national capital and said authorities are at the site to assist the affected people.An around 50-year-old five-storey building housing a boys' hostel in a congested bylane in...
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After a five-storey building collapsed in south Delhi's Satya Niketan on Sunday, killing at least three students, locals blamed repair work and water accumulation in the basement, while the MCD said it could not verify whether work was underway until the debris was cleared.According to officials,...
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Twenty-three suspected Bangladeshis residing in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district allegedly using fake Indian documents have been detained by the Special Task Force (STF) of the district police, an official said on Sunday.The STF, headed by additional superintendent of police (IUCAW) Rashmeet Kaur...
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Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday spoke to Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta about the Satya Niketan building collapse, in which three students have died and several people remain trapped.Deeply saddened by the news of the private building collapse in Satya Niketan, near Delhi...
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Eleven people died and 54 others fell ill after consuming spurious liquor in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district on Sunday, with a preliminary probe indicating the liquor was supplied from Lalitpur in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, officials said.Authorities suspended three excise officials and two...
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Four policemen posted in the district have been booked and suspended for allegedly detaining a jeweller, falsely accusing him of possessing narcotics and extorting Rs 2 lakh from him, officials said on Sunday. The police said two of the accused constables have been taken into custody and are...
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The Congress on Sunday attacked the Modi government after a building housing a boys' PG collapsed in southwest Delhi's Satya Niketan area, with Rahul Gandhi asserting that every student's life is precious and their protection must be ensured under all circumstances.The five-storey building...
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The GST Council meeting, originally scheduled for September 12, has been postponed to October 7 on account of the BRICS summit.India is hosting the annual BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12 and 13, which is expected to deliberate on a number of pressing global challenges, including the...
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A protest was held in Pune on Sunday against the use of high-decibel sound amplification systems, popularly called DJs, during festivals.The protesters raised slogans seeking a complete ban on such systems while asserting that peace and protection from noise pollution was a right of every...
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Customs officials have seized a diamond-studded gold bracelet valued at more than Rs 1.07 crore and around 15 kg of suspected marijuana worth approximately Rs 5.25 crore in two separate cases at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here, officials said on Sunday.In the first case, two...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke with Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and other senior officials after a five-storey building near Delhi University's south campus collapsed, leaving one dead and several trapped in the rubble.In a message posted on X, Shah said he was deeply distressed by the...
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A 25-year-old woman died on Sunday after she was allegedly stabbed in the neck with a pair of scissors by a colleague at their workplace in Sector 37, police said on Sunday.The woman, Shivani, was rushed to a private hospital in a critically injured state but succumbed in the morning.The police...
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday reached the site of the building collapse in South-West Delhi's Satya Niketan to take stock of the ground situation and oversee the ongoing search and rescue operations.The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon when a building collapsed in the Satya...
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Around 30 to 50 students could be trapped under the debris of the five-storey building that collapsed in south Delhi's Satya Niketan area on Sunday afternoon, with some of them calling for help on phones, according to locals.Rescue work was underway with several people being pulled out from the...
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Hanuman Ansh, based on the life and teachings of spiritual leader Neem Karoli Baba, has earned over Rs 100 crore at the box office.The film is directed by Vishal Chaturvedi and follows a grieving young Lakshminarayan, who embarks on a spiritual journey in search of God after the death of his...
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The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration's recent directive on food safety is aimed at monitoring and preventing food adulteration and not to impose any restrictions on festivities, FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has said.We are not regulating festivals; we are ensuring that food served at...
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Following the collapse of a building in south Delhi's Satya Niketan area on Sunday, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that multiple agencies are carrying out rescue operations and assured immediate assistance to the affected families.Eight fire tenders and police teams were dispatched to the site,...
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A five-storey building housing a boys' PG collapsed in south Delhi's Satya Niketan area on Sunday afternoon, leaving several people trapped, officials said.Rescue operations were underway, and three people have been rescued so far. They were taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre and were stated to be...
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A total of 52,551 electors were deleted from Sikkim's electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), reducing the number of voters by around 11.16 per cent, a statement said on Sunday.The final roll has 4,18,467 eligible voters, compared with 4,71,018 in the pre-SIR voters' list, the...
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Retired doctor and Padma Shri awardee Prof T K Lahiri was allegedly abused and slapped by an Associate Professor while undergoing treatment at Sir Sunderlal Hospital of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) here, officials said on Sunday.The authorities constituted a medical board to probe allegations,...
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A London-bound Virgin Atlantic flight carrying 270 passengers was forced to make an 'emergency landing' at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on Sunday after developing a technical glitch shortly after take-off, sources at Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), which...
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A Delhi court on Sunday remanded Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj to one-day judicial custody in connection with the alleged assault on the father of a student activist during a protest at Jantar Mantar, among other charges.Bhardwaj was produced through video-conferencing before duty...
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The Delhi high court has quashed a first information report (FIR) that was lodged following a fight between friends as the dispute has been amicably settled, and directed them to do community service at a hospital in Manipur.Noting that the complainant and the two accused remain friends and...
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A massive landslide hit Sikkim's Mangan district in the early hours of Sunday, partially blocking the flow of two rivers, officials said.A substantial portion of the hillside along a new road cutting of the Naga-Tosa Road in the Naga Forest area, opposite the Theng Tunnel, collapsed near the...
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Mirzapur: The Movie, featuring actors Ali Fazal, Divyenndu and Pankaj Tripathi, among others, has earned over Rs 60 crore on the second day of release at the domestic box office.The film, which released on Friday, marks the first big-screen outing for the Mirzapur universe, which began as a...
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Every fourth account under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is inoperative, while nearly 5.72 crore accounts had zero balance, according to an Right to Information (RTI) reply.More than 59 crore accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) held a combined balance of over Rs 3.15...
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A minor boy died while 376 'Govindas' were injured during Dahi Handi celebrations in Mumbai, civic officials said on Sunday.Dahi Handi, which is part of the Janmashtami festival that marks the birth of Lord Krishna, was celebrated across Maharashtra with traditional fervour on Saturday.As part of...
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Maharashtra FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe, in the limelight for his sweeping food-safety crackdown across the state, has said that public health, and not personal popularity, is what matters most to him.Asked if his celebrity-like status following the aggressive food safety crackdown across the...
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Nine persons died, and many others fell ill after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district on Sunday, officials said.These persons had consumed the liquor in two villages of Banda tehsil, located 30 km from the district headquarters, they said.Interactions with...
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Nepali authorities have issued an alert along the river basins of the Budhigandaki River following floods in the mountainous region of Gorkha.The alert was prompted by a flood in the Therang River, which flows through Chumanubri Rural Municipality-4 and 2 in the mountainous region of Gorkha...
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State Bank of India (SBI) intends to hire about 12,000 personnel and add around 250 new branches to its network in the ongoing financial year, said C S Setty, Chairman of the country's biggest lender.In terms of recruitment, I think we would be looking at around 11,000 to 12,000 appointments...
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The primary market is poised for another action-packed week, with 11 main-board companies, including Rentomojo, Karamtara Engineering and Kanohar Electricals, set to raise Rs 7,055 crore through initial public offerings (IPOs).The IPOs are scheduled to hit the market between September 7 and...
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After investing in Indian equities for two consecutive months, foreign investors turned net sellers in the first week of September, pulling out Rs 7,443 crore as a rebound in crude oil prices, rising US bond yields, and a firm dollar dented risk appetite.The outflow came after foreign portfolio...
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Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Sharma was appointed Lt Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Saturday, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.Sharma will succeed Admiral D K Joshi (retd), who took over as lieutenant governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on October 8, 2017.The...
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US Central Command has published video footage capturing an Iranian oil vessel consumed by flames before sinking into the Gulf of Oman, concurrently issuing a stern warning to Tehran that assaults targeting American naval assets will provoke severe economic consequences.The M/T Kylo constituted...
