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In view of protests over the suicide of an IIT Bombay student, the institute's director, Prof Shireesh Kedare, has said he will resign on Monday, but noted he must follow the process.The Board of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is scheduled to meet on Monday to discuss the...
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BJP legislators recited the full version of Vande Mataram at the beginning of the Legislative Assembly and Council proceedings on Monday, when the recording that was officially played in the House ended after two stanzas.The Karnataka government convened a three-day special legislative session to...
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for urgent hearing a plea by former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the Election Commission's decision to freeze the Trinamool Congress' name and party symbol amid a dispute between two rival factions of the TMC.Senior advocate...
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A man was allegedly beaten to death in Bihar's Nalanda district following a dispute over an outstanding payment of Rs 1,000, with the deceased's wife alleging that the couple were abducted from their home, tied to a tree and subjected to electric shocks.The wife of the deceased, Surendra Manjhi,...
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A dispute broke out between two groups in Thane's Titwala over which group's Ganpati idol would proceed first during the immersion procession, escalating from a verbal exchange to shoving and physical assault, police said.Following this, the Kalyan Taluka Police registered a case against 70 to 80...
10:17
The Mumbai Police has officially transferred the case of the alleged suicide of a second-year BTech student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to the Mumbai Police Crime Branch. The student allegedly died by suicide on Friday evening. The deceased's father filed a formal...
10:07
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Two Indian students have been killed in a tragic air accident in Canada during their flight training, the Indian mission has said.Manoj Sivakumar from Tamil Nadu and Srisaran Thirugnanasambantham from Puducherry died while they were on their flight training.The Consulate General of India in...
09:52
Indian benchmark indices opened higher on Monday despite muted cues from GIFT Nifty, as easing oil prices supported sentiment, with the Sensex gaining over 400 points and the Nifty holding above 23,360.Sensex opened at 74,535.18 and was trading at around 74,718.49, up 423.53 points or 0.57%...
09:48
The finance ministry has called a meeting of chief executives of public sector banks (PSBs), regional rural banks (RRBs), the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) and Nabard on Monday to take stock of preparations ahead of a three-day nationwide bank strike beginning September 28.The meeting, chaired...
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The death toll in the Rasuwa floods has risen to 1,451, Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said on Sunday, as search, rescue and relief operations continued in the affected areas.Providing an update on the operations as of 7 PM on Sunday, the NDRRMA said a...
09:37
A 49-year-old teacher accused of sexually assaulting children died after jumping from the third floor of the Bengaluru South district Superintendent of Police's office complex, police said on Monday.The deceased was identified as Shashidhar, a native of Vijayanagara district. He worked as a...
09:10
An orange alert has been issued in six districts of Keralam, with heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorms likely at isolated places on Monday, officials said.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued the orange alert at 7 am in Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam...
08:35
Iran has ruled out reopening the Strait of Hormuz or returning to the previous framework of negotiations with the United States until Washington, DC meets Tehran's conditions, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said, as tensions between the two countries continue to...
08:26
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced plans to prohibit face coverings such as burqas and niqabs in schools, while also proposing a legal cap on the number of foreign students permitted in each classroom.Speaking at Fenix, a youth event organised by her Brothers of Italy party in...
08:15
The United States has issued a fresh travel warning for Iran, urging American citizens not to travel to the country 'for any reason' and asking those already there to leave immediately amid rising tensions and the possibility of further escalation across West Asia.The US Virtual Embassy in Iran,...
