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For 73-year-old Surat Singh, who migrated during the Partition, and several other West Pakistan refugees it will be a dream come true as they will exercise their franchise for the first time in a local poll in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.Except for parliamentary elections, these refugees, were,...
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Air India has said passengers affected due to traffic disruption on Thursday amid closure of the borders of the national capital region (NCR) will be allowed to reschedule their flights for free.People coming to the national capital from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh faced traffic snarls at several...
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A junior commissioned officer (JCO) of the army was killed and a civilian injured as Pakistani troops shelled and fired on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Thursday, officials said.The unprovoked ceasefire violation took place in Qasba...
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Campaigning for the first phase of the district development council (DDC) polls and by-elections to local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir ended on Thursday evening, officials said.Voting to decide the fate of 1,475 candidates in this phase would take place on Saturday from 7 am to 2 pm.Officials said...
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Slammed by the severe cyclonic storm Nivar early Thursday, Tamil Nadu is likely to receive another spell of very heavy rainfall as a fresh low pressure area is expected to form in the Bay of Bengal from November 29 onwards, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.IMD Director General...
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Amid the uproar over 'love jihad', Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Arvind Bhadoria on Thursday said love jihad and religious conversions were being funded by foreign countries and termed it a conspiracy against India. Love jihad and religious conversions are being funded by foreign...
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The Uttar Pradesh Congress headquarters in Mall Avenue area of the state capital Lucknow were locked up for some time on Thursday by some former employees of the party.The party's office was locked up by people living in some illegally built hutments and outhouses inside and around the office...
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Authorities on Thursday drastically scaled down the discharge from Chembarambakkam lake in Chennai, a day after releasing a torrent of surplus water into river Adyar following heavy rains as cyclone Nivar approached the coast.Residents heaved as sigh of relief on seeing lesser water gushing out...
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The National Investigation Agency on Thursday told a court in Mumbai that it had not taken a straw and sipper from Stan Swamy at the time of his arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links' case, following which the activist filed an application seeking winter clothes and a straw and sipper.The...
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Delhi is geared up for the COVID-19 vaccination programme and the city's entire population can be covered in a month if hospital staff and nurses are involved, State Immunization Officer Suresh Seth said Thursday. We have 600 cold storage points and around 1,800 outreach sites for the universal...
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'It was inevitable that Patel should have become the perfect 'political aide' to Sonia Gandhi; after initial years of a tepid relationship, Sonia came to value his judgment, advice and sagacity. If Sonia sustained herself as the longest serving president of this very old party it was for one and...
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Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy visits Uppalam area to assess damage by Cyclone Nivar and meet people affected by the cyclone.
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Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy visits Uppalam area to assess damage by Cyclone Nivar and meet people affected by the cyclone.
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Twenty-five teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Andhra Pradesh in view of Cyclone Nivar, NDRF officials said.Landfall happened yesterday at midnight. 25 NDRF teams were assigned, 15 in Tamil Nadu, four in Puducherry and six in...
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Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has been admitted to Max Hospital, he is stable: Office of the Environment Minister. Rai on Thursday tested positive for coronavirus. Rai is the third minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government to have contracted the virus. Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister...
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Clashes break out between BJP workers and police, while the workers were staging protest over delay in construction of Majerhat Bridge. Protestors were also lathi-charged and later detained by police.
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Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 432 points on Thursday, tracking gains in banking and financial stocks as the November series derivatives expired amid largely positive cues from global markets. After a volatile session, the 30-share BSE index ended 431.64 points or 0.98 per cent higher at...
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A special court in Thane on Thursday granted bail to 53 persons arrested in the Palghar mob lynching case, in which two sadhus and their driver were killed at a village in Maharashtra's Palghar district. District judge P P Jadhav in his order granted the accused bail with a surety of Rs 15,000...
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Two Indian Army soldiers were killed in an attack by terrorists in the HMT area located on the outskirts of Srinagar city on Thursday, officials said today. The attack was carried out by three terrorists.Two soldiers were critically injured and were evacuated to the nearest medical facility....
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Delhi Police personnel have been deployed in large numbers in the border areas of the national capital on Thursday and all incoming vehicles were being checked in view of the 'Delhi Chalo' march by Punjab farmers against the Centre's farm laws. Five sand-laden trucks have been stationed at...
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Police personnel and police dogs pay tribute at the 26/11 memorial at CST
Asserting that India can never forget the wounds of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the country is fighting terrorism with a new policy and a new process. In his valedictory address at the 80th All India Presiding Officers' Conference, Modi remembered...
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Disha Salian was Sushant Singh Rajput's manager
The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into the death of Disha Salian, former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, and said if any person has information in the case, he/she is free to approach police. A division bench of Chief Justice...
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In a major boost to its capabilities, the Indian Army is soon going to get Israeli Heron and American mini drones for upgrading its surveillance capabilities in Eastern Ladakh and other areas along the China border.The deals for the acquisition of the Heron surveillance drones is in the final...
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Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam visits water-logged areas in Chennai to review the situation after heavy rains due to Cyclone Nivar. Knee-deep in muck, that's how a deputy CM surveys his state, not by air and that is why Tamil Nadu is one of the best governed states in the country
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Lung tissue of patients who suffer severely from Covid-19 shows good recovery in most cases, according to a study. The researchers at the Radbound University in the Netherlands found that the group which was referred by a GP did not recover as well as patients who were admitted to the...
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Ahmed Patel knew the Modi phenomenon better than any Congressman, but he could not get the senior leaders of the party to unite in their fight against the rising wave of Hindutva by understanding and decoding Modi's strengths and the BJP's strategies, writes Sheela Bhatt for the Indian Express....
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Expressing grief over the demise of Diego Maradona, Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane said the Argentine great was the player everyone wanted to be like.Maradona passed away on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack at the age of 60.I regret having to start with this news because we learned...
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Water logging in Chennai's Madipakkam area after rainfall last night. Pic: ANI
At least three people have been killed while another three suffered injuries due to Cyclone Nivar in Tamil Nadu, Atulya Mishra, Additional Chief Secretary of the state said here on Thursday.It was a very serious cyclone. Due to measures taken by the state government, things are very much in...
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This is Ambala, Punjab: Farmers headed to Delhi to stage protest, attempt to break through police barricades at Sadopur border, water cannons used by security personnel to disperse crowds.
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After hitting a high, Indian equity benchmark indices were trading in the red on Thursday afternoon. The 30-scrip BSE Sensex opened at 43,967.59 and was trading at 43,726.02 (at 12:40 pm), down by 102.08 points or 0.23 per cent.BSE Sensex traded at a low of 43,582.40 points and high of 44,023.26...
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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday tested COVID-19 positive, Geo News reported. Taking to Twitter, Bilawal said that I have tested positive for COVID19 & am self-isolating with mild symptoms. I'll continue working from home & will be addressing PPP...
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Water flows into Adyar River as shutters of Chembarambakkam Lake were opened
Severe cyclonic storm Nivar weakened into a cyclonic storm over north coastal Tamil Nadu. It would continue to move northwestwards and weaken further into a deep depression during next six hours and into a depression by subsequent six hours: India Meteorological Department.
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Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla holds bilateral talks with Nepal Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal Foreign Secretary Shringla is on a 2-day official visit to Nepal.
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Ahmed Patel was laid to rest near his parents' graves
Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel was laid to rest at his native village Piraman in Gujarat's Bharuch district on Thursday. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attended the funeral of the party's key strategist and troubleshooter, who died on Wednesday. Patel's mortal remains reached Piraman...
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Very severe cyclonic storm Nivar made landfall near Puducherry in the early hours of Thursday, India Meteorological Department said while heavy rains pounded Tamil Nadu and the union territory leading to inundation and uprooting of trees. Nivar weakened into a severe cyclonic storm after it...
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'He would treat visitors to Gujarati snacks as he simultaneously saw many people in various nooks he had in his home. Multiple gatherings that he moved between. Always, a queue outside. 'I once asked him how do you deal with so many people on a daily basis. This was when his...
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It is absolutely wrong that farmers are being prevented from holding peaceful demonstrations against the Centre's new farm laws and water cannons are being used on them, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. Haryana put up road barricades along its border with Punjab on...
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As many as 799 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Maharashtra's Thane district, taking the tally to 2,25,613, an official said on Thursday. The death toll in the district has gone up to 5,634, with 15 more people succumbing to the disease, he said. Kalyan town in the district has so far...
11:36
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached Bharuch in Gujarat on Thursday to attend the last rites of senior party leader Ahmed Patel.The mortal remains of Patel, who died following COVID-19 complications at the age of 71, was on Wednesday night brought to his native place in Bharuch where his last...
11:26
Water cannons being used on protesting farmers in Haryana
Farmers' protests: The Haryana Police officials at the Shambhu inter-state border with Punjab used loud speakers, asking farmers who had assembled on the Punjab side to disperse when some of them tried to cross and remove the barricades. The situation remained tense at the Shambu inter-state...
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Haryana: Farmers gathered in Karnal to protest against farm laws, on their way to Delhi They have barricaded the roads but we're still going to walk through. The public is facing problems. They shouldn't have closed the road, says a protestor. Security deployment has been increased near...
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Ratan Tata, former chairman of Tata Sons pays tribute to those who lost their lives this day, 12 years ago, in the terror attack on Mumbai. 166 people died in the multiple attacks on November 26, 2008 in the commercial capital of India. The attacks were helmed by the Lashkar-e-Taiba from...
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Thousands of farmers heading to Delhi in tractors and on foot for a protest braced for a confrontation this morning with security personnel posted by BJP-ruled Haryana, which has put up barricades to block them. Farmers from six states - Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Kerala...
10:27
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai tests positive for COVID-19. A few months ago, Delhi's health minister Satyender Singh was also infected but recovered and is back at work even as Delhi's numbers rise.
10:20
Desolate and seemingly ominous, but it's just snow clearing work underway at Kharapathar on Kharapathar-Shimla highway in Himachal Pradesh. Reminds us of the Stanley Kubrick horror film, The Shining.
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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray pay homage to victims of the 26/11 terror attack on its 12th anniversary at the memorial at the Mumbai Police Commissionerate Office premises.The martyrs' memorial has been relocated from the site at Police Gymkhana...
09:52
With 44,489 new COVID-19 cases, India's total cases rise to 92,66,706, the Union health ministry data showed. The country also witnessed 524 new deaths in last 24 hours, taking the total fatalities to 1,35,223. Currently, there are 4,52,344 active cases while 86,79,138 people have been...
09:39
The severe Cyclonic Storm 'Nivar' is likely to continue to move northwestwards and weaken further into a cyclonic storm in the next six hours, the India Meteorological Department informed on Tuesday.The storm crossed the coasts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry from 11:30 pm on Wednesday night to 2:30...
09:32
His promise to bring big-time football to India remained unfulfilled as Diego Maradona died after cheating death more than once, leaving a cricket-mad nation devastated in an appropriate reflection of his immortal status. Success-starved in football for decades now, India, perhaps,...
09:28
United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order granting pardon to his former national security advisor Michael Flynn, who had been charged with making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation over possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during...
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Security has been tightened at Delhi-Haryana border near Faridabad and Singhu village, in view of the farmers' Delhi Chalo protest march from November 26 to November 28Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and a few other states are slated to reach Delhi on Thursday to demonstrate against the Centre's new...
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In a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, the Goa government on Wednesday made it mandatory for the passengers arriving at the state's airport and railway stations to undergo thermal screening.The government issued standard operating procedures to this effect on Wednesday.The order said that in...
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NDRF team cuts an uprooted tree
Very severe cyclonic storm Nivar made landfall near Puducherry in the early hours of Thursday, bringing heavy rains to the union territory and neighbouring Tamil Nadu, India Meteorological Department officials said.Nivar weakened into a severe cyclonic storm after it crossed coast near...
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The global tally of cases has surpassed 60 million, according to researchers at both Johns Hopkins University and the Reuters news agency.According to the latter, the pace of new infections is accelerating and the United States is reporting its worst numbers of hospitalisations. Officials...
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