Cong opts out of Mainpuri LS bypoll, backs Dimple

 Tue, 15 November 2022
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23:50

Will seek blessings of my political guru Shivpal for Mainpuri bypoll: BJP's Shakya

Shivpal Yadav
Shivpal Yadav
Raghuraj Singh Shakya, BJP candidate for Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll, on Tuesday said Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) founder Shivpal Singh Yadav is his political guru and he will seek his blessings. Shakya was once a close associate of Shivpal Yadav but quit his PSPL to join the BJP...
23:30

Kharge, Sonia, Rahul among Cong's 40 star campaigners for Gujarat polls

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are among the 40 star campaigners the party announced for the Gujarat assembly elections. Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra, has not campaigned so far in the poll-bound states...
23:12

Cong opts out of Mainpuri LS bypoll, backs Dimple

Dimple Yadav
Dimple Yadav
Congress will not contest the upcoming Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency bypolls in Uttar Pradesh. Mainpuri seat, considered a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party, fell vacant on October 10 following the death of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav. Notably, SP candidate Dimple Yadav...
22:59

Woman injured in dog attack in Gurugram to get Rs 2 lakh compensation

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The District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum on Tuesday ordered the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram to give interim compensation of Rs 2 lakh to a woman who was injured after being attacked by a pet dog in August. The forum also said if the MCG wants, this compensation amount can be...
22:40

Russia launches flurry of missiles at Ukraine, capital Kyiv hit

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Days after it was forced to withdraw from Kherson, Russia on Tuesday launched one of its biggest barrage of missiles on Ukraine, with capital Kyiv being among those hit, reports Sam Hancock in BBC.com. Several reports put the number of missiles fired at over 100, with Kyiv bearing the brunt...
22:28

Biden skips gala dinner at G-20 Summit

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US President Joe Biden on Tuesday unexpectedly skipped the gala dinner at the G-20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia. He skipped the dinner and the event he had been scheduled to attend after an official he met with earlier in the week tested positive for COVID-19 and returned to his hotel room for...
22:12

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif tests positive for Covid for third time

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For the third time, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, a day after returning from his trip to the UK. Shehbaz, 71, returned to Pakistan on Monday after taking a detour to London from the COP27 climate conference in Egypt to visit his elder brother...
21:29

Infra up for 450 tanks, 22,000 more troops at LAC

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Amid reports of Chinese buildup across the Line of Actual Control, the Indian Army has built infrastructure for housing 450 tanks and over 22,000 troops in the Eastern Ladakh sector opposite China, defence sources said. The sources said that to counter the Chinese aggressive movements in the...
21:14

Caste certificate case: Navneet Rana, her father get interim relief till Nov 19

Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana
Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana
The police on Tuesday told a special court in Mumbai that they will not take any action against Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana and her father till November 19 regarding a non-bailable warrant issued against them earlier this month in the fake caste certificate case. The NBW was issued by...
20:45

Deadline extended for caste-based headcount in Bihar

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The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday decided to extend the deadline for completing the exercise of caste-based headcount in the state by three months to May, 2023. The state government will spend Rs 500 crore from its contingency fund for the exercise. The cabinet, during the day, also approved...
20:29

US orders Air India to pay $123m as refunds, fine

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The US has ordered Tata-group owned Air India to pay refunds worth $121.5 million and imposed a fine of $1.4 million for extreme delays in providing refunds to passengers due to the cancellation or change in flights, mostly during the pandemic, officials said. Air India is among the six...
20:00

HC judge recuses himself from hearing regular bail plea of Teesta Setalvad

Teesta Setalvad
Teesta Setalvad
Gujarat high court judge Justice Samir Dave on Tuesday recused himself from hearing the regular bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad in connection with a case of the alleged fabrication of evidence to frame innocent people concerning the 2002 Gujarat riots. When the matter came up for...
19:40

Awhad gets anticipatory bail in molestation case

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A court in Mumbai on Tuesday granted pre-arrest bail to Nationalist Congress Party MLA and former Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad in a molestation case registered against him. Sessions court judge PM Gupta granted the anticipatory bail on a bond of Rs 15,000 with certain conditions, the...
19:24

Modi, Xi shake hands at G20 Summit side event

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands Tuesday at a side event at the G20 Summit in Bail, a gesture drawing some attention because of the strained relations between the two countries over a border clash two years back. A live video feed for the media from...
19:16

WhatsApp India chief, Meta's policy head resign

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WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose and Meta's public policy head Rajiv Aggarwal have resigned from their positions, social media major Meta said on Tuesday. The development comes within a week of Meta announcing 11,000 lay-offs across the globe. The company has given charge of Meta India...
18:50

Rajasthan ATS, SOG begin probe into Udaipur train track blast

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The anti-terrorist squad and special operations group of the Rajasthan police on Tuesday began its probe into the Udaipur-Ahmedabad railway track blast following directions from Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. In a late-night meeting with home department officials on Monday, Gehlot directed...
18:28

Tension in Thane as Uddhav, Shinde factions clash

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Tension gripped in Thane district following a clash that broke out between members of Shinde and Thackeray factions of Shiv Sena during wee hours on Tuesday. The police resorted to lathi-charging as Shinde and Thackeray Shiv Sena factions clash after midnight; both party members have...
18:07

EC fixes Nov 29 for personal hearing in LJP symbol dispute

Chirag Paswan
Chirag Paswan
The Election Commission will hear the two factions led by Chirag Paswan and Pashupati Kumar Paras over the Lok Janshakti Party symbol dispute on November 29. In its interim order in October 2021, the Commission barred the two rival groups from using the name of Lok Janshakti Party or its...
17:53

Aaftab visited doctor to treat knife wound in May

Accused Aaftab Poonawala
Accused Aaftab Poonawala
A doctor who treated Aaftab Amin Poonawalla, accused of murdering his live-in partner, chopping the body into pieces and dumping them in a forest area, said the accused had visited him in May, the same month when the woman was killed, for treating a wound. Dr Anil Kumar recalled Poonawalla...
17:44

Two more antique idols traced to US museums, says TN police

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Two more antique idols that of a standing Vishnu and a dancing Krishna, reportedly stolen from Tamil Nadu temple 50 years ago, were traced to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Christie's USA, respectively, state Idol Wing CID said on Tuesday. After verifying the photo images...
17:08

SC clears hurdle for Navlakha's house arrest

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the hurdle for the release of activist Gautam Navlakha from Navi Mumbai's Taloja prison, where he is lodged in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, by waiving the requirement of a solvency certificate for availing the benefit of house arrest. The top...
16:45

British army could have prevented Partition riots

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In 1946, Wavell suggested to the Whitehall to aim the transfer of power by March 1948. Wavell's own appreciation of any planned British withdrawal was that it must be treated largely as if it were a military plan made in time of war. He wanted the British military to be gradually moved into the...
16:42

Sunak and Modi in one frame

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UK PM Rishi Sunak tweets this picture among other pictures at the G20 Summit. Together we are taking action. Productive first morning at the #G20Indonesia, Sunak said. 
16:27

Modi invokes Ram Mandir at diaspora meet in Bali

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India has stood firmly with Indonesia during its challenging times, while acknowledging the shared shared heritage and culture between the two countries.  Addressing the Indian diaspora on the margins of G-20 summit in Bali, Modi recalled the...
16:04

Jacqueline gets bail in money laundering case

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A Delhi court grants bail to actor Jacqueline Fernandez in Rs 200 crore money laundering case. Delhi's Patiala House court on Tuesday granted bail to actor Jacqueline Fernandez in Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving alleged con man Sukesh Chandrasekhar. Jacqueline Fernandez is...
15:45

Largesse of state... HC slams Guj govt on Morbi

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The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday heard a suo motu PIL on Morbi bridge tragedy and asked the state government as to how no expression of interest was tendered, and how the largesse of the state was given to an individual without floating a tender. The collapse of the British-era suspension...
15:22

Modi meets Indian diaspora in Bali

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets the gathering at the Indian community event in Bali, Indonesia. He will address the event shortly. People chant Modi, Modi.
15:19

Jay Leno suffers burns on face, says he's doing OK

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Comedian Jay Leno was taken to Grossman Burn Center after his face was burned in his Los Angeles garage when one of his cars burst into flames.The left side of former 'The Tonight Show' host's face was burned, but Leno's eye and ear were not severely damaged.Leno confirmed the news to...
15:04

Because of Amit Shah: Fadnavis on Maha govt change

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah's firmness helped in the smooth transition of power in the state earlier this year as the Bharatiya Janata Party countered betrayal by the Shiv Sena.  Fadnavis was speaking in Mumbai as the...
15:02

BJP fields Raghuraj Shakya in Mainpuri

Dimple Yadav files nomination papers
Dimple Yadav files nomination papers
The BJP on Tuesday named Raghuraj Singh Shakya, a former MP, as its candidate for the Lok Sabha bypoll to Mainpuri against Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav.Shakya was once a close associate of Shivpal Yadav but quit his Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party to join the BJP earlier this...
14:49

Was SC wrong to release Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case convicts?

Nalini Sriharan
Nalini Sriharan
Is the Supreme Court wrong and the Congress is right to distance itself from the Gandhis on the issue of release of Nalini Sriharan and other convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case? Vir Sanghvi shares his opinion. Read the column here. 
14:40

Earth now has 8 billion people... and counting

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Planet Earth welcomed its 8th billion inhabitant on Tuesday, a remarkable milestone for humanity that is set to propel India to become the world's most populous country next year, surpassing China amid rising global challenges. The population clock flashed 8,000,000,000 on November 15, with...
14:33

Delhi murder: BJP MLA to seek 'love jihad' probe

Aaftab Amin Poonawala
Aaftab Amin Poonawala
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Ram Kadam on Tuesday said he will write a letter to the Delhi Police to seek a probe into the possible 'love jihad' angle behind the murder of Shraddha Walkar, a resident of Vasai near Mumbai. 'Love jihad' is a term used by right-wing groups and activists to allege a...
14:03

Delhi murder: 12 body parts found, head missing

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Delhi police, having already recovered around 12 suspected body parts disposed off by Aftab, the accused in the Shraddha murder case, on Sunday, has now brought him to the jungle area with an aim to recover other body parts, according to police sources.The samples recovered so far have been sent...
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Police may seek Aaftab's profile details on Bumble

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Shraddha Murder case: The Delhi Police is likely to write to dating app, Bumble, to get details of accused Aaftab Poonawala's profile. The police are looking to find details of women who visited him in his house when the body of the victim Shraddha Walker was still in refrigerator. Police...
13:30

29th witness in Malegaon blast case turns hostile

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Another witness in the case of 2008 Malegaon Blast turned hostile on Tuesday.This is the 29th witness who has turned hostile so far. This person had given statements to the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) in 2008 about accused Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Sudhakar Chaturvedi.Previously, the 28th witness...
12:45

Accused researched on decomposition of body parts

Aaftab shared this Insta post saying, Major cravings for some good Ol'Fried rice!!
Aaftab shared this Insta post saying, "Major cravings for some good Ol'Fried rice!!"
The Delhi Police on Tuesday took the 28-year-old Aaftab Amin Poonawala accused of killing his girlfriend to the forested areas of south Delhi's Chhatarpur where he had allegedly dumped her body parts. A senior police official said the accused will be taken to some other places in the city...
12:14

Delhi murder: Accused used mini saw to chop body

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Delhi Police has made several sensational claims in the ongoing Sharaddha Walker murder case.1. The police sources said that one common friend of the accused Aftab and the victim has been called for questioning. The police said that this is the same friend who had intimated Shraddha's father...
11:56

A meeting of PMs

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Netherlands PM Mark Rutte interact during the G20 Summit in Bali. 
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G20 Summit: Modi, Sunak meet

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PM Narendra Modi and UK PM Rishi Sunak in conversation during the first day of the G20 Summit in Bali. Modi on Tuesday will participate in the G20 working session on Health and will also address the Indian community at Bali, the Ministry of External Affairs said. PM has also met in his...
11:29

Police probing 'conspiracy' angle in Delhi murder

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The Delhi Police investigating the Shraddha Walker murder case, is now probing if, the accused Aftab, had rented a flat in Delhi's Chhatarpur area as part of a conspiracy to kill the victim. The police have also revealed that the accused Aftab Poonawalla was a food blogger who used to work...
10:50

Delhi murder: Victim's family wants death sentence

The accused Aftab Poonawalla
The accused Aftab Poonawalla
Vikas Walker, Shraddha's father, tells ANI, We demand the death penalty for Aftab. I trust the Delhi Police and that the probe will be moving in the right direction. Shraddha was close to her uncle, but didn't talk to me much. I was never in touch with Aftab. Aftab Amin Poonawalla, the...
10:21

Modi, Macron at G20

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PM Narendra Modi holds a brief discussion at the start of the G20Summit in Bali with French President Emmanuel Macron. As this crucial G20 summit begins, France and India are already coordinating closely, tweets French Ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain.
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PM's advice on Ukraine: Ceasefire, diplomacy

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday underlined the need for not promoting any restrictions on the supply of energy and called for ensuring stability while once again emphasising on resolving the Ukraine conflict through diplomacy.  In an address at the G-20 summit in Bali, Modi...
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Delhi murder: Aftab Googled 'how to clean blood'

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Aftab Amin Poonawalla, the accused in the gruesome Shraddha murder case, had googled 'method of blood cleaning' and read about human anatomy after murdering his live-in partner Shraddha, claimed Delhi Police on Monday.Delhi Police interrogation revealed that Aftab killed Shraddha Walker on May 18...
09:09

Cambodian PM tests Covid positive at G20

Cambodian PM with his wife
Cambodian PM with his wife
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Group of 20 meetings in Bali, just days after hosting many world leaders, including President Joe Biden, for a summit in Phnom Penh.  In a posting on his Facebook page, the Cambodian leader said...
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Modi, Biden share warm hug at Bali

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Joe Biedn on Tuesday shared a warm hug as the G20 Summit began in Bali.In an photo shared by the Prime Minister's Office, the two leaders are seen shaking hands 'PM @narendramodi and @POTUS @JoeBideninteract during the @g20org Summit in...
01:24

SIT formed to probe Bajrang Dal activist's killing in Jharkhand

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A 15-member special investigation team was formed on Monday to investigate the killing of a Bajrang Dal activist at Chakradharpur in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said. The SIT, with Chakradharpur sub-divisional police officer Kapil Chaudhary as head, will...
01:05

Jennifer Aniston's father John Aniston passes away

Jennifer Aniston with father John Aniston
Jennifer Aniston with father John Aniston
Veteran actor John Aniston is no more. He breathed his last on November 11 at the age of 89. The news of his demise was confirmed by his daughter Jennifer Aniston on Instagram. Taking to social media, the 'Friends' alum penned an emotional note in remembrance of her...
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Amazon plans to lay off 10K employees soon: NYT

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Technology giant Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 people in the coming days, adding to the bloodbath being witnessed in the technology world after Twitter and Facebook parent Meta significantly trimmed their workforces. The New York Times said in a report Monday that Amazon plans to lay off...