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A purported video of AAP MLA Baljinder Kaur being slapped by her husband, who is also a leader of the ruling party, has surfaced on social media. In the video shot on July 10, the two-time legislator from Talwandi Sabo could be heard arguing with her husband, Sukhraj Singh. Suddenly,...
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China has introduced a lockdown in the 21-million population city of Chengdu, the capital of southwestern Sichuan province, to conduct PCR testing among residents, local authorities said on Thursday amid the spike in COVID-19 infections. This comes after Chinese health authorities reported...
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More than 6,000 Ganesh idols were immersed across Mumbai on the second day of the Ganesh festival on Thursday, civic officials said. While the festival goes on for ten days, many households bid adieu to the elephant-headed lord after one-and-a-half days. As of 6 pm, 6,034 idols...
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Lawrence Bishnoi (left)
The Supreme Court Thursday sought the details of FIRs registered against gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, arrested in connection with the murder of popular Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and BV Nagarathna directed the Punjab police to submit a...
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The microblogging site Twitter, on Thursday, announced that users will soon be able to edit their already published tweets, which comes as a big development on the platform. Twitter Blue, a paid subscription service from Twitter, shared a picture...
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Karnataka seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, booked for the alleged sexual abuse of two high school girls, has been arrested, the police said on Thursday night. The seer has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) for alleged sexual abuse of two high...
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The Kerala high court on Thursday directed the state government to provide police protection to Adani Ports' under construction Vizhinjam port project, which is facing protests. The court also directed that necessary steps shall be taken to seek appropriate assistance from the central...
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A 25-year-old woman student of the screen and acting course at the prestigious Film and Television Institute in Pune was found hanging in her hostel room on Thursday, a police official said. She was a post-graduate student of the 2019 batch and hailed from Nainital in Uttarakhand, he...
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An IndiGo aircraft en route to Udaipur returned to the national capital on Thursday due to engine vibrations and the plane has been grounded, according to a senior DGCA official. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will probe the incident. This is the second such incident...
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Three men including a local leader of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena were detained by the police on Thursday after they allegedly beat up a woman and a video of the incident went viral. The woman had taken objection to local MNS workers installing a pole for putting up an advertisement in...
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Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
The Jharkhand government decided on Thursday that it would pay Rs 2.06 crore for chartered plan services for a month, an official said. The cabinet has approved the proposal of getting a fixed winged jet chartered flight service on a nomination basis for a month for official movements of...
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Punjabi singer Nirvair Singh on Tuesday passed away in a horrific car crash in Melbourne, Australia, media reports said citing police officials. According to the UK-based reports, the local police official said, Nirvair Singh was in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was tragically...
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'Tributes have poured in from around the world for Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union who died on Tuesday age 91, with many global leaders hailing his role promoting peace and advancing freedoms. But in China, Gorbachev's legacy is seen in a different...
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Multiple landslides triggered by heavy rain blocked several roads across Sikkim, prompting the government to urge residents not to travel unless absolutely necessary, officials said on Thursday. A massive landslide in 20th Mile area between Singtam and Rangpo in East Sikkim blocked National...
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The southwest monsoon is set to make its exit in style, bringing rains to the parched parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as weather forecasters have picked up signs of formation of a cyclonic circulation over Bay of Bengal. Addressing a press conference here, India meteorological department...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited Adi Shankara Janma Bhoomi Kshetram, the birthplace of saint-philosopher Adi Shankaracharya at Kalady village in Kerala's Ernakulam district. Modi, before leaving for Kalady, remembered the contributions of the saint philosopher to India and...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday met MNS chief Raj Thackeray at the latter's residence in central Mumbai. While an official said that Shinde called on Thackeray on the occasion of Ganesh festival, the meeting led to speculation as it came ahead of the crucial civic polls...
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About five unidentified gunmen shot Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sukhbir when he had gone to a cloth showroom in Haryana's Gurugram on Thursday, said Deepak Saharan, DCP West, Gurugram. The BJP leader and former chairman of Sohna Market Committee Sukhbir later succumbed to his injuries at a...
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Chinooks used by the Indian Air Force are 'absolutely fine' and do not have any problems, the top executive at Boeing India said on Thursday, after the US Army grounded its fleet of CH-47 helicopters because of a risk of engine fires. IAF contacted our engineers after incidents were reported...
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One suspect each has been detained in Kenya and Azerbaijan in connection with the killing of singer Sidhu Moosewala and India is in touch with authorities in the two countries. External affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said this at a media briefing Thursday. Moosewala was...
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The 30-share BSE Sensex on Thursday fell 770.48 points or 1.29 per cent to settle at 58,766.59. During the day, it tanked 1,014.5 points or 1.70 per cent to 58,522.57. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty declined 216.50 points or 1.22 per cent to close at 17,542.80. Reliance...
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A Goa police team visited Sonali Phogat's Sant Nagar home in Hisar on Thursday and later met revenue officials as part of their investigation into the alleged murder of the BJP leader. The police team had arrived here Wednesday and family members of Phogat were present when they went to her...
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Cinema stunt choreographer and Hindu Munnani functionary Kanal Kannan, who was arrested last month for his alleged 'hate' speech against rationalist leader EVR Periyar at a public meeting in Chennai was granted bail by the Madras high court on Thursday. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan granted the...
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Assam has topped the list of Indian states, registering cases under 'offences against the State' segment, including sedition charges, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau. The revelation of the NCRB data has drawn sharp criticism from the Opposition and legal...
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The number of marriages in China has hit a 36-year low with registrations of married couples dropped below eight million in 2021, the lowest since 1986, the latest official data revealed, adding to the concerns of the dwindling low birth rates and declining population which may touch negative...
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Aam Aadmi Party MLA Atishi on Thursday said she has sought time from President Droupadi Murmu to apprise her about the BJP's alleged attempts to destabilise state governments in the country. This comes a day after the CBI accepted a complaint against the BJP's alleged 'Operation Lotus'.I...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday cited the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) data to claim that employment rate among youths has a hit five-year low. He noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently asked government departments to fill up 10 lakh job...
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Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar was the mastermind behind the murder of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and he had coordinated with gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and some others to execute the killing earlier this year, according to a charge sheet filed by the Punjab...
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China on Thursday slammed the United Nations human rights over a report that found Beijing's crackdown on ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and called the finding a farce.Hours after the release of much awaited UN report which stated that China has committed serious human rights violations against...
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We are all human beings and make mistakes, Aamir Khan Productions said in a statement on Thursday, seeking forgiveness on the occasion of the annual festival of Samvatsari celebrated by the Jain community across the globe. The 27-second clip, posted on the official Twitter handle of the...
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The Serum Institute of India will try to launch Omicron-specific vaccine for COVID-19 after six months, its CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event, he said there is good data available for Covavax vaccine. The original Novovax vaccine...
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Amid the deepening political crisis in Jharkhand due to the uncertainty over Chief Minister Hemant Soren's fate as an MLA, a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha delegation to meet Governor Ramesh Bais at 4 pm today.
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The Delhi Assembly on Thursday passed with voice vote and vote division the confidence motion tabled by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to prove that the BJP's 'Operation Lotus' in the capital had failed. All AAP MLAs present in the House voted in favour of the motion. There was...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will commission the first indigenous aircraft carrier-- INS Vikrant-- the largest ship ever built in maritime history of India and houses state-of-the-art automation features at Cochin Shipyard Limited here on Friday. During the...
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A 65-year-old man died allegedly after jumping in front of a moving train at Tilak Nagar metro station on Thursday, police said.The incident was reported at 8.34 am, they said.A senior police officer said the man was taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital where he was declared brought dead.He has...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the Aam Aadmi Party's vote share in Gujarat has increased by 4 per cent after CBI raids against his deputy Manish Sisodia. This vote share will increase by 6 per cent if he is arrested, the AAP national convener said during a discussion...
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Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia founder Shivpal Yadav on Thursday announced formation of a new organisation for the Yadav community, and said it will fight for the cause of social justice. Yadav said the organisation -- Yadav Renaissance Mission -- was not for or against any political...
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Taiwan military on Thursday said it shot down an unidentified civilian drone, which had entered its airspace over the restricted waters of Shiyu Island, just off the Chinese coast in the early hours today.The Jinmen Defense Command of the Army stated that at 12:30 p.m. today (1), an unidentified...
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Three security guards were murdered in different incidents here in the last 72 hours, creating a panic in the Madhya Pradesh city, and police suspect two of them might have been killed by the same person. The pattern of killings led to the suspicion...
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Poster of Veer Savarkar put up on stage during Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at the Idgah ground Maidan in Hubbali were removed by the authorities on Wednesday night.Savarkar's photograph was also placed next to the idol, and a poster of Savarkar on a banner was placed on the dais.Authorities...
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]Two men were electrocuted and 3 others sustained injuries when a huge decorated wooden car (chapparam) used in the Ganesh immersion procession, came into contact with an overhead power cable while the chariot was being negotiated to its position, near Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu,...
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Mary Roy, noted women's rights activist and educationist, passed away in Kottayam on Thursday morning. She was 89. Roy, mother of Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy, was the founder of Pallikoodam School. In 1986, she went to Supreme Court against the gender-based inheritance law...
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday said he has tested negative for COVID-19 and has returned to work. The 79-year-old actor, who had tested positive on August 24, shared the news in a post on his official blog. Back at work...your prayers, gratitude... negative last night .. and 9...
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The price of commercial LPG used in hotels and restaurants on Thursday was slashed by Rs 91.5 per cylinder on softening international prices, but oil companies have made no changes in rates of domestic cooking gas and rather began imposing limits on refills a user can order in a fortnight. ...
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United States President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint Indian-Americans Manu Asthana and Madhu Beriwal to his National Infrastructure Advisory Council.The President's National Infrastructure Advisory Council advises the White House on how to reduce physical and cyber risks, and...
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The National Investigation Agency has announced a cash reward of Rs 25 lakh for any information leading to the arrest of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, a key accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, an official said on Thursday. The probe...
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The Chinook helicopters of the Indian Air Force are operating as usual notwithstanding the United States Army grounding the entire fleet of the heavy-lift choppers over fuel leaks that caused a small number of engine fires. People familiar with the development said on Wednesday the IAF...
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A Kerala court has sentenced a 90-year old man to three years in jail for sexually assaulting a minor girl in Karimba village of Palakkad district of the state. Besides the three-year sentence, Fast Track Special Court judge Satish Kumar also imposed a fine...
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A SpiceJet flight that took off for Nashik in Maharashtra from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Thursday morning returned midway to the city due to an 'autopilot' snag, a DGCA official said. The Boeing 737 aircraft landed safely, he said. SpiceJet B737 aircraft...
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Portugal's Health Minister Marta Temido
Portugal's Health Minister Marta Temido resigned on Tuesday after the widespread criticism of her decision to temporarily close emergency obstetric services and forcibly transfer an Indian pregnant woman between hospitals. Temido in a sentence said that she no longer has the conditions to...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the demise of former Soviet leader Mikhail S Gorbachev, and said he was one of the leading statesmen of the 20th century who left an indelible mark on the course of history. Gorbachev died at a hospital in Moscow on Tuesday at the age of 91...
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Senior military officials of India and China held talks in eastern Ladakh on Wednesday, focusing on maintaining security and stability in the region. People familiar with the development said it was routine dialogue at the level of major general and such talks take place on a monthly...
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Finance Secretary T V Somanathan on Wednesday said the government is yet to take a decision on extending PMGKAY under which 5 kilograms of foodgrains is provided free of cost to the poor. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) is to end on September 30. It was...
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Bihar minister Kartik Kumar, an accused in a 2014 kidnapping case, has resigned amid protests by the opposition, officials said.Kartik Kumar, a Rashtriya Janata Dal MLC, who became the state's law minister in the new Nitish Kumar government, resigned hours after being moved to a lesser...
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United Nations on Wednesday accused China of actions that may constitute international crimes, in particular, crimes against humanity in its Xinjiang region for mass detention of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities.A long-awaited report was released on August 31 in Geneva, minutes before Michelle...
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An Indian-American man has been racially abused by a compatriot in the US state of California who hurled racist slurs that he is a dirty Hindu and a disgusting dog,'' days after another hate crime was reported against four women from the community in Texas. Krishnan Jayaraman was verbally...
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An Indian-American doctor has filed a lawsuit in Washington, DC against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, and business tycoon Gautam Adani on a host of issues, including corruption and Pegasus spyware.The United States District Court for the...
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