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Shanelle and Arjun Bhalla/Smriti Irani/Twitter/ANI
Union Minister Smriti Irani's daughter Shanelle married Arjun Bhalla in a ceremony in Rajasthan's Nagaur district on Thursday. The wedding ceremony took place at the 15th century Khimsar Fort, now a heritage hotel, in the presence of close family members and friends, sources said. The...
23:32
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju/ANI Photo
Pending cases across various courts in the country are moving towards the five crore-mark with an over 4.32 crore backlog in subordinate courts, according to data shared by the government in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. In separate written replies, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said as on December...
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Fire broke out on the second floor in the LIC building in Mumbai's Girgaon on Thursday night. No injuries or casualties were reported yet. More details soon. -- ANI
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A protest by youths against recruitment examination paper leaks in Uttarakhand turned violent when the protestors clashed with police personnel and hurled stones at them here on Thursday. The police resorted to a lathicharge to disperse the protestors. Some youths were injured in police...
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Farmers' outfit Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Thursday said it will hold a 'kisan mahapanchayat' outside Parliament on March 20 to press for a legal guarantee on minimum support price. The umbrella body of several farmer unions took the decision at a meeting held at the Jat Bhavan in Kurukshetra...
22:13
Twitter users in India looking to avail the blue tick mark for their accounts will have to shell out Rs 900 under the monthly plan for mobile phones, an update from the microblogging platform said on Thursday. The social media platform has priced Twitter Blue at Rs 650 for web and Rs 900 per...
21:35
LIC chairman M R Kumar/Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters
LIC chairman M R Kumar on Thursday said the officials of the public sector insurer will soon meet top management of the Adani Group and seek clarification on the crisis being faced by the diversified conglomerate. ...
21:30
BJP member Tejasvi Surya
Bharatiya Janata Party member Tejasvi Surya had accidentally opened the emergency door of an IndiGo aircraft last month and the airline did not find the passenger in violation of any rule, according to the civil aviation ministry. Surya, the ruling BJP's Bengaluru South MP, has been facing...
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Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev/ANI Photo
The high court of Karnataka on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation filed against the Isha Yoga Centre that is constructed in Chikkaballapura. The division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Ashok S Kinagi in their order said the petitioners have not approached...
20:42
Screen grab from the video of the rescue operation by NDRF team/NDRF/Twitter
A team of India's National Disaster Response Force engaged in relief and rescue operations in the quake-hit Turkiye has successfully rescued a six-year-old girl from under the rubble in Gaziantep. The NDRF has dispatched three teams to Turkiye for rescue operations. Standing with Turkiye in...
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Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who had contested the polls for party presidency last year, met AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday and exchanged thoughts on various issues. The meeting comes days ahead of the party's plenary session to be held in Chhattisgarh's Raipur from...
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The government on Thursday said lithium reserves have been found for the first time in the country in Jammu and Kashmir. Lithium is a non-ferrous metal and is one of the key components in electric vehicle batteries. For the first time, lithium reserves have been discovered and that too...
19:48
Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan/ANI
Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan arrived in Jaffna on Thursday on a four-day visit to Sri Lanka during which he would meet with President Ranil Wickremesinghe and other top leaders, officials said. During the visit, Murugan will dedicate to the people of Sri...
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Of the total 259 candidates contesting the February 16 Tripura assembly election, 45 are crorepatis, according to a report. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has 17 crorepati candidates followed by Tipra Motha with nine and the Communist Party of India-Marxist seven.
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Jammu and Kashmir State Disaster Management Authority on Thursday issued an avalanche warning for 12 districts including Anantnag, Baramulla, Ganderbal, Doda, Rajouri and Poonch for the next 24 hours. The State Disaster Management Authority said that a 'medium danger' level avalanche is...
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A court in New Delhi on Thursday sent the director of an advertising company, who is alleged to have ran the Aam Aadmi Party campaign during the 2022 Goa assembly polls, to Enforcement Directorate custody for interrogation in a Delhi excise policy-related money laundering case. Rajesh Joshi,...
18:33
Rising for the second straight session, equity benchmark Sensex climbed 142 points on Thursday following buying in IT and finance stocks amid a positive trend in global markets. After a see-saw session, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 142.43 points or 0.23 per cent higher at...
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A view of the accident in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district/ANI
Five schoolchildren were killed and four other kids suffered grievous injuries after an autorickshaw ferrying them was hit by a truck in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Thursday, a police official said. The accident took place at Korar, 20 km from the district headquarters, said the...
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National security advisor Ajit Doval
National security advisor Ajit Doval called on Russian President Vladimir Putin and agreed to continue work towards implementing the India-Russia strategic partnership, the Indian embassy in Moscow said on Thursday. NSA Ajit Doval called on HE President Putin. Wide-ranging discussion on...
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A 48-year-old catering staffer was allegedly beaten to death by two people who were part of the DJ's team during a fight over dinner plates at a function in Rohini's Sector-12, the police said on Thursday. The incident took place on the intervening night of February 8-9. The Prashant...
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More than 16 lakh Indians renounced their Indian citizenship since 2011 including 2,25,620 last year, according to data provided by the government in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar presented the details while replying to a question. He said the number of...
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Jharkhand Mukti Morcha supremo and former Chief Minister Shibu Soren has been admitted to Medanta Hospital in Ranchi. Further details are awaited. -- ANI
16:29
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday adopted the motion of thanks on the President's address after a reply by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The motion was adopted with a voice vote and some amendments moved by opposition parties were negated.President Droupadi Murmu addressed a joint sitting of Lok Sabha...
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Never tried to find solutions to the permanent problems, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said attacking the Congress while replying to the Motion of Thanks in the President's address. Addressing the Rajya Sabha, PM Modi said, Mallikarjun Kharge said that Congress built a strong foundation...
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PM Modi in reply to Motion of Thanks on President's address in Rajya Sabha:True secularism is making sure that the benefits of different government schemes reach all eligible beneficiaries: We have transformed the working culture with the power of technology. Our focus is on increasing speed and...
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Opposition MPs raise slogans of Modi-Adani bhai-bhai in Rajya Sabha as PM Modi replies to Motion of Thanks on President's address.I want to tell these MPs (Oppostion MPs), the more you throw 'keechad', the better the lotus will bloom.In last 3-4 yrs, around 11 crore houses have got tap water...
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Opposition MPs storm the well of the House as PM Modi replies to Motion of Thanks on President's address. Opposition MPs raise slogans demanding the formation of JPC on Adani issue. Slogans of Modi-Adani bhai-bhai in Rajya Sabha as Modi speaks.The country carefully hears what is said in this...
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Union Minister V Muraleedharan
Unidentified miscreants have allegedly targetted Union Minister V Muraleedharan's residence in Thiruvananthapuram, smashing its window pane, police said here on Thursday. The window pane of the car porch of his residence at Ulloor was found broken by his office staff at around 11 am...
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Afzal Guru
Parts of Srinagar city on Thursday observed a shutdown on the 10th death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, who was hanged inside Tihar Jail. Shops and other business establishments in Nowhatta, Gojwara and Nalla Mar Road areas were closed due to the strike called by...
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As many as 14 to 16 cheetahs are expected to be translocated to India in the coming months, Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday and asserted that the government is making holistic efforts for wildlife protection and sustainability. While emphasising the importance of...
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The Income Tax department has assured the High Court of Karnataka that no coercive action will be taken against Flipkart India Private Limited on the demand notices issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Income-Tax for Rs 1,100 crore. The company had filed two writ petitions...
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Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday asked Rajya Sabha chairperson, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, why parts of his speech on Prime Minister Narendra Modi were expunged from parliament records.This comes a day after similar action against party leader Rahul Gandhi.I don't think there...
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to constitute a committee monitored by a retired apex court judge to inquire and investigate into the Hindenburg Research report which has made a slew of allegations against the business conglomerate led by...
11:22
Bombay High Court dismisses the plea filed by Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Ltd against the acquisition of its Vikhroli plot for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. There are no irregularities in this acquisition, HC says.
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Shares of most of the Adani group firms were trading in the negative territory in the morning trade on Thursday with flagship company Adani Enterprises witnessing a slump of 20 per cent. As many as nine Adani Group firms were trading in the negative territory, while one company was...
10:57
The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted bail to Chitra Ramkrishna in the money laundering case related to alleged illegal phone tapping and snooping of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) employees. The application is allowed. The applicant is granted bail, said Justice Jasmeet Singh....
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India logged 109 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases declined to 1,781, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll stands at 5,30,748 with one death reported by Uttar Pradesh and one reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am...
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PM in the Lok Sabha yesterday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address at 2 pm in Rajya Sabha on Thursday during the ongoing Budget Session of the Parliament.Reply by the Prime Minister will be at 2 pm tomorrow, said Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar after the last speaker...
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A 35-year-old man from Odisha's Koraput district walked several kilometres with his wife's body on his shoulder after she died in an auto-rickshaw while returning from a hospital in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Policemen spotted Samulu Pangi and arranged an ambulance to take the body of his...
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Aiming to celebrate the 'Vedic tradition' and the immense benefits a cow possesses, the Animal Welfare Board of India has urged people to celebrate 'Cow Hug Day' on February 14 which is celebrated as Valentine's Day. We all know that the Cow is the backbone of Indian culture and rural...
09:37
On his official Twitter handle, EAM Dr S Jaishankar posted pictures of a field hospital in Turkey where medical experts are preparing to treat emergencies.Following the deadly earthquakes on February 6 the death toll in Turkey and adjoining Syria have surpassed 15,000 lives in both countries.This...
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The sixth plane from India carrying rescue personnel, essentials and medical equipment for earthquake relief efforts have reached Turkey, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday.The sixth flight carries more rescue teams, dog squads, and essential medicines for the quake- hit...
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Police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly attacking Congress MLC Pradnya Rajeev Satav in Maharashtra's Hingoli district, an official said on Thursday. Satav in a tweet on Wednesday said, Today I was brutally attacked at Kasbe Dhawanda, village Kalamnuri. An unknown person...
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Ahead of the Parliament session today, Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives Adjournment Motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the details of PM's foreign travels with Gautam Adani and the consequent benefits received by the Adani Groups in respect of getting foreign tenders. Congress MP...
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The death toll from the earthquake that jolted Turkey and Syria is now at least 15,383 people.As many as 12,391 people have been killed and 62,914 others have been injured in Turkey after the earthquakes that rocked the country on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported citing Turkey's disaster...
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will undertake the second developmental flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) on Friday from Sriharikota, the space agency announced on Wednesday. The SSLV-D2 will soar into the skies at 9:18 am from the first launch pad at...
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