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The Congress on Thursday rushed senior party leader from Kerala Ramesh Chennithala to assess the latest political situation in Maharashtra and report back immediately. The Maharashtra unit of the Congress is faction-ridden with PCC chief Nana Patole and legislative party leader Balasaheb...
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Susan Wojcicki
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki,who has led the global online video-sharing and social media platform for the last nine years, is stepping down from her role and will be replaced by her longtime Indian-American lieutenant Neal Mohan. Wojcicki, 54, said she in her blog post that she will focus on...
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Francis Fernandes alias Pele who has become famous after his video talking to Akshata Murty at Benaulim beach/PTI Photo
Fisherman Francis Fernandes alias Pele's mobile phone has not stopped ringing ever since a short video clip showing him in conversation with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty went viral. Francis, popularly known as Pele, also runs water sports business at Benaulim beach in...
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The Indian Air Force will operate the airport located at Naini Saini in the Pithoragarh border district of Uttarakhand, said state chief secretary SS Sandhu on Thursday. As per the Uttarakhand chief secretary, both military and civilian flights will be able to operate simultaneously from the...
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Book chronicling the life of General Bipin Rawat, India's first chief of defence staff, will release on his 66th birth anniversary on March 16, announced Penguin Random House India on Thursday. Published under Penguin's Veer imprint, the compelling biography is reconstructed from interviews...
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The Army has issued notifications on modification in recruitment procedure for Agniveers and others. The notifications for registration have been uploaded on the Join Indian Army website. Online registrations for applications are now open from February 16 to March 15 where candidates...
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Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who was brought to Jaipur from Punjab on a production warrant has been sent to seven-day police remand, the police said on Thursday. The court gave police remand for seven days till February 23 for interrogation, they said. Bishnoi was produced in the court through...
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Adani group's flagship firm on Thursday termed as 'market rumour' reports of the embattled group hiring Grant Thornton to audit books in the aftermath of the Hindenburg crisis. In a stock exchange filing, Adani Enterprises said the reports appears to be a market rumour and hence it would be...
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Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the airport at renowned temple town Shirdi in the state's Ahmednagar district had received night landing licence from regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Thursday. The move is set to enhance the connectivity to the town,...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party would be celebrating the 393rd birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj across Mumbai, its city unit president Ashish Shelar said on Thursday. The party will celebrate the iconic 17th century ruler's birth anniversary at 346 places across 227 wards on...
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The rupee appreciated by 13 paise to close at 82.70 (provisional) against the US currency on Thursday, supported by broad dollar weakness and a positive trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said upbeat domestic trade deficit data and foreign fund inflows supported investor...
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Senior bureaucrat Lalithalakshmi was on Thursday appointed director in the Prime Minister's Office. Lalithalakshmi, a 2008-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the West Bengal cadre, is currently the campus director of the National Institute of Fashion Technology in...
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Accused Sahil Gehlot allegedly murdered Nikki Yadav in this car/ANI Photo
The Delhi police took Sahil Gehlot to the crime scene in Kashmiri Gate where he had allegedly killed his girlfriend Nikki Yadav, a senior officer said on Thursday. Gehlot had allegedly strangled his 23-year-old girlfriend Nikki Yadav in a car in north Delhi's Kashmiri Gate area, they...
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Equity benchmark indices ended marginally higher on Thursday amid volatility faced during the last minutes of trading hours as concerns over rising inflation and fears of monetary tightening worldwide hit the sentiment.From the Sensex firms, Tech Mahindra jumped 5.58 per cent, followed by Nestle,...
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Actor Swara Bhasker on Thursday announced that she has tied the knot with politician Fahad Ahmad. The Veere Di Wedding star shared the news on her social media accounts and also tagged Ahmad, who is the state president of Samajwadi Party's youth wing -- Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha. Sometimes...
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Voters show their identification cards as they wait in queues to cast their votes in Tripura/PTI Photo
A record seizure of cash, liquor, drugs and precious metals worth Rs 147.84 crore has been made from the three poll-bound states -- Tripura, Nagaland, and Meghalaya, according to a statement by the Election Commission of India on Thursday. The ECI's thrust on...
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At least two people were killed and nine injured in a blast inside a passenger train in Pakistan's Punjab province on Thursday, according to media reports. The explosion occurred inside the Jaffar Express when it was on its way to Rawalpindi from Quetta, officials said. According to The...
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A total of 69.96 per cent of 28.13 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the Tripura assembly elections till 3 pm on Thursday, amid sporadic incidents of violence, Chief Electoral Officer Gitte Kirankumar Dinakarrao said.At least three people, including a CPI-M leader and two polling agents of...
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Victim Nikki Yadav from a CCTV image
The family of 23-year-old Nikki Yadav, whose partner had strangled and stuffed her body inside a refrigerator, has demanded a trial at a fast-track court. Nikki's uncle, Praveen Yadav, alleged that the police are misleading the family and the public. He also demanded that the accused, Sahil...
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Income Tax-related surveys at British public broadcaster BBC's India offices continued for the third day and employees working with the media house were asked not to delete any data until it is on, sources said. The sources added they are also asked to appear whenever called by IT...
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Rahul Gandhi skiing in Gulmarg
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to visit Cambridge University to deliver a lecture. Rahul, who was seen skiing in Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg yesterday, went to Valley after the conclusion of the first part of the Budget Session of Parliament. Looking forward to visiting my alma mater...
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A fresh PIL was filed on Thursday in the Supreme Court seeking a probe by multiple central government agencies under the supervision of a panel or a former apex court judge against the Adani Group of companies following allegations of fraud and share price manipulation made by the US-based...
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A snow leopard has been sighted for the first time in the Darma valley in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district. A team of explorers in search of high-Himalayan fauna has spotted a solitary animal of this elusive species in a snowy terrain above Dar village on February 6, Pithoragarh...
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Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday virtually ruled out contesting the CWC polls if the party decides to hold them, saying he is not considering any further elections after having fought the AICC presidential polls and it is for others to step forward. In an exclusive interview...
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Online food delivery platform Zomato on Thursday said it is building public infrastructure called 'Rest Points' to support the entire gig economy and delivery partners of various companies. In a blog post, the company's Founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal informed that it already has two...
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Fifteen minutes past Madikeri, we found our Eden. Many moons ago, my wife and I had spent an anniversary at Rainforest Retreat, in Mojo Plantation, near Galibeedu, where coffee and spices are grown in the shade of wizened forest trees with as little disturbance as possible to the land.That was in...
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Six fishermen from Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district were allegedly attacked and robbed in mid-sea near Point Calimere (Kodiyakarai) by unidentified men, said police on Thursday. The incident, which left all the six men injured, sent shock waves across the local fishing...
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has apologised for the technical glitch, which saw India displace Australia to attain the No.1 spot in the men's Test team rankings on Wednesday. Hours after India had 'topped' the Test ranking, the ICC issued another updated list that showed...
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A 51.35 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm in the ongoing polling in Tripura for 60 Assembly seats, the Election Commission (EC) informed on Thursday.The state recorded over 32.06 per cent and 13.69 per cent voter turnout at 11 am and 9 am respectively. According to the...
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S&P Global Ratings on Thursday placed its ESG evaluation for Adani Transmission Ltd (ATL) 'under review' following a US short-seller raising governance issues at the group helmed by billionaire Gautam Adani. When monitoring environment, social and governance (ESG) evaluations,...
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Ambuja Cements, which is part of the Adani Group, has been declared as the 'Preferred bidder' for the Uskalvagu limestone block in an e-auction conducted by the Odisha government. The block is situated in the Malkangiri district of Odisha over an area of 547 hectare with an estimated...
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Tripura polls: Manik Sarkar CPIM leader and former CM says, In some places, miscreants on behalf of BJP are causing trouble and stopping people from casting their votes fearlessly. But the people are trying their best to cast votes.At some places where voters are not allowed to vote, they...
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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday sent a reply to a breach of privilege notice over his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, informed Congress sources on Thursday. Rahul allegedly made 'unparliamentary' remarks against PM during his address in the Lok Sabha on the Motion of...
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Air India has placed orders for 840 planes from Airbus and Boeing, including options to purchase additional 370 aircraft, a senior airline official said on Thursday. In a LinkedIn post, Air India's Chief Commercial and Transformation Officer Nipun Aggarwal said the airline is humbled...
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Fifty years ago, the computer scientist Nasir Ahmed came up with a brilliant idea for compressing data, laying the groundwork for Zoom, YouTube, Instagram and all other cornerstones of today's image-based online life. Read the report here.
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Tripura witnessed a voter turnout of over 32.06 per cent till 11 am in the ongoing polling for 60 Assembly seats, the Election Commission (EC) informed on Thursday. The state recorded a 13.69 per cent voter turnout till 9 am. Polling started at 7 am and will continue till 4...
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Security forces have launched a cordon and search operation in Qamarwari area of the city after a gunshot-like sound was heard, police said on Thursday. The sound caused panic in the area with passersby scurrying for safety. Some gunshot-like sound was heard in Qamarwari...
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8 cheetahs had been brought from Namibia last year
Twelve cheetahs will be flown in from South Africa on February 18, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Thursday. Under the ambitious Cheetah reintroduction programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had released the first batch of eight spotted felines -- five females and...
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The Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd said on Thursday it has received the Indian Technical Standard Order (ITSO) authorisation from Directorate General of Civil Aviation for its indigenously developed Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (FDR). The ITSO is a minimum...
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Victim Nikki Yadav from a CCTV image
An update on the Nikki Yadav murder case: The accused Sahil Gehlot has revealed that the victim, Nikki Yadav, was with him on the night of February 9.The couple roamed around for many hours, after which he killed her in a parking lot near Nigambodh Ghat between 8.30 am and 9 am on February...
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Adani Power Ltd's Rs 7,017-crore deal to buy thermal power assets of DB Power has fallen through after the initial pact expired. We wish to inform that the long stop date under the memorandum of understanding dated August 18, 2022, has expired, Adani Power said in a regulatory filing on...
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The Supreme Court is allegedly being used as a tool by anti-India forces, RSS-linked weekly Panchjanya has said while criticising the apex court for issuing notice to the Centre over pleas challenging its order to block social media links to the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra...
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People in Pakistan woke up on Thursday to the shock of a historic price hike in the prices of petrol and gas as the government tried to appease the IMF for unlocking the critical loan tranche for the cash-strapped country. The petrol bomb as the price hike is termed these days, was dropped...
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Tripura Assembly Elections 2023: 13.23 per cent voter turnout recorded till 9 am.
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday urged the people of Tripura to vote without fear in the assembly polls, and asserted that they were united for change. Voting for the 60-member Assembly in Tripura began at 7 am on Thursday amid tight security. People of...
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A terrorist was killed as security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. During the preceding night, based on a specific input generated by #Kupwara police, joint team of Army & #Police...
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The Income Tax department's 'survey' at the BBC office here continued for the third straight day on Thursday as officials gathered financial data from select staffers and made copies of electronic and paper data of the news organisation. The operation that began at the British Broadcasting...
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As polling began for 60 Assembly constituencies in Tripura on Thursday, Chief Minister Manik Saha urged all voters to turn out in big numbers and exercise their franchise.Speaking to ANI after casting his vote in his Town Borodowali constituency, Saha said, It feels good. I urge all voters to...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the people of Tripura to vote in record numbers in the assembly polls and strengthen the 'festival of democracy'. Voting for the 60-member Assembly in Tripura began at 7 am on Thursday amid tight security. Urging the people of...
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The Thane city police late on Wednesday night registered a case of alleged attempt to murder against NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad and seven others following a brutal attack on an assistant municipal commissioner. Four of the accused had already been arrested,...
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Sticking to his statement that Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar had backed his plan to form a government with his nephew Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis on Wednesday said his statement was 100 per cent true and he was not lying. Whatever I had...
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The Allahabad high court has quashed criminal proceedings against Congress leader and former Union minister Salman Khurshid for his remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The proceedings were quashed after Khurshid expressed regret,...
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Sahil Gehlot danced and enjoyed with his friends at his engagement ceremony on February 9 and later strangled his live-in partner and stuffed her body inside a refrigerator following an heated argument, police claimed on Wednesday. The following day, Gehlot, 24, got married, they...
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The Bombay high court has directed all investigating agencies to ensure they do not disclose the identity of victims of sexual offences in the chargesheet, warning action would be initiated if the directive was not followed. A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Abhay Waghwase of...
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