US support for Ukraine will not waver: Biden

 Tue, 21 February 2023
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23:44

2nd seniormost SC judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul undergoes surgery; stable now

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Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul underwent gall bladder surgery at a private hospital in the national capital on Monday and is currently stable. The former Chief Justice of the respective High courts of Madras, Punjab and Haryana, and Delhi, who is also the second seniormost...
23:25

US support for Ukraine will not waver: Biden

Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskyy/Gleb Garanich/Reuters
Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskyy/Gleb Garanich/Reuters
US President Joe Biden, who arrived in a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday, reaffirmed America's unwavering commitment to Ukraine's democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.      As we approach the anniversary of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, I'm in Kyiv today...
22:59

Drone, 6 kg heroin worth Rs 30 cr recovered from field near IB in Rajasthan

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Representational image/PTI
A drone and six kg of heroin were recovered from a field near the international border in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district, the police said on Tuesday. The heroin is worth Rs 30 crore, they said. The drone and the heroin were recovered from a field in Karanpur near the border with...
22:45

Shiv Sena elects Shinde as party chief

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde/ANI Photo
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde/ANI Photo
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will remain the 'chief leader' of the Shiv Sena, it was decided at its first national executive meeting held in Mumbai on Tuesday evening. State industries minister Uday Samant made the announcement about the resolutions passed in the...
22:26

Hizbul commander from Kashmir shot dead in Pakistan's Rawalpindi

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Representational image/Reuters
Bashir Ahmad Peer, a self-styled commander of terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Pakistan's Rawalpindi. Peer, who hailed from Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, had been living in Pakistan for more than 15 years, intelligence officials IN...
22:03

Delhi records max temperature of 31.4 degrees Celsius, 7 notches above normal

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The maximum temperature in Delhi settled seven notches above normal at 31.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, a day after the mercury soared to a record high. Delhi on Monday recorded the third hottest February day since 1969 with the maximum temperature at the Safdarjung observatory, the national...
21:47

TN govt moves SC against nod for RSS rallies

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The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras high court order which allowed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to hold rallies in the state. Earlier, on February 10, the high court directed the Tamil Nadu police to grant permission to the RSS to take...
21:36

NCLAT concludes hearing on RCap resolution

Anil Ambani
Anil Ambani
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday concluded hearing and reserved its order on the petition filed by lenders of Reliance Capital seeking another round of auction for the debt-ridden firm undergoing insolvency process.Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing Torrent...
21:18

After IPL, Tata bags title rights for WPL

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Tata Group on Tuesday bagged the title rights for the inaugural Women's Premier League beginning in Mumbai on March 4. I am delighted to announce the #TataGroup as the title sponsor of the inaugural #WPL. With their support, we're confident that we can take women's cricket to the next level,...
20:55

Anything can happen in Delhi mayor election: BJP

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File image/ANI Photo
A day before the Municipal Corporation of Delhi meeting to elect the city mayor, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on Tuesday asserted that anything can happen, hinting that the party was hopeful of springing a surprise despite Aam Aadmi Party's majority and the Supreme Court ruling against...
20:43

IAF trial flight lands in Shivamogga airport ahead of Modi's inauguration

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A trial flight of the Indian Air Force plane safely landed at the newly-built Shivamogga Airport in Karnataka on Tuesday, authorities said. The greenfield domestic airport at Sogane in Shivamogga district has been constructed under the Centre's UDAN scheme aimed to make air travel affordable...
20:29

Rajnath speaks to UK counterpart Wallace; talks focus on growth of defence ties

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday spoke to his British counterpart Ben Wallace with a focus on ways to enhance bilateral defence industrial cooperation, especially in co-development and co-production of military hardware in India. Singh, referring to industrial cooperation, said...
20:28

Call us Shiv Sena, Shinde tells media

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Ahead of the national executive meeting of the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the group has asked the media to call it Shiv Sena and not as Shinde camp. The Election Commission last week recognised the Shinde faction as the real Shiv Sena in its dispute with the...
19:50

Charred bodies: Haryana cops book Raj police

The charred vehicle where two skeletons were found, at Loharu, in Bhiwani/ANI Photo
The charred vehicle where two skeletons were found, at Loharu, in Bhiwani/ANI Photo
The Haryana police on Tuesday registered a case against 30 to 40 unnamed Rajasthan police personnel on a complaint by a woman that her pregnant daughter-in-law lost her child after she was allegedly assaulted by them during a raid to nab her son, who is an accused in the Bharatpur...
19:41

Telangana police recovers IED planted in beer bottle in reserve forest

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File image/ANI
The police in Mulugu district of Telangana have found an improvised explosive device planted inside a beer bottle in a reserve forest area of the district during a combing operation. The IED, planted by banned Maoists, was recovered from the reserve forest near Pamunuru village of...
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BSE Sensex today.
19:10

Char Dham Yatra: Disaster control room to be set up in Joshimath

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A disaster management control room will be set up and a Border Roads Organisation team deployed in subsidence-hit Joshimath to ensure smooth conduct of the pilgrimage to Badrinath.Joshimath, the gateway to famous pilgrimage sites like Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib and international skiing...
18:52

In interview, Rahul talks of his Italian relatives

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said he was favourite of his Indian grandmother Indira Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was of their Italian grandmother Paola Maino. In an interview to the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, the 52-year-old leader also faced a frequently-asked...
18:11

Subsidence: Karnaprayag residents told to shift

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Chamoli's district magistrate Himanshu Khurana has ordered the evacuation of people living in unsafe houses in subsidence-hit areas of Karnaprayag to safer locations. Khurana, who visited the affected parts of the town, including Bahuguna Nagar, Subhash Nagar and Upper Bazar on Sunday, said...
17:19

UP tourism dy director dies by suicide in Mumbai

Just In: Uttar Pradesh tourism department deputy director Vimlesh Auditya commits suicide by jumping off building in Mumbai, the police said on Tuesday.
17:00

Stock markets edge lower in choppy trade

Pic: KBK Graphics
Pic: KBK Graphics
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally lower in a highly volatile trade on Tuesday as investors preferred to stay cautious ahead of the release of minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.  The BSE Sensex edged down 18.82 points or 0.03 per cent to...
16:56

EAM lays a bet: Ask anyone in Gulf about PM...

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday in an interview with news agency ANI, among other areas, spoke about India's relationships with other countries. On the Quad nations: India is going up, it's going well....Why do we have so many partnerships? Because we get along with so many...
16:41

Delhi govt to plant 52 lakh trees and shrubs

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The Delhi government will plant 52 lakh trees and shrubs in the city during its mega plantation drive beginning February 26.  The city government usually starts the drive in the monsoon, but the large number of trees demanded an early start, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said at a...
16:17

PM sent troops to LAC, not Rahul: Jaishankar

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Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi who has been targeting the government over China's aggression on the LAC in eastern Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that it is not the Congress leader but Prime Minister Narendra Modi who sent the Army to the Line of Actual Control as a...
16:12

Heatwave conditions likely over western India: IMD

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Northwest, central and west India are predicted to record maximum temperatures three to five degrees above normal over the next five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. Many parts of the country are already recording temperatures that are usually recorded in the...
15:41

Indira sacked my father, says EAM Jaishankar

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Noting that he belongs to a family of bureaucrats and that the political opportunity as a union minister came as a bolt from the blue in 2019, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that his father Dr K Subrahmanyam was removed as Secretary, Defence Production, by former Prime...
15:30

Aaftab Poonawala to be produced in court on Feb 24

Aaftab Poonawala is accused in the murder of his girlfriend
Aaftab Poonawala is accused in the murder of his girlfriend
A magisterial court on Tuesday moved the Mehrauli murder case to a higher court for initiation of trial proceedings. Accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala, who allegedly strangled his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and chopped her body into pieces, will be produced before the Saket's principal...
15:15

Working for four days a week boosts employee wellbeing: Report

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In the UK, 61 organisations made a commitment to a 20 per cent decrease in working hours for all employees during a six-month period beginning in June 2022. Additionally, the clear majority of businesses kept their full-time productivity goals.With 71 per cent of employees self-reporting...
15:08

Pathaan first Hindi film to cross Rs 1000-cr mark

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Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan on Tuesday created history by becoming the first Hindi movie to cross Rs 1000 crore mark at the worldwide box office.  According to Yash Raj Films (YRF), the Siddharth Anand directorial raised Rs 1.25 crore nett in India (Hindi - Rs 1.20 crore, dubbed...
14:40

Tony Jesudasan: The dArtagnan of Indian lobbying

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His influence in the media was enormous. No media-person was turned away for want of stories. He would stand alone under the cover of darkness to hand over editors important papers for next day's headlines, and then get into an auto rickshaw to return to his office. His juniors would be called...
14:38

2 top K'taka women officers transferred after spat

D Roopa, left, and Rohini Sindhuri, right.
D Roopa, left, and Rohini Sindhuri, right.
Faced with embarrassment following a bitter public tussle between two senior women officers, the Karnataka government on Tuesday transferred them, without specifying their new posting. IPS officer and Karnataka State Handicrafts Development Corporation Managing Director Roopa D, and IAS...
14:23

Kerala CM: Why criminalize triple talaq?

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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan lashed out at the BJP-led government at the Centre over the Triple Talaq law, questioning why the practice of instant divorce among Muslims was criminalised when divorces happen in all religions.While divorces take place in all religions, it is only the...
14:07

We could leave for Turkey immediately: NDRF

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NDRF DG Atul Karwal on the rescue operations in Turkey. India had dispatched a team to help in rescue ops in earthquake-hit Turkey. The death toll in Turkey is 41,156. A total of 85 bodies were recovered by NDRF buried in the building and we were able to rescue the two girls alive. There was so...
13:58

Javed Akhtar in Pak says, 26/11 attackers roam free

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Veteran screenwriter, lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar attended the 'Faiz' festival in Lahore during which he fired potshots at Pakistan in regard to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.In a video posted by GNN YouTube channel, he could be heard saying, Haqeeqat yeh hai ki hum dono ek dusre ko ilzaam...
13:44

Graph of the blocking social media posts

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The Centre has introduced stringent rules for social media platforms to make them more accountable to end-users in one of the world's largest internet markets.
13:40

Rockstars all of them: SRK on dancing DU profs

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Shah Rukh Khan reacts to a video of Delhi University professors dancing  to the track, Jhoome Jo Pathaan, from the blockbuster Pathaan. The professors were dancing with cheering students. How lucky to have teachers and professors who can teach us and have fun with us also. Educational...
13:35

Child mauled to death by stray dogs in Hyderabad

CCTV footage shows dogs attacking the boy
CCTV footage shows dogs attacking the boy
A pack of stray dogs has mauled a 4-year-old boy to death in Telangana, a video of which has gone viral sending shock waves. The clip shows the canines suddenly attacking the boy while tailing him, following which he is seen falling down. The child was apparently carrying a packet containing...
13:02

Shiv Sena office in Parliament goes to Team Shinde

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The Shiv Sena office in Parliament House has bee allotted to the Eknath Shinde-led faction, says the Lok Sabha Secretariat. The Election Commission on Friday had recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordered the allocation of the bow and arrow poll symbol to...
12:47

New Niti Aayog CEO was Manmohan Singh's secy

BVR Subrahmanyam
BVR Subrahmanyam
The Appointment Committee of the Union Cabinet has approved the appointment of BVR Subrahmanyam, IAS (Retd.) as the new Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog, an official notification said. Subrahmanyam will replace Parameswaran Iyer who is appointed as Executive Director, World Bank...
12:24

India will soon go digital, opt out of cash: PM

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed hope that digital transactions will soon surpass cash as Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is increasingly becoming the most preferred payment mechanism in the country.  Modi after the launch of the cross-border connectivity between the...
12:09

Finally, Delhi to get its new mayor tomorrow

Ruckus on the mayoral elections day
Ruckus on the mayoral elections day
After much delay, Delhi will get its new mayor on Wednesday as the stage is set for the mayoral poll following a Supreme Court order after three failed attempts by the municipal body to hold the election to the top post in the past.  The election to the posts of mayor, deputy mayor and...
11:37

SC agrees to hear Team Uddhav's plea against EC

A tweet on Uddhav Thackeray's official Twitter handle
A tweet on Uddhav Thackeray's official Twitter handle
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Wednesday the Uddhav Thackeray faction's plea challenging the decision of the Election Commission recognising the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordering allocation of the bow and arrow poll symbol to it. Senior advocate Kapil...
11:24

Junaid, Junaid and a Country That Looks Away

Junaid's body was found in this charred car
Junaid's body was found in this charred car
For so many young Indian Muslims today, social media feeds have begun looking like a visitors' diary outside a busy graveyard. Read the column here. 
11:22

'The Kashmir Files' adjudged 'Best Film' at Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards

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Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's directorial 'The Kashmir Files' bagged the Best Film award at Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards held in Mumbai on Monday. Sharing the update, Vivek took to Twitter and said that he dedicated the award to all the victims of terrorism and to all the...
11:07

Shinde's mega Shiv Sena meet today after EC win

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will on Tuesday hold the national executive meeting of the Shiv Sena, days after the Election Commission recognised his faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordered allocation of the 'bow and arrow' poll symbol to it. The meeting will be attended by...
10:41

Govt earned Rs 3,400 crore from enemy properties

The Mahmoodabad fort has been listed under Enemy Property
The Mahmoodabad fort has been listed under Enemy Property
The government has earned over Rs 3,400 crore from disposal of enemy properties, mostly movable assets like shares and gold, officials said. Enemy properties are those left behind by people who took citizenship of Pakistan and China after leaving India during the partition and post the 1962...
10:25

Singer Sonu Nigam manhandled by selfie seeker

A video grab of the incident
A video grab of the incident
Noted singer Sonu Nigam was pushed and his two colleagues manhandled allegedly by the son of an MLA during a scuffle over taking a selfie with the singer at a musical event in Mumbai, police said on Tuesday.  A colleague of Nigam was injured in the incident which took place at Chembur...
10:16

5 students of residential school in Odisha test positive for encephalitis

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Five inmates of a residential school at Soro in Odisha's Balasore district have tested positive for encephalitis, doctors said.  Five of out of 29 sick girl students, who fell ill in 'Purubai Kanyashram', residential school have tested positive for encephalitis, Dr Sasanka Sekhar...
10:04

No govt has been re-elected in Karnataka since 1985. Can BJP buck the trend?

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As the state heads to polls in May, the BJP may face headwinds due to corruption allegations and its overreliance on communal polarisation. For Congress, its AHINDA strategy may work, but it is beset by internal strife. The JDS may still retain its domination in the Old Mysuru region. Read...
09:49

EU hopes India will find a way in Ukraine war

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European Union trusts India's G20 presidency that it will find a way in the Russia-Ukraine war, envoy Ugo Astuto said on Monday. In an interview with ANI, Astuto said they have great expectations from the Indian presidency of G20. Furthermore, he added that India presents a very...
09:28

Groom cancels wedding over 'old' furniture given in dowry

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A man called off his marriage here after he reportedly found that old furniture was given by the bride's family as dowry. The groom, who works as a bus driver, did not turn up for the wedding, which was scheduled on Sunday, following which a complaint was lodged by the bride's father and a...
09:23

Bhiwani deaths: Bajrang Dal's Maha Panchayat today

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In the aftermath of the Bhiwani deaths case in which some Bajrang Dal members were booked for their alleged involvement, Vishva Hindu Parishad will organise a Maha Panchayat in Haryana's Mewat on Wednesday against the false charges levelled by the Rajasthan Police on the outfit.  Two...
09:05

Woman seeks molestation FIR against Prithvi Shaw

Video grab of Prithvi Shaw and Sapna Gill in an altercation.
Video grab of Prithvi Shaw and Sapna Gill in an altercation.
Social media influencer Sapna Gill has filed an application in a Mumbai police station seeking registration of an FIR against Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw and others for allegedly outraging her modesty.  Gill, who was arrested last week along with some others in connection with an...
08:31

3 killed, 213 injured as new quake hits Turkey

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At least 3 persons were killed and 213 others were injured after the two fresh earthquakes hit Turkey's Southern Hatay province, Anadolu Agency reported citing Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu. Turkish Interior Minister also stated that the search and rescue operations are underway...
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Late for boarding, man makes hoax bomb call

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A 59-year-old man, who was denied boarding on his Hyderabad-Chennai flight for turning up late at the airport in Hyderabad on Monday, allegedly made a hoax call to the police saying there was a bomb on the plane, officials said.Police in Hyderabad said the Police Control Room received a call at...