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Tata Group's international budget arm Air India Express on Thursday operated India's first all-women Haj flight, the airline said in a statement. This special flight, carrying 145 women pilgrims, was entirely managed by an all-women crew in all critical flight operations roles, supporting...
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MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Schools in Madhya Pradesh will not be allowed to indulge in religious conversion and impose a dress code that is not as per Indian culture, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday as an FIR was registered against a school in Damoh over a uniform row. He had ordered probe into...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud/File image
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and thanked him for his country's excellent support during evacuation of Indians from Sudan in April, while also conveying best wishes for the upcoming Haj...
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Actors Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu met President Droupadi Murmu in Serbia on Thursday. Sharing pictures from the special meeting, Varun took to Instagram to post, Team Citadel India had the privilege of meeting the Hon'ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji in Serbia. What...
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Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday said he will not comply with the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its investigation into a scam involving primary school jobs, as he is now busy with an ongoing mass outreach campaign. Banerjee, considered...
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In the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and five assembly polls due before the end of this year, the Election Commission has initiated first level checks of EVMs and paper trail machines across the country in a phased manner, sources said on Thursday. Mock polls are part of the first...
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A Nilgiri Mountain Railway train coach derailed on Thursday shortly after departing from the railway station in Coonoor, leading to panic for a while among passengers. After moving away about 100 meters from the Coonoor railway station, a coach of the Mettupalayam bound train, which had a...
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It was once normal for girls to marry at a young age and deliver a child before they turned 17, a judge of the Gujarat high court has remarked while hearing a minor rape survivor's plea for permission to terminate her pregnancy. While indicating that he might not allow the petition if both...
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An eleven-year-old boy who was pulled out nearly 20 hours after he was trapped between a pillar and a slab of a bridge in Rohtas in Bihar, died Thursday on way to a hospital. The mentally challenged boy who managed to wedge himself in a part of the bridge built over the Son River, in Atimi...
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At least 15 people were killed and 50 others sustained injuries after a blast occurred on Thursday near the funeral of the former deputy governor (acting governor) of Badakhshan in Badakhshan province, TOLOnews reported citing a local official. The blast occurred in a mosque in Faizabad,...
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Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Thursday said surgical strikes should be conducted against Pakistan to teach it a lesson as he accused the neighbouring country of pushing drugs into the Indian territory. Purohit also praised the Punjab government over the issue of drug seizure and...
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The Madhya Pradesh government has registered a case against a private school in Damoh that has been at the centre of a row for allegedly making students wear hijab-like headscarves as part of its uniform, said state home minister Narottam Mishra on Thursday. The case has been registered...
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A Mumbai-bound Vistara airlines flight from Delhi was delayed for about two hours after a passenger said she overheard a fellow traveller speaking about a bomb in his bag, a claim that was later declared a hoax, official sources said Thursday. A designated committee of multiple security,...
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As cyclone 'Biparjoy' headed northwards and remained centred about 900 km south-southwest of Gujarat's coastal Porbandar district, fishermen have been asked to return to the coast from deep sea areas and ports instructed to hoist distant warning signal (DW II), said officials on...
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The government has sought applications for a total of 15 positions of judicial and technical members at the National Company Law Tribunal as well as the appellate tribunal NCLAT. As many as 15 posts, including that of 5 judicial members and 5 technical members, are to be filled up at the...
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Rescued infant being rushed to hospital in an ambulance in Sehore, MP/ANI
The two-and-half-year-old girl child who was rescued from a borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district died, said officials on Thursday. The child who fell into a borewell in Sehore in Madhya Pradesh was rescued from a depth of 100 feet on Thursday evening in a rescue operation that lasted...
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Miss India World 2022 Sini Shetty poses for a photo at the inaugural press meet for the 71st edition of the Miss World 2022, in New Delhi/ANI
India is set to host the Miss World 2023 competition, as the coveted international beauty pageant makes its return to the country after nearly three decades. The much anticipated 71st edition of Miss World is expected to take place in November this year, the final dates of which are yet to...
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J-K LG Manoj Sinha, Union ministers G Kishan Reddy and Jitendra Singh at the Maha Samprokshanam of Tirupati Balaji temple in Jammu/ANI
Set amidst the lower Shivalik forests on the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir's winter capital, the Tirupati Balaji temple was opened to devotees in Jammu. Amid chanting of mantras, Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha, Union ministers Dr Jitendra Singh and G Kishen Reddy...
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The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has raised strong objection to the shooting of a scene of Sunny Deol starrer Gadar-2 on the premises of a gurdwara. In a clip which surfaced online, Deol, who is also a Bharatiya Janata Party MP, and actress Ameesha Patel can be seen standing arm...
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The main litigant in the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex case has sought permission for euthanasia from President Droupadi Murmu, alleging that her fellow petitioners are spreading false propaganda to defame her. Rakhi Singh said claims that she is withdrawing from the case are...
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Researchers say fatigue in long Covid patients is similar to that in cancer-related anaemia or severe kidney disease patients, with day-to-day impact of long Covid being worse than that in stroke and comparable to that in Parkinson's disease patients. The patients' health-related...
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A loud blast near a court complex in Ludhiana on Thursday stoked people's imagination, until police probed the matter and dispelled the noise as an accident induced by garbage fire.The blast happened outside the Sadar 'Malkhana' (a place to store items seized by police during investigation), said...
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The Congress on Thursday urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to take up strongly with Canadian authorities the issue of a float depicting the assassination of former prime minister Indira Gandhi in a parade in Brampton. Asked about the incident at a press conference, Jaishankar hit...
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A three-member family from Kerala, settled in Chennai, was found dead in a hotel room in the central Kerala district of Thrissur, police said on Thursday. A man, his wife and their daughter were found hanging inside the room, they said. Quoting the hotel staff, the police said the...
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Protests in Kolhapur
Maharashtra minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sudhir Mungantiwar on Thursday said violence in his state over posters and social media posts on Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan was part of the toolkit of some parties who want to stall...
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According to a study, those who have insomnia symptoms such as difficulty getting asleep, remaining asleep, or waking up too early may be more likely to have a stroke. The findings of the study were published in the online issue of Neurology(r), the medical journal of the American...
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Several people, including children injured in a knife attack in Annecy city of France on Thursday, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a tweet.Gerald Darmanin further said that the police has detained the attacker. He tweeted, Several people including children were injured by an...
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Apologising for unintentionally hurting sentiments, restaurant aggregator Zomato on Thursday withdrew an ad after it came under fire for depicting the actor who played the Dalit character Kachra in the film Lagaan as items made of recycled waste. The ad, which draws a link between the...
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Air India on Thursday said it will refund the full amount to all passengers affected by the diversion of its Delhi-San Francisco flight of June 6 owing to mid-air glitch, according to an airline communication.In the communication by Air India Chief Customer Experience and Ground Handling Officer...
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In an interim relief to AAP MP Raghav Chadha, a Delhi court has directed the Rajya Sabha secretariat to not dispossess him of a Type-7 bungalow in Lutyens' Delhi, which is usually allotted to lawmakers who are former ministers, chief ministers or governors, till the pendency of his application...
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Passengers travelling through Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport can now use the 'DigiYatra' facility without downloading the mobile application. The initiative launched at Terminal-3 of IGI Airport will allow passengers to use the facility through a simple three-step...
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'Agni Prime', the new-generation ballistic missile, was successfully flight-tested from an island off the Odisha coast on Thursday, officials said. The test was conducted from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and all objectives...
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AAP accused BJP of creating a ruckus in the auditorium
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's address at the inauguration of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University's East Delhi campus on Thursday was interrupted by chants of 'Modi, Modi', with the ruling AAP accusing the BJP of creating a ruckus at the event. In a swipe at those who...
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Dr S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on India's domestic politics during his visit to the United States and expressed confidence that BJP will win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.2024 ka result toh wahi hoga, hamein pata hai..,...
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A status quo policy was delivered by the central bank today, keeping both the policy rate and stance unchanged. The RBI continued to be rather upbeat on growth, revising up its Q1 growth forecast to 8%, while retaining its annual forecast at 6.5% -- which is higher than our estimate of 6-6.2%.On...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday criticised Rahul Gandhi, saying he has a habit of criticising India abroad and it is not in the interest of the country to take its internal matters to the outside world. Referring to Gandhi's recent remarks made at an event in the US, the...
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Dr S Jaishankar
India does not get swayed by coercion, inducements and false narratives, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday while citing the country's approach towards the situation along the northern border and its opposition to the China's Belt and Road Initiative.Addressing a press...
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Air India has issued a statement to say that Flight AI173D from Magadan (Russia) has landed safely in San Francisco at 0007 hours local time today. All our passengers are being extended maximum on-ground assistance with clearance formalities and provided other necessary support, Air India...
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The Bombay High Court on Thursday extended till June 23 the interim protection from arrest granted to NCB's former Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede in the CBI's case of extortion and bribery against him. The CBI's case is that Wankhede and four other accused had demanded Rs 25 crore...
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Monsoon reaches Indian mainland, IMD declares onset over Kerala. Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea intensified into a 'very severe cyclone' today. Currently located west of Goa, it is expected to move northwards and turn towards Oman in the coming days. This has helped the...
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External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar speaks on reports of late PM Indira Gandhi's assassination celebration in Canada. Jaishankar says, ...I think there is a bigger issue involved... Frankly, we are at a loss to understand other than the requirements of vote bank politics why anybody would...
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In order to expand payment options for Indians travelling abroad, the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday decided to allow issuance of RuPay Prepaid Forex cards by banks in India for use at ATMs, PoS machines and online merchants overseas. Further, RuPay Debit, Credit, and Prepaid Cards...
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The army, NDRF and SDRF are working at the spot
Rescue agencies were still making hectic efforts for the third day to save a two-and-a-half year-old girl who fell into a borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district, an official said on Thursday. A team of robotic experts also joined the operation on Thursday morning to rescue the girl,...
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The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday marginally lowered its inflation projection for the current financial year to 5.1 per cent, as governor Shaktikanta Das said the central bank's monetary policy actions are yielding the desired results. In April, the Reserve Bank had estimated the...
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A 32-year-old woman was killed by her 56-year-old live-in partner. The police said the accused Manoj Sahni killed Saraswati Vaidya around four days ago and then purchased a tree-cutter to chop her into pieces. Police say that the accused boiled pieces of her body in a pressure cooker and...
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Update: The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday opted for a pause second time in a row, maintaining key benchmark policy rate at 6.5 per cent as inflation moderates. The rate increase cycle was paused in April after six consecutive rate hikes aggregating to 250 basis points since May...
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The stranded pax were housed in makeshift accommodation
An Air India ferry flight that was moved from Mumbai has picked up all stranded Indian passengers in Russia and took off for its onward journey to San Francisco today. The ferry flight also carried additional essential items than its routine flights to cater to all stranded passengers....
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RBI Monetary Policy Committee decides to keep repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent: Governor Shaktikanta Das.
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Indian stock indices traded steady on Thursday morning with all eyes now focused on the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) decision from its bi-monthly monetary policy review.RBI governor Shaktikanta Das is to read out the monetary policy meeting outcome at 10 am. A majority of analysts, though,...
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The very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy would intensify further and move north-northwestwards, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD).In a notice, IMD said, VSCS BIPARJOY over east-central Arabian Sea, lay centred at 0530hrs IST of 08th June, near lat 13.9N & long 66.0E, about 860km...
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Geetanjali Aiyar nee Ambegaonkar was also many things than a face on Doordashan. She was a Taj Group executive, starred in Sridhar Kshirsagar's TV drama Khandaan and was also a model for everything from Solidaire to Marmite.
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Rediff.com columnist TP Sreenivasan is set to make a splash on TV. His son Sree Sreenivasan proudly announced the former ambassador's new venture: Excited for my dad @sreeniv's new talk show on @AsianetNewsML, Around & Aside: Diplomatic Journey of TPS. Wednesdays on Asianet, largest...
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The overall value of the Indian Inc brand has grown remarkably, surpassing Rs 83,1005.7 crore ($100 billion), according to global brand consultancy firm, Interbrand. The spike marks an increase of 167 per cent over the past decade, said the firm in its report on India's top 50 most valuable...
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State government officials have punished teachers for making students sing Muhammad Iqbal's 'Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua', claiming it is a religious poem. Read the report here.
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Tension is a polysemic term used across South Asia to describe the strains and scrapes of life, like 'worry' or 'stress' in Euro-American discourse. Yet in the formerly agro-pastoralist and upwardly mobile Gaddi community of Himalayan India, it is used by women with the qualifying ghar...
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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have shot down a Pakistani drone near the international border in Amritsar after it sneaked into the Indian territory, a spokesperson said on Thursday. In a separate development, troops of the border guarding force seized more than two kilograms of...
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From the expansion of India's infrastructure to rapid technological diffusion, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nine years in office have included plenty of worthy achievements. Unfortunately, they have also featured flawed policies in a wide range of areas, writes Shashi Tharoor. Read the...
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A couple of weeks ago, I posted an old photograph of my mum, Gitanjali Aiyar, on twitter. Within a few hours my social media feed was drowning in likes and retweets; a flood that none of my own paltry writing has ever provoked. My mother, you see, had been a celebrity and an influencer in the...
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Mendes helmed Diageo, the world's biggest producer of alcoholic drinks
Very few in life are blessed with the genes, talent and intelligence of an Ivan Menezes. Not to mention his warmth, humanity and endeavours to leave the world a better place, while ensuring James Bond's tipple of choice, Tanqueray gin, is up to the mark! Read more here.
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Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar has held a meeting with several social organisations in Kolhapur in the wake of tense situation there following stone-pelting during a demonstration against the alleged use of Tipu Sultan's image along with an objectionable audio message as social media...
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The Air India flight from Delhi to San Francisco, which made an emergency landing in Russia's remote town of Magadan after it developed an engine glitch, on Thursday took off for its destination with all the 232 passengers that were on board, according to an official.Flight AI173 from Delhi was...
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Social media giant Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has started verified service in India at a monthly subscription price of Rs 699 for mobile apps, the company said on Wednesday. Meta is planning to roll out verified service on the web in the coming months at a...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sent top varieties of the state's mangoes to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She has been continuing this practice for several years. The seasonal fruit was also sent to Chief Justice of India DY...
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Acting tough against terror funding, the State Investigation Agency and the Jammu and Kashmir police have attached 124 properties across the Union Territory, an official spokesperson said in Srinagar on Wednesday. In consonance with the government's policy of zero tolerance towards...
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