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O Panneerselvam
Hours after the Madras high court rejected petitions filed by the O Panneerselvam-led faction of the AIADMK, seeking a stay on the result of the party's election to pick the general secretary, it listed a petition filed by the former Tamil Nadu chief minister, challenging the order, for hearing...
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A magistrate's court in Mumbai has rejected the bail plea of Sumer Merchant, who was allegedly driving the car that ran over and killed 57-year-old jogger Rajalakshmi Ramakrishnan in Worli area of South Mumbai last week. Though the accused blamed a sharp turn on the road for the accident,...
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Toll for vehicles on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, the first access-controlled road of the country, will increase by 18 per cent from April 1, officials of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation said on Tuesday. A senior MSRDC official said that though the toll increases by six per...
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Mukesh Agnihotri (right)
Himachal Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri fell while taking a stroll outside his Shimla residence on Tuesday. According to information received from Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital Hospital where he was admitted, the deputy CM was being treated for minor...
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More than three dozen towns and villages of nine states -- from Delhi to Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat to Assam -- have become cyber crime hotspots which are being closely monitored by law enforcement agencies, sources said on Tuesday. Besides, a number of hostile countries have been trying for...
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy's flight made an emergency landing at Gannavaram airport after a technical fault, sources said. According to sources, the incident was reported shortly after the flight had departed from Gannavaram airport. Reddy was to attend a G20...
22:13
If you have a picture clicked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and don't know how to trace it, there is a way to get the recorded memories. A new feature 'Photo Booth' has recently been added to the NaMo app and this helps trace the photograph which can also be downloaded. All that one...
21:44
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A 15 per cent water cut will be implemented across Mumbai for 30 days from March 31 to fix a hole in a crucial supply tunnel, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Tuesday.Water has been leaking from the tunnel after it was recently punctured in Thane while digging a borewell, BMC...
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AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora on Tuesday congratulated his colleague Raghav Chadha and Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra, saying may their union be blessed with an abundance of love, joy, and companionship. His remarks follow rumours about Chadha and Chopra being in a relationship after...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Indian medical students who have returned from Ukraine, China and Philippines due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the war, to clear the MBBS final examination in two attempts in accordance with existing National Medical Council syllabus and guidelines without...
20:43
An Indian-origin man stabbed a 37-year man outside Canada's Vancouver Starbucks cafe and was charged with second-degree murder, Global News reported citing local police. The suspect, 32-year-old Inderdeep Singh Gosal, was arrested at the scene. Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37, was stabbed...
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A woman who had consumed poison outside Mantralaya, the headquarters of the Maharashtra government in Mumbai, died in hospital on Tuesday, the police said. The condition of another woman who too had consumed poison along with her was serious, said an official. The incident had taken...
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A 25-year-old man who live-streamed his suicide attempt on Facebook was saved by the swift intervention of the police in northeast Delhi's Nand Nagri area, officials said on Tuesday. According to the police, they received the information regarding the incident on Monday at 9.06 pm and a team...
19:33
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Students at Delhi University's Indraprastha College for Women alleged that some men scaled the institute's boundary walls during a fest on Tuesday and harassed several students. There was no response from the college authorities and the police over the incident. An All India Students'...
19:04
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
The Congress is in talks with other opposition parties to consider moving a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over his alleged bias, sources said on Tuesday. They said the proposal to bring a motion was mooted at the meeting of party MPs this morning and Congress...
18:44
Anurag Thakur
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday brushed aside the remarks made by a US official that Washington is watching the court case of Rahul Gandhi and said the Congress leader's disqualification from the Lok Sabha is India's internal matter. Participating in the Times Network India Digital...
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Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, who was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case by a court in Prayagraj on Tuesday, will be taken back to Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat, a senior prison official said. Ahmad was brought from Sabarmati Jail by road for...
18:11
The 30-share BSE Sensex on Tuesday ended 40.14 points or 0.07 per cent lower at 57,613.72 as 19 of its stocks declined and 11 advanced. The index opened higher and further climbed 295.59 points or 0.51 per cent to touch a high of 57,949.45. It, however, failed to hold onto the gains and fell...
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Former Maharashtra minister and senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier, he had contracted the viral infection when the pandemic was at its peak. The NCP leader shared on Twitter the news about his...
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A new video of Amritpal Singh with his key aide Papalpreet Singh surfaced on social media on Tuesday, showing the pro-Khalistan preacher without a turban and wearing a mask. The undated CCTV footage, said to be from a market in Delhi, showed the fugitive walking down a street wearing dark...
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An inter-second-year student of Narayana College died by suicide in Visakhapatnam under PM Palem police station limits, the police said on Tuesday. Officials said that the 17-year-old female student was found hanging inside her hostel room on Monday night. She was immediately rushed to...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleged on Tuesday that the country is passing through difficult times as he mounted a no-holds-barred attack on the BJP-led central government. There is rampant loot by the Centre. They have looted more in seven years than what the Congress had looted in...
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Why is no eminent lawyer of the Congress coming to the aid of Rahul Gandhi when he was convicted in a defamation case leading to his disqualification from Parliament, Union Minister Anurag Thakur asked on Tuesday and wondered if it was deliberate and part of a conspiracy within the...
16:29
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar
The Bombay Lawyers Association on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against a high court decision dismissing its PIL against Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for their remarks on judiciary and the collegium system for appointment of judges. The lawyers' body...
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Union minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday hit out at the Congress leadership over the alleged remarks by the party's youth wing president Srinivas BV against her, saying the words he used were of Rahul Gandhi and the 'sanskar' of Sonia Gandhi. The BJP leader also alleged that Congress...
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The government on Tuesday extended the deadline for linking PAN and Aadhaar by three months to June 30, 2023, to provide some more time to taxpayers, an official statement said. The earlier deadline was ending on March 31. Persons can intimate their Aadhaar to the prescribed authority...
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Umesh Pal's mother
Shanti Devi, mother of Umesh Pal, on Atiq Ahmed: It has been 18 years since my son was kidnapped. He was a fighter. I have faith in the court. He (Atiq Ahmed) was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping my son but he should be given a death sentence for the murder of my son. I have faith in...
14:38
Umesh Pal being gunned down
Update: An MP-MLA court in Prayagraj on Tuesday held gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and two others guilty in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case, and sentenced them to life imprisonment. Ahmad's brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf and six others have been acquitted in the...
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Umesh Pal kidnapping case: Prayagraj MP-MLA Court sentences mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed to life imprisonment; also imposes a fine of Rs 5,000 on him. The court convicted Atiq Ahmed, Dinesh Pasi and Khan Saulat Hanif in the case. All the other seven accused, including the brother of Atiq...
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The Delhi high court on Tuesday issued summons to Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aditya Thackeray in a defamation suit filed by Eknath Shinde faction leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Rahul Ramesh Shewale.The court also issued a summons to Sanjay Raut in the suit.According to the plaintiff Rahul...
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Punjab government on Tuesday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that they are close to catching radical preacher Amritpal Singh. Amritpal Singh has remained untraceable since a police crackdown against him and members of his Waris Punjab De' began in Punjab on March 18. The...
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Priyanka with her husband Nick Jonas
Actor and Global Icon Priyanka Chopra is currently busy promoting her upcoming Hollywood series 'Citadel'.Recently, the actor opened up about the reason why she left Bollywood and started looking for a career in the US. During a conversation with Dax Shepherd on his podcast 'Armchair...
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Gangster Atiq Ahmed
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed was on Tuesday held guilty in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case by Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj MP-MLA Court on Tuesday.The court also held Atiq's brother Ashraf guilty in the case. The argument in the court is underway. The accused in the case were brought to...
13:03
VD Savarkar's grandson has asked Rahul Gandhi to apologise
Amid strains in the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi alliance over Rahul Gandhi's strident criticism of V D Savarkar, NCP chief Sharad Pawar has stepped in to play the peacemaker by conveying the Shiv Sena's concerns on the issue to the Congress leadership. Opposition leaders said Congress has...
12:34
Will abide by details contained in your letter without prejudice to my rights, says Rahul Gandhi writing to the LS Secretariat over the notice to vacate his official MP bungalow.As an elected Member of the Lok Sabha over the last four terms, it is the mandate of the people to which I owe the...
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The Central Board of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has recommended an 8.15 per cent interest rate to be credited on provident funds for the financial year 2022-23.In March 2022, the government declared an 8.1 per cent interest rate for more than its six crore members, which was...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday linked the opposition's attack on his government to the BJP's emphatic electoral performances and asserted that the more wins the ruling party achieves, the more it will be targeted, sources said. Modi took the swipe at opposition parties, who...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi who attended the BJP parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday asked the leaders to be ready for a strong fight stating that the more the party rises and succeeds, the more will be attacks from the opposition.The BJP parliamentary party meeting took place this morning in...
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Update: The Madras High Court on Wednesday rejected the pleas filed by deposed AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam and his aides against the party's July 11 general council resolutions, that among others, expelled him and his supporters.The court verdict also paves the way for interim chief K...
11:24
Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) was on Tuesday elevated as the AIADMK's General Secretary, taking over complete control of the decades-old organisation minutes after a High Court green signal on the leadership issue involving his rival O Panneerselvam (OPS). Soon after the Madras High Court...
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The BJP on Tuesday launched a fresh attack on Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress leader's refusal to apologise to the OBC community for his indecent comments is yet another manifestation of the Gandhi family's political arrogance. BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani alleged that...
10:48
Madras HC rejects applications by O Panneerselvam and others against AIADMK general council resolutions and general secretary election.Edappadi Palaniswami, general secretary AIADMK, wins a major legal battle.
10:28
Gangster Atiq Ahmed
Family of Umesh Pal, the lawyer who was abducted and killed, on Tuesday said that they want the mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, a prime accused in the case to be given the death sentence stating that they want his empire of terror to end....We don't have the strength to fight a case in the...
10:15
The Department of Immigration, Nepal government has alerted its offices, particularly those at airports to prevent Amritpal Singh, a radical preacher from Punjab, India who could flee to a third country using Nepali territory either on his own passport or a fake passport, the Himalayan Times...
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India has logged 1,573 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases have increased to 10,981, according to Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll has increased to 5,30,841 with four deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily positivity...
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A parliamentary party meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party is scheduled to be held on Tuesday in Parliament. This will be the first meeting of the BJP to be held in the second phase of the budget session of Parliament. The weekly meeting of the BJP in the Parliament takes place every Tuesday...
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A march against caste discrimination in Delhi
A landmark law banning caste-based discrimination came into effect in the US city of Seattle, making it the first city outside India to enforce such a legislation. The resolution was moved last month by Kshama Sawant, an Indian-American politician, economist and an upper-caste Hindu.It was...
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A day after former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray cautioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi against criticising VD Savarkar, CM Eknath Shinde on Monday hit out at Wayanad MP saying that the latter should go and stay at the Andamans jail like Savarkar if he can.The citizens of...
09:25
Amid mass layoffs in the tech sector, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has said it is wrong to assume that fired workers holding H-1B visa have to leave the country within 60 days and that they have multiple options to stay.In a letter to the Foundation for India and...
08:56
Leading bourses NSE and BSE have said that Adani Green Energy will be put under the second stage of the long-term additional surveillance measure (ASM) framework from Tuesday. In two separate circulars, the bourses said Adani Green Energy shall continue in the ASM framework but will be...
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The H-1B visa cap for the financial year 2024, beginning October 1, has been reached and all successful applicants have been informed about it, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services has said. In a statement on Monday, the federal agency said it has received enough...
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The United States is watching the court case of Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, an official has said while observing that Washington continues to engage with India on the shared commitment towards democratic principles and the protection of human rights, including freedom of expression.Gandhi...
01:38
Upping the ante over Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha, the Congress will hold press conferences in 35 cities over the next two days on 'Democracy Dis'Qualified' while also highlighting other issues such as the Adani matter and the alleged clean chit to fugitives. Gandhi was on...
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At least seven students died in a school shooting incident on Monday at a Nashville elementary school in the US. According to a report published in The Washington Post, the shooter, who is a young female, is dead, the police said. The suspect had entered the school building through a...
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Inspector Daya Nayak, known as an encounter specialist, was on Monday transferred to the Mumbai police from Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad, officials said. The order related to the transfer of Nayak and seven other Inspectors was issued by the additional director general (establishment)...
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Singer and social media influencer Danish Mirza has been booked for alleged rape and cruelty on the complaint of his wife, a Mumbai police official said on Monday. The 29-year-old woman has also named Mirza's mother and his brother in her complaint, the Oshiwara police station official...
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The grandson of late Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar on Monday sought action against Rahul Gandhi for his comments and also challenged the Congress leader to show documents that prove he apologised to the British. My name is not Savarkar, my name is Gandhi and Gandhi does not offer an apology...
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