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Karnataka state Congress president DK Shivakumar will reach Delhi on Tuesday for discussion with the party leadership on the government formation in the state, his brother and party MP DK Suresh said. Amid intense lobbying for the chief minister's post, the Congress leadership called...
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A video of a group of villagers in this district on Monday allegedly refusing to pay their electricity bill citing the pre-poll promise of the Congress to give 200 units for free has gone viral. Among the five 'guarantees' that the party announced is the offer of 200 units of power a month...
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More than three months after a doctor from Veraval town in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district died allegedly by suicide, the police have registered a case against BJP Member of Parliament Rajesh Chudasama and his father on the charges of abetment and criminal intimidation, the police said on...
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Four persons have been arrested in Kaushambi for allegedly trying to convert people to Christianity on the pretext that they would be cured of diseases if they adopted the religion, the police said on...
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A 19-year-old woman was allegedly beaten up, her hair chopped off, and then paraded on the orders of village panchayat members in Jharkhand's Palamu district, after she reportedly refused to get married, the police said on Monday. ...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge with Karnataka ex-CM Siddaramaiah (right) and Karnataka PCC chief DK Shivakumar (left)
The central observers of Congress for Karnataka have submitted their report to party president Mallikarjun Kharge who will consult UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi to arrive at a final decision, party sources said on Monday. The name of the next Karnataka CM will be...
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Vice Media on Monday filed for bankruptcy, the New York Times has reported. The bankruptcy will not interrupt daily operations for Vice's businesses, which in addition to its flagship website include the ad agency Virtue, the Pulse Films division and Refinery29, a women-focused site...
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Karnataka PCC president DK Shivakumar has said he would try to go to Delhi on Tuesday. I'll try to go to Delhi tomorrow (Tuesday)...The party high command will take a call. We all are one and we will work together, said Shivakumar in Bengaluru on Monday. Earlier in the day, Shivakumar...
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An unidentified woman, believed to be an intruder from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, was shot dead by security forces on Monday after she crossed the Line of Control in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The woman crossed the LoC in the Kamalkote area and was coming close...
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Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit took over as the deputy Chief of the Air Staff on Monday. He succeeds Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari....
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi
A court in Kota in Rajasthan on Monday directed the district police to file an FIR against Rajasthan Congress in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa for his remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a party meeting in Jaipur in March and submit a report on the matter, according to lawyers. On...
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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday urged legislative draftspersons to keep the language of laws simple and clear to ensure that people understand it without difficulty. Addressing a training programme on legislative drafting for state and central government officials, Birla said giving...
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Assets worth about Rs 457 crore have been frozen under the anti-money laundering law as part of an investigation against lottery king Santiago Martin in a case linked to alleged loss of over Rs 900 crore to the Sikkim government by fraudulent sale of the state lottery in Kerala, the Enforcement...
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Chief Minister aspirant and Karnataka state Congress president DK Shivakumar on Monday cancelled his Delhi trip, hours after confirming he would be flying to the national capital, fuelling speculations that all is not well in the ruling camp over the CM contender issue. He cited...
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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party will support the Congress where it is strong in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. This is the first time that Banerjee cleared the air on TMC's stand on a possible strategy for opposition unity in...
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A coach of the double-decker train from Chennai to Bengaluru derailed at Bisanattam on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border, near Bangarpet in Kolar district on Monday, railway authorities said. However, none of the passengers were injured. Train services were also not affected. At...
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The Delhi high court has refused to interfere with the demolition of a 55-year-old Kali temple which was found to be unauthorised and obstructing the free flow of traffic at Mayapuri Chowk in New Delhi. Justice Prathiba M Singh permitted the removal of the idols and other religious objects...
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At least 236 houses and eight refugee camps have been damaged after super cyclone 'Mocha' struck several parts of Mizoram, officials said on Monday. A total of 5,749 people in more than 50 villages were affected by the powerful winds on Sunday, they said. However, there were no reports...
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The West Bengal Commission for Women Monday said it has taken note of allegations of rape and life threat levelled by a Bangladeshi student against a university professor in Paschim Bardhaman district. It will recommend appropriate action if the allegations are found to be true after police...
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Five medical students suffered injuries after a scuffle ensued between two groups over The Kerala Story movie at a hostel in Jammu, the police said on Monday. The principal of the Government Medical College has termed the incident as unfortunate and assured students that appropriate action...
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The special court in Pune on Monday extended till May 16 the police custody of DRDO scientist Pradeep Kurulkar, arrested on charges of providing confidential information to a Pakistani agent. Seeking an extension of Kurulkar's custody, the prosecution said his mobile phone needs to be...
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After One97Communications, the parent company of fintech major Paytm, managed to narrow its losses in the fourth quarter of FY23, CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said the company's next objective is profitability.Our next milestone is to make Paytm cash flow positive in the near future, Sharma wrote in...
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Looking at the preference of customers in the country for bite-sized foods and small portions of beverages, Tata Starbucks has introduced its products accordingly. It has offers starting at Rs 160 for foods and Rs 185 for beverages. The picco size, which is six ounces (one ounce is...
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Food aggregator platforms Swiggy and Zomato are facing stiff competition from government-backed Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), which is offering users cheaper prices for the same food items.ONDC is a non-profit platform set up by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal...
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The Supreme Court adjourned to Tuesday the hearing on a plea of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) seeking extension of six months to complete a probe into allegations of stock price manipulation by the Adani group. The hearing on the market regulator's plea and PILs...
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Sameer Wankhede and his wife
After former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede was booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly demanding Rs 25 crore as a bribe for not framing Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case, his wife Kranti Redkar Wankhede...
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Foreign visits undertaken by former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede, booked by the CBI over an alleged Rs 25-crore bribe demand from superstar Shah Rukh Khan's family to spare his son in a drugs case, will be under the scanner of the agency, officials said. A Narcotics Control Bureau's...
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Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said the Congress and some other Opposition parties are under the same delusion about 2024 general election after the Karnataka polls win as they were in 2018 after their good showing in the state polls back then.In the May 10 Karnataka polls, the...
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Several tribal areas in Maharashtra also have malnutrition deaths
The more things change the more they remain the same. A 21-year-old pregnant tribal woman has died of sunstroke after walking for seven kilometres to go to a primary health centre (PHC) and then return home in Maharashtra's Palghar district, health officials said on Monday. The...
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Dissident Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday threatened to launch a massive movement in Rajasthan if action on his demands is not taken by the month-end. He also demanded disbanding of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) and its reconstitution, a compensation for those...
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A day after Mother's Day, but a nice image we wanted to share. Priyanka Gandhi shares this on her Insta feed: Love you Ma... Happy Mother's Day! (heart emojis)
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After its win in Karnataka where it had blamed the outgoing BJP administration there of being a 40 per cent commission government, the Congress on Monday took a dig at the ruling LDF in Kerala by terming it as an 80 per cent commission regime. Senior Congress leader and former Leader of...
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and reaffirmed his support for the war-torn European nation. This is the fourth European country that Zelenskky has visited in the past few days. He made an unannounced visit to Paris on...
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Disappointed over losing the Hindu bastion of Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district to the Congress, BJP cadres have put up a banner featuring former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and MP and state BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel with a garland of slippers. The banner, put up by aggrieved...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said there are some organisations and people who want the state to be unstable, but the government will teach them a lesson. Speaking to reporters in Pune, Fadnavis also said those instigating riots will be exposed and the...
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A total of 17 buffaloes died after they were run over by a goods train near Jokatte Angaragundi at around midnight on Sunday. Railway police sources said the goods train was on its way towards Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF) from Kankanady station when the incident...
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Congress veteran and frontrunner for the state's Chief Minister post, Siddaramaiah on Monday left for Delhi, a day after the party's newly elected legislators authorised the AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge to decide on the party's CM pick.According to party sources, the 75 year-old leader left...
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The ruling Ccommunits Party of India-Marxist in Kerala on Monday took a veiled dig at the Congress by asking it to safeguard its newly elected Karnataka MLAs from being poached by the Bharatiya Janata Party as was allegedly done by the saffron party in Goa amidst the Bharat Jodo Yatra. ...
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Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday said territorial integrity of Manipur will be protected at all costs, reacting to a demand made by 10 MLAs for a separate administration for the Kuki-dominated districts of the northeastern state. The chief minister, who had made an air-dash to...
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Mallikarjun Kharge receives a hero's welcome back in Delhi
Congress leader and central observer for the legislature party meeting Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday said senior leaders Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar -- seen to be front-runners for the post of Karnataka Chief Minister -- would be called to Delhi for consultations, if required. We...
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A male passenger was arrested for allegedly molesting an air hostess on board a Dubai-Amritsar flight in an inebriated state, police said on Monday. Rajinder Singh, who hails from Kotli village of Jalandhar in Punjab, got into a heated argument with the air hostess and allegedly molested her on...
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The Sangrur court in Punjab summons Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge in a Rs 100 crore defamation case filed by Hitesh Bhardwaj, the founder of the Hindu Suraksha Parishad. The case about Kharge allegedly making defamatory remarks against the Bajrang Dal during the recently concluded...
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A secret ballot was conducted and a single-line resolution was passed. They (Observers) also spoke to each MLA and took their opinion both verbally and in writing. The decision has been sent to Delhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge will take a decision after talking to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul...
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has thanked a stranger for helping him beat the traffic and reach his shooting location on time. Bachchan, 80, shared a photograph with a biker on his Instagram on Sunday night. Thank you for the ride buddy... Don't know you... but you obliged and got me on...
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Following his side's loss to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni was seen sharing a heartwarming moment with legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. Crucial Fifties from Rinku Singh and Nitish Rana kept...
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Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D K Shivakumar, a strong contender for the Chief Minister's post, said he has not received any call from the party's central leadership to discuss the issue. When asked whether he will be appointed the Chief Minister, he said: I...
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Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar said the thumping victory of the party in the May 10 Assembly elections is the best birthday gift possible given to him by the people. My life is dedicated to serving the people of Karnataka, said Shivakumar, an eight-time MLA who celebrated his 62nd...
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The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party president and MLA Jayant Patil for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the now bankrupt financial services firm IL&FS, official sources said...
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The race for the post of Karnataka CM hots up. KPCC chief DK Shivakumar says, We have passed a one-line resolution. We will leave it to the party high command. I have decided not to go to Delhi. I have done whatever job I have to do. However, Congress leader Siddaramaiah to today come...
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A patrol along the LoC
A Pakistani intruder was nabbed by the Indian Army when he attempted to infiltrate from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. Mohammad Usman (30), a resident of Karela village of Kotli in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), was...
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A man on Sunday claimed that he travelled in a public bus with the body of his five-month-old child in a bag for 200 kilometres in the northern part of West Bengal, as he did not have 8,000 as demanded by an ambulance driver for taking him home in Kaliaganj from Siliguri.Leader of...
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A poster in Bengaluru wishing the Karnataka Congress chief
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief DK Shivakumar on Monday met with supporters, who gathered outside his residence in Bengaluru to greet him on his birthday today.Scores of Congress supporters waited for hours with cakes to wish the Congress leader who is a contender for Karnataka's Chief...
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Exclusive: former PM claims after release from custody that army chief has 'personal grudge' and is behind crackdown on party. Read the report here.
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Satyendar Jain meets other inmates in his cell. File pic
The jail administration has issued a show-cause notice to the superintendent of Tihar jail no. 7 for shifting two men to the cell of former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party's jailed leader Satyendar Jain on the latter's request. This comes after Jain had written an application from inside...
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Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar meets his supporters who have gathered at his residence to wish him on his birthday today. On the eve of his birthday, party colleagues brought in the big day. Shivakumar, who is also a probable in the race to be CM, says, My life is dedicated to serving...
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The finance ministry's Monthly Economic Review (MER) for May, which will be released in mid to late June, is likely to be a quasi-Economic Survey of 2022-23. It may present a detailed assessment and analysis of the state of the Indian economy in the financial year gone by.Chief Economic Advisor V...
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A woman was shot dead for allegedly consuming liquor on the premises of a gurdwara in Patiala, police said on Monday. According to Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police, Varun Sharma, the incident took place on Sunday evening. The woman, Parminder Kaur, was allegedly consuming...
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Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan claimed on Monday that the country's powerful military establishment has planned to keep him in jail for the next 10 years under sedition charges.In a series of tweets in the early hours of Monday, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief said: So now...
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The Congress party created history by registering the biggest vote share by any party in the Karnataka assembly polls in the last 34 years.In the 2023 assembly elections results of which were declared on Saturday, the grand old party won 135 seats and recorded a whopping 42.88 per cent of the...
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