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An FIR was registered and services of an employee terminated after an online post, accusing the Madhya Pradesh government of corruption, was published from the official X (earlier Twitter) handle of the district collector of Betul, the police said on Monday. Following a complaint from...
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Journalist and political commentator Majid Hyderi who was arrested last week by the Jammu and Kashmir police on charges of criminal conspiracy and extortion, has been booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), officials said on Monday.Hyderi has been booked under the PSA and lodged at...
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At least five local clubs and Meira Paibi units have announced a 48-hour statewide bandh from midnight demanding the release of five youths who were arrested for carrying weapons and sporting camouflage uniforms, officials said.On Monday, Meira Paibis blocked several important roads at Khurai and...
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Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer has overtaken Bohemian Rhapsody to become the highest ever grossing biopic at the worldwide box office.Nolan's film about J Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos laboratory that developed the first nuclear...
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The Union Cabinet on Monday approved the women's reservation bill, Minister of State Prahlad Singh Patel said. Only the Modi government had the moral courage to fulfil the demand for women's reservation which was proved by the approval of the cabinet. Congratulations Narendra Modi ji and...
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Drone used in Anantnag encounter
Security forces found two bodies from the Gadole forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on the sixth day of an anti-terror operation on Monday even as Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha vowed to avenge the death of three officers and a soldier, who were killed by terrorists in an...
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'Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala', the Hoysala temples of Belur, Halebid and Somnathapura in Karnataka, have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.The world body made the announcement in a post on X on Monday, a day after Santiniketan, the famed place in West Bengal where poet...
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A 16-year-old NEET aspirant from Uttar Pradesh died on Monday after allegedly consuming poison in her hostel room in the Vigyan Nagar area of the Kota coaching hub, the police said. Priyas Singh was rushed to a hospital, where she died after three hours during treatment, they added. A...
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Nihar Malaviya, who was named as interim CEO of the global operations of Penguin Random House following the departure of Markus Dohle at the end of 2022, has now been officially named as CEO. In making the announcement, Bertelsmann chairman and CEO Thomas Rabe called Malaviya the right...
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Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will lead a function in the Central Hall of Parliament on Tuesday to commemorate the country's rich parliamentary legacy and resolve to make Bharat a developed nation by 2047.The...
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The rupee depreciated for the fourth straight day to settle 13 paise lower at its lifetime low of 83.29 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, mainly due to risk aversion in global markets and rising crude oil prices.Besides, a strong American currency against key rivals overseas and a...
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The government on Monday extended the due date for filing income tax returns by companies by one month till November 30. Also, the due date for furnishing audit reports by companies who need to get their accounts audited has been extended by one month till October 31. The due date of...
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Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Monday said his microphone was turned off suddenly in middle of speech during the discussion on 75 years of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, and the House was adjourned. O'Brien was speaking in the upper house during the...
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An army helicopter on a routine sortie made a precautionary landing near Yamunanagar in Haryana due to a technical issue on Monday, a statement said.The Chetak helicopter landed at Shadipur village in Yamunanagar and those onboard the chopper are safe, it said.On a routine sortie on September 18,...
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A Mumbai court on Monday granted bail to alleged bookie Anil Jaisinghani in a case of attempting to blackmail and bribe Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' wife Amruta Fadnavis. Jaisnghani was arrested by the Mumbai police in March...
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Menstrual leaves, emergency response system for distress calls and increased police patrolling outside colleges are part of a women-centric manifesto released by the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) on Monday for the Delhi University Students' Union polls.With this, the...
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The Union Cabinet met in New Delhi on Monday, the first day of the special session of Parliament, amid speculation that it may clear some important legislative proposals. There was no official word on the agenda items before the Cabinet, the meeting of which is being chaired by Prime...
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Family members of an Indian Army soldier, who was killed in Manipur last week, agreed to take his body on Monday after Chief Minister N Biren Singh assured them that stringent actions would be taken against those involved in the killing of the Sepoy, a tribal organisation said.The chief minister...
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The 30-share BSE Sensex on Monday fell by 241.79 points or 0.36 per cent to settle at 67,596.84 in a volatile trading. During the day, it declined by 305.8 points or 0.45 per cent to a low of 67,532.83. Retreating from its all-time high, the broader Nifty closed at 20,133.30, down by...
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Both houses of Parliament have been adjourned for the day. The Lok Sabha will meet at 1.15 pm on Tuesday in the LS chamber of the new Parliament building, while the Rajya Sabha will meet at 2.15 pm on Tuesday in the new Parliament building.
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The Cauvery Water Management Authority has asked Karnataka to continue releasing 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for another 15 days, a senior Jal Shakti Ministry official said on Monday. The direction came after an emergency meeting was held on Monday in which both Karnataka and Tamil...
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The principal of a college was found dead on Monday under mysterious circumstances at his residence in Biswanath district of Assam, the police said.According to a senior official, it is suspected that the principal of Behali Degree College, Jiban Chandra Nath, died after falling from the first...
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Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra assembly speaker to spell out the timeline within a week for adjudication of the disqualification petitions filed against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena MLAs loyal to him who had tied up with the BJP to form a new government in June...
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China on Monday lodged a diplomatic protest with Germany over its Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock labelling President Xi Jinping as a dictator.If (President Vladimir) Putin were to win this war, what sign would that be for other dictators in the world, like Xi, like the Chinese president?...
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The Lok Sabha panel on privileges on Monday submitted a report recommending revocation of the suspension of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from the Lower House.The report was adopted by the Privileges Committee of the Lok Sabha on August 30 and Chowdhury's suspension was revoked by...
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Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Gaurav Singh has been inducted as superintendent of police in the CBI.A 2012-batch IPS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, Singh has been inducted into the federal agency for five years, an order issued by the personnel ministry said.In another order, it said...
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The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea seeking a single constitutional religion in the country, asking the petitioner can he prevent people from following their respective religious faiths.A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia asked the petitioner from where did he get...
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An abrupt halt to the playing of the national anthem in the Lok Sabha on Monday drew protests from the opposition benches, prompting an intervention by Speaker Om Birla. The audio systems in the House beamed national anthem even before the Speaker had assumed his chair. The gaffe was...
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I have always been suspicious of my cookery career, in the sense that I feel it's not my real career. I can cook but I'm an actress. Acclaimed actor Madhur Jaffrey may really mean it, but to the hordes who have been captivated by her recipes and cookery book and TV shows on cooking, the jury...
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Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was selective in his speech in Parliament and did not talk about the rights given to people during the Manmohan Singh government.While acknowledging that the prime minister said some very good things in his speech...
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Strains between the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Bharatiya Janata Party seemed to have reached a flashpoint on Monday when a senior leader of the Dravidian party said there was no alliance with the saffron organisation and that any decision on a poll pact will be decided only...
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OnePlus on Monday unveiled its tablet OnePlus Pad Go, which will be launched in India on October 6. Earlier this year, OnePlus forayed into the tablet segment in India, with the OnePlus Pad.The Pad Go aims to bring the OnePlus ecosystem to a larger userbase without having to compromise with...
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The Supreme Court on Monday relieved the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, saying it has already completed its probe and submitted a charge sheet in the trial court. The case pertains to the incident of violence on October 3, 2021, in which eight people,...
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The operation to flush out terrorists holed up in the Gadole forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district entered the sixth day on Monday with security forces using drones to pinpoint the hideouts for carrying out attacks on the militants. The Union Territory's Lieutenant Governor...
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Graphic alongside shows the volume of India's merchant trade in August, as well as April-Aug 2023.
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Claiming the ruling BJP at the Centre was planning to bring forward Lok Sabha elections, Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar on Monday said, 'Humlog har samay taiyyar hai (We are always ready). The JD-U leader, who had snapped ties with BJP a year ago and has played an instrumental role in...
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Train traffic on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route resumed slowly around Monday noon nearly 12 hours after it was halted when the Narmada river was flowing above the danger mark between Bharuch and Ankleshwar stations in Gujarat, Western Railway said. Sharing an update on the situation, Western...
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Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy on Sunday said many people are annoyed by his rise and believe that a 38-year-old is too young to become US President. Following his impressive performance during the maiden Republican presidential primary debate, various opinion polls show that his popularity...
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Social activist Gireesh Babu, who has fought several high profile corruption cases in courts against political leaders and top bureaucrats, was on Monday found dead at his residence in Kalamassery in Kochi, the police said.The cause of death can only be determined after the inquest proceedings...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and said it is this Parliament where Pandit Nehru spoke at 'stroke of midnight hour' which continues to inspire everyoneAlso remembering former prime ministers Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi, Modi said,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday credited 140 crore Indians for the success of the G20 Summit held here, saying it does not belong to any individual or a party. Initiating the discussion in Lok Sabha on Parliamentary Journey of 75 years starting from Samvidhan Sabha -- Achievements,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his speech in Lok Sabha. Bidding farewell to the old Parliament building, the PM said, Emotional moment to bid goodbye to this building; many bitter-sweet memories have been associated with it.It is time to remember inspirational moments associated with...
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As the Parliament session began Monday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'visionary' leadership for the success of the G20 Summit. Birla said Modi's 'vision and guidance' led to a consensus on sensitive issues in the New Delhi Declaration issued by the...
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John Brittas
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla announced today that Parliament will move to the new building on Ganesh Chaturthi, September 19, a piece of news that gladdened our hearts for more than one reason.For, just four days ago, journalist turned CPM's Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas told Rediff.com's Shobha...
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Two pilots were killed on Sunday after their planes collided during the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada region of the US, CNN reported citing organisers of the event.Around 2:15 p.m. this afternoon (Sunday), at the conclusion of the T-6 Gold race, upon landing, two...
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Two male cheetahs were on Sunday shifted to a soft release enclosure at Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district, officials said. Notably, India's cheetah reintroduction project completed one year on Sunday.The two male cheetahs, namely Gaurav and Shourya, have been...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the special session of parliament starting today may be small in duration but is big on occasion, adding that it would be a session of historic decisions.This session of the Parliament is short but going by the time, it is huge. This is a session of...
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Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Sunday wondered whether the Supreme Court would treat us equally the way it did to grant relief to activist Teesta Setalvad on a Saturday night. The JNU VC was referring to the SC granting interim...
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A 33-year-old man from Navi Mumbai has become the latest victim of the online task fraud and lost more than Rs 43 lakh to fraudsters who lured him under the pretext of earning big returns, police said on Monday. The fraudsters contacted the man, a resident of Koparkhairane area, on Whatsapp...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start a discussion in Lok Sabha on Parliament's 75-year journey on Monday. Official sources said he is expected to speak in the House soon after it meets on the first day of the session at 11 am. The prime minister will start the discussion on...
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Expressing confidence about the party faring well in the upcoming assembly polls in five states, some Congress leaders on Sunday called for delaying the seat-sharing talks with INDIA bloc partners for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections till November so as to do it from a position of strength, sources...
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Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna is planning to lead a Congressional delegation to China, a month after he had a similar and successful trip to India. The trip is still coming together. It would be a bipartisan trip. I have called for rebalancing the economic relationship. I've...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said opposition parties only think about defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi but sheep and goats cannot put up a fight against a lion in a jungle.Speaking to a Hindi news channel from Shrinagar, Shinde said, I will not call opposition vultures...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said the West was not the bad guy as it was not flooding Asian and African markets with goods on a massive scale and that there was a need to get over the syndrome of seeing it in a negative way. Jaishankar, in an interview to Malayalam...
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