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A 52-year-old migrant worker was allegedly killed in an attack at a construction site in Shillong's Mawroh area on Wednesday, the police said. Miscreants, who are yet to be identified, attacked three labourers at the private construction site around 11.15 am with a crowbar, they...
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The BJP on Wednesday announced the nomination of former Union minister SS Ahluwalia from the Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal. Ahluwalia would take on TMC's heavyweight candidate and the party's star face, Shatrughan Sinha, in Asansol, an industrial hub encapsulating the state's coal...
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The scheduled roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in support of the BJP candidate for the Lok Sabha polls in Agra on Friday (April 12) has been postponed. Prime Minister Modi's roadshow in Agra on Friday has been postponed, BJP state general secretary and Legislative Council member...
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The Karnataka high court on Wednesday overturned a directive issued by the Centre regarding the ban on the import, breeding, and sale of specific breeds of dogs labeled as dangerous by an expert committee under the animal husbandry ministry. The court highlighted the importance of consulting...
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The Congress on Wednesday announced the candidatures of Shobha Bachchav from Dhule Lok Sabha seat in north Maharashtra and Kalyan Kale from Jalna in the central Marathwada region of the state. The party has, thus, so far announced candidates for 15 out of 17 Lok Sabha constituencies it...
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Former diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu/ANI Photo
The BJP's Amritsar Lok Sabha seat candidate and former diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been provided VIP security cover by the central government, official sources said on Wednesday. The 61-year-old former Indian ambassador to the US has been granted the mid-category 'Y plus'...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside its own three year old judgment that awarded an Anil Ambani group firm Rs 8,000 crore in a dispute with Delhi Metro and asked the company to return about Rs 2,500 crore it had already received, holding that the previous verdict caused grave miscarriage of...
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Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu speaks in the assembly in Shimla/File image
The three Independent MLAs in Himachal Pradesh, who had voted for the BJP candidate in the recent Rajya Sabha election, on Wednesday moved the high court seeking acceptance of their resignations from the assembly. The three Independent MLAs -- Hoshiyar Singh, Ashish Sharma and KL Thakur --...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended Eid greetings to people on Wednesday, praying the festival spread the spirit of compassion, togetherness and peace. In a post on X, he said, May everyone be happy and healthy. Eid Mubarak! Eid is being celebrated in Kerala and Ladakh on Wednesday,...
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Out of total 1,27,644 sanctioned posts of both drivers and assistant drivers in all railway zones across the country, 18,766 (about 14.7 per cent) was lying vacant as on March 1, 2024, the Railway Board said in a response to an application under the Right to Information Act. Further break-up...
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A special court in Mumbai on Wednesday denied bail on health grounds to Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal in a money-laundering case. The 74-year-old businessman, diagnosed with cancer, was being better looked after at the hospital where he is admitted, the court remarked. Goyal is...
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Two roadside astrologers who predicted the Pattali Makkal Katchi candidate's victory in the April 19 Lok Sabha election with the help of their parakeet were arrested on a charge of keeping the birds caged but were later released, a forest department official said on Wednesday. During a...
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Air India will start direct flights from the national capital to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from June 1. The airline will use A320 neo aircraft with a two-class configuration to operate the flights five days a week -- Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, according to a...
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to visit India later this month for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, says a Reuters report. Reuters sources revealed that Musk's visit will coincide with a potential announcement regarding Tesla's investment plans and the opening of a new factory...
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Nearly 8,000 inmates from six prisons across Madhya Pradesh took part in a weeklong programme aimed at reducing stress, trauma and negative emotions, officials said on Wednesday. The programme, which concluded on Tuesday, is part of prison officials' efforts to transform the lives of people...
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B S Raghavan. Pic: Courtesy, Sheela Bhatt/X
It is with tremendous sorrow that we announce the passing of Bahukutumbi Sri Raghavan, retired member of the Indian Administrative Service who held senior positions in the ministry of home affairs during the administrations of prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira...
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Raaj Kumar Anand submits his resignation
The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday claimed the resignation of Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand vindicates its stand that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest was aimed at finishing the party. Addressing a press conference, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh alleged that the BJP was using...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that after the results of the Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party and Congress will be known as 'Samapt Party' and 'Kaun Congress', respectively.Taking a jibe at the condition of the Opposition, the Defence Minister while addressing an...
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Benchmark Sensex climbed 354 points to close above the record 75,000 mark for the first time while broader Nifty scaled a fresh lifetime high on Wednesday on gains in FMCG, energy and metal shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 354.45 points or 0.47 per cent to settle at an all-time high...
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Raaj Kumar Anand
Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand on Wednesday resigned from the cabinet and quit the AAP, alleging Dalits did not have adequate representation in the party. Addressing a press conference, Anand, who was holding various portfolios including Social Welfare, alleged that there was no Dalit among...
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Raj Thackeray with Amit Shah
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray will address rallies in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, a Shiv Sena leader said on Wednesday. A day after the MNS chief declared his unconditional support for the ruling Mahayuti...
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Union Minister Rajnath Singh attacked the Samajwadi Party and Congress on Wednesday for their narratives against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a public rally in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur and said that the entire UP is completely angry with the Congress and SP. Rajnath Singh...
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Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Wednesday claimed that an inquiry has been launched into Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sending messages to his MLAs through his lawyers from Tihar jail. After Kejriwal sent a message to AAP MLAs asking them to visit their constituencies and solve...
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A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly molesting a female yoga teacher on a packed suburban train in Mumbai, an official said on Wednesday. The incident took place around 8 pm on Tuesday when the 25-year-old woman was travelling with a male friend between Bandra and Goregaon, the...
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The BJP on Wednesday announced that it would field Sanjay Tandon as the party candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat of Chandigarh, replacing incumbent MP Kirron Kher. Tandon, party's co-in charge for Himachal Pradesh, thanked his party leadership for giving him the ticket from...
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Sandeshkhali women protest the atrocities of Shahjahan Sheikh
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI investigation into allegations of crimes against women and forcible land grabbing in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, which had witnessed protests over the issues.Stating that the investigation will be monitored by the court, a division bench presided...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of misleading people on the CAA and facilitating infiltrators for vote bank politics, emphasising that refugees should apply for citizenship without apprehension. While addressing an election...
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Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has sent a legal notice to Shashi Tharoor, accusing the Congress MP of making defamatory statements against him on a TV channel recently. Chandrasekhar, who is facing off against Tharoor in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency for the April...
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Former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad on Wednesday faced backlash on social media after sharing a video of himself eating fish in a helicopter during Navratri. The video, shared by Prasad on April 9, the first day of Navratri, showed him dining with Mukesh Sahni, chief of...
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Amid the BJP's repeated 'Muslim League imprint' barb over the Congress manifesto, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said history is witness as to who joined hands with the forces that wanted to divide the country and asserted that history does not change by spewing lies from political platforms.Gandhi...
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Update: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it declines to accept the affidavits filed by yoga guru Ramdev and managing director of Patanjali Ayurved Ltd Acharya Balkrishna tendering an unconditional apology in the misleading advertisements case. We don't want to be so generous in this case,...
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The Supreme Court refuses to accept the unconditional apology offered by Patanjali, Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna for airing misleading advertisements. The Supreme Court comes down heavily upon Patanjali for taking the contempt of court proceedings lightly. The SC says We decline to accept...
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PM Modi in Chennai yesterday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Congress and its ally, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, on Katchatheevu and 'Shakti' remarks, accusing them of keeping the country in the dark over the former and charged them with ill-treatment of women. He...
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2014. The Bharatiya Janata Party and Narendra Modi campaigned against the Congress party that was then tainted by several scams.2024. The very party that campaigned against corruption, and painted itself as clean, is facing one of the biggest corruption scandals independent India has seen --...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday took strong exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign in the state and likened the latter's visits to a migratory bird arriving at the sanctuary during season and posed him questions on a series of issues. The Prime Minister...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the face of India, a senior American Congressman has said as he applauded the Indian leader for the developmental work and the economic progress the country has seen since 2014. Brad Sherman, considered to be one of the best friends of India in...
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The PM in Chennai yesterday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will drum up support for BJP candidates in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra on Wednesday. PM Modi's poll campaign comes 10 days ahead of polling for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections. After a massive road show in Chennai on Tuesday, PM Narendra Modi...
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British physicist Peter Higgs
If you missed this... Peter Higgs, a giant of British science who came up with the idea of the Higgs boson particle, has died aged 94. He was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 2013 for his revolutionary work showing how the boson helps bind the Universe together. Read the...
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Professor Shoma Sen
It's been five days since Professor Shoma Sen, accused in the Elgar Parishad case, got bail from the Supreme Court, but she hasn't managed to step out of Byculla Jail in central Mumbai. Nor has her daughter or husband been able to speak to her even on the phone, since they had finished their...
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'Big politicians cross this road; but don't step down to see the hardships we endure in our daily lives.' Archana Masih/Rediff.com reports from the sidelines of Rohini Acharya's maiden campaign trail in Bankerwa, Bihar.Read the report here.
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Delhi Police while concluding its arguments on former JNU student leader Umar Khalid's bail plea said that he amplified his narrative as part of conspiracy.Khalid, who is accused in larger conspiracy of Delhi riots case under UAPA has been in custody since September 2020. Special Public...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging a high court order upholding his arrest in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise scam. Kejriwal's counsel Vivek Jain told PTI that they have filed the petition in the apex court...
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Lalu with his daughter Rohini
And this news about Lalu giving tickets to his daughters? Well, we broke the news first on March 22!Read what we said here.
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The Rashtriya Janata Dal has formally announced its candidates for all but one of the 23 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, where the party is contesting as a constituent of the opposition 'Mahagathbandhan'.Party president Lalu Prasad's daughters - Rohini Acharya and Misa Bharti - are among the RJD...
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At least 12 people were killed and 14 injured -- all employees of a private firm -- as a bus they were on fell into a 'murum' soil mine pit in Chhattisgarh's Durg district on Tuesday night, officials said.The incident took place around 8.30 pm near Khapri village under Kumhari Police Station...
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Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale has dismissed the Congress' allegation that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government is planning to change the Constitution.Athawale, a prominent Dalit leader from Maharashtra and Bharatiya Janata Party's ally, on Tuesday said he would resign...
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