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The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday declared its candidates for the April 26 Municipal Corporation of Delhi mayoral polls, fielding Mahesh Khichi for the post of mayor and Ravinder Bhardwaj for deputy mayor. Khichi, 45, who represents Dev Nagar ward number 84 in the MCD House, has been...
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal/ANI Photo
Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena Thursday asked the director general of prisons to submit a factual report into the Aam Aadmi Party's allegations that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was not being provided insulin in Tihar jail. The LG's order comes after Delhi Cabinet minister Atishi claimed...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to residents of Giu village in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti after the area was connected to the mobile network for the first time. In a more than 13-minute telephonic conversation with them, Modi spoke about his visit to the border region during...
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An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale struck Jammu Kashmir's Kishtwar region on Thursday, the National Centre for Seismology informed. The NCS stated that the tremors struck at precisely 8:52 pm Indian Standard Time.The epicenter of the earthquake was located at Latitude 33.32...
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized Israel-linked ship MSC ARIES/Screen grab
Iranian envoy to India, Iraj Elahi, has said that the Indian nationals, crew members of MSC Aries, are not detained and that they are free to go. The development comes after a woman cadet named Ann Tessa Joseph landed at the Cochin International airport, who was among the 17 Indians onboard...
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Six Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) got new directors on Thursday, according to sources in the education ministry.While Manindra Agrawal has been appointed as the director of IIT-Kanpur, Devendra Jalihal of IIT-Madras has been appointed as the director of IIT-Guwahati, they said.Agrawal was...
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal leaves the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi/ANI Photo
A PIL has been filed in the Delhi high court seeking extraordinary interim bail for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on the ground that his safety is in danger as he is confined with hardcore criminals. Kejriwal is lodged in the Tihar jail in a money laundering case linked to the alleged...
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A total of 150 polling stations in Arunachal Pradesh, which goes to simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls on Friday, will be managed by women, a senior election official said in Itanagar on Thursday. Chief Electoral Officer Pawan Kumar Sain said over 1,000 women officers and officials...
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BJP's Hyderabad LS candidate Madhavi Latha/ANI Photo
Bharatiya Janata Party's Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency candidate Madhavi Latha landed in controversy after a video in which she was seen gesturing shooting an arrow towards a mosque, during a procession surfaced on Thursday. The video which is going viral, appears to have been shot on...
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Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni
Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni on Thursday filed nomination papers from Kheri Lok Sabha seat on the first day of the nominations for the fourth phase of election. An Independent candidate, Naresh Singh Bhadauriya, also filed nominations from Kheri seat during the...
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A view of the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra/ANI Photo
Two people were killed and three seriously injured when their speeding SUV jumped over the divider and overturned on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Thursday morning, the police said. The SUV was on its way to Nashik from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The...
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Congress national spokesperson Shama Mohamed/Courtesy INC online
The Kerala police on Thursday registered a case against Congress national spokesperson Shama Mohamed for allegedly making a hate speech during an election campaign in the Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency recently. The Medical College police said Mohamed has been booked under IPC Section 153...
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CEC Rajiv Kumar
On the eve of the Lok Sabha polls' first phase, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Thursday reminded people of the significance of each vote, saying there have been instances when one vote has mattered in a critical contest. Elections are the most beautiful expression of India's...
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Not Mumbai, that's Dubai!
India's consulate in Dubai has launched helpline numbers for Indians and stranded passengers affected by unprecedented heavy rains pounded the city and the northern Emirate of the UAE.Heavy rains swept through the United Arab Emirates and surrounding countries on Tuesday, affecting normal life....
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India on Thursday successfully flight-tested the indigenous technology cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the coast of Odisha, the DRDO said. During the test, all subsystems performed as per expectation. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO for...
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Blogger Revant Himatsingka
A social media influencer has claimed that 'upma' and 'poha' served onboard by IndiGo have higher sodium content than Maggi while the airline has said the salt content in its pre-packaged products is well within the prescribed norms. Taking to social media, user Revant Himatsingka...
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EC officials cross a river in Jaintia Hills
Polling for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections is set to take place on Friday in which more than 1,600 candidates, including eight Union ministers, two former chief ministers and an ex-governor will test their electoral fate. As many as 102 parliamentary constituencies across 21 states...
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In a major diplomatic win for New Delhi, Ann Tessa Joseph from Thrissur, Kerala, one of the 17 Indian crew members of the Israel-linked cargo ship 'MSC Aries' that was seized by Iran on April 13, returned safely to her homeland, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed through an...
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JNU VC Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit
JNU was never anti-national or part of the tukde-tukde gang, the university's vice-chancellor said on Thursday, asserting that the institution will always foster dissent, debate and democracy. In an interaction with PTI editors at the agency's headquarters in New Delhi, Santishree...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta reserved its verdict after hearing the response of...
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With just a day left for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections to be held on April 19, let us look at the big faces in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA versus the opposition's INDIA bloc. The Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat will witness a high-stakes battle, with Tamil Nadu BJP...
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Rajya Sabha MP Milind Deora has claimed that Congress, his former party, ceded too much ground to the Shiv Sena (UBT) while striking a seat-sharing deal for the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra and especially in Mumbai. The former Mumbai Congress chief, who crossed over to the rival Shiv...
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Union Minister Narayan Rane dubbed Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray and Sanjay Raut mad for claiming the BJP will win less than 200 Lok Sabha seats. Rane also called the Congress manifesto a bluff saying the party never fulfilled promises during its long rule. Sanjay Raut...
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Anil Antony
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday campaigned for the BJP candidate Anil Antony, son of senior Congress leader AK Antony, in Kottayam district of Kerala. Anil Antony is contesting from Pathanamthitta constituency in Kerala.I was surprised to hear that AK Antony, senior Congress...
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Shares of Nestle India have taken a sharp hit Thursday after a Swiss-based organisation made charges against the multi-national food company of adding sugar to infant food products.At 2.45 pm, the shares of Nestle India were 3.6 per cent down at Rs 2,454. Its intraday low was at Rs 2,410.
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The centre has taken cognizance of the charges made against multi-national food company, Nestle of adding sugar to infant food products in India. The investigation done by Public Eye, a Swiss investigative organisation reveals that despite stringent guidelines by the World Health...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested in an excise scam case, is eating food high in sugar like mangoes and sweets every day despite having type 2 diabetes to create grounds for medical bail, the ED claimed before a court in New Delhi on Thursday. The Enforcement Directorate...
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The Election Commission of India on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that allegations of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) showing one extra vote during a mock poll in Kerala's Kasaragod were false. The top court was hearing a batch of pleas seeking complete cross-verification of...
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Rahul Gandhi takes a selfie with Akhilesh Yadav
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday that the Bharatiya Janata Party wants to impose one history, one nation and one language on the people of India and this is what the Congress is protecting. Addressing a public meeting in Kannur, Kerala, today, Rahul asked how can one come...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the BJP instigated violence during Ram Navami celebrations in the state. She claimed that the violence in Murshidabad district was pre-planned and accused the saffron party of orchestrating it ahead of the Lok Sabha...
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The Rouse Avenue court on Thursday reserved an order on the application of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for April 26. The court has deferred framing charges against the BJP MP and former wrestling body chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers.Brij Bhushan...
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Update: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has attached assets worth Rs 98 crore, including a bungalow in Pune and equity shares, of actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra as part of a money laundering investigation. The case pertains to cheating of investor funds...
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Narendra Modi holds a roadshow with party chief K Annamalai and South Chennai candidate Tamilisai Soundararajan
The BJP's ambition to emerge as a force challenging Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu and determination to retain its strongholds across the country will be put to a stern test on Friday when the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections kick off. If a lot is at stake for the ruling party in the 102...
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The Enforcement Directorate attaches flats in Mumbai, Pune and shares worth Rs 98 crore of actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra in a money laundering case. The attached properties include a residential flat situated in Juhu presently in the name of Smt. Shilpa Shetty, a...
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Senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Thursday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, alleging that after his defeat from Amethi Lok Sabha seat in 2019, he does not have the courage to stand from there this time. Singh said Gandhi, following his defeat, migrated to Kerala from Uttar...
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NCP-SCP sitting MP and candidate from Baramati, Supriya Sule files her nomination papers. Sunetra Pawar, wife of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has been fielded by NCP against NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule from Baramati.
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BJP announces Union Minister Narayan Rane as its candidate from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha seat. The coastal seat, currently represented by Vinayak Raut who is again the candidate of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), has not been contested by the BJP earlier. Rane's son Nilesh...
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Few voters bother to read a party's election manifesto -- what little is known of the contents comes from the post-release back and forth between the party and its opponents, and the spin the media choses to give each party's promises.And for the BJP, that is a good thing -- that people will not...
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An overflowing Powai lake in the monsoons
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has so far removed 5,895 metric tons of water hyacinth, a free floating perennial herb found at the surface of water bodies, from the Powai lake in Mumbai, the civic body said. The removal of these plants will help in protecting the lake's...
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The Surya Tilak on Ram Lalla in Ayodhya
Three persons were allegedly assaulted here for raising Jai Shri Ram slogans on the occasion of Rama Navami, police said on Thursday. Two men were arrested and two minors were apprehended in connection with Wednesday's incident at Chikkabettahalli in Bengaluru, they said. All the...
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Rahul meets farmers during the protest earlier this year
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi posted a heartwarming message to the party workers on Thursday ahead of the first phase of polling of the Lok Sabha elections. In a post on X from Congress' official handle, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the BJP-RSS are against the idea of India. You are the...
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The world's largest elections begin this weekend in India, amid claims that the race to lead the country has already been won. If Narendra Modi were to secure a third term with a big parliamentary majority, his achievement would match that of the country's first prime...
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To understand what's in store for India, we have to look at the ideology and politics that shaped its prime minister: Hindutva authoritarianism, writes N Ram. Read the column here.
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If you haven't seen this: PM Modi posts on X: After my Nalbari rally, I watched the Surya Tilak on Ram Lalla. Like crores of Indians, this is a very emotional moment for me. The grand Ram Navami in Ayodhya is historic. May this Surya Tilak bring energy to our lives and may it inspire our nation...
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Ahead of filing nominations on Thursday for the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency, on one of the most keenly watched seats in Maharashtra, Mahayuti candidate Sunetra Pawar accompanied by her husband and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar offered prayers at the Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati...
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Eknath Shinde met Salman Khan and his father, Salim Khan, on Tuesday
The Mumbai Crime Branch officials said on Wednesday that the individuals involved in the firing incident outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan's Bandra residence intended to just scare him and not murder him.The accused conducted a 'recce' of Salman Khan's farmhouse in Panvel. They intended to just...
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The Mumbai Police Wednesday registered an FIR against an unnamed person in connection with a deepfake video of actor Aamir Khan in which he was seen promoting a political party, official said. The FIR was filed at the Khar Police station by Khan's office under relevant sections of the...
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Refuting the claims that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is putting up a brave fight against the BJP, Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that his actions suggest otherwise and alleged Gandhi is hesitant to contest from the BJP-ruled...
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A bird flu outbreak has been reported in two places in this district, officials said here on Thursday.The bird flu was confirmed in ducks reared in an area of ward 1 of Edathva Grama Panchayat and another area in ward 3 of Cheruthana Grama Panchayat, they said.The disease was confirmed after the...
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