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In a first, about 1,500 farmers and their spouses have been invited as special guests for this year's Republic Day parade in the national capital. This is for the first time, farmers have been invited as special guests for the Republic Day parade. About 1,500 farmers and their spouses have...
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A fight over who would have momos first has landed two college students in Greater Noida behind bars, police officials said on Thursday. The episode unfolded Wednesday night at a fast food cart in the Alpha 2 commercial market of the city, they said. The two students had arrived at the...
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Four people were shot dead in Manipur's Bishnupur district on Thursday evening as ethnic violence continued in the northeastern state, the police said. The incident occurred at Ningthoukhong Kha Khunou and the victims included a man and his 60-year-old father. The police said they are...
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PM Narendra Modi feeds fish after offering prayers at Thriprayar temple in Kerala/ANI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit some significant temples in Tamil Nadu on January 20 and 21, his office said on Thursday. The visit to various temples by the prime minister comes ahead of the Ram temple pran pratishtha ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22 which will be attended by him...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi receives roses from a padayatri during 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', in Jorhat, Assam/ANI Photo
An FIR was registered against the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' and its chief organiser KB Byju for allegedly deviating from its permitted route inside Jorhat town in Assam on Thursday, police said. According to an official, the march took a different turn in the town instead of going towards KB...
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A 20-year-old man preparing for the civil services exam died after he fell unconscious at his coaching class in Indore in Madhya Pradesh due to a heart-related disorder, officials said on Thursday. In footage from the coaching class' CCTV network, which went viral on social media, Raja...
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Rahul in Assam
An MP-MLA court in Sultanpur, UP< on Thursday deferred the hearing in a case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his alleged objectionable remarks against Union Minister Amit Shah to February 20. Prosecution lawyer Santosh Kumar Pandey said that Gandhi was to appear before the court...
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ATS personnel keep vigil in Ayodhya on Thursday/ANI Photo
Public sector banks, insurance companies, financial institutions and regional rural banks will remain closed for half day on January 22 due to the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya. Earlier in the day, the department of personnel and training issued an order in respect of central...
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An under-construction flyover collapsed in Chennai near the Nanganallur Thillai Ganga Nagar tunnel on Thursday. No casualties have been reported. The construction work was going on near the Nanganallur Thillai Ganga Nagar tunnel on the route from Velachery to the Parangi Malai...
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Former President Ram Nath Kovind
Former President and head of the high-level committee on 'one nation, one election' Ram Nath Kovind has started holding deliberations with former chief election commissioners and retired judges on the issue of holding simultaneous polls. His meetings come days after the panel sought views of...
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IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers/ANI on X
Reacting to fog-induced flight disruptions, IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers on Thursday said that by the weekend and in due course of next week, he expects the entire operation to come back to normal. Addressing the media in Hyderabad, the IndiGo CEO called the blanket of deep fog in northern India...
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Aparna Yadav
Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav on Thursday said that had he been alive he would have surely attended the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Aparna Yadav, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, said she has got the invitation for...
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Six cybercriminals were arrested in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district on Thursday for allegedly duping people online, a police officer said. The arrests were made from Purnapani village under Ghatsila sub-division after the police detected four mobile phones being used for cybercrime on...
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In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party in Haryana, senior leader Ashok Tanwar quit the party on Thursday, expressing displeasure with its alignment with the Congress. In a letter to AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, Tanwar wrote, In view of the current political scenario and your alignment...
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Workers decorate the city ahead of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Ram temple, in Ayodhya/ANI Photo
As part of the elaborate rituals leading up to the pran pratishtha ceremony to be held on January 22, the idol of Ram Lalla was placed in the garbha griha of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Thursday amid joyous chants of 'Jai Shri Ram.' In a significant prelude to the upcoming ceremony, a...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty fell for the third day running on Thursday, dragged by continuous selling in HDFC Bank and profit-taking in consumer durables and utility shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell by 313.90 points or 0.44 per cent to settle at 71,186.86. During the day, it...
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Rescue operation underway in Harni lake near Vadodara./ANI on X
Six school children died after a boat carrying 27 students, who were on a picnic, overturned in a lake on the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat on Thursday, officials said. A search operation is underway to trace the remaining students at the Harni lake, where the incident happened, they...
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The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday moved the Punjab and Haryana high court, seeking appointment of a new presiding officer in place of Anil Masih after he fell sick leading to the deferment of the Chandigarh mayoral polls. The mayoral polls, which were slated to be held on Thursday, were...
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A businessman from Nagpur was duped of Rs 2.48 crore by a group of persons who promised him good returns on investment in the stock market, a police official said on Thursday. Moti Dularamani (76), a former wholesaler of food essence, had seen an advertisement on Facebook promising 15-20 per...
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The Calcutta high court on Thursday allowed the ruling Trinamool Congress to hold a sampriti (harmony) rally in Kolkata on January 22, the same day as the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The court directed the West Bengal government to ensure that peace is maintained during the...
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A private hospital in Karnataka's Vijayapura district has announced free delivery of newborns at its facility from January 18 to January 22 to celebrate the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on Monday. The decision was announced by the 'Shri Siddeshwar Loka Kalyana Charitable...
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Pakistan's flag juxtaposed with Iran's flag
Pakistan launching retaliatory strikes inside Iran, a day after Iranian forces attacked what it said were militant bases inside Pakistan territory could be a deliberate move by Islamabad to create Shia-Sunni conflict, according to experts.Defence expert Qamar Agha has said that it looks like the...
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Modi tried to force the Finance Commission to cut back on the amount of tax revenue meant for India's states. Read the report here.
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BJP MP Hema Malini on Thursday said the January 22 consecration ceremony here will be a memorable moment while claiming that it will be the opposition parties' loss if they don't attend the event. In an apparent reference to the deity being shifted from a makeshift tent to the newly...
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The Philippine Defence Secretary has called out a Chinese official for insulting President Ferdinand Marco Jr and the Filipino nation with his low and gutter-level talk. In a statement by the Philippine Department of National Defense on Wednesday, Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said, It is...
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Over 10,000 bangles from Firozabad reached Ayodhya on Thursday and were handed over to the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Tourism Minister Jaiveer Singh. Firozabad is famous for its glass industry. Its bangles are famous everywhere. These...
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The Congress on Thursday termed as jumla a Niti Aayog report that claimed 24.82 crore people have been moved out of multi-dimensional poverty in nine years to 2022-23, and alleged that the government was hatching a conspiracy to exclude these people from the safety net of welfare schemes and...
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Union minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said India sees itself as a bridge between the global South and the global North. She also said India is one partner that all members of the expanded BRICS can count on. Speaking at a session on 'BRICS in Expansion', she also said India is proud to...
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JKLF chief Yasin Malik lifted his 'pheran', pulled out his gun and opened fire at a group of IAF personnel, an eyewitness deposed before a special CBI court on Thursday while narrating what happened in Srinagar on January 25, 1990. Former IAF corporal Rajwar Umeshwar Singh, who...
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A view of the Ram Temple
All central government offices across the country will remain closed for half a day on January 22, due to the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, a Personnel Ministry order issued on Thursday said. The 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony of the new idol of Ram Lalla at the sanctum...
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Hundreds of rural women who gathered to collect forms for a newly announced government scheme in Jorhat district of Assam left their queues to greet Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was leading the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' through the area on Thursday. Gandhi reached Mariani town from...
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Barack Obama on Michelle turning 60: This is what 60 looks like. Happy birthday to my better half -- who happens to be one of the funniest, smartest, most beautiful people I know. @MichelleObama, you make every day better. I can't wait to see what this new decade brings you.
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Expelled Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra approached the Delhi High Court on Thursday challenging a notice by the Directorate of Estates to vacate the government bungalow that was allotted to her but was cancelled following her expulsion. Moitra's plea against the eviction notice is...
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A grab from the deepfake video.
Mumbai Cyber Police registered an FIR under relevant sections against the gaming app for morphing former India batting great Sachin Tendulkar's old video for a false promotional campaign. The batting maestro on Monday took to X and cautioned everyone against a deep fake video of...
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Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his call to cleanse temples ahead of the opening of the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Saamana, the official mouthpiece of Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday claimed in its latest editorial that even Lord Ram would be smiling if he was watching the 'drama'...
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Plummeting temperature in this hill district has left people grappling with biting cold in what seems to be an unseasonal climatic phenomenon that has also affected farming. The lush green lawns are covered with frost and dense fog has affected visibility, as locals struggle with...
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A total of 1,226 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been reported in the country so far with Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh recording the highest number of cases till now, according to INSACOG on Thursday. Data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) showed...
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The burnt out part of MV Genco Picardy in the drone attack
Indian Navy's Guided Missile Destroyer INS Visakhapatnam deployed in the Gulf of Aden for antipiracy ops, swiftly responded to Marshall Island-flagged MV Genco Picardy following a drone attack at 23:11 hours on January 17 and intercepted the MV at 0030 hours today to provide assistance, a Navy...
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A district court has ordered that the keys of the basement located in the Gyanvapi complex in Varanasi, known as Vyas ji ka tehkhana, be handed over to the district magistrate. District Judge AK Vishwesh said in his order on Wednesday that there is a need for taking proper care of the...
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PM releases the postage stamps
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday released commemorative postage stamps on the Ram Temple of Ayodhya and a book of stamps dedicated to Lord Ram issued by countries across the world.Components of the design of the stamps include the Ram Temple, choupai (the verse) 'Mangal Bhavan...
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AAP minister Atishi wears a convocation robe
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has reiterated to universities to consider using ceremonial robes made out of handloom fabrics for special occasions such as convocation, according to officials. The commission had in 2015 and 2019 sent a communication to universities in this...
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Akasa Air on Thursday announced an order for 150 Boeing 737 Max planes as the less than two-year old airline looks to expand its domestic and international operations. The latest order, comprising 737 Max 10 and 737 Max 8-200 jets, will provide the airline a steady aircraft delivery...
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Amid the allegations that the Pran Pratishtha ceremony is being done when the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya is unfinished, chairman of the Ram Mandir Construction Committee Nripendra Mishra on Wednesday said that the temple of Ram Lalla is complete. The construction...
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Sheetal Mehta, Executive Director - Nanhi Kali posts on X: Its been 40 minutes since we landed at Kochi airport and we are still waiting for our bags to come out. Instead of getting agitated we are getting entertained by a fellow passenger.Recognise him?He's the acclaimed percussionist...
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The Shashi Tharoor vs Jyotiraditya Scindia spat continues on X. To bring you up to speed: Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia countered Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's criticism on Wednesday concerning the recent chaos situation at Delhi airport triggered by dense fog and bad...
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Soon after 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' entered Assam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that perhaps the most corrupt government in India is functioning in the state. Addressing party workers at Halowating in Sivasagar district, where the march entered Assam from Nagaland,...
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Pakistani airstrikes on Iran on Thursday morning killed four children and three women, a local official told Iranian state television.Pakistan on Thursday said that its air force conducted precision military strikes against terrorist hideouts in Iran's Siestan-Balochistan province, a day after...
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Bharatiya Rashtra Samiti (BRS) chief K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) is undergoing physiotherapy following a hip replacement surgery. A video provided by the BRS showed the party chief walking with the help of walking stick. KCR had undergone left hip replacement surgery after he...
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Police conduct search ops in Manipur
At least three BSF personnel sustained bullet injuries after gunmen fired at security forces in Manipur's Thoubal district, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred late Wednesday night when the gunmen from a mob which attempted to breach the Thoubal police headquarters fired at the...
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Update with more details: Pakistan on Thursday said that the country's air force struck terrorist hideouts in Iran's Siestan-Balochistan province, a day after Islamabad recalled its ambassador from Tehran in the wake of Iranian missile and drone strikes in Balochistan. This morning...
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Lakshmi Mittal with CM Shinde in Davos
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said that the state has inked memorandums of undertaking (MoUs) worth Rs 3,53,675 crore at the World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos, Switzerland. Shinde thanked investors, noting the increased confidence of global industries that showed interest in...
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Representational image. Iran conducted drone and missile strikes in Pak
The Pakistan Air Force on Thursday launched airstrikes on alleged Baloch separatist camps situated inside Iranian territory, according to multiple media reports citing people aware of the development. The reports indicate that the targeted locations allegedly housed hideouts of Baloch...
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A layer of fog lowered visibility to zero metres at several places in north and northeast India, affecting rail traffic, officials said. Satellite imagery showed some reduction in fog over Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh.However, dense' to very dense' fog prevailed in parts of Punjab, Haryana,...
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Following Iran's strikes on the bases of a terrorist group in Pakistan, China has called on both sides to exercise restraint and avoid actions that escalate tensions.While addressing a regular press briefing on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that China believes...
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JUST IN: The idol of Lord Ram was brought inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.A special puja was held in the sanctum sanctorum before the idol was brought inside with the help of a crane, Sharad Sharma, media in-charge of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, said. -- ANI
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Border Security Force apprehended a Pakistani national attempting to sneak into Indian Territory at the international border of Kutch District on Tuesday, said BSF in a statement. The individual was intercepted by vigilant BSF personnel when they observed suspicious movement near the...
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Former Karnataka chief minister and Janata Dal-Secular state president H D Kumaraswamy Wednesday said he had an important meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda in New Delhi regarding preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Kumaraswamy's...
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BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao is on his way to recovery post a hip replacement surgery in December last year and has begun to walk with the help of a cane under the supervision of doctors. Rao, also known as KCR, would recuperate fully and start walking normally soon, his office said in a...
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Union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste/Courtesy PIB
Union Minister of State for Rural Development Faggan Singh Kulaste on Wednesday accused senior Indian Administrative Service officer Anay Dwivedi of insulting his relative in public by using casteist language. I have complained to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav against Dwivedi...
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