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IAS officer Puja Khedkar
A video showing IAS officer Puja Khedkar's mother threatening a group of men with a gun has gone viral, adding to the woes of the controversial bureaucrat. The 2023-batch IAS officer is accused of posing as an OBC non-creamy layer candidate in her UPSC candidature. She also claimed she...
23:42
Ex-minister and Congress leader B Nagendra/Courtesy X
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested former state minister and Congress leader B Nagendra in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited, sources said. The sources said...
23:09
A Gujarat-cadre Indian Forest Service officer allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver at his house in Gujarat's Dahod town in the early hours of Friday, the police said. RM Parmar (56) shot himself with a revolver he owned at his residence around 5 am, said...
22:56
CM Eknath Shinde (left) and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis/ANI Photo
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said the victory of all nine Mahayuti (ruling alliance) candidates in the Legislative Council polls was a trailer ahead of the state assembly polls later this year. Talking to reporters, Shinde said a false narrative was set by the...
22:38
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In a major jolt to the re-election campaign of President Joe Biden days after his debate debacle, a group of his fundraisers have decided to put on hold some $90 million in contributions pledged earlier if he remains on top of the Democratic presidential ticket. The cash freeze deals a blow...
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A massive fire broke out at a vest manufacturing unit and warehouse in the city's Dumdum area in the early hours of Friday, the police said. No injuries were reported from the blaze, which erupted around 3 am at Nagerbazar on Jessore Road, they said. Thirty fire tenders took over 10...
21:59
Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud offered prayers at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Friday.According to the district administration, Chandrachud landed at the Ayodhya airport around 3 pm and was received by District Magistrate Nitish Kumar.The CJI then visited the Hanumangarhi temple and...
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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking disclosure of data related to alleged discrepancies in the counting of votes by the poll panel in the general elections this year. We are dismissing it...Elections have been held. The government has been formed. Please do not...
21:28
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde casting his vote for the MLC polls, in Mumbai/ANI Photo
At least seven Congress MLAs defied the party's directive while voting in Friday's biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, results showed. Congress, which has 37 MLAs, had fixed a quota of 30 first preference votes for its candidate Pradyna Satav, and seven...
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In the week that ended on July 5, the foreign exchange kitty rose by $5.158 billion to $657.155 billion, official data from the Reserve Bank of India showed on Friday.
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For the first time in the history of the Kerala Kalamandalam, a premier public institution for the preservation and promotion of the traditional performing arts of the state, non-vegetarian dishes were served at its canteen to students on July 10, on popular demand. An official at the...
20:20
Uddhav Thackeray
The ruling Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP in Maharashtra on Friday won all the nine seats it contested in the biennial elections to 11 seats for the state legislative council. In the results announced in the evening for the polls conducted earlier in the day, the Bharatiya...
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A total of 21 people died across Bihar in lightning-related incidents in the last 24 hours, the Chief Minister's Office said on Friday. The maximum number of six fatalities were reported from Madhubani, followed by four in Aurangabad, two from Patna, and one each from Rohtas, Bhojpur,...
19:49
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Some portion of an office building's canopy collapsed on the covered area at the iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in south Mumbai on Friday evening, officials said. There was no injury to any passenger in the incident that occurred around 5.45 pm, a spokesperson of the Central...
19:38
Retail inflation increased to four-month high of 5.08 percent in June as food items, including vegetables became dearer, according to government data released on Friday. The Consumer Price Index based retail inflation was on a decline since January, before rising again in June. The...
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The sale of 14 Ayurvedic medicines manufactured by Divya Pharmacy and Patanjali Ayurveda Limited has been banned by the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration. The Supreme Court on July 9 directed Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, founded by yoga guru Ramdev, to file an affidavit stating whether...
19:07
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty soared nearly 1 percent to hit new lifetime highs on Friday, fuelled by intense buying in IT and tech stocks after robust TCS earnings amid hopes of a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve. A rally in Reliance Industries and Infosys also boosted...
18:59
NCP leader Nawab Malik
The Supreme Court on Friday extended by two weeks the interim bail granted earlier on medical grounds to former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma took note of the submissions of a counsel, appearing for...
18:29
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US President Joe Biden on Thursday said his deputy, Vice President Kamala Harris, is qualified to lead the country. At a high-stake press conference in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Biden said, From the very beginning, I made no bones about that. She is qualified to be the president. That's...
18:15
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Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Friday lost a vote of confidence in Parliament after coalition partner CPN-UML withdrew its support to him, a development that will lead to the formation of a new government led by ex-premier KP Sharma Oli. Prachanda received only 63...
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A sessions court here on Friday extended the remand of former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, arrested in a money laundering case last year by the ED, till July 16. Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on June 14, 2023 in connection with the case. Principal sessions...
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India's forex reserves jumped $5.158 billion to $657.155 billion during the week ended July 5, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. The forex kitty had declined for the previous two consecutive weeks, dropping $1.713 billion to $651.997 billion for the week ended June 28. The...
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A day after the central government formed a panel to probe the candidature of trainee IAS officer, Pooja Khedkar, who is accused of misusing her authority, she said she will follow the procedure and give her submissions to the committee.While speaking to media persons, Pooja Khedkar, probationary...
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The market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms soared to a new lifetime high of Rs 452.38 lakh crore on Friday, with investors' wealth rising Rs 1.17 lakh crore, amid a rally in equities where the Sensex hit its fresh all-time peak. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 622 points or 0.78 per...
17:08
The exact moment Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's reacts to US President Joe Biden calling him 'Putin'. Read this if you you don't know what happened: Biden refers to Zelenskyy as Putin, Kamala as Trump
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Anant Ambani leaves from Antilia -- the Ambani residence. He is set to tie the knot with Radhika Merchant today in Mumbai. Anant Ambani, the youngest of three children of Reliance industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani, is set to marry Radhika Merchant at a grand ceremony hosted...
16:47
KBK Infographics
Passenger vehicle wholesales in India rose 3 per cent year-on-year to 3,37,757 units in June, automobile industry body SIAM said on Friday. The overall passenger vehicle (PV) dispatches from companies to dealers stood at 3,27,788 units in June 2023. As per the data issued by Society of...
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The government has decided to observe June 25, the day the Emergency was declared in 1975, as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas' to commemorate the massive contributions of those who endured inhuman pains of the period, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday. He also said the...
16:32
US Vice President Kamala Harris
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and US Vice President Kamala Harris had a telephonic conversation on Thursday, sources said. Though the specifics of the conversation were not known, this comes in the run-up to the US presidential polls later this year. There is...
16:29
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty soared nearly 1 per cent to hit new lifetime highs on Friday, fuelled by intense buying in IT and tech stocks after robust TCS earnings. A rally in Reliance Industries and Infosys also boosted investor sentiments, traders said. The 30-share...
16:15
Indian techie Siddhant Vitthal Patil, who is presumed dead after drowning in the Glacier National Park in the United States, had texted his mother from the park hours before the tragedy, his family said on Friday. Last Friday, Siddhant called up his mother Priti from the Park and told her...
15:54
The opulent wedding of Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani with Radhika Merchant promises to be a spectacular celebration of Indian culture, civilization, spirituality, Indian folk art, craftsmanship, music, cuisine, and much more.The wedding decor theme...
15:40
Manisha Koirala, riding high on the success of Heeramandi, posts this image alongside on X, writing, Shekhar Kapur was in town recently and it was a full house at home. Incidentally it was Shekhar who had first signed me for a film but somehow it didn't work out. I hold Shekhar very close to my...
15:23
CM Shinde arrives to cast his vote
As many as 203 MLAs have cast their votes till noon on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra legislative council. There are 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative...
15:13
Congress MLA from Tonk, Sachin Pilot, reacts to Rahul Gandhi's tweet in support of Smriti Irani (see our 14:59 post). Pilot says: Humility, respect, empathy and dignity. These are the values we much cherish. Wish more would learn for @RahulGandhi.
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Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut shares this image on Instagram writing, Weddings are such a lovely time for entire family' Dear Seema welcome to Ranaut family, we are very fortunate to have you, congratulations to Varun and Seema.
15:02
The Delhi High Court on Friday denied bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar who is accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal. Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta dismissed Kumar's bail plea, saying no ground to grant him the relief was made out. Kumar,...
14:59
Irrespective of which side of the political divide you are on, this is truly graceful of Rahul Gandhi to send out a message against haters in support of former Amethi MP, Smriti Irani. Rahul posted this message on X saying, Winning and losing happen in life. I urge everyone to refrain from...
14:20
Andhra Pradesh police registered an attempt to murder case against former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, two senior IPS officers and two retired officials, following a complaint lodged by a TDP MLA, an official said on Friday. The complaint was lodged by the ruling party's Undi...
13:58
In a relief to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Bombay High Court on Friday quashed a magistrate's order permitting an RSS worker to submit fresh and additional documents in a pending criminal defamation complaint. RSS worker Rajesh Kunte had in 2014 lodged a defamation complaint...
13:41
It's lonely to be a Muslim in today's world, popular singer Lucky Ali posted on social media on Friday. While he didn't elaborate on his X post or the context for the comments, the Bengaluru-based singer said Muslims are labelled as terrorists and abandoned by their friends. Its a...
13:22
CM Shinde arrives to cast his vote
As many as 203 MLAs have cast their votes till noon on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra legislative council. There are 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative...
13:05
Farmers protest at Shambhu border
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Haryana government how it can block a highway and directed it to remove the barricading set up at the Shambhu border near Ambala where farmers have been camping since February 13.The Haryana government had set up barricades at the Ambala-New Delhi national...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty hit their fresh record high levels on Friday amid heavy buying in IT stocks after TCS announced its June quarter earnings. The 30-share BSE Sensex zoomed 996.17 points to hit all-time high of 80,893.51. The NSE Nifty jumped 276.25 points to a new...
12:22
Aam Aadmi Party on Friday hailed the Supreme Court decision to grant interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on his plea challenging arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in the alleged liquor scam case and slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party for hatching a conspiracy against...
11:56
121 people were killed in the stampede
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a probe into the Hathras stampede that left 121 dead, and asked the petitioner to move the Allahabad High Court. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said such incidents are...
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American media personalities and sisters Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian are in India to attend the grand wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, set to be held in Mumbai on Friday. According to videos circulating on social media, Kim, 43, and Khloe, 40, landed here early...
11:44
Radical Sikh preacher and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh's brother Harpreet Singh has been apprehended by Jalandhar police in a drug case, a senior police official said on Friday. Harpreet Singh was nabbed by Jalandhar Rural police on Thursday evening, the official said. He was found...
11:31
Sheena Bora
One of the high points of the proceedings was when Indrani Mukerjea's lawyer smartly utilised Dr Zeba Khan's expert status to pose her A Most Curious Question.He asked if a skull can grow new teeth after the person, who it belonged to, had died, three years before.We can be sure that the...
11:27
Amid the mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to end his re-election campaign, US President Joe Biden has indicated willingness to undergo a neurological exam to address concerns about his mental fitness for office, but only if his doctors recommend it, CNN reported.I am not opposed, if my...
11:10
Update: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the now scrapped excise policy case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).A bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna referred to his petition challenging his arrest by the ED to a larger...
11:01
US President Joe Biden has defended himself after calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as Russian President Vladimir Putin and asserted that it was the most successful conference he had attended in a long time. While addressing a press conference after the NATO Summit in...
10:44
The Supreme Court grants interim bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case linked to excise policy 'scam'.
10:37
Incessant rains with intermittent spells of moderate to heavy showers since Friday morning have slowed down public transport services and traffic in Mumbai. Several parts of the country's financial capital received more than 15 mm of rainfall between 7 am and 8 am. Due to heavy rains,...
10:20
India's population is projected to peak in the early 2060s at about 1.7 billion and then decline by 12 per cent, but the country will remain the world's most populous throughout the century, the United Nations has said. The World Population Prospects 2024 report, released in the UN on...
10:07
Voting for the biennial elections to 11 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council began at the Vidhan Bhavan Complex in Mumbai on Friday morning.Shiv Sena's Sanjay Gaikwad was the first to cast his vote through the secret ballot system.There are 12 candidates in the fray for 11 seats. Voting...
09:48
At least 65 people are believed to be missing after two buses were swept away by a landslide in Nepal and pushed into a swollen river on Friday, according to media reports.The two buses carrying 65 passengers went missing in the Trishuli River in the landslides at Simaltal area along the...
09:25
The Jawaharlal Nehru University will open a Centre for Hindu Studies as well as centres for Buddhist and Jain studies, according to an official notification.The three new centres will be established under the School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies, it said.The decision to set up the new centres was...
08:57
United States President Joe Biden, who is under intense scrutiny over his advanced age, on Thursday introduced Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russian President Vladimir Putin at a NATO event and later at a solo press conference in Washington, DC mixed up the name of his vice president, Kamala...
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Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange will hold a rally in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Saturday wherein he might announce the next course of his agitation, organisers said on Thursday. To send his message loud and clear', 250 loudspeakers will be installed in all four...
00:41
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver on Friday its verdict on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. As per the cause list of July 12 uploaded on the apex...
00:35
A soldier lost his life in an accident on Thursday during his duty along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh, an official said. While performing his duties, soldier Sankara Rao Gottapu sustained fatal injuries in an accident today, he said. The official did not elaborate about...
00:31
Benchmark Sensex and Nifty closed marginally down in a rangebound session on Thursday as investors booked profits in heavyweights ahead of the announcement of key financial results for the June quarter. Retreating from early highs, the 30-share BSE Sensex closed lower by 27.43 points or 0.03...
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