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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde with his 2 deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar/@MahaDGIPR/Twitter
The ruling Shiv Sena on Thursday announced support to independent candidate Shivaji Shendge for the Maharashtra legislative council polls from the Mumbai Teachers' constituency, setting up a friendly fight with its allies BJP and NCP. The elections will be held on June 26. Sanjay More,...
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The national capital, parts of Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar were in the grip of a severe heatwave on Thursday with maximum temperatures crossing the 46 degrees Celsius mark at several places and no immediate respite in sight due to the slow progress of the southwest monsoon. Buxar in Bihar...
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Prominent NRI businessman and chairman of UAE-based Lulu Group MA Yusuff Ali on Thursday announced Rs 5 lakh each for the families of the deceased in the tragic Kuwait fire tragedy, which left 49 persons, including 45 Indians, dead. At least 49 foreign workers were killed and 50 others...
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A view of Srinagar/ANI Photo
India on Thursday stoutly rejected unwarranted references to Jammu and Kashmir in the latest joint statement by China and Pakistan and asserted that the Union Territory and Ladakh have been, are and will always remain its integral parts. The joint statement was issued in Beijing on June 7...
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TMC's Yusuf Pathan (second from right) during poll campaign in Kolkata/ANI Photo
The Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Vadodara Municipal Corporation in Gujarat has issued a notice to former India cricketer and recently elected Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP from Baharampur Yusuf Pathan for allegedly encroaching on a plot of land the civic body said belongs to it. While the...
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A view of Lok Sabha/Sansad TV/ANI Photo
The Lok Sabha will elect its new Speaker on June 26 for which notices for motions supporting candidates can be submitted by members by 12 noon a day prior, the Lok Sabha secretariat said on Thursday. The 18th Lok Sabha will meet for the first time on June 24 and the session will conclude on...
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Home Minister Amit Shah and ex-governor Tamilisai Soundarrajan/ANI on X
A brief video of Home Minister Amit Shah and former governor Tamilisai Soundarrajan, in which Shah can be seen speaking sternly with her and wagging his finger, had set off speculation that she was being ticked off for negative remarks about TN BJP chief K Annamalai. Following the...
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A woman died in the early hours of Thursday after falling into an air vent on the fifth floor of a medical college, from which she had recently passed out. The police said they are investigating if it was an accident, suicide or murder. Diksha Tiwari, a resident of Bareilly, who had...
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The IMD has forecast light rain in Delhi on Friday, potentially offering respite from the scorching heat beating down on the national capital. On Thursday, the maximum temperature recorded at the Safdarjung Observatory, considered the official marker of the city, was 4.9 notches above normal...
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At least six people were killed and 1,500-odd tourists stranded as massive landslides triggered by incessant rainfall caused devastation in northern Sikkim's Mangan district, officials said on Thursday. A newly-constructed bailey bridge at Sangkalang collapsed snapping the link between...
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Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her husband Raj Kundra/File image
A Mumbai court has directed the police to probe a complaint against Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra, her husband Raj Kundra and others for allegedly defrauding an investor in a gold scheme. In an order passed on Tuesday, additional sessions judge N P Mehta said prima facie cognizable...
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Bollywood actor Sunny Leone/Courtesy Sunny Leone/Instagram
University of Kerala has denied permission for a performance by Bollywood actor Sunny Leone at its engineering campus. As part of the tech fest, the students union had planned a programme by Leone on July 5. The university vice-chancellor, Mohanan Kunnummal said permission was denied as...
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The Bombay high court on Thursday refused to stay the permission granted to 67 private shops and 47 municipal markets in Mumbai to slaughter animals during the Bakri Eid festival. A division bench of Justices M S Sonak and Kamal Khata noted that it would not be right to grant any relief to...
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Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang's wife Krishna Kumari Rai/Courtesy FB
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang's wife Krishna Kumari Rai on Thursday quit as an MLA, a day after taking oath, according to an official notification. The reason behind her sudden decision is not yet known. She had won from the Namchi-Singhithang seat in the recently concluded...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi/File image/PMOIndia/X
As he embarks on a visit to Italy to attend an Outreach session at the G7 summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said its focus would be on artificial intelligence, energy, Africa, and the Mediterranean. Modi said this in a departure statement before leaving for the European nation...
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The Madras high court has directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to issue guidelines within four weeks to all the advocates and senior advocates on BCTP rolls to pay a minimum stipend of Rs 20,000 per month to their junior advocates in Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai. A...
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A special MCOCA court in Thane acquitted Iqbal Kaskar, brother of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, in an extortion case. In his order on Wednesday, special MCOCA judge Amit M Shete said Kaskar was given the benefit of doubt and acquitted as the prosecution had failed to prove the charges...
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Delhi water minister Atishi
Delhi is facing a 50 million gallons per day shortfall in water production and the present crisis can not be solved by merely restraining the tanker mafia, the AAP government's Water Minister Atishi said on Thursday. There is no large-scale leakage, it's a rumour. Leakages, if any, in the...
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An interesting tidbit on X from Edward Anderson, Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) in History at the North Umbria university, UK. He writes with this image alongside: In case you're wondering, this manhole cover from Chandigarh was sold a couple of years ago in London for 10,800 (12,960 or Rs...
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Preparation for the upcoming Union Budget 2024-25 commenced in Delhi on Thursday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has directed officials to initiate the budget preparation process, emphasizing the need for meticulous planning and comprehensive analysis.This early start aims to ensure a...
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-- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu assumes office at state secretariat. -- Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty hit their fresh record levels on Thursday after lower inflation numbers raised hopes of an interest rate cut by the RBI.-- Ajit Doval reappointed as...
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BJP leader B S Yediyurappa with the PM. File pic
A Bengaluru court on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa in a POCSO case. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case against...
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Security personnel conduct search ops in Kathua
Liquid explosives seem to have made a comeback in Jammu and Kashmir militancy theatre after 17 years as a recent raid by police in the Union territory led to the recovery of such difficult-to-detect (d2d) Improvised Explosive Devices, officials said. The liquid IED was recovered with...
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Security forces at the terror attack site in Reasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and other senior officials, the Government of India sources said.The Prime Minister was given a full overview of the security-related situation in Jammu...
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A Shiv Sena (UBT) leader has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking cancellation of a match between India and Pakistan in the ongoing T20 cricket World Cup in view of the recent terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. India won a Group A match with arch rival Pakistan on June 9...
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... Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways.
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Amul's take on Panchayat, a popular series streaming on Netflix.
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The School Education Department of Jammu and Kashmir has directed all schools in the Union Territory to start the morning assembly with the national anthem. The Principal Secretary to the Government, School Education Department, through a circular directed all schools to make the...
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MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday asked the party workers to be prepared to contest 225-250 out of the 288 seats of the Maharashtra assembly in the coming elections, a senior party leader said. Talking to reporters after a meeting in Mumbai, MNS leader Bala Nandgaonkar said party...
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The Congress on Thursday reiterated its demand of a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the NEET exam issue, and asserted that the anger in the country over the matter will reverberate inside Parliament as well. The opposition party also demanded the removal of the National Testing Agency...
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MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh is in Kuwait
The Kerala government on Thursday said that 12 people from the state have so far been identified among those who lost their lives in the major fire that broke out in Kuwait's Mangaf area.The Tamil Nadu Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare, KS Masthan, also said today...
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A Union Minister met Bharat Ratna and veteran BJP leader LK Advani at the latter's residence in New Delhi today. Can you guess the minister?
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Mr and Mrs Pawar
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar on Thursday filed papers as an NCP candidate for Rajya Sabha elections. In the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, Sunetra Pawar lost from the Baramati constituency, where her sister-in-law Supriya Sule registered her...
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Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh on Thursday reached Kuwait to oversee the assistance to those injured in a massive fire at an apartment housing foreign workers and for the early repatriation of the bodies of about 40 Indians killed in the tragic incident. At...
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Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case against former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, has issued notice asking him to appear before it for questioning, and he may...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Delhi government to approach the Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) for water supply as Himachal Pradesh took a U-turn and told the top court that it did not have surplus water to spare. A vacation bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the June 14 release of Annu Kapoor's movie 'Hamare Baarah' after taking note of allegations that the film is derogatory to the Islamic faith and married Muslim women. A vacation bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took note of...
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The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has granted an extension of 60 days to the grounded air carrier Go First for completing the insolvency process. This is the fourth extension for Go First to complete the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP), which is struggling to...
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NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said it would be his endeavour to take control of Maharashtra, for which his party must win the state assembly polls scheduled later this year. The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) helmed by him put up an impressive show by winning...
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A civilian caught in the crossfire of a gunfight in Kathua
Massive search operations continued on Thursday in different districts of Jammu and Kashmir, especially Doda and Reasi, to track down and neutralise terrorists involved in recent attacks in the union territory, officials said. Terrorists struck at four places in Reasi, Kathua and Doda...
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Update: The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the decision to give grace marks to 1,563 NEET-UG, 2024 candidates for admission to MBBS, BDS and others courses has been cancelled and they will be given an option to take a re-test on June 23. Union Education Minister...
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The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to cancel the scorecards of 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates who were given grace marks. This decision comes in response to allegations of unfair means during the examination process. In a statement to the court on Thursday, the...
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BJP's Pema Khandu takes oath as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister. This is his third term consecutive term.The swearing-in ceremony held at DK State Convention Centre in Itanagar was attended by Union Ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Kiren Rijiju, and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa...
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Sunny Deol in Border
Bollywood star Sunny Deol on Thursday announced the sequel to Border on the 27th release anniversary of the 1997 blockbuster film. According to the makers, the upcoming movie is India's biggest war film which will be directed by Anurag Singh, known for Kesari and the first two films in the Jatt...
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Update on the Kuwait fire: Following the tragic fire incident in Kuwait, in which around 40 Indians have died, the External Affairs Minister spoke to his Kuwaiti counterpart Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya, and urged the early repatriation of the mortal remains of those who lost their lives in the...
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The ice-cream was from the Yummo brand.
Unappetizing as this may be, be careful what you eat.A woman found a piece of human finger inside an ice cream cone that was ordered online in the Malad area of 'Mumbai. The woman went to the Malad police station and a case was registered against the Yummo ice-cream company. The ice cream...
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Commuters had to walk on the tracks due to delayed svcs. File pic
A glitch in the signalling system near Vikhroli station affected the suburban train services on the Main line of the Mumbai suburban network on Thursday morning, causing overcrowding at several stations and hardships to commuters during the rush hours. Railway officials said the...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister and BJP National President JP Nadda arrived in Itanagar to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Pema Khandu, to be held today. Khandu was on Wednesday re-elected as leader of the BJP Legislature...
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The Congress on Thursday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his first visit abroad in his third term, saying he is flying to Italy to salvage his diminished international image at this year's G7 Summit. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the G7 Summit of the...
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All four gates of Jagannath Temple in Puri were reopened for devotees on Thursday morning in the presence of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and his council of ministers.The three gates of the 12th century shrine, which were closed since COVID-19 pandemic, were reopened after the 'Mangal...
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An elderly couple and their son were injured after the roof of their second floor flat collapsed on them at Kalwa in Maharashtra's Thane city, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred in the four-storey building shortly before midnight on Wednesday, they said. A septuagenarian man, his...
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Five people were killed and two injured when a fire broke out in a residential building in Ghaziabad, police said on Thursday.It is suspected that a short circuit caused the fire.Information was received about the fire in the building in Behta Hajipur under the Loni Border police station area on...
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United States President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would likely 'have the opportunity to encounter one another' on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy, National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan said in Washington, DC on Wednesday.He (Biden) expects to see Prime...
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The government on Wednesday held exploratory talks with online news publishers and other related departments on the demand of the Digital News Publishers Association for a revenue sharing mechanism with big tech firms such as Google and Meta for using their content. The meeting was chaired...
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Newly-elected Shiv Sena MP Sandipan Bhumre/ANI Photo
An anonymous letter with a threat to kill newly-elected Shiv Sena MP Sandipan Bhumre has been received by the police, a senior official said in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Wednesday. The letter was received by the office of Maharashtra director general of police a few days ago, he...
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A man and his son, both lawyers, were shot dead by gunmen when they were on their way to a court in Bihar's Saran district on Wednesday, the police said. The incident happened near Ghosh colony, under the jurisdiction of Muffasil police station, the police said. The deceased were...
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Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray/ANI Photo
Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday held meetings with party leaders and office-bearers from across the state ahead of the coming Maharashtra legislative council and assembly polls. Thackeray interacted with `sampark pramukhs' (conveners) from all 288 assembly constituencies...
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The sketch released by the J-K police/ANI Photo
The Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday released sketches of four terrorists involved in two attacks in Doda district and announced a reward of Rs 20 lakh for information leading to their arrest. On Tuesday terrorists fired on a joint checkpost of the 4 Rashtriya Rifles and police at...
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