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A majority of people will stop using UPI if a transaction fee is levied on it, according to an online survey by LocalCircles. However, a sizable number of respondents claimed that they have experienced a transaction fee being levied on their UPI payment once or more in the last one...
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Actors Dulquer Salmaan, Richa Chadha and Vir Das on Sunday expressed shock over the gang-rape of a Spanish tourist in Jharkhand's Dumka district and demanded that perpetrators be brought to justice. The woman from Spain was allegedly gang-raped at Kurumahat in Hansdiha police station area,...
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Farmer leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal on Sunday gave a call to the farmers across the nation to reach Delhi on March 6 for a protest while they also gave a four-hour 'rail roko' countrywide call for March 10 in support of their various demands. The two farmer...
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The Congress on Sunday said no amount of slick PR can hide the manner in which the Indian Railways has been utterly mismanaged during the Modi government, with Rahul Gandhi alleging that policies for the national transporter were being framed keeping only the rich in mind. Gandhi also...
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The BJP in Karnataka on Sunday slammed the Congress government for turning the city into 'Bomb Bengaluru' instead of 'Brand Bengaluru', drawing condemnation from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar.The saffron party posted a poster on 'X' which read, They said Brand...
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Five-time Odisha MLA Arabinda Dhali on Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, a day after resigning from the ruling Biju Janata Dal.Dhali went to the BJP office in Bhubaneswar along with his supporters in a procession, and formally joined the party in the presence of its state president...
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Calcutta high court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, whose rulings on various education-related issues in the state stirred political debates, said he will resign on Tuesday.While media reports suggested that Justice Gangopadhyay would be joining politics, he refused to comment on it, ...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday contributed Rs 2,000 to the BJP's campaign to strengthen efforts to build a Viksit Bharat.He contributed Rs 2,000 to the party fund and urged people to be a part of the Donation For Nation Building. Modi also shared on X a screenshot of the receipt of...
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Pakistan's newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday raked up the Kashmir issue in his maiden address but pledged to improve ties with all leading nations, including the country's neighbours.Shehbaz said that Pakistan would not become part of any great game and his government would...
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With sitting MP Harsh Vardhan's name not figuring from his Chandni Chowk constituency in the list of candidates announced by the Bharatiya Janata Party for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, he on Sunday announced bowing out of active politics. In a long post on X, Vardhan said he...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers in what is likely to be the last such exercise during the second term of his government.Many ministries are scheduled to make presentations on their future agenda in the meeting in which Modi is expected to...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a general manager of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in an alleged bribery case of Rs 20 lakh in Maharashtra's Nagpur, officials said on Sunday. Arvind Kale, who is also a project director, allegedly received the bribe from a...
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Workers in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector are at the maximum risk of getting impacted by the influx of generative artificial intelligence, IT industry body Nasscom's chairman Rajesh Nambiar has said. Nambiar, who is also the chairman and managing director of global...
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Indicating a change of guard in Himachal Pradesh, Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday asked his party workers to get ready and said that anything can happen in the coming days. Thakur said it is difficult for the Congress to stay in power as the political situation in...
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The schedule for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG is likely to be changed depending on the Lok Sabha elections schedule, according to UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar. The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday announced that the exam would be conducted from May 15 to 31 and...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday emphasised the importance of nyay (justice) during his ongoing yatra, attributing the rise of hatred in the nation to prevailing injustices.Addressing a gathering in Mohana, located in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district, he flagged economic disparity, social...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend 29 programmes spread across 12 states and union territories over the next 10 days ahead of the likely announcement of the Lok Sabha polls.Officials said he will be visiting Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam,...
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Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday became the prime minister of Pakistan for a second time to lead a coalition government after he comfortably won a majority in the newly-elected Parliament. Shehbaz, 72, who was the consensus candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday arrived in the Bihar capital to attend the 'Jan Vishwas Rally', which is being seen as a virtual show of strength for the opposition INDIA bloc ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.The rally, which has been organised by the RJD,...
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A 35-year-old army jawan allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle at DRDO's Radar Observatory Air Surveillance unit in Odisha's Kendrapara district, police said on Sunday.The incident took place when the army jawan, identified as Sepoy Raj Sekharan, a native of Tamil Nadu, was on duty...
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Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from West Bengal's Asansol, says he won't contest Lok Sabha polls.I express my heartfelt gratitude to the top leadership of Bharatiya Janata Party. The party trusted me and declared me as the candidate from West Bengal's Asansol but...
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Bollywood's three Khans -- Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan -- showed off their bromance on-stage on the second day of the grand pre-wedding event of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's son Anant and his fiancee Radhika Merchant.And what better than grooving to the tune of Naatu Naatu, the...
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A police constable and a Naxalite were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Sunday, a senior police official said. The gunfight took place in a forest near Hidur village under Chhotebethiya police station when a joint team of security personnel was out on...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a charge sheet against seven accused in connection with the looting of arms and ammunition from the Bishnupur police armoury during the Manipur ethnic violence last year, officials said on Sunday. The Central Bureau of Investigation recently...
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A woman and her three daughters, aged between two and five, were killed after their 'kutcha' house collapsed in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, officials said on Sunday. Moderate to heavy rains lashed several parts of Jammu and Kashmir on March 1 and 2. Dozens of structures...
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Even as the Trinamool Congress has decided to contest all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, the Congress on Sunday said doors are still open for an alliance with the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC for the upcoming general polls. Ahead of the opposition's rally in Patna, Congress general secretary...
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The full bench of the Election Commission is scheduled to arrive in West Bengal on Sunday to take stock of the law and order situation, and poll preparation in the state, a senior official said.On Monday, it is scheduled to hold a meeting with all political parties in the state and have...
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Former US President Donald Trump is projected to win the Idaho Republican caucus, The Hill reported citing Decision Desk HQ. Trump won all 32 Republican delegates in Idaho, according to DDHQ. The former US President also secured a win in Missouri caucuses and Michigan GOP...
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The driver and the assistant driver of one of the two passenger trains that collided leading to death of 14 passengers on October 29, 2023 were watching a cricket match on phone, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday while highlighting the cause of the accident. The Rayagada...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers on Sunday in what is likely to be the last such exercise during the second term of his government. The prime minister has been holding meetings of the entire Council of Ministers from time to time to...
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Rain lashed parts of the national capital in the early hours of Sunday. Areas including Mandi House, RK Puram, Indraprastha, Kartavya Path, and Central Delhi witnessed fresh showers. Delhi witnessed a sudden change in weather on Saturday morning as well. Several areas in...
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A student who allegedly leaked the Urdu language question paper in the Haryana class 12 board examination was apprehended, police said on Saturday. The class 12 student was, however, let off on bail after he joined the investigation, they said. After a copy of the question paper of Urdu...
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Pakistan's Senate is set to take up a resolution seeking a ban on mainstream social media sites in the light of possible misuse against the country and its armed forces, during its meeting scheduled for Monday, media report said on Saturday. The resolution was moved by Pakistan People's...
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Jayant Chaudhary's Rashtriya Lok Dal formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance on Saturday. Chaudhary met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital and announced the tie-up on his official X. Notably, Chaudhary's RLS party was a...
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An Indian Navy seaman is reported missing from a naval ship since February 27 and a massive search operation has been launched to trace him. The Mumbai-headquartered Western Naval Command said the sailor has been identified as Sahil Verma and that a high-level board of inquiry has been...
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