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The Delhi police on Monday issued a traffic advisory in view of an Indian Premier League match between the Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals at Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi, officials said. There will be diversion and restriction on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg and JLN Marg in view of the TATA...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday slammed the BJP for investments shifting from Maharashtra to Gujarat and sarcastically said it would even shift Mantralaya (secretariat) from Mumbai to the neighbouring state after retaining power. Addressing a rally in Galle Borgaon here for his...
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A 35-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by four juveniles in northeast Delhi's Jafrabad area, police said on Monday. All four attackers have been apprehended, they said. According to the police, the incident took place on Sunday at 6.45 pm. The victim has been identified as Nazir...
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A massive fire broke out on the campus of carbide factory in Bhopal district on Monday. Visuals show the smoke emanating from the factory engulfing the skies. The reason for the blaze is yet to be ascertained. No casualties or injuries have been reported from the incident as yet. Further...
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Hamas has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal, media reports said on Monday night. More details awaited.
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Five IPS officers working as deputy inspector general (DIG) in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) were on Monday appointed as joint directors, according to a personnel ministry order. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of S Veeresh Prabhu, a 2005...
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A man was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill a renowned businessman and president of an entrepreneurs association here, the police said on Monday. Accused Manohar Lal Sharma admitted that he made the prank call identifying himself as a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang because he...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that there should be zero tolerance for someone like Prajwal Revanna, and accused the Congress government in Karnataka of allowing the Janata Dal-Secular MP to go out of the country and releasing the incriminating sex videos after the polls were over in...
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Five students of a private medical college in Tiruchirappalli drowned in the sea off the coast of Kanniyakumari on Monday, the police said. Expressing grief, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin conveyed his condolences and sympathies to the kin of the deceased and said necessary assistance would...
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An aircraft carrying Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was diverted to Jharsuguda on Monday, as it could not land at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar due to inclement weather, officials said. Patnaik, along with close aide V K Pandian, were in the aircraft while returning...
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With the number of Indian tourists visiting the Maldives dwindling amidst strained bilateral ties, the archipelago nation's tourism minister on Monday urged Indians to contribute to the country's economy which is dependent on tourism. In an interview with PTI Videos in Dubai, Maldivian Tourism...
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A huge crowd on Monday bid final farewell to Indian Air Force corporal Vikky Pahade, who was martyred in a terror attack in Jammu-Kashmir on May 4, in his hometown Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh. Pahade, among five personnel who were injured when terrorists attacked an IAF convoy near Shahsitar in...
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The IAF vehicle which came under terrorist attack in Poonch/Umar Ganie for Rediff.com
A breakthrough eluded the security forces in the Poonch terrorist attack on a convoy of Indian Air Force even as a massive search operation in a vast area of the Jammu and Kashmir district entered the third day on Monday, officials said. More than 20 persons were detained for questioning as the...
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A Bengaluru court remanded Sathish Babanna, an aide of Janata Dal-Secular MLA HD Revanna, to eight days police custody on Monday in connection with the alleged abduction and illegal confinement of a woman. The Special Investigation Team produced Babanna before the court, which remanded him to...
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A five-year-old girl was grievously injured when two pet Rottweiler dogs ferociously attacked her in a park in Chennai and three persons including the pet owner have been detained, police said on Monday. The girl, who is the daughter of a security guard, was playing in the park in Thousand...
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Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has recommended an NIA probe against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly receiving political funding from the banned terrorist organisation 'Sikhs for Justice', Raj Niwas sources said on Monday. There was no immediate reaction from the Aam Aadmi Party. In a...
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Coast Guard personnel detain Indian crew members of an Iranian fishing boat/Courtesy ICG on X
The Indian Coast Guard has detained an Iranian fishing vessel with six Indian crew off the coast of Kerala, the defence ministry said on Monday. The vessel was detained on Sunday following a swift sea-air coordinated operation by the ICG, it said. The ministry said the crew alleged that the...
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Zee Media Corporation Ltd on Monday said its CEO Abhay Ojha has been terminated with effect from May 4, 2024. In a regulatory filing, the company said its board of directors at their meeting held on Monday has approved and confirmed the cessation of employment of Ojha from the organisation and...
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40 jawans were killed in the Pulwama terror attack
Under fire over his poll stunt remark, Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday said he was proud of the country's soldiers but targeted the Centre over the 2019 Pulwama terror strike, saying the government could not ascertain who carried out the attack. The former Punjab chief...
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PM Modi votes in 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will cast his vote at Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ahmedabad in the third phase of Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday. Preparations for polling arrangements are underway at the school which has been designated as a polling booth. Earlier, a 'Run for Vote'...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said loans of farmers will be waived and the daily allowance under the MGNREGA scheme will be raised from Rs 250 to Rs 400 soon after the party government is formed at the Centre post elections. Addressing a campaign rally at Segaon under Khargone Lok...
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Stepping up attack on the BJP over sexual abuse allegations against JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna in Karnataka, the Congress of Monday alleged that the Modi government has always protected those who commit crimes against women. Former All India Mahila Congress chief Netta D'Souza said the BJP...
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After the Directorate of Enforcement's huge cash haul in Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that people are lauding the action taken by the central agency, some are criticising him for stopping corruption and loot.Today, mountains of currency notes are being found in the neighbouring...
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The reports claiming question paper leak in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG are completely baseless and without any ground, the National Testing Agency (NTA) clarified on Monday.Stressing that every question paper has been accounted for, the NTA said that purported images of the question paper...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the ongoing Lok Sabha election is aimed at saving the country's Constitution, which he claimed the BJP and RSS want to change. Addressing a public meeting at Jobat town in Alirajpur district under the Ratlam-Jhabua Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh,...
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The tricolour at Lal Chowk
It's a different Srinagar from what Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf encountered 24 years ago. Tourists throng the Kashmir Valley post-Article 370, azaadi appears dead, and everyone says one man is responsible for this change, so what if his poster is nowhere to be seen. Read the...
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J-K police sketch
Security forces on Monday released sketches of two suspected terrorists, believed to be behind the attack on Indian Air Force (IAF) vehicles, killing a soldier and injuring four others in Poonch district. The army has also declared a reward of Rs 20 lakh for information on two terrorists.Five...
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The TMC has fielded Mahua Moitra from Krishnanagar
Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Monday held a roadshow in the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal's Nadia district. Shah started the procession around 12:30 PM from Beldanga More in the area. Besides several state BJP leaders, Shah was seen standing atop...
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Former BJP MP Dinu Solanki
The Gujarat High Court on Monday allowed the appeals of former BJP MP Dinu Solanki and six others against their conviction by a CBI court in the case of RTI activist Amit Jethwa's murder in 2010. Observing that the trial court conducted proceedings with a predetermined notion of conviction, a...
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That's over Rs 20 crore recovered from the raid
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo accused the Congress on Monday of complicity in black money operations after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered over Rs 20 crore from the household help of Sanjiv Lal, Personal Secretary to Jharkhand Rural Development Minister and...
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A court in New Delhi on Monday dismissed the bail applications filed by BRS leader K Kavitha in corruption and money laundering cases being probed by the CBI and ED in connection with the alleged excise policy scam. Special Judge for CBI and ED, Kaveri Baweja, dismissed the applications,...
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Taking a swipe at the BJP for criticising the Congress manifesto, party leader P Chidambaram on Monday said that if the ruling party leaders read the words 'generation of wealth' as 'redistribution of wealth', they should either go back to middle school or consult an eye doctor. Chidambaram,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that the expiry date of the BJD government in Odisha is June 4, the day the assembly election results will be announced. Addressing his first election rally in the state, Modi urged people to give a chance to the BJP to make Odisha the number one...
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The T20 World Cup in the Americas has received a terrorist threat, Trinidad's Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has revealed, saying the hosts will put in extra effort in national security preparations and response readiness to neutralise the danger. The T20 World Cup -- to be co-hosted by the...
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PM Modi and China President Xi Jinping
The Congress on Monday targeted the Modi government on Chinese transgressions, and asked whether it has surrendered thousands of square kilometres in Depsang and Demchok to China or is it still trying to return to the status quo ante before May 5, 2020. On the fourth anniversary of the clashes...
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On balance, RG contesting from Rae Bareli instead of Amethi isn't the masterstroke the party's adherents are touting it to be, but neither is it the blunder the BJP and its tame media is framing it as, points out Prem Panicker. Read the column here.
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Dimple Yadav will be contesting from Mainpuri
Ten parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh will go to polls in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, with all eyes on Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav's family members. While Dimple Yadav is aiming to retain the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, which she won in the...
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Amit Shah at a rally in Andhra Pradesh
The tribals of Madrebu village of Anantgiri Mandal in Visakhapatnam district staged a protest by travelling on horses through the forests to demand road facilities to their villages on Sunday. The protesters warned that they would boycott voting on May 13 unless the government addresses their...
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted raids at multiple locations in Ranchi on Monday morning, uncovering over Rs 20 crore from the residence of a household help employed by Sanjiv Lal, the Personal Secretary to Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam. The counting of the...
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Ujjwal Nikam
Ujjwal Nikam, 26/11 prosecutor and BJP candidate from Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency hit out at Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday for his remarks in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. Wadettiwar, the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly, on...
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Cong leader Vijay Wadettiwar
The Bharatiya Janata Party has written to the Election Commission of India seeking action against the Congress and its leader Vijay Wadettiwar for allegedly peddling lies and defaming the saffron party's Mumbai North Central nominee and lawyer Ujjwal Nikam. Wadettiwar, the leader of...
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Congress nominee for Puri assembly seat Uma Ballav Rath was seriously injured on Sunday after he was assaulted by unknown miscreants, police said. Rath, who sustained head and body injuries, filed a complaint at Kumbharpada police station. He claimed that while canvassing near the bus stand, he...
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Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said even if the Bharatiya Janata Party opens the door for him, he will not go back to his former ally, accusing the saffron party of sinking his government in 2022 through treachery.Addressing a rally at Alibaug in Maharashtra's Raigad district,...
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Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday called the Poonch terror attack in which an IAF soldier was killed and four were injured, a stunt meant to make the BJP win the Lok Sabha elections. The remark by the former Punjab chief minister and Congress candidate Jalandhar parliamentary...
