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The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday held as unconstitutional the socioeconomic criteria prescribed by the Haryana government to grant additional marks to certain classes of candidates in state government jobs, said a counsel of one of the petitioners. The socioeconomic criteria has been...
23:53
The Mumbai Crime Branch's cyber police station arrested two persons from Nashik for allegedly providing various bank accounts to cyber fraudsters for financial transactions, an official said on Friday. The accused persons were identified as Himanshu More (21) and Prem Shewale (18), both...
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The Thane Municipal Corporation on Friday announced a 5 percent water cut in the city and also said the cut would be 10 percent from June 5. In a release, it said the water cut was due to less supply from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Due to decrease in reserves in the reservoirs that...
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A 58-year-old police sub-inspector deployed for the security of a strong room in Raebareli district died on Friday after his health conditions suddenly deteriorated, a police official said. Additional superintendent of police Naveen Singh said the cause of the death would be known after the...
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The southwest monsoon reached sub-Himalayan West Bengal on Friday, covering most parts of the region, nearly a week ahead of schedule, the Met department said. The southwest monsoon normally reaches northern West Bengal on June 5 and the southern part of the state around June 9. The faster...
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A court in Rajkot in Gujarat on Friday remanded in police custody till June 12 four officials who were arrested in connection with the May 25 game zone fire that killed 27 persons. Rajkot town planning officer MD Sagathia, assistant TPOs Mukesh Makwana and Gautam Joshi, and former station...
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The death toll in the explosion of a stockpile of firecrackers in Odisha's Puri mounted to six on Friday after two more persons succumbed to injuries, a senior official said. Twenty-four people have been injured in the explosion that happened during Lord Jagannath's Chandan Jatra on Wednesday...
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The Juvenile Justice Board in Pune on Friday allowed police to investigate the minor allegedly involved in the Porsche crash that left two techies dead, an official said. The police had written to the JJB seeking permission to probe the 17-year-old who is currently in the observation home. The...
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Suspended Janata Dal-Secular MP Prajwal Revanna's mother and MLA HD Revanna's wife Bhavani Revanna's anticipatory bail application was rejected by the Special Court For People's Representatives on Friday. Bhavani, the daughter-in-law of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, had sought...
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At least five people-- four children and a woman-- were killed and 50 others injured in a gas explosion, reportedly caused by hot weather conditions, in Pakistan's Sindh province, the police said on Friday. The incident happened on Thursday when a gas cylinder malfunctioned and blew up due to...
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Lauding the high GDP growth in 2023-24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it underlines robust momentum in the economy which is poised to accelerate further. As I've said, this is just a trailer of things to come, he said on X. India's economy clicked growth of 7.8 per cent in the...
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Four Indian prisoners in Pakistan were repatriated to India this week, officials said on Friday. The prisoners are Suraj Pal (Uttar Pradesh), Wahida Begum (Assam) and her son Faiz Khan and Shabir Ahmad Dars (Rajasthan), they said. They were repatriated on May 29, the officials said. It is...
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19:34
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The Congress has decided not to participate in any Lok Sabha exit poll debates on the television channels and said it does not want to indulge in speculation and slugfest for TRP. Congress spoksperson and media department chairperson Pawan Khera said the voters have cast their votes and their...
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Thirteen poll personnel deployed in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur died at a hospital here following high fever and high blood pressure, its principal said on Friday. The exact reason for the deaths is being ascertained, he said.The deceased include seven home guard jawans, three sanitation workers,...
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A protein powder sales outlet that allegedly sold human milk was sealed by the food safety department officials at Madhavaram here on Friday, a senior official said. The shop owner obtained a licence to sell protein powder but reportedly sold human milk for Rs 500 per 50 ml bottle, the official...
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Four persons died of sunstroke in Jharkhand on Friday, while 1,326 others were admitted to hospital amid sweltering heat in most parts of the eastern state, officials said. All district hospitals and other medical facilities have been asked to set aside air-conditioned rooms and empty beds for...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday took stock of the rain and flood situation in northeastern states and assured them of all possible help. Shah said he briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the situation in Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram and he also expressed solidarity...
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India's forex reserves dropped by $2.027 billion to $646.673 billion for the week ended May 24, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the kitty had reached an all-time high of $648.7 billion after a jump of $4.549 billion. For the week ended May 24, foreign currency...
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Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi who presently sitting in meditation at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday highlighted Swami Vivekananda's quote where he said he pitied those who dream of exclusive...
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Prajwal Revanna was arrested early this morning
A court in Bengaluru on Friday remanded the suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna to police custody till June 6. The 33-year-old MP, who is the grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, was arrested on his return in the early hours of Friday from Munich in Germany. He was holed up there...
16:43
Court sends Arvind Kejriwal aide Bibhav Kumar to 14 days judicial custody.The Delhi High Court on Friday had reserved its order on the issue of maintainability of a plea by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar challenging his arrest in connection with the alleged assault on...
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Who else do we know who meditated so with such impeccable timing (much of the Lok Sabha elections over and with only the last phase to go) and hordes for unsolicited defence of the grand meditation at public expense, asks Shyam G Menon. Read the column here.
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Real estate developer Vishal Agarwal
A local court in Pune on Friday remanded the father and grandfather of the minor involved in the Porsche case in judicial custody for 14 days over their roles in the alleged kidnapping and wrongful confinement of their driver. Real estate developer Vishal Agarwal and his father were produced...
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A polling officer in Bihar
Fourteen people, including 10 polling personnel, have died due to heatstroke in Bihar in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday afternoon. In a statement issued by the Disaster Management Department, most of the fatalities were reported from Bhojpur, where five officials on election duty...
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The Southwest Monsoon has advanced into the remaining parts of the northeast Bay of Bengal and some parts of the northwest Bay of Bengal, remaining parts of Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam and most parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, says IMD.
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Aviation watchdog DGCA on Friday issued a show cause notice to Air India for inordinate delay of at least two international flights and failure to take due care of passengers. The regulator mentioned about the inordinate delay of two international flights -- AI 183 from Delhi to San Francisco...
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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi meditates at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari for two days, Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge said on Friday that politics and religion should never be brought together and if you have faith in God, then do it at your home.Politics and...
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'Vish guru', anubhavi chor', do shehzade'... As Election 2024 hurtles towards result day in a medley of mangalsutra, mujra, mutton, machli' and other barbs, these may sound like character names from Hindi comics of yore. Instead, these are the mocking, sometimes vicious monikers given by...
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The average water stock in nearly 3,000 dams in Maharashtra is down to 22.06 per cent, with the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division recording the lowest at 8.78 per cent, an official said on Friday. As per an official report, the stock has depleted by 0.58 per cent in the last two days. The...
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The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved order on the issue of maintainability of a plea by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar challenging his arrest in connection with the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal at the CM's residence earlier this month. The senior...
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There will be the usual favourites, the mavericks, the chokers and also the unpredictable minnows -- the script is familiar for a World Cup but the scale would be unprecedented when the T20 showpiece, featuring a record 20 teams, spearheads cricket's audacious charge into the American market...
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Suspended Janata Dal-Secular MP Prajwal Revanna, facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, was taken to hospital for medical examination under tight security on Friday, police said.Escorted by female police officials, he was taken to Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in...
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Prajwal Revanna with the PM and his grandfather HD Deve Gowda
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, has informed his mother Bhavani Revanna that they want to question her in a kidnapping case, on June 1. In a notice to Bhavani Revanna, the...
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The best-case scenario is that the BJP will top out at around 50 seats in UP -- a drop of 12 from the 62 it had won in 2019. Taken in tandem with Maharashtra and Karnataka, this is what is likely to put paid to the BJP's ambitions of a third term for Modi, argues Prem Panicker. Read the...
12:54
Arvind Kejriwal at a nukkad sabha
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he will be surrendering on June 2 and asserted that he will not bow down even if he is harassed in jail. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court till June 1 for Lok Sabha election campaigning....
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The father of the juvenile is in custody
The Pune police have written to the Juvenile Justice Board seeking permission to probe the minor allegedly involved in the Porsche crash that left two techies dead, an official said on Friday. Police claim the 17-year-old was driving the luxury car in an inebriated state when it met with the...
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The voice coming out of every home is Modi, Modi, Modi... He is in people's hearts. Who can stop us from 400 paar? six-time MP Ram Kripal Singh Yadav tells Archana Masih, Rajesh Karkera and Nikhil Lakshman. Watch the interview here.
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Protesters last month seeking Prajwal Revanna's arrest
Arun, advocate of suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who was arrested in the obscene video case, said on Friday that the latter has appealed to the media that there should not be any negative campaign as he arrived in Bengaluru to cooperate in the investigation.Revanna was arrested at Bengaluru...
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A satirical verse of Rabindranath Tagore became a talking point on social media through the day as netizens found striking similarities between the theme of Raja Bosechen Dhyan-e (The King sits in Meditation) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 45-hour meditation at the mid-sea Vivekananda Rock...
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PM Modi at Kanyakumari
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as part of his meditation exercise, on Friday performed 'Surya Arghya' during sunrise at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari. Modi carried out 'Surya Arghya,' a ritual associated with spiritual practice involving salutations to the Almighty, manifested in...
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Bruhat Soma
Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old Indian-American seventh-grade student from Florida, has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after he spelt 29 words correctly in the tiebreaker, maintaining the dominance of the children from the small ethnic community in the prestigious competition. Bruhat emerged...
11:28
Prajwal Revanna in the police car
As soon as the suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna landed at the Bengaluru airport in the wee hours of Friday, there was a posse of women policemen led by women IPS officers waiting to execute the arrest warrant against him in sexual assault cases. Three cases have been registered against him...
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There is acute water shortage in Delhi
As Delhi battles a severe water crisis amid rising temperatures in the National Capitol, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Friday made an appeal to the centre and the BJP to urge the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to help Delhi meet its water demand.Kejriwal said that the BJP should shun...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi started meditating at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanniyakumari on Friday, where Swami Vivekananda once meditated.Prime Minister Modi is in Kanniyakumari on a spiritual visit, he is meditating at the Dhyan Mandapam, the place where revered Hindu philosopher Swami...
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Light rain and thunderstorm have been forecast for Delhi on Friday that has been reeling under heatwave conditions for the past few days. The maximum temperature is expected to be around 44 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Humidity was recorded at 38 per...
09:59
Following a New York jury's verdict, former President Donald Trump stands convicted on all 34 felony charges of falsifying business records, raising pertinent questions about his future political endeavours and voting rights, CNN reported. As the verdict reverberates across political circles,...
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Suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, was interrogated after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) arrested him as soon as he landed at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Friday. The 33 year-old MP, who arrived...
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Suspended Janata Dal-Secular MP Prajwal Revanna, who was arrested in the obscene video case at the Bengaluru Airport soon after he landed, is expected to be produced before the magistrate in the Special Court of People's Representatives within 24 hours of arrest.The anticipatory bail application...
09:03
Imprisoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan expressed his deepest regret over trusting former army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa (retd) while in power, Dawn reported.Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan blamed Bajwa for allegedly orchestrating his imprisonment and...
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Janata Dal-Secular suspended MP Prajwal Revanna, who was arrested in the obscene video case at the Bengaluru Airport soon after he landed, is expected to be taken out for medical examination soon, following which he will be produced before the court.Revanna was brought to the CID office in...
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A government health university in Hisar has successfully performed a cataract surgery on a monkey, which had been admitted to the facility after getting burns due to an electric shock. According to Hisar's Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, this was the first ever...
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A mega block will be operated in the intervening night of June 1-2 to replace a steel girder on the Virar-Vaitarna section, Western Railway said on Thursday. The steel girder will be replaced by a PSC slab at railway bridge number 90 on Virar-Vaitarna section. The block will start from 00.20 am...
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Ten people died of suspected heatstroke in Odisha's Rourkela city on Thursday, as the mercury shot up in most parts of the eastern state, officials said. The director-in-charge of Rourkela Government Hospital, Dr Sudharani Pradhan, said the deaths occurred within a span of six hours from 2 pm...
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Sixteen Maoists have been arrested from different places in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, a police official said on Thursday. Of these, 11 were held on May 28 from Gorna-Padiyapara village by the District Reserve Guard and local police during a 'bandh' called by the Maoists, the official...
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The Rajasthan government on Thursday said five people so far have died in the state due to the ongoing heat wave conditions and added that the media reports on rise in deaths due to heatstroke are beyond facts. Director (public health) Dr Ravi Prakash Mathur said the situation is completely...
