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Amid the Tirupati laddu row, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said this issue needs to be thoroughly looked into and asserted that authorities across India have to protect the sanctity of religious spaces.The Congress said if claims of 'desecration' of the Tirupati...
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Distribution of rainfall in India from June 1 to September 20, 2024.
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With Tirupati Laddu row snowballing into a major controversy, Karnataka government on Friday issued a circular instructing all temples coming under the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Department, to maintain quality in 'prasada' prepared there.The temples have also been...
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Booker-winning writer Arundhati Roy's first work of memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me, will hit the stands in September next year, publisher Penguin Random House announced on Friday.The book is a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author became the person she is, shaped by...
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at four locations in Punjab on Friday as part of its probe in a terror-conspiracy case involving designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and the Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), a banned organisation associated with him.NIA teams swooped...
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Superstar Rajinikanth on Friday declined to comment on an expectation in the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam that Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin will soon be elevated as deputy chief minister and the latter deprecated disturbing the top actor with a question on the matter.While Rajinikanth...
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An Indian embassy official was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside the mission premises in Washington, DC, officials said.Local police and the Secret Service are currently investigating the incident that occurred two days ago, including the possibility of suicide.With deep regret, we...
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A poem on the National War Memorial and a chapter on India-Pakistan war martyr Abdul Hameed have been included in the NCERT's Class 6 curriculum from this academic session, officials said on Friday.The objective of the initiative, jointly undertaken by the defence and the education ministries, is...
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An MP-MLA court here has summoned Lok Sabha member and actor Kangana Ranaut on October 25 over a case filed against her for making objectionable remarks about the 2020-21 farmers' protest, a lawyer said Friday.The complaint filed by a functionary of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Kisan Shakti)...
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United States Navy Chief Admiral Lisa Franchetti unveiled the 2024 Navigation Plan, outlining navy's readiness for a potential war with China over the next two years, Taiwan News.Franchetti released her Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN) for America's Warfighting Navy at the Naval War College on September...
19:34
Veteran Malayalam actor Kaviyoor Ponnamma died at a private hospital in Kochi on Friday, hospital sources said. She was 80. With an illustrious career spanning seven decades, Ponnamma had been undergoing treatment for some time. She leaves behind a legacy of over 700 films,...
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday announced that the Mumbai Coastal Road will be open for traffic all days of the week starting September 21.Earlier, the road linking Marine Lines and Worli was operational from 7 am to midnight only on weekdays.The BMC, in a release, informed...
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Junior doctors agitating over the RG Kar incident called off their 'cease work' on Friday evening, announcing partial resumption of duties entailing attending essential services in state-run hospitals from Saturday.Ending the logjam persisting for 42 days, the medics withdrew the 'cease work'...
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A truck of the civic sanitation department fell in after a sinkhole opened on the premises of the City Post Office in Pune on Friday afternoon.The incident took place around 4 pm in the densely-populated Budhwar Peth locality. The driver of the jetting machine truck -- used to clean drainage...
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The Gender Centre at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) launched a report today on the status of womens empowerment in India.The report, titled Womens Empowerment at the Subnational Level: Towards Achieving Gender Equality, introduces the Women Empowerment Index that provides a...
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A Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons in Mathura in a moving car, after which she was thrown out on the side of a road, police said on Friday.A first information report (FIR) has been lodged against the accused following a complaint from the minor's father and efforts...
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Separatist Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has claimed that he was put under house arrest for the third consecutive Friday, preventing him from discharging his religious duties.He also described as 'strange' Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha's claim to a private TV news...
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Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday said his government will take stringent action against those involved in the alleged torture of an army officer and sexual assault of his fiancee at a police station in the state capital.Majhi, who is on a tour of his home district Keonjhar,...
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The Bombay high court on Friday held as unconstitutional and struck down the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules which sought to identify fake and false content on social media against the government. The matter was assigned to Justice A S Chandurkar as `tie-breaker judge', after...
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BJP MLA N Munirathna was arrested on Friday in connection with a case of rape, sexual harassment and criminal intimidation registered against him, the police said. Along with him, six others have also been booked in the case following the complaint of a 40-year-old woman who alleged that the...
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Albinder Dhindsa, CEO Blinkit, posts this image on X this morning and writes, We started delivering iPhones at 8 AM - and we're going to cross the 300 mark in a couple of minutes Today is going to be one crazy day!Starting today, quick-commerce platforms like Blinkit and BB Now will deliver...
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A mob has burnt the corpse of a doctor who was accused of blasphemy and later killed by a policeman in Pakistan's Sindh province, preventing the family from carrying out his burial. Dr Shahnawaz Kanbar was killed in a shootout with police in Sindh province amidst allegations of blasphemy...
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Each bottle of pickle that leaves FarmDidi, headed to a consumer, has a little kahani behind it -- it's linked to the tale of a life, the life of a simple, striving village woman who created it, and that's what gives Manjari Sharma satisfaction and happiness. Vaihayasi Pande...
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Benchmark Sensex closed above the historic 84,000-mark for first time while Nifty settled at a new record high on Friday, powered by a rally in frontline bank stocks along with upbeat trends in the US and Asian markets.The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 1,359.51 points or 1.63 per cent to settle at...
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Tirupati Laddu Prasadam row: YSRCP chief and former Andhra Pradesh CM, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy says, Only Chandrababu Naidu has mentality to use god for politics. Ghee adulteration allegations are atrocious. Is it fair to play with sentiments of crores of devotees across world?The tender process...
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A rape accused, out on bail, shot dead his victim in Sambhal, UP, police said on Friday, adding that the man along with another person have been detained. Additional Superintendent of Police Shrish Chandra said, A 17-year-old girl was shot dead in the Kaila Devi police station area on the...
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The critical condition of Pakistan's finances may take a turn for the worse within the next four years. The country will soon have to pay an external debt of USD 100 billion which is several times more than the current foreign exchange reserves. Pakistan's Deputy Finance Minister Ali...
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The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea by Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal challenging framing of charges against her under the anti-corruption law for allegedly abusing her official position when she was Delhi Commission for Women chief in appointing people associated with the AAP to...
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The father of the woman, who was sexually assaulted at a police station in Bhubaneswar, on Friday demanded the arrest and dismissal of the cops for taking the law into their hands. The woman's father, who is a retired brigadier, said: The police personnel have violated several laws by...
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Spokespersons of the dairy
AR Dairy Foods in Dindigul that had supplied ghee for Tirupati temple prasadam and which is now amid a controversy says: Samples have been collected from the Food Safety Department, and we have already sent samples to the Tirupati Devasthanam laboratory. The lab has conducted tests and found no...
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Chief minister-designate Atishi on Friday urged the people of Delhi to choose Arvind Kejriwal to prevent a BJP government from increasing power tariffs in the national capital, assuring that she would protect them during the next four months. She alleged that the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh...
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday expressed concern over the safety of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi following recent comments made by BJP leaders. She mentioned that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about these statements, but the response came...
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A six-year-old girl was found dead on the campus of a government-run primary school in a village in Gujarat's Dahod district, police said on Friday. The Class 1 student was found in the compound of the primary school in Torani village of Singvad taluka on Thursday night by her parents and...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lashed out at the Congress, saying the party is being run by the tukde tukde gang and urban Naxals. The Congress which you see today is not the party with which a great man like Mahatma Gandhi was associated, Modi said, addressing a public meeting at Wardha...
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E&Y India chairman Rajiv Memani has expressed regret at not attending the funeral of a 26-year-old employee whose death was blamed on stress by her mother, and said he will not rest till achieving the goal of harmonious workplace. Anna Sebastian Perayil, who passed her CA exams in...
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The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday demanded an accommodation for outgoing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying he is entitled to it on account of being the convener of a national party. At a press conference in New Delhi, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said the party will be writing to...
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Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday called for a detailed investigation into the Andhra Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's allegation that the previous YSRCP government had used substandard ingredients and animal fat in making Tirupati laddu, a consecrated sweet.Whatever the Andhra Pradesh...
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As Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com arrives at Mazbug bridge near Doabgah village, an Indian Army hoarding greets him with the slogan, 'Aap Ka Mulk, Aap Ki Fauj, Aap Ka Camp.'Doabgah made it to the headlines when Afzal Guru, who's from this village, was convicted in the Parliament...
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Tirupati's famous laddoos
Days after Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu alleged former YSRCP government for adulterating the Tirupati Prasadam with animal fat, the YSRCP on Friday moved to the Andhra Pradesh High Court demanding an investigation into the claims made by the ruling party.The lawyers representing the YSRCP,...
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The Supreme Court's YouTube channel was hacked on Friday and showing videos promoting a cryptocurrency developed by US-based company Ripple Labs. A blank video with the title Brad Garlinghouse: Ripple Responds To The SEC's $2 Billion Fine! XRP PRICE PREDICTION is currently live on the...
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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to transfer the trial in the 2015 cash-for-vote case, involving Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and others, from Telangana to Bhopal. The apex court directed Reddy not to interfere in any way with the functioning of prosecution in the case. A bench...
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The CBI told a Delhi court on Friday that it has obtained requisite sanctions from authorities concerned to prosecute former railway minister Lalu Prasad in a corruption case related to the alleged land-for-jobs scam. The CBI filed the sanctions before Special Judge Vishal Gogne. The...
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The agitating junior doctors in West Bengal, who have announced withdrawal of their sit-in before Swasthya Bhavan, will hold a march to the CBI office in Salt Lake on Friday, seeking justice for the alleged rape and murder of a medic in the state-run RG Kar hospital last month. Ending...
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The Supreme Court on Friday rapped the CBI over its plea seeking transfer of cases relating to the 2021 post-post violence cases outside West Bengal. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal said the agency cannot cast aspersions on the entire judiciary in West Bengal. How can you...
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Sensex breaches 84,000-mark for first time ever; Nifty hits fresh all-time high level. Nifty, Sensex opened strong on Friday following a global market surge after the US Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates. The experts pointed out that the FIIs have changed their positions...
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A bevy of Hollywood A listers US Vice President Kamala Harris and media mogul Oprah Winfrey sat down for an event in battleground Michigan that touched open issues ranging from immigration to the economy, reproductive rights and gun violence prevention. It is so good to be with @Oprah for a...
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HM with victims of Naxal violence
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday appealed to Naxals to give up violence, lay down arms and surrender, saying an all-out operation will otherwise be carried out against them.Addressing 55 victims of Naxal violence from Chhattisgarh at his residence here, Shah also said that Maoists will...
10:32
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promotes his book: I just learned that my newest book, SAVE AMERICA, is a New York Times BEST SELLER! No other book takes you behind the scenes like this coffee table book. I picked each photo, and I can tell you it is FANTASTIC. Get your copy...
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The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island
The Quad summit in Delaware will feature ambitious announcements in multiple areas such as maritime security, high-quality infrastructure and critical and emerging technologies to demonstrate the group's endurance, a top White House official has said. US President Joe Biden will host...
09:47
Crowds outside BKC
The highly awaited iPhone 16 series officially went on sale today with enthusiastic buyers lining up outside Apple Stores in Delhi and Mumbai. Hundreds of eager fans gathered outside Apple Saket in Delhi and Apple BKC in Mumbai, some arriving hours before the stores opened, hoping to be among the...
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Yet another incident of attempted murder, and mass murder, at that. On the 18 September, at 22.18 hours, a loco pilot of train number 12091 reported to the Station Master of Rudrapur City that he found a 6-meter-long iron pole on the track between Bilaspur Road and Rudrapur City. The alert...
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The 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will return to the Natural History Museum, London, in the second week of October, with 100 gorgeous images of animals in the wild.Nine-year-old Shreyovi Mehta, from Faridabad, was named a runner-up in the prestigious...
09:26
A flooded area in Bihar
A tragic incident occurred in Bihar's Saran district, where a boat rescuing 16 people from flooded areas collided with an electric pole, received an electric shock, causing several people to fall off the boat. The incident took place near the Jaitia Powerhouse in the Sonepur police station...
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On Tuesday morning the doctors have had sandwiches for breakfast. A man selling tea sits by the wall. Packs of mineral water are stacked in several places. A man goes around the beds, where some protestors lie asleep, picking up rubbish in a giant black garbage bag.A group of women working for an...
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Israel Air Force fighter jets on Thursday night attacked about 30 rocket launchers and military infrastructures of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that over 100 rocket launchers primed for imminent attacks on Israel were...
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Premium mobile device maker Apple will start selling iPhone 16 series smartphones from September 20 onwards, sources aware of the development said. The company for the first time has plans to start assembling iPhone Pro Series in India but those models will start selling at a later date, the...
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An unidentified person hacked email account of a student and sent abusive mails on the IDs of the Consulate General of Poland in Mumbai and officials of a medical science university in the European country, the police said on Thursday. Based on a complaint of the 18-year-old Mumbai student,...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi/File image
German Ambassador to India Philipp Ackermann met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday and discussed Indian politics and the ties between both nations. Ackermann posted a picture with Gandhi as he hailed his great discussion with him. Great discussion today with...
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A viw of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital/ANI Photo
The CBI on Thursday interrogated Trinamool Congress youth leader Ashish Pandey, who is also a house staff at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in connection with the rape and murder of the doctor, an officer said. Pandey was questioned for hours at the CBI's CGO Complex office before he...
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