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A rescue operation was launched on Thursday evening after 55 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu got stranded on a flooded causeway over a river in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district, officials said. The pilgrims, who were in a luxury bus, were transferred safely to a truck by rescuers but this vehicle also...
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The government has blocked a few websites exposing sensitive personal identifiable information, including Aadhaar and PAN Card details of Indian citizens, an official statement said on Thursday. The action was taken after the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, under the ministry of...
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The Madras high court on Thursday directed the organisers of route march to be conducted by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on the eve of Vijayadasami festival on October 6, to meet the police officers concerned and provide the details as sought for by the police from September 27...
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A case was registered against a man who called up the office of Haji Ali Dargah Trust and claimed a bomb was placed at the heavily-patronised place of worship, a Mumbai police official said on Thursday. The call, by a man who identified himself as Pawan, was made on Wednesday evening, after...
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Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said the contract for Dharavi redevelopment will be taken back from the Adani group if it fails to follow instructions of the state government. Speaking at the India Today conclave, he refuted allegations of the opposition...
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An FIR was registered after the Samajwadi Party's Ghosi MP Rajeev Rai lodged an FIR alleging that he was getting threat calls from a Pakistan-based mobile number, the police said on Thursday.The FIR was lodged against unidentified persons at the Kotwali police station of Mau in Uttar Pradesh...
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A purported video of two Central Industrial Security Force job aspirants from Bihar being heckled by some people in West Bengal has kicked up a row, with political parties in Bihar denouncing the incident and Trinamool Congress asserting that candidates from other states have always been welcome...
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Family members and locals sat on a dharna in Rajasthan's Bikaner district on Thursday, demanding martyr status for soldier Ramswaroop Kaswan who died under suspicious circumstances in Jammu & Kashmir's Anantnag district.The family alleged that the district soldier welfare officer issued a...
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Tripura Governor Indra Sena Reddy Nallu has been given the additional charge of Mizoram during the absence of the state's Governor, Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati, who is on leave, said a Rashtrapati Bhavan release issued on Thursday.
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Manipur rights activist Malem Thongam on Thursday called for the removal of 10 Kuki-Zo MLAs from the legislative assembly, threatening to self-immolate in front of the chief minister's bungalow if the demands were not met. Thongam claimed that the Kuki-Zo legislators have been actively...
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The Indian embassy in Beijing on Thursday advised all Indian nationals residing in China to register with the mission, which will be a requirement for all future services to be availed from the embassy. To further streamline and facilitate the process of rendering consular services to...
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Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde/Courtesy X
Family members of Akshay Shinde, the Badlapur sexual assault case accused who was killed in an alleged shoot-out with police earlier this week, on Thursday demanded security for his last rites. Amar Shinde, his uncle, told mediapersons that they were yet to decide where the body should be...
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In a significant move to support workers, particularly those in the unorganised sector, the central government has announced an increase in minimum wage rates by revising the Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA). This adjustment is aimed at helping workers cope with the rising cost of living,...
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Just In: Former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji was released from Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai on Thursday evening, hours after the Supreme Court granted him bail today in a money laundering case linked to the cash-for-jobs scam.
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The Delhi high court on Thursday halted the counting of votes of Delhi University Students Union elections, which are scheduled on Friday, till all the defacement, including posters, hoarding, graffiti and spray paints, are removed and public property is restored. A bench of Chief...
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PM Narendra Modi inaugurates 3 Param Rudra Super Computing Systems via video conferencing/ANI on X
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched three PARAM Rudra supercomputers, developed indigenously under National Supercomputing Mission, and asserted that today's India is carving new opportunities in the infinite sky of possibilities. These supercomputers, built at a cost of Rs 130...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by the Gujarat government seeking a review of the court's verdict which contained certain observations against the state while quashing the remission granted to 11 men convicted of raping Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members...
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An Iraqi Airways flight from Baghdad to Guangzhou in China made a medical emergency landing at the Kolkata airport after a passenger on board suddenly fell ill inside the aircraft, officials said on Thursday. The passenger, a 16-year-old Iraqi girl, was declared brought dead when she was...
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Launching a scathing attack against Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over waterlogging in various parts of the state, Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday said that the situation in Mumbai, Thane, Pune and many other places in the state was terrible due to rain yesterday...
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Israel Defense Force (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi has warned Hezbollah that a ground offensive is imminent, stating that Israeli soldiers' military boots will enter enemy territory, Times of Israel reported. Halevi's remarks came after Hezbollah fired a missile at central Israel on...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty climbed to fresh all-time highs on Thursday driven by buying in auto shares amid a sharp rally in Asian markets. The BSE Sensex jumped 666.25 points or 0.78 per cent to settle at an all-time high of 85,836.12. During the day, it reached a record intra-day...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday claimed he has been made a scapegoat after his conviction in a defamation case and said he would challenge the judgment in a higher court. A Mumbai court on Thursday morning sentenced the Rajya Sabha member to 15 days' simple imprisonment in a...
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Devotees at Prayagraj
Temple authorities in Prayagraj have banned devotees from bringing sweets and other processed items for offerings and instead urged them to bring coconut, fruits and dry fruits, amid outrage over 'adulterated' laddus offered at the Tirupati Temple in Andhra Pradesh. Several prominent...
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The relatives of Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde, who was killed in retaliatory firing in police custody, on Thursday demanded security to perform his last rites. Amar Shinde, an uncle of Akshay Shinde, told mediapersons that they are yet to identify the place to...
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At least 46 people including 37 children, seven women and two men have died during the 'Jitiya Parv' festival yesterday while taking a holy bath in rivers and water bodies in Bihar.Bihar Disaster Management Department (DMD) on Thursday in a press release confirmed the deaths due to...
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The Congress spends most of its time infighting and every child in Haryana is aware of it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday while asserting the people have decided to give one more chance to the BJP to serve the state. Interacting with Haryana BJP workers through the NaMo...
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A five-year-old girl, who went missing from her home two days ago, was found dead and her body was recovered from a water tank at a neighbour's house in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal, a police officer said on Thursday.The minor went missing from her house situated in the Shahjahanabad...
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the monsoon in Maharashtra is expected to withdraw by October 5 this year. Several places in Maharashtra, especially Mumbai and Pune, were left waterlogged after torrential rains on Wednesday night.Speaking to ANI regarding the monsoon in the...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea of a US firm against the NCLAT order stopping insolvency proceedings against ed-tech firm Byju's. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud asked the insolvency resolution professional (IRP) to maintain status quo till...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian-origin writer Jhumpa Lahiri has declined to accept an award from the Noguchi Museum in Queens in protest after it fired three employees who had worn kaffiyehs in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Jhumpa Lahiri has chosen to withdraw her acceptance of the...
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The Central Board of Film Certification on Thursday told the Bombay high court that a certificate would be issued to Kangana Ranuat's film Emergency if certain cuts are made, as recommended by its revising committee. The movie, which was initially slated for a September 6 release, has been...
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A Mumbai court has sentenced Shiv Sena-UBT MP Sanjay Raut to 15 days imprisonment in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya's wife, Medha.
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The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, under which an area is declared as disturbed for the convenience of security forces, has been extended in eight districts in Nagaland, three districts in Arunachal Pradesh and some other areas for six more months after a review of the law and order situation...
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'They were ahead of their times. We don't expect this from a civilisation of the first century AD.' Payal Singh Mohanka traipses around the remains of the amazing Roman city of Pompeii. Read more here.
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Crowds outside a hospital in Beirut
The Indian Embassy in Beirut has issued a safety advisory for its citizens amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.In an X post, Embassy of India in Beirut wrote, As a reiteration of the Advisory issued on 1 August 2024 and in view of the recent developments and escalations in the region,...
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Tim Walz, the Democratic Party's veep candidate for the upcoming elections and Kamala Harris's running mate shares this image saying, Kamala Harris and I didn't grow up in the same place, but we grew up around the same people: People who worked hard for a living, and people who wanted to...
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PM Narendra Modi's visit to Pune cancelled due to 'heavy rain situation' in the city. The India Meteorological Department earlier issued a red alert for Mumbai and its adjoining districts Thane, Palghar, and Raigad for Thursday morning.
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Supreme Court grants bail to former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji in connection with a money laundering case linked to the cash-for-jobs scam. DMK MP and Advocate NR Elango says, The SC granted bail to V Senthil Balaji who is incarcerated in the prison as an under-trial prisoner in...
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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan was mobbed by a throng of enthusiastic fans at Mumbai airport early Thursday morning as he departed for Abu Dhabi to host the IIFA Awards 2024.Accompanied by his bodyguard and manager Pooja Dadlani, SRK was seen navigating through an eager crowd that was eager to catch a...
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Amid concerns over the quality of issuances by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and rising instances of violations, stock exchanges have urged investment bankers to enhance scrutiny and ground checks before filing documents for an initial public offering (IPO).The developments come close on...
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Days after claiming that 900 Kuki militants were planning to attack peripheral villages of Imphal valley districts around September 28, the Manipur government retracted its statement asserting that the likelihood of any such misadventures by armed groups is minimal and unsubstantiated. In a...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty hit fresh all-time high levels in early trade on Thursday amid a sharp rally in Asian markets and buying in IT stocks. The BSE Sensex climbed 202.3 points to reach an all-time record peak of 85,372.17 in early trade. The NSE Nifty went up 51.85...
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Ramesh Kumar Mehra at the restaurant
On February 17, 2021, terrorists murdered Akash Mehra, 22, when he was seated at the cash counter at his Srinagar restaurant Krishna Vaishno Bhojanalaya. It was the day when a 24-member European delegation was in the Kashmir Valley on a visit.Three days later, the Jammu and Kashmir police...
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Compressed natural gas (CNG) is fast becoming the fuel of choice for Indian car buyers, with sales growth of such passenger vehicles (PVs) in the first eight months of this year outpacing all other variants.Sales of CNG vehicles between January and August surged by 46 per cent year-on-year,...
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As the festive season commences, online searches for homes in India have started to pick up again after seven months of low activity, a report released on Wednesday said.The reading on the Indian Residential Index for Online Search by proptech platform Housing.com touched 99 in August,...
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A prayer ceremony after the desecration of the temple
Unknown miscreants have vandalised the BAPS Hindu temple in California's Sacramento, desecrating it with expletive-laden graffiti saying Hindus go back!, the BAPS Public Affairs said. Less than 10 days after the desecration of the @BAPS Mandir in New York, our Mandir in the Sacramento,...
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Another day, another train accident: Two wagons of a goods train derailed near Tupkadih station in Jharkhand's Bokaro affecting movement of trains, an official said on Thursday. Fifteen trains have been diverted on the route, the official said. Two wagons of a goods trains carrying steel...
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Mumbai's local train services on Harbour line resumed their service after the water receded in the aftermath of torrential rains across Mumbai on Wednesday. Local trains were delayed and operating at a cautious speed, according to Central Railways.CPRO, Central Railway in a statement said,...
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Vehicular and rail traffic in Mumbai resumed Thursday after heavy rains battered the city, inundating low-lying areas, halting local trains in their tracks and forcing the diversion of at least 14 incoming flights. The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for Mumbai and its...
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Faced with searing political attacks by the opposition Trump campaign on mass-scale infiltration of illegal immigrants through an unsecured border to the south, Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will travel to the US-Mexico border for an assessment of the current...
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A 45-year-old woman drowned in a nullah overflowing due to heavy rains in suburban Andheri on Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred at around 9.20 pm near gate no. 8 of MIDC, Andheri East, they said. The victim was identified as Vimal Anil Gaikwad.Local police and the fire brigade...
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Two OBC activists Laxman Hake and Navnath Waghmare on Wednesday suspended their week-long fast which they had undertaken in Jalna to safeguard quota for the Other Backward Classes, hours after Maratha quota agitator Manoj Jarange called off his indefinite hunger strike. Hake and Waghmare had...
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Members of civil society have called for a 'Sadbhavna March' on September 27 to spread the message of peace and harmony amid the recent unauthorised mosque controversy that has sparked communal tensions in the town and across the state. We appeal to the people to reach near DC Office, Shimla...
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Amid a row over the alleged adulteration of laddus made in Tirupati Venkateswara temple, a complaint was filed before a court in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Wednesday against the temple trust members for hurting religious sentiments of Hindus. A major controversy has erupted over the...
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