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Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi on Sunday due to stomach-related problems, sources said. Gandhi (78) was admitted to the gastroenterology department around 9 pm, the hospital sources said. They said Gandhi's...
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Former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani
Three days after the tragic crash of Air India flight AI-171 in Ahmedabad, which has so far claimed 270 lives, hospital authorities confirmed on Sunday the identification of former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani through DNA matching. The state government has announced a state mourning...
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Illegally acquired properties of two notorious drug smugglers were demolished by the authorities in Punjab's Ludhiana on Sunday, as part of the state's crackdown on the narcotics network, officials said.The operation was carried out by the Municipal Corporation Ludhiana with the support of...
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A 27-year-old woman died of COVID-19 on Sunday, a day after she delivered a baby at the Jabalpur Government Medical College and Hospital here, an official said. The woman, hailing from neighbouring Mandla district, had a history of lung ailment, Joint Director Health Dr Sanjay Mishra told...
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A 22-year-old student allegedly committed suicide in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh after scoring lower than expected marks in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test examination, an official on Sunday said. The deceased student, identified as Shakib Saif, hanged himself in his...
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Social media influencer Kanchan Kumari
Amritpal Singh Mehron, the alleged key accused in the murder case of Punjab-based social media influencer Kanchan Kumari alias 'Kamal Kaur Bhabhi', fled to the UAE hours after the incident, the police said on Sunday. Bhatinda senior superintendent of police Amneet Kondal said police had...
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The Bihar State Commission for Scheduled Castes has issued a notice to Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad for allegedly disrespecting Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar. The Commission has given the former chief minister 15 days to respond, warning that failure to do so could lead to legal...
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Nine people died in separate lightning strike incidents in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, Sambhal, Bijnor and Gorakhpur districts, officials said on Sunday. In Prayagraj, four members of a family in Sonvarsha Hallabor village died after being struck by lightning, they said.Additional district...
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Three people, including two minor sisters, were killed when a multi-storey building collapsed during excavation work on Sunday in the congested Kachchi Sadak area here, officials said. One person was pulled out from the debris. Rescuers are still searching for survivors, they...
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Three people, including two minor sisters, were killed when a multi-storey building collapsed during excavation work on Sunday in the congested Kachchi Sadak area here, officials said. One person was pulled out from the debris. Rescuers are still searching for survivors, they...
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A Thane court has sentenced eight Myanmarese nationals to two years' simple imprisonment for illegally staying in India and ordered that they be deported after the completion of the sentence. Additional sessions judge GT Pawar, in the judgment on June 10, emphasised that the burden of proof...
19:27
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides welcomes PM Narendra Modi on his arrival in Cyprus/ANI on X
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Cyprus on Sunday for a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with President Nikos Christodoulides to strengthen bilateral ties. In a special gesture, President Christodoulides welcomed Modi on his arrival at the airport. Modi is the first...
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A villager drowned while 13 others managed to swim to safety after their boat capsized in the Rapti River on Sunday afternoon, the police said. The boat, carrying 14 people from Netwar Patti in Gorakhpur district to Dhanaya village, overturned around 20 metres from the riverbank, they...
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The Shani Shingnapur temple trust in Maharashtra's Ahilyanagar district has dismissed 167 employees, including 114 Muslims, citing violations of discipline and irregularities, officials said on Sunday. The decision was taken purely on administrative grounds as these staffers were found to be...
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A portion of an under-construction overbridge collapsed in Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, leaving six labourers injured, an official said. The incident took place at 1pm near a bus stand and railway level crossing along Pohri highway, he added. No one was working below...
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Air India Express, a subsidiary of Air India, on Sunday confirmed that its flight from Kolkata to Uttar Pradesh's Hindon was delayed on Sunday after the aircraft developed a snag.An Air India Express spokesperson told ANI, Our Kolkata - Hindon flight operated, with a delay, due to a snag on the...
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A woman constable was allegedly shot at by a male colleague in Bihar's Kaimur district on Sunday, officials said. The victim has been identified as Sarita Kumari (28). The accused Ajay Paswan, also a constable, is absconding. Both are relatives also and posted as constables in...
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Indian billionaire Gautam Adani-led group's Haifa port in Israel was unharmed by the Iranian ballistic missile attack, with cargo operations progressing unhampered, sources said.Late on Saturday night, Iran targeted Israel's Haifa port and a nearby oil refinery in response to Tel Avi's attack on...
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Resucue operation uderway after bridge on Indrayani River collapses near Pune/ANI on X
At least two persons died and several may have been swept away after an iron bridge over Indrayani river collapsed on Sunday afternoon in Pune's Maval tehsil, officials said. The incident took place in Kundamala area, which has been seeing heavy rains over the past few days, giving the river...
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In a tragic incident, five boys drowned in Godavari river near Basara on Sunday while taking a holy dip before visiting a temple, the police said. According to Avinash Kumar, assistant superintendent of police, Bhainsa, a group of around 20 people from Hyderabad had traveled to Basara to...
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Indians in Iran were on Sunday asked not to panic, exercise due caution and maintain contact with the Embassy of India in Tehran through its social media accounts in view of the current situation in the country following the launch of strikes by Israel. In an advisory, the Indian Embassy...
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A boat capsized in a reservoir during the shooting of Kannada film Kantara: Chapter 1, but actor-director Rishab Shetty and 30 crew members escaped unhurt, averting a major mishap, police sources said. This incident allegedly occurred during the filming in the Mani reservoir in the Masti...
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An ambulance transporting a body and family members of the deceased rammed into a pick-up vehicle on the Purvanchal Expressway here on Sunday, killing five persons, a police official said.The accident took place when the ambulance was transporting the body from Haryana to Bihar.Five people...
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Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday conducted anti-terror raids at multiple places in the border district of Poonch, officials said. The raids are underway at eight locations in Soujian and adjoining areas, the officials said. They said the police launched the simultaneous raids as part...
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A Border Security Force jawan allegedly shot dead his senior following an argument at a camp in West Bengal's Murshidabad, officials said Sunday.The incident took place around 10:30 pm on Saturday at the Border Security Force camp in Dhuliyan in the said district.Constable Shivam Kumar Mishra...
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Rescue operation underway at the helicopter mishap site/ANI Photo
Helicopter services on the Chardham yatra route were suspended for two days on Sunday in the wake of the crash of a chopper returning from Kedarnath. Seven people, including the pilot, were killed in the helicopter crash on Sunday morning. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who held...
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Tipra Motha Party chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarman
Bharatiya Janata Party ally Tipra Motha Party sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention for sending back all illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in Tripura. Senior TMP leader Animesh...
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Gujarat ex-chief minister Vijay Rupani
The mortal remains of former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani have been identified through DNA test, officials said on Sunday, as investigations into the June 12 Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad intensified. Various central and state government agencies, led by the Aircraft Accident...
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A 12-year-old girl from Maharashtra's Nagpur suffered severe injuries after she fell during a zipline ride in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, a person close to her family said on Sunday.The girl has been undergoing treatment at a hospital since the accident last week, he said.According to family...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday morning departed from New Delhi for Cyprus, marking the beginning of his three-nation diplomatic visit to Cyprus, Canada, and Croatia. The tour aims to deepen India's ties with these countries in areas such as trade, investment,...
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Two married women were found hanging in their respective rooms at two different places in Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Sunday. While the exact cause behind the deaths is yet to be ascertained, police suspect them to be related to dowry demand. In the first incident,...
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Seven drones launched at Israel were intercepted by the Israeli Air Force and Israeli Navy, the country's military said on Sunday.As per official news agency TPS, the Israel Defence Forces said that the country's Air Force and Israel Navy intercepted seven unmanned aerial vehicles - drones -...
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Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday expressed concern over the Israel-Iran war and continued armed exchanges between the two sides over the next 24 hours.He appealed for responsibility and reason and commitment to build a safer world, free from nuclear threats.In a post on X, he said on Saturday, The...
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Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau will probe a helicopter crash near Gaurikund in Uttarakhand, in which seven people, including an infant, were killed on early Sunday. On Sunday morning, an Aryan Aviation Bell 407 helicopter VT-BKA operating on sector 'Shri Kedarnath ji- Aryan Helipad,...
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A British F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at the International Airport here on Saturday night after running low on fuel, sources said in Thiruvananthapuram. The jet, which is believed to have taken off from an aircraft carrier, landed safely at around 9.30 pm, they said on...
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An ambulance rammed into a pick-up vehicle on the Purvanchal Expressway in Amethi district on Sunday, killing five persons, a police official said. The accident took place when the ambulance was carrying a body from Haryana to Bihar. Five people travelling in the ambulance died in the...
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Incessant and heavy rains continued to wreak havoc in various parts of Kerala on Sunday, widely uprooting trees, triggering mudslides in high ranges, and inundating low-lying areas. Though no major casualties were reported anywhere, sporadic damage to houses and vehicles occurred in various...
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The Gujarat government will assign grief counsellors to the families of victims of the Ahmedabad Air India plane crash to deal with the mental trauma, a senior official has said.As many as 230 teams have been formed to coordinate with families of the victims, Gujarat relief commissioner and...
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India and Canada are set to restart intelligence cooperation on terrorism and transnational crime, according to a report in The Guardian (external link).The agreement comes ahead of the G7 summit in Alberta, where Canadian PM Mark Carney has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...
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Authorities have so far identified 31 victims of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad through DNA testing and 12 families have claimed the mortal remains so far, an official said on Sunday.The process of DNA matching of former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani was also underway, Dr Rajnish...
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Turkish officials on Sunday denied claims that the crashed Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had undergone maintenance by Turkish Technic, calling such allegations 'false' and 'disinformation'.The claim that 'the maintenance of the Boeing 787-8 passenger aircraft was carried out by Turkish...
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Tensions between Israel and Iran escalated sharply over the weekend as both countries exchanged missile attacks.Iran launched a second wave of missiles at Israel late Saturday, while Israel continued a series of strikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites.Israel claimed that hundreds of...
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UPDATE: All seven people on board a helicopter returning from the Kedarnath shrine were killed when it crashed in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district on Tuesday, officials confirmed.The incident took place at around 5:20 am when the chopper, with six passengers -- five adults and one child and the...
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A helicopter carrying seven people, including devotees, crashed on its return journey from the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand, according to official sources.The aircraft had taken off for Gaurikund after ferrying pilgrims to the temple when it went down in a remote area of Rudraprayag...
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