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The Centre has appointed noted lawyer Karambir Singh Nalwa as special public prosecutor to lead the trial in Pahalgam terror attack case, which claimed the lives of 25 tourists and a local pony operator on April 22 last year.The development comes on the first anniversary of the deadly terror...
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The administration on Wednesday demolished a mazar in the Suman Nagar area in Haridwar, which it claimed was illegally constructed on irrigation department land. The structure was allegedly identified as an encroachment during a recent departmental survey. A heavy police...
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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused the United States of hypocrisy and undermining genuine negotiations with Iran. In a post on X, the Iranian President said Tehran has always welcomed dialogue and agreement, but bad faith, siege, and threats remain major obstacles. The...
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday attached several properties belonging to a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror operative in connection with a 2017 'fidayeen' attack on a CRPF camp, in which five paramilitary personnel were killed and three seriously injured, the agency said.The...
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Odisha's industrial town of Jharsuguda on Wednesday emerged as the hottest place in the country with mercury level reaching 44.6 degrees Celsius, IMD said.Twenty-five other places in the state also recorded maximum temperature at or above 40 degrees Celsius, it said.According to the evening...
23:22
The Pune police registered an offence of abetment against an unidentified godman in connection with the alleged suicide of a 25-year-old flautist and music student.Indore resident Renuka Harshvardhan Likhite, who was pursuing a post-graduation course in music at a spiritual institute in Mulshi in...
23:16
A white and blue balloon bearing the inscription PIA in English and Urdu and a printed image of the Pakistan national flag was spotted outside a house in a village in Haryana's Sirsa on Wednesday, prompting police to launch an investigation.The balloon, resembling an airplane,...
22:33
A petition has been filed in the Punjab and Haryana high court, seeking quashing of the anti-sacrilege law brought by the Punjab government that proposes stricter punishment for any act of sacrilege against the Guru Granth Sahib.The petition, filed by Jalandhar-based resident Simranjeet Singh, is...
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Poll-related seizures, including cash, drugs and liquor meant to allure voters, have crossed the Rs 1,000 crore mark in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission said on Wednesday.While seizures worth nearly Rs 473 crore have been made from West Bengal, it has been pegged at over Rs 599...
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Karnataka minister for school education and literacy Madhu Bangarappa on Wednesday said that SSLC (Class 10) exam results will be declared on April 23.He also said that, as per court orders, students will be awarded marks instead of grades for third language papers this year.The Secondary School...
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A Mumbai police team apprehended three men from Jharkhand for allegedly creating and selling fraudulent APK files to dupe people, with preliminary investigations suggesting that fraudsters exploited the gas cylinder shortage situation to gain access to sensitive data, officials said.The arrests...
21:34
Government-owned natural gas company GAIL (India) Ltd has said its LNG carrier 'Energy Fidelity' was flagged off from the Sabine Pass terminal of the US, and the vessel is expected to ensure a resilient supply chain of cleaner fuel for the country.The vessel with a carrying...
21:26
In a day of high-stakes brinkmanship and conflicting signals, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday hinted at a possible diplomatic breakthrough with Iran, even as maritime tensions in the Strait of Hormuz threaten to collapse a fragile regional ceasefire.The President's optimism, delivered via...
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West Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer partially relaxed restrictions on motorcycle movement during the polling period for the 2026 assembly elections, allowing office-goers travelling on two-wheelers to commute on production of valid identity cards, an official said on Wednesday.In a revised...
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Ten people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with stone-pelting at Samajwadi Party (SP) workers in Kataria village in Gazipur, the police said. A party delegation, including MLAs and former ministers, had gone to the village to meet the family of a girl whose body...
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India on Wednesday denied making any payments - either in cash or cryptocurrency - to Iran to secure safe passage for its vessels hrough the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions in the region.The clarification came after two Indian vessels had to turn back from the Strait...
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Justice Lisa Gill on Wednesday become the first woman to head the Andhra Pradesh high court.The Supreme Court Collegium had on February 26 recommended her name for the elevation.It had also taken a policy decision to move a judge proposed to head a high court to that court two months prior to...
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Four juveniles have been apprehended in connection with the stabbing to death of a 17-year-old boy in the Mahindra Park area of northwest Delhi, police said on Wednesday.The development comes a day after the minor was allegedly attacked by a group of assailants on Tuesday night.The police said...
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An umbrella body of several Meitei civil society organisations of Manipur announced that its members will stage a demonstration in Thoubal district on Thursday to protest against the state government's alleged failure to address key issues, such as appropriate action against those...
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One of three commercial vessels fired upon by Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday may have been headed for Gujarat, according to initial shipping data.Iran's Revolutionary Guards opened fire on the vessels as they transited the strategic waterway, with two ships later seized and...
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The rupee weakened for the third straight session, losing 39 paise to settle at 93.83 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday as uncertainty on US-Iran peace talks eroded hopes of easing West Asia conflict and set crude oil prices on fire.Intense selling in domestic equity markets and...
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Former CM of undivided Andhra Pradesh Nadendla Bhaskar Rao/Image courtesy Revanth Reddy
Former Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh Nadendla Bhaskar Rao, who led a coup against TDP founder N T Rama Rao in 1984, died in Hyderabad on Wednesday. He was 90.Bhaskar Rao breathed his last at a super-speciality hospital while undergoing treatment for age-related ailments, a Jana Sena...
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The Election Commission on Wednesday took serious note of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a terrorist and issued him with a stern notice, officials said.He has been asked to explain his stand within 24 hours, they said.The notice comes a day before...
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The Calcutta high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking relief for electors who have filed appeals before the SIR appellate tribunals, asking the petitioner to approach the Supreme Court.The petitioner's lawyer said they have initiated the process of filing a petition before the...
18:33
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled nearly 1 per cent on Wednesday, snapping a three-day gaining streak due to heavy selling in IT stocks and an uptick in crude oil prices.The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 756.84 points or 0.95 percent to settle at 78,516.49. During the day, it slumped...
18:11
Approximately 94 percent of domestic LPG cylinders were delivered through the delivery authentication code as part of a broader government effort to maintain supply chain continuity. During an inter-ministerial briefing on Wednesday, Sujata Sharma, joint secretary, ministry of petroleum and...
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A 65-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide by jumping from the 29th floor of the Trine Towers society in Ahinsa Khand area of Indirapuram early Wednesday, the police said.The victim, Phoolwati, landed on a car parked below at around 3 am, they said. Family members initially refused the...
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The ministry of external affairs on Wednesday underscored India's proactive stance toward the evolving security situation in the Gulf and West Asia.Joint secretary (Gulf) Assem Mahajan, in the inter-ministerial briefing, detailed a robust multi-agency response designed to ensure the safety and...
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Comedian Samay Raina debut stand-up special Still Alive has crossed 53.4 million in views to emerge as the most-watched full-length stand-up comedy special in the world on a single upload, as per a release here.The comedy special, released on April 7 on YouTube, garnered 22 million views within...
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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar visited Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Wednesday to participate in an event as part of a grassroots sports initiative aimed at transforming the once Maoist-affected region into a thriving sports hub.Tendulkar arrived at Jagdalpur airport and later travelled...
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Seven live bullets were recovered from a bathroom of a railway hospital in the state capital, police said on Wednesday.The bullets were found abandoned inside a toilet at the railway hospital located in Pettah area, they said.Police officials reached the spot and took the bullets into custody for...
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Two vessels were seized on Wednesday by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and are now in its custody, being escorted toward Iran, according to Iranian state television.The report identified the ships as the MSC Francesca and the Epaminodes, though their owners were not immediately available...
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Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan on Wednesday said some commuters faced inconvenience during a BJP-backed march in Mumbai's Worli area, even as he maintained that a woman who confronted him over traffic snarls used inappropriate language.The minister said he apologised to the woman at the spot...
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Iran Embassy in Indonesia shares this image on X and says: Waiting for negotiations like... US Vice President JD Vance has cancelled his upcoming diplomatic mission to Islamabad for Iran-related negotiations indefinitely, The Wall Street Journal reported. This decision follows President...
14:51
Less than four months since flights were commercially launched on December 25, Adani-run Navi Mumbai international airport airport has already become the country's ninth busiest domestic airport with 393,819 departing seats in the month of April, according to data from global travel data provider...
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Britain and France are convening military planners from around 30 countries to work out the details of a potential mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz, should the vital shipping route reopen.The UK's Defence Ministry said the two-day meeting at a London command-and-control center is intended...
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In a shocking incident, a 22-year-old woman, daughter of a senior civil servant, was found murdered at her residence in a colony in southeast Delhi on Wednesday morning, police said.According to police sources, the victim had completed her engineering and was preparing for the UPSC examination....
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Janshakti Janata Dal president Tej Pratap Yadav, who is struggling to find a toehold in the politics of Bihar upon expulsion from the RJD, has sought the guidance of celebrated former political strategist Prashant Kishor.Yadav called on Kishor, the founder of Jan Suraaj Party, who is currently...
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Two ships were attacked Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the British military, adding further tension to efforts aimed at bringing the United States and Iran together in Pakistan for talks to end the conflict.Earlier that morning, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard reportedly...
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The change of guard ceremony, which takes place every Saturday at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, will shift to a new timing, from 7.30 am to 8.30 am, from April 25, an official statement issued on Wednesday said.The ceremony, which is about 30 minutes long, is a military tradition held...
13:03
The Iran Embassy in Zimbabwe shared this saying: 'The word unity has been polished by the people of Iran'.
Casting serious aspersions on Pakistan's role in high-stakes peace negotiations, the Student News Network (SNN) has suggested that Islamabad's mediation efforts are stalling and failing to secure a definitive response from the United States.There is growing scepticism regarding the effectiveness...
12:45
Germany's flag carrier and largest airline Lufthansa has announced cancellation of 20,000 of its short-haul flights between May and October, a move aimed at saving jet fuel, the price of which has doubled since the outbreak of the Iran conflict.The German carrier cancelled about 120 daily flights...
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Iran Embassy in Zimbabwe post: "Trump is a Pro liar turbo max"
In a significant diplomatic development, Iran has established a clear precondition for the resumption of negotiations, with its UN Ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, stating that Tehran is prepared to engage in talks only after the United States ends its naval blockade.Citing an interview given by...
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Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad has criticised the BJP for allegedly inconveniencing the public, citing a woman's confrontation with minister Girish Mahajan over traffic chaos during a demonstration on the women's reservation bill in Mumbai.A woman on her way to pick up her child had to wait for hours...
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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday discharged four men accused in the 2006 Malegaon blast case and quashed a special court order framing charges against them.A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Shyam Chandak allowed the appeals filed by the four accused - Rajendra Chaudhary,...
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Hindalco Industries, Aditya Birla Group's metals flagship, is set to edge out Tata Group's Trent for a spot in the benchmark Sensex, according to an analysis by Brian Freitas of Periscope Analytics who writes on Smartkarma.The reshuffle is part of the Sensex's semi-annual rebalance, with the...
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Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard fired on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, damaging the vessel and escalating tensions after planned ceasefire talks in Pakistan failed to take place.According to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations...
11:21
The ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity) has proposed that all content generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) carry 'continuous and clearly visible display' of a label alerting users that the content had been generated using AI throughout the 'duration of...
11:20
PM Modi with Aishanya Dwivedi and another family member
As the nation marks one year since the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, Aishanya Dwivedi, wife of Shubham Dwivedi, who was killed in the attack, shared her emotional account and expressed deep anger over the incident.Speaking to ANI about her personal loss and the impact on...
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The Congress on Wednesday attacked the Modi government on the first anniversary of the Pahalgam terror attack, saying Pakistan stood isolated after it carried out the Mumbai attacks but has now acquired global respectability which reflects the complete failure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
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Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Wednesday said nine complete bodies and several body parts were recovered from the site of the blast at a fireworks manufacturing unit at Mundathicode in Thrissur district a day ago.The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA), in a statement,...
10:31
In Pahalgam, a memorial now stands as a tribute to the 26 lives lost in the tragic April 22, 2025, Baisaran terror attack.
10:26
US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran is undergoing a severe financial crisis, asserting that the country is collapsing financially as tensions continue to simmer in the region.In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that Tehran is starving for cash and is allegedly losing 500 Million...
09:59
The Pentagon intel has contradicted Trump-Hegseth claims
A fresh assessment from the Pentagon's intelligence wing indicates that Iran still has its key military capabilities, appearing to challenge recent assertions made by high-ranking American officials regarding the degradation of Tehran's forces.According to a report by NBC News, the findings from...
09:41
A banner with of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
Iran has rejected the United States' conditions for negotiations, according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), even as US President Donald Trump announced an extension of the ceasfire.The IRIB reported, Iran rejected the US conditions for negotiations; Trump unilaterally...
09:26
Donald Trump posted a sharply worded message on social media Tuesday night following his decision to indefinitely extend a ceasefire in the Iran conflict, after planned talks in Islamabad failed to take place.In a post on his Truth Social platform, he argued that Iran wants the Strait of Hormuz...
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JD Vance with Shehbaz Sharif at the Islamabad talks on April 11
US Vice President JD Vance has cancelled his upcoming diplomatic mission to Islamabad for Iran-related negotiations indefinitely, The Wall Street Journal reported. This decision follows President Donald Trump's recent declaration of a ceasefire extension and his demand for a unified proposal from...
08:52
On the first anniversary of the Pahalgam terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that India will never bow to any form of terror and the heinous designs of terrorists will never succeed. The Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out an attack at...
08:43
United States President Donald Trump has indefinitely extended the ceasefire with Iran at the request of mediator Pakistan, saying the move was aimed at giving Tehran's fractured leadership time to come up with a unified proposal to end the seven-week war.The dramatic announcement came just hours...
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In the backdrop of the ongoing West Asian conflict, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are not distant events, they are stark realities with direct implications for India's security and economic stability.Addressing the German Parliamentary Standing...
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