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The Supreme Court on Monday permitted Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee to travel abroad for three weeks for eye treatment.A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the order while hearing the Diamond Harbour MP's plea challenging a...
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Four persons were arrested for allegedly cheating people to the tune of around Rs 1 crore by promising them of locating hidden treasure buried underground in residential premises, police said on Monday.Police teams busted the racket involving cheating of innocent persons on the false pretext of...
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Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM) MLA Jairam Kumar Mahato on Monday said that the protest is fundamentally driven by students seeking accountability. He added that the agitation will come to a rest once the demands are fulfilled.Fundamentally, they are students. As for the opposition...
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The government introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday to rename 'Kerala' as 'Keralam' after the state assembly adopted a resolution two years ago.The Kerala government had forwarded to the Centre a resolution passed by the state's legislative assembly regarding the name change in June...
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Jharkhand Police on Monday used water cannons against student protesters attempting to break through the barricading during the Vidhan Sabha Gherao march against alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate...
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Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava on Monday called on Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah in the first meeting since Shah assumed office in March. The courtesy call opens a series of individual discussions Prime Minister Shah is holding with foreign envoys, marking a clear shift toward...
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday asserted that the deadlock between the opposition and the government in Parliament will continue till Union Home Minister Amit Shah makes a statement over alleged police excesses on students.With only four days of the Monsoon session remaining, the...
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Three tribal girls died and as many others were undergoing treatment after a venomous snake bit them at a residential school in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli, prompting the district administration to launch an inquiry into the incident, officials said on Monday.The incident occurred around midnight on...
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Devendra Nath Mahto has been on hunger strike for the last nine days
Thousands of job aspirants, protesting alleged irregularities in various recruitment examinations in Jharkhand, began their march to the state assembly on Monday morning.JLKM leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who has been on a fast for nine days over the issue, joined the march in an ambulance, despite...
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A man who was travelling with Aban Ahmed
Police have registered an FIR against drivers of 28 vehicles in the convoy accompanying Umar Ahmed, son of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, from Lucknow to Prayagraj, for allegedly breaking a toll barrier and misbehaving with toll plaza employees.According to police, the incident took place...
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Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjana, IPS, has issued a public warning about a new cyber fraud targeting women and young girls through social media under the guise of Rent Boyfriend offers.VC Sajjanar, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City, taking to his X handle, wrote, Feeling...
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has clarified that T G Mohandas is not associated with the organisation at any level and that his remarks on the recent protest were his personal views.In a statement issued by the Kerala Prachar Vibhag on July 27, K B Sreekumar, Dakshin Keralam Prant Sah...
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Iranian state broadcaster Press TV on Sunday claimed that President Masoud Pezeshkian has held a meeting with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and discussed the country's military and economic affairs, days after Israeli media reported that Khamenei was in an extremely critical condition.According...
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Floor leaders of the Opposition parties will hold a meeting in the chamber of the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, to chalk out the strategy for the Floor of the House on Monday.The INDIA bloc MPs are likely to continue their protest against the alleged Ram Mandir...
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A clerk has been detained for allegedly raping a government primary school teacher after barging into her house and threatening to kill her in the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.The complainant teacher, aged about 35, alleged in the FIR that she had approached Amit...
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This comes amid talks on Hormuz security
Iran's top security official has been replaced by a veteran Revolutionary Guards commander as diplomatic efforts continue to reach a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, reports the Financial Times. Iranian state media reported Sunday that Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Supreme Leader...
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During a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace Director-General Nikolay Mladenov, Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty called for the implementation of all provisions of the Gaza roadmap, including a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave and...
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The death toll due to the ongoing flood situation in Assam has reached 100, with casualties reported across several districts as large parts of the state continue to reel under the impact of the deluge.According to the Disaster Reporting and Information Management System (DRIMS) Assam bulletin...
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The US proposal to eliminate the 60-day grace period for H-1B workers seeking employment after job loss will cause severe human displacement and loss of highly skilled talent, mostly from India, experts said.Indian nationals are among the largest beneficiaries of H-1B employment visas, comprising...
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Bollywood filmmaker Shakeel Noorani
The Mumbai Police have arrested Bollywood filmmaker Shakeel Noorani after a 33-year-old aspiring actor accused him of raping and threatening her, officials said on Monday.The 73-year-old accused was traced to his farmhouse in Mahabaleshwar hill station, located more than 200 km from Mumbai, on...
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An Indian student accused of murdering his girlfriend in Tucson, Arizona, was arrested in Germany before he could board a connecting flight to his home country.Varun Batchigari, 20, a business analytics student at the University of Arizona, allegedly murdered his 19-year-old girlfriend Julissa...
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Kerala Health Minister K Muraleedharan and Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan on Sunday said that the full version of Vande Mataram will not be sung in Kerala.Muraleedharan told reporters that in Kerala, as always, only the first two couplets of the national song will be sung.In all state government...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met members of the Indian contingent that returned with medals from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and congratulated the athletes for their impressive performances at the multi-sport event.Modi shared a short video clip of his interaction with the...
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The Centre has extended the tenure of ED Director Rahul Navin by a year beyond August 13, a government order said.A 1993-batch Indian Revenue Service officer of the Income Tax cadre, 59-year-old Navin has been leading the federal anti-money laundering agency as its chief since September 2023.The...
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The sixth round of talks between the Jharkhand government and students protesting against alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations in the state failed to reach any breakthrough on Sunday, with both sides accusing each other of not being serious about resolving the matter.While the...
