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Torrential rains in Himachal Pradesh have led to the closure of 118 roads across the state, as the local meteorological office issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rains at isolated places in five districts on Monday and Tuesday.Moderate to heavy rains lashed parts of Kangra district...
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The India meteorological department (IMD) on Sunday issued a 'red warning' for extremely heavy rainfall in parts of Odisha as a fresh low-pressure area has formed in the Bay of Bengal. It advised fishermen not to venture into the sea along and off the West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh,...
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Around 40 people on a steamer were briefly left stranded in the middle of the swollen Chambal River on Sunday morning after the vessel, operating without life jackets, ran out of fuel in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district, officials said.The vessel drifted helplessly in the surging waters before...
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A 27-year-old MCD sanitation worker was allegedly stabbed to death in east Delhi's Kalyanpuri area, following which several of his colleagues staged a protest demanding the immediate arrest of the accused and compensation for his family.The deceased has been identified as Anil.According to...
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of the Tamil Nadu government seeking directions to the Karnataka government for immediate release of the share of Cauvery water to it.According to the top court's cause list of August 17, the matter would come up for hearing before a bench...
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A Pune court on Sunday remanded alleged drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya, who was recently extradited from the UAE, to the NCB's custody till August 21.A Delhi court on Friday allowed the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) plea seeking three-day transit remand of Basoya, accused in a multi-crore...
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An Arunachal Pradesh native studying at an engineering college in Kothamangalam near in Kochi has been found dead in the room of a rented house, the police said on Sunday.Higher education minister Roji M John told reporters that a detailed probe will be conducted into the incident.The deceased...
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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi (R) during the Independece Day event at AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday./ANI Video Grab
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have lodged a formal complaint against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi at the Urwa Police Station in Karnataka on Sunday, following a controversy during the recitation of the national song Vande Mataram at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi on Independence...
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The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday released the provisional answer keys for 84 subjects of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination.In a post on X, the NTA said the challenge window is open and it will remain open from August 16 to 18 till 11:59 PM.Candidates will have to pay a processing fee...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hoists the National Flag at party headquarters on 80th Independence Day, in presence of CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi and other./ANI Video Grab
Sumitro Chatterjee, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and a direct descendant of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, has sought an unconditional apology from Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi over an alleged incident at the AICC headquarters on Independence Day, where he claimed there was...
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An Indian Navy sailor, his wife and two minor children were found dead at their residence in the Navy Nagar area of south Mumbai, the police said on Sunday.According to the Cuff Parade police, the sailor was found hanging at his house on Saturday night, and the bodies of his wife and children,...
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The licensed pistol of a passenger at the Varanasi airport went off during security screening, leaving a female staff and another person injured on Sunday morning.Both the injured have been admitted to a hospital for treatment.A passenger identified as Kamlesh Rai -- a resident of Azamgarh...
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A man, who rushed to help pilgrims after a canter truck carrying them came in contact with a high-voltage power line in Haryana's Karnal, was electrocuted while over 20 people in the vehicle were injured, the police said on Sunday.The incident occurred late Saturday night when the canter...
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The Maharashtra FDA has issued a show-cause notice to actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff over their advertisement for Vimal Elaichi, claiming it prima facie amounts to indirect or surrogate promotion of prohibited pan masala and tobacco-related products.The use of the expression...
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Actor Emraan Hashmi's film Awarapan 2 has earned over Rs 50 crore on the second day of release at the domestic box office.The film is directed by Nitin Kakkar and is a sequel to the 2007 cult film Awarapan, which featured the actor in the role of Shivam. Besides Hashmi, Awarapan...
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Two suspected criminals were shot and injured during an encounter with the police in the Dankaur area of Greater Noida after they allegedly held two passengers hostage inside a car and extorted money from them via online transfers.The incident unfolded on August 15 when a Police Response Vehicle...
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Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's programme in Alwar on Sunday, police detained some students, saying they were allegedly planning to hold a protest and show black flags over a range of issues, including the demand for restoration of student union elections.Shah, accompanied by Rajasthan...
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State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has secured a licence from the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), allowing it to resume full operations in Venezuela after years of limiting activity because of sanctions-related risks, a senior company official said.The US approval...
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A video showing a live rat inside an ice cream storage crate at a quick-commerce delivery hub in Kalyan's Godrej Hill area has gone viral on social media, igniting sharp criticism over public health standards and safety protocols in online food deliveries.The footage, captured inside the local...
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A Bharatiya Janata Party leader has been arrested in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district for allegedly extorting money from goods-laden vehicles and abducting a businessman's son after the latter's family failed to pay a demanded amount, police said.The accused, identified as Biswajit Talukdar, is...
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E. coli bacteria has been found in drinking water samples picked up from water coolers at several railway stations, a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General has said.Unhygienic conditions were also found in railway washrooms, the auditor said.Water sample from water cooler was positive for...
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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 'Maoist mentality' remarks, saying 'proud to be dimagi naxal!'In a post on X, Chidambaram took a jibe at the prime minister a day after his 80th Independence Day address from the Red Fort, where...
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Qatar on Saturday categorically denied reports claiming that Iranian pilots were detained, stating that the allegations were misleading and came at a sensitive time amid ongoing diplomatic efforts to de-escalate regional tensions.Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Majed Mohammed Al-Ansari,...
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Former deputy speaker of West Bengal Assembly, Asish Banerjee, was found hanging at a Trinamool Congress party office in Birbhum district on Sunday morning, police sources said.A purported suicide note was also recovered from the party office located near his residence in Rampurhat, they said.The...
