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A 30-year-old assistant section officer in the ministry of defence died by suicide at her rented accommodation in southwest Delhi's Dwarka, following which her parents approached police alleging harassment by her husband and in-laws, officials said.Nazia Khanam was found hanging from a ceiling...
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A helicopter with four persons on board made an emergency landing near a lake after bad weather affected visibility in Maharashtra's Bhandara district on Sunday, officials said.Nobody was injured in the incident near the Mohgaon-Nilaj Road in Mohadi tehsil, they said.A chopper belonging to a...
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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is scheduled to arrive in Beijing on Monday to take part in the India-China Special Representatives (SR) talks on the boundary issue with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.Doval and Wang are scheduled to hold the 25th round of SR talks on Tuesday, according to...
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West Bengal panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh on Sunday asserted that the BJP government has given a free hand to the police to take action against gangsters in the state.Speaking at a function here, the Kharagpur MLA said threat culture has now become a thing of the past in West Bengal.I have asked...
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The Delhi police on Sunday said no permission has been granted to any individual or organisation to hold a protest or gathering at Jantar Mantar over reservation reforms and warned people against assembling there based on misleading social media posts.This comes after several videos and posts...
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Two managers were arrested and 21 women rescued after Delhi police raided two spa centres in southeast Delhi's Kalkaji following information about alleged prostitution activities, an official said on Sunday.According to the police, the raids were conducted on Saturday at two different spa centres...
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The principal of a government senior secondary school in Rajasthan's Alwar has been suspended after a purported video showing him bathing in a dam with girl students went viral on social media, according to an official order.Lal Chand Meena, principal of Government Senior Secondary School,...
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An FIR has been lodged against journalist Abhishek Upadhyay in Ghaziabad over an alleged road-rage incident, which he has claimed was planted in connection with his reporting on alleged corruption in Uttar Pradesh, according to a social media post by the journalist.Upadhyay, who runs the YouTube...
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The death toll due to the consumption of spurious liquor in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district went up to 13 on Sunday after two more victims succumbed during treatment, officials said.Three other persons were still in hospital, they said.In the last two days, five persons have lost their lives. Mukesh...
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Facing flak for allegedly calling Sajjan Kumar a role model and describing his death as an irreparable loss, Rohtak Congress MP Deepender Hooda on Sunday tried to clarify his remarks, saying he never used the words role model, nor was there any such sentiment.Controversial former Congress MP...
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The Chhattisgarh police have busted an interstate racket that cheated people of crores of rupees across multiple states by claiming to turn blackened and damaged currency into new notes using chemicals and doubling the sum, arresting seven accused from Maharashtra, an official said on...
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A 62-year-old Gujarati businessman from Mehsana's Aakhaj village was shot dead inside his store in Jackson, Tennessee, USA, with his 19-year-old daughter present during the incident, a village resident said.The deceased, identified as Suresh Parsottamdas Patel, had been living in the United...
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One Bharatiya Janata Party worker was injured in a clash between two rival groups of the party over hosting a feast at Anandapur area in the south-eastern fringes of the city early on Sunday, the police said.A senior police officer said both groups staged a demonstration before Anandapur police...
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea seeking an independent, time-bound probe by the CBI into alleged malpractices in the Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Preliminary Examination.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana is likely to take up...
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The 12-year-old daughter of NCP-SP MLA Rohit Pawar's personal assistant was found dead under suspicious circumstances at Baramati in Maharashtra's Pune district on Sunday, officials said.A probe into the case was underway from all angles, the police said.The deceased was the daughter of Pawar's...
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A consumer redressal commission in Keralam has directed the proprietor and manager of a biryani cafe in this district to jointly pay Rs 96,500 to a woman who alleged that she fell ill after consuming food from the eatery.The Pathanamthitta District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ordered...
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Actor Emraan Hashmi's film Awarapan 2 has earned over Rs 150 crore gross 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 2 features Disha Patani as...
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Four people, including a student, was injured after a sound box system collapsed during the pre-release event of actor Yash-starrer Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups at a private university in Hyderabad, police said on Sunday.The accident occurred at Malla Reddy University in Medchal on Saturday...
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A day after two persons were killed and five injured when a 22-foot Ganesh idol of 'Bhuleshwaracha Raja' fell during its arrival ceremony in Mumbai, police on Sunday said a preliminary probe suggested the idol's welding support broke, causing it to collapse.The deceased included the president of...
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A four-year-old girl from Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh went viral after she replied to a comment trying to label her as 'Chinese', saying that it makes her angry to hear these words, and that she is an Indian and should be identified as one.Don't call us Chinese. Call us Indians. It makes me...
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The controversy surrounding the remarks made by Telangana Forest Minister Konda Surekha's daughter against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and other leaders escalated as ruling Congress MLAs demanded an apology from the minister.Congress MLA Vijaya Ramana Rao said Surekha cannot distance herself...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he has faced abuse for years for questioning the government on issues it dislikes, but asserted that he would not be 'straightened up'.Gandhi made the remarks while interacting with folk singer Neha Rathore, known for her satirical songs criticising...
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Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Saturday said the demands of students associated with the 'reservation reform' movement would be placed before the Bharatiya Janata Party's central leadership and a delegation of the protesters would meet a Union minister within the next two...
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A 70-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping his 16-year-old granddaughter, who is now two-and-a-half months pregnant, in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district, police said.According to the police, the teenager alleged that her grandfather sexually assaulted her for approximately...
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A 32-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide in West Bengal's Malda district on Saturday, following which Trinamool Congress claimed that she killed herself amid delays in receiving Annapurna Yojana benefits.Police said the body of Anita Khatun was found hanging at her residence in Bachahar area...
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The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has deployed three of its ships for a search-and-rescue operation after a Panama-flagged bulk carrier, carrying 24 crew members, sank in the Bay of Bengal, about 240 nautical miles from the Paradip coast of Odisha, on Saturday, officials said.The bulk carrier, MV...
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Tensions between Washington, DC and Tehran escalated further on Sunday after United States President Donald Trump again shared an image that depicts the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz as 'NEW US Territory', even as Iran reiterated that the crucial maritime corridor will remain closed unless...
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A Ganesha idol fell during the arrival ceremony of 'Bhuleshwaracha Raja' in south Mumbai on Saturday night, leaving two persons dead and five others, including two children, injured, civic officials said.The incident occurred around 10 pm on Balaram Merchant Road near Kabutarkhana at Jay Ambe...
