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Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a warm welcome as he lands at the airport, in Bishkek on Sunday./DPR PMO/ANI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday arrived in Kyrgyzstan, where he is scheduled to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit and hold a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines.The prime minister was received at the airport by Kasymaliev Adylbek Aleshovich, chairman of...
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A 26-year-old man under mental stress following his mother's death from cancer allegedly died after jumping in front of a moving train in Faridabad, the police said on Sunday. The deceased, Pravesh, was allegedly under mental stress following his mother's death about one-and-a-half months...
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Days before the Krishna Janmashtami festival, additional police forces have been summoned from all districts of the Agra Zone to manage devotees' influx, with over 4,000 police personnel to be deployed for security and traffic arrangements, officials said on Sunday.While the festival is being...
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At least 391 passengers and 40 train crew were evacuated to Kalka after a hill slip scuppered operations at the Kalka-Shimla route, leaving part of a connecting bridge exposed, Northern Railway said on Sunday. The slippage, caused by incessant rain, undermined a section of the track...
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An alleged smuggler was arrested here with an ancient idol believed to be made of 'ashtadhatu' (eight-metal alloy) and dating back to the 16th century, the police said on Sunday.The idol, weighing around 20 kg, has been valued at approximately Rs 3 crore, they said.City circle officer Ashna...
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As many as 149 Indians have been rescued from flood-hit Nepal, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Sunday, even as over 275 Indians remain missing. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a post on X that the rescued Indians were among those affected by the devastating flash floods...
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A suspected criminal was arrested with a pistol and a 'toka' (sharp-edged weapon) on the outskirts of Jammu city on Sunday, the police said.A police party on routine patrolling noticed the person moving under suspicious circumstances at Malik Market in Narwal area and stopped him for frisking, a...
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The Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee will lodge FIRs at multiple locations across all districts of the state on Monday over the purification carried out at Haldwani's Ramlila Ground after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's rally on August 8, following the decision and directions of the...
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Amid persistent rain, ten trains on the Shimla-Kalka narrow gauge railway line -- a UNESCO World Heritage Site -- were cancelled after soil surrounding a stretch of track in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district was washed away.Soil slippage between Koti and Gumman stations left a section of the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays homage to former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri, in Tashkent on Sunday./Image courtesy @narendramodi X/ANI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid floral tribute at the Shastri Memorial, honouring the legacy of former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, and jointly planted a tree with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent.Shastri's timeless call of 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' continues to...
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Three men drowned while swimming in the Thane creek in Retibunder area of the city on Sunday afternoon, civic officials said.The deceased were identified as Alam Syed (42), Rizwan Syed (42), and Sahil Polandas (30), all residents of Thakurpada in Mumbra.Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Regional Disaster...
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Students clash with the police during their protest march to the CM's residence, Patna, August 25, 2026./ANI Photo
A six-year-old boy who made headlines earlier this week for joining the student protest here, on Sunday initiated a sit-in at Gardanibagh area, alleging his parents were beaten up by police while he was taken into custody.The boy had joined the protests led by Bihar Public Service Commission exam...
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Sugar prices remained above Rs 60 per kg in most retail markets across the country on Sunday, despite several steps taken by the government to check the price rise, according to official data.The consumer affairs ministry data showed that the all-India average retail price of sugar was Rs 64.24...
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Congress leader Alka Lamba's father's home in west Delhi's Tagore Garden was allegedly burgled, with three masked men breaking into the house and escaping with cash and jewellery, the police said on Sunday.The incident was alleged captured in a CCTV camera installed at the property, with the...
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A 21-year-old nurse was found dead with bleeding injuries on her face in Hyderabad, the police said on Sunday.The woman, a native of Bhadradri Kothagudem district, was found dead on Saturday in a room near the hospital where she worked.Hospital staff discovered her and alerted the police.There...
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The Congress on Sunday alleged the BJP and the RSS were conspiring to silence the tribals by attempting to reduce seats reserved for them in legislatures through delimitation, and asserted they would oppose the exercise if carried out based on the 2007-08 report.The Centre accepted the...
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The rising water level in the Narayani-Gandak river following heavy rainfall in Nepal has increased the flood threat in villages along the river in Maharajganj district, officials said on Sunday.The surge in Nepal's Trishuli river is flowing downstream through the Narayani and entering the...
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The Mumbai police have registered an extortion case against two Goa residents and their associates who allegedly took Rs 41 lakh and demanded Rs 6 crore from a real estate company's representative to allow uninterrupted work on an ongoing project in the coastal state, an official said on...
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A 21-year-old man, his two sisters, and a cousin drowned in a pond in Dholpur district early Sunday morning police said.According to the police, the incident happened near Birja village.On Saturday night, Ravi went to the Hiraman Baba temple with his sisters, Manorama and Boto, aged 22 and 25,...
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Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev confers the country's highest national award, the Order of Oliy Darajali Dustlik, on PM Narendra Modi./DD/ANI Video Grab
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Sunday conferred with Uzbekistan's prestigious 'Oliy Darajali Do'stlik' Order, which he dedicated to the enduring bond between India and Uzbekistan.Modi is in Uzbekistan on a two-day visit to bolster ties in a range of areas including trade, clean energy and...
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Assam Rifles seized heroin worth over Rs 1.87 crore from Champhai district near the India-Myanmar border, an official said on Sunday.Acting on specific intelligence about the movement of narcotics, Assam Rifles personnel laid an ambush along the Tiau river in the Vangkai area of Zokhawthar in...
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After power disruptions marred the NEET-PG 2026 examination at two centres in Jaipur on Sunday, the conducting authority for the exam, NBEMS, has scheduled a retest on September 5.Only the affected candidates can appear for the exam next month, which will be conducted at 3 pm in Jaipur, according...
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A 23-year-old man from Keralam drowned after being swept away while crossing a swollen culvert on a motorcycle in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district, the police said on Sunday.His 22-year-old woman friend, who was riding pillion, also fell into a river, on which the river during the incident on...
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The CID officials have detained IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar in connection with the alleged irregularities in the KPSC recruitment examination for veterinary officers, official sources said on Sunday.The development came after Gangwar was questioned by CID officials on Friday and Saturday,...
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Aviation regulator DGCA had flagged safety issues concerning Tecnam aircraft over a month before a Tecnam P2006T training aircraft crashed in Kanpur on August 27, killing a trainee pilot and an instructor.The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had also issued safety recommendations to...
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that three foreign nationals have been prevented from entering India illegally, adding that the government was making the borders impenetrable through a layered defence mechanism.He said the illegal entry was prevented on Friday night, but did not...
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Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has accepted B Nagendra's resignation as minister, according to an official notification.The governor accepted the resignation on the recommendation of Chief Minister D K Shivakumar. The official notification issued in this connection on August 29 was...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a yoga programme in Tashkent./Image courtesy Narendra Modi on X
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended a yoga programme organised by the 'Yoga Federation of Uzbekistan' in Tashkent.Modi also shared glimpses of the warm welcome accorded to him upon his arrival in the Uzbek capital.In a post on X, sharing glimpses from his visit, the PM said, A special...
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A 20-minute delay at a Buddha temple have saved their lives -- a realisation that brought tears and a sense of disbelief to a 31-member group of Keralites who returned safely to the state on Sunday after being stranded in flash flood-hit Nepal.The group, which included women, infants and elderly...
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About 100 of the nearly 319 individuals who travelled from Tamil Nadu through to Nepal were still untraceable and missing following the flash floods there, state minister A Rajmohan has said.As many as 219 persons are safe and secure, the Minister for Information added.Explaining the action taken...
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A 74-year-old man out on a morning walk was killed after a speeding Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) hit him in Maharashtra's Nagpur city on Sunday, the police said.One of the SUV's passengers was injured in the incident, which occurred around 5.30 am on Japanese Garden Road in the Civil Lines area,...
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A policeman on patrolling duty was injured after being stabbed with a syringe in Kozhikode, officials said on Sunday.The injured cop has been identified as Adarsh K (21), attached to the Kozhikode Town police station.According to the police, they received information about a clash at Mananchira...
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A minor girl was allegedly molested and assaulted in Poanta Sahib area of Himachal's Sirmaur district on Raksha Bandhan by an unidentified man, and the police registered a case and initiated a search for the absconding accused.Following a complaint from the minor's mother, a case has been opened...
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India has emerged as a key supplier of gasoline (petrol) to Russia amid a surge in Russian fuel imports triggered by Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, ship tracking data showed.Russia's seaborne gasoline imports surged to a record around 125,000 barrels per day (kbd) in August, equivalent to...
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A man allegedly threw acid on his former fiancee and her sister after his marriage was called off, leaving both the women seriously injured, police said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Harsh Bhati, a resident of Awas Vikas Colony in Hapur, was held by the victims' family members and handed...
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The water levels in the Bhotekoshi River rose again on Sunday, days after a devastating flash flood struck the area, prompting Nepalese authorities to caution search and rescue personnel in the flood-hit districts to remain alert.The Bhotekoshi River, which flows south from the Himalayan border...
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The death toll from flash floods in central Nepal rose to 724 on Sunday, with more bodies being recovered even as nearly 2,500 people are still missing following the disaster.Bodies have been recovered from all eight affected districts as rescuers race against time to search for those missing and...
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Bollywood actor Chandrachur Singh has lodged an FIR against his aunt Gaytri Devi, two cousins and four others, alleging that his grandfather's will was forged to deprive his father of his inheritance.In his complaint filed at Rorawar police station on Friday, Singh alleged that the signature of...
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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday took a swipe at RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat over his remarks in the US that unity in diversity is in Bharat's DNA, saying words don't matter as actions must speak.Sibal, who is a senior advocate and an Independent Rajya Sabha MP, slammed Bhagwat's comments and...
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Several party leaders, including Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav, were among the hundreds gathered at Talkatora Stadium here on Saturday for a condolence meet held for former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, who died at 80 last week.He was serving a life sentence in cases related to the 1984...
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat called on the Indian diaspora in the US and around the world to remain loyal to their karmabhumi (place of work), while highlighting India's ethos of unity in diversity.Addressing over 6,000 members of the Indian-American community and...
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AAP leader Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi was shot dead by four armed assailants in Ferozepur, police said on Sunday.The four car-borne assailants got down from their vehicle in the main bazaar of Mamdot on Saturday evening and opened fire towards the car in which the 45-year-old Singh was...
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Gas leaked from a GAIL pipeline near the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, forcing authorities to divert traffic on a 24-km stretch of the highway, officials said.The leak was reported at around 5 pm on Saturday near Takliwadi in Gangapur taluka, located...
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At the 'One World One Humanity' event in New York City on Saturday, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said, This is the traditional thought of Bharat -- unity of humanity. All our leaders, at any point in time, have emphasised that too.After independence, we got the Constitution, which...
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Over 275 Indians remained missing while 108 others were rescued following the devastating flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border four days back, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday.It said 128 persons of Indian origin have also been uncontactable.The MEA said that 598...
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said if any Hindu thinks that there should be no Muslims in Bharat, he will not remain a Hindu.The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader said this while addressing the One World: One Humanity Faith Leaders' Summit here.Bhagwat said that in Bharat, people of all...
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At the 'One World One Humanity' event in New York on Saturday, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said, Two planes collided over Haryana, which is part of Bharat, over the place named Dadri. Both were from Arab countries. Most of the passengers were Muslims.After that collision, our...
