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The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has sought an urgent explanation from Air India regarding a Boeing 787 Dreamliner that departed from London on Sunday with a suspected faulty fuel switch, according to a Reuters report quoting official correspondence.The aviation regulator, in a letter...
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The Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested two persons in connection with the murder of a man accused in the killing of a cousin of gangster Goldy Brar, officials said.The arrested accused have been identified as Baltej Singh, alias Bunty, a resident of Faridkot and Mangat Singh alias Max, a...
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Six boys have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl in Odisha's Bolangir district, police said on Wednesday, adding that the video of the assault was later circulated on social media. According to the police, the incident took place in Tureikela police station area on...
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Four people have been booked and one of them arrested in connection with a firing incident targeting a local Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker in Gorakhpur, officials said on Wednesday.The incident took place in the Gagaha area around 8.30 pm on Tuesday when Radhamohan Singh, manager of...
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Actor Eesha Rebba has filed an official complaint over receiving an abusive comment from a fake account on Instagram, said the Banjara Hills police, adding that an investigation has been initiated based on an FIR registered under the IT Act.According to the complaint, the actor alleged that an...
22:43
A meeting of opposition parties has been called for Thursday morning to discuss strategy for the parliamentary session amid repeated disruptions in the House, according to the sources.The meeting is scheduled to be held at 10 AM in Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge's room in the...
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More than 4,000 students from a private school here on Wednesday entered the Guinness Book of World Records by performing CPR on mannequins to promote awareness about the life-saving emergency response. A total of 4,317 participants practised cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on 2,000...
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India is free to buy oil from any country, and there is nothing new about its decision to diversify its crude suppliers, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. We, along with all other international energy experts, are well aware that Russia is not the only supplier of oil and petroleum products to...
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With forest fires emerging as a major challenge during summer, the Odisha Forest Department on Wednesday said it will take help of AI and drone cameras for early detection. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, newly appointed principal chief conservator of forests and chief of...
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A man has been booked for allegedly creating a public nuisance after a video surfaced on social media showing him naked on a busy city road, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on February 2 outside the premises of a private club on Lavelle Road in Bengaluru, they...
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A 22-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her boyfriend in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur city after he blocked her mobile number and stopped responding to her messages, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place at the rented accommodation of victim Kamta Prasad Suryavanshi (25)...
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A day after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in two cases linked to an alleged liquor scam, veteran Congress MLA and former Chhattisgarh excise minister Kawasi Lakhma was released from the Raipur Central Jail on Wednesday. Lakhma was first arrested by the Enforcement Directorate...
20:14
A 14-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide in the city with his family members suspecting that his addiction to a mobile game was responsible for his death. Ansh Sahu, a Class 9 student, was found hanging at his house in Shriram Colony under Piplani police station area on Monday...
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Pinnacle Industries chairman Dr Sudhir Mehta (right)./Image courtesy X
Hundreds of motorists remained stranded on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway for nearly 18 hours following a gas tanker accident, prompting calls for better emergency planning. In an X post, Pinnacle Industries chairman Dr Sudhir Mehta said, Lakhs of people were stuck due to a single incident,...
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More than 10.4 lakh passengers were affected by flight cancellations in December, with over 93 percent of the total passengers getting impacted by IndiGo cancellations. Latest data shared by aviation regulator DGCA also showed that scheduled domestic airlines shelled out over Rs 24.27 crore...
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A suspected Pakistani terrorist was killed in an ongoing operation in the snow-bound higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district Wednesday evening, officials said. This was the fifth encounter in Chatroo belt over the past 18 days as the Army and police continued their search for...
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The rupee depreciated 11 paise to 90.43 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, after a sharp rally in the previous trading session following India-US trade deal announcement, on suspected dollar buying by corporates and importers. Forex traders said despite the positive sentiment...
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Veteran actor Anupam Kher has opened a new centre of his acting school Actor Prepares in Delhi. Situated in Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, it marks a major milestone in the school's expansion beyond its flagship locations in Mumbai, bringing world-class acting education directly to aspiring...
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The Sun unleashed a powerful solar flare on February 3, triggering heightened attention from space weather scientists. The flare, classified as X1.5, peaked at 9.08 am Eastern Time and was among the strongest recorded in recent weeks. Images of the intense burst were captured by NASA's...
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BJP leader Y Khemchand Singh taking oath as Manipur chief minister in Imphal./ANI on X
BJP leader Y Khemchand Singh was sworn in as the chief minister of Manipur on Wednesday. Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla administered the oath of office and secrecy to him. The swearing-in ceremony was held at Lok Bhavan in Imphal, hours after the President's rule in Manipur was...
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A headmistress of an aided school here was on Wednesday denied entry into the institution for wearing a churidar, officials said. When the headmistress arrived at the school at around 9 am, the security staff stopped her from entering on the directions of the school manager, an official...
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Padma Shri awardee travel writer Hugh Gantze
Renowned travel writer and Padma Shri recipient Hugh Gantzer was cremated in Mussoorie on Wednesday. Gantzer passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94 at his residence, 'Oakbrook'. Besides his family and friends, Indian Navy officers were also present at the cemetery on Camel Back Road in...
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The Lok Sabha was adjourned shortly before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to begin his reply to the motion of thanks on the President's address to Parliament.The Lok Sabha has been repeatedly adjourned over the last two days over Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's attempt to raise former Army...
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Scores of lawyers and litigants thronged the hallowed precincts of the CJI's courtroom on Wednesday to witness the rare occasion of a chief minister, Mamata Banerjee in this case, putting forwards arguments before an apex court bench. Banerjee did so on Wednesday in a case filed in...
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Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday strongly condemned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's use of the word traitor for BJP MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, saying it's unacceptable to label anyone, especially from the Sikh community, with such a term.Addressing a press conference in Delhi today,...
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Monthly average cash dispensed per ATM in the calendar year 2025 stood at Rs 1.21 crore, with monthly average ticket size up 4.5 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) at Rs 5,835, according to a CMS consumption report.The growth reflects higher cash requirements per transaction and strengthening...
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With Manipur all set to get a new government, President's rule in the state was revoked on Wednesday. The move comes hours ahead of the new government taking shape in the northeastern state with leader of NDA legislature party Y Khemchand Singh to be the new chief minister. Singh will be sworn...
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Commander Hugh Gantzer
Renowned travel writer and Padma Shri recipient Hugh Gantzer was cremated in Mussoorie on Wednesday. Gantzer passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94 at his residence, 'Oakbrook'. Besides his family and friends, Indian Navy officers were also present at the cemetery on Camel Back Road in...
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India-US Trade Agreement: In the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister Piyush Goyal says, On 2nd February 2026, PM and US President Donald Trump held a telephonic conversation on several matters of bilateral and international importance. After this, President Trump announced the reduction in tariff to...
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NDA legislature party leader Y Khemchand Singh will be sworn in as chief minister of Manipur at 6 pm on Wednesday, the state BJP said. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at the Lok Bhavan, where preparations have been underway since the morning. The swearing-in ceremony of Shri...
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Organisers of Mumbai's Kala Ghoda Arts Festival have cancelled a book discussion featuring scholar and civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde following instructions from the Mumbai Police, according to a report by Scroll.in and Newslaundry.Participants in the session were also asked to delete all...
15:14
Union MoS for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu called the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and Congress MPs Sadad ka gunda (street thug) following a heated exchange between the two leaders outside the Parliament. Rahul Gandhi and Ravneet Singh Bittu engaged in a verbal altercation,...
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India's services sector growth rose to a two-month high of 58.5 in January, on faster expansion in new business intake and output, prompting service providers to hire additional staff, a monthly survey said on Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index...
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IndiGo on Wednesday announced adjusting its long-haul flight schedule, including suspending services to Copenhagen from February 17, due to external operational constraints. Besides, the airline will reduce flights on Delhi'London Heathrow and Delhi'Manchester routes. In a statement, the...
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Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Centre of avoiding scrutiny on national security, after he was repeatedly stopped from speaking in Parliament while citing former Army Chief General MM Naravane's memoir. He said he would present a book to Prime Minister...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday vehemently urged the Supreme Court to intervene in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to save democracy, alleging the state is being targeted and its people are being bulldozed. The top court took note of...
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Doctors at a government hospital in Ahmedabad have removed an entire plastic toy that a toddler had swallowed, which could have potentially damaged his intestines, an official said on Wednesday.The one-and-a-half-year-old boy had a small 'Hulk' toy, based on a popular comic superhero, stuck in...
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The Pawar family
A closed-door meeting between NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and the sons of late Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar -- Parth Pawar and Jay Pawar -- was held in Baramati on Wednesday, sources said. The meeting was held on the premises of Vidya Pratishthan, an educational institute in...
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has been knocked out of the race to develop India's fifth-generation stealth fighter jet or the AMCA (advanced medium combat aircraft) programme, the first time that the state-run aircraft maker will not be involved in one of the country's most significant...
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A distant relative of late Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has claimed that the NCP chief had spoken to him over the phone just minutes before the aircraft he was travelling in crashed, killing him and four others. Playing what he claimed was an audio recording of the call,...
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A 19-year-old law student, who had left her home for a solo trip, allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a gorge at Lonavala hill station in Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday. Shriya Pati, a resident of Navi Mumbai, was studying law at a private college in Kalyan town of Thane...
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Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday told the Lok Sabha that the sensitive sectors of the country, like agriculture and dairy, are completely protected in the India-US trade deal. He said that the US tariffs for Indian goods will be reduced to 18 per cent. It was 50 per...
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Dr S Jaishankar with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday criticised the India-US trade agreement, which reduced the previously imposed tariff of 50 per cent to 18 per cent, saying that with this trade deal, the United States has almost bought India. Raut stated that with this new trade deal between the...
11:31
The suspended MPs protest at the Parliament premises
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday criticised the suspension of eight Opposition MPs of Lok Sabha, calling it a fundamental issue of democracy and accusing the ruling NDA of stifling dissent and debate in Parliament. Speaking to reporters about the suspensions,...
11:22
Former Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai has decided to step down from his responsibility as an election in-charge of six Assembly constituencies in the poll-bound Tamil Nadu, citing his father's health condition.While talking to the media on February 3, he said that he informed Tamil Nadu BJP...
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NCP (SP) head Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was not part of merger discussions between the two Nationalist Congress Party factions and therefore had no right to comment on them. Speaking to reporters in Baramati, the former Union minister claimed...
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Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday demanded clarity on the details of the India-US trade deal, stating that a joint statement has not yet been issued. Jairam Ramesh hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an X post and claimed that New Delhi has made concessions on liberalising imports...
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Amid the row over the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in the poll-bound West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday arrived at the Supreme Court as the apex court will hear the SIR matter today.The CM will appear before the Court in this regard. She left the...
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Amid the row over the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in the poll-bound West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday arrived at the Supreme Court as the apex court will hear the SIR matter today.The CM will appear before the Court in this regard. She left the...
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Update: Three minor sisters died after allegedly jumping off the balcony of a ninth-floor flat in Ghaziabad early on Wednesday, police said. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Shalimar Garden) Atul Kumar Singh said the police received information around 2.15 am. The girls allegedly jumped off...
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Three minor sisters died after allegedly jumping off the balcony of a ninth-floor flat in Ghaziabad early on Wednesday, police said. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Shalimar Garden) Atul Kumar Singh said the police received information around 2.15 am about three girls jumping off the balcony...
10:08
The man faces two years in jail
An Indian national has been convicted on charges of abusive sexual contact and assault onboard a flight. Varun Arora, 38 is present in the United States without lawful status. He faces up to two years in prison when sentenced in May. According to court records and evidence presented at...
09:36
Both Houses of Parliament are scheduled to continue the discussion on the motion of 'Thanks to the President's address' during the ongoing Budget Session on Wednesday. In the Lok Sabha, the motion was moved by Sarbananda Sonowal and seconded by Tejasvi Surya. The House has allotted 18...
09:25
Tremors were felt in parts of Kolkata following reports of an earthquake in neighbouring countries, such as Myanmar, Bangladesh and Tibet, on Tuesday, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). Locals reported feeling tremors after their surroundings began shaking, after which...
09:18
Domestic air traffic rose over 3 per cent to 16.69 crore in 2025, while the number of people who flew in domestic airlines fell to 1.43 crore in December, a month when there were massive operational disruptions at IndiGo.Data released by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation...
09:17
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was reportedly killed on Tuesday (local time) in an armed attack in western Libya, Xinhua reported, citing a statement from his political team. According to Xinhua, Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim, a member of Gaddafi's...
09:05
Traffic was paralysed overnight on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway after a gas tanker overturned in the Khandala Ghat section, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded and causing massive congestion on both carriageways, officials said on Wednesday.The vehicles remained stationary near the accident site...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington DC on Tuesday days after Trump announced on Truth Social that India and the US agreed to a trade deal under which Washington will bring down reciprocal...
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Mumbai will get a new mayor on February 11, nearly a month after elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), and the post has been reserved for a woman corporator from the the general category, officials said on Tuesday.Eligible candidates can file nomination papers for the post on...
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Eight Lok Sabha members who were suspended on Tuesday will not be able to enter the chamber, lobbies and galleries of Parliament or draw allowances during the period of suspension.A circular issued by the Lok Sabha secretariat to all officers states that the members stand suspended from the...
01:07
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of various farmer unions, slammed the government over the India-US trade deal for its 'historic betrayal' with farmers and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of 'shamelessly bowing to the diktats of Donald Trump'.In a statement, it reminded the prime...
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