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Two men were arrested on Saturday in connection with the murder of an army jawan who was shot dead on the National Highway-93 here for allegedly having a 'love marriage' with a woman from their family, officials said. The accused, identified as Bobby and Raja, both residents of Samadpur...
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Parts of Sikkim were jolted on Saturday evening by an earthquake of magnitude 4.7, officials said. The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 6:35 pm, was 11 km from Maneybung in West Sikkim, the India Meteorological Department said. A Sikkim Disaster Management Authority (SDMA)...
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Two men were found dead inside a closed room in northwest Delhi's Jahangir Puri area on Saturday morning, with police suspecting accidental gas inhalation while preparing momos, an official said. The police said a PCR call was received at the Jahangir Puri police station early on Saturday...
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A view of the collapsed giant swing at Surajkund fair in Haryana on Saturday./ANI Photo
An on-duty police inspector was killed and 11 people were wounded at the Surajkund fairgrounds on Saturday when a giant swing snapped mid-air and collapsed, just an hour after a gate fell down, injuring two persons including a child, officials said. According to the police, around 6 pm,...
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A special investigation team (SIT) has been constituted to trace 10 tribal children, who went missing from a hamlet in Jharkhand's Koderma district, a senior police officer said on Saturday. A reward of Rs 1 lakh has also been announced by the Koderma Police for anyone providing information...
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The police in Maharashtra's Thane city have seized more than 4 kg of heroin worth over Rs 13 crore and arrested three persons in connection with the drug during a special operation, officials said.One of the arrested accused allegedly had links with Mumbai's underworld, and his name had also...
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West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal on Saturday requested the Election Commission of India to extend the final date of hearing under SIR of electoral rolls by seven days, after several district election officers reported delays in completion of hearings, verification, and data...
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At least six persons, including an Indian, and two police officers were injured in a stabbing attack on Saturday in a sports hall of foreign students' hostel at a university in Russia's Bashkortostan Republic, local media reports said. According to preliminary reports, a teenager armed with...
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A case of oil theft has come to light in Rajasthan's Beawar district, where miscreants allegedly punctured an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) pipeline and siphoned off fuel by laying an illegal parallel line, officials said on Saturday. The incident was detected near Lalpura Ghata in the Sendra...
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Reliance Industries continues to be India's most valuable listed company by market capitalisation as of February 6. It is followed by large players such as HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel and TCS. The list is largely led by energy, banking, IT and telecom firms, showing how market value is...
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An army porter was injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.Zulufqar Ahmad (24), a resident of Slotri-Patiya village, was injured when he accidentally stepped on a landmine in a forward area in Mankote...
19:31
Two children were injured after a fire broke out in a seven-storey residential building in the western suburbs here on Saturday morning, officials said.The blaze erupted around 7.45 am in a flat on the second floor of Narmada CHS Ltd in Sangharsh Nagar in the Chandivali area of Andheri East, they...
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The owner of a finance company on Saturday alleged that Congress MP Anto Antony had borrowed Rs 2 crore for the 2019 election but had not returned the money. N M Raju, owner of the Nedumparambil Credit Syndicate (NCS), made this allegation.NCS, a finance company based in Thiruvalla in...
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Bollywood star Salman Khan was on Saturday seen deeply engrossed in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's speech at an event in Mumbai to mark the organisation's centenary celebrations. Flanked by noted filmmaker Subhash Ghai and well-known lyricist, poet, and writer...
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday announced that the film Godaan, based on farming traditions, rural life and the importance of cattle, would be exempted from tax in the state. The film, starring Manoj Joshi, Upasana Singh, Rajesh Jais and Sahil Anand, was...
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As many as 51 Maoists, carrying a collective bounty of Rs 1.61 crore, surrendered before the police in two districts under the Bastar division on Saturday, a senior officer said.The surrender coincided with the inauguration of the Bastar Pandum 2026 festival in Jagdalpur, the headquarters of...
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Protecting the personality rights of actor and entrepreneur Vivek Oberoi, the Delhi high court has restrained several entities from misusing his name, voice and image for commercial or personal gain. In an interim order on a lawsuit by Oberoi, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela held that considering...
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The police along with AINU, has cracked down against a drug network here and arrested nine persons, including a supporting actress in connection with the seizure, sources said on Saturday.The seized drugs include Methamphetamine.Acting on specific inputs from the Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Unit...
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The Communist Party of India-Marxist and the Congress in Kerala on Saturday locked horns over Jamaat-e-Islami with the ruling party accusing the Opposition of colluding with communal forces and trying to give them a good certificate.While CPM state secretary M V Govindan alleged the Congress has...
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Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday hailed the framework announced on the India US trade agreement and said that this would bring huge benefits to farmers and Indian MSMEs.He said, Agricultural products from Indian farmers will be exported to the United States at zero duty. At...
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Two more bodies were found at the illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Saturday, taking the toll in the blast to 27, the police said. The bodies were found as a multiple-agency search was continuing in the Thangsku area of Umsngat village, where the blast happened...
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During his visit to forward areas in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir today, Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi reviewed the operational preparedness of troops deployed in the area and interacted with personnel at forward locations.He commended the troops for their high...
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Search and rescue operations were underway on Saturday at the illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, where 25 people died in a blast, the police said.The explosion occurred on Thursday at the mine in the Thangsku area of Umsngat village, prompting authorities to begin...
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Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said the Ministry of External Affairs will give information about India's purchase of Russian oil. When asked whether India will stop purchasing Russian oil, as mentioned in a White House statement announcing the elimination of the additional...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting to review the progress of development projects in Jammu and Kashmir, with a focus on infrastructure development and the implementation of key schemes in the Union territory, officials said.The meeting, which is currently...
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The Delhi government has directed Jal Board engineers to visit all ongoing construction sites and take corrective measures by Saturday evening, officials said.The directions come after a 25-year old biker, Kamal Dhyani, died on Friday morning after falling into a pit dug by the Delhi Jal Board in...
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NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar leader Rohit Pawar./ANI Photo
NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar leader Rohit Pawar on Saturday said everyone has doubts about the circumstances surrounding deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's death in an air crash, and he would provide a detailed presentation about it on February 10. Speaking to reporters after casting his vote in...
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AAP leader Lucky Oberoi was in his Thar vehicle when the assailants opened fire at him./ANI Photo
Two persons, including a foreign-based gangster, have been booked in connection with the daylight murder of AAP leader Lucky Oberoi in Jalandhar on Friday, with police suspecting personal enmity as the reason behind the killing, officials said on Saturday.The police booked gangster Jograj Singh...
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The Reserve Bank of India on Friday said the sharp rise in gold loans amid higher gold prices was not a major cause for concern for the banking system at present. The central bank said that the sharp rise was a result of banks shifting away from unsecured loans to gold-backed collateralised...
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The SIT probing the Sabarimala gold loss cases is interrogating UDF convener and Congress MP Adoor Prakash, sources said on Saturday.Prakash arrived at the Crime Branch office here in the morning after being issued a notice in this regard, police sources said.The LDF has been raising allegations...
12:59
The Delhi police detained a sub-contractor in connection with the death of a biker who fell into a pit dug by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in Delhi's Janakpuri, officials said on Saturday. Investigations revealed that the sub-contractor Rajesh Prajapati was informed about the accident hours...
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Normalcy began returning to parts of Manipur's Churachandpur district on Saturday morning after two days of protests, the police said. The violent protests began on Thursday after three BJP legislators from the Kuki-Zo and Hmar communities joined Meitei MLAs to form a government in the...
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Shares of Indian IT companies slid on Friday, capping their worst weekly performance in four months, as concerns resurfaced that rapid advances in AI could disrupt traditional technology services businesses. The Nifty IT index fell 1.5 per cent on Friday and declined 6.4 percent over the...
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The RBI on Friday said its campaigns and incentives to encourage customers to claim unclaimed deposits have resulted in monthly payouts rising to 1,043 crore in December, compared with an average monthly payout of 100 crore to 200 crore earlier. The total amount of unclaimed deposits,...
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BJP's mayoral candidate Ritu Tawde./Courtesy Instagram
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday nominated corporator Ritu Tawade for the Mumbai mayor election, while its ally Shiv Sena declared Sanjay Ghadi as its candidate for the deputy mayor's post. BJP leader Amit Satam declared Tawade's name, while Shiv Sena leader Rahul Shewale announced...
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The India map shared by the United States Trade Representative./Courtesy X
The Trump administration shared a map of India on Saturday that depicts the entire Jammu and Kashmir and Aksai Chin within Indian borders. The United States Trade Representative's office released the graphic alongside details of a new interim trade agreement. From tree nuts and dried...
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In a significant breakthrough for anti-insurgency operations, four active Maoist cadres, including three women, surrendered before Southern Range inspector general Niti Shekhar at the Police Reserve Office in Berhampur on Friday.During the press briefing by IG Niti Shekhar, he said, Today, four...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Madurai has been rescheduled from February 28 to March 1, Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party president Nainar Nagenthran has said and claimed that a few parties would join the NDA ahead of his visit. Stating that the BJP has planned a massive meeting in...
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Under the interim trade agreement with the US, India has fully protected sensitive agricultural and dairy products such as maize, wheat, rice, soya, poultry, milk, cheese, ethanol (fuel), tobacco, certain vegetables and meat as no duty concessions will be granted to America on these...
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India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is doubtful for the team's opening T20 World Cup match against the United States on Saturday after feeling slightly under the weather and skipping the training session the previous evening. With the opening fixture expected to be a one-sided affair, the...
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A 45-year-old man was killed in Banda district after a firecracker exploded in his hand while fishing, police said on Saturday.The SHO of Badausa police station, Ajeet Pratap Singh, said that Rajjan Kewat (45) from Bhadawal village had gone for fishing in the Bagai river on Friday when a...
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The Congress on Saturday claimed that the India-US joint statement on an interim trade agreement is silent on details and took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying all the hugs and photo-ops have not amounted to much.The opposition party also took a jibe at the government with the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India is looking at boosting defence and security ties and enhancing economic and innovation partnership with Malaysia.Modi said this before embarking on a two-day trip to the Southeast Asian country.The historic ties between India and Malaysia have...
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A union of app-based taxi and autorickshaw drivers has called a day-long strike on Saturday to press various demands, including redressal of grievances about the installation of panic buttons.In a statement, Maharashtra Kamgar Sabha said that drivers of app-based taxis and autorickshaws across...
09:10
Independent Bihar MP Rajesh Ranjan, popularly known as Pappu Yadav, was arrested by Patna Police late Friday from his residence here in connection with a case dating back to 1995, officials said. High drama unfolded at Yadav's house in Mandiri locality when a police team arrived to execute a...
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Polling for 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis in 12 districts of Maharashtra began Saturday morning amid tight security.As many as 7,438 candidates are in the fray for 731 Zilla Parishad and 1,462 Panchayat Samiti seats, and more than 2 crore eligible voters are expected to exercise...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the interim trade agreement with the US will strengthen 'Make in India' by opening up new opportunities for farmers and entrepreneurs, and create jobs for women and youngsters. The prime minister also thanked US President Donald Trump for his...
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India and the United States on Saturday announced that they have reached a framework for an interim trade agreement under which tariffs on New Delhi will be reduced to 18 per cent.As per the agreement, India will eliminate or reduce tariffs on all US industrial goods and a wide range of American...
08:24
United States President Donald Trump has removed the 25 per cent tariffs it imposed on India for purchasing Russian oil, citing that the country has undertaken significant steps and New Delhi has committed to stop directly or indirectly importing oil from Moscow.I have received additional...
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Panic gripped in four courts of Odisha on Friday after the authorities received bomb threat mails, which were later found to be hoax, a senior police officer said. The district and sessions judge courts in Cuttack, Puri, Jajpur and Phulbani received emails where the sender threatened to...
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A Patna police team on Friday reached the residence of Independent Bihar MP Pappu Yadav to arrest him in connection with a 35-year-old case, even as the parliamentarian alleged that he was being targeted for criticising the Nitish Kumar government in the state. High drama took place at the...
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A union of app-based taxi and auto rickshaw drivers has called a day-long strike on Saturday to press various demands including redressal of grievances about the installation of panic buttons. In a statement, Maharashtra Kamgar Sabha said the drivers of app-based taxis and auto rickshaws...
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