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16:19

Tiruchi Siva submits breach of privilege notice against Piyush Goyal

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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Tiruchi Siva on Monday submitted a notice of breach of privilege in the Rajya Sabha against Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal for giving details of the Indo-US trade deal outside the House when Parliament was in session.When the House met for the day, Siva...
16:09

Now you can withdraw your EPF money through UPI

Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com
Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com
Subscribers of retirement fund body EPFO will be able to withdraw their employees' provident fund (EPF) directly into their bank accounts through UPI payment gateway using its newly designed mobile application to be launched in April this year, a top source said. The labour ministry is...
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Assam CM seeks Gaurav Gogoi's explanation over 'Rawalpindi' visit

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday demanded a 'transparant explanation' from Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi over his 'visit to Rawalpindi district of Pakistan', asserting that his visa 'explicitly permitted travel only to Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad'.Sarma, in a post on X, said...
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Sharad Pawar rushed to hospital in Pune after breathing problems

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NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar was taken to a hospital in Pune city from his residence in Baramati on Monday afternoon following complaints related to the throat as well as coughing. A close aide said the 85-year-old opposition stalwart was being taken to Ruby Hall Clinic as he is suffering...
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Fire in Mumbai building: Woman killed, another injured

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An elderly woman was killed and another was injured when a fire broke out at a 13-storey building in Mumbai on Monday morning, officials said.The blaze erupted on the 13th floor of Suvidha Pearl Building in Vile Parle (East) in the city's western suburbs at 9.51 am, they said.At least five fire...
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Assam CM 'inciting genocide': Gaurav Gogoi

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Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Monday accused Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of 'inciting genocide' against Muslims through his videos, and urged police to take suo motu cognisance.Gogoi was alluding to a now-deleted video, shared by the state Bharatiya Janata Party on X,...
14:20

HC grants bail to accused in Baba Siddique murder case

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The Bombay high court on Monday granted bail to Akashdeep Karaj Singh, an accused in the murder of Congress leader and former MLA Baba Siddique, making him the first person to get relief in the case.A bench of Justice Neela Gokhale directed Singh, a resident of Punjab, not to leave Mumbai until...
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TN policeman caught on video abusing migrant worker

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A video clip, purportedly showing a policeman verbally abusing a migrant worker employed at a roadside eatery in Erode, Tamil Nadu, has gone viral and authorities said on Monday that the errant personnel has been transferred to the Armed Reserve.The policeman, who appeared to be furious, had...
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Kharge not allowed to speak, Oppn walks out of RS

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Opposition members of the Rajya Sabha on Monday staged a walkout from the House while raising the issue of LoP Mallikarjun Kharge not being allowed to speak.Congress member Kharge rose during Question Hour to say that the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was not allowed to...
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Bomb threat to Patna court: Pappu Yadav's bail plea remains unheard

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An email threatening to blow up the Patna Civil court premises was received on Monday, sending the administration into a tizzy, in the second such instance of its kind in a month.Police personnel, who rushed to the spot to carry out searches, were so far tight-lipped, even as judicial work was...
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Punjab law student kills girl in classroom, shoots self

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Representational image. Pic: Courtesy Victoria/Pixabay.com
A first-year law college student in Punjab's Tarn Taran district allegedly shot dead a fellow student on Monday and later shot himself with the same weapon, the police said.Prince Raj opened fire on Sandeep Kaur in the classroom, leading to her death. Thereafter, he shot himself too, Deputy...
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Don't let tech enslave you, Modi tells students

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said students should not let technology enslave them, but use it to increase their potential.In the second episode of Pariksha Pe Charcha, he noted that mobile phones have become masters of some children, who cannot even eat food without them or without a...
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BJP, Shiv Sena ahead in Maharashtra Zilla Parishad polls

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The Bharatiya Janata Party and its Mahayuti ally Shiv Sena were ahead of their rivals in the early trends of the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti polls in Maharashtra as counting of votes began on Monday morning.The BJP established an early lead in 26 seats of Zilla Parishads and Eknath...
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Oppn to move no-confidence motion against Speaker

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Opposition MPs have planned to move a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, sources said on Monday.This comes in the backdrop of the Opposition alleging that the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, was not allowed to speak in the House during the discussion on...
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Adnan Sami's dad was with PAF: Congress objects to Bhagwat meeting him

Pic courtesy: @AdnanSamiLive/X
Pic courtesy: @AdnanSamiLive/X
Maharashtra Congress on Monday criticised the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for its chief Mohan Bhagwat having a meal with singer-composer Adnan Sami, alleging that it amounted to being anti-national. In a post on X, the Opposition party said that Adnan Sami's father had served as a...
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Meghalaya orders judicial probe into coal mine blast

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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday announced a judicial inquiry into the blast at the illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district that claimed the lives of 27 people. The explosion happened last week at the illegal mine in the remote Thangsku area in Mynsngat...
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Delhi's AQI worsens, slips into 'poor' category

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Delhi's air quality worsened on Monday, slipping back into the 'poor' category after a day's respite in the 'moderate' category. The Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 216, deteriorating from Sunday's AQI of 189. According to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) SAMEER app,...
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BJP MP Tejasvi Surya detained

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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tejasvi Surya was on Monday detained for staging a demonstration at Jayanagar Metro station demanding affordable public transport in Bengaluru, police said.Surya, who is also the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president, staged protest at the Metro Station...
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France and Canada open consulates in Greenland

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France and Canada have formally opened diplomatic consulates in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, in a strategic move that underscores growing international engagement in the Arctic amid heightened tensions over US interest in the territory, reported CNN.The semi-autonomous Danish region has become...
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Several houses set ablaze in Manipur's Ukhrul

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Armed militants allegedly torched several houses in Manipur's Ukhrul district, as tensions simmered in the area after a Tangkhul Naga community member was 'assaulted' by a group of people, officials said on Monday.Two tribal groups had on Sunday evening engaged in intense stone pelting at Litan...
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Dalit youth brutally assaulted in UP, loses one eye

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A Dalit youth was brutally assaulted here and lost eyesight in one eye after an attacker allegedly pierced a motorcycle key when an argument over the former defecating near a canal escalated, police said on Monday.The injured youth, Rahul, in early 20's, was referred in a critical condition from...
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison

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'Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent cases prosecuted under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city's dissent,' according to Associated...
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Japan PM Takaichi's LDP secures landslide win in general polls

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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives in Sunday's general election, handing Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a decisive mandate to advance her conservative policy agenda, Kyodo News reported.Crossing the two-thirds threshold of 310...
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2 EVMs found in car in Solapur; SEC promises strict action

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Two Electronic Voting Machines were found in a car near an eatery in Maharashtra's Solapur district, with the State Election Commission on Sunday promising strict action in the matter while clarifying that the sanctity of the poll process was maintained as these were 'reserve' devices.Elections...
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Buyers to decide on Russian oil import: Piyush Goyal

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Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal clarified that India's decisions on Russian oil imports are taken solely by domestic buyers and are not dictated by the recently concluded India-US interim trade agreement framework, noting that it is in the country's 'strategic interest' to...