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Authorities and the fishing community are alarmed by reports of churning and bubbling of seawater off the Gujarat coast, an official in Palghar district said on Monday. The unusual activity is characterised by massive areas of water continuously churning and bubbling as if boiling, he said,...
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Armed miscreants allegedly looted cash and gold worth around Rs 5 crore from a bank branch in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Monday, police said.The incident occurred around 2 pm.According to police, five to six assailants wearing face masks arrived on motorcycles and entered the branch posing as...
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The ties between Congress and the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu are strong, and the two will face the upcoming Assembly election together, Congress leader T S Singh Deo said on Monday. He exuded confidence that differences, if any, would be resolved as issues among the members of the...
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Around 400 tribals have been specially invited from across the country to watch the Republic Day parade, adding a sheen of diversity to the viewers' gallery, a home ministry order said Monday. The representatives of the indigenous communities hailing from remote forests, highlands, and...
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A joyful ride turned into a nightmare when a giant swing suddenly snapped and collapsed at a fair in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua town on Monday, injuring 14 students of a local government school, including 13 girls, a senior official said. District collector Neha Meena told reporters...
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Four unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire outside the residence of a businessman and set a car on fire in Khanna here on Monday, the police said.The car was partially damaged in the fire.Superintendent of police, Khanna, Pawanjeet Singh, said the attackers wore masks to conceal...
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday removed IAS officer Lokesh M from the post of Noida Authority as its chief executive officer and put him on a waitlist, according to an official order.His removal comes amid a growing outrage over the death of a 27 year-old-software engineer in a road...
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Leader of Opposition in the Delhi assembly Atishi
The Leader of Opposition in the Delhi assembly, Atishi, in dock for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Sikh Gurus, on Monday denied the charges against her and demanded an unedited video recording of the official house proceedings. She gave her submission in reply to a privilege...
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Silver prices surged Rs 10,000 on Monday to breach the record Rs 3 lakh-per-kilogram mark in the national capital, driven by strong demand in domestic and global markets, according to marketmen. The white metal traded at Rs 3,02,600 per kilogram on Monday against the previous closing level...
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The Delhi police on Monday registered an FIR in connection with a female lecturer at a state-run Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University alleging harassment and delayed salary. The FIR came at the order of a Delhi court on January 7. The FIR was registered against unknown persons at...
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The death toll in the hit-and-run accident involving a car and labourers in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh rose to five on Monday after three more women succumbed to injuries during treatment, the police said. Officials said eight people are undergoing treatment in the hospital, and the...
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In a bizarre display of devotion, two men stole a silver artefact worth around Rs 25 lakh from a 'Shivling' at a temple in east Delhi's Preet Vihar on Monday, after one of them briefly stopped to offer prayers, the police said. The 27-second CCTV footage of the incident, which has surfaced...
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The rupee breached the 91-a-dollar mark for the second time in a month before ending 14 paise down at 90.92 (provisional) against the greenback on Monday, as renewed concerns over global trade uncertainties accelerated foreign fund withdrawal. Despite weak American currency and lower crude...
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A section of Shiv Sainiks believes that Mumbai having a Shiv Sena mayor would be a mark of respect to Bal Thackeray in his birth centenary year, Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Monday, amid a reported tussle with ally Bharatiya Janata Party. Shinde also emphasised...
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Areas sown to wheat have touched a record 33.41 million hectares in the 2025-26 rabi season, buoyed by good weather, the agriculture ministry data showed. Total area under wheat rose 0.61 million hectares from 32.80 million hectares in the previous year same season. Sowing of wheat and...
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Nitin Nabin
Nitin Nabin is set to become the Bharatiya Janata Party national president as he emerged as the sole candidate for the top party post, senior BJP leader and returning officer K Laxman announced on Monday. In a statement, he said 37 sets of nomination papers were filed in favour of Nabin as...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join US President Donald Trump's Gaza Peace Board, and the invitation is under consideration, the Kremlin said on Monday. Indeed, President Putin also received an offer through diplomatic channels to join this Peace Board, the...
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Stock market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Monday, tracking deep losses in heavyweights Reliance Industries, Eternal, and ICICI Bank amid rising geopolitical tensions and renewed global tariff concerns. Besides, subdued quarterly results, ongoing weakness in the rupee and...
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PM Narendra Modi receives UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Delhi airport./ANI on X
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday received United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Delhi airport, signalling the importance India attached to his visit. Al Nahyan will be in the national capital for less than two hours, according to his schedule...
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The car carrying actor Vijay reaches CBI office in New Delhi on Monday./ANI Photo
TVK chief Vijay left the CBI headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday after nearly six hours of questioning in Karur stampede case.The CBI conducted the second round of questioning of TVK chief and actor Vijay at the agency headquarters on Monday in connection with the Karur stampede case, officials...
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Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn and producer Danish Devgn on Monday announced the upcoming AI-powered film Bal Tanhaji from their next-generation entertainment studio Lens Vault Studios. Rooted in the legacy of the blockbuster Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, which released in 2020, Bal...
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West Bengal minister Tajmul Hossain./Courtesy Facebook
West Bengal minister Tajmul Hossain was summoned for a hearing under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, a senior official of the Election Commission said on Monday. The notice for the hearing was sent to the three-time MLA because of discrepancies between his name and...
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The majority of incidents involving members of minority communities in Bangladesh during 2025 were criminal in nature and not driven by communal motives, the interim government said on Monday.The statement came days after India, on January 9, pressed Dhaka to swiftly and firmly deal with attacks...
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The rupee breached the 91-a-dollar mark for the second time in a month before ending 14 paise down at 90.92 (provisional) against the greenback on Monday, as renewed concerns over global trade uncertainties accelerated foreign fund withdrawal.Despite weak American currency and lower crude oil...
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It's been 22 days since thousands of mid-day meal cooks, mostly women, have been protesting in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, demanding a hike in their daily wages from Rs 66 to over Rs 400. Nearly 95 per cent of the protesters are women, many from rural and tribal areas, who say their labour...
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A 5.7 magnitude earthquake jolted Leh district in the Union Territory of Ladakh on Monday, but there was no report of any damage, officials said. According to the National Centre of Seismology (NCS), the tremor was felt at 11.51 am. The depth of the earthquake was 171 kilometres...
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An army havildar was killed in an ongoing encounter between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, officials said on Monday. Earlier today, at least eight jawans were injured in this encounter. The encounter broke out in the Chatroo area of Kishtwar on...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday criticised what he described as the selective targeting of India over its position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.In the recent past, both in New York last September and in Paris this January, I have candidly shared our views on the Ukraine...
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Bharatiya Janata Party set the ball rolling for the election of its new president with top party leaders submitting nomination papers of Nitin Nabin, the party's 45-year-old working president, for the post on Monday.BJP President Nadda and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh handed over a set of...
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The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to suspend the 10-year sentence awarded to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the case of the death of the Unnao rape survivor's father while in custody. No grounds are made out for grant relief. The application seeking suspension of sentence...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is clear that the Shiv Sena will honour the mandate for the BJP-led Mahayuti in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), sources said on Monday.They also remarked that the shifting of 29 corporators-elect of his party to a five-star hotel in...
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Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy has been hospitalised after he complained of uneasiness, a family member said on Monday. The veteran politician, who would be turning 80 this August, was admitted to a private hospital here on Sunday night. His condition is currently stable, and he is under...
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As Kashmiri Pandits held protests as they observed 'Exodus Day', Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Monday said that nobody has stopped Kashmiri Pandits from returning to the valley, adding that many from their community are still living comfortably in the...
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Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav's son Prateek Yadav on Monday alleged that his wife Aparna Bisht Yadav, a BJP leader, has ruined his family ties and he would seek a divorce at the earliest. Aparna Yadav is currently the vice chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh State Commission for...
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Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Monday emphasised the inclusivity in the Bhartiya Janata Party, saying that even an ordinary worker sitting in the last row can also become the National President as Nitin Nabin gears up to file his nomination for the same, scheduled at 2 pm...
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China recorded its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population declined for the fourth consecutive year, deepening a demographic challenge that could weigh on the world's second-largest economy for decades, CNN reported.The CNN report citing data released by China's National Bureau of...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday questioned the shifting of corporators-elect from ruling ally Shiv Sena to hotels, asserting that no party could easily stake claim to the BMC mayor's post, going by the mandate in the recent civic polls. In the recently concluded civic polls, the...
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Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday accused Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi of spreading misinformation about the VB-G RAM G scheme, and asserted that the new Act will strengthen the Right to Work. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, the...
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The Flipkart delivery man was the only person to attempt the rescue
Noida techie death case: Moninder, a Flipkart agent, who retrieved Yuvraj's body from the drain, says, The incident happened at 12 o'clock that night. I went there at 1.40 am. I was enroute delivering an order. There was a crowd, and seeing it, I understood that the fog was very thick that...
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Vijay's carcade to the CBI HQ.
TVK chief and actor Vijay was at the CBI headquarters in New Delhi on Monday for the second round of questioning in connection with the Karur stampede case, officials said. The actor arrived at the agency headquarters in Lodhi Road in New Delhi in a fleet of luxury SUVs this morning they...
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Shares of Reliance Industries Ltd declined over 3.5 per cent on Monday morning trade after the firm reported almost a flat net profit of Rs 18,645 crore for the third quarter, as a decline in gas production and weakness in its retail business offset gains in other segments. The blue-chip...
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As many as 125 persons took ill due to suspected food poisoning during a pre-wedding function in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday. A 'haldi' (turmeric application) ceremony was held on Sunday evening at a housing complex under Khadakpada police station limits in Kalyan...
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The father of the deceased said the crowd simply watched his son struggle
Following the death of a 27-year-old software engineer whose car plunged into a water-filled pit at a construction site in Sector 150, the Noida Authority has terminated the services of a junior engineer and issued show-cause notices to other officials responsible for traffic-related works in the...
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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Monday dragged by blue-chips Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank, while sustained foreign fund outflows and global tariff uncertainties also dented investors' sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 320.69 points to...
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DY Chandrachud with senior journalist Vir Sanghvi
Former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has stated that bail before conviction should generally be a matter of right, but emphasised that courts must conduct a thorough examination in cases involving national security. The statement comes almost two weeks after activists Umar Khalid and...
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Hours after India's defeat against New Zealand in the third ODI, star Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was spotted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on Monday.While India failed to seal the ODI series win against New Zealand, Kohli slammed a valiant century, offering...
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Auroville is being strangled by the institution designed to protect it. Auroville's crisis is not just a local administrative failure; it's a warning about institutional vulnerability everywhere. When appointed administrators can dismantle democratic structures, weaponize bureaucracy against...
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A thick blanket of smog engulfed several parts of the national capital on Monday morning, sharply reducing visibility and worsening air quality across Delhi-NCR, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 418, falling in the 'severe' category. According to the data released by the...
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At least 21 people were killed and several others injured after a high-speed Iryo train derailed and collided with another train in Spain's Cordoba province, Euro News reported, citing officials. The accident occurred near Adamuz when the Iryo train, carrying around 300 passengers and...
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde on Sunday met the party's newly elected corporators at a hotel in Mumbai and said the BMC mayor will be from the Mahayuti. As the hotel politics make a comeback in Mumbai amid a speculated tussle for the mayoral post in the...
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