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Thousands of farmers and labourers launched a foot march to Mumbai from Nashik on Sunday to press for their various demands, including land rights, irrigation facilities and uninterrupted power supply. Led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha, the...
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Bengali film superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee/Image courtesy Instagram
Bengali film superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee on Sunday said he would dedicate the honour of the Padma Shri award to his late mother, who was immensely responsible for what he achieved in his four-decade career. Speaking to PTI, Chatterjee said he was watching his recently released Bengali...
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Supporters of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition BJP reportedly clashed on Sunday evening at Sakherbazar on the southwestern outskirts of Kolkata over the use of microphones by a local club allegedly in high volume. A makeshift stage, where former Tripura chief minister...
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Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina/File image
Bangladesh on Sunday expressed concern over deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina being allowed to address a public gathering in India, saying her remarks could affect the country's political stability ahead of the general elections. In a statement issued in Dhaka, the Foreign Ministry said...
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Malayalam superstar Mammootty, who was conferred the Padma Bhushan on Sunday, said he was very happy and that there was nothing greater than the country honouring one. Fondly called 'Mammukka' by his fans and those close to him, the 74-year-old actor described the award as unexpected while...
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets President of the European Council António Costa and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in New Delhi./@DrSJaishankar X/ANI Photo
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday hoped that summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the top leadership of European Union will herald a new chapter in the two-way ties. Jaishankar made the remarks after meeting European Council President Antonio Costa and...
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The Delhi police registered an FIR and initiated legal action after some members of the public disrupted the Republic Day parade rehearsal by clicking photographs, recording videos and taking selfies, officials said on Sunday. A senior police officer said that a video of the matter came to...
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Former CRPF DG K Vijay Kumar/ANI Photo
K Vijay Kumar, a former CRPF DG who headed the Tamil Nadu Police STF that killed forest brigand Veerappan, has been awarded the Padma Shri. Kumar (74) is a 1975-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the Tamil Nadu cadre. He retired from service in 2012. The veteran cop is...
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Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday recovered a rusted AK assault rifle from a water body in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.The weapon was found entangled among stones on the banks of a stream during intensified patrolling in the Sunderbani area of the border district and...
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European Council President Antonio Luis Santos Da Costa and President Of European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen received a Guard of Honour/ANI Photo
European Council President Antonio Luis Santos Da Costa and President Of European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen received a Guard of Honour upon their arrival in India on Sunday. Costa expressed his happiness upon arriving in India. In a post on X, he said, Honoured to arrive in New...
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A police official, deputed in Punjab's Sangrur district, has been arrested for allegedly killing his mother and sister, and staging it as a road accident, officials said on Sunday.The accused identified as Gurpreet Singh, posted at Sadar Police Station in Sangrur district, allegedly killed his...
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AIMIM corporator Sahar Shaikh
Amid a row caused by her 'will turn Mumbra green' remarks, newly-elected AIMIM corporator Sahar Shaikh has clarified that her remarks were intended to reflect the party's green colour flag and electoral success, and apologised if her words caused any hurt, according to the police. Shaikh was...
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Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who created history by becoming the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS), was on Sunday awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award. In June last year, Shukla became the second Indian to have gone to space and...
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will unfurl the national flag on Republic Day at the organisation's office in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. He reached Madhukar Niketan, the north Bihar provincial headquarters of the RSS in Muzaffarpur, on Sunday. He then went to a resort along the...
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Actor Dharmendra
Actor Dharmendra and former Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan have been posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian honour, on the eve of Republic Day. Playback singer Alka Yagnik, former Uttarakhand CM Bhagat Singh Koshyari, actor Mammootty, banker...
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Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha
Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha and PETA India have gifted a life-size mechanical elephant to the Pallipuram Sreekrishna Temple here that was unveiled at the shrine on Sunday. The three-metre-tall, 500-kilogram mechanical elephant, named Pallipuram Unnikrishnan, was donated to the temple in...
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor
Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front convener T P Ramakrishnan on Sunday denied reports of any discussion with Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on joining the CPI-M and said anyone who supports the Left stance would be welcomed. Responding to reports that Tharoor held discussions with people...
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Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar on Sunday said 72 per cent voters have so far been mapped with that of the 2003 electoral rolls during the ongoing special intensive revision in the state. Kumar said also urged electors to actively participate in building a comprehensive and...
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An Interpol Red Corner notice may soon be issued against Dr Muzaffar Rather, an accused in the white-collar terror module, after his name emerged as a co-conspirator who provided critical logistical support and funding from Afghan soil for the devastating November 10 blast near Delhi's Red Fort,...
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Veteran journalist Mark Tully, a chronicler of India and an acclaimed author, breathed his last at a private hospital in New Delhi on Sunday, his close friend said. Tully was 90. The award-winning journalist was ailing for some time and had been admitted to the Max Hospital in Saket for...
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The death toll in the fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan's Karachi climbed to 72 with a dozen people still reported missing a week after the tragic incident, officials said Sunday. The fire broke out in the basement of the Gul Shopping Plaza, a wholesale and retail market, and quickly...
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A former bus conductor who set up the world's largest free-access library, a paediatrician who formed Asia's first human milk bank, and a 90-year old rare musical instrument player were among 45 individuals from across India chosen for the Padma Shri award in the 'unsung heroes' category on the...
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Kerala's Pathanamthitta collector Prem Krishnan S on Sunday said that he escaped serious injuries as he was wearing the seat belt when his official vehicle met with an accident and flipped over. On Friday, a private car rammed into the collector's vehicle, flipping it over and injuring him,...
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Four persons, including a woman were arrested for allegedly administering an HIV injection to a doctor here, the police said on Sunday. The doctor is said to be the wife of the woman's ex-lover. The accused were identified as B Boya Vasundhara (34), a resident of Kurnool, Konge Jyothi (40),...
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A businessman from Dombivali in Thane district lost Rs 77.10 lakh in a Whatsapp-based share trading scheme, a police official said on Sunday. Between November 17, 2025 and January 8, victim Prashant Prabhu (43), who was added to a Whatsapp group by the accused, invested the amount after...
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A housemaid has accused Sulaman Qadir, son of former Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir, of sexually assaulting her at his farmhouse. The police detained Sulaman, one of the four sons of Qadir, after the maid filed an FIR with the police. The maid has alleged in her FIR that she worked at...
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Six girls were hospitalised early Sunday morning after they were found unconscious during a fire caused by an AC blast due to a short circuit at a hostel in the Alwal police station limits in Medchal-Malkajgiri district, a fire official said. Local residents rushed to the scene and managed...
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Just days after releasing the teaser for its first song, the makers of the Salman Khan starrer Battle of Galwan have now unveiled the full track. Salman took to his Instagram account to share the first song, Maatrubhumi, giving fans a first look at the emotional side of the war...
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A 25-year-old Hindu youth, Chanchal Bhowmik, was tragically burned to death in Narsingdi, Bangladesh, on Friday night.He was sleeping in a garage when the fire broke out, and CCTV footage suggests foul play. The Narsingdi police superintendent (SP), Abdullah Al Faruque, informed ANI over the...
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West Bengal minister Shashi Panja/Image Courtesy X
West Bengal minister Shashi Panja on Sunday said she has received a hearing notice under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state and alleged that the exercise was being carried out in haste and without adequate preparation. Panja, the minister for women...
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The IMD issued a heavy rainfall warning for isolated places across several districts of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, even as moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning is likely to lash the state capital and its neighbourhood.According to the daily weather report from the Regional...
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Popular Odia music composer and singer Abhijit Majumdar/ANI Photo
Popular Odia music composer and singer Abhijit Majumdar died on Sunday while undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, hospital authorities said. He was 54. Majumdar was admitted to the hospital on September 4 last year with hypertension, hypothyroidism and chronic liver...
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Unlike Malayalam and Tamil cinema, which he hailed for their strong, content-driven storytelling, actor Prakash Raj said mainstream Hindi cinema has lost its roots, becoming increasingly fake and money-oriented.Speaking at the ongoing ninth edition of the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) on...
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Actor Sunny Deol's Border 2 has maintained its strong momentum at the box office, recording an impressive rise in collections on Day 2.After a solid opening on Friday, January 23, the war drama picked up speed on Saturday, driven by strong word of mouth from moviegoers across the country.As...
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V Chandrasekhar, the Central Bureau of Investigation joint director who supervised the probe in the rape and murder case of a doctor of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College, is among 31 officers of the central agency awarded police medals on the occasion of the 77th Republic Day. A 2000-batch...
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Three bodies, including that of a woman, were retrieved from a four-storey furniture shop building in Nampally here where a fire broke out, officials said on Sunday.Rescue operations have been underway for the past 21 hours to save five people, including two children, who are feared to be trapped...
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav briefly lost his balance while riding a police horse at an event in Ujjain district on Sunday, but escaped without injury, officials said. He later dismounted and rode a bullock cart, continuing his participation in the event organised under the...
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History is a continuous process and cannot be taught in fragments, eminent historian Romila Thapar has said, while calling the practice of removal of entire dynasties such as the Mughals from textbooks as nonsense. Speaking online at the ongoing ninth edition of the Kerala...
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American rock climber Alex Honnold on Sunday scaled Taiwan's Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes or safety gear. Alex Honnold climbed the 508-metre (1,667-foot) tower using the horizontal metal beams to pull himself up with his bare hands.Wearing a red short-sleeve shirt, Honnold paused...
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Air quality improved further on Sunday following showers two days ago in the national capital as the minimum temperature was recorded at 6.6 degrees Celsius, about 0.9 notch lower than normal. Delhi breathed cleaner air in the morning, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 150 at 9 am...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that in recent times, institutions like the Election Commission have faced sustained pressure and therefore it is our responsibility to protect their independence so that democracy does not merely survive, but truly thrives. He said...
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On the occasion of the Republic Day 2026, gallantry and various service medals have been awarded to 982 police, fire, home guard, civil defence and correctional services personnel. The decorations included 125 gallantry medals (GM), the Union home ministry said in a statement. The...
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The Kerala High Court has dismissed pleas moved by medical professionals against the use of 'Dr' by physiotherapists and occupational therapists, saying the National Medical Commission (NMC) Act does not provide for use of the prefix by MBBS graduates.Justice V G Arun said that the word 'doctor'...
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The Election Commission on Saturday evening uploaded on its website the names of people on the list of SIR logical discrepancies list following an order of the Supreme Court, a poll panel official said.The district electoral officers will now download the list and display it on panchayat bhavans...
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The Srinagar-Jammu national highway remained closed for the third day on Sunday as parts of Kashmir, including Srinagar, received fresh snowfall, officials said.Hundreds of vehicles are stranded on the 270-kilometre highway since Friday when heavy snowfall forced closure of the road.The highway...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to take part in democratic processes, saying being a voter is not just a constitutional privilege, but an important duty that gives every citizen a voice in shaping India's future.Greetings on #NationalVotersDay. This day is about further...
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DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday hailed the Languge Martyrs of the state who sacrificied their lives during the anti-Hindi agitation in the past and asserted that there was no place for the language here forever.Paying tributes on the occasion of Language Martyrs Day, he...
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Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Saturday said women have to work three times harder than men to carve out a place for themselves in politics, underlining that education remains the key to success.Addressing a social programme in Jaipur, Raje said women face far greater...
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