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Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Punjab this month to inaugurate several major development projects.He further said the Union government has ensured that there is no shortage of funds for Punjab's development, and significant investments...
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Eight persons were injured after a tree collapsed on them in Mumbai's Santacruz area on Thursday afternoon following heavy rains, civic officials said.The incident took place around 2.02 pm inside the premises of a private building near Raheja College in Santacruz (West), the Brihanmumbai...
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NCP-SP president Sharad Pawar
NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar president Sharad Pawar called Sachin Ahir after the latter was elected unopposed as deputy chairman of the Maharashtra legislative council.Ahir, considered a trusted aide of Shiv Sena-UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray, on Tuesday sprang a surprise after he filed his nomination...
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The opposition CPI-M on Thursday urged the UDF government to take immediate steps to prevent the proposed transfer of a 49 percent stake in AVPPL, the concessionaire of Vizhinjam port, to Switzerland-based MSC, saying steps must be taken to ensure that the port remains under the ownership of the...
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A fisherman was killed in a lightning strike in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, an official said on Thursday.The incident took place in Regadi village in Chamorshi tehsil, he added.Akhil Biswas (55), a resident of Vikaspalli village, had gone fishing at Karmaveer Kannamwar reservoir along...
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After sending a notice to Meta-owned WhatsApp, the IT ministry has now shot off notices to Telegram and Signal, raising questions on their existing username feature and asking how the platforms are addressing concerns related to fraud and impersonation risks, according to a source.The source said...
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Superstar Rajinikanth is finally here with the first glimpse of his much-awaited sequel, Jailer 2.The makers, on Thursday, unveiled a teaser of Jailer 2, taking audiences into the high-stakes drama of the film. The film's release date has also been announced, locking it for Dussehra 2026.The...
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The Election Commission on Thursday asked rival factions of the Trinamool Congress to submit their claims and counter-claims over authorised signatories and organisational polls of the party.EC officials said the poll body has sent letters to both Mamata Banerjee and rebel faction leader...
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NITI Aayog on Thursday suggested that the government should create a global Ayurveda register (GAR) and adopt a strategic approach towards the recognition of the traditional medicine system in India.The Aayog, in a report titled 'Strategic Roadmap for Making Ayurveda Global', further said that...
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Air India has cut fuel surcharges for flights to North America, Australia, Europe, and the UK as oil prices eased in recent weeks, according to sources.The airline announced fuel surcharges on April 7 amid a surge in oil and jet fuel prices due to the West Asia conflict. The higher costs and...
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International crude oil prices may have fallen to a four-month low, but retail petrol and diesel prices in India are unlikely to be cut anytime soon as state-run refiners are still processing costlier crude purchased during the peak of the West Asia crisis, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri...
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The tenure of the one-man judicial commission, headed by Justice Soumitra Saikia of the Gauhati high court, to probe the mysterious death of musician Zubeen Garg, has been extended for three more months.According to an official notification, the term of the commission has been extended for a...
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India and the United States are natural partners and the Asian giant is a very pivotal country given America's geopolitical competition with China, former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi has said.She made the comments on Wednesday during a conversation with Condoleezza Rice, former...
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Newly-appointed Uttar Pradesh Congress in-charge Rajendra Pal Gautam on Wednesday hinted at an equal seat-sharing arrangement with the Samajwadi Party for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.Addressing his first press conference as in-charge of the party here, Gautam said, We will go...
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Significant lapses in safety protocols at an ongoing civic work site in Mumbai resulted in the death of a man, who fell into an open manhole amid rains on Thursday, and action has been taken against those responsible for the tragedy, a Maharashtra minister told the Assembly.Minister of State for...
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The rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day on a negative note, lower by 18 paise at 95.34 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, as the support from easing crude oil prices was negated by robust dollar demand from importers and corporate hedgers.Forex traders said the Indian...
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The Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has portrayed a grim picture of the monsoon this year and appealed to the agrarian community to rethink before sowing.Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, Shivakumar said there is inadequate inflow of water in the dams.The chief minister said...
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The United Nations has asked Pakistan to reverse the 'reconstructions' that 'undermined the integrity' of two historical sites in Taxila, a UNESCO World Heritage site, or these would be placed on the agency's 'danger list', a media report said on Thursday.UNESCO, the cultural arm of the UN, in a...
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Police on Thursday took jailed Ram temple donation embezzlement case accused Avinash Shukla into custody on a 24-hour remand for further questioning, sources said.Shukla, who was associated with counting offerings at the Ram temple, was produced before a court, which granted the police his...
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Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde on Thursday termed the death of a man after falling into an open manhole in Mumbai's Sakinaka area a 'mistake on the administration's part' and announced financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh for the victim's family.The Mayor took a stern stand against the civic officials,...
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has suspended four officials, including the Assistant Commissioner of 'L' Ward, pending an inquiry into the tragic death of a man who fell into an open manhole amid heavy rainfall in the Sakinaka area of Andheri East.The authorities have identified the...
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The Kerala high court on Thursday declined to extend the transit bail granted to the husband of the young girl who shot to fame during the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela, saying that he should move a court in Madhya Pradesh for any relief.Justice Kauser Edappagath dismissed as not maintainable the plea for...
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Air India Express on Thursday said it has restored services to all destinations in the West Asia network, with flights set to commence to Oman and Kuwait.The Tata Group-owned airline had suspended services to certain West Asia destinations in the wake of the conflict in the region.Currently, the...
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Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust chairman Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, who was admitted to a Lucknow hospital with urinary tract infection and breathing difficulties, is likely to be discharged in the next two to three days, the hospital said on Thursday.The 89-year-old seer was brought to...
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Amol Mujumdar's car lies under the fallen tree
In the light of monsoon-related incidents of tree falls and people falling into open manhole, Rediffer Amol Mujumdar share a first-hand account of gross civic negligence by the Mumbai municipality experienced by him on Wednesday night, which he believes highlights a much larger,...
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his top ministers will visit Iran on Friday to participate in the funeral of late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in United States-Israeli strikes in February, the Foreign Office announced on Thursday.The prime minister will...
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Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi on Thursday shifted to her own house, giving up the government bungalow that had been her residence as well as the camp office of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, headed by her husband Lalu Prasad, for nearly two decades.The development is being seen as indicative...
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A bomb threat email sent to the headquarters of ISRO here on Thursday triggered an extensive search operation, police said.Police personnel, along with the dog squad and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), rushed to the premises after the threat was received, they said.According to police,...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Sachin Ahir, who got elected to the post of Maharashtra legislative council's deputy chairman as the ruling Mahayuti candidate, on Thursday brushed aside speculation over his future political role, saying, let me play the innings first.He was responding to Shiv Sena head and...
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Amid moderate to heavy rainfall in most parts of Uttarakhand, the weather office on Thursday issued an alert for several districts including Dehradun.Due to unceasing downpour, and falling debris and stones from hillsides, traffic movement has been affected on the Badrinath National Highway in...
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Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday called the death of a man in a manhole in Mumbai a serious matter and said it amounted to culpable homicide.Responding to the matter raised by a member, he asked the state government to place a detailed statement in the House on the incident...
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The Meghalaya government has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Meghalaya High Court order upholding the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the murder of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi.The matter was mentioned before a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Sheel Nagu by...
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Moderate to heavy rain lashed parts of Himachal Pradesh, disrupting normal life as 46 roads were closed to vehicular traffic across the state, officials said on Thursday.The Shimla Meteorological Centre issued an orange alert, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places from July 2...
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A man died after being swept into an open manhole in Mumbai amid heavy rains, an official said on Thursday.The incident occurred in the Chandivali area, where waterlogging apparently concealed the uncovered manhole.Fire brigade and civic disaster management teams conducted a search and operation...
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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) took the first ride on the newly upgraded Air Force One 747, which was donated by the Qatari royal family.Trump called it the greatest commercial plane ever built. He landed at Joint Base Andrews following a big visit to North Dakota for the...
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Meet Deepali Sahay, the singing sensation from Main Waapas Aaunga.Nearly two decades after being voted out of Indian Idol Season 3 and after almost losing her voice to bleeding vocal chords after hosting Season 4, she finally gets the break she deserved with a song for the ages.In conversation...
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Senior Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust functionary Champat Rai has told his close associates that his service in Ayodhya is complete and that he will not continue with the stigma in the wake of the donation embezzlement controversy, sources told PTI on Thursday.According to the sources,...
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The Bihar government on Thursday rolled out the VB G-RAM-G scheme, and asserted that it will help reduce outmigration and improve the working condition of labourers in the state.The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB G-RAM-G) Act, 2025 - came into force across...
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Wife of deceased Indian sailor Rakesh Chauhan, Ranjana said that he died under suspicious circumstances in Venezuela and the company representatives were dismissive.Ranjana, in a conversation with ANI, alleged that he was murdered there, and his organs were removed.My husband had gone to work on...
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Newly elected Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, Shiv Sena leader Sachin Ahir shares this post with his family, writing, Satyamev Jayate.
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Ignored in the Punjab Congress reshuffle for the upcoming assembly polls, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Thursday put out a cryptic post on X and wished he had an antidote for the insecurities of individuals and institutions. The Chandigarh MP, however, asserted that the Congress has given him...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has barred 222 individuals and entities from the market for four to seven years for alleged pump-and-dump schemes in five companies, including Mauria Udyog, Vishal Fabrics, 7NR Retail, GBL Industries, and Darjeeling Ropeway.The market regulator...
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India's imports of Russian crude oil climbed to a record 2.58 million barrels per day (bpd) in June, driven by constrained supplies from West Asian producers and discounts offered by Moscow, amid subdued demand from China.With China significantly reducing crude oil purchases, Russia is offering...
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Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions fell 3 per cent in value to Rs 28.92 trillion in June from Rs 29.9 trillion in May, after hitting a record high in both volume and value the previous month.The decline was largely driven by a 2 per cent drop in transaction volume to 22.72 billion from...
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US President Donald Trump, while speaking of the Iran imbroglio on Wednesday (local time), said that the denuclearisation was going well.Amid the repeated ceasefire talks that metamorphosed into ceaseless strikes, Trump said the US struck Iranian ships for three nights.As far as things are going,...
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The Southwest Monsoon arrived in Delhi on Thursday, five days after its normal onset date of June 27, bringing widespread rain to several parts of the city.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said it is for the first time since 2021 that monsoon has arrived in July.In 2021, monsoon had set...
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was on Thursday accorded a warm ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present on the occasion.This is Takaichi's first official visit to India.At the forecourt of the sprawling presidential complex,...
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Three men were arrested for allegedly threatening a key witness in the 2024 Renukswamy murder case, involving Kannada actor Darshan to stop him from testifying before the court, police said on Thursday.The accused were identified as Puneeth, who managed a fan page related to the actor, while it...
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Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti is set to travel to Iran to pay final tributes to the country's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after receiving an official invitation to attend his funeral.Mohseen Qummi, Director of the International Relations Department at the...
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Nine more people tested positive for cerebral malaria in Potka block of Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, taking the total count of such cases in the area to 150 in the last one week, an official said on Thursday.The district administration has intensified screening for such a vector-borne...
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Seven workers from Bihar were killed after a massive rock collapsed at a stone quarry in Bengaluru on Thursday, police said.According to police, the tragedy occurred in the early morning at Madapattana in Bengaluru South Taluk.The victims, all daily-wage labourers employed at a stone crusher...
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall across Mumbai and its suburbs, with the possibility of extremely heavy rainfall during the night and into Friday morning.According to the civic body, occasional gusty winds with speeds of 50-60 kmph...
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Trading activity in the equity cash segment cooled in June after climbing to a 22-month high in May, as investors turned cautious amid the absence of fresh market triggers.Average daily turnover (ADTV) in the cash segment across the NSE and BSE declined 7 per cent month-on-month to Rs.1.41...
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A married woman in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur has allegedly accused her father-in-law of molesting her and sending obscene messages and videos via social media.A case has been registered based on the victim's complaint, and the police have initiated an investigation, Superintendent of Police,...
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The continuous rainfall in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district has started impacting the water levels of the rivers. The water level in both the Alaknanda and Mandakini rivers has risen, prompting the district administration to intensify monitoring.Following persistent rainfall since Wednesday...
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Two persons have been arrested after a video purportedly showing a teenager tied up and brutally assaulted in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district went viral on social media, police said on Thursday.The alleged incident took place in Gadarhedi village under the Fatehpur police station area last...
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US Vice President JD Vance said that negotiations with Iran in Doha, Qatar, are progressing positively, with technical-level discussions underway and talks on the nuclear issue set to begin soon, as per CNN.Speaking to CNN on Wednesday (local time) after remarks to US service members in Virginia,...
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BJP MLA and the mother of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder victim, Ratna Debnath, asserted that all those responsible for the crime and the alleged cover-up would be brought to justice, saying she knew the identities of those involved.Speaking to ANI here on Wednesday,...
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Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 2 (ANI): Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust member Mahant Dinendra Das Maharaj blamed temple adminstration assistant Gopal Rao for the controversy surrounding the alleged Ram Mandir donation embezzlement case, accusing him of politicising the issue and...
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Several parts of Mumbai witnessed severe waterlogging on Thursday following heavy rainfall that lashed the city since early morning, disrupting traffic and affecting normal life.Visuals from the Andheri, Kings Circle and Gandhi Market areas showed waterlogged roads, affecting vehicular...
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that after the 1947 Partition, the people who came to India were not refugees, but warriors of struggle who endured significant hardship and pain out of love for their motherland and dharma.These people left behind their wealth, land and businesses built and...
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Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday flagged off the first batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu amid a multi-tier security cover for their onward journey to the twin base camps of Pahalgam and Baltal in Kashmir.The 57-day pilgrimage to the...
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United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that the 'denuclearisation' of Iran was going 'well', expressing optimism about the diplomatic process with the Islamic Republic despite the absence of Iran from direct high-level negotiations involving senior US officials in...
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