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Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday launched his Ram Raksha agitation over the alleged donation embezzlement at the Ayodhya Ram temple and targeted the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, saying those looting Hindus are in power.Addressing a rally outside the Hanuman temple in Dadar in...
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The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will hold a crucial meeting on Monday amid ongoing investigations into the alleged embezzlement of donations, with the fate of the resignations submitted by the Trust's general secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra expected to dominate the...
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Hindi will be introduced as an official language in the Assam legislative assembly, alongside Assamese, English and Bodo from the Budget Session starting Monday, Speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass said.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Sunday, Dass said the decision was taken at the general...
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The body of an 11-year-old girl, who went missing a day ago, was recovered in Baruipur area in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Sunday, with locals alleging that she was raped and murdered, the police said.The body was found stuffed in a sack in Surjyapur Haat area this morning as...
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Devotees visiting the Golden Temple under the state government's Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojana were asked to remove the identity cards carrying photos of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, an SGPC official said.On Saturday, the SGPC Task Force asked devotees in the marbled periphery of the holy...
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The police lodged a case against a man in Ballia based on his Dalit domestic help's complaint that she was raped on promise of marriage and pressured to convert her religion, officials said on Sunday.The woman, who has worked at the man's house in UP's Ballia district for several years, claimed...
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An alleged cattle theft accused was injured in a police encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district after a group of suspects allegedly opened fire on a police team during an attempt to arrest them, officials said.Five other accused were arrested, while one person managed to escape, and a...
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Amid intensified security vigil in the border areas, Army troops on Sunday conducted a mock drill in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district to enhance operational preparedness and familiarise civilians with safety procedures during contingencies, officials said.The exercise simulated a terrorist...
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All Odisha districts have been put on high alert as a well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression that could bring heavy showers in the coastal state over the next few days.The India meteorological department said the low-pressure area over northwest Bay of...
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Jan Suraaj Party on Sunday declared Prashant Kishor its candidate for the July 30 Bankipur assembly by-election in Bihar.The party's decision was announced by its state president Manoj Bharti, following a core committee meeting.The Bankipur assembly by-election will be held on July 30, and votes...
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Shooting stones fell on a bus on the Chamba-Bharmour road in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district on Sunday, leaving a person dead and four injured.The victims were returning from 'Shiva Nuala', a night-long traditional Shiv worship ritual of the Gaddi community at the Chaurasi Temple complex...
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As torrential rains battered Mumbai on Sunday, a tree collapsed in front of industrialist Mukesh Ambani's security convoy in a western suburb, briefly obstructing traffic, the police said.Videos of the incident, which occurred in the Bandra area, have surfaced on social media.An official said...
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A wild boar that strayed from a nearby forest barged into a roadside mini supermarket and attacked its woman owner at Ranni in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district on Sunday, leaving her injured, the police said.The injured, identified as Beena, sustained a serious injury to her hand in the attack,...
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Actor Aamir Khan on Sunday married longtime partner Gauri Spratt in an intimate ceremony held at his residence in Pali Hill, Mumbai, which was attended by close family members and friends from the film industry.Despite heavy rainfall in the city, the wedding preparations continued as planned and...
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A 63-year-old man was killed on Sunday after a tree collapsed on a shop during heavy rainfall in Mumbai's Kurla area, making it the city's second fatal tree-fall incident in less than a week, civic officials said.The incident occurred around 12.40 pm near the Hindi BMC School in the Naupada...
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said he agrees with what Sangh general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said on the Ram temple donation case.See the statement released by Hosabale ji...my reaction is also the same, Bhagwat told reporters in Nagpur.The RSS chief gave...
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A couple allegedly died of electrocution while they were asleep at their home in a village here, police said on Sunday.The incident took place on Saturday night in Kutakpur village under the Shamshabad police station area.According to police, Jagdish (40) and his wife, Shashi (35), were sleeping...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari
The West Bengal government will recover three times the value of property damaged due to vandalism under a stringent new law to maintain public order, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said while warning that targeting industrial units would lead to heavy financial penalty.At a meeting with members...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party will work with its allies to repeat the performance of the 2017 assembly polls on the strength of the work done in the state, party leaders said after a meeting with BJP president Nitin Nabin on Sunday.Nabin, who is on a two-day visit to Lucknow, started his day with a...
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The government has issued a stern notice to Meta on child sexual exploitative and abuse material (CSEAM) in paid advertisements on Instagram, sources said on Sunday.The government issued the notice on Saturday evening, they added.MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) has...
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As superstar Aamir Khan is all set to tie the knot with longtime partner Gauri Spratt on Sunday, preparations at his Mumbai residence have gathered pace despite relentless monsoon showers.The actor's Pali Hill home appears to be abuzz with activity, as workers have been spotted decorating the...
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Four persons, including two children, were killed when the car they were travelling in was hit by a private bus on Hyderabad-Vijayawada National Highway in Nalgonda district of Telangana on Sunday, the police said.Five persons were travelling in the car from Chennai to Hyderabad.The bus, coming...
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The Vishva Hindu Parishad has written to Ayodhya police, urging it to examine the claims made by several Opposition leaders, including Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal, on the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple and summon them to...
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US President Donald Trump has claimed that Washington has the capability to liquidate the surviving Iranian leadership with one shot if it desired, pointing to the congregation of top Iranian officials attending the week-long state funeral for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...
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The Navi Mumbai police busted an employment racket and arrested two persons for allegedly duping 17 job aspirants of Rs 41.75 lakh by promising them lucrative jobs on foreign merchant ships, officials said on Sunday.Two persons have been arrested and the police have registered a case against 12...
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The police busted an alleged prostitution racket operating under the guise of a spa and salon near the Thane railway station in Maharashtra, arresting its operator and rescuing three women, officials said on Sunday.Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid at the spa on Friday...
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Devichand Agarwal, grandfather of Ketan Agarwal, who was allegedly pushed from Lohagad Fort near Pune on June 18, passed away on Saturday at 9:45 pm, the family confirmed.He was 71 years old, and as per the family, he had been unwell ever since the loss of his grandson. He died due to...
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Six fishermen went missing after a fishing boat carrying seven of them is suspected to have capsized off the Visakhapatnam coast amid rough weather, with one fisherman rescued by a passing cruise ship, a fishing association leader said on Sunday.Search operations are underway by the Indian Coast...
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Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday strongly pitched for Rahul Gandhi to become the Prime Minister in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, while questioning the alleged wealth amassed by former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's family.Addressing a thanksgiving public meeting at...
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The government has withdrawn most provisions of the emergency natural gas supply regulation order imposed during the West Asia conflict after liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments through the Strait of Hormuz resumed following a ceasefire.In a notification issued on Saturday, the Ministry of...
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The Counter Intelligence wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday registered a First Information Report and launched raids in connection with the alleged glorification of separatists in two controversial publications, officials said.The books in contention are titled Personalities and...
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Heavy overnight rain lashed Mumbai and neighbouring cities, easing slightly by morning even as the IMD on Sunday kept a red alert in place with forecasts of continued downpours and isolated extremely heavy showers, civic officials said.In view of the forecast, the Brihanmumbai Municipal...
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Legendary Pandavani folk singer Teejan Bai, who brought Chhattisgarh's traditional storytelling art to global audiences, died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Raipur on Sunday after a prolonged illness, doctors said.She was 70.The Padma Vibhushan recipient breathed her last at...
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A woman was allegedly raped after being lured to a party on the pretext of a belated birthday celebration, and five men have been arrested in connection with the incident, police said on Saturday.The incident happened on June 30 at the Talaghattapura Police Station limits here, they...
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Notorious gangster Gurpreet Singh alias Goldy Dhillon has been held in Spain and will be extradited soon, police sources here said on Saturday.Goldy Dhillon was involved in multiple serious crimes, including murder, robbery, attempt to murder, kidnapping, rioting, extortion and illegal arms...
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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said it is up to the political parties to discuss and decide on whether to amend the anti-defection law.Birla was responding to a question on a committee of presiding officers set up by him for reviewing the constitutional and procedural framework governing...
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United States President Donald Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a meeting at the White House that could take place as early as next week after his return from the NATO summit, Axios reported.We get along very good. (Netanyahu) knows who the boss is, Trump said in...
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The railway ministry on Saturday postponed the formal launch of tunnel-boring work for the bullet train project in Mumbai due to inclement weather, and told authorities to commence the work immediately.Ministry officials said it has been raining in Mumbai for the past few days, and the India...