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The Odisha police on Tuesday arrested a 19-year-old man for allegedly posting defamatory short videos on social media targeting top dignitaries, officials said.During routine social media monitoring, cyber crime officers of the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissionerate found social media posts...
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A woman gave birth to four babies in an auto-rickshaw while she was being taken to a hospital for delivery in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district on Tuesday, but the newborns died soon later, with her family alleging that lack of ambulance to transport her led to their deaths.The woman's husband...
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The Dakshina Kannada district administration has declared a holiday for schools and pre-university colleges on July 8 in view of the forecast of heavy rainfall.A notification to this effect has been issued by the deputy commissioner.The rain alert advisory, issued on Tuesday, advised tourists not...
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The police on Tuesday destroyed nearly 11.7 kg of heroin, worth several crores, which was recovered during the 'Nasha Mukt Jammu-Kashmir' drive in Rajouri district, officials said.The heroin had been seized in connection with a case registered at Nowshera police station under provisions of the...
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Senior Congress leader and former Jharkhand finance minister Rameshwar Oraon was questioned by the ED on Tuesday in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged liquor scam, an official said.The Lohardaga MLA reached the ED's zonal office here around 11 am and was questioned for...
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A 17-year-old boy and his father, who were allegedly kidnapped from West Bengal's Narendrapur near the city and held captive for ransom, were rescued by the police from a Bharatiya Janata Party office-cum-storehouse, an officer said on Tuesday.Three people were arrested in connection with the...
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A woman and her son were arrested for allegedly murdering her daughter in Indore district after an investigation uncovered their attempt to pass off the death as a case of suicide, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.Jyoti Agrawal (25) was found dead on April 2 in the Hira Nagar area of...
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Gold jewellery of Rs 98,78,715 was seized from a woman passenger, who arrived at the Ahmedabad airport from Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, Customs officials said. The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted the passenger.She arrived in Ahmedabad from Abu Dhabi by an Indigo flight, an official release...
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The rupee appreciated 47 paise to close at 94.96 against the US dollar on Tuesday, on improved global risk sentiments as higher traffic flows through the Strait of Hormuz reduced supply uncertainties.Forex traders said market sentiment was also buoyed after Saudi Arabia slashed August crude oil...
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A four-member team constituted to investigate allegations regarding irregularities in the management of offerings at Badrinath Dham in Uttarakhand has commenced its inquiry, officials said on Tuesday.A senior official stated that the probe committee, comprising senior members of the Shri...
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A wild elephant fell into a well in the Malayattoor area of Ernakulam district in the wee hours of Tuesday and was brought out several hours later after rescue efforts were initially obstructed by residents, officials claimed.A senior forest official said the department was informed about the...
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Unidentified persons allegedly abducted a 20-year-old woman after reportedly opening fire at a parked car outside a court complex in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district on Tuesday, triggering a manhunt to trace the accused, officials said.Zalufa, a resident of Chak Gaja Dhar Sherpur in Kathua, had...
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The first videos from the landslide at the Wayanad-Kozhikode tunnel construction site in this hill district captured a terrifying race against time.An estate worker, her husband and several others can be seen sprinting across Meenakshi Bridge at Kalladi as a massive wave of mud bursts through the...
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Amid criticism of the mandate for E20 petrol (20 per cent ethanol-blended) sales and complaints about reduced fuel efficiency of vehicles, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday dared critics to identify a single car that faced problems due to the mixed fuel.Addressing the 'Viksit Bharat...
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Days after actor Kangana Ranaut announced that she had wrapped shooting for the 'sequel' to her 2014 box office hit Queen, Phantom Studios has moved the Bombay High Court alleging that it is being made without its consent.JioStar India Private Limited, the respondent, claimed on Tuesday that...
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A Ukrainian woman was jointly arrested by SSB personnel and police in Bihar's East Champaran district for allegedly overstaying in India after the expiry of her visa and attempting to cross into Nepal illegally, officials said on Tuesday.An official complaint has been lodged against the woman at...
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Police investigating the murder of Pune-based realtor Ketan Agarwal suspect his fiancee Siya Goyal and her lover Chetan Chaudhary, both accused in the case, had married secretly a few months before the crime, and a probe was underway to verify this, officials said on Tuesday.Goyal (20) and...
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A year after cutting around 9,100 employees, Microsoft is making further layoffs today as it begins its new financial year. The software maker is laying off around 4,800 employees today, approximately 2.1 percent of its workforce. Most of the employees affected by today's cuts are in Microsoft's...
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A local court in Ayodhya granted a one-day police remand for three of the eight accused arrested in connection with the alleged theft of donations from the Ram temple here, police sources said. The court authorised the remand for Anukalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra, and Karunesh Pandey, the sources...
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The Environment Ministry has simultaneously removed its private secretary and two additional private secretaries.The private secretary to Union Minister Bhupender Yadav was removed on administrative grounds, while the appointment of one additional private secretary was terminated, and the other...
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French President Emmanuel Macron has reaffirmed France's steadfast commitment to the Syrian people, issuing a powerful message of solidarity during his visit to the nation.In a post on X, the President highlighted the resilience of the Syrian population in the face of ongoing turmoil, emphasising...
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The Delhi High Court ordered the restoration of the Cockroach Janta Party's X handle on Tuesday after the Centre informed it that the account was withheld to prevent chaos ahead of the NEET re-test and that there would be no difficulty revoking it now.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma was hearing a...
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Amid a cloudburst warning, some parts of Nashik district witnessed heavy rainfall on Tuesday, sending the Godavari river in spate, officials said.The situation is under control so far, and no major rain-related incident has occurred, they said.Nashik, Trimbakeshwar, Igatpuri, and Surgana talukas...
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As President Donald Trump was raging during a White House meeting this spring that fellow members of the NATO alliance had refused to join his military operation in Iran, he had a thought, reports CNN.What if he cut American forces in Europe by a third, he asked, according to two people familiar...
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Indian equity markets ended marginally lower on Tuesday as investors booked profits in the second half of the trading session amid weakness across Asian markets and caution ahead of the release of the US Federal Reserve meeting minutes.The NSE Nifty 50 settled at 24,398.70, down 31.65 points or...
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The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust said on Tuesday that former General Secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra are no longer members of the trust, putting to rest any speculation regarding their status.The Trust is likely to decide at its next meeting on July 22 whether to make...
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Several explosions were heard at Damascus on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reported. Footage accessed by Al Jazeera showed plumes of smoke rising in the sky. The cause of the blasts was not immediately clear and there was no immediate information about casualties.Two explosions were reportedly heard near a...
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Nalasopara station on the 4-5 July weekend
After two days of relentless downpours that battered Mumbai, the rains eased on Tuesday, offering residents a welcome respite as local train services and road transport returned to normal.Two minor boys drowned, while two women suffered injuries as cement sheets collapsed at a garden in Mumbai...
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Urging European leaders to maintain a diplomatic and steady relationship with Washington, Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken has warned that Europe will remain reliant on American military protection for another five to ten years, while simultaneously cautioning US President Donald Trump...
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At least one person was killed, seven injured and as many missing following a landslide in Wayanad that was described as man-made by a state minister.According to officials, the landslide occurred near Meenakshi Bridge at Kalladi, where work on a tunnel road project connecting Kozhikode and...
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Senior journalist Sheela Bhatt tweets on Sutlej: I would like to watch Satluj, @prasoonjoshi_How come @kunalkamra88 and @RGVzoomin, both want us to see it?How come few(not all) commentators who are supporting the Modi government and the anti-government forces are on same page demanding...
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The Centre plans to refer the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Satluj to an Inter-Departmental Committee (IDC) constituted under the IT Rules 2021 for a detailed examination and future course of action, government sources said on Tuesday, two days after streaming platform ZEE5 was directed to take down the...
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The Venice Film Festival will honor George Clooney with its 2026 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.Clooney - who is one of only three people to have been nominated in six different Oscar categories throughout his career (best picture, director, lead actor, supporting actor, original screenplay...
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A Patna court deferred the hearing on educator Faisal Khan's anticipatory bail plea in connection with the coaching institute firing case till Wednesday.The case relates to a firing incident that occurred in early June after the coaching institute of Faisal Khan, better known as 'Khan Sir', was...
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A red alert was issued by the IMD on Tuesday in Kerala's Wayanad district, where very heavy rainfall was received in Mananthavady and Vythiri areas during the day.The alert was issued at 12.30 pm after the landslide at the Kalladi tunnel project site in Wayanad at around 11 am.A red alert was...
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'Run fast friends', are the words heard in the background of the shocking visuals of a huge mound of mud sliding down onto the road and bridge near Kalladi in Wayanad as several people, including women, attempt to outrun the landslide.Run fast friends. Take a photo, the eyewitness could be heard...
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The Army has busted a terrorist hideout and recovered arms and ammunition in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday.Based on specific intelligence input, a search operation was launched by the Army in the general area of the Keran sector on Monday, the officials...
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Ram Gopal Varma watched Satluj and this is what he had to say. He shared his comments on X:Just saw SATLUJ and it is not a film , but a deep wound that will never heal. It stirs up the sludge in one of the darkest chapters of our history. This is cinema used as confrontation , where...
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Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday firmly refused to negotiate the final deal with Washington if the threats continue after US President Donald Trump threatened to finish the job if a deal is not reached with Tehran.In a post on X, Araghchi shared visuals from the grand...
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Landslide hits Wayanad tunnel project site in Kerala, several feared trapped. This is a breaking news story. Details in a bit. This comes right after news of heavy rainfall triggering landslides in the Mumbai-Pune ghat section on Monday, severely disrupting both rail and road...
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Several houses, shops, and vehicles were buried under a pile of debris on Tuesday morning after heavy rainfall triggered a landslide in the upper reaches of the Thathri area of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.Locals in the area saw multiple damaged buildings and crushed vehicles early morning,...
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Water enters Morya Gosavi Ganpati Temple in Pimpri-Chinchwad
Incessant heavy rainfall has triggered a major landslide in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, burying five houses and trapping residents under the debris, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred in the Dahivali area of Khed tehsil on Monday night, following which a 75-year-old woman, Kalpana...
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India's official economic statistics spread over multiple databases and government agencies will soon be stored and made available to all users from a single platform -- making data access seamless for policy makers, researchers and businesses -- people aware of the development said.The ministry...
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A tree fall near CST, Mumbai. Pic: Sahil Salvi
Mumbaikars woke up to overcast skies and strong winds on Tuesday, with no significant rainfall recorded in the morning, offering a temporary respite after two days of intense downpours that disrupted normal life.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an 'orange' alert, forecasting...
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Diljit Dosanjh plays human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra in Satluj.
Kanwar Sandhu, former editor of the Indian Express shares this on X:Film #Satluj brings back sordid memories of #Punjab of 1990s. As editor of @IndianExpress in Chd, I remember our intrepid reporter in #Amritsar, Satinder Bains, break story of torture, killings of #JaswantSinghKhalra. His...
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Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trustee Mahant Dinendra Das on Tuesday said that the Trust found no wrongdoing on the part of former General Secretary Champat Rai during its meeting held on Monday, while asserting that all gold and silver donations made to the Ram Temple are safe and fully...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India has issued an administrative warning to Reliance Industries in a letter dated June 24, the company said in an exchange filing on Monday.The warning letter relates to dealings in the company's shares by two employees and an immediate relative of an...
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A man in Fatehpur has alleged that his wife tied him up, held him captive and assaulted him, including giving him electric shocks with live wires, police said.The incident came to light after an emergency call was made to the 112 service on Saturday morning from the Parsadepur area under the Aung...
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A woman being rescued near Lonavala
A whopping 600 mm of rainfall in just 24 hours triggered multiple landslides in the Karjat-Lonavala Ghat section on the Mumbai-Pune line, severely disrupting rail traffic over the last two days, officials said.Lonavala, a popular hill station located in Pune district, recorded 670 mm of rainfall...
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A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker caught fire after being struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman on Tuesday, with suspicion falling on Iran even as there was no official claim of responsibility.The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said the vessel...
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United States President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States would either reach a deal with Iran or 'finish the job', while asserting that Washington has the capability to cripple Tehran's critical infrastructure if it chooses to do so.Speaking on Iran, Trump said, We are going to win...
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The US has voiced concern over China's test launch of a nuclear-capable missile and assured its allies of being steadfast in its defence commitments to them.The US also urged China to engage in meaningful arms control discussions and notify the intercontinental-range ballistic missile and space...
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Mumbaikars woke up to overcast skies and strong winds on Tuesday, amid the India Meteorological Department's 'orange' alert for heavy rain and gusty winds in the metropolis, officials said.All government, private and civic-run schools and colleges in Mumbai will remain closed on Tuesday as a...
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader K B S Raja, cousin of party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami quit the party along with his supporters on Monday.He was the deputy general secretary of the party's MGR Manram.Raja claimed that despite his dedicated work in the AIADMK for 30 years, he was...
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Avinash Shukla, one of the accused in the Ram temple donation embezzlement case, allegedly admitted during interrogation that he spent Rs 19 lakh on his friends and family members, police sources said on Monday.Shukla allegedly told the investigators that he gave around Rs 6 lakh for the wedding...
