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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Monday dismissed speculations about the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party-SP switching sides, asserting that veteran leader would never think about abandoning the Opposition alliance.Talking to reporters, Raut remarked that Pawar was becoming...
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The rupee depreciated 27 paise to close at 95.65 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, weighed down by elevated crude oil prices after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed.Forex traders said renewed drone and missile strikes between the US and Iran prompted supply concerns, while...
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Devendra Fadnavis has become the third longest-serving Chief Minister in Maharashtra's history in terms of cumulative tenure, overtaking NCP-SP president Sharad Pawar.As of July 12, 2026, Fadnavis has completed 2,430 days as the chief minister across three terms, surpassing Pawar's cumulative...
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A special anti-corruption court in Faizabad has extended the judicial custody of eight accused in the alleged Ram temple donation theft case by 14 days after the previous term ended Monday.The accused were produced before the court of Additional District Judge Pratibha Narayan through video...
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A Delhi court on Monday convicted former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain and four others for the sensational killing of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh was hearing the case against a total of 11...
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Three passengers complained of uneasiness and one of them was taken to a hospital for treatment on Monday morning after the air-conditioning system of a suburban train malfunctioned, railway officials said.In a statement, Central Railway said three passengers travelling on Titwala-CSMT AC local,...
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A suspected IED blast near an Assam Rifles vehicle in Nagaland's Chumoukedima district killed one person and injured four others on Monday, a defence official said.The incident happened near Sukhovi area.An operation is underway, and further details are awaited, the official said. -- PTI
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Actor Rachel Shelley reunited with her Lagaan co-star Aamir Khan at the screening of the film at the London Indian Film Festival to mark its 25th anniversary.The film was screened at the 17th edition of the festival on July 12.Shelley shared a picture, which featured her posing...
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Security agencies are on high alert after an email purportedly from a pro-Khalistan group threatened to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Friday rally in Jind. It claimed bomb blasts will be carried out at schools, railway stations and other locations in Chandigarh and Jalandhar on July 17...
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A 35-year-old man wanted for allegedly killing six persons in neighbouring Rangareddy district, was found dead on Monday with police suspecting that he committed suicide.P Rajkumar, a farmer who was an accused in a POCSO case, had allegedly murdered six persons--including a minor girl and two...
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Assam has over 91,000 'doubtful voters' or 'D-Voters' in the state's electoral rolls at present, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed the assembly on Monday.Replying to a question by Congress MLA Nurul Islam, Sarma said that out of the 91,385 D-voters in the electoral rolls, the highest...
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Aamir Khan at his wedding with Gauri Spratt
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat on Monday became the second Maharashtra minister to target Aamir Khan over his third marriage after his BJP colleague Nitesh Rane, saying the Bollywood actor can be a brand ambassador of love jihad.Shirsat also said Khan may be a big star, but his act of marrying...
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What was his fault.. he was only walking back home. That's the question Arti asks repeatedly as she tries to come to terms with the death of her 45-year-old husband allegedly run over by a speeding SUV in west Delhi's Rajouri Garden.The family of the deceased demanded strict punishment for the...
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A man and his two relatives were arrested for allegedly murdering his wife in Budaun, who he considered an obstacle to his extra-marital affair, officials said on Monday.The deceased, Satyawati Yadav (26), was allegedly strangled to death on the intervening night of June 1 and 2 and was reported...
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The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Monday invited applications for the post of the first chief executive officer (CEO) of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, setting July 18 as the deadline for submission of names.In a post on X, the trust said applications would be accepted till 4 pm on the...
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Union Government to formulate a national policy and legal framework to prohibit the viewing of pornographic content in India.A bench led by CJI Surya Kant held that although the issue...
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British lender Standard Chartered Bank has reduced its branch count in India to 80 from 100 over the past year as it turns focus toward advisory-led services like wealth management, people in the know told Business Standard.Standard Chartered, however, continues to have the largest branch network...
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Netanyahu and Trump are also on this list. AI-generated image of the three leaders.
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's first public address after his father's funeral comes with a revenge list, naming 13 world leaders after the death of the country's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.The online revenge list, published late on Saturday by Hamshahri, a national...
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'US President Donald Trump' shares this message (see image alongside) on X raising a toast to J-K CM Omar Abdullah for demanding statehood for Jammu and Kashmir.Omar Abdullah asked on Sunday if he should approach Trump with his request and hold a demonstration outside the White House.This is...
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June continued to be a tough month for Indian aviation despite the peak summer travel season.Seven of the country's top 10 airports by domestic departing seats recorded a marked decline in June this year compared with the same month last year.The trend was mirrored in international travel, where...
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Higher working capital loan demand amid rising input costs helped commercial banks report healthy growth in advances in the April-June quarter (Q1) of 2026-27 (FY27).Among the large private-sector banks that announced provisional business updates over the weekend, Axis Bank led its peers in both...
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Iranian newspapers are celebrating the death of Donald Trump's close ally Lindsey Graham, with Hamshahri going so far as to warn that the United States President and other American officials could meet a 'sudden death'.According to the publication, Hamshahri splashed a front page featuring an...
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Meta's reply to the government notice over child sexual abuse material (CSAM) ads on Instagram has been received by Meity and is being examined, IT Secretary S Krishnan said on Monday, adding that appropriate action will be taken after examination.The government had issued a stern notice to Meta...
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The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Special Investigation Team formed by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the alleged embezzlement of donation money at the Ram temple in Ayodhya to submit a status report in the matter.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya...
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A Delhi Police constable allegedly shot his wife dead on a road in east Delhi's Kalyanpuri area on Sunday evening following a dispute.Police said the couple was on a scooter when an argument broke out. The constable stopped the vehicle and fired at his wife before fleeing.The incident was...
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Retail investors recorded net inflows of Rs 57,203 crore into Indian equities in the first half of calendar year 2026 compared to Rs 1,884 crore inflows in the corresponding period a year ago, according to data from the exchanges.The data shows a rebound in the investor interest despite the...
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Private equity (PE) investments in India grew 48 per cent in the first half of calendar year 2026 (H1CY26) to $8.71 billion, as compared to $5.88 billion invested in Indian firms in H1CY25, data from London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) shows.Even as capital infusion grew, the number of deals fell...
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The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madras High Court's direction to the Tamil Nadu government to ban cow slaughter in the State.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the interim order while hearing an appeal filed by the Tamil Nadu government challenging the High Court's...
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New Zealand actor Sam Neill, celebrated for his roles in Jurassic Park and The Piano, died suddenly in Sydney on Monday at the age of 78, his family announced.In a statement posted on Neill's social media accounts, his family described his death as sudden and unexpected. They said he had remained...
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for hearing a batch of appeals challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court order, which said the disputed Bhojshala complex in Dhar district was a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi...
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The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP on Monday served a legal notice to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over his claim that the national party had attempted to bribe National Conference legislators with cash and ministerial berths in a bid to topple his government.Calling the allegations false,...
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For more than a century, neuroscientists have studied the human brain much as early cartographers mapped unknown lands: piecing together a vast landscape from scattered observations.Even today, pathologists diagnosing disorders such as Alzheimer's disease typically inspect a handful of tissue...
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday (local time) claimed strikes on US military bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait as part of its ongoing 'eye-for-an-eye' operation in response to US military strikes in Iran, Al Jazeera reported.According to Al Jazeera, Iran's...
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Jordan said Monday it intercepted four missiles launched by Iran, with no casualties or damage reported.The announcement came through the state-run Petra news agency, which cited the Jordanian military as saying the missiles were successfully shot down.Iran had earlier claimed it targeted Jordan,...
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Indian markets started the week with a sharp decline amid fresh geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran, consequently contributing to rising crude oil prices.The BSE SENSEX stood at 76,899.27 points, down by 670.12 points or 0.86 per cent. Similarly, NSE NIFTY 50 stood at 24,014.75 points,...
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The India batter on her love affair with butter chicken, discovering lasagna in Australia, and a secret Bhatia family recipe. Read more here.
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Tourists performed CPR on fellow passengers since there were no doctors
Survivors of the Vietnam tourist boat tragedy expressed outrage over the absence of timely medical preparedness and trained personnel at the site of the accident that claimed several lives, saying they were forced to perform CPR in a desperate attempt to save fellow passengers pulled from the...
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Kuwait said early Monday that its air defence systems were engaged as Iran launched retaliatory attacks following recent US airstrikes.The Kuwaiti military announced the activation of its air defences but did not immediately report any damage or casualties in the Gulf nation.Kuwait has been...
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Israel is set to hold its next general election on October 27, following the completion of a full four-year parliamentary term by the Benjamin Netanyahu-led administration, according to Israeli media reports.The Times of Israel reported on Sunday that Ofir Katz, a senior figure within the...
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The United States will seek extradition of Lawrence Bishnoi, accused of ordering the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada and several other crimes in America, an official said Sunday.The US Department of Justice will also seek extradition of Gurinderjit Singh Nagra, for...
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A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing embezzlement of donation money at the Ram Temple may question people associated with the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust in Ayodhya in the coming days, official sources said on Sunday.The SIT, headed by Lucknow Divisional Commissioner Vijay...
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A Pakistani intruder retreated across the International Border after Border Security Force personnel fired warning shots when he attempted to enter Indian territory in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Sunday, officials said.BSF troops observed the intruder's movement in the Bobiya area of...
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The lieutenant governor's administration Monday imposed restrictions in several parts of Srinagar to prevent people from assembling at the martyrs' graveyard in Naqshband Sahib area of Srinagar.While the area within a one-kilometre radius of the graveyard was sealed off on Sunday, barricades were...
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A 70-year-old chartered accountant from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh lost more than Rs 21 crore over six months to cyber fraudsters who allegedly lured him into investing in a fake scheme promising 'high returns', police said.The police have managed to freeze about Rs 1.75 crore so far and are...
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A mild earthquake of magnitude 3.6 struck J&K's Baramulla district in the early hours of Monday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.The tremor occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres at 2 am, according to the information shared by the NCS on X.There were no reports of any damage or...
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The United States launched a fresh round of military strikes against Iran on Sunday, with US Central Command saying the operation is intended to further degrade Tehran's ability to target civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.In a post on X, CENTCOM said the...
