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An 18-year-old girl was found hanging at her residence in Kale Padal area of Pune city on Friday morning, a police official said.The girl had appeared for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), though her family has not attributed her death to the examination or any related pressure, the...
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A 30-year-old man was killed and three Special Operations Group (SOG) personnel were injured during a firing incident following an alleged attempt to snatch a service rifle in the Jaie area of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, officials said.The incident triggered widespread protests in...
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France will permanently close its consulate in Pakistan's Karachi city due to budgetary reasons and as part of a broader policy to reduce its global presence, the French envoy has said.Speaking at a function in Karachi to celebrate the French National Day on Thursday night,...
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Congress MP Manish Tewari briefly interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Chandigarh programme, where PM Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for multiple development projects worth over Rs 4,700 crore.The Chandigarh MP was seen interacting with Prime Minister Narendra...
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A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico's southern Pacific coast near the Guatemala border on Friday, sending tremors across parts of Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador, according to an Associated Press report.The quake was also felt in Mexico City, hundreds of kilometres from the...
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The Shahid Beheshti terminal at the Chabahar port in Iran has not faced any damage in US strikes on the key maritime gateway, India said on Friday.US officials had acknowledged that the US struck the Chabahar port this week as part of its renewed military campaign against Iran.The Chabahar port...
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday urged kanwariyas to maintain discipline as he warned against anti-social elements who try to create disturbances.Adityanath was in Shamli district for the inauguration and foundation-laying ceremony for 89 development projects worth over Rs...
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Janata Dal-Secular supremo H D Deve Gowda's wife Chennamma, continues to undergo treatment for respiratory illness at a private hospital here.Chennamma, who is in her late 80s, was admitted to the city's Manipal Hospital with chest congestion on Wednesday night.Ms Chennamma Deve Gowda continues...
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With football fans set to stay up late for the FIFA World Cup 2026, the Bengaluru City Police has extended the operating hours of hotels, restaurants and bars on selected match days.The order was issued by Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh, following a request from the National...
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The Delhi government has revised the annual income limit for ration card applications, increasing it from Rs 1.2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh, in a move to widen the ambit of the public distribution system for subsidised food grains, officials said on Friday.The Delhi Food Security (Amendment) Rules, 2026...
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The Election Commission has extended the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra by 10 days, with the exercise now set to wrap up on August 8 instead of July 29, an official said on Friday.Consequent to the extension, the draft electoral roll for the state will...
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Two alleged robbers, each carrying a cash reward, were killed in an encounter with a joint team of the Etawah Special Operations Group (SOG) and Firozabad police on Friday, while two policemen sustained bullet injuries, one critically, officials said. The encounter occurred around noon...
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India's forex reserves jumped $964 million to $675.157 billion in the week ended July 10, the Reserve Bank said on Friday.In the previous reporting week, the overall kitty had jumped by $7.26 billion to $674.193 billion.The kitty had expanded to an all-time high of $728.494 billion during the...
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The probe into the alleged Badrinath Temple donation theft case is gaining pace as former temple officer of Badrinath Temple Rajendra Chauhan has been arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) following four hours of questioning on Friday.For further investigation, Chauhan will be produced...
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The rupee rose 14 paise to settle at 96.28 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday on possible intervention from the Reserve Bank of India after four consecutive sessions of decline.Elevated tensions in West Asia, which pushed up global oil prices, maintained pressure on the local unit,...
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The ministry of external affairs announced on Friday that President Droupadi Murmu will undertake state visits to Moldova, North Macedonia and Romania from July 19-25, aiming to boost bilateral ties with these countries.Murmu's three-nation visit complements India's broader engagement with Europe...
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A government primary school headmistress on Friday allegedly brandished a knife and a cleaver on school premises in Kaushambhi district, prompting her suspension after an inquiry, officials said.The incident was reported from the primary school in Lukiya Dorma village under Kada block, where...
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A Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 25 lakh on his head has been arrested in Jharkhand's Giridih district, an official said on Friday.The red rebel has been identified as Ajay Mahto, alias Tiger, special area committee member of the banned CPI-Maoist outfit. He is wanted in over 240 criminal...
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A fraud call centre allegedly targeting citizens of the United States was busted from a residential apartment in a posh Lucknow neighbourhood on Friday, with seven people arrested and a large quantity of electronic devices seized, police said.The fresh illegal call centre was being operated from...
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The Jan Suraaj Party on Friday said it has sought the Election Commission's intervention in alleged violations of the model code of conduct in Bankipur assembly seat of Bihar by the BJP which is facing a challenge from its founder Prashant Kishor.Addressing a press conference, Jan Suraaj Party...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday laid the foundation stone of Shyam Steel Group's integrated steel plant at Mejia in Bankura district, describing it as a major step in the BJP government's industrialisation drive and asserting that such investments would generate large-scale...
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Andy Burnham confirmed as new Labour leader, UK PM-designate. Burnham officially takes over the party leadership today. Following Sir Keir Starmer's formal resignation to King Charles on Monday, Burnham will be invited to form a government and assume his role as Prime Minister
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NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule arrives at Jantar Mantar to meet activist Sonam Wangchuk who is on a hunger strike for the 20th consecutive day.Supriya Sule says, We have come to request Sonam Wangchuk to give up the hunger strike. If there is a fight to be fought, we will all fight it in Parliament as...
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Market benchmark indices ended sharply higher on Friday, with the Sensex climbing 964.58 points and the Nifty reaching the 24,330 level, led by buying in blue-chip Reliance Industries, bank and IT stocks.After a subdued ending in the previous trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex bounced back 964.58...
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Former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Friday met Sonam Wangchuk and requested him to preserve his health and life by ending his fast.In a statement, Kumar said the lives of conscientious dissenters should be prized and not compromised, as he lauded Wangchuk for having fought for public...
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In a dramatic development, a Joint Committee of Parliament examining a bill on removal of prime minister and chief ministers detained on serious charges decided to defer the adoption of a draft report when voting was underway on each of the five recommendations made by the panel.The joint...
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The Supreme Court's ruling upholding the SIR crystallises key trends in contemporary constitutional adjudication: judicial evasion, executive constitutionalism, disregard of precedent through stealth, and Franken constitutionalism --an unaccountable process that is given blanket judicial...
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A leading Indian-origin academic in the field of psychiatry, Swaran Singh, and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have been conferred with peerages ahead of Keir Starmer's Downing Street exit as British prime minister next week.Starmer, who announced his decision to step down as Labour Party leader last...
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It took 58 days without food to change India's map.When Potti Sriramulu began fasting in October 1952, he was asking for something then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru had repeatedly resisted: a separate state for Telugu speakers. Sriramulu, a quiet Gandhian who had already undertaken several...
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Aamir Khan's comments that his 3 Idiots character Phunsukh Wangdu was not based on Sonam Wangchuk has triggered reactions from politicians, activists and social media users, with some accusing the actor of distancing himself from the educationist, who is currently on a hunger strike.Responding to...
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PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday the refusal of the elected government at the Centre to engage with the protesting youth at Jantar Mantar indicated a colonial mindset.The distressing scenes unfolding at Jantar Mantar, where Sonam Wangchuk is risking his life to safeguard the future of...
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Congress leader Kumari Selja on Friday said Sonam Wangchuk's 19-day hunger strike symbolises the concerns of millions of students and youth over recurring paper leaks, flaws in the examination system and the lack of accountability.Selja, a Congress MP from Sirsa, said repeated incidents of paper...
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China on Friday denied President Donald Trump's accusation that Beijing interfered in the 2020 US election, saying it has never meddled in American elections and has no interest in doing so.Speaking after Trump repeated the allegation in a national address on Thursday while again questioning the...
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Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday met activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and urged him to end his fast in view of his deteriorating health.In a post on X after the meeting, Khera said...
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The Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on a private hospital and its doctor for allegedly refusing to provide emergency treatment to a four-year-old rape victim, who later succumbed to her injuries in a rape and murder case in Ghaziabad.Calling their conduct merciless, ruthless and...
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Former special director of the Intelligence Bureau Anurag Kumar has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Delhi Police on Friday, the government said.The 1994-batch IPS officer was repatriated from the Bureau to his parent cadre AGMUT by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet led by Prime...
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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday expressed concern over climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's deteriorating health amid his ongoing hunger strike, urging the High Court to take cognisance of the matter and alleging that the government was being insensitive to the issue.Speaking to media in...
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a fresh spell of widespread monsoon activity across Himachal Pradesh from July 18, with heavy to very heavy rainfall likely at isolated places over the following several days. A yellow warning has been issued for parts of the state as...
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Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday asserted that he would stay alive till July 20 at any cost, even as his indefinite hunger strike entered its 20th day amid a warning from doctors that his prolonged fast has reached a critical stage.As the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP)...
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A bill seeking to impose 100 per cent tariffs on five countries, including India and China, for buying Russian oil, while exempting European nations purchasing gas from Moscow, was introduced in the US Senate with the support of over 60 lawmakers.The bill, introduced on Thursday, was conceived by...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off India's first hydrogen-powered train from Jind in Haryana, marking a major milestone in the country's efforts towards green transportation and self-reliant technology under the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' initiative.The hydrogen-powered train will...
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Filmmaker Kiran Rao has extended her support to activist Sonam Wangchuk amid his hunger strike and urged the government to enter into a dialogue with the protestors.The activist has been on an indefinite hunger strike after joining the Cockroach Janata Party's (CJP) protest demanding education...
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Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday met activist Sonam Wangchuk and other members of the Cockroach Janata Party protesting at Jantar Mantar here over alleged paper leaks, and expressed solidarity with them.The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has been holding a protest for over 25 days demanding...
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India's fintech industry raised $2 billion in the first half of calendar year 2026 (H1CY26) across 106 rounds, a 42 per cent rise from $1.4 billion raised across 186 rounds in H1CY25, according to data from market intelligence platform Tracxn.Sequentially, funding nearly doubled from $1.1 billion...
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The Delhi Police has filed a 973-page chargesheet in a city court against Rahul Meena, the former domestic help accused of rape and murder of a 22-year-old daughter of a senior IRS officer, police sources said on Friday.Police said Meena, dismissed in February over financial misconduct, entered...
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Serum Institute of India (SII) has entered into an agreement with the Gates Medical Research Institute (Gates MRI) to develop manufacturing capabilities for the investigational M72/AS01E tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate, marking another major global vaccine partnership for the Pune-based...
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Three persons, including two school children, died when a pool car they were travelling in was hit by a train in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Friday morning, an official said.The accident occurred around 7 am at a level-crossing gate near the Karna Subarna Railway Station, the Eastern...
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U.S. airstrikes on Friday appeared to bring down a surveillance tower at Iran's Chabahar port on the Gulf of Oman, a strategic trade gateway for Afghanistan.U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared an image that appeared to show the tower collapsing. The image had already been circulating on...
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Heavy police security deployment was seen outside Success School in the Saidabad area of Hyderabad on Friday, following intense protests over allegations that second-grade Hindu students were reportedly asked to recite the 'Kalma' as part of their homework.The school premises remained deserted on...
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An FIR was registered on Friday after a hoax bomb threat was received aboard a Bengaluru-Ahmedabad IndiGo flight shortly before its scheduled departure from the Kempegowda International Airport here, police said.The incident occurred on IndiGo flight 6E-6423, which was scheduled to depart from...
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A 17-year-old boy drowned while his friend is missing at sea off the popular Arnala beach in Maharashtra's Palghar district, officials said on Friday.The incident occurred in Virar, on the outskirts of Mumbai, on Thursday afternoon, they said.According to local authorities, four minors ventured...
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The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) on Thursday said it had carried out a fresh wave of military strikes against Iranian targets, marking the sixth consecutive night of US operations against Iran.In a statement, CENTCOM said, Today at 9:40 p.m. ET, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed...
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A 38-year-old man died after being shot in Maharashtra's Hingoli district, following which police have registered a case against a Shiv Sena councillor and 15 others, an official said on Friday.The incident took place in Kalamnuri town on Wednesday night, they said.According to police, Lukman...
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The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) on Thursday said that the US Marines carried out a verification boarding in the Gulf of Oman as part of the ongoing enforcement of the US naval blockade against Iran and redirected 3 other commercial vessels.In a post on X, CENTCOM said, 'US Marines...
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United States President Donald Trump on Thursday alleged that Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and non-state actors possess the capability to compromise America's election infrastructure, citing newly declassified intelligence assessments as he renewed criticism of electronic voting machines and...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit West Bengal from July 17 to 19 with focus on border security, governance, law and order, and development, sources said.This will be the first exhaustive visit of the home minister to West Bengal after the BJP scripted a historic victory in the Assembly...
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In a first-of-its-kind interstate crackdown under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, the state police attached a commercial property valued at more than Rs 100 crore in Maharashtra linked to jailed gangster-turned-politician and four-time Gyanpur MLA...
