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A dust storm in Bikaner
At least four people, including a woman, were killed and several houses damaged in separate incidents across Rajasthan triggered by dust storms and thunderstorms, even as parts of the state received rainfall over the past 24 hours, officials said on Friday.Deaths were reported in Dholpur,...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Friday amid profit-taking after the RBI lowered its growth expectations for the current fiscal year and forecast inflation to rise to 5.1 per cent.Also adding to the bearish trend in equities were foreign fund outflows, geopolitical uncertainties...
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Senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim on Friday resigned as the mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), citing that he was unable to work properly.Hakim, a former state minister and one of the most prominent faces of the TMC, submitted his resignation amid continuing political churn within the...
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Faisal Khan, popularly known as 'Khan Sir', has been named in an FIR in connection with vandalism at his coaching centre in Bihar's Patna, police said on Friday.A group of 15-20 people had allegedly vandalised the Khan Global Studies Institute and pelted stones on its premises on Tuesday...
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More than a week after Eidul Azha, residents across Karachi are still struggling with the foul smell of decomposing animal waste, raising concerns over the effectiveness of post-Eid sanitation efforts, according to a report by Dawn.The lingering stench has been reported from several parts of the...
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A Sudanese national with fever was admitted to the state-run Gandhi Hospital here, taking the total number of Ebola-related admissions at the facility to two, officials said on Friday.The Sudanese national, a student in his 20s, was referred to Gandhi Hospital on Thursday evening from a private...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the government will not tolerate demographic changes in West Bengal, Tripura and Bihar, asserting that the Centre is taking steps to bridge gaps in guarding the country's borders.Shah, addressing BSF personnel at Lankamura Border Outpost in Tripura,...
14:44
This inability to process criticism is not a Communist problem. It is not a Congress problem. It is not even a BJP problem. It is a modern political political problem. Read the column here.
14:08
Rahul Gandhi at Great Nicobar island
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Modi government's argument that the Great Nicobar Island Project is about defence and a transshipment port is a lie, and alleged that it is actually about benefitting one businessman so that he can build hotels and casinos on India's most...
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The Delhi Police on Friday said that Lovekesh Bajaj, the owner of the hotel in Delhi's Malviya Nagar where a fire claimed 21 lives, had allegedly allowed two Bangladeshi nationals to use his residential address to obtain Indian identity documents and stay in the country illegally.According to a...
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The government on Friday exempted foreign investors from income tax on interest earnings and capital gains from government securities as it looked to attract foreign capital to counteract pressure on the rupee.The government promulgated an ordinance to amend the Income Tax Act to provide tax...
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Annamalai announced the news on X
K Annamalai, who quit the BJP on Friday, said his goals are bigger and that he would launch a new political party with an inclusive agenda and fight the next polls in Tamil Nadu.In a social media address, Annamalai, who had been with the BJP for about six years, said: I have quit BJP in a...
12:43
The rapid advent of AI is making coding and other related jobs obsolete. Large-scale lay-offs have already begun, and new job openings are much scarcer than what they were some years ago. Read the story here.
12:33
A victim being taken for cremation. Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters
Delhi Police have formed multiple teams to trace Jay Mishra, who is absconding in connection with the devastating fire at a hotel in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar that claimed 21 lives, an official said on Friday.Investigators have intensified efforts to find Mishra, who is believed to have played...
12:12
A fire at a high-rise in Noida's Sector 75
A fire broke out early Friday morning in the battery room of the Tata Communications office in South Delhi's Nehru Place.According to officials, the Delhi Fire Services received an emergency call at approximately 2:47 am regarding a blaze inside the five-storied building located opposite Savitri...
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Pakistan will forever remain grateful to US President Donald Trump for his timely intervention in helping secure a ceasefire with India, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said.Addressing a reception hosted by the US Embassy here on Thursday to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence,...
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Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday said Minister Ramalinga Reddy's resignation over portfolio allocation would be resolved through discussions.He even described the senior Congress leader as a close friend and valued colleague.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Shivakumar said...
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K Annamalai met Amit Shah earlier this month
BJP National President Nitin Nabin has accepted the resignation submitted by the Tamil Nadu Ex-State President K Annamalai from the primary membership of the party. The development comes despite sustained efforts by the BJP leadership to persuade Annamalai to reconsider his decision. Party...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, marking World Environment Day, launched a sharp attack on the Centre on Friday, alleging large-scale ecological degradation and weakening of environmental safeguards in India over the past decade.In a post shared on X, Kharge said it was time to stop the...
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RBI keeps policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25%, maintains a neutral stance.RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra says, Indian economy entered this current episode of global turbulence with much better fundamentals than in previous similar episodes. We remain confident to withstand these shocks with minimum...
10:08
Kashmiris have been donating for the Iranian cause
Iranian Ambassador to India, Mohammed Fathali, has expressed gratitude to the people of India for their support and solidarity during the West Asia conflict, when Iran lost its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Addressing an event in New Delhi on Thursday, Mohammed Fathali said that Indians...
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A fire broke out at a building in Sector 52 of the city in the morning hours, prompting rescue and relief measures, officials said.The building has a restaurant on the ground floor, while a PG facility on the upper floors. Fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot to control the situation,...
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Wipro Technologies on Friday issued a statement expressing its commitment to employee welfare, dignity and a safe workplace, while stating that it is fully cooperating with authorities in an ongoing matter under investigation in Pune.The case pertains to allegations made by a former woman...
09:21
Key accused Nida Khan
The chargesheet in a TCS sexual harassment and alleged forcible conversion case in Nashik has brought to light what investigators termed an orchestrated plan by the accused to target the victims. One of them alleged that she was made to watch videos of Pakistani Islamic cleric and preacher Tariq...
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that any killing of US troops by Iran would be a good reason to restart war.Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said, If they killed US Troops, it would be a good reason to do so...There is no navy, no air force, we have wiped out their...
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United States President Donald Trump said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a good friend and expressed confidence that the United States and India would reach a trade agreement.We will get to a deal because I like your prime minister a lot. He is a good friend of mine. We get along great, and...
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Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday spoke through video call to the parents of Ankita Bhandari, the 19-year-old receptionist of an Uttarakhand resort who was killed in September 2022.During the interaction, Bhandari's parents expressed their...
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Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday allocated portfolios to the 13-member Cabinet sworn in a day before, retaining the finance and personnel departments with himself and assigning key ministries to his senior colleagues.There was however, some discontent over portfolio...
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