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With the Congress leaders slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party over rejection of nomination papers of Meenakshi Natarajan for Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya indicated that there was 'rift within the Congress party'.He hinted that information...
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A meeting of the National Democratic Alliance to celebrate its government completing 12 years and Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming the longest continuously serving elected PM of India will be held here on Wednesday.All constituents of the ruling NDA besides the top leadership of the...
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United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Iran of bringing down an American military helicopter near the strategically important Strait of Hormuz and said the United States 'must' respond to the attack.Trump made the remarks in a post on social media after the crew of the crashed...
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Nepal government on Tuesday announced that it would reopen files related to the royal massacre of 2001, in which the entire family of then-king Birendra Shah was killed.Home Minister Sudan Gurung made the announcement soon after assuming office.On June 1, 2001, all family members of king...
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The rupee appreciated 20 paise to close at 95.41 against the US dollar on Tuesday, as Brent crude oil prices and the US dollar index retreated from their elevated levels after a pause in US-Iran hostilities.Forex traders said, besides the de-escalation of tensions in the West Asia war, likely...
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Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar will be in New Delhi for two days from Wednesday, during which he will meet party leadership, and likely discuss cabinet expansion and portfolio allocation issues amid disgruntlement among some ministers, party sources said on Tuesday.During his first visit...
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A Congress delegation is likely to meet the Election Commission on Wednesday over the rejection of party candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination for the June 18 Rajya Sabha polls.Poll authority officials said a Congress delegation is likely to meet the EC top brass over the issue.The upcoming...
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Pune city is likely to receive water supply on alternate days from June 15 as water levels in reservoirs supplying the city have dropped and rainfall is expected to be less than average, civic officials said on Tuesday.Water cuts could be implemented in areas under the Pune Municipal Corporation...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received warm congratulatory messages from some world leaders on the eve of his becoming the longest-serving elected prime minister of India.Leaders from across the globe hailed Prime Minister Modi's 'transformative governance', his advocacy for the Global South...
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Nearly a month after 14 Kuki individuals were abducted by armed groups in Manipur's Senapati district, all the hostages were released on Tuesday, an official said.Welcoming the safe release of the hostages as a positive and humanitarian step, Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh made an appeal for...
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BJP spokesperson Dr Rajneesh Singh
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and party spokesperson Dr Rajneesh Singh on Tuesday sought an impartial Central investigation into the alleged embezzlement of funds received at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple.In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Singh demanded that the matter be...
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IT services major Infosys has deferred online hiring examinations and in-person evaluations for the roles of specialist programmer and digital systems engineer, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.The statement comes in response to reports that the IT major paused assessments after...
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A Delhi court on Tuesday rejected the interim bail plea of Al-Falah University chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, accused in a Rs 493-crore money laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), saying that he failed to show that his wife required his exclusive care during...
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The upcoming elections to three Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh took a dramatic turn on Tuesday with the nomination of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan being rejected on charges of concealing information about a case in the affidavit.Natarajan's nomination has been rejected by the...
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Among the Sensex firms, InterGlobe Aviation, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finance and Asian Paints were the major winners.On the other hand, Titan, NTPC, Power Grid and Tech Mahindra were among the laggards.The BSE MidCap Select index jumped 1.50 per cent, and the SmallCap...
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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty found firmer ground on Tuesday after sliding for the past two sessions, propelled by intense buying in banking and financial stocks amid a recovery in global markets and easing crude prices.Signs of easing tensions in West Asia added to markets' optimism, but...
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Donald Trump. Pic: Reuters
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticised the federal court order striking down the USD 100,000 H-1B visa fee, saying such actions were hurting the country very badly.These judges are really giving us a hard time, really crazy. They are giving us a very, very hard time ... they're hurting...
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A day after an opposition INDIA bloc meeting stressed unity and better coordination among the alliance partners, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence in New Delhi.Sources said the two leaders are learnt to have...
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Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Tuesday said the families of regular employees killed in the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (Vizag Steel Plant) accident will receive a compensation of Rs 1.72 crore each, while those of the contract staff would be paid Rs 45.75 lakh each.A severe...
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Days after the rival All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam factions patched up, Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J C D Prabhakar announced on Tuesday that no action will be taken against the 21 MLAs from the opposition party who voted in favor of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam government during the...
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A team from the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday reached the residence of Trinamool Congress supremo and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata.Mamata Banerjee, who yesterday attended the INDIA bloc meeting, is in the national capital.A CID team last week...
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An Indian-origin couple and their 9-year-old terminally ill son died after they fell from a luxury London apartment block in a suspected murder-suicide, according to media reports.Rakesh Pai, 47, Aditi Paralkar, 46, and their son Sid died after falling from a balcony on the 36th floor of their...
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Spotted in The New Yorker: The book cover of “Magadh” by Shrikant Verma, (translated by Rahul Soni).The title of this collection, first published in 1984, and written by a central figure of the modernist Nayi Kavita (New Poetry) movement, refers to an ancient kingdom that looms large in...
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A mural of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Former Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir, S P Vaid, strongly condemned the violence in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), accusing Islamabad of using excessive force against civilians and peaceful protesters.The situation in PoJK is extremely serious. Many people have been...
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The gutted hotel at Malviya Nagar
The mattress trader who used goods from his shop to help rescue people during the deadly fire at a hotel in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar on Tuesday said he has been compensated for his loss and appealed to people to extend assistance to families of the victims instead.Riyazuddin Mansuri, whose...
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Trinamool Congress leader Jahangir Khan, arrested on extortion and other charges, was remanded to police custody for five days by a court here.Khan was arrested from near the India-Nepal border in North Bengal's Panitanki area on Monday. He had unsuccessfully contested the Falta assembly seat in...
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In a significant diplomatic breakthrough, Iran and Israel have suspended their reciprocal military operations, temporarily reinstating a fragile, US-brokered ceasefire that originally took effect on April 8. The decision to halt hostilities on Monday followed intense international diplomatic...
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Rajesh Exports Chairman Rajesh Mehta on Tuesday denied any fund diversion in its subsidiary ACC Energy and promoter-controlled Elest Ltd, saying Sebi has not understood the accounting entries, even as the company faces potential removal from the Rs 18,100-crore ACC Production-Linked Incentive...
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to meet Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her residence at 10 Janpath in New Delhi on Tuesday evening, sources have said.According to sources, the meeting is expected to take...
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A woman was arrested in Meerut on Tuesday for allegedly killing her seven-month-old son and later attempting to pass it off death due to illness, police said.According to police, Amit, a resident of Murlipur village, alleged that his wife Meenakshi strangled their infant son, Rudransh, when she...
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Two of India's Tata Group infrastructure units are set to return to the corporate bond market in the coming days, after more than 15 months, two merchant bankers said on Tuesday.Indian corporate bond yields have eased after the Reserve Bank of India maintained key policy rates unchanged last...
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Pak army chief Asim Munir
The Lebanese army chief on Tuesday met with his Pakistani counterpart Field Marshal Asim Munir, during which the two exchanged views on the evolving regional security situation.The military's media affairs wing said in a statement that Lebanese armed forces' Commander-in-Chief General Rodolphe...
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Amid a split in TMC's parliamentary unit, dissident party MPs June Maliah and Deepak Adhikari (Dev) on Tuesday attended West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's administrative meeting in Purba Medinipur district.The development comes a day after the TMC imploded as a rebellion that had...
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will have as many AI agents and workers as its human workforce within the next three years, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Monday, underscoring the company's growing focus on artificial intelligence as a key driver of future growth.Speaking at TCS'...
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How a High-Profile Educator Was Transformed from Victim to Accused. Read more here.
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A Patna court on Tuesday stayed the arrest of educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as 'Khan Sir', till further orders, his lawyer said.Khan was named in an FIR related to a firing incident by his guards a week ago when his coaching institute was allegedly vandalised by a bunch of miscreants.The...
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Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari attended the symbolic excavation of the final wall of rock at the tunnel under the breakthrough ceremony of the world's longest bi-directional Zojila Tunnel today.The Union Minister was accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant...
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US President Donald Trump has lambasted federal judges after a court invalidated his administration's implementation of a USD 100,000 fee on H-1B visas, describing the judicial decisions as crazy.The court had previously ruled that the steep financial levy constituted an unlawful tax that lacked...
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It's been more than two months since President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran, saying at the time that the two sides were close to a deal, reports CNN. Trump said on social media on April 7 that they were very far along but needed two weeks for the Agreement to be finalized and...
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BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday claimed that a significant number of TMC leaders are seeking to distance themselves from the party's top leadership, amid reports of internal friction within the Trinamool Congress (TMC).Speaking to ANI, Poonawalla alleged that nearly 60 TMC...
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Assistant Professor of West Asian Studies at the University of Tehran, Elham Kadkhodaee, has said that Iran views the Strait of Hormuz as a strategic lever of deterrence aimed at ensuring that the United States and Israel 'think twice' before launching any attack on the country.She said Tehran is...
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Rock band Guns N' Roses, known for notable tracks such as November Rain and Welcome to the Jungle, is set to perform in India in November as a part of 2026 World Tour.The band will visit the country for the second consecutive year after their 2025 performance in Mumbai. Guns N' Roses is set to...
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US President Donald Trump has asserted that the United States will achieve total victory over Iran within the next fortnight, expressing immense confidence that a fresh nuclear deal is well within reach, according to a CNN report.This optimistic projection came just as Iran and Israel stepped...
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Twenty-four Indian crew members of a Palau-flagged merchant tanker have been rescued in coordination with Omani authorities, following a missile attack on the vessel off the coast of Oman, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said on Tuesday.On June 8, the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC),...
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An aviation rescue operation successfully recovered a flight crew after a US military helicopter gunship went down near the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by The New York Times.Attributing the information to two people briefed on the incident, the media outlet highlighted that the exact...
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A 25-year-old man's life was saved after Meerut Police acted on a suicide alert received from Meta following an Instagram post, reaching him within eight minutes and getting him admitted to a hospital, officials have said.The incident came to light under the coordination mechanism between the...
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All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader Kirti Azad on Tuesday dismissed a viral social media post claiming that a separate group of 20 TMC Members of Parliament is set to extend support to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), calling it a fake and fabricated list floated by the Bharatiya...
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United States President Donald Trump has cautioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel risks international isolation if it resumes extensive military operations against Iran, following a volatile 24-hour period of escalating cross-border hostilities. Detailing his...
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Three wagons of a goods train derailed near the Kurukshetra railway station in Haryana on Monday, when Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini was present at the station to flag off a special train, officials said.The goods train was coming from the Kaithal side when three of its wagons went off the...
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Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge asked the saffron party to tell its political superiors-the RSS- to keep their registration documents ready.He referred to the RSS as a 'body of individuals', accusing the Sangh and BJP of abusing and threatening...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu/Ronen Zvulun/Pool/ Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Monday that Israel has halted its military strikes against Iran, marking a tense pause following a day of direct, high-intensity confrontation.Within less than 24 hours, the region saw missile barrages, retaliatory airstrikes, and the...
