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Intelligence agencies have issued a security alert for Delhi and Uttarakhand following a possible Khalistani terror threat, with key religious sites, government establishments and police installations put under heightened surveillance, sources said on Saturday.According to sources in the...
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Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday claimed that the defection of six MPs of his party to the Eknath Shinde-led Sena was engineered to keep Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in check and ensure numbers in Parliament for the delimitation bill.Speaking at a gathering of...
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Kerala long jumper Ancy Sojan smashed the 22-year-old national record which was in the name of legendary Anju Bobby George on the fourth day of National Inter-State Championships in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.The 25-year-old Ancy leaped a stunning 6.88m to better the previous national record of...
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Strong tremors were felt in Delhi and surrounding areas after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan Saturday evening.According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake hit Afghanistan at 7.04 pm, with its epicentre located at a depth of 215 km.The United States Geological...
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The Congress on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and demanded the immediate arrest of those behind the scam.Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Akhilesh Prasad Singh said the...
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Kerala on Saturday reported 10 fresh cases of Shigella infection, taking the total number of infections recorded in the state this year to 266.According to a statement issued by Health Minister K Muraleedharan's office, new cases were reported from Malappuram (5), Kozhikode (4) and Wayanad...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday described the alleged paper leak and postponement of the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) as theft with the future of youngsters.Another paper leak. Another exam cancelled. This time, Maharashtra's TET.The country's education and examination...
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The general secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, Champat Rai, and its member Anil Mishra have tendered their resignation, the Trust said on Saturday and assured that a fair inquiry will be conducted into allegations related to the Ram temple donations. A statement from the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited the giant tortoise enclosure at the Seychelles National Botanical Garden with President Patrick Herminie.He also joined President Herminie in a tree plantation ceremony, highlighting the two countries' shared commitment to biodiversity conservation...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday hit out at the government on high fuel prices even when global crude oil rates had returned to the pre-West Asia war levels.He accused the BJP of looting and pickpocketing the people, and alleged that the public has become just a means for the BJP...
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A 13-year-old girl from Ethiopia, who was travelling to Hyderabad for cancer treatment, died on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight, police said on Saturday.The teenager had been battling cancer for the last three years.She died while the aircraft was in transit.She was taken to a health facility...
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Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani says the bond shared between the characters of Munna and Circuit is behind the enduring appeal of his Munnabhai franchise and promises that the third chapter in the story will be out as soon as he comes up with a crackling idea.Hirani made his directorial debut with...
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The AAP government in Punjab, which had been opposing the Viksit Bharat Guarantee Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G), has notified the rural employment scheme, which will come into force from July 1 in the state.The Bhagwant Mann government had convened a special session of the...
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The police on Saturday summoned the parents and brother of Siya Goyal, a co-accused in the murder of 25-year-old Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal, for questioning at the Lonavala rural police station.Siya's parents -- Pravin and Puja Goyal -- and brother Sahil arrived at the police station in the...
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday slammed senior IPS officer Vishwas Nangare Patil for attending a Hindu Sakal Samaj event and 'praising' the RSS, saying the top cop should resign and join the right-wing organisation if he wished to publicly express his admiration for...
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The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday distanced itself from party MLA Sana Malik's remarks in the Maharashtra assembly on talaq and polygamy, stating they reflected her personal views and not the party's official stand.Maharashtra NCP president Sunil Tatkare, in a post on X, clarified...
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The Opposition has alleged that paper leaks are no longer isolated incidents but have become the identity of the Maharashtra government after some persons in Bhiwandi were found in possession of questions purportedly similar to the actual question paper of the now-postponed TET.The reports...
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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday termed the alleged theft of donations collected for the Ram temple in Ayodhya tragic and shameful, and said those responsible for collecting and safeguarding the donations should also be held accountable.Speaking to reporters after a meeting at the...
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A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly ramming a Mahindra Thar into a motorcycle, killing its rider in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj, police said on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Sarthak Mattoo (34), a resident of Gurugram, Haryana, who worked with an event management company.The...
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The Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2026, scheduled for Sunday in Maharashtra, has been postponed after a raid in Bhiwandi of Thane district found that some individuals possessed several questions similar to the actual question paper, officials said.The Council remains firmly committed to...
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Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday invoked alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram temple in Ayodhya to target the BJP over Hindutva and accused the party of betraying Hindus by playing with their emotions.He also vowed to lead protests to ensure BJP-mukt...
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Police arrested three women for allegedly cooking beef in a house in Kaushambi in Uttar Pradesh and recovered meat from the place, officials said on Saturday.Police found out about prohibited cattle meat being cooked at a house in Panara Gopalpur village from an informer, they said.On seeing the...
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A court in Patna on Saturday extended the stay on the arrest of educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, in connection with the coaching institute firing case till the next hearing on June 30, his lawyer said.The case relates to a firing incident that occurred in early June after Khan...
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A Muslim woman panchayat member has performed the last rites of a Hindu man according to his customs in northern Kasaragod after his family declined to claim the body following his death from cancer, in an act that has drawn widespread appreciation on social media.The deceased, Narayanan (64), a...
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IMAGE: Rati Agnihotri and Bhagyaraj in Puthiya Vaarpugal.
Veteran Tamil actor, director and screenwriter K Bhagyaraj passed away in Chennai on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 73.Bhagyaraj was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Chennai's Greenways area after experiencing a cardiopulmonary cardiac arrest.Despite medical efforts, the...
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In a blistering attack on the Modi government, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said its stony silence and inaction on Israel's Gaza genocide are not just morally reprehensible but also inexplicable from a national interest perspective.Gandhi, the Congress Parliamentary Party...
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Sleuths of the SIT, which is probing the alleged loss of gold from the Sabarimala temple, have interrogated the prime accused in the case, Unnikrishnan Potty, for over eight hours, officials said on Saturday.According to sources, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) questioned Potty at the Police...
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Thirty-two licensed weapons kept under police custody at the Sector Eight police station here were stolen from the malkhana (armoury room), said an official.Following an investigation, a case of theft has been registered against the malkhana in-charge, ASI Bijendra Singh. Singh was suspended by...
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In a gruesome incident, a 35-year-old man allegedly hacked his wife and two sons to death with an axe before committing suicide by jumping in front of a train in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, police said Saturday.The horrific murders took place late on Friday night in Kishanpur village,...
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A red electric car which was used by Ketan Agarwal on the day he was murdered during a trip to Lohargad fort is now being examined by the Pune Police as it builds its case.A video of Ketan Agarwal's electric car had surfaced on social media showing him and his fiancee Siya Goyal driving in...
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A speeding truck driver allegedly crushed an 11-year-old girl to death and crashed through police barricades before being arrested after a dramatic 60-km chase in Chhattisgarh, police said on Saturday.The nearly two-hour-long high-speed chase through Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district on...
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A Pakistani national was apprehended by security forces near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Friday.The individual, identified as Mohd Sajad, son of Rafiq, is a resident of Polas in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). He was intercepted after moving suspiciously during routine...
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In the wake of a devastating fire in the city's Aliganj area that claimed 15 lives earlier this week, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Friday continued its crackdown on commercial establishments allegedly operating in violation of approved building plans, issuing show-cause notices to...
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A person jumped on the tracks of the Kolkata metro's Kalighat station on Saturday morning in an alleged suicide attempt, disrupting services on the Blue Line briefly, a senior official said.The incident occurred around 7.20 am, following which truncated services were operated between Maidan and...
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A 39-year-old woman has been arrested with heroin valued at around Rs 4.5 lakh in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh.According to official sources, Nyamyang Thingnok was apprehended during a joint anti-drug operation conducted by the police and the local administration at Batey Colony in...
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Bharatiya Janata Party's Kerala president Rajeev Chandrasekhar has defended the amendments to the FCRA, saying they were intended to prevent foreign contributions from being used for money laundering and that they were not aimed at targeting any particular community.Responding to reporters'...
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Two 12-year-old boys were killed and eight others injured after a portion of a house's roof collapsed in Lucknow, the police said on Saturday.The incident occurred around 10.15 pm on Friday in Mohalla Pakhariya in Mohana under the Itaunja police station limits, when people were being served...
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The death toll in the under-construction godown shed collapse in Kolkata's Taratala area has reached 16, officials said on Saturday.The incident took place on June 25 near Brace Bridge when a multi-storey under-construction godown shed suddenly collapsed, trapping several workers under debris....
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The US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted strikes against Iran, June 26, as a powerful response to Friday’s attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz. In retaliation, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said that it targeted the US military...
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Donald Trump expressed his gratitude for naming a road in Hyderabad, India, after him, saying he was the first US President to be honoured this way.Trump's remarks on Truth Social on Friday came after the Telangana government named a road adjoining the US Consulate in the southern Indian city as...
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks alongside Israel's envoy to the US Yechiel Leiter and Lebanon's ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh during an event to sign pact between Israel and Lebanon/Reuters/ANI Photo
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday (local time) announced a US-mediated framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon aimed at achieving lasting peace and security.The deal calls for a ceasefire, contingent on Hezbollah ending all fire and withdrawing from southern Lebanon.In a post on...
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Indian Naval Sail Training Ship (INSTS) Sudarshini, which is on a transoceanic expedition, on Friday joined the celebration of the 250th anniversary of US Independence at Baltimore harbour near here.Led by Commander Ravikanth Nandoori, the INSTS Sudarshini participated in SAIL250 Maryland and...
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The police questioned Sahil Goyal, the brother of Siya Goyal, one of the accused in the murder of Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal, for nearly ten hours on Friday, an official said. He was later allowed to go home.The official said Sahil Goyal was quizzed about his sister's relationship with...
