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The death toll in the ammonia gas leak at a private seafood processing and export facility in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district increased to 16, the state health and family welfare department said on Monday.According to an official release, the industrial chemical accident occurred on June 21...
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An Ahmedabad-Navi Mumbai IndiGo flight was diverted to Surat on Monday evening after a three-year-old child fell unconscious on board, a senior airport official said.The child was shifted to a private hospital for treatment after the plane landed at Surat airport.After the flight took off from...
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HDFC Bank's board has moved to fill its top board position by appointing former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar as part-time (non-executive) chairman, a step the lender says will provide stability as it readies for its next growth phase and seeks continuity at the executive level.We wish to inform...
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US special envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, will travel to Doha for discussions with Iran on Tuesday, the White House said on Monday, as diplomatic engagement between the two sides continues amid ongoing tensions following the recent exchange of...
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Four children have died of cerebral malaria, and 45 others have been admitted to hospital with the disease in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district in the last four days, an official said on Monday.The district administration has divided the affected Potka block, where the casualties were reported,...
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The alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ayodhya Ram temple echoed in the Kerala assembly on Monday, with Congress MLA Sandeep Varier accusing the BJP and VHP leaders of misappropriating money donated by devotees.Raising the issue during a discussion in the House, Varier, who quit the saffron...
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The ministry of petroleum and natural gas has rolled back emergency curbs on petrol and diesel sales, signalling that domestic fuel supply has stabilised after weeks of disruption linked to the West Asia crisis.The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has withdrawn the temporary regulatory...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tejasvi Surya on Monday said he has filed a PIL in the high court of Karnataka challenging the North-South Tunnel Road project in Bengaluru.According to him, the matter would be listed for hearing on July 6.The Bengaluru South MP said the Public Interest Litigation was...
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A failed robbery attempt allegedly turned fatal when a 45-year-old man was stabbed to death by a juvenile in southwest Delhi's Sagarpur area after the accused found no valuables on him, police said on Sunday.The police have apprehended two minors in connection with the case, while the main...
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At least five people were killed and several others injured in a shooting at a youth welfare facility in the northern German city of Stade on Monday, CNN reported, citing local police.According to CNN, citing the Stade Police, officers responded to the incident and have arrested two suspects,...
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The distribution of tokens for on-the-spot registration of pilgrims participating in the annual Amarnath yatra will begin on Tuesday in Jammu, with the registration process set to start the following day, deputy commissioner Jammu Rakesh Minhas said here on Monday.The 57-day annual pilgrimage to...
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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will begin a survey of 923 coaching centres across the city from July 1 to inspect compliance with fire and building safety norms, officials said on Monday.The exercise comes against the backdrop of the Delhi government's directions for a citywide inspection of...
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A court in Pune district on Monday extended till July 3 the police custody of Siya Goyal and co-accused Chetan Chaudhary in the realtor Ketan Agarwal murder case after the prosecution highlighted the need for probing aspects like the exact spot of the crime on a fort and a missing passport.The...
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The rupee pared initial gains and settled lower by 9 paise at 94.54 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, as renewed geopolitical tensions hit investors' risk appetite.Forex traders said the rupee opened on a positive note with crude oil prices remaining supportive and foreign inflows...
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Bihar health minister and Janata Dal-United leader, Nishant Kumar, moved into his newly allotted official bungalow at 5 Deshratan Marg in the state capital on Monday.The accommodation is traditionally designated for the state's deputy chief minister.The state's building construction department...
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The India meteorological department (IMD) on Monday issued an orange alert for Mumbai for the next few days, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds.According to the weather bureau's latest district-wise forecast, Mumbai is expected to...
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President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to attend the convocations of two universities in Andhra Pradesh on June 30 and July 1 respectively.According to the President's schedule, Murmu will attend the first convocation of the Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh in Visakhapatnam as the chief...
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Shiv Sena-UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said he is a well-wisher of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and will back the latter's prime ministerial ambitions.If he (Fadnavis) thinks I am his enemy, I am his well-wisher. I am speaking about his mann ki baat, Thackeray said at a...
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US President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that Iran had requested a meeting with the US after the recent military escalation between the two sides over the Strait of Hormuz and announced that talks with Tehran would take place in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, despite Iranian officials stating that...
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The Dehradun police arrested a 26-year-old man from Haryana for allegedly posting bomb threats against all police stations in Uttarakhand on various social media platforms, officials said on Monday.The accused, identified as Jaspreet Singh, told the police during interrogation that he was...
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday alleged that the state has been treated like a grazing ground to extract mineral resources and contribute to the nation's and world economy, but there has been little concern about how people of the state could stand on their own feet.Soren made the...
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A bill to curb anti-social activities with a stringent provision of preventive detention for up to 12 months without trial was tabled in the West Bengal assembly on Monday.The West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-social Activities Bill, 2026, is aimed at preventing riots and other forms...
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Five persons were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a man and his driver and robbing him of Rs 1.09 crore in cash, police said on Monday.The incident occurred on June 15 within the Madanayakanahalli police station limits, they said.With their arrests, the police claimed to have recovered Rs 85.50...
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At least six persons, including two minors, were killed in separate lightning strikes across four districts of Jharkhand in the past 24 hours, police said on Monday.Two deaths each were reported from Ranchi and Garhwa districts, while one each was killed in Gumla and West Singhbhum districts,...
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The brother of Champat Rai, who resigned as the general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, on Monday defended him against allegations of embezzling donations for the Ram temple, saying his brother had sacrificed both his personal life and career for the Ram temple...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Monday as renewed hostilities between the US and Iran and rising oil prices unnerved investors.The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 372.10 points, or 0.48 per cent, to settle at 76,728.37. During the day, it tanked 478.72 points, or 0.62 per...
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The father of the three-year-old victim of the Nasrapur rape and murder case on Monday expressed satisfaction over the court's verdict of handing death penalty to the convict, and said the family now wants the execution of the court order.A special court on Monday sentenced the convict --...
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All eight accused arrested in connection with the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple were on Monday remanded to 14 days judicial custody by a local court, case officials said.The accused were produced before Special Judge, Anti Corruption Court, Rajat Verma through video...
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued an orange alert for Mumbai for the next few days, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds.According to the weather bureau's latest district-wise forecast, Mumbai is expected to...
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Mumbai is staring at a severe water crisis as the combined live storage in its seven supply reservoirs has dropped to less than 7 per cent, significantly lower than last year, due to delayed monsoon and insufficient rainfall so far this year.In the corresponding period last year, the water stock...
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The Indian team headed to Venezuela
An Indian Army field hospital, deployed in earthquake-hit Venezuela under Operation Amistad, has become fully operational and is providing free round-the-clock medical services, officials said on Monday.The Indian Embassy in Venezuela said an Indian medical team comprising highly experienced...
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Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was killed on Feb 28
Bihar Governor Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain and Minister of State for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, to attend funeral ceremony of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on behalf of the Indian government. Khamenei, who ruled Iran for three decades, was killed on February 28, the first...
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A 24-year-old woman, who was five months pregnant, died by suicide by hanging herself with a saree at her residence in Gadipeddapur village of Medak district on June 25. The victim took this extreme step following continuous torture by her husband and mother-in-law, who suspected her of having an...
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Kerala CM Satheesan said the former editor was highly respected
Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Monday wrote to his West Bengal counterpart Suvendu Adhikari, seeking his intervention in the passport renewal application of senior journalist Rajagopal Ramadas, former editor of The Telegraph.Ramadas's passport renewal application was allegedly held up due...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday welcomed the court's decision to hand death penalty to the convict in the Nasrapur case in which a three-year-old girl was raped and murdered, and said such criminals had no right to live in society.Terming the case as rarest of rare, a...
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Twisha Sharma's mother-in-law
Thieves broke into the Bhopal residence of Giribala Singh, a former judge currently jailed in connection with her daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma's death, prompting a probe into the incident, police said on Monday.While the suspects fled after abandoning a bag of stolen items after police sirens...
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The Faizabad Bar Association on Monday resolved that none of its members would represent the eight accused arrested in the alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram temple, warning that any lawyer violating the decision would face a Rs 5-lakh penalty.The decision was taken at the...
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An old viral video of the now Tamil Nadu minister who was purportedly seen crushing a pill has resurfaced snowballing into a controversy prompting the opposition parties to demand stringent action against him with the DMK hitting the streets on Monday demanding his resignation.The police denied...
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Special court in Pune sentences 65-year-old man to death for the rape-murder of 3-year-old girl in Nasrapur.A special court in Pune last week had convicted the 65-year-old man in the rape-murder of a three-year-old girl in Nasrapur village last month. Additional Sessions Judge (Special Judge...
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Former Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust General Secretary Champat Rai's statement was recorded by police here as part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged embezzlement of temple donations, sources said on Monday.The sources revealed that while Champat Rai has been questioned,...
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Hundreds of vehicles were stranded after heavy rains triggered a mudslide on the Mughal Road, disrupting traffic on the key route connecting the districts of Rajouri and Poonch with the Kashmir valley, officials said.The mudslide, triggered by continuous heavy rainfall, blocked a stretch of over...
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Days after Indian shooting legend Jaspal Rana's shocking death owing to cardiac complications, his mother Shyama Devi has also passed away after battling multiple health issues during her prolonged hospitalisation.Jaspal, who was relatively young at 49, died on June 12, a few days after...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday called Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to discuss the flood-like situation in parts of the state, officials said.Shah sought to know the extent of damage, if any, caused by the swelling rivers of the state, and offered all help from the Centre in...
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The younger son of Myanmar's incarcerated pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has demanded the country's military-led government furnish concrete proof that she is alive, casting severe doubt on junta claims made in April that her sentence was commuted to around 17 years alongside a transfer to...
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Intense overnight showers lashed Mumbai's suburbs on Monday, with several areas receiving over 100 mm in just four hours, triggering waterlogging and traffic disruptions in some pockets, civic officials said.As per data shared by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Veena Nagar in the...
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At least 1,450 people have died since last week's devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, according to a top lawmaker, CNN reported.US Southern Command said their frantic efforts continue on ground as first responders assisted US Marine climbing through rubble.In a post on X, the US Southern...
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Over 17 lakh children below the age of five received Pulse Polio vaccine drops at booths across Kerala, achieving 88.53 per cent coverage, state Health Minister K Muraleedharan said.In a statement, the minister said the state had targeted 19.8 lakh children under the Pulse Polio immunisation...
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A 26-foot baby humpback blue whale washed ashore on the rocky coastline at Bandra in Mumbai; however, despite a coordinated rescue effort, the calf died, an official said on Sunday.A rescue operation involving forest and civic officials along with wildlife vets, was launched after the whale was...
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A Congress leader was allegedly cheated of Rs 10 lakh by a man through a phony fundraiser who posed as the personal secretary to Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.According to an FIR registered here, Sanjiv, an executive member of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, received a WhatsApp...
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DMK president M K Stalin on Sunday hinted that the TVK government in Tamil Nadu may not last its five year-term, and that it was running with the support of parties who were until recently part of his party-led alliance.The minority government led by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay may collapse...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended the golden jubilee celebrations of the National Day of Seychelles as the Guest of Honour.Modi is currently on a three-day visit to Seychelles starting Saturday.An Indian Army contingent drawn from the Assam Regiment, Navy's frontline stealth frigate...
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Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotirmath on Sunday blamed the treasurer of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust for the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.Speaking to reporters, he said, The primary responsibility lies with the treasurer, followed by Anil...
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Relief supplies, medical equipment and a field hospital unit, sent to quake-hit Venezuela under Operation Amistad, has reached that country, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, asserting that this humanitarian assistance will bolster ongoing relief efforts there.The Union minister...
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Murder case accused Siya Goyal
Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal's fiancee Siya Goyal sat down not only to signal her alleged lover Chetan Chaudhary to push him off Lohagad Fort, but also to ensure she remained out of the victim's reach during the fall, police have said.Chaudhary had also done his homework by travelling to the...
