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Electricity supply was disrupted in parts of central Mumbai on Friday night after a technical fault at a BEST receiving station in Dadar, an official said.It caused considerable discomfort to residents already reeling under hot and humid weather conditions.The disruption...
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The southwest monsoon is expected to set in early over Kerala on May 26, the India meteorological department said in its forecast.
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Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janata Party, on Friday claimed that his Instagram account had been hacked. In an X post, Dipke said he had lost access to the account and was trying to recover it. He added that efforts to regain control had so far been unsuccessful.
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The head of the forensic medicine department at AIIMS Delhi on Friday said the hospital is prepared to conduct a second autopsy on actor-model Twisha Sharma following a Madhya Pradesh high court order in the alleged dowry death case.Head of the department, Dr Sudhir Gupta, said that he learnt...
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As many as 35 vessels, including cargo carriers and oil tankers, successfully navigated through the strategic maritime chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz over the last 24 hours, according to Iran's state media reports citing a formal declaration by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
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The Nashik police on Friday filed the first charge sheet in connection with the alleged instances of sexual harassment, exploitation and religious conversion at the TCS unit in Nashik.The Special Investigation Team of the police filed the 1,500-page charge sheet before the sessions court in a...
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Asserting Washington's firm stance on global maritime security, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has redoubled pressure on Tehran, identifying its aggressive manoeuvres in vital trade corridors as a non-negotiable hurdle in ongoing diplomatic discussions.Rubio, who is in Helsingborg, Sweden,...
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Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Chockalingam on Friday sought to assuage the concerns linked to next month's Special Intensive Revision (SIR), and said eligible voters will not be deleted from the rolls.Addressing a press conference, he said the poll body has completed 72 percent...
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Amid diplomatic pressure in the fragile truce in West Asia, Pakistan's Army Chief, Asim Munir, departed for Tehran on Friday as expectations of a breakthrough between the US and Iran gathered pace, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported.This urgent journey follows immediately after a...
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Pakistan's US dollar reserves exceeded $22 billion after more than four years, the State Bank said on Friday.In its weekly announcement, the bank said the foreign exchange reserves have increased by $1.214 billion.The mark was reached after the clearance of some external debt payments last week,...
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Several pillars of a bridge over Sakri river at Dariyapur in Bihar's Nalanda district collapsed on Friday, an official said.According to locals, many pillars of the bridge had also given way on Monday.The bridge, constructed around 10 years ago, connects the eastern part of...
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Services on Mumbai's underground Metro Line 3, also known as the Aqua Line, were disrupted twice on Friday due to technical issues, leaving commuters stranded inside trains and stations complaining of confusion, overcrowding and lack of communication from authorities.The first disruption occurred...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, in New Delhi/@PMOIndia X/ANI Photo
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday.This was Adhikari's first meeting with the prime minister in the national capital after being sworn-in as the chief minister on May 9.Chief Minister of West Bengal, Shri...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Pune-based lecturer for allegedly leaking the physics paper of NEET UG 2026 to a select group of aspirants, officials said on Friday.The CBI has arrested Manisha Sanjay Havaldar, presently employed with the Seth Hiralal Saraf Prashala in Pune,...
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The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Friday announced a nationwide agitation beginning May 27, calling upon farmer unions and agricultural workers to burn copies of the Centre's recent minimum support price (MSP) order and the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) report on price...
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The Indian Army on Friday debunked a press conference video being circulated on various media and social media platforms as fake and misleading, alleging that it was a malicious propaganda campaign designed to malign the force's image and push fabricated narratives.The Indian Army clarified that...
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India has blocked China's request to set up a dispute panel at the WTO in a case that Beijing has filed against New Delhi's support measures for the solar cells, modules, and information technology sectors, an official said.Earlier this month, China made this request to the WTO's (World Trade...
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Actor Kangana Ranaut slammed reports claiming she secretly got married after being spotted with a mangalsutra and said she is shooting for her next film.A picture of Ranaut wearing a mangalsutra went viral on Thursday, leading to speculations of getting married secretly. The actor shared a post...
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Samarth Singh, the absconding husband of Twisha Sharma who was allegedly harassed for dowry and died last week in Bhopal, reached the Jabalpur district court on Friday evening to surrender, his lawyer said.The development came around an hour after he withdrew his anticipatory bail application...
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The rupee rose for the second consecutive session on Friday to close at 95.73 (provisional) against the US dollar on softening of crude oil prices and supposed intervention by the Reserve Bank.Forex traders said markets found some comfort after comments from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
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Back with the tagline Cockroaches Never Die after its original X handle was withheld in India, the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), a satirical social-media account, launched a campaign on Friday demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.The campaign, spearheaded through...
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India's forex reserves dropped $8.094 billion to $688.894 billion during the week ended May 15, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday.The overall reserves had jumped by $6.295 billion to $696.988 billion during the week ended May 8.The kitty had expanded to an all-time...
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Stock markets recovered on Friday with the benchmark Sensex closing higher by nearly 232 points following buying in blue-chip bank shares amid positive global trends.The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 231.99 points, or 0.31 percent, to settle at 75,415.35. During the day, it surged 627.61...
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that discussions aimed at halting the conflict with Iran have shown some slight progress, while simultaneously echoing Washington's dissatisfaction with its NATO allies.Speaking to journalists during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Sweden, the top...
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A fire broke out in a commercial building in Ahmedabad, prompting a large-scale rescue operation during which 50 people were evacuated from the structure on Friday, an official said.The blaze erupted on the third floor in Tower B of the 11-storey Solitaire Building in the Makarba area in the...
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Drishyam 3, featuring Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, has earned Rs 43.37 crore at the worldwide box office.The film is directed by Jeethu Joseph and released in theatres on May 21. It collected Rs 18.37 crore gross and Rs 15.85 crore nett at the domestic...
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The Reserve Bank on Friday announced a record Rs 2.87 lakh crore dividend to the government for the 2025-26 financial year, providing financial leeway amid geopolitical challenges.The dividend or surplus transfer for 2024-25 was Rs 2.69 lakh crore, 27.4 percent more than the payout in 2023-24.The...
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Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president KT Rama Rao on Friday alleged that Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar's son was not arrested in the POCSO case for nine days due to a tacit understanding between him and Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.He claimed that Bageerath was arrested only...
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The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday issued notice to ex-judge Giribala Singh, booked for the death of her daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma allegedly due to dowry harassment, on pleas seeking cancellation of her anticipatory bail in the case.Twisha Sharma's father Navnidhi Sharma and the MP...
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The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has decided to bring back some people, who were earlier deported to Bangladesh, to India and would then verify their claim of Indian citizenship.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, told a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya...
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The SIR-linked appellate tribunals in West Bengal have disposed of only 6,581 cases, around 0.26 per cent of the nearly 25 lakh appeals filed against decisions taken by judicial officers during the electoral roll revision exercise, official data showed on Thursday.Of the cases decided by 12 of...
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The Madhya Pradesh high court on Friday permitted a second postmortem of Twisha Sharma, the Noida woman who was allegedly harassed for dowry and died last week, her family members said.The HC has allowed the petition filed by Twisha's father Navnidhi Sharma, their lawyer Ankur Pandey told PTI.He...
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In what is likely to bring relief to the world, Al Arabiya on Friday reported that a final draft of a possible agreement between the United States and Iran could be announced within hours, Al Arabiya cited sources aware of the matter.According to the Al Arabiya sources, the proposed agreement...
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Authorities stepped up Ebola surveillance and precautionary measures at Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) on Friday following an emergency preparedness meeting between management and the Airport Health Organisation.A CIAL spokesperson said a 24-hour monitoring system has now been...
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The West Bengal government has notified free bus travel for women in all state government-run buses from June 1 as part of a scheme aimed at enhancing women's empowerment and improving access to public transport.According to a notification issued by the state Transport Department on May 21, women...
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The Supreme Court on Friday modified its March 11 order that had directed the Centre, states and others to disassociate from three academics, following a row over an NCERT book chapter containing 'offending' contents on corruption in the judiciary.The apex court left it open to the Centre,...
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Fuel shortage reported at certain retail outlets in the country was primarily on account of panic buying and bulk buyers of diesel shifting to fuel stations due to a price difference of roughly Rs 40 to Rs 42 per litre, a senior government official said on Thursday.Some fuel retail outlets have...
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The West Asia war is expected to weigh on India's fiscal economy, supply chains, and oil market even if the conflict ends soon, S Mahendra Dev, chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), said on Thursday.Speaking at the National Institute of Public Finance and...
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The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday proposed to transfer the case involving Twisha Sharma, the Noida woman who was allegedly harassed for dowry and died last week, to the Central Bureau of Investigation, officials said.In a notification, the state government said it proposes to transfer this...
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The Delhi high court on Friday granted 3-day interim bail to Umar Khalid in the UAPA case. Umar Khalid to be released on interim bail from June 1 to June 3 in view of his mother's surgery, the HC said.Activist and former JNU student leader Umar Khalid had moved the Delhi high court...
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Two Indian mountaineers who summited Everest have died while descending, an official said on Friday.The climbers, identified as Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are, were exhausted while they were coming down from the peak and could not be saved despite the best efforts of their guides, said Rishi...
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Ricky Martin is safe after his concert in Montenegro was briefly stopped when a fan sprayed tear gas toward the stage. According to People magazine, the incident took place on Thursday, May 21, during the opening show of the European leg of his Ricky Martin Live tour. Martin's...
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Raj Singh, who was arrested in connection with the murder case of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant Chandranath Rath, has alleged that he was wrongly arrested, mistaken for another person with the same name and later released following a Central Bureau of...
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Services on Mumbai's Metro Line 3, also known as the Aqua Line, were disrupted due to a technical snag during morning peak hours on Friday, leaving commuters stranded amid confusion and overcrowding.This is the second major disruption on the 33.5-km-long corridor. On May 6,...
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Two women riding a scooter were allegedly chased and threatened by policemen in a car in Etah, Uttar Pradesh, an officer said.The incident occurred in the Kotwali Nagar area on Thursday evening. A video of the altercation later went viral on social media.The women alleged that the car occupants,...
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A M Shahjahan and Vanni Arasu, legislators belonging to the Indian Union Muslim League and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi respectively were sworn in as ministers by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Friday in a simple ceremony held at the Lok Bhavan in Chennai.In the presence of Chief...
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Benchmark equity indices rebounded in early deals on Friday amid easing oil prices and a rally in global markets.Hopes of progress in the US-Iran peace negotiations also added to markets' optimism.The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 332.39 points to 75,507.09 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty...
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India's power demand touched yet another peak on Thursday.This time, it crossed the projected 270 GW, reaching 270.82 GW at 3:45 pm. Because of record-breaking high temperatures and severe heatwaves in many regions across the country, power demand peaked consecutively for the fourth time in...
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The Meteorological Centre here has issued a red alert for 10 districts in the state for Friday, warning of 'severe' to 'very severe' heatwave conditions.The alert has been issued for Banda, Chitrakoot, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Pratapgarh, Mirzapur, Varanasi, Bhadohi and Jaunpur districts,...
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The United States has paused a proposed $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan amid concerns over munitions requirements linked to the ongoing conflict with Iran, according to a report by The Hill.Speaking during a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on Thursday, Acting Navy Secretary...
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The rupee snapped a nine day losing streak on Thursday and emerged as the best-performing Asian currency for the day, aided by heavy intervention by the Reserve Bank of India in the non-deliverable forwards (NDF) market and easing crude oil prices, said dealers.The domestic currency appreciated...
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The central board of the Reserve Bank of India is scheduled to meet on Friday to decide on the surplus transfer to the government for 2025-2026 (FY26), with economists expecting the payout to exceed FY25's record dividend of Rs.2.7 trillion.Economists expect the dividend transfer to be in the...
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The United States and Iran are engaged in indirect talks aimed at developing a framework for a possible agreement, Iran's ISNA News Agency reported.According to the report, the two sides are currently exchanging messages and draft texts. An Iranian official earlier told Al Jazeera that...
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Kashmir divisional commissioner Anshul Garg on Thursday reviewed the preparations for the annual Amarnath Yatra scheduled to begin in the first week of July.Garg chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparedness for the annual yatra and the meeting was attended by the deputy commissioners...
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The Allahabad high court on Thursday seized the administrative and financial powers of the Lucknow mayor till she administers oath to corporator Lalit Kishore Tiwari.The Lucknow bench of the court passed the direction in a matter related to ward number 73 in the city's Faizullaganj area, where...
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The Muslim side on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court order, which said the disputed Bhojshala complex in Dhar district of the state was a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati.The Hindu community considers Bhojshala a temple dedicated to...
