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Noted art director Anand Sai's son Sandeep was arrested in connection with an accident here in which a 31-year-old pedestrian died, the police said.The incident occurred under the limits of Raidurgam Police station in the small hours of August 31, when the pedestrian, a migrant labourer from...
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The police have registered an FIR against eight persons, including a woman, after a 28-year-old Ugandan businessman was allegedly assaulted twice in Mumbai's Khar area, an official said.The incident occurred early on Monday, he said. Police have identified six of the accused as Murad Al...
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Six pilgrims were killed and 14 others injured after a pick-up vehicle rammed into a stationary truck on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway in Haryana's Palwal on Tuesday, police said.The accident occurred at around 4.30 am when the occupants of the pick-up vehicle were returning from Rajasthan...
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US forces on Tuesday began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran, the U.S. Central Command said in a post on X. The strikes began at 12 p.m. ET and followed recent alleged attempts by theIRGC to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and...
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The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested a local businessman in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Chhattisgarh District Mineral Fund (DMF), officials said.They said Satpal Singh Chabda was taken into custody and produced before a special PMLA court that sent...
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The Allahabad high court on Tuesday rejected the bail pleas of 19 alleged masterminds in cases involving illegal storage, transportation and sale of codeine-laced cough syrups, while granting bail to truck drivers, helpers and small retail sellers, saying they merely transported sealed parcels or...
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Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik claimed on Tuesday that 'massive irregularities' in the voter list directly benefited the ruling BJP during the recently held Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) elections.Sarnaik, whose party is an ally of the Bharatiya Janata...
22:01
India's Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, met with Rajendra Dawadi, the principal of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Bidur, Nuwakot, whose split-second evacuation saved more than 1,600 children just moments before the campus was obliterated by flash floods.In a post on X, Ambassador...
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A 55-year-old passenger was deboarded from a long-distance train and a police case was registered against him for allegedly lighting a diya (lamp) on his berth while performing prayers, officials said on Tuesday.The Central Railway (CR) appealed to passengers not to carry inflammable articles or...
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The rupee gained 27 paise to close at nearly a two-month high of 94.95 against the US dollar on Tuesday on robust domestic growth, controlled fiscal slippage and portfolio-related inflows.Forex traders said recent MSCI-linked inflows are offering temporary support to the rupee.Moreover, the...
20:25
An attempt by the authorities to lift a blockade by truckers protesting alleged harassment led to tension at Lailapur along the Assam-Mizoram border on Tuesday, officials said.The drivers resisted the Cachar district administration's move and parked heavy vehicles across the highway, demanding...
20:10
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the food licences of quick-commerce platform Blinkit in Akola and two eateries in Mumbai over severe hygiene violations, cockroach infestations, and unsafe storage, officials said on Tuesday.FDA teams cracked down on Delhi Sweet and...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed suo motu proceedings pertaining to the contents of the class 8 NCERT textbook referring to corruption in the judiciary after it was informed that the chapter was withdrawn.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana...
18:40
Among the 30 Sensex firms, Maruti, State Bank of India, InterGlobe Aviation, Bajaj Finserv, Mahindra & Mahindra and Axis Bank were the major laggards.ITC, HCL Tech, Infosys and Bharti Airtel were among the winners.Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, jumped 2.03 per cent to $92.33 per barrel.
18:37
Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally lower on Tuesday as elevated crude oil prices and fresh US-Iran tensions weighed on investor sentiment.After a volatile trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended lower by 12.99 points, or 0.02 per cent, at 76,944.28.At 3.12 pm, the benchmark...
18:36
Union Minister Chirag Paswan, a Z-category protectee, on Tuesday received threat messages claiming that he will be 'killed by terrorists', according to his office, which sought enhanced security for him.The office of Paswan, who is the supremo of Lok Janshakti Party (R), has asked the Home...
18:22
Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party president N Ramchander Rao was on Tuesday allegedly placed under house arrest by the police here to prevent him from travelling to Nalgonda to express solidarity with the party's district unit president N Varshith Reddy whose house was allegedly attacked by...
18:17
Gold prices fell for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday to trade at Rs 1.58 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital, down by Rs 2,700, amid a global sell-off.Gold of 99.9 per cent purity depreciated by Rs 2,700 to a nearly two-week low of Rs 1,58,200 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes) from...
18:16
The Delhi Police has filed a charge sheet against three accused, including hotel owner Lovkesh Bajaj, in connection with the fire tragedy at a hotel in Malviya Nagar in which 22 people, including 13 foreigners, were killed, an official said on Tuesday.The fire broke out at the B&B in Malviya...
18:13
The weather department in Ranchi has issued a flash flood warning for 10 districts in Jharkhand as heavy rain lashed large parts of the state on Tuesday.Dumaria in East Singhbhum registered the highest 217 mm of rain since Monday, followed by Dumri in Giridih at 162.2 mm and Mahuadawar in Latehar...
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's move to quash all FIRs registered against students who participated in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) protests across the country, calling it 'absolute justice'.Talking...
16:29
Food delivery platform Zomato is set to slash nearly 250-300 customer support jobs as it shuts down its Hyderabad centre, according to people familiar with the matter.The employees who will be affected in the process work through third-party service providers and are not on Zomato's direct...
16:28
Corporation (BMC) jurisdiction, is projected to have recorded 12,503 property registrations in August 2026, an 11 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase and the highest for the month in over 14 years.The findings are based on data from the Maharashtra Department of Registrations and Stamps, as...
16:27
Gross GST collections rose 14.8 per cent year-on-year to about Rs 2 lakh crore in August, driven by domestic transactions as well as imports.The August GST collection figures, coming a day after the official data showed a 7.8 per cent growth in GDP during the June quarter of FY27, show that...
16:25
The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed all FIRs registered against students who participated in the Cockroach Janta Party-led protests between July 20 to 25 across the country, prompting the group to call off its September 5 march in the national capital.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India...
15:56
A keyboard covered in sludge inside a classroom at Galchhi
The death toll in the Nepal floods has surged to 1,003.With Nepal continuing rescue and relief operations nearly a week after devastating floods in Bhotekoshi, the government is currently focused on saving lives and assisting survivors rather than ordering an inquiry into possible lapses,...
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The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), which claims to represent more than 90 per cent of the banking workforce, has announced a series of strikes over unresolved issues related to the five-day banking week and the government's revised Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme.The UFBU has...
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Update: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's niece was found hanging at her residence in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Tuesday, police said.The body of Bristi Mukherjee (28) was recovered from a room on the second floor of her house at Kusumba village in Rampurhat area this afternoon, a senior...
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The Cockroach Janta Party on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has called off its September 5 protest following developments on the closure of FIRs registered against students who participated in the NEET paper leak protests.CJP co-convenor Saurav Das appeared before a bench comprising Chief...
14:50
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's niece found hanging at her residence in West Bengal's Birbhum: Police. Details awaited.
14:42
A mother reacts to her son's dead body
The rescue operations in Bidur of Nuwakot in Nepal continue, with the army evacuating people from the region after the devastating flood that hit Rasuwa on August 26 and left 939 people dead.Several shops in a market in the Trishuli region were destroyed as the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river...
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Private capital expenditure remains the vital missing link to sustain India's domestic economic momentum, according to Debopam Chaudhuri, Chief Economist at Piramal Finance.Speaking exclusively to ANI in Mumbai on Tuesday, Chaudhuri emphasised that private investment must build on public spending...
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he hailed the 7.8 per cent GDP growth rate, saying the story of the PM's PR on economy has been -- lights, camera and inaction.In a stinging attack on Modi after he posted a video praising the...
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Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Tuesday said the Sashastra Seema Bal that guards open Indian borders with Nepal and Bhutan should embrace its original role of engaging with locals at these frontiers to strengthen security in these areas.He was speaking during an investiture ceremony of the...
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A man takes pictures in front of damaged buildings in Trishuli
Badri Prasad Devkota saw a wall of muddy water rushing towards the bus carrying him, his wife and 34 other pilgrims to the Hindu holy site of Gosainkunda in Nepal's Rasuwa district.My wife grabbed my hand and pleaded, 'Do not jump.' I told her, 'We will die here,' Devkota told The Kathmandu...
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The Nanded civic body in Maharashtra has conducted a surprise inspection and issued show-cause notices to 54 employees found absent from duty during office hours, officials said.A special inspection squad conducted surprise checks in various departments of the Nanded-Waghala City Municipal...
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An Indian citizen was among 12 people killed in the latest Russian attacks on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday.In a social media post, Zelenskyy said since Monday evening, guided aerial bomb and drone strikes have continued against Odesa and the region.Overall, 12 people...
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A list of rescued and missing persons
Body number 1003 at a state-run hospital in Nepal's Pokhara was claimed by three families, each believing they had found a missing relative after the devastating floods.The families of Gopal Dahit, a hydropower worker from Bardiya, and Damodar Basyal, a tourist guide from Rupandehi, were among...
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass orders on an application against a protest march announced by the Cockroach Janta Party on September 5 in Delhi. Though the Court issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi Police on the application, it refused to list the matter before September 5,...
12:13
Indore residents have collected more than 2,000 kg of single-use plastic during a 12-day campaign and taken over 4,000 saplings in return as part of a green initiative in the city, officials said.The Indore Municipal Corporation recently launched the 'Bring half a kilogram of plastic, take a...
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Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Centre as well as the governments of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh over the alleged gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl over a distance of 47 kilometres in a sleeper bus from Greater Noida to Delhi.The Congress leader said that the...
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A view of a house with bodies kept on its roof in Rasuwa.
Nepalese authorities on Tuesday issued a fresh alert over the risk of floods in several districts across eastern, central and western parts of the country, urging people living near rivers to remain vigilant and take precautionary measures.There is a high possibility of flash floods in Nuwakot...
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PM Modi and the President of Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, travelled together to the opening ceremony of the 6th World Nomad Games at Bishkek Arena Stadium, in Kyrgyzstan yesterday. The trip happened following the bilateral meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of the...
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School bags covered in sludge
Children waking from nightmares believing the flood has returned, adults struggling with fear and anxiety, families separated by raging waters desperately trying to find one another -- Nepal's devastating floods have left behind a psychological toll that is only now beginning to emerge.As the...
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In a signal toward consolidation in the mid-cap information technology services segment, Happiest Minds Technologies will merge with ITC Limited's tech subsidiary ITC Infotech. IT sector veteran and Happiest Minds Founder Ashok Soota and Ashok Soota Medical Research will sell 22.1 per cent equity...
10:54
More than 11,000 people have been rescued from flood-affected areas in Nepal so far, with over 22,000 security personnel mobilised for search and rescue operations, officials said on Tuesday.As of Monday, the death toll from the devastating flash floods was 939, while around 4,000 people were...
10:30
A forensic team from India in Nepal
The Indian Embassy in Nepal has issued the steps for identification of the mortal remains of Indian citizens who died in the August 26 flood, asking the relatives of the victims to facilitate identification through photographs or by providing DNA profiles.The Indian Embassy said that the...
10:20
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said average monsoon rainfall in September is expected to be below normal across India, continuing a broad trend that has led to 47 per cent of the country recording deficient or very deficient rainfall.IMD said a strengthening El Niño will...
09:40
Prime Minister Narendra Modi posts on Instagram: Heartiest congratulations to my fellow citizens. A growth rate of 7.8%--the nation is filled with joy. I congratulate the people of this country for their resolve and their industrious spirit; this reflects our collective strength. The...
09:20
The girl was raped in this bus
The family of an arrested bus driver, Kuldeep, has alleged that he is being falsely framed in the horrific gang-rape of a 16-year-old student inside a moving sleeper bus, linking his arrest to ongoing personal enmity following his father's recent murder.The main accused, driver Kuldeep and...
09:13
A group of 39 Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrims from Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, safely reached India on Monday after being detoured from their original return route due to devastating flash floods in Nepal.The pilgrims had crossed the border into China for the 'Parikrama' on August 21 and 22, just...
09:07
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump, CNN reported, citing three sources familiar with the matter.According to CNN, one source said the decision was unsurprising given tension between Driscoll and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.It cited a statement...
09:02
Addressing the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in a city rebuilt from disaster, the Trump Administration delivered a firm message to the global economic community -- deregulation, strong national growth and fair trade are the surest paths to lasting global prosperity.US...
08:48
Passengers will have to pay a minimum fare of Rs 27 for an auto-rickshaw and Rs 33 for a black-and-yellow taxi in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region from Tuesday, officials said.The fare hike of Rs 1 for auto-rickshaws and Rs 2 for black-and-yellow taxis was approved by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region...
08:17
Social activist Anna Hazare has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai for treatment of viral infection and acute dehydration, his aide said on Tuesday.Hazare, 89, was brought to the Bombay Hospital in south Mumbai on Monday from Ahilyanagar district, where he had been admitted in a local hospital...
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A woman was killed and five others were injured after a car driven by a 70-year-old man collided with three auto-rickshaws and a two-wheeler in Mumbai's Malad area, a police official said on Monday.According to the Malad police station official, the accident occurred at around 8 pm on Sunday at...
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A video that went viral on social media shows two women wearing burqas being allegedly stopped from entering the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run Cooper Hospital in the city, leading to an argument with security personnel.According to the undated video that surfaced on social media on...
