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New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana said the political party in power believes that every governmental action is entitled to judicial endorsement, and the opposition expects the judiciary to advance their political positions. However, it is only the judiciary that is answerable to the Constitution. The CJI was speaking at a felicitation […]
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Bangkok: Two Indian women were arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on charges of smuggling after 109 live animals were found in their luggage, media reports said. The wild animals were discovered following an x-ray of two suitcases of the women travelling to Chennai, CNN reported citing Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. […]
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Raipur: Chhattisgarh is probably the only state in the country where the Congress and especially its Chief Minister have become a big challenge for the BJP. Here the BJP is not competing with the Congress as much as with Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. This situation is likely to continue till next year’s assembly elections. There […]
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New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday alleged that one of the main accused in the brutal killing of a tailor in Udaipur is a “BJP member” and asked whether the Centre had moved quickly to transfer the case to the NIA due to this reason. Addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters here, party’s […]
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New Delhi: A Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet flight returned to the Delhi airport on Saturday morning after passengers claimed smoke in the plane. After the recent fire incident, now smoke : – @FlySpiceJet Q400 aircraft VT-SUR, SG-2962 operating Delhi-Jabalpur saw smoke from washroom while at 5000 feet. – Fire alarm blared. May Day declared. – Landed back […]
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New Delhi: Southwest monsoon has covered the entire country as it brought seasonal rains to Gujarat and Rajasthan, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday. “Southwest monsoon has covered the entire country on Saturday, six days before the normal date of July 8,” the weather office said. The southwest monsoon had its onset over […]
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New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair will be produced before the Patiala Court in Delhi today in a case for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, through a social media post. Zubair was brought out of the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of Delhi Police Special Cell in Dwarka earlier today. On Thursday, he […]
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New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday said that the suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma has already joined the investigation and they have recorded her statement on June 18 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. The Delhi Police’s statement came hours after the Supreme Court slammed her for controversial comments and held her responsible for whatever communal […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: Due to financial difficulties, five members of a family in Kerala committed suicide. Manikuttan, his wife, their two children and his aunt were found dead in their home near Attingal area, located on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram. Manikuttan was found hanging in his room, while the other four were believed to have consumed poison. Friends […]
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New Delhi: India logged 17,092 new coronavirus infections, raising the tally to 4,34,86,326, while the active cases have increased to 1,09,568, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 5,25,168 with 29 new fatalities, data updated by the ministry at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.25 per cent […]
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Kolkata: Ahead of the presidential election, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Droupadi Murmu’s chances of winning the election are better because of developments in Maharashtra. “Now we know Droupadi Murmu’s chances are better because of developments in Maharashtra. We’ll go by what opposition parties say,” […]
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has extended his best wishes to BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis for being sworn in as the deputy chief minister of the state, further praising him for accepting the junior slot in the government following the order of the party high command despite him being a two-time chief minister. […]
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Friday removed Eknath Shinde who revolted against him and succeeded him as the new Maharashtra Chief Minister from the post of Shiv Sena leader. Shinde has been removed for indulging in “anti-party activities”, said a Shiv Sena statement. The political crisis in Maharashtra was created by a revolt […]
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Jammu: More than 11,000 pilgrims have performed this year’s Amarnath Yatra so far, as another batch of 6,113 worshippers on Saturday moved from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu towards the valley. “Over 11,000 yatris had darshan inside the holy cave shrine so far, while 23,214 others have moved towards the valley since the […]
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New Delhi: After long deliberations and discussions with the Karnataka leaders in Delhi, the Congress party is all set to move with the collective efforts to win the upcoming Karnataka assembly polls. Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar and Congress legislative party leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held meetings along with other leaders with the […]
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Imphal: With the recovery of 13 more bodies on Friday, the death toll in the devastating Thursday landslide in Manipur’s Noney district, triggered by incessant rains over the past few days, has reached 21, including 15 Territorial Army personnel, while 50 more people are still missing, officials said. A government report said that more than 80 […]
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Bengaluru: The Defence Research and Development Organisation on Friday successfully carried out the maiden flight at Chitradurga in Karnataka. Operating in a fully autonomous mode, the aircraft exhibited a perfect flight and a smooth touchdown, an official press release said. The flight marked a major milestone in proving critical technologies towards development of future unmanned […]
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New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said that it banned over 19 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of May in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. The platform had banned over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in April. The company also received 528 grievance reports in May within the country, […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma’s request to transfer to Delhi of all the FIRs registered against her across the country for her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad and allowed her withdraw her plea from the top court and avail alternate remedies. A vacation bench of Justices Surya […]
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Mumbai: Firing his first salvo after demitting office, former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that a person who deserted the party cannot be a ‘Shiv Sena CM’ — referring to the new incumbent Eknath Shinde. Slamming the statements of several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders claiming that a ‘Shiv […]
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Patna: A doctor in Bihar’s Gopalganj district suffered serious burns on his face after his brother and nephew poured acid on him as he was sleeping, following a spat over property, police said on Friday. Dr Dwidhej Tiwari, 55, was sleeping in his house in Hamidpur village under Baikunthpur police station of the district when […]
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Hyderabad: Be prepared to see the gold prices going up sharply. The Central government has increased the basic import tax on gold by 5% to 12.5% from the earlier 7.5%. With the 2.5% agri cess, the effective duty on gold will be 15%. However, the social welfare surcharge of 0.75% levied earlier is now exempted. […]
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Surat: Surat police on Friday provided security to a youth after he received death threats on social media over his comment on the minority community. He has been shifted to an undisclosed location, till the accused is arrested. Yuvraj Pokharan, in his mid 20’s, filed an application with the Surat Police Commissionerate on Friday complaining […]
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Jaipur: The ongoing probe into the brutal killing of Kanhaiya Lal in Uadipur has revealed that the registration number of accused Riyaz Attari’s bike had a connection with the Mumbai terror attacks. Sources said that Riyaz’s bike, RJ 27 AS 2611, was bought by him to remember the terror attack in Mumbai on November 26, […]
