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A massive manhunt mounted on Sunday in the jungles of Churachandpur in Manipur near the border with Myanmar to search for terrorists responsible for a deadly ambush which killed personnel and family members of the para-military Assam Rifles continued Tuesday.Officials said that the combing...
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The Civil Aviation Ministry on Tuesday said it has allowed airlines to serve meals on all domestic flights.The carriers had not been allowed to serve meals in flights, which have duration of less than two hours, since April 15 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.'The airlines, operating flights on...
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Comedian Vir Das on Tuesday issued a statement clarifying that his comments in his monologue 'I come from two Indias' weren't intended to insult the country.Das, who is currently in the US, on Monday uploaded a video on YouTube, titled 'I come from two Indias', that was part of his recent...
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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday announced that Kannada film star Puneeth Rajkumar, who died recently, will be conferred with the 'Karnataka Ratna' award posthumously.He will be the 10th recipient of the state's highest civilian honour.Considered the Kannada cinema's reigning...
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said the cabinet reshuffle in the state will take place soon, amid the clamour to accommodate supporters of his former deputy Sachin Pilot, who had rebelled against the CM last year.On Thursday last week, Gehlot had met Congress president Sonia...
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed new airline Akasa Air has ordered 72 '737 Max' aircraft from United States-based aerospace company Boeing to launch service in India, a statement said on Tuesday.'Akasa Air's order includes two variants from the 737 Max family, including the 737-8 and the high-capacity...
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Maharashtra Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said there was hesitancy about taking anti-coronavirus vaccines in Muslim-dominated areas, and the government will take the help of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to convince people to take the jab.Maharashtra is leading in terms of the...
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Aishwarya Dhanush, daughter of Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, today called on Dr Subramanian Swamy at his home in New Delhi. Following the visit, Dr Swamy forwarded the photos and tweeted: 'Rajnikant also sent his greetings and namakarams, I told his daughter to convey my regards and that I...
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A 30-year old man was brutally beaten up allegedly by his wife's relatives for refusing their demand to divorce her by uttering the word 'talaq' thrice in Kerala's Malappuram district, police said here on Tuesday.Kottakkal police have arrested six people in connection with the crime that occurred...
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A vehicle set on fire by a mob during the bandh in Amravati.
The curfew in Maharashtra's Amravati city will continue with relaxations until next week and restrictions on Internet services will remain in force for two more days, even as the situation in the aftermath of the back to back incidents of violence on November 12 and 13 is limping back to...
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Facebook India's Public Policy Director Shivnath Thukral and Director (Legal) GV Anand Bhushan will appear before the Delhi assembly's Committee on Peace and Harmony on November 18 in connection with the Delhi riots. Thukral, in an official letter, wrote, We again thank you for the...
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Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday announced that the entire Punjab cabinet will pay obeisance at Sri Kartarpur Sahib on November 18 as a part of the first delegation after reopening of Kartarpur corridor, said a press release from Chief Minister's Office on...
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The Goa bench of the Bombay high court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing into a matter related to a rape case against journalist Tarun Tejpal till November 24, after the court was informed that the lawyer representing him was 'indisposed'.Advocate Ankur Chawla, from Tejpal's team, informed the...
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The Bombay high court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Indrani Mukerjea, who is the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case. Mukerjea's lawyer Sana Khan said they will now move the Supreme Court for bail. Mukerjea is...
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Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party in-charge C T Ravi on Tuesday dubbed Uddhav Thackeray a part-time chief minister and dared the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government to dissolve the Legislative Assembly and hold fresh polls, which he said would prove BJP's strength. ...
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The West Bengal assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution against the Centre's decision to extend BSF's jurisdiction, amid opposition by Bharatiya Janata Party legislators. Bengal became the second state after Punjab where such a resolution has been tabled and...
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The United States has expressed its concern over the delivery of S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems from Russia to India but it remains undecided on how to deal with the transaction, a senior Pentagon official said. The S-400 is known as Russia's most advanced long-range...
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The highly anticipated meeting between United States President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday saw the two leaders locking horn on the issue of Taiwan, in a summit that saw a discussion on strategic and overarching importance and topics of mutual interest.Both leaders held...
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Purported racist comments by a host of a television reality show against a participant from Assam has sparked outrage, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday calling it a shameful incident and asserting that racism has no place in the country. In...
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The government has decided to reopen the Kartarpur Sahib corridor from Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Tuesday. The Kartarpur corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in...
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Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Tuesday said the Puducherry administration has declared media-persons in the Union territory as front-line workers and arranged for vaccination of the scribes against Covid-19. Extending her greetings and wishes to media-persons on National Press Day,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands on Purvanchal Expressway airstrip in IAF C-130 Hercules plane to inaugurate 341-km highway in Uttar Pradesh.
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Underscoring his country's commitment to the one China policy, United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday strongly opposed unilateral efforts to change the status quo or undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.Reiterating the importance of freedom of navigation, Biden stressed...
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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday started a coordinated search operation at 76 locations in 14 states against 83 people allegedly involved in sexual abuse of children and posting and circulating abuse material on the web space, officials said. The central agency registered 23...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit New Delhi next week and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss issues such as dues to the state and increased Border Security Force jurisdiction, a highly-placed source said on Tuesday. ...
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Nationalist Congress Party leader Nawab Malik on Tuesday shared a screenshot of a purported Whatsapp chat between the witness in drugs on cruise case KP Gosavi and an informer that contains the name of Kashiff Khan, on his official Twitter handle and questioned the connection between Khan and...
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed Shombi Sharp of the United States as the UN Resident Coordinator in India with the host government's approval, according to a statement.Sharp has devoted more than 25 years of his career to promoting inclusive and sustainable...
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Amid joy among pupils and teachers and trepidation among a section of parents, schools in West Bengal reopened on Tuesday for students of classes 9-12 after shutting doors for physical classes for nearly 20 months owing to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. ...
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The Enforcement Directorate has arrested the vice chairman and managing director of real estate group IREO, Lalit Goyal, in connection with a money laundering probe against him, officials said on Tuesday. The businessman has been taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of...
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Veteran actor-filmmaker Mel Gibson is in talks to direct the fifth installment in Warner Bros' Lethal Weapon movie franchise. The project was put on hold after director Richard Donner, who had helmed all the Lethal Weapon movies since the film series' inception in 1987, died in July....
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of spending public money to get crowds for rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, and asserted that everyone in the state has understood the Bharatiya Janata Party's politics of...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said data is information and it will dictate history in the future as he exhorted for strong and scientific audits to make systems strong and transparent. Speaking at the Audit Diwas event of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, he said...
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Amravati Police Commissioner Aarti Singh has written to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya asking him to cancel his proposed Amravati visit on November 17 in the wake of curfew and other restrictions imposed under section 144 of the CrPC in the city. In view of violent incidents...
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India logged 8,865 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 287 days, taking the country's tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,44,56,401, while the active cases settled at 1,30,793, the lowest in 525 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to...
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In a step towards further strengthening the capabilities of the indigenous LCA Tejas fighter aircraft, the Indian Air Force has placed orders for HAMMER missiles from France which would allow it to take out any hardened bunkers or ground targets at stand-off ranges of more than 70 kilometres.The...
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Indian Cricketer Hardik Pandya on Tuesday refuted reports that claimed two wrist watches worth Rs 5 crore were seized from him at the Mumbai airport on his return from Dubai, saying that that only one watch worth Rs 1.5 crore had been taken for proper valuation.A report by news agency ANI on...
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The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a 'Level One' COVID-19 notice for Americans travelling to India, saying the risk of contracting the infection and developing severe symptoms may be lower if one is fully vaccinated.The travel health notice has also been...
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The Centre on Monday extended for five years the ban imposed on the Islamic Research Foundation, headed by India-born preacher Zakir Naik, currently based in Malaysia. The IRF was first declared an unlawful organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967)...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday expressed his readiness to work with United States President Joe Biden to build consensus to move China-US relations forward, adding that both the countries are at critical stages of development and the global village of humanity faces multiple challenges.Xi...
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Two terrorists and a civilian, who was their associate, were killed in an encounter between the ultras and security forces in Hyderpora area of the city on Monday, police said.The encounter broke out near Classic Hospital in Srinagar when security forces launched an anti-militancy operation, a...
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