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The Maharashtra government on Thursday allotted land to set up a permanent base of the National Disaster Response Force in Raigad district's Mahad town, where over 100 people were killed in landslides in July this year. The dairy development department issued an order allotting over...
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The Indian meteorological department has predicted that Karnataka will have widespread rains over the next four days. IMD issued an orange alert in Bengaluru and Ghats and a yellow alert in some coastal districts and north-interior Karnataka for Thursday and Friday. Yellow alerts have...
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The Allahabad high court has granted police protection to a same-sex couple who had claimed that their parents would kill them if they don't end the relationship.The bench, comprising Justice K J Thaker and Justice Ajai Tyagi, on Wednesday directed the police to grant them protection after...
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Pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila will supply 1 crore doses of ZyCoV-D, the world's first Plasmid DNA COVID-19 vaccine, to the Government of India by December, government sources said on Thursday. The Centre has placed an initial order for one crore doses of the vaccine, they...
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The Congress on Thursday reconstituted the party's disciplinary committee with veteran leader and former defence minister A K Antony being appointed as its chairman.The five-member All India Congress Committee panel includes former Union minister Ambika Soni and senior leader Tariq Anwar.The...
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Authorities on Thursday exhumed the bodies of Mohammad Altaf Bhat and Mudasir Gul, two civilians killed in the Hyderpora encounter, for handing them over to their families, officials said. The bodies were exhumed after sundown and are likely to be handed over to their families later in the...
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Former defence minister late Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal on Thursday said he will have to take some 'tough decisions' if he is not given a ticket by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party to contest the upcoming Goa assembly polls from Panaji. Reiterating his intention to contest...
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The ghat roads leading to the ancient shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala near Tirupati has been indefinitely closed to vehicular traffic from Thursday evening due to incessant rains, an official of the temple said. The stairway leading to the hill-temple also has been closed, the...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping's book on governance, highlighting his doctrine of Socialism with Chinese characteristics for modern China and philosophy of addressing its pressing issues, has been published in Hindi and several other languages of the Central Asian countries.The first volume of Xi...
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Professional wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, popularly known by his ring name 'The Great Khali' met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday and extended his support to the Aam Aadmi Party. The wrestler expressed his appreciation for the work done by Kejriwal-led government in the fields...
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The Delhi high court has constituted a three-member committee under the chairmanship of former judge of the Supreme Court Justice Vikramjit Sen to look into the allegation by star table tennis player Manika Batra of a match-fixing attempt by the national coach. ...
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Fatehpur Sikri
All centrally protected monuments will be free to enter for tourists this Friday as per a nationwide directive issued by the Archaeological Survey of India to mark the World Heritage Week'. Entry for tourists will be free at Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar's Tomb in Sikandra,...
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The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 115 crore on Thursday, the Union health ministry said. According to officials, over 80 per cent of the eligible population in India have received the first dose of the vaccine while more than 41 per cent...
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The rupee erased most of its initial gains to settle 4 paise higher at 74.24 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, as some pullback in crude oil prices and a weak greenback in the overseas market supported the local unit. However, a massive sell-off in the domestic equity market...
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Tassaduq Hussain Mufti, the brother of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate here for questioning in a money laundering case, officials said. Tassaduq, who was the tourism minister in his sister's cabinet, had his...
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India and China on Thursday agreed to hold the next round of military talks at an early date to achieve the objective of complete disengagement in remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh. At a virtual meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on border affairs,...
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IPS officer Rashmi Shukla appeared before the Koregaon Bhima inquiry commission on Thursday in compliance with a summon issued to her in connection with the 2018 case of violence at the war memorial in Pune, but former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh remained absent....
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Ahmedabad's food lovers on the city's cultural aversion to meat. New Irani Cafe's famous maska-bun used to come with a layer of egg, until customers began asking for 'Hindu-buns'. Read more
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Former CM of J&K Omar Abdullah in Srinagar protests over the deaths of civilians in the Hyderpora encounter: Today, perforce, I have to stage this protest to express my anger and helplessness. Even the dead bodies of those killed in the Hyderpora encounter haven't been returned to the...
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India exported more than 65 million doses of Covid vaccines to nearly 100 countries this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, asserting that the global trust earned by the Indian healthcare sector has led to the country being called the pharmacy of the world. Speaking after...
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M&M, Tech Mahindra and HCL Tech were the top three losing scrips today.
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An IAF helicopter prepares to take off from a forward airbase in Leh
The Congress accused the BJP-led government today of compromising national security and India's territorial integrity, and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on new Chinese villages coming up near the Dokalam plateau. Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh said latest...
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Sameer Wankhede
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it will pass its order on November 22 on a plea filed by Dnyandev Wankhede, father of NCB's zonal director Sameer Wankhede.The plea seeks interim reliefs against Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, including an injunction prohibiting him from posting any...
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Vijay Mallya
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government is using all channels including diplomatic to bring back high-profile economic offenders, leaving them with no option but to return to the country. Speaking at a symposium on credit flow and economic growth, he asked banks to...
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'Our love for our great nation -- Bharat is second to none and our patriotism towards our motherland -- India is for the entire nation to emulate.' Claude Arpi/Rediff.com in conversation with Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu. Read the interview here.
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In an apparent dig at opposition parties ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said Parliament is meant for discussion and not for dancing and tearing papers. He also suggested that 75 topics of national and human interests should be selected for...
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A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi mooted the idea of having a separate time in legislatures for quality debates, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday took a dig at him, saying the question is will the prime minister ever participate in a debate in Parliament. Addressing the...
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A Delhi assembly committee asked Facebook India on Thursday to furnish records of users' reports (complaints) on the content posted on the platform one month prior and two months after the northeast Delhi riots in February 2020. Hearing a representation by Shivnath Thukral, the public...
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Sex offenders convicted of multiple rapes in Pakistan could face chemical castration after Parliament passed a new legislation that aims to speed up convictions and impose tougher sentences. The bill is a response to a public outcry against a recent spike in incidents of rape of women and...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh shares a picture with Rezang La battle hero Brigadier (Retd) R V Jataar, who was the company commander during the time. Rajnath said he saluted Brig Jataar's courage and prayed for his long life. Today, Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, along with...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday asked former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh to disclose his location and said, no protection, no hearing until we know where you are. The apex court asked his lawyer to inform about Singh's whereabouts and posted the matter for hearing on November...
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Laos workers who were hired by Chinese companies for construction projects, undertaken six years ago are still waiting for their payments.These workers were hired to build homes for villagers displaced by the construction of a China-backed dam, Radio Free Asia reported. The wages of workers...
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India at the UN Security Council has said that it is willing to coordinate with other stakeholders to work towards enabling expeditious provision of much-needed assistance to the people of Afghanistan.India called on countries in the region to come together, rising above partisan...
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PM Narendra Modi at a symposium to Build Synergy for Seamless Credit Flow & Economic Growth:There comes a time in the development journey of any nation when it takes a new resolve for a new leap and then the strength of the entire nation comes together for the fulfillment of those resolves.We...
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India and China are holding talks on border issues on Thursday. After the Galwan clash last year, several rounds of military and diplomatic talks have ended in a stalemate.The 23rd round of India, China border talks taking place today is under Working Mechanism for Consultation and...
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The Supreme Court Thursday refused to direct the CBSE and the CISCE to provide an option of the hybrid model, instead of the offline model only, for the class 10 and 12 board examinations, saying it would not be appropriate to disturb the process at this stage. The apex court noted that term...
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Toxic foam in the Yamuna
The Delhi government announces a a six-point action plan to clean the Yamuna river by February 2025.Announcing the plan, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said, It took 70 yrs for river Yamuna to become this dirty, it can't be cleaned within two days.I had promised people in these Delhi polls that it...
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Umar Khalid
Six men from Hindu groups accused of calling for murder, violence against Muslims got bail in less than two months. Fifteen protesters against citizenship law who are accused of inciting Delhi riots despite never advocating violence were in jail without bail 13 to 21 months. Article 14...
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IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar
Meanwhile, a Resistance Front (TRF) commander was among five terrorists killed on Wednesday in twin encounters with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, said Jammu and Kashmir Police.Two encounters took place at Pombay and Gopalpora villages of the Kulgam district. Besides...
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Family members of Mudasir Gul
J&K LG Manoj Sinha orders magisterial probe into Hyderpora encounter in Srinagar, in which four people were killed. With families of three of the four persons killed in Hyderpora encounter in Srinagar claiming the men were innocent, the encounter has become...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the Bombay High Court verdict which had held that no offence of sexual assault under the POCSO Act is made out if there is no direct skin-to-skin contact between an accused and victim. A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit set aside the high court...
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Preity Zinta announces she and her husband Gene Goodenough are parents to twins.Sharing the news on Instagram, Zinta wrote, Hi everyone, I wanted to share our amazing news with all of you today. Gene & I are overjoyed & our hearts are filled with so much gratitude & with so much...
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Shares of One97 Communications Ltd, Paytm's parent company, on Thursday made a tepid market debut, listing with a discount of over 9 per cent from the issue price of Rs 2,150. The stock was listed at Rs 1,955, slipping 9 per cent from the issue price on the BSE. It then tumbled 20.67...
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Under the scanner
With 11,919 fresh cases, India's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 3,44,78,517, while the number of active cases has gone up to 1,28,762, the Union health ministry said on Thursday. The death toll due to the viral disease has shot up to 4,64,623 with 470 more fatalities, according to the...
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The air quality in the national capital remained in the very poor category with the air quality index (AQI) clocking the value of 344 at 8 am on Thursday, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.Though it remained in the very poor category, the AQI improved marginally at 344 on...
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The family members of two civilians killed in an encounter in Srinagar's Hyderpora, who were staging a sit-in at the Press Enclave in Srinagar, were forcibly removed by police around midnight and a few of them were detained, officials said on Thursday. The protesting families were on a...
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India on Wednesday won the re-election to the executive board of the United Nations' cultural and education organisation for the 2021-25 term. India gets reelected to the Executive Board of UNESCO with 164 votes for the term 2021-25, tweeted the Paris-based Permanent Delegation of India to...
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The People's Liberation Army either has or is close to achieving an initial capability to invade Taiwan, one that remains under development but that China's leaders may employ at high risk -- while deterring, delaying, or defeating United States military intervention, US-China Economic and...
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TMC MP Mahua Moitra
Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against two ordinances brought out by the Centre under which the tenure of directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate can now be extended by up to three years after the mandated term of two...
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The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has announced that it will install an idol of Lord Krishna at the deity's actual birthplace, which it claims is in the mosque close to a prominent temple in Mathura.Hindu Mahasabha leader Rajyashri Choudhary said the idol will be installed after a maha jalabhishek...
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