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Delhi Police today found a dismembered body in North Delhi based on the information provided by two men arrested on terror charges. According to eyewitnesses, the body found had been chopped up in more than three pieces. Delhi Police’s Special Cell had arrested two men from the Bhalswa Dairy area for suspectedly having links with […]

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is carrying out raids at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s office, the AAP leader claimed. “Today again CBI has reached my office. They are welcome. They raided my house, raided my office, searched my locker, even conducted an investigation in my village. Nothing has been found against me […]

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It will be “impossible” for the BJP to replicate its 2019 electoral triumph in 2024, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor claimed on Friday, and added that it is “conceivable” that the ruling party can lose “50 seats” in the Lok Sabha. The Thiruvananthapuram MP, who was speaking at the Kerala Literature Festival here, said while […]

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Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary died of a heart attack during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab this morning. He was 76. Santokh Singh Chaudhary, the party’s MP from Jalandhar, collapsed during the foot march in Punjab’s Phillaur. He was rushed to a hospital in Phagwara where he died later. Rahul Gandhi also rushed to the hospital where the […]

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A Dalit man was allegedly assaulted by a group of people and singed with burning sticks when he entered a temple to offer prayers at Salra village in Mori area of Uttarkashi district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on January 9 when 22-year-old Ayush, a resident of Bainol village, visited the temple, […]

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off MV Ganga Vilas, the world’s longest river cruise, in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi through video conferencing. 32 Swiss tourists will take the maiden journey to reach Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh. The PM inaugurated a ‘Tent City’, developed on the lines of similar setups in Gujarat’s Kutch and Rajasthan, […]

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said the Britishers have left India and it is time to write history from the Indian perspective. “In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intention of getting rid of any remnants of the colonial past, the most important is freeing history from that. Veer Savarkar tried it for the […]

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Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been served notice by its own government in Delhi for Rs 163.62 crore spent allegedly on political advertisements passed off as government messages. AAP has to pay up within 10 days, warns the recovery notice issued by the Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP), or its office will […]

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Amid fears in the wake of land subsidence in the Joshimath area in Uttarakhand, sudden cracks in a few houses in the Kanwariganj area of Aligarh have caused panic among locals. “For the last several days, cracks have appeared in some of our houses due to which we are forced to live in panic. We […]

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a veiled attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and dubbed them as “21st century Kauravas”. Addressing a street-corner meeting after the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by him reached Ambala district Monday evening, Mr Gandhi said Haryana is the land of the Mahabharata and went on to take […]

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The buildings that have developed cracks and are badly damaged in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath will be demolished, so they don’t harm the nearby buildings, officials have said. The demolition of the damaged buildings will begin today. Joshimath has been divided into three zones – ‘Danger’, ‘Buffer’, and ‘Completely Safe’ – based on the magnitude of possible […]

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A day after the Bombay High Court termed her arrest illegal and ordered that she and her husband be freed, former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar today walked out of jail. She, along with her husband Deepak Kochhar, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on December 23 in a case linked to […]

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had to apologise as many of the invited delegates for the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas were unable to enter the main hall in Indore due to lack of space. The rush was for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inaugural speech for the 17th Pravasi Bharat Diwas convention. An estimated 3,500 […]

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Brazilian security forces retook the national Congress building Sunday from supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro after hundreds of them stormed inside and invaded the legislative chambers, AFP journalists said. Operations were still under way to evacuate rioters from the Supreme Court headquarters and Planalto presidential palace, which pro-Bolsonaro hardliners also invaded in protests against […]

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In a mega exercise to revive vigilante groups armed by the government to defend against terrorist attacks, revamp of erstwhile Village Defence Committees is going on aggressively in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri. There are already 5,000 armed members in the district and more villagers are registering to get weapons from the police. The committees have […]

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Amid a cold wave prevailing in parts of northern India, Safdarjung in Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 1.9 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday. Meanwhile, Aya Nagar also in Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 2.6 degrees Celsius, while Lodhi Road recorded 2.8 degrees Celsius and Palam 5.2 degrees Celsius, the […]

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The crucial Joshimath-Malari border road in Chamoli district which connects the China border has developed cracks at several places due to landslides in Joshimath. Strategically important Joshimath-Malari border road is subsiding near the Malari taxi stand. Earlier today, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inspected the town and conducted physical inspections of the land subsidence-affected […]

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Punjab Horticulture Minister Fauja Singh Sarari resigned from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s cabinet on Saturday, months after an audio clip surfaced in which he was allegedly heard “fixing a deal to extort money”. Sarari sent his resignation to Bhagwant Mann, who is learnt to have accepted it, according to sources. He cited personal reasons as […]

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The caste-based census began in Bihar today. Asserting that caste-based census will benefit all sections of the society, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said the purpose of the exercise is to carry out developmental work for the people who are deprived. “The caste-based headcount will be beneficial for all… It will enable the government […]

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Mumbai businessman Shankar Mishra, wanted by the police for urinating on an elderly woman on an Air India flight in November, was today arrested from Bengaluru and brought to Delhi. On November 26, Shankar Mishra, allegedly drunk, unzipped and urinated on the woman. He was allowed to leave without any action. Air India filed a […]

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A temple collapsed in the Himalayan town of Joshimath in Uttarakhand on Friday evening, heightening fears among residents who have been camping out in the cold as over 500 houses and other structures have developed cracks due to the soil shifting. A team of experts and scientists is conducting a door-to-door survey and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh […]

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Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi sparked a fresh controversy when he commented that the name of the State “Thamizhagam would be more appropriate than Tamil Nadu.” Following the Governor’s comments, Twitter buzzed with #TamilNadu where DMK IT wing and Dravidian party supporters started to post #TamilNadu. Meanwhile, DMK Treasurer and MP TR Balu slammed Governor […]

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The next Mayor of Delhi will be chosen today amid an escalation of a tussle between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party and Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. The BJP, which lost the civic polls after three terms in power, has claimed that they will win the post. AAP has fielded Shelly Oberoi for the top post […]

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was in Mumbai on a two-day visit in the lead up to a big Global Investors Summit being hosted by his government in February this year, has returned with investment proposals worth Rs 5 lakh crore, the state government has said in a statement Adityanath met top industry […]

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