The Congress on Tuesday announced its second list of candidates for the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections, taking the total number of seats announced to 25 of the 31 it has got in seat-sharing with the JMM and the RJD as part of the opposition alliance. The second list of 19 […]
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Armed robbers kill one, flee with jewellery worth Rs 25 crore in Bihar
Armed robbers escaped with gold and silver ornaments worth Rs. 25 crore on Tuesday after shooting and injuring two jewellers and killing the driver of a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in which they were travelling in Bihar’s Begusarai district, the police said. The incident took place in the Thakurichak neighbourhood […]
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Deepika Padukone shares glimpse of Ranveer Singh’s wedding anniversary beauty prep
Actor Deepika Padukone has shared a highly awaited glimpse at her and husband Ranveer Singh’s preparations for their first wedding anniversary. Taking to Instagram stories, Deepika shared a picture of Ranveer, getting some beauty treatments to look his best on his big day. The photo showed Ranveer with a face mask on and […]
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Nita Ambani named to the board of largest US art museum
Nita Ambani, philanthropist and wife of Asia’s richest person, was named to the board of the largest U.S. art museum after years of supporting exhibitions at the New York City institution. Ambani’s backing “has had an enormous impact on the museum’s ability to study and display art from every corner […]
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Man sold 13-yr-old daughter for Rs 7 lakh; she is found, is 4 months pregnant
A man in Rajasthan’s Barmer district sold his 13-year-old daughter for Rs 7 lakh, police said after recovering her from Hyderabad on Monday. Police arrested two people on the charges of kidnapping her. The father and two others were arrested in June when she went missing and are in jail, […]
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Supreme Court’s final word tomorrow on Rafale deal, Rahul’s contempt case
The Supreme Court will deliver on Thursday its final verdict on a batch of petitions that asked a three-judge bench to revisit its December verdict that effectively gave a clean chit to the government on the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets. The bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan […]
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Ayushmann Khurrana’s son makes his sketch from Bala, Tahira says that is his ‘recall value’ of his dad
As Ayushmann Khurrana is busy delivering one hit after another, his wife Tahira Kashyap updates him about how his kids are growing up at home. Tahira has now shared a sketch of Ayushmann’s character in his film Bala, made by their son, Virajveer. Tahira shared the drawing, which is a sketch of his […]
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As experts warn of worse air days, Delhi schools suspend classes
As the pollution levels spiralled in Delhi, city schools are suspending classes and outdoor activities for primary students for the next two days, when the air quality is expected to deteriorate further. Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri on Wednesday issued a notice saying that classes Nursery to 2 will remain closed […]
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Dutch salvagers chosen for chemical tanker grounded off Goa
A Netherlands-based professional salvager Marine Masters BV has been chosen to salvage the grounded chemical tanker Nu Shi Nalini, the Goa Chief Minister’s Office has informed. “The work will be awarded to a professional salvor after approval of the committee’s recommendation by the inter ministerial committee at the Government of […]
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At least 7 killed in Kabul car bomb blast: Interior ministry
At least seven people were killed and seven wounded when a car bomb detonated during Kabul’s busy morning rush hour Wednesday, an interior ministry spokesman said. The spokesman, Nasrat Rahimi, said the bomb had gone off in a neighbourhood which is near the interior ministry and north of Kabul airport. […]
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Delhi’s air strays deeper into ‘severe’ zone, likely to dip to ‘severe+’ by Thursday
Delhi’s air quality continued to worsen through late Tuesday night, straying deeper into the ‘severe’ zone by Wednesday morning. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data shows that at 6.40am, the average air quality index (AQI) of Delhi reached 457. On Tuesday, the overall AQI of the city at 4pm was […]
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Supreme Court on disqualification of Karnataka rebel MLAs soon
The Supreme Court will on Wednesday pronounce its verdict on the disqualification of 15 rebel MLAs in Karnataka by the then assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar. The legislators had moved the top court against the speaker’s decision to disqualify and bar them from contesting elections under the anti-defection law till […]
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Israel kills Islamic Jihad commander, rockets rain from Gaza
Israel killed a top commander from the Iranian-backed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, drawing day-long rocket salvoes in the worst cross-border fighting in months. The rare targeted strike which killed Islamic Jihad’s Baha Abu Al-Atta in Gaza came as Syrian state media said a […]
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Cholesterol levels dropping in US, but many still need care
Some good health news: Americans’ cholesterol levels are dropping, and more people at especially high risk are getting treatment. Researchers say Monday’s report suggests a controversial change in recommendations for cholesterol treatment may be starting to pay off. “It is very heartening,” said Dr. Pankaj Arora of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, […]
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Donald Trump ‘so extreme’ on climate he’s waking people up, says Greta Thunberg
Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg said Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s climate change denialism was “so extreme” that it had helped galvanize the movement to halt long term planetary warming. She spoke in an interview with AFP on the eve of her departure from North America where she has […]