India beat Australia by six wickets in 2nd T20. Karthik has hit a six and a four off the two balls he has faced in this match and taken India over the line. This Nagpur crowd had to wait for a long, long time to get to see this match […]
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Indian hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh slams IndiGo over extra charges
Olympic bronze medal-winning Indian hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on Friday posted a tweet in which he expressed his disappointment at IndiGo airlines for charging him extra for his “goalkeeper baggage”. The goalkeeper highlighted that the International Hockey Federation (FIH) allows him to carry a hockey stick which is over […]
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Mizoram: Police seize contraband drugs worth more than Rs 84 crore in Champhai district
Police recovered and seized a large quantity of contraband drugs worth more than Rs 84 crore in Mizoram’s Champhai district, said Mizoram police. Police of Champhai district recovered and seized 28.250 kg (2,52,500 tablets) of methamphetamine valued at Rs 84 crore in the international market in the last 48 hours, added the police. A senior official of Mizoram police […]
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BJP calls Congress presidential polls “fake” remote controlled by Gandhis
Amid the buzz over the next Congress president, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday took potshots at the Congress and said the presidential poll is nothing but an eyewash as the next party chief would be remotely controlled by the Gandhis. BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday slammed […]
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Pakistan denies sending delegation to Israel
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday rejected the notion of any official Pakistani delegation’s visit to Israel adding that the country’s position on the Palestinian issue was unchanged. The Foreign Office spokesperson, responding to media queries, said that the reported visit in question was organised by a foreign non-governmental […]
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Dr M Srinivas appointed as new AIIMS director
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appointed Dr M Srinivas as the new director of the prestigious All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here. According to an official order dated September 23, Srinivas has been appointed for a period of five years […]
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Congress urges spokespersons to refrain from commenting on party president candidates
With the nomination for the Congress president poll due in a day, the party has asked its spokespersons to refrain from making “unnecessary comments” on the probable candidates, said the sources on Friday. According to the sources, Congress General Secretary incharge of Communication department Jairam Ramesh has urged all the […]
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SC stays fresh proceedings against BS Yediyurappa in corruption case
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the proceedings against former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa in a corruption complaint and issued notice to the complainant on his plea. “Stay further proceedings as far as the petitioner is concerned,” the court said. A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli […]
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Delhi HC directs Flipkart to deposit a penalty Rs One lakh imposed by CCPA
The Delhi High Court passed an order on Friday in the Flipkart vs CCPA (Central Consumer Protection Authority) case, directing Flipkart to notify the buyers of the pressure cookers, that pressure cookers on their site do not conform to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) standard. It further directed the […]
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Assam: Major poaching racket busted in Kaziranga, 2 poachers arrested
The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve authority recently busted a major poaching racket involving local people who used arms in an attempt to poach rhinos in the national park just at a time when the World Rhino Day was observed. Since 2011, World Rhino Day is celebrated internationally on […]
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JP Nadda holds meeting with BJP’s Tamil Nadu SC, OBC morcha
The Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda holds a meeting with Schedule Caste (SC) and Other Backward Class (OBC) morcha of Tamil Nadu’s Shivaganga. State office bearers and district presidents of the morcha were present in the meeting. Nadda is on a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu from Thursday to […]
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Delhi: Fire in Narela’s footwear manufacturing factory under control, no injuries reported
A fire that broke out in a footwear manufacturing factory in the national capital’s Narela on Friday was brought ‘under control’ with the help of 10 fire tenders, the Delhi Fire Service informed. “After a fire call was received at 8.34 am at a factory – C-358 Narela Industrial Area, near MSC […]
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Kerala: Petrol bomb hurled at RSS office in Kannur during protest against PFI leaders’ arrest
A petrol bomb was hurled at the RSS office in Mattannur, Kannur during the protest against the arrest of the Popular Front of India’s state leaders. A two-member group reached on a scooter, threw the petrol bomb, and broke the window panes. A day after Popular Front of India leaders […]
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SC to hear BJP leader Manoj Tiwari’s plea challenging Delhi govt’s firecracker ban on Oct 10
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the plea of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Manoj Tiwari challenging the Delhi government’s decision against the production, storage, sale, and use of all types of firecrackers to curb the rising pollution levels in the national capital. A bench headed by Chief Justice […]
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Assam: One more PFI leader arrested, total 11 held
The Assam Police on Friday arrested one more leader of the Popular Front of India (PFI), it informed. According to the Additional Director General of Police, this arrested PFI leader has been identified as Dr Minarul Seikh who hailed from West Bengal and was arrested from Delhi. Seikh is the […]