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- India
CBI nabs ‘mastermind’, 2 MBBS students in NEET-UG leak case
New Delhi: The CBI on Saturday, July 20, arrested one of the masterminds, a B.Tech graduate from NIT-Jamshedpur, in the NEET-UG paper leak case and two MBBS students who allegedly acted as…
- India
Parliament’s Monsoon Session begins Monday; Union Budget on July 23
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on Tuesday as the Monsoon Session of Parliament gets underway next week with the united opposition set to corner the NDA…
- India
Gonda accident: Probe blames improper fastening of track; Railways disagree
New Delhi: A five-member team of senior railway officials investigating the derailment of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express has blamed improper fastening of the rail track for the accident, sources said. One member of the…
- Politics
Rahul Gandhi ‘blackmailed’ voters with fake narrative: Athawale on BJP’s loss
Ahmedabad: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi “blackmailed” voters by creating a fake narrative that the BJP would change the Constitution if it won 400 Lok Sabha…
- News
Kerala govt convenes meeting to discuss US shrimp export ban
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has convened a meeting of affected parties in the state, including representatives of fishermen and industry, to seek a way out to protect their livelihood and business, following…
- India
SBI says systems working fine, unaffected by Microsoft outage
Mumbai: Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday said its systems are unaffected by the Microsoft global outage. “We are all fine,” its chairman Dinesh Khara told PTI, when…
- India
Allowing Muslims to live in India biggest mistake: Union minister Giriraj Singh
In a controversial statement, Union minister for textiles Giriraj Singh has said that allowing Muslims to live in India after the partition was the country’s biggest mistake. The MP from Begusarai constituency…
- India
UP cop killed in ‘misfire’ by colleague; family rejects official version
Aligarh: UP police constable Mohammad Yakoob was accidentally shot dead by a fellow policeman, SI Rajiv Kumar, during an operation by the Special Operations Group (SOG) to arrest suspected cattle smugglers in…
- India
Assam approves Bill to abolish Muslim marriages, divorce registration Act
The Assam government in a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, July 18, decided to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act and Rules 1935. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa shared a picture…
- Sports
Surya to lead India in T20Is; Rohit, Kohli decide to play ODIs
New Delhi: Big-hitting batter Suryakumar Yadav was on Thursday named captain of the Indian T20 team for this month’s three-match series against Sri Lanka, while ODI skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli…
- India
Crypto exchange WazirX hacked, USD 235 million funds stolen
On Thursday, July 18, 2024, the Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX experienced a major security breach, resulting in the loss of over $235 million in user funds. According to reports, the incident involved…
- India
Maharashtra: Leopard caught on camera roaming around shopping mall
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: A CCTV camera has captured a leopard roaming around a shopping mall in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city of Maharashtra, sending the forest authorities in a tizzy, officials said. The CCTV footage,…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru mall that denied entry to man in dhoti, turban shutdown for a week
The Karnataka government decided to shut down Bengaluru’s GT Mall for a week after its authorities disallowed an elderly man to enter its premises. Speaking in the Assembly on Thursday, Minister for…
- India
Delhi HC reserves order on Kejriwal’s plea for additional meetings with lawyers
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested in Delhi excise scam cases, seeking additional virtual meetings with his lawyers,…
- India
Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derails in UP’s Gonda
Gonda (UP): At least four coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, officials said. Uttar Pradesh: Some coaches of train number 15904 Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express have…
