India

A million-and-a-half people packed into a beach under the unfettered sun in the suffocating October heat for several hours with no access to drinking water – a perfect storm of unseemly weather and administrative lapses coalesced in Chennai…
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Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday said that 194 Naxals were neutralised, 801 arrested and 742 surrendered in Chhattisgarh since January. While chairing a review meeting with chief ministers of Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected…
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At least five people were killed and 50 others hospitalised as a sea of spectators gathered at the Marina beach in Chennai on Sunday for the Indian Air Force’s air show. While reports say that the deaths were caused due to dehydration and…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu at Hyderabad House in Delhi on Monday. Muizzu, who is known for his China tilt, is on a five-day trip to India to mend the island nation’s ties with New Delhi, months after…
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A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal head and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, his sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav in a land-for-jobs case. Special Judge Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Court…
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The Enforcement Directorate raided the residence and office of Punjab AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora and some others on Chandigarh road in Ludhiana in a money laundering probe case, said officials on Monday. The officials said the house…
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Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, who arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for a four-day state visit, has assured that his country would never do anything that undermines the security of India. Muizzu, whose government is staring at an…
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Union minister Kiren Rijiju has accused the Congress of dividing the Hindus and appeasing the Muslims. In an interview with news agency IANS, the Parliamentary affairs minister alleged that the Congress uses Muslims as a vote bank. “During…
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RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday called exit polls for Jammu-Kashmir and Haryana, a ‘defeat’ for prime minister Narendra Modi. Exit poll results released on Saturday evening projected a huge defeat for BJP against the Congress in…
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Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, accompanied by First Lady Sajidha Mohamed, arrived in India on Sunday, marking the start of a crucial state visit aimed at mending diplomatic relations between the two South Asian nations. Muizzu arrived…
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