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Apr 21, 2024 8:13 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Tejashwi Yadav takes musical dig at PM, compares him to Amitabh Bachchan, SRK
- Singing the song, ‘Tum toh dhokebaaz ho…’ from the 90s film ‘Saajan Chale Sasural’, Tejashwi Yadav said the PM forgets his promises.
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Apr 21, 2024 8:11 PM IST
India News Live Updates: ‘Don’t distort history for political mileage’: Netaji’s grand nephew to Kangana Ranaut
- Chandra Kumar Bose told HT’s Kumkum Chadha that Netaji would be ‘dismayed’ to see the present situation in country, division among communities.
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Apr 21, 2024 8:04 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Gukesh Dommaraju set to create history as youngest World Chess Championship contender
- The breakthrough came on Saturday evening at The Great Hall venue, where Gukesh defeated his French adversary Alireza Firouzja in the Open section of the 2024 Candidates Tournament, organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE)
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Apr 21, 2024 7:52 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Russia warns Pakistan of banning rice imports over safety concerns
- Russia had previously imposed a ban on similar grounds in 2019, which remained in place for around two years.
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Apr 21, 2024 7:40 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Neha Hiremath murder: BJP chief JP Nadda visits Congress councillor’s house, meets grieving family
- Neha Hiremath, daughter of a Congress councillor, was fatally stabbed by her former classmate Mohammad Fayazz at BVB College in Hubbali, Karnataka.
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Apr 21, 2024 7:28 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Iran demonstrated power during operation against Israel: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
- Thanking Iran’s armed forces, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that the country had demonstrated its power regardless of how many targets were hit.
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Apr 21, 2024 7:23 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Maoist killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
- With this incident, 80 Naxalites have been killed so far this year in separate encounters with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region
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Apr 21, 2024 7:19 PM IST
India News Live Updates: BJP claims clash between RJD-Congress workers at INDIA rally: ‘Quarrelsome alliance’
- Ravi Shankar Prasad said the alliance was formed to score personal gains and there was no unity between its constituents.
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Apr 21, 2024 7:18 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle keeping their kids, Archie and Lilibet out of Netflix shows
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are prioritizing their family’s privacy amidst preparations for their upcoming Netflix projects.
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Apr 21, 2024 6:48 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Bulldozer action against Madhya Pradesh man who raped neighbour, used chilli powder on her
- The accused, 24-year-old Ayan Pathan, is accused of holding the victim hostage for a month and raping and torturing her.
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Apr 21, 2024 6:44 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Donald Trump cancels North Carolina rally due to bad weather
- Donald Trump apologizes to supporters for canceled rally, vows to reschedule ‘bigger and better’ event.
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Apr 21, 2024 6:36 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Fire at under-construction Central Secretariat common building in Delhi
Apr 21, 2024 6:35 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Chidambaram’s poll promise: ‘Will repeal CAA and three criminal laws’
- Chidambaram said that if the INDIA bloc came to power at the Centre, it would repeal CAA and the three criminal laws brought by the BJP government.
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Apr 21, 2024 6:24 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Evening briefing: Ex-WWE wrestler ‘The Great Khali’ calls Rahul Gandhi ‘jumla’; light rain likely in Delhi on Monday
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Apr 21, 2024 6:22 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Sanjay Singh mentions ‘Osama Bin Laden’ in sharp attack at PM Narendra Modi
Apr 21, 2024 6:18 PM IST
World News Live Updates: NFL legend and first Filipino-American quarterback Roman Gabriel passes away at 83
- Roman Gabriel, NFL’s ‘Big Telephone Pole’ quarterback, leaves legacy of greatness at the age of 83
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Apr 21, 2024 6:14 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Empty chairs for Arvind Kejriwal, Hemant Soren at INDIA rally: ‘Manifesting Ram Rajya’
- Sunita Kejriwal and Kalpana Soren were present at INDIA bloc’s Ulgulan rally on Sunday and addressed the people.
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Apr 21, 2024 6:13 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Bengaluru fatal accidents saw spike during weekends in 2023: Report
Apr 21, 2024 6:11 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: State government not bothered about anything: BS Yediyurappa on Hubballi murder
Apr 21, 2024 5:46 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Assam: SEBA announces its last Class 10 board exam result
- Anurag Doloi from Jorhat district secured the top rank with 593 out of 600 marks while Jharna Saikia from Biswanath district came second with 590 marks
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Apr 21, 2024 5:45 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Congress Lok Sabha candidate’s nomination rejected: Why? ‘Supporters betrayed’
- “Nomination forms of Dinesh Kumbhani and Suresh Padsala have been rejected… we will approach the High Court and Supreme Court,” Congress party’s lawyer said.
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Apr 21, 2024 5:04 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Serbia removes 1,000-kilo NATO bomb after evacuating 1,300 people
- The 1,000-kilo (2,200-pound) bomb was successfully removed from a construction site in the neighbourhood of Nis, an interior ministry official said.
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Apr 21, 2024 5:01 PM IST
India News Live Updates: INDIA bloc rally: Sunita Kejriwal alleges ‘dictatorship’, plot to ‘kill Arvind Kejriwal’
- Sunita Kejriwal claimed Arvind Kejriwal had no desire for power and he just wants to serve the nation.
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Apr 21, 2024 5:01 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Weather updates: Light rain likely in Delhi; heatwave alert in these states
- Delhi temperature today: The temperature may increase slowly by 1-2 degrees in the next 2-3 days.
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Apr 21, 2024 4:42 PM IST
India News Live Updates: ‘Pakistan now gives explanations even if a firecracker bursts,’ says UP CM Yogi Adityanath
- UP CM Yogi Adityanath made the remark while drawing a comparison between the ruling Modi government and the pre-2014 Congress-led government.
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Apr 21, 2024 4:41 PM IST
India News Live Updates: ‘Baharampur has accepted me as son, brother and friend’: Yusuf Pathan
- The ex-cricketer is the Trinamool Congress’s candidate from West Bengal’s Baharampur seat, where he is up against the sitting Congress MP, Adhir Chowdhury.
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Apr 21, 2024 4:34 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Neha Hiremath murder case: Karnataka BJP calls for state-wide protests on Monday
- The BJP has been alleging the ‘Love Jihad’ angle in the murder incident and the accused has already been arrested.
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Apr 21, 2024 4:21 PM IST
India News Live Updates: PM inaugurates 2550th Bhagwan Mahaveer Nirvan Mahotsav at Bharat Mandapam
- Addressing issues of corruption and poverty, Modi talked about the importance of strengthening ideals of non-stealing and non-violence in societ
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Apr 21, 2024 4:12 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Mamata Banerjee claims ‘we are not safe’, BJP ‘targeting’ her, Abhishek Banerjee
- Mamata Banerjee asked Trinamool leaders and workers and the people of West Bengal to be on guard.
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Apr 21, 2024 4:00 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Cong lodges EC complaint against Mysuru ‘King’ Wadiyar over alleged bribery
- Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar is the BJP’s Mysuru – Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency candidate.
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Apr 21, 2024 3:40 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Modi govt ruining railways to sell to ‘friends’, alleges Rahul Gandhi
- If the common person’s transport is to be saved, then the Modi government will have to be removed, the former Congress chief said.
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Apr 21, 2024 3:35 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Two customs officials killed, three wounded after gunmen open fire in Pakistan
- The attack happened late Saturday night in Dera Ismail district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said police officer Nasir Khan.
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Apr 21, 2024 3:35 PM IST
World News Live Updates: 18 killed in Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah
- The conflict, now in its seventh month, has sparked regional unrest pitting Israel and the US against Iran and allied militant groups across the Middle East.
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Apr 21, 2024 3:31 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Bengaluru water board installs five lakh aerators in public taps amid crisis: Report
- Bengaluru installs 5 lakh aerators to conserve water, plans to fill 200 lakes with treated water in one year.
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Apr 21, 2024 3:19 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Karnataka’s Nandini dairy to sponsor Ireland and Scotland in upcoming T20 World Cup
- This is the first time for a home-grown brand, which was in the news during the assembly elections, to sponsor international cricket teams.
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Apr 21, 2024 3:17 PM IST
India News Live Updates: ‘Rahul Gandhi a jumla’: Ex-WWE wrestler and BJP leader ‘The Great Khali’
- Dalip Singh Rana alias ‘The Great Khali’ joined the BJP ahead of the 2022 Punjab assembly elections.
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Apr 21, 2024 3:12 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Rajnath Singh attacks Mamata Banerjee: ‘Anarchy in West Bengal’
- Rajnath Singh said Enforcement Directorate and CBI officers were attacked by goons in West Bengal
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Apr 21, 2024 3:07 PM IST
India News Live Updates: PM Modi’s dig at Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh in Rajasthan: ‘Chunav nahi jeet sakte’
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi said those who can’t win an election have taken the Rajya Sabha route to Parliament – in a dig at Sonia Gandhi.
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Apr 21, 2024 3:01 PM IST
India News Live Updates: ‘Sudden illness’: Rahul Gandhi to miss INDIA bloc’s Jharkhand rally, says Congress
- The ex-Congress chief is “unable to leave New Delhi for the present,” said the party’s Jairam Ramesh.
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Apr 21, 2024 2:56 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Youth Congress leader trying to protest near PM’s convoy route detained
- It is not a case of security breach. They tried to stage a protest holding an empty ‘Chombu’ on a by-lane near the route where Modi’s convoy was set to pass.
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Apr 21, 2024 2:54 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Chhatisgarh woman Maoist cadre injured in gunfight, arrested by Odisha police
- Additional director general of police (anti-Maoist operation) S Devdutt Singh said that the police party during the search operation found an injured female Maoist cadre, Mango Nureti alias Sindhu, in a house in Ekawari village
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Apr 21, 2024 2:49 PM IST
India News Live Updates: ‘Arvind Kejriwal’s sugar levels crossed 300’: Atishi as AAP stages ‘insulin’ protest outside Delhi’s Tihar jail
- AAP workers urged Tihar jail administration to ensure Arvind Kejriwal’s access to insulin, emphasising the critical nature of the Delhi CM’s medical condition.
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Apr 21, 2024 2:46 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Red Fort road rage murder: Delhi Police arrest accused after exchange of fire
- he accused, Firoz Khan, had allegedly gunned down a cab driver on April 15 after an argument broke out between the two over a road rage issue
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Apr 21, 2024 2:19 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Israel to summon ambassadors of countries that voted for full Palestinian UN membership
- Thursday’s vote saw 12 countries on the UN Security Council back a resolution recommending full Palestinian membership
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Apr 21, 2024 2:18 PM IST
India News Live Updates: MK Stalin attacks BJP over ‘saffron’ Doordarshan logo, says ‘such fascism…’
Apr 21, 2024 2:11 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Yogi Adityanath’s ‘appeasement politics’ barb at Mamata over Ram Navami clashes in Bengal
- At least four people were injured after a Ram Navami procession was allegedly attacked with stones in West Bengal’s Murshidabad on Wednesday
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Apr 21, 2024 2:02 PM IST
World News Live Updates: Sydney knife attack: Stabber Joel Cauchi suffered schizophrenia, fell out of treatment
- A serious mental disorder, schizophrenia can cause hallucinations, delusions and disordered behaviour. It requires lifelong treatment.
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Apr 21, 2024 1:45 PM IST
India News Live Updates: Amid Kejriwal insulin row, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj’s ‘Tihar seeking diabetologist’ claim
- Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged manipulation in Delhi CM’s treatment, claiming that a normal doctor’s recommendations were being used to deny the CM insulin.
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Apr 21, 2024 1:44 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: 24-year-old brain dead Moga woman saves four lives
- Following the family’s consent, doctors at PGIMER facilitated the transplantation of Nirmal’s kidneys, reviving two renal failure patients (both males aged 34 and 57 years), while her corneas restored the sight of two corneal blind individuals
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Apr 21, 2024 1:42 PM IST
Cities Live Updates: Chandigarh: Govt schools told to accept all admission forms
- If seats are available in a school, then admission will be granted as per policy; if the seats are unavailable, the case will be referred to the cluster school, under which the institution falls, by the evening of that day or the next working day; all forms can be submitted in all schools
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