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15 Sep 2024

Biju Janata Dal

Deceased Odisha officer gets crowd control duty for Modi's event

In a significant oversight, the Odisha government assigned a deceased officer, Prabodha Kumar Rout, to manage crowd control during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bhubaneswar.

15 Sep 2024

Narendra Modi

Modi launches 6 Vande Bharat trains; which cities they'll connect 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually flagged off six new Vande Bharat trains from Tatanagar in Jharkhand.

15 Sep 2024

Bihar

Train engine derails, ends up in field in Bihar's Gaya

A train engine was found in the middle of a field in Raghunathpur village, Bihar's Gaya district, on Friday evening.

Mamata offers tea to protesting doctors; here's how they responded 

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's attempt to negotiate with protesting doctors over the alleged rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was unsuccessful on Saturday.

15 Sep 2024

Amit Shah

BJP MLA Muniratna arrested over casteist slurs, death threats 

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Muniratna Naidu, who was arrested by the Bengaluru Police on Saturday for alleged harassment, threats, and casteist abuse, has been sent to two days of police custody.

15 Sep 2024

Lucknow

9 killed after building collapses in Meerut; more feared trapped

At least nine people have died, five are injured, and one is feared trapped after a three-story building collapsed in the Zakir Colony of Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday evening.

14 Sep 2024

Calcutta High Court

Kolkata doctor rape-murder: CBI arrests RG Kar ex-principal, top cop 

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Dr. Sandeep Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar College and Hospital, and Abhijit Mandal, the officer-in-charge of Tala Police Station.

14 Sep 2024

Indian Government

Modi government's subsidized onion scheme eases price burden on consumers

The Indian government's subsidized onion sale initiative, launched on September 5, has successfully reduced onion prices in several major cities.

14 Sep 2024

Narendra Modi

Modi to inaugurate India's first 'Vande Metro' service on Monday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate India's first "Vande Metro" service on Monday, during his two-day visit to Gujarat.

Kolkata: Bomb blast at busy SN Banerjee intersection

A 54-year-old ragpicker, Bapi Das, was injured in a blast that occurred around 1:45pm on Saturday at the intersection of Blochmann Street and SN Banerjee Road in central Kolkata.

14 Sep 2024

Aamir Khan

Ghaziabad shopkeeper allegedly mixes urine in juice, thrashed by locals

A shopkeeper in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, was assaulted by locals after he was allegedly caught serving fruit juices mixed with urine.

14 Sep 2024

Jammu

Video: Massive landslide at Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch National Highway; traffic suspended 

A major landslide on the Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch National Highway has led to a suspension of vehicular traffic.

14 Sep 2024

Kolkata

'Resume work...won't take action': Mamata during visit to protesting doctors 

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made an unexpected visit to the protest site of agitating doctors on Saturday.

14 Sep 2024

Agra

Video: Taj Mahal's main dome sees water leakage after rain

The main dome of the Taj Mahal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, is experiencing water leakage due to continuous rainfall over three days, PTI reported.

14 Sep 2024

Amit Shah

Amit Shah's message on Hindi Diwas: 'Hindi has no competition...'

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday extended his best wishes to the countrymen on the occasion of Hindi Diwas.

14 Sep 2024

Karnataka

'Treated like slaves': Indians conned into joining Russian army return 

Four Indian citizens, who were duped into joining a private Russian Army and forced to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war, have returned home.

14 Sep 2024

Air Quality Index

Delhi records cleanest air of 2024 amid heavy rainfall

Delhi and its surrounding National Capital Region (NCR) have been experiencing continuous rainfall over the past few days, leading to widespread waterlogging and severe traffic congestion.

14 Sep 2024

Article 370

J&K: 5 terrorists killed in encounters ahead of Modi's visit

Five terrorists have been killed in separate encounters with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir.

14 Sep 2024

Chhattisgarh

'Perfectly-healthy' man suffers brain hemorrhage after loud DJ music exposure 

A 40-year-old man from Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh, reportedly suffered a brain hemorrhage after he was exposed to loud DJ music.

14 Sep 2024

Indian Army

J&K: 2 soldiers killed, 2 injured in gunfight with terrorists 

Two Indian Army soldiers were killed and two others injured in a gunbattle with terrorists in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday night.

13 Sep 2024

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

'My morale has grown 100 times': Kejriwal after getting bail 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal walked out of Tihar Jail on Friday, over six months after his arrest in the excise policy case.

13 Sep 2024

Delhi

No narco test for RG Kar rape-murder accused; know why 

A Kolkata court has denied the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s request to conduct a narcoanalysis test on Sanjoy Roy, the main suspect in the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

13 Sep 2024

Raebareli

Rahul sends gifts to Raebareli barber who trimmed his beard 

Thankful for a trim he got from a barber in Raebareli during the Lok Sabha election campaign, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has sent gifts to the barber.

13 Sep 2024

Delhi

Heavy rain lashes Delhi-NCR, flights delayed due to waterlogging

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for several parts of Delhi, warning of moderate rain and thunderstorms accompanied by gusty winds.

13 Sep 2024

Calcutta High Court

Protesting doctors write to President, PM amid deadlock with Mamata

The junior doctors protesting in Kolkata have written to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking their intervention to end the impasse.

13 Sep 2024

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh: 8 dead, several injured in Chittoor bus accident

At least eight people were killed and several others injured when a government bus collided with a lorry on the Chittoor-Bangalore Highway near Mogili Ghat in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh.

13 Sep 2024

Amit Shah

Port Blair renamed to 'Shri Vijaya Puram' by Centre

The central government has announced the renaming of Port Blair, the capital city of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, to "Shri Vijaya Puram."

13 Sep 2024

Delhi

CPI(M) leader ends 2-year-long IndiGo boycott after Sitaram Yechury's death 

Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader EP Jayarajan flew on an IndiGo flight from Karipur to Delhi on Thursday night, ending his two-year boycott of the airline.

13 Sep 2024

Amritsar

'My father was on hijacked IC421 flight': Jaishankar's shocking revelation

In a stunning revelation, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar revealed that his father was onboard the Indian Airlines flight IC421, which was hijacked in 1984.

Delhi coaching center deaths: 4 co-owners get interim bail

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted interim bail to the four co-owners of a basement in Old Rajinder Nagar, where three Indian Administrative Service (IAS) aspirants died in July.

13 Sep 2024

Kolkata

Railway employee accused of molesting minor beaten to death

A railway employee was allegedly beaten to death by passengers and family members of an 11-year-old girl he is accused of sexually assaulting.

13 Sep 2024

Andhra Pradesh

'Please help': Andhra woman in Kuwait alleges torture by employers

A woman from Andhra Pradesh, who moved to Kuwait for work, has alleged severe physical and mental abuse by her employer.

13 Sep 2024

Delhi

India government developing technology to control rain, weather: Report

Indian weather scientists are planning to develop the ability to control and enhance rainfall, hail, and lightning in specific areas within the next five years.

13 Sep 2024

Arvind Kejriwal

Video shows how AAP leaders reacted when Kejriwal got bail 

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case.

Jagdish Tytler pleads not guilty in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who is out on bail, pleaded not guilty to charges related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Video of restaurateur's private conversation with Sitharaman leaked; BJP apologizes

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader K Annamalai has apologized on behalf of the party after it leaked a video of Sri Annapoorna restaurant chain owner Srinivasan apologizing to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

13 Sep 2024

Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal granted conditional bail: Here's what he cannot do

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Central Bureau of Investigation case related to the alleged excise policy scam.

13 Sep 2024

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Timeline of Kejriwal's arrests, bail pleas in excise policy case  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by the Supreme Court in the excise policy case on Friday.

66-inch water pipeline leaks on Mumbai road, traps car 

A road intersection in Dadar, central Mumbai, experienced a cave-in on Thursday.

13 Sep 2024

Arvind Kejriwal

'Caesar's wife...caged parrot': SC pulls up CBI during Kejriwal hearing 

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Arvind Kejriwal in the case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the excise policy case.