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Vijay Mallya sentenced to four months in prison in contempt case
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Vijay Mallya sentenced to four months in prison in contempt case

New Delhi, Jul 11: The Supreme Court on Monday awarded four-month sentence to fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, accused in bank loan default case of over Rs 9,000 crore involving his defunct Kingfisher Airlines, in a contempt case. A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit also imposed a fine of Rs...
8-yr-old boy sits with younger brothers body in lap outside hospital as father looks for ambulance
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8-yr-old boy sits with younger brother's body in lap outside hospital as father...

Morena, Jul 11: An eight-year-old boy sat holding the body of his younger brother in his lap for a couple of hours outside a hospital while his father looked around for an ambulance to take the dead child home in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, an incident which led to an outrage with people...
Active COVID-19 cases rise to 1,30,713
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Active COVID-19 cases rise to 1,30,713

New Delhi, Jul 11: With 16,678 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,36,39,329, while the active cases increased to 1,30,713 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,454 with 26 new...
What an idea! MP residents throw party on pothole-filled road
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What an idea! MP residents throw party on pothole-filled road

Bhopal, July 10: In an effort to draw the attention of the authorities towards the poor condition of roads ridden with potholes, the residents in Anuppur district in Madhya Pradesh have found a unique way of protest. In a viral video filmed to highlight the poor condition of a road connecting...
Nepal exports cement to India for 1st time
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Nepal exports cement to India for 1st time

Kathmandu, July 9: For the first time, Nepal has started exporting cement to India. The official process began on Friday with Palpa Cement Industries Limited exporting its Tansen brand to India. The company located at Sunwal Municipality-7 in West Nawalparasi district hosted a special function to...
PM to lay foundation stone for development projects worth over 16,000 cr in Deoghar
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PM to lay foundation stone for development projects worth over 16,000 cr in...

New Delhi, July 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Deoghar and Patna to launch developmental projects worth more than Rs 16,000 crore in Deoghar on Tuesday. He will also perform a pooja at Baba Baidyanath temple, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas. Prime Minister Modi is also scheduled to...
Green fuel will end need for petrol in India after five years: Gadkari
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Green fuel will end need for petrol in India after five years: Gadkari

Nagpur, July 9: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has expressed confidence that green fuel will end the need for the use of petrol in vehicles in the country after five years. He made the statement in Maharashtra's Akola on Thursday, where he was conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Dr...
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen tests positive for Covid-19
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Nobel laureate Amartya Sen tests positive for Covid-19

Kolkata, July 9: Renowned economist Amartya Sen, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, has tested positive for Covid-19. He is currently 89 years old. Sen, known for his contribution to welfare economics, economic and social justice, development economics and social choice theory,...
Amarnath flash floods may be due highly localised rain event, not cloudburst, says IMD
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Amarnath flash floods may be due highly localised rain event, not cloudburst,...

New Delhi, Jul 9: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said the deaths and destruction near the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir were due to a highly localised rain event and not due to a cloudburst. According to weather scientists, the shrine reported 31 mm of rainfall between...
India records 18,840 Covid cases, 43 deaths in a day; active caseload rises by 2,693
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India records 18,840 Covid cases, 43 deaths in a day; active caseload rises by...

New Delhi, Jul 9: India's COVID-19 case tally rose by 18,840 in a day to reach 4,36,04,394 while the number of active cases increased to 1,25,028, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 5,25,386 with 43 more people succumbing to the viral...
Amarnath Yatra temporarily suspended after 15 killed in cloudburst
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Amarnath Yatra temporarily suspended after 15 killed in cloudburst

Srinagar, July 9: Rescue operation was resumed at the Amarnath cave shrine on Saturday where 15 people were killed and over 40 injured in a cloudburst Friday evening. Authorities have temporarily suspended the Yatra from both Baltal and Pahalgam base camps. Teams of NDRF, SDRF, BSF, CRPF,...
Fake Twitter account created in name of Dakshineswar Kali Temple
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Fake Twitter account created in name of Dakshineswar Kali Temple

Kolkata, July 8: After a Twitter message purportedly from Kolkata's iconic Dakshineswar Kali Temple condemning the much debated "Kaali" movie poster as reprehensible appeared on Friday, the temple committee has declared the same Twitter account and the message therein as fake.The temple...
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