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June 06, 2023

Airlines operators asked to monitor rise in air fares: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in a meeting on Monday with Airlines Advisory Group discussed the issue of rise in air fares.

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Wrestlers Sakshi & Bajrang refute reports of withdrawing from protest

Denying reports that wrestlers have withdrawn their ongoing protest in the National Capital against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing accusations of sexually harassing some women grapplers.

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Not the time to suppress the truth: CM overtrain tragedy

Around 206 injured passengers from Bengal admitted to different hospitals in Odisha

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US not trying to establish NATO in Indo-Pacific: Defence Secretary Austin

The United States today dismissed China's claim that it was trying to establish a NATOlike alliance in the Indo-Pacific.

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Opposition parties to meet in June end

The meeting of the opposition parties scheduled to be held in Bihar on June 12 has been deferred and is likely to be held in the last week of June.

1 min

Abhishek's at airport, gets ED cail wife stopped

Mamata criticises ED's actions, says Rujira was following court’s instructions

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Drones to check air pollution at night: Minister

The state environment department is considering a proposal to use drones to increase surveillance for checking pollution at night, Dr Manas Bhuniya, the minister in-charge said this morning.

1 min

IRCTC names 2 more Bharat Gaurav trains from city

The eastern zone of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), has introduced two more Bharat Gaurav Special Tourist Train packages from Kolkata.

1 min

Another heat wave warning from Met office

The India Meteorological Department has issued a heat wave warning for parts of Bengal till 7 June and has warned of mainly dry westerly winds.

1 min

Rail passengers head to Babughat to catch buses out of state

With the cancellation and diversion of multiple trains by the Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway, many people are stuck at Howrah station and other stations in and around Kolkata.

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PIL in HC challenging Guv's VC appointments

A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the high court on Monday challenging Governor CV Ananda Bose’s decision to appoint interim vicechancellors (VC) of 11 universities. Dr Bose has also been made a party in the case.

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Telangana witnesses explosive IT growth

Telangana registered a stunning growth of 31.44 per cent in IT and ITeS exports far above the national average growth of 9.36 per cent in the past financial year. In addition out of the 2,90,000 jobs created in India last year in this sector 1,27, 594 were in Hyderabad.

1 min

Shah to visit AP on 11 june

Hoping it would give clarity on prospects of alliance between BJP, TDP, Jana Sena

2 mins

Antilia bomb scare: Supreme Court grants 3 weeks interim bail to former Maha cop Pradeep Sharma

The Supreme Court on Monday granted three weeks interim bail to former Maharashtra police officer and encounter specialist Pradeep Rameshwar Sharma to take care of his ailing wife who has to undergo a reversal of the Gastric Bypass surgery done earlier at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, with the National Investigation Agency, which is probing the case, sought to restrict the period of bail.

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'The CBI is meant to investigate crimes, not railway accidents'

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge writes to PM Modi over probe in Odisha triple accident

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Jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari gets life imprisonment in Awadhesh Rai murder case

In a murder case from 32 years ago, jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari was given a life sentence by the Special MPMLA court here on Monday.

1 min

Shiv Sena, BJP to contest all elections in Maharashtra jointly, says Eknath Shinde

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said that the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will jointly contest all upcoming elections including Lok Sabha, Vidhan Sabha, and local body elections in the State.

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River cable bridge collapses in Bihar, CM orders probe

The collapse of a 3.17 km under-construction cable bridge across the river Ganga has once again raised serious eyebrows about maintaining safety standards and design in infrastructure projects.

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Gehlot May Have BJP On Edge, But His Report Card Is Riddled With Red Marks

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has completed four-and-a-half years of his tenure, and has tried to make a mark with his flagship schemes like OPS, Chiranjeevi, RGHS among others.

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Stock Market Today: Asian Stocks Follow Wall St Up After Strong US Jobs Report

Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index leaped 1.5% on Friday, putting iton the verge of entering what traders calla bull market’ after rising nearly 20 pcinseven months

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India's 5G sales hit 50 pc market for 1st time: Report

The monthly 5G smartphone sales share has crossed the 50 per cent mark in India for the first time in April this year, a new report said on Monday.

1 min

Apt Time To Address Governance Gaps In Banks, Says RBI Deputy Governor

Time is perhaps right to address gaps in governance frameworks of banks, a top RBI official has said, amid reports of lapses by various banks, which have invited action by the central bank.

1 min

Morgan Stanley pegs India's growth at over 6 pc during next two years

Morgan Stanley on Monday said India's GDP growth will track above 6 per cent in the next two financial years, supported by strength in domestic demand.

2 mins

HK scribe wins landmark appeal, upholding media freedom

The investigative journalist was trying to track down perpetrators of a mob attack on protesters

2 mins

Saudi, US mediators urge Sudan's warring parties to agree on new cease-fire

Saudi Arabia and the US have urged the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to reach a new cease-fire to end hostilities.

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'Rebel' Russia's time for the yips

Narratives around the next Summer Games get lengthier and legthier, like Russian novels. And the country is bang in the middle of it, eye-arrestingly. But it will not be backed by the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations if it goes ahead with what it calls the Friendship Games, planned to succeed the Paris Olympics next year and interestingly inclusive of India.

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