After furore, Bageshwar Baba apologizes for slur on Sant Tukaram

After furore, Bageshwar Baba apologizes for slur on Sant Tukaram

Pune, Nov 22 - Religious preacher Acharya Dhirendra Shastri, popular as Bageshwar Baba, on Wednesday tendered an unconditional apology for his purported remarks on Sant Tukaram which had angered large sections of the Warkari community in Maharashtra.

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Seven schoolchildren injured in Vizag accident

Seven schoolchildren injured in Vizag accident

Visakhapatnam, Nov 22 - Seven school children were injured when an auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling collided with a truck in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.

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UN climate summit in Dubai to offer carbon-neutral menus

UN climate summit in Dubai to offer carbon-neutral menus

New Delhi, Nov 22 - With the UN Climate Change Conference or COP28 kicking off in Dubai at the end of the month -- a milestone moment when the world will take stock of its progress on the 2015 Paris Agreement -- the

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Custodial death case: Kolkata police stations to send daily reports of CCTVs to city police headquarters

Custodial death case: Kolkata police stations to send daily reports of CCTVs to city police headquarters

Kolkata, Nov 22 -After alleged custodial death of a person in the Amherst Street Police Station in Kolkata, the officers-in-charge of all police stations in the city have been instructed to send daily reports to the city police headquarters on the working conditions

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BJP has no right to seek votes after Sitharaman’s admission, says BRS

BJP has no right to seek votes after Sitharaman’s admission, says BRS

Hyderabad, Nov 22 - Telangana Finance Minister T. Harish Rao said on Wednesday that the BJP has no right to seek votes in Telangana Assembly elections after Union Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman's admission that as the Telangana government did not fix the meters

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Kerala magistrate transferred due to bad behavior towards lawyers

Kerala magistrate transferred due to bad behavior towards lawyers

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 22 - A Kerala First Class Judicial Magistrate has been transferred after complaints from lawyers of bad behavior.

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Man gropes young woman in B’luru Metro as ‘callous’ co-passengers watch

Man gropes young woman in B’luru Metro as ‘callous’ co-passengers watch

Bengaluru, Nov 22 - Taking advantage of morning rush, a man groped a young woman in a moving Namma Metro train here even as the co-passengers remained mute spectators ignoring the victim's screams for help.

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Two arrested with arms & ammunition in Srinagar

Two arrested with arms & ammunition in Srinagar

Srinagar, Nov 22 - Two people with arms and ammunition were arrested in Srinagar on Wednesday, police said.

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J&K govt dismisses four employees for anti-national activities

J&K govt dismisses four employees for anti-national activities

Jammu, Nov 22 - The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday dismissed four of its employees for anti-national activities.

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Raj polls: Gajendra Shekhawat, Jairam Ramesh trade barbs over Cong’s caste census promise

Raj polls: Gajendra Shekhawat, Jairam Ramesh trade barbs over Cong’s caste census promise

Jaipur, Nov 21 - A war of words erupted between Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and veteran Congress leader Jairam Ramesh after the grand-old party promised reservations to minorities on the basis of a caste census in its poll manifesto for the November

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Delhi youth choked, stabbed to death by minor in robbery bid

Delhi youth choked, stabbed to death by minor in robbery bid

New Delhi, Nov 22 - A 18-year-old youth was first choked into unconsciousness and then fatally stabbed multiple times by a minor in a robbery bid in Delhi, an official said on Wednesday.

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Encounter erupts in J&K’s Rajouri

Encounter erupts in J&K’s Rajouri

Jammu, Nov 22 - An encounter erupted on Wednesday between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri District, police said.

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Father-son nabbed for shooting at 14-yr-old in Delhi over scooty spat

Father-son nabbed for shooting at 14-yr-old in Delhi over scooty spat

New Delhi, Nov 22 - Delhi Police have apprehended a man and his son who shot at a 14-year-old boy following an altercation over boys sitting on the victim's scooter, an official said on Wednesday.

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Strong 6.6-magnitude quake jolts Indonesia, no potential for tsunami

Strong 6.6-magnitude quake jolts Indonesia, no potential for tsunami

Jakarta, Nov 22 - A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's eastern province of North Maluku on Wednesday, but it did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, the country's meteorology agency said.

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Globally coordinated approach must to achieve circular green economy: Report

Globally coordinated approach must to achieve circular green economy: Report

New Delhi, Nov 22 - Experts have delivered a sweeping prescription to governments, civil society and industry for a globally coordinated approach to the responsible sourcing of raw materials needed to achieve a circular green economy.

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Bengal Minister arrested in ration distribution case hospitalized

Bengal Minister arrested in ration distribution case hospitalized

Kolkata, Nov 22 (IANS) West Bengal Minister Jyotipriya Mallick, who has been arrested in connection with the multi-crore ration distribution case in the state, was hospitalized.

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Elderly woman hacked to death in K’taka, police suspect rape before murder

Elderly woman hacked to death in K’taka, police suspect rape before murder

Kalaburagi, Nov 22 - An elderly woman astrologer in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district was hacked to death, with the police suspecting that she was raped before being murdered.

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Top BJP, Congress leaders to campaign in poll-bound Rajasthan today

Top BJP, Congress leaders to campaign in poll-bound Rajasthan today

Jaipur, Nov 22 - Top national leaders of the BJP and Congress will campaign in Rajasthan on Wednesday for elections to 199 Assembly constituencies, scheduled on November 25.

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Youth booked in Goa for stalking, assaulting girl student

Youth booked in Goa for stalking, assaulting girl student

Panaji, Nov 22 - Goa Police have booked a youth for allegedly stalking and assaulting a girl student.

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Silkyara tunnel collapse: PM dials up U’khand CM Dhami, enquires about rescue ops

Silkyara tunnel collapse: PM dials up U’khand CM Dhami, enquires about rescue ops

New Delhi, Nov 22 - Amid ongoing efforts to rescue 41 trapped workers from Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday once again spoke to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami over the phone and enquired about the ongoing operation to get

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