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01 Jul

Manoj Bajpayee was ‘close to committing suicide’

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New Delhi: Actor Manoj Bajpayee, who has carved a niche for himself in Bollywood with his performance in some highly-acclaimed films, recently spoke about his journey to Bollywood from a village in Bihar. In a 'Humans Of Bombay' post, he shared the story of his struggle, rejections that he faced, and how his life changed post 'Satya', for which he also received a National Award. "I'm a farmer's son; I grew up in a village in Bihar with 5 siblings - we went to a hut school. We led a simple life, but whenever we went to the city, we'd…

01 Jul

India records 507 deaths in single day

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India registered the highest single-day COVID-19 deaths at 507 on Wednesday with Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu accounting for over 70 per cent of the fatalities, while 18,653 new infections were reported taking the total tally to 5,85,493, according to the Union Health Ministry data. This is the fifth consecutive day that coronavirus infections have increased by more than 18,000. The country has seen a surge of 3,94,958 infections from 1 June till date. The number of active cases stands at 2,20,114, while 3,47,978 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated, according to the updated data at 8 am.…

01 Jul

Man stabs wife to death with scissors in front of minor kids

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In a horrifying incident, a 43-year-old man allegedly murdered his 40-year-old wife by stabbing her multiple times with scissors at their residence in New Ashok Nagar locality of Punjab’s Ludhiana. The incident took place within the territorial limits of Salem Tabri Police Station. The accused identified as Avtar Singh, a carpenter by profession, stabbed his wife Jasveer Kaur in neck, chest and stomach with scissors and fled the spot. Then, their two sons, aged six and seventeen, raised the alarm, following which the neighbours arrived at their house and called the police. Salem Tabri Police Station SHO Gopal Krishan said…

01 Jul

Mumbai’s biggest Ganesh festival Lalbaugcha Raja cancelled

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Mumbai: For the first time in the history of Lalbaugcha Raja, Lord Ganpati's idol will not be established due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja Ganeshotsav Mandal has decided not to hold Ganeshotsav celebrations and would instead set up a blood donation camp, informed Mandal officials. "Mumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja Ganeshotsav Mandal has decided that they will not establish Lord Ganpati's idol and will do social work for those 11 days of festivities," the officials said. "A blood donation camp and plasma donation camp will be set up at the same place. Also, they will honour the families of martyrs who have sacrificed their lives at the LoC or LAC…

01 Jul

Nepal prime minister KP Oli admitted to hospital

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Kathmandu: Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli was on Wednesday hospitalised in Sahid Gangalal National Heart Center in Kathmandu after he complained of chest pain. His press advisor Surya Thapa tweeted on social media that the hospitalisation was a part of his regular health check-ups. Of late, in Nepal, there has been an increasing demand for Oli to step down. Oli had earlier called for a Cabinet meeting after leaders of ruling Nepal Communist Party demanded his resignation on Tuesday. The senior leaders, including co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Madhav Nepal, Jhalanath Khanal and Bamdev Gautam, asked the prime minister to step…

01 Jul

CBI books Sanjay Bhandari, Samsung Engineering for ‘corruption’ in contract for OPAL project in Dahej.

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The CBI has booked purported arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari for allegedly receiving about USD 50 lakh from Korean company Samsung Engineering Co Ltd to influence officials in granting a contract for a DFCU project of OPAL at Dahej in Gujarat, officials said Wednesday. The probe agency has also named the then Senior Manager of Samsung Engineering Co Ltd (SECL) Hong Namkoong, UK-based Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd and Bhandari's UAE-based company Santech International FZC besides unidentified officials of ONGC and its special vehicle ONGC Petro Additions Ltd (OPAL) for alleged corruption, they said. Bhandari who is being probed in a number…

01 Jul

Delhi under control, says Arvind Kejriwal

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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the COVID-19 situation has been brought under control for now with the "combined efforts" of Delhi government, Centre and other organisations, but cautioned people against any lapse in social and personal behaviour that may again lead to a rise in cases. Addressing an online media briefing, the chief minister said that the situation is not as "terrible" as predicted one month ago, asserting that at present, the number of active coronavirus cases has been decreasing instead of increasing. He said the Central government's website had projected a total of one lakh…

01 Jul

India’s cybersecurity agency cautions : Be cautious while installing Google Chrome extensions.

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Internet users should exercise caution while installing Google Chrome extensions as the company has removed over 100 malicious links after they were found collecting "sensitive" user data, country's cyber security agency said on Wednesday.The Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In), the national technology arm to combat cyber attacks and guard the Indian cyber space, said it has also been found that these extensions contained code to bypass Google Chrome's web store security scans. The malicious extensions had the ability to take screenshots, read the clipboard, harvest authentication cookies or grab user keystrokes to read passwords and other confidential information,…

01 Jul

Parents from different states move Supreme Court

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A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court by the parents of children from different States seeking declaration of moratorium or deferment of payment of school fees during the COVID-19 induced lockdown. The plea also seeks direction to Centre and all the States for directing all the private unaided/aided schools to only charge the proportionate fees based on actual expenditure towards the conduct of the online virtual classes and no other fees from the students since 1 April till the commencement of physical classes. "The Petitioners belonging to different states of the country have come together being constrained to…

01 Jul

US lends support in India vs China

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The United States on Wednesday stepped in to stall a United Nations Security Council statement pushed hard by Xi Jinping’s China on this week’s Karachi terror attack in light of New Delhi’s reservations over the Imran Khan government’s efforts to politicise the attack at Pakistan Stock Exchange. The UNSC routinely condemns such acts of terror. But the statement on the Karachi terror strike got complicated after Islamabad attempted to pin the blame on New Delhi. Pakistan foreign minister Makdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi had blamed the attacks on India on Tuesday. His boss Imran Khan echoed him in the National Assembly…