Suspended Jharkhand BJP neta who tortured help arrested

Jharkhand Police on Wednesday arrested Seema Patra, the suspended BJP functionary and wife of a former IAS officer, for allegedly torturing her adivasi domestic help Sunita Kumari. Seema's son, disturbed by the torture, had reportedly shared the videos with his friend, an officer of the personnel & administrative reforms department of Jharkhand government, who went to police.

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At 13.5% in Q1, India's GDP grows at fastest pace in a year

Data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) showed the country's GDP rose by an annual 13.5% in the April-June quarter of the current fiscal year, higher than the 4.1% in the previous quarter, but below the 20.1% recorded in the first quarter of 2021-22. The 13.5% growth was lower than the Reserve Bank of India's estimate of 16.2% for the first quarter of 2022-23.

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Cabinet Committee on Security approves Tejas 2.0 mega project

The PM Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) cleared the project to develop Tejas Mark-2 with prototypes, flight testing and certification at a cost of over Rs 6,500 crore, in addition to the Rs 2,500 crore earlier sanctioned for it, top sources told TOI. With more powerful GE-414engines in the 98 Kilonewton thrust class, the Tejas Mark-2 will have a longer combat range.

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Covid booster coverage lowest in two NE states, Jharkhand

Meghalaya, Nagaland and Jharkhand have the lowest coverage of precautionary/booster dose of Covid vaccine in the '18 years and above' age group, according to health ministry data. Till August 30, Meghalaya has administered precautionary dose to only 8% of its eligible population in this age group while Jharkhand and Nagaland have been able to jab 9% of beneficiariesn this category.

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Desi qHPV vax against cervical cancer to be launched today

India is all set to launch on Thursday its first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine for prevention of cervical cancer. It has been developed by the Serum Institute of India in partnership with the Department of Biotechnology. Till now, HPV vaccines needed to prevent cervical cancer have been sourced from foreign manufacturers at a cost of Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,500 per dose.

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Portuguese minister quits after Indian dies

Portugal's health minister Marta Temido resigned on Tuesday following widespread criticism of her decision to temporarily close emergency obstetric services, forcing risky transfers of pregnant women between hospitals, apparently leading to the death of a 34-year-old woman. The pregnant Indian woman died after suffering a cardiac arrest during an ambulance transfer from Lisbon's main hospital Santa Maria

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Kamaal R Khan held for derogatory tweets of 2020

Actor, producer and film critic Kamaal R Khan (54) was arrested by Malad police on Tuesday for his derogatory tweets in 2020. Shiv Sena member Rahul Kanal had complained that Khan operated two Twitter handles, which he used for posting distasteful tweets about celebrities. A lookout circular had been issued against him as he was not in Mumbai then.

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Junking colonial past, PM Modi to unveil new naval ensign

PM Narendra Modi, while commissioning the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in Kochi on Friday, will also launch the new "Indianised" naval ensign or flag "befitting the rich Indian maritime heritage", the PMO said on Tuesday. The new ensign's design is yet to be made public but sources said the red St George's Cross that in a way represents the British legacy will be removed.

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Record rain turns B'luru into water world, city on yellow alert

As per the IMD report on Tuesday, Bengaluru recorded its highest single-day rainfall in August in 24 hours - 162.1mm - since August 27, 1890. The department has issued a yellow alert in Bengaluru Urban district for Wednesday and Thursday too. Three lakes - Bellandur, Varthur and Nallurahalli - overflowed and around 400 cars parked in basements of apartments around Nallurahalli lake were submerged.

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Radia case: 12yrs on, SC to take up Ratan Tata's privacy plea

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Havan is okay but namaz is not, says Omar Abdullah

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CUET-UG registers 60% attendance; Delhi registers 80%

The CUET-UG finally came to an end registering 60% attendance. Delhi recorded the highest attendance with nearly 80% while states from the North East region, especially the hill states registering around 35% attendance. However, the test for 103 candidates from Jharkhand will be conducted again shortly as the Centre Radha Govind University, Ramgarh, Jharkhand faced slow internet issues on Tuesday.

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Amid tension in Bengaluru, SC says no Ganesh puja at idgah

Amid growing communal tension due to the Karnataka government's decision to allow Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at the disputed Idgah Maidan in Bengaluru's Chamarajpet, the Supreme Court late on Tuesday directed the parties to maintain the status quo, which means that the ground will not be used for the festival that begins on Wednesday.

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67th #Wolf777newsFilmfareAwards 2022: Red Carpet

67th #Wolf777newsFilmfareAwards 2022: Red Carpet

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Won't permit 'forum shopping': SC to K'taka hijab petitioners

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PM Modi reaches out to flood-hit Pakistanis in hour of grief

As floods wreak havoc in Pakistan, PM Narendra Modi on Monday reached out to the Pakistani people by expressing his "heartfelt condolences" to the families of the victims. "Saddened to see the devastation caused by the floods in Pakistan. We extend our heartfelt condolences to families of the victims, the injured and all those affected by this natural calamity," he tweeted.

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Delhi, Beijing not uniting will hit 'Asian Century': Jaishankar

The state of the border with China will determine the state of our relationship, foreign minister S Jaishankar said on Monday as he underlined that much of the future of Asia depends on how relations between India and China develop in the foreseeable future and that adherence to laws, norms and rules will be crucial for managing the fissures in the continent.

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Can NSA be invoked against hoarders? SC seeks govt view

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Teesta bypassed HC, mustn't get special treatment: Guj to SC

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Teen with brittle bone disease enters cradle of Grammy winners

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Weekly Covid cases fall below 70,000, but no decline in deaths

Fresh cases of Covid-19 in India fell to an 11-week low, with detected infections in the week ending Sunday falling below 70,000 and the daily average cases under 10,000 for the first time in nearly three months. However, there was no decline in the number of deaths from the virus as over 275 new fatalities were reported in the week (August 22-28), nearly the same as in the previous seven days (278), as per TOI’s Covid database.

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CBI to take over Phogat murder case: Goa CM

Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Sunday said that the Sonali Phogat murder case would be handed over to the CBI, and that he would speak to DGP Jaspal Singh to initiate the process. Phogat, a Haryana BJP functionary and Tiktok star, died in Goa on Tuesday (August 23). Her family then met Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and demanded the murder investigation be moved to the CBI, following which Khattar called his Goa counterpart.

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Uncertainties over Soren future arrest brewing dissent in JMM

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Divita Rai crowned LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2022

Karnataka's Divita Rai has been crowned LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2022. She will be representing India in the Miss Universe 2022 pageant

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Miss Universe Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu honoured with Pride of India award!

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‘Crack’ seems to have appeared between India & Congress: Tewari

Still recovering from the shock of rebel Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s attack on Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, Congress was on Saturday besieged by a fresh round of tongue-lashing by party MP Manish Tewari, who called for “self-introspection” on account of a “crack” appearing between India and Congress, pointing to the deepening disconnect the party has with political ground realities.

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No power can stop khadi from going global, says PM Modi

Making a fervent pitch for promoting and embracing khadi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Ahmedabad on Saturday that no power can stop khadi from going global. He was speaking at ‘Khadi Utsav’ on the banks of the Sabarmati river, where a record was created of 7,500 women simultaneously spinning the ‘charkha’ to mark the 75th year of India’s independence.

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Justice Lalit takes over as CJI, has plan to cut caseload ready

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit on Saturday became the 49th Chief Justice of India, with President Droupadi Murmu administering his oath of office in the presence of the Vice-President, the Prime Minister and other dignitaries.

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Hyderabad Archbishop Anthony becomes first Dalit Cardinal

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PM Modi played a key role in the 40-year legacy of Suzuki in India

While talking about the history of the company in India, RC Bhargava spoke about the key role that Prime Minister Narendra Modi played in the company’s decision to build its facility in Ahemdabad, Gujrat.

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Desi students trickle back to war-torn Ukraine campuses

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3-judge Supreme Court bench to hear PILs on freebies

The Supreme Court on Friday referred to a three-judge bench for wider discussion petitions seeking a regulatory mechanism to curb economically harmful freebies announced by political parties on election eve to lure voters.

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'By 2030, 50% of power capacity will be from non-fossil sources'

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Guv sits on EC verdict in case against Hemant Soren

The suspense building up over Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s political future boiled over on Friday with governor Ramesh Bais still to unbox the EC’s verdict in the office-of-profit case, prompting an anxious JMM to urge both to get it over with and end the uncertainty enveloping the state.

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In 17 years, 8 parties got Rs 15,000 crore from unknown donors: ADR

In the last 17 years, between 2004 and 2021, eight national parties have collected over Rs 15,000 crore in small donations below Rs 20,000 each from unknown contributors, the identities of whom have not been disclosed and neither has the Election Commission nor the income tax authorities conducted any investigation on them.

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Live: Neeraj Chopra becomes first Indian to clinch Diamond League Meeting title

Stay here for real-time updates on breaking news from India and across the world that you can't miss:

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IndianOil unveils Rs 2L cr net zero greenhouse gas plan

India’s largest oil refiner and fuel retailer IndianOil on Thursday unveiled a Rs 2 lakh crore roadmap to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emission from its operations by 2046.

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To give workforce ‘nari shakti’ boost, PM eyes WFH, flexi hours

PM Narendra Modi on Thursday said India must ready itself for future needs on the labour front by provisioning for flexible workplaces, building a work-from-home ecosystem and factoring in flexi work hours, particularly with a view to boost the participation of women in workforce.

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SC panel indicts Ferozepur SSP for PM security lapse

A committee appointed by the Supreme Court under Justice Indu Malhotra has indicted Ferozepur SSP Harmandeep Singh Hans for serious lapses in duty which resulted in PM Narendra Modi’s convoy getting stranded over a flyover in Punjab amid hostile groups.

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'Horrific’, says India as it finally slams Rushdie attack

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SC seeks reply of Centre, Gujarat in Bilkis Bano case

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre and Gujarat government in two weeks on a PIL demanding cancellation of remission of sentence to 11 lifers who were convicted for murdering 14 people and gang-raping women, including Bilkis Bano, during the 2002 post-Godhra communal riots

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Pak ‘Colonel’ gave Rs 30k for attack: Terrorist

A Pakistani terrorist captured along the Line of Control (LoC) in Naushera sector of J&K’s Rajouri district has claimed that he was given 30,000 Pakistani rupees by a colonel of the “Pakistan intelligence” to attack an Indian Army post on August 21, said Brigade Commander Brigadier Kapil Rana on Wednesday.

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ED raids Ranchi businessman’s house, finds 2 AK-47s

The ED on Wednesday conducted raids at 17 places in Jharkhand, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Delhi NCR in connection with illegal mining, money laundering and suspected criminal nexus between the Jharkhand administration, businessmen and politicians.

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Assam govt to shut 34 schools as all students fail in Class X boards

The Assam government will shut down 34 schools as not a single one of about 1,000 students from these state-run institutes could clear the Class X state board examination held in March this year. An angry education minister Ranoj Pegu said it’s meaningless to spend taxpayers’ money on schools with a zero success rate.

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Why not an all-party meet on freebies: SC tells Centre

The Supreme Court on Wednesday suggested the Centre could call “an all-party meeting to discuss the pros and cons of freebies and take a decision on how to curb it, if required”.

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Can’t restrain Muslim man from talaq, remarriage: Kerala high court

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SC tells HCs to write rulings in easy-to-understand language

Cajoling constitutional court judges to shun complex language and pen judgments in an easy to understand flow, the Supreme Court sent back an “incomprehensible” verdict to Himachal Pradesh high court for fresh consideration saying judgments must make sense to litigants.

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MLAs being offered Rs 20 crore: AAP; name the approachers, says BJP

The public slugfest between BJP and AAP continued on Wednesday with the latter alleging that 35 of its MLAs have been offered Rs 20 crore each to join the saffron party. BJP responded by saying that “they may have got such offers from the liquor mafia”, asking AAP to disclose the names of people who approached them.

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Union minister compares book on Modi to Gita

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Adani buys 29% in NDTV, to make open of fer for 26%

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LG wants Kejriwal to sign files sent for his opinion, nod

A note send to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal from the LG's office, asking Kejriwal to sign on files seen by him, mentions that the LG is constrained to communicate with bureaucrats since the files are signed by joint secretaries or additional secretaries at the CM's office.

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SC: 2016 benami transaction act can't be used retrospectively

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In a 1st, Tamil Nadu unveils glossary to identify LGBTQA+ persons

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After Kerala, 'tomato flu' now found in Haryana, TN, Odisha

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Top BrahMos unit officer, 2 others sacked for ‘accidentally firing’ missile into Pakistan

The commanding officer (CO) of a BrahMos unit that "accidentally fired" a supersonic cruise missile that crashed 124-km inside Pakistan on March 9 and two other officers have been summarily sacked by the government.

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Amitabh Bachchan tests Covid positive for the second time

Amitabh Bachchan has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus for the second time.

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150 civil society groups to associate with Cong's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'

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UGC to seek people's views on 'professor of practice' norms

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SC issues notice to Gujarat govt on Teesta bail plea

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Bengal govt employees to get 22 days off in Puja month

Signalling Durga Puja's return to pre-pandemic normality after two years of Covid curbs, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that state government offices will be closed for 11 days from September 30 (Panchami) to October 10 (the day after Lakshmi Puja) this year. Puja-organising clubs are going to get a government grant of Rs 60,000 each, up from last year's Rs 50,000, report Dwaipayan Ghosh & Tamaghna Banerjee.

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Russia detains IS man planning strike on Indian politician

The Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia has detained an Islamic State bomber who, it said, was planning to travel to India to carry out a suicide attack on a governing party “representative” for “insult to the Prophet Muhammad”. There was no immediate reaction from the MEA although official sources here said they were closely following the case.

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1st in 8 weeks, India logs less than 1 lakh Covid cases

For the first time in eight weeks, India recorded less than 1 lakh fresh Covid-19 cases in the week ending Sunday, as nearly all states and UTs registered declining numbers and the seven-day test positivity rate fell below 4%, a first since July 7. Deaths from the virus too recorded a slight decline, with around 275 new fatalities reported during the week, down from 307 in the previous week.

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On LoC, Army foils Pak suicide mission, second in last 10 days

Border troops shot at and wounded a previously repatriated Pakistani intruder while foiling an infiltration attempt by a suspected suicide squad along the LoC in J&K's Rajouri on Sunday, barely 10 days after an officer and two soldiers were killed fighting off a fidayeen attack on an Army camp in the same district.

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Rains continue to wreak havoc in Himachal, Uttarakhand

The death count from rain-triggered flash floods and landslides rose to 32 on Sunday in the two neighbouring Himalayan states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as heavy spells of monsoonal thunderstorms battered the region for the past three days, with no sign of the weather letting up soon.

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Rishi Sunak vows to fight to bitter end, releases campaign video

Rishi Sunak has vowed he will fight to the last day of the Conservative leadership contest despite a recent YouGov poll of Tory members giving Liz Truss a 32-point lead over him, as he released a new campaign video called "The Underdog", cashing in on his status.

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India cuts time taken for disposal of commercial cases by 50%

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It's no secret India-China ties in very difficult phase: EAM

China has "disregarded" bilateral border agreements with India, and the ongoing border stand-off in eastern Ladakh has cast a shadow over India's ties with China, foreign minister S Jaishankar said at an event in Brazil. Participating in a community programme in Sao Paulo, the minister said India has agreements with China going back to the 1990s which prohibit "bringing mass troops in the border area".

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I stand by excise policy, have nothing to hide, says Manish Sisodia

Two days after his office and residence were raided, along with 29 other locations, deputy CM Manish Sisodia asserted Sunday the contentious excise policy was the best in the country and he stands by it. He added the Kejriwal model of governance and work won't stop no matter how many ministers are investigated and jailed.

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Addition of 25 lakh voters to cover J&K residents, clarifies govt

The J&K government dismissed Saturday allegations that non-native people of the Union territory would be among the majority of 25 lakh new voters to be added to the revised electoral rolls. It said such reports have been doing the rounds, misrepresenting facts.

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High-level security meet to address rise in terror activities

A high-level security meet was held in Rajouri on Saturday to discuss an action plan for countering the emerging threat in the wake of a spurt in terror activities in J&K’s Rajouri and Poonch districts. The meet comes after August 11’s pre-dawn fidayeen (suicide) attack on an Army establishment in Parghal, Rajouri, in which two terrorists killed four soldiers.

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Chandigarh airport to be named after Bhagat Singh

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday announced that his state and Haryana had agreed to name the Chandigarh International Airport in Mohali after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. "Chandigarh's International Airport will be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Punjab and Haryana have arrived at a consensus on this. Today, held a meeting with Haryana deputy CM Dushyant Chautala on this issue," Mann, who heads Punjab's AAP government, tweeted.

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Aren't loan waivers for rich freebies: DMK to SC

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No error in treatment provided to Jaya, says AIIMS panel

An AIIMS panel, constituted on the directions of the Supreme Court, has ruled out any error in the treatment provided to late Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa at Apollo hospital in Chennai. The six-member panel was formed on November 30, 2021 to assist the Justice Arumugasamy Commission, which is probing the causes of her death.

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CBI questions 3 accused in excise case, studying docs

The CBI on Saturday summoned at least three of the accused named in the FIR in the alleged excise policy scam for questioning at its headquarters in Delhi. They were allowed to leave late in the evening after their statements were recorded, sources said, adding that they were likely to be questioned again after the agency studies its answers.

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In a first, UK museum returns desi artefacts

Dignitaries from the high commission of India joined members of Glasgow Life, the charity that manages the Scottish city’s museum collections, at the transfer of ownership ceremony, following more than 18 months of talks.

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‘10 crore rural homes now have piped water; 7cr in 3 years’: PM Modi

The PM was addressing a programme to mark Goa and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu becoming the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ (water to every household) certified state and UT respectively after gram sabhas of every villages passed a resolution to that effect.

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CBI to probe UP gang using SC/ST Act for blackmailing

The gang has been allegedly filing frivolous FIRs against high court and Prayagraj district court lawyers representing the accused people in the court.

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Known risk factors behind 37% of India cancer deaths

Globally 44.4% (4.5 million) of all cancer deaths were attributable to risk factors, says the study. The estimates are based on the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk factors Report, 2019. According to the study, nearly half (50.6%) of all cancer deaths in men globally in 2019 (2.8 million) were due to known risk factors, compared with 36.3% all female cancer deaths (1.5 million) attributable to these factors.

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In a first, UK museum returns desi artefacts

Dignitaries from the high commission of India joined members of Glasgow Life, the charity that manages the Scottish city’s museum collections, at the transfer of ownership ceremony, following more than 18 months of talks.

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‘10 crore rural homes now have piped water; 7cr in 3 years’: PM Modi

The PM was addressing a programme to mark Goa and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu becoming the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ (water to every household) certified state and UT respectively after gram sabhas of every villages passed a resolution to that effect.

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Sunak hails Bhagavad Gita on Janmashtami as source of strength

Sunak told volunteers and pilgrims that he drew strength from the Bhagavad Gita during his quest to be the next leader of the Conservative party. He said it had been “a tough campaign” and he had been “giving it everything he had got”. “But at times of the most difficulty, what Akshata has done for me, is to give me the teachings of the Gita and she has done it on the phone and by message. It is the Gita that has given me strength over the past few weeks,” he said.

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India rejects captive-bred cheetahs from Namibia

During his recent visit to Namibia, Yadvendradev Vikramsinh Jhala, dean of Wildlife Institute of India and one of the experts tasked with this conservation initiative, found that three of the eight cheetahs kept in quarantine for translocation “were not able to catch wild prey”. Those three are going to be replaced by wild-caught cheetahs.

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ICMR plans serosurvey to spot asymptomatic monkeypox patients

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found monkeypox symptoms seen in the current outbreak significantly different from those reported in the previous ones in African regions.

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HC verdict that cited FIR delay to free ‘rapist’ junked

Setting aside the order of and paving the way for trial in the case, the bench said the state being custodian to protect rights of people failed in its duty by not challenging the order of the high court.

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Drone dropping of weapons: NIA raids multiple locations in J&K

NIA sleuths, escorted by local police and CRPF personnel, carried out raids in Kathua, Samba and Jammu districts. Sources in police said NIA also raided the house of an already arrested person in Khatika Talab area of Jammu city.

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KBC 14: Contestant DG Prisons of Nagaland, Rupin Sharma shares the full story of extradition of Abu Salem and Monika Bedi from Portugal

The latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 14 started with Amitabh Bachchan welcoming the audience and rollover contestant Rupin Sharma. He starts the game with him and presents the 7th question for Rs 40,000 in front of him.

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Home ministry refutes Puri, says Rohingya not welcome

It said that it is the Delhi government which had proposed to shift the Rohingyas to a new location, and that the Centre would not agree to it. “MHA has directed the Delhi government to ensure that the Rohingya illegal foreigners will continue at the present location as MHA has already taken up the matter of their deportation with the concerned country through the ministry of external affairs (MEA),” it said.

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US visa? You may get appointment in 2024

Scores of people planning to apply for US visitor visas have been stumped by unprecedented long appointment wait times. The US State Department website shows the average waiting for the same in India is about one-and-a-half years, which means those planning to apply now can get an appointment for March-April 2024.

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Live: 3 killed in Russian strike on Ukraine's Kharkiv

Russia's Black Sea fleet based in annexed Crimea has installed a new commander, RIA news agency cited sources as saying on Wednesday, after Russian military bases on the peninsula were rocked by explosions in the past nine days. If confirmed, the removal of the previous commander Igor Osipov would mark the most prominent sacking of a military official in the nearly six months since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Stay with TOI live updates-

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Shopian ‘terrorist’ identified in Kashmiri Pandit killing

J&K police chief Dilbagh Singh told reporters that strict action would be taken against them, while additional DGP Vijay Kumar said a search team seized arms and ammunition from Wani’s home.

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'Revised J&K poll rolls may add 25L new voters over 3 yrs'

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the then undivided state of J&K had 78.4 lakh registered voters. Excluding what is now the UT of Ladakh, the number would have been 76.7 lakh. An addition of 20 to 25 lakh voters would hence constitute an increase by about 26 to 33% over a three-year period. Between 2014 and 2019, the increase in voters had been about 6.5 lakh.

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Musk says tweet about buying Manchester United was a joke

The world's richest man has a habit of posting provocative statements on Twitter for fun and Musk was at it again when he told his more than 103 million followers: "Also, I'm buying Manchester United ur welcome."

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Happy Krishna Janmashtami 2022: Wishes, messages, quotes, images, Facebook & Whatsapp status

Janmashtami 2022 Wishes: Here are some wishes, messages, quotes, images, Facebook & Whatsapp status to share with your friends and family on the occasion of Janmashtami 2022.

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PM Modi & Macron discuss def ties, civilian N-energy cooperation

They also discussed important geopolitical challenges including those related to global food security. India and France have been expressing concern at the risk to the global food security and nutrition in light of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

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Doval in Russia to review ties; Af, terror too figure on agenda

Afghanistan, counter-terrorism, defence and food and energy security in the aftermath of the Ukraine conflict are among the regional and global issues Doval is likely to discuss in his meetings with Russian authorities, including his counterpart Nikolai Patrushev, during his two-day visit to the Russian capital.

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CBSE lets Class X students with basic math study subject in Class XI

​​As per the original plan, only those who opt for ‘Mathematics Standard’, as opposed to ‘Basic’, in class 10 are eligible to pursue maths at junior college level. However, citing the Covid pandemic as a stressful situation for students, the board had waived off that condition in 2021, and has decided to continue with the same for one more year.

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Can’t call schemes ‘freebies’, says DMK, seeks to join case in SC

Requesting to become a party in the pending petition by Ashwini Upadhyay challenging distribution of freebies in which the SC has agreed to set up an expert panel to evolve a regulatory mechanism, the APP said, “In FY 2021, total debt of the sector stood at Rs 5,89,000 crore with an immediate debt obligation of Rs 1,06,000 crore, which poses a growing risk to Indian financial institutions.”

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With a 4% hike, milk prices set to go up by 2 a litre from today

The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells milk and other dairy products under the Amul brand, on Tuesday said it has decided to increase milk prices by Rs 2 per litre in Ahmedabad and Saurashtra of Gujarat, Delhi-NCR, West Bengal, Mumbai and other markets effective from August 17.

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‘Hooch’ claims 5 lives in Bihar dists in 48 hours

The incident comes soon after 12 hooch deaths in Saran recently. According to police, four deaths were reported from ward number 6 and 13 of Kochas area in Sasaram on Sunday and Monday. Three of them were brothers. The police sent two bodies for post-mortem while the other two were cremated by their family.

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SC says prima facie ‘Talaq-e-Hasan’ is not improper as triple talaq

In Talaq-e-Hasan, ‘talaq’ is pronounced once a month, over a period of three months and if cohabitation does not resume during this period, the divorce gets formalised after the third utterance in the third month.

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PM Modi hails ‘Atmanirbhar’ drive as indigenous howitzer debuts

The home-grown 155mm/ 52 calibre advanced towed artillery gun systems (ATAGS), developed by DRDO with production partners Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge, was used along with the British-origin guns traditionally fired till now for the ceremonial salute at the Red Fort.

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SC gives justice to rich & poor with equal speed: Lalit

TOI asked him whether the judiciary unwittingly gave precedence to cases of the rich and influential, who engage renowned senior advocates assisted by a battery of lawyers, as compared to the cases of poor and marginalised who could ill afford even a lawyer.

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Should bring back Netaji remains ‘home’: Daughter

“Nothing in his life was more important to Netaji than his country’s independence. Since he didn’t live to experience the joy of freedom, it’s time that at least his remains can return to Indian soil,” Pfaff, an academic who lives in Germany, said. She said she feels obliged to ensure that her father’s dearest wish, to return to his country in freedom, is fulfilled and that appropriate ceremonies to honour him will be performed.

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Nawaz to end exile, back in Pakistan this Sept: PML-N

Saying injustice was done to Nawaz, minister and party stalwart Javed Latif told reporters that PML-N that leads a coalition government in Pakistan would not let him to go back to jail upon his return. The government is considering relevant legislation to ease the party chief’s return.

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Fact Check: Have mass crowds really gathered to watch Aamir Khan's 'Laal Singh Chaddha' in Lucknow? Here's the truth

Aamir Khan's 'Laal Singh Chaddha' has been rocking the headlines since its release. The film was released in theatres on Thursday and has failed to pull the audience to the theatres. Recently, a social media user posted a video of a massive crowd gathering at a shopping mall to buy tickets for Aamir's film. In the video, one can see people fighting for tickets in the jam-packed mall.

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Automatic monthly power rate revision on govt anvil

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Fadnavis keeps home, finance in Maha cabinet rejig

Chief minister Eknath Shinde has kept a large number of berths for himself, presumably to distribute some to supporters in the Shiv Sena in the next phase of cabinet expansion. This includes urban development, public enterprises, social justice, environment, general administration, transport, minority affairs.

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After Rushdie attack, agencies worried about Nupur's safety

Global terrorist organisation al-Qaida has exhorted Indian Muslims to bring Nupur Sharma to “justice” for alleged blasphemy, aggravating the worry of intelligence agencies about the safety of the former BJP spokesperson who has already been in the crosshairs of serious jihadi threats for her controversial comments against Prophet Muhammad.

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BJP & Congress cross swords on horrors of partition

Union HRD minister Dharmendra Pradhan retaliated against Congress’s attack on the effort to remember Partition by saying those who did not care about the lives and honour of millions when they agreed to divide the country have trouble paying tributes to those who lost everything during the tragedy.

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Akhand Bharat can happen when fear is shed: Bhagwat

Fear is the only thing that stands in the way of fulfilling the vision of an “Akhand Bharat” (unified Indian subcontinent) as the country celebrates 75 years of Independence and charts a roadmap for the next 25, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday while flagging “caste system” as a divisive factor.

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Nitish Kumar likely to expand his cabinet on Aug 16

The Congress, which has 19 MLAs, would have three ministerial berths, while Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S), which left the NDA along with the JD(U) would get one cabinet berth.

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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, big bull who backed India, dead

On the eve of its 75th Independence Day, India lost one of its biggest supporters. Jhunjhunwala, billionaire investor, stock trader, qualified chartered accountant and philanthropist, who recently became the co-owner of India’s newest airline, passed away after fighting several health-related issues for the last few years. He was 62.

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Ranchi: 3 of family electrocuted while hoisting tricolour

The incident occurred at 7.30pm when the city was experiencing a drizzle and high-speed wind. Locals said they were electrocuted as the flag post touched the high-tension overhead wire, running close to the terrace of the Arsande rice mill bound house of Vijay Jha under the Kanke police station area of Ranchi district.

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Feisty Parsi flag-bearer unfurled 1st version of tiranga in Germany

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‘One MLA, One Pension’ bill gets Punjab gov nod: Mann

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Pak to attend SCO counter-terror drills in India

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Anshu Jain, pioneering global banker, dies at 59

Anshu Jain, who made the exhilarating journey from Jaipur to the pinnacle of Europe's financial giant Deutsche Bank, died in the UK in the early hours of Saturday at the age of 59. Jain, who was last with US investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald as president, was co-chief of Deutsche Bank from 2012 to 2015. He played a transformational role in the bank, widening the scope of its global activities. He leaves behind his wife, son and daughter.

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Crore-plus packages make IIT comeback

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'That attack could occur in US indicative of threat to writers'

The attack on Salman Rushdie, given assailant Hadi Matar’s purported Iranian sympathies, immediately took on geopolitical colours, coming as it did just days after the Biden administration’s justice department charged a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of trying to orchestrate the assassination of former national security adviser John Bolton.

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China seeks India’s support on Taiwan but defends terror stand

With India yet to publicly reaffirm commitment to its ‘One-China’ policy, Chinese ambassador to India Sun Weidong expressed hope that the Indian government will reiterate support for Beijing’s principle saying the same provided the “political basis’’ for its relations with India and other countries.

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Won’t let minorities vote: ‘Hindu Rashtra statute draft’

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India slams China for shielding Pakistani terrorists

India again slammed China for blocking the proposal to designate Jaish-e-Muhammed deputy chief Abdul Rauf Asghar as global terrorist saying he had been proscribed under Indian and US laws already, and so the “technical hold” on the proposed UN ban on such a wanted terrorist was “most uncalled for”.

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Europe eyes Musk's SpaceX to replace Russian rockets

The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun preliminary technical discussions with Elon Musk's SpaceX that could lead to the temporary use of its launchers after the Ukraine conflict blocked Western access to Russia's Soyuz rockets. The private American competitor to Europe's Arianespace has emerged as a key contender to plug a temporary gap alongside Japan and India, but final decisions depend on the still unresolved timetable for Europe's delayed Ariane 6 rocket.

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Salman Rushdie stabbing sends literary world into shock

“We cannot immediately think of any comparable incident of a public violent attack on a writer during a literary event here in the US,” said Suzanne Nossel, the CEO of the nonprofit literary organisation PEN America, who noted that the motivations for the attack and Rushdie’s current condition were unknown as of Friday late morning.

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Salman Rushdie attacked: All you need to know

In a shocking turn of events, former Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in New York on August 12, 2022.

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Comedian Raju Srivastava's condition is stable

Comedian and actor Raju Srivastava ji’s condition is stable and his family has shared a note about his health update. Here is the note: "Dear all, Raju Srivastava ji’s condition is stable. We are praying for his speedy recovery. "

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7% Indians own crypto, 7th highest globally: UN

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'Some TN Dalit panchayat chiefs not allowed to hoist flag'

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Rate hikes won’t lead to stress: Axis CEO

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CUET should be glitch-free in coming days: M Jagadesh Kumar

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Need to balance welfare measures & economy’s health: Supreme Court on freebies

The CJI said, “The economy losing money or getting ruined is one issue and, at the same time, welfare measures for the poor... both have to be considered. Both have to be balanced. That is the reason why we initiated the debate. We want an expert panel to put its collective thinking and wisdom into the issue and give a report which can be the basis for the court to take some measures.”

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India without clinical trial registry since July 1

Officially, the Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI) does not exist anymore since there has been no official order extending its existence beyond June 30, 2022. The existing staff of CTRI also have not been given any further extension. But over 1,060 clinical trials have been registered between July 1 and August 5.

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Eye on ’24 polls, BJP puts 3 Union mantris on Mission Bengal

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‘Few kids in adoption pool, couples’ wait gets longer’

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In 10 days, 2.5cr voters gave Aadhaar info voluntarily to EC

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Elon Musk sells another $7 billion Tesla shares

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SC gives Varavara bail but says he can’t leave Mumbai

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to Telugu poet Varavara Rao on medical grounds in the Bhima-Koregaon case, in which he is being prosecuted for allegedly indulging in anti-national activities. A bench of Justices UU Lalit, Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanhsu Dhulia allowed the plea of Rao who approached the apex court against the Bombay HC order of granting him interim bail for only six months for medical treatment.

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EC backs SC on poll freebies panel but refuses to be on it

The Election Commission on Wednesday supported the Supreme Court's decision to set up an expert committee to examine regulatory measures on freebies announced by political parties ahead of elections, but declined to be part of the panel while taking strong objections to SC's remarks portraying it to be non-serious about the problem.

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Watch movie review: Raksha Bandhan

This highly emotional drama doesn’t fail to touch you, but it had the potential to be a far more entertaining watch.

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JD(U) desertion poses big challenge for BJP in 2024

Nitish Kumar's latest defection from NDA has taken away from BJP the happiness over regaining office in Maharashtra and presents the saffron party with a formidable challenge in Bihar, where NDA won 39 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in 2019.

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Manipur restores mobile internet

The Manipur government on Tuesday afternoon restored mobile internet services after three days of suspension in view of what it said was a "positive development" amid the indefinite economic blockade in the hill districts imposed by the All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM).

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UK issues new 'extreme heat' warning

Britain's weather service on Tuesday issued an amber "Extreme Heat" warning for parts of England and Wales, with no respite in sight from hot dry conditions that have sparked fires, broken temperature records and strained the nation's infrastructure.

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Flyers left confused with mail in inbox

Passengers who have to travel abroad have started getting mails from airlines to collect the date being sought under National Customs Targeting Centre-Passenger (NCTC-P).

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Bihar can't run sans Lalu: Daughter tweets song

After BJP-JD(U) breakup in Bihar on Tuesday, former CM Lalu Prasad's daughter posted celebratory tweets mentioning Bhojpuri song, saying "Lalu Bin Chalu Ee Bihar Na Hoyi (Bihar can't run without Lalu)".

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Live: Kerala reports 30% of India’s daily Covid toll

Kerala's total Covid cases may be showing a decline but there is no respite from daily new deaths. The state now reports 25-30% of the daily new Covid deaths in India. Meanwhile, Nepal has stopped the entry of people coming from India who test positive after four Indian tourists were diagnosed with coronavirus infection and were sent back, amid a sharp surge in the number of cases in the Himalayan nation. Stay with TOI for latest updates:

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Historic double bronze at Chess Olympiad

Eight years after they won their maiden Olympiad medal, a group of talented teenagers have ensured that the rising superpower of the sport has a team on the podium in their own backyard.

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MEA urged to bring back Mandeep Kaur’s mortal remains

Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Monday sought the intervention of external affairs minister S Jaishankar to get justice for 30-year-old Mandeep Kaur who committed suicide in New York.

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China to India: Don't disturb 'normal exchange' with Sri Lanka

Still smarting from Sri Lanka's decision to block a Chinese spy vessel's visit to Hambantota, Beijing on Monday asked India to not disturb its "normal exchange" with the island nation by citing "senseless" security concerns.

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Sanjay Raut used proceeds of crime to buy Alibaug land: ED

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) told a special PMLA court on Monday that Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, arrested in a money laundering case connected to the Patra Chawl project, had utilised a considerable amount of cash, allegedly received as proceeds of crime, to purchase land in Kihim, Alibaug. The ED said the purchase had been confirmed by some of the sellers.

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2 girls among 24 who scored JEE 100 percentile

Twenty-four candidates, including two women, scored 100 percentile in the Joint Entrance Examination - Main (JEE-Main) 2022, the results for which were announced on Monday by National Testing Agency (NTA).

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Oppose bills, don’t stall them: PM Modi

In his farewell speech for Venkaiah Naidu, PM Modi hinted the opposition was stalling legislative business in Rajya Sabha. "This House certainly has the right to agree or disagree to the bills referred from the other House. The House can pass, reject or amend them. But our democracy doesn't envisage stalling the bills," Modi said.

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Oppn protests as elec bill introduced, sent to parliamentary panel

With protests raging inside and outside of Parliament to oppose the amendment that the government is proposing to the Electricity Act, a bill was introduced in Lok Sabha by power minister R K Singh on Monday, to amend the Electricity Act, to allow non-discriminatory open access to distribution networks of power suppliers, amid protests by the opposition, which claimed that it seeks to take away certain rights of state governments.

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Opposition cosies up to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as JD(U) rift with BJP worsens

The BJP-JD(U) coalition in Bihar appeared to be teetering on the brink as a gleeful opposition waited with open arms to embrace CM Nitish Kumar amid growing tension in his partnership with the saffron party. Speculation of a regime change surged after Nitish convened a meeting of party MLAs and MPs on Tuesday. In a not-so unrelated development, RJD has called a meeting of key functionaries.

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CWG 2022: India finish 4th with 22 gold medals

Led by the iconic PV Sindhu, Indian shuttlers owned the badminton arena by winning all three titles on offer on the day while paddler Sharath Kamal yet again reminded everyone of his class and awe-inspiring longevity with a coruscating show, as the country wrapped up its CWG campaign with 61 medals to finish a creditable fourth.

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8 more arrested for attacking youth over Nupur post

The Karjat police arrested eight more people on Sunday in connection with the attack on a 23-year-old man named Pratik, alias Sunny Pawar, on the night of August 4 in Karjat, Ahmednagar, allegedly over a post he shared regarding BJP's suspended spokesperson Nupur Sharma's comments.

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KCR is acting like another Nizam: Piyush Goyal

Terming Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao's decision to boycott the Niti Aayog meet "arrogant", Union minister Piyush Goyal said he considers himself as another nizam.

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PM asks states to step up farm output at Niti meet

Amid heightened geopolitical tension and elevated food prices globally, PM Narendra Modi on Sunday urged states at the Niti Aayog governing council meeting to step up domestic production by accelerating the process for modernisation of agriculture, animal husbandry and food processing to help India become self-sufficient and a global leader in the farm sector.

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Bid to repeat Chirag model: JD(U) on BJP

JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan alias Lalan Singh on Sunday said his party was reduced to 43 seats in Bihar in the 2020 assembly polls, compared to 71 five years ago, not because of decrease in its mass base but use of “Chirag Model” as part of a well-planned conspiracy to downsize CM Nitish Kumar in the state’s politics.

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RCP Singh vows revenge, says joining BJP an option

Lalan Singh said that the "Chirag model" is being sought to be implemented again, and hinted that this time it is his predecessor RCP Singh who was the chosen vehicle. RCP Singh had quit JD(U) on Saturday. Lalan Singh also said that the party would not join the government at the Centre.

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India's great leap: Historic gold-silver in triple jump at Commonwealth Games 2022

For once, the Indian participants in an athletics event weren't hanging on the margins, hoping for someone in the leader pack to suddenly implode. They were the leader pack, and it felt so disbelievingly different as triple jumpers Eldhose Paul and Abdulla Aboobacker consulted among themselves around the pit, only to be finally separated by a mere 0.01 cm for gold-silver. Praveen Chitravel narrowly missed out on the bronze.

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CWG: Sharath-Sreeja pair wins gold in mixed doubles TT

Indian table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal defied age to team up with young Sreeja Akula to win the mixed doubles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday. Barring a blip in the second game, Sharath and Akula pair was in complete control of the tie, comfortably beating Javen Choong and Karen Lyne of Malaysia 11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6 in the gold medal contest. Sharath produced a class act to also reach the men's singles final.

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India win 5th T20I by 88 runs, complete 4-1 Windies rout

Shreyas Iyer roared back to form with a stroke-filled 64 while the spinners picked up all the 10 wickets as India recorded yet another one-sided 88-run victory over West Indies to wrap up 5-match T20I series by a comprehensive 4-1 margin. Iyer's fifty and useful contributions from Deepak Hooda (38) and Hardik Pandya (28) propelled India to 188/7. In reply, West Indies were all out for 100 inside 16 overs as one of the most lopsided T20I bilateral series came to an end.

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C'garh village bans liquor, gets CCTVs to keep watch

A village in Chhattisgarh's Balod district has banned liquor and drawn up 'rules' to impose a fine of Rs 51,000 on anyone selling or buying liquor in their area

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Man attacked by mob over Nupur post, 6 arrested

A 23-year-old man was attacked on August 4 in Karjat allegedly over a post he shared on Nupur Sharma's comments. Five people have been arrested.

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High level of uranium in Bihar groundwater

Recent findings of radioactive uranium in groundwater in some pockets of Bihar has set alarm bells ringing for the state administration as well as environmentalists.

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Court allows couple to take baby to Australia

Coming to the rescue of an Indian couple based in Australia who were forced to knock on its doors after their surrogate did not cooperate when they sought her no-objection to take their son to that country, a civil court has declared them biological parents of the now two-and-half-year-old boy.

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Shinde grants special powers to bureaucrats, draws oppn ire

Chief minister Eknath Shinde is at the receiving end for granting quasi-judicial powers to bureaucrats. Leader of opposition Ajit Pawar, Congress legislature party leader Balasaheb Thorat and Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe strongly criticised the CM, saying his decision is anti-democratic.

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CWG: Bhavina wins gold, Sonalben bags bronze in para TT

Star Indian para table tennis player Bhavina Patel won a gold medal in the women's singles class 3-5 at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. The 35-year-old from Gujarat, who had won a silver at Tokyo Paralympics, prevailed 12-10 11-2 11-9 over Nigeria's Ifechukwude Christiana Ikpeoyi to cap off a superb show at the quadrennial event.

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4th T20I: Rohit's India ensures another series win

Rohit Sharma maintained his unbeaten record as captain in bilateral T20Is after India made short work of West Indies by 59 runs to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the 5-match series. It was a perfect weekend for the NRIs in and around Florida, as India first scored 191/5 with useful knocks from Rishabh Pant (44) and skipper Rohit (33). In reply, West Indies innings folded for a lowly 132 in 19.1 overs.

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A mission to ensure honour for the dead

Single mom has helped cremate over 500: She has now become a messiah for the poor - and the dead. "I get calls from the mortuary, police, NGOs, slums and crematoriums. It's a spiritual thing for me, what I do... connects me to the almighty," she said.

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China looks to engage India on Afghan affairs

Special envoy visits India

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Mamata asks Modi to release dues to Bengal

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, essentially requesting him to intervene in matters to ensure the pending financial dues to the state from the Centre are cleared.

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SC to govt: Think out of box on relief to undertrials

The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Friday to consider dropping proceedings against undertrials who are involved in not very serious offences and have spent one third of the maximum sentence and free them as a one-time measure on the 75th year of Independence. More than 76% of prisoners are undertrials, it said, most of them poor and illiterate, reports Amit Anand Choudhary. Calling for "out of the box thinking", the bench said the move would help deal with crowding of jails and pendency in courts.

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Dhankhar set for comfortable win in VP poll

With numbers stacked in his favour, NDA nominee Jagdeep Dhankhar is set for a comfortable win against joint opposition candidate Margaret Alva as MPs of both Houses vote on Saturday to elect the next vice-president of India.

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Cong's' 'black shirt' stir against temple: Amit Shah

Terming Congress functionaries' black shirt protest 'appeasement politics', home minister Amit Shah said it deliberately chose the colour and the second anniversary of Ram Mandir construction to convey its opposition to its restoration. "ED action and price rise are just excuses. Since it couldn't afford to openly convey its opposition to the temple, it tried to put across the message subtly," he said. Jairam Ramesh, head of Congress's media cell, accused Shah of giving a "malicious twist" to their agitation.

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Triple delight for paddler Sharath Kamal in CWG 2022

Ace Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal put up a sensational show to progress to the semifinals of all his three events in the table tennis competition of the Commonwealth Games on Friday.

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Charcha on subjects ranging from poverty to gig economy

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SC threatens to send senior Army officer to jail for flouting order

The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the General Officer Commanding of Telangana-Andhra Sub-Area (TASA) for deliberate violation of a trial court order giving possession of a land to a civilian and using the might of armed forces to raze down the boundary wall on that land.

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Justice Lalit set to be CJI Ramana's successor

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Raut’s custody extended, wife to be quizzed by ED

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut used an additional Rs 1.17 crore of proceeds from crime for purchasing land at Alibaug, while his wife Varsha received Rs 1.08 crore into her bank account, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) informed the special PMLA court on Thursday. The Rauts also received Rs 1.06 crore from Pravin Raut, a key accused in the Patra Chawl redevelopment case, the ED told the court.

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In a 1st, air reconnaissance op by all-woman Navy team

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Glitches at CUET again, 2nd shift exams put off

The first day of the second phase of the Common University Entrance Test for undergraduate courses — CUET(UG) — was marred by several technical glitches, so much so that the National Testing Agency (NTA) conducting the crucial test for admissions to all central many state university colleges had to postpone the exams.

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ED quizzes Kharge amid protests in Parliament

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday resumed its investigation into the Young Indian case by extensively quizzing leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, at the Herald House amid protests by Congress in Parliament and outside, and allegations of “intimidation of political opponents” — a charge that was rebutted by the anti-money laundering agency.

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Migrant labourer killed, 2 others hurt in Pulwama attack

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Cabinet OKs climate action goals under Paris Agreement

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Sonia joins colleagues in well, protests ED action

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Over half of UAPA-accused in 18-30 age group: MHA data

Around 53% of the total 4,690 people arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) between 2018 and 2020 were aged between 18 and 30, while 13 were below 18 and 10 above 60 years, the home ministry informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The number of arrests made under the anti-terror law fell by a significant 32% to 1,321 from 1,948 in 2019, though the number of convictions rose to 80 from 34 (135%), MHA stated.

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After 6 months, Delhi Covid cases cross 2k mark

The number of new Covid-19 cases in the city crossed the 2,000-mark on Wednesday, with five patients succumbing to the deadly virus. The last time the city recorded over 2,000 cases was on February 4 (2,272 cases with 20 deaths) when it was witnessing the slowdown of the Omicron wave

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After 5 years of work, govt decides to withdraw data protection bill

The government on Wednesday sprung a surprise as it spiked the much-debated, and contentious Data Protection Bill from Parliament, promising to introduce a new legislation “very soon but without any dilution to broader privacy aspects of the original bill and without any compromise to the Right to Privacy” as provided by the Supreme Court in its historic judgment given in August 2017.

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Pan-India star Prabhas purchases first ticket of 'Sita Ramam'

Pan-India star Prabhas attended the pre-release event of Dulquer Salmaan’s upcoming film 'Sita Ramam' in Hyderabad on Wednesday (August 3). Prabhas, who was last seen playing a world-renowned palmist named Vikramaditya in 'Radhe Shyam,' graced the occasion as the chief guest for the evening. The star actor arrived in style in Hyderabad for the 'Sita Ramam' pre-release event.

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Eye on China, Delhi seeks to boost Male ties, offers aid package

As PM Narendra Modi hosted Maldivian President Ibrahim Solih Tuesday, the 2 countries reiterated their assurance to be mindful of each other’s security concerns and, according to a joint statement, to not allow their respective territories to be used for any activity inimical to the other. This is important in the context of efforts by China to increase its footprints in the region despite recent setbacks, most notably in the neighbouring Sri Lanka with the departure of the Rajapaksas.

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ED searches Herald House, 12 other spots

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday carried out searches at Herald House in central Delhi’s Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg besides a dozen other locations in connection with the National Herald money laundering case in which Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son, Rahul, have recently been questioned.

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CWG 2022: India retain men's TT team gold

Harmeet Desai raised his game in the decisive singles as the Indian men's table tennis team retained its Commonwealth Games gold medal after a close fight against Singapore on Tuesday.

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SC junks Bihar appeal against bail to 56 prohibition violators

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AP: Over 50 women fall sick after inhaling poisonous gas

Over 50 women working at Quantum Seeds unit of Brandix India Apparel Company (BIAC), Atchutapuram in Anakapalle district, fell sick after inhaling some poisonous gas.

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3rd T20I Live: Surya's brisk 50 keeps India on course

India vs West Indies 3rd T20I Live Score Updates: Opener Kyle Mayers played a solid 50-ball 73 knock as West Indies got to 164 for five against India in the third T20I in St Kitts. The 5-match series is currently level at 1-1. Get live cricket score updates of the second T20I match between India vs West Indies. Check live scorecard, ball by ball commentary, cricket score online on Times of India.

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Govt cuts windfall tax on fuel export, raises levy on domestic crude oil

The government on Tuesday evening cut the windfall tax on diesel and ATF in line with softening international petroleum product prices but raised the duty on domestically produced crude oil. While the tax on export of diesel was cut to Rs 5 per litre from Rs 11, that on jet fuel (ATF) was scrapped, an official notification showed.

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Vijay Deverakonda-Rashmika Mandana secret out

Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandana have been painting the town red. People are talking about their chemistry and the media has started speculating whether the two are dating each other. So here's the ETimes EXCLUSIVE that will tell you what's cooking between Rashmika and Vijay.

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Oppn preparing to approach SC to seek PMLA order review

Opposition parties are preparing to jointly approach the Supreme Court to seek a review of its July 27 verdict in which it affirmed provisions of the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and upheld the powers of the ED to conduct investigations, carry out arrests, and issue summons. This, the Opposition leaders plan to argue will “lethally arm” the ED, is a “grievous attack on democracy” and creates room for “further harassment”.

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4-year data science degree from IIT-Madras for all

The IIT-Madras announced that its BSc in programming and data science now comes with a four-year BSc degree option with multiple entry and exit options. And there is no age or geographic limit to pursue this programme.

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Normal rains likely in Aug-Sept, says IMD

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Kolkata businessman gave Jharkhand MLAs 49 lakh: Bengal CID

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NTR’s daughter found hanging in bedroom

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Monkeypox task force set up as first death in India confirmed

The Centre has constituted a task force to monitor the emerging monkeypox situation in the country even as Kerala confirmed the first death in the country from the disease and Delhi reported its second case, a Nigerian national with no recent history of travel abroad. Meanwhile, another suspected case emerged in Rajasthan. The task force has been mandated to monitor and provide guidance on the expansion of diagnostic facilities and to explore vaccination for the infection.

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