New portal to ease permits in Delhi

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Scooter rider loses wife to DTC bus at red light in Delhi

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Rejecting bail, SC tells AAP leader Sisodia to approach trial or high court

In a setback to Manish Sisodia, who resigned from his post as deputy chief minister, and his party, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed his petition seeking either quashing of the FIR in the liquor policy case or grant of bail, and said he must move the trial court or Delhi high court seeking the twin reliefs.

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Kashmiri Pandit assassin among 2 terrorists killed in Pulwama

The killer of a Kashmiri Pandit man was among two terrorists shot dead around 1am Tuesday in an operation lasting several hours at a village mosque in Awantipora of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district that also left a soldier of 55 Rashtriya Rifles killed and one of his colleagues wounded, J&K police said.

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Pakistan court grants ex-PM Imran interim bail in Toshakhana case

Pakistan's Islamabad high court granted interim bail to former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday, hours after a sessions court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against him for skipping hearings in the Toshakhana case pertaining to purchase of gifts from the state depository.

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India to experience heat waves this year after hottest February

India is likely to experience heat waves between March and May, especially in the key wheat producing central and northern states, the weather office said on Tuesday, as the country recorded its highest ever maximum temperature in February. A heat-wave for the second straight year could dent production of wheat, rapeseed and chickpeas, and complicate governments efforts to bring down food inflation.

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Rebuked by SC, MoD to clear all OROP arrears by March 15

The defence ministry on Monday evening issued instructions on payment of all arrears to eligible ex-servicemen under the One Rank-One Pension (OROP) scheme by March 15 after getting rapped by the Supreme Court earlier in the day on the delay. "The MoD has issued necessary instructions to the Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) to pay the arrears by March 15," an official said.

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Isro gets ready to launch 2nd batch of OneWeb's 36 satellites in early March

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PM Modi releases 13th tranche of PM-Kisan worth Rs 16,800cr

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A month on, Adani drops from 3rd to 38th in rich list

Gautam Adani is now placed at the 38th spot in the Forbes rich list, a far cry from the third position just before the Hindenburg report was published, which impacted his group's stock prices. Currently, Adani's net worth is estimated at $33.4 billion, according to Forbes' real-time tracker, which is an erosion of over $85 billion from $119 billion before the report was published on January 24.

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Exit polls differ on Tripura, put Sangma ahead in Meghalaya

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Kashmiri Pandit out to buy groceries shot in year’s 1st targeted killing

A Kashmiri Pandit man working as a guard of a bank was shot dead by terrorists in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district Sunday morning in the first fatal attack since October last year on the community that along with migrant workers had faced a spate of targeted strikes in the Valley.

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Congress to hold rallies in March on Adani row

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Buoyed by Bharat Jodo, Congress planning East-to-West Yatra

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, in his concluding address to the three-day brainstorming session in Raipur, lauded the Bharat Jodo Yatra for spreading the vision of "inclusive India" as an alternative to BJP's world view. Also, enthused by its success, the party has decided to launch this year a follow up to the Bharat Jodo Yatra, this time from East-to-West - Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh to Porbandar in Gujarat.

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Fresh water discharge sparks Joshimath fears

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'Gave evasive replies': After 7 hours of questioning, CBI arrests Sisodia in excise case

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Be clear on ‘inclusive India ideology’: Shashi Tharoor

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Pattern in Dalit, Adivasi student suicides in top institutes: CJI

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday that he was disturbed by incidents of students from marginalised communities taking their lives in top institutions like the IITs and national law universities, and that there was a pattern in Dalit and Adivasi students dying by suicide that should be questioned.

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We will shift to Germany in a few years: Sreejita De

Sreejita De and Michael Blohm Pape have been dating for over four years and are all set to get married later this year. They will do a court marriage and then have a church wedding in Germany. Actress talks about her future plans.

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2024 LS polls both challenge & opportunity for Cong: Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge put the plenary session in context, when he opened the meeting of the “steering committee” by cutting through the fluff and underlining that “in the history of Congress, this Chhattisgarh plenary comes in the backdrop of elections to half a dozen states followed by Lok Sabha elections in 2024. It is a big challenge for us, as well as an opportunity”.

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'US looks forward to continuing to develop ties with Indian military'

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No clean chit to Monu Manesar, insist Rajasthan cops

Rajasthan Police said on Friday it has 12 more suspects, besides the eight names it released earlier in the week, in the investigation into the killing of two men from Bharatpur whose charred bodies were found in Haryana’s Bhiwani on February 16.

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Desis in UK want 10 Indian languages in school curriculum

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HC junks PMLA case against Jet Airways founder Goyal, wife

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Wheat crop in good state, govt buy to be normal: FCI

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BJP: Cong netas not above law, tarmac stir too breach of law

BJP on Thursday hit back at Congress for protesting the police action against its spokesperson Pawan Khera, saying the opposition party’s functionaries should not live under the “misconception” that they are above law. “Whatever is done is done lawfully,” BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia told reporters. He lashed out at Congress for playing the “victim card” after using derogatory words against PM Narendra Modi and his family members.

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Cong’s Khera deplaned, arrested at IGI, gets bail

High drama unfolded at IGI Airport on Thursday after Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera was deplaned from a Raipur-bound flight moments before take-off and arrested by Assam cops over his remark on PM Modi, triggering protests by party members on the tarmac. Hours later, the Supreme Court granted interim Khera bail, but deprecated his comments and refused to club the FIRs for now.

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Maxwell, Marsh back as Australia name squad for India ODIs

Maxwell is making a comeback from a broken leg, which required surgery, while Marsh was operated upon on his left ankle. The three-match ODI series on the road to the 50-over World Cup later this year in India will be held in Mumbai, Visakhapatnam and Chennai, beginning March 17.

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63-year-old cancer survivor bags silver in national meet

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‘Adani group has potential’: Israel backs Haifa port decision

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63-year-old cancer survivor bags silver in national meet

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Haryana vigilante’s supporters block highway to Jaipur

Hundreds of protesters blocked traffic on the Delhi-Jaipur highway on Tuesday afternoon after a team of Rajasthan Police landed up at the house of gau rakshak leader Monu Manesar to serve him a notice to join the probe into the deaths of two men from Rajasthan whose charred bodies were found in Bhiwani on February 16.

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CUET: More time for subjects requiring calculations

Candidates appearing for subjects like mathematics and accountancy will get 15 to 20 minutes more than other subjects in the Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET-UG) 2023. Moreover, The National Testing Agency (NTA) has also increased the number of subjects a candidate can pick to 10 including languages.

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Javed Akhtar in Pak: 26/11 perpetrators still roam free

The perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks are still roaming freely in Pakistan, so Pakistanis should not feel offended when India talks about the 2008 carnage, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar said at a festival organised in memory of poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz in Lahore.

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BBC docu hatchet job to shape extremist image of India: EAM

Foreign minister S Jaishankar hit out at BBC for its documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots and PM Modi’s alleged role as he called it a hatchet job and “politics by another means”. He also slammed Rahul Gandhi for questioning India’s China policy saying it was Modi who had despatched troops to the LAC to counter Beijing.

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Haryana vigilante’s supporters block highway to Jaipur

Hundreds of protesters blocked traffic on the Delhi-Jaipur highway on Tuesday afternoon after a team of Rajasthan Police landed up at the house of gau rakshak leader Monu Manesar to serve him a notice to join the probe into the deaths of two men from Rajasthan whose charred bodies were found in Bhiwani on February 16.

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Aided Turkey as it's 'one earth, one family': PM Modi

Post the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which hit Turkey's southeast and neighbouring Syria on February 6, killing more than 30,000 people and leaving more than a million homeless, India launched Operation Dost to extend assistance to the two countries by sending relief materials in collaboration with the Indian Army.

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ED raids on 8 Cong netas close to Chhattisgarh CM in coal scam

The searches came just a few days ahead of the scheduled Congress plenary session to be attended by the party's central leadership, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The agency has so far arrested nine persons in the case, including Saumya Chaurasia, a deputy secretary in Baghel's office, and attached assets worth Rs 170 crore as 'proceeds of crime' from the illegal coal levy scam.

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Vigilantes took youths to Hry cops: Raj SHO video

While Rajasthan Police claimed the authenticity of the video featuring the SHO would be forensically investigated, Nuh ASP Usha Kundu remained tight-lipped on the line of the Haryana Police investigation at a press conference on Monday. Kundu is heading an inquiry, which was announced by Nuh SP Varun Singla on Sunday, into the role of local cops in the episode and whether they were aware of the attack on Junaid and Nasir.

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It took 4 years to get divorced, 8 years to get decree erased

The couple got married in 2006 and had a son in 2009. As their relationship soured, the husband sought judicial separation and filed for divorce in 2011. Miffed, the wife filed a flurry of suits against him, but in 2015, the family court in Gandhinagar granted them divorce.

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T20 WC: India beat Ireland by 5 runs (DLS) to qualify for semis

Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana scored a career-best 87 as India qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup on Monday after registering a five-run victory, via DLS method, over Ireland in a rain-affected match at St George's Park in Gqeberha. With the victory, India finished the group stage with six points from four games.

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Watch: Sonu Nigam and team manhandled by Shiv Sena member at musical event in Chembur

Sonu Nigam, his bodyguard and friend Rabbani Khan were attacked by a Shiv Sena party member in Mumbai.

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Imran appears in court for first time after assassination bid on him

A large number of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers and supporters had gathered outside the court to welcome Imran after he arrived at the court amid tight security.

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PM Modi’s instruction on eco focus reflects in Karnataka budget

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai termed the state budget presented by him on Friday as “eco-friendly” aiming to reduce hazards on the environment through implementation of various schemes.

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After EC’s Sena ruling, buzz over Maha cabinet expansion

A Shinde faction insider said that while a cabinet expansion may help them get more MLAs to switch loyalties and also give a message that CM Shinde is in control of the government, no cabinet expansion will take place unless the BJP comes on board. The BJP, it is learnt, may not be so keen on a cabinet expansion, at least for now.

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No Meghalaya nod to PM poll rally at stadium, BJP cries foul

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Disgruntled Kushwaha heads for JD(U) exit, set to float party

The new outfit would most probably be named after erstwhile Samata Party founder and former Union minister George Fernandes or socialist leader and former JD(U) president Sharad Yadav, close associates of Kushwaha said on Sunday.

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A vote for Congress is a vote for lotus: Didi’s kin Abhishek

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Actor parks car in filmy style, cops script 2 penalty receipts

The first challan of Rs500 was issued to the actor for parking his vehicle in the wrong direction. The second for Rs750 was issued under the Motor Vehicle Act for Disobedience of Police order /direction. “The actor has been fined Rs1,250 for violating two traffic rules when he visited the temple. He has paid the fine,” a police officer at the Dadar traffic police division told TOI.

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Indians spent $10 billion on foreign travel in April-December

After factoring in foreign exchange spent on education, maintenance of relatives, gifts and investments, Indians have sent out $19,354 million during the current fiscal, shows latest data released by RBI. This is close to the $19,610 sent abroad in FY22, which was a record year for remittances.​

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Violence in Kashmir, Maoist areas, Northeast down by 80%: Amit Shah

Targeting Rahul Gandhi, the Union minister said Congress MP had sought removal of AFSPA (the 1958 law that gives special powers to soldiers during counter-insurgency/terrorism ops), “but we told him that until peace prevailed in the NE region, we will not do it”.

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Stuck in jam, Bihar girls run 2km on NH to reach exam centres

Witnesses said the girls, accompanied by their parents, had left their homes for examination centres, but much to their shock their transports got stuck in traffic, leaving them literally immobile. While some of the examinees were accompanying their parents on bikes, others were riding autorickshaws or cars.

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World-class trains, stations, tracks soon: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Speaking at the ET Global Business Summit, Vaishnaw outlined modernisation programmes across Indian Railways that are aimed at not only improving the consumer experience but also creating world-class trains, stations and tracks. “There is a big focus on public investments,” he said, adding that every rupee invested for infrastructure development creates economic activity worth Rs 3.6.

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Just mind games: Indian mentalists are busting the ‘chamatkar’ myth

Mentalists are trained to notice the slightest of changes in the cues. For instance, the eyes move in different directions when any form of mental activity is happening inside the human brain, explains Kumar. If one is remembering a picture from one’s past, the eyeballs move to the top right corner.

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After SC’s ultimatum, LG sets Wed for 4th bid to elect mayor

This fourth attempt to hold the mayoral elections will hopefully bring down the curtains on an ugly chapter in the corporation’s history that virtually grounded elected councillors for over two months and stalled municipal governance after an election that itself was delayed by many months.

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It won’t make a difference, says NCP president Sharad Pawar on ECI verdict

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It won’t make a difference, says NCP president Sharad Pawar on ECI verdict

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BJP accuses Soros of targeting Indian democratic system

The 92-year-old billionaire philanthropist said in a speech that Modi would "have to answer questions" from foreign investors and Parliament on allegations of fraud and stock manipulation at Adani's industrial empire, noting that PM Modi had been "silent" on the topic.

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Italian PM Meloni chief guest at Raisina Dialogue

Meloni, who formed Italy’s most far-right government since the days of Mussolini after her victory in elections last year, is also Italy’s first female prime minister. She is expected to inaugurate the conference on March 2 with PM Narendra Modi.

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BBC ‘survey’: I-T says tax not paid on certain remittances

It said such discrepancies relate to level of relevant Function, Asset and Risk (FAR) analysis, incorrect use of comparables that are applicable to determine the correct Arms Length Price (ALP) and inadequate revenue apportionment, among others. It made it clear that statements of only those employees were recorded whose role was crucial, including those connected to, primarily, finance, content development and other production related functions.

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In pics: SRK, other celebs attend Smriti Irani’s daughter’s reception

It was a starry night for Smriti Irani's daughter Shanelle and hubby Arjun Bhalla. Their wedding reception was attended by King Khan - SRK, Mouni Roy, Ronit Roy, Ekta Kapoor and many others.

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Return kid to rape survivor: HC to adoptive parents after plea

The woman had given birth to the baby in February 2019 and the child welfare committee (CWC), with the consent of the survivor's parents, had then handed over the newborn to a family in Mau, UP. An FIR against the man had been lodged in the matter on February 26 that year, a day after the woman, 17 years old then, had delivered the child.

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81% voting in Tripura, less than in last 3 polls

At least three people, including a CPM functionary, were wounded in an attack by unidentified people in the Boxanagar area of Sepahijala district. Two CPM polling agents were assaulted in Kakraban constituency of Gomati district, while a vehicle belonging to a polling agent of CPM candidate Pabitra Kar was attacked at Khayerpur in West Tripura.

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Biden says he will speak to China's Xi about balloon incident

Biden, in his most extensive remarks about the Chinese balloon and three unidentified objects downed by U.S. fighters, did not say when he would speak with Xi, but said the United States was continuing to engage diplomatically with China on the issue.

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I-T officials wind up BBC office ‘survey’ on Day 3

The broadcaster had asked staff to cooperate with the authorities, sources said. Only business-critical staff were allowed entry into the offices while the survey operations were on. The operation was linked possibly to tax deducted at source and foreign taxation issues, sources had pointed out earlier.

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7-judge bench for Rebia review? SC decides today

The Thackeray faction had initially filed petitions with the deputy speaker, who was officiating as the speaker in the absence of a regular one, seeking disqualification of 16 MLAs, including Shinde. But the rebel Sena faction pre-empted the move by sending a notice for removal of the deputy speaker, who then got restrained to disqualify them on the basis of the SC’s 2016 judgment in the Nabam Rebia case.

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Army foils infiltration bid, kills one terrorist in Kupwara

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Govt set to unveil 28 new native livestock breeds

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Pilot: Why Cong 'delay' in taking action against Gehlot loyalists?

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JEE (Main) registration for session 2 to end on March 12

The second session of the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2023 will be conducted from April 6 to April 12, with April 13 and 15 kept as reserved days. The online application started on February 15 and would continue till March 12 (9pm). Candidates who had already appeared in January (first session) will log in with the same credentials and pay the examination fee for the April exams.

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10% of ration shops functioning as Common Services Centres

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Late Nandamuri Rao becomes 1st actor to appear on Indian currency

To commemorate the centenary celebrations of late former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and world famous actor Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, the Indian Government Mint has decided to print Rs 100 silver coin with his portrait. He is about to become the first Tollywood actor to be featured on Indian currency.

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States offer tax incentives for scrapping old vehicles

A dozen states and Union territories have come on board to offer motor vehicle tax or road tax concessions while buying new vehicles in lieu of scrapping old ones. Five states have also notified a one-time waiver of pending liabilities on vehicles older than 15 years which are scrapped at the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities.

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Pulwama attack anniv: PM, Shah pay tribute to 'valorous heroes'

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Yamunotri ropeway gets nod, to cut travel time from 5hrs to 10 mins

For the ambitious project, 3.8 hectares of land will now be transferred and construction of the 3.7km-long (aerial distance) ropeway - which will connect the Yamunotri shrine to Kharsali village - will "start soon in earnest". The ropeway is set to reduce travel time from five hours to a mere 10 minutes.

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Kashi airport junks Cong claim of not allowing Rahul flight to land

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Inbuilt TV satellite tuners in the works: Anurag Thakur

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ChatGPT among prohibited items in CBSE exams

According to instructions issued by the Board ahead of exams commencing on Wednesday, "Mobile, ChatGPT and other electronic items will not be allowed in examination hall." The board officials said that the prohibitions are meant to stop any use of unfair means in the exam.

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LTTE leader Prabhakaran is alive, claims Tamil leader

LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is alive and will be back soon, 89-year-old Tamil nationalist leader Pazha Nedumaran claimed on Monday. On proof for his claim, Nedumaran said he was in touch with Prabhakaran's family members. On May 24, 2009, the LTTE had confirmed that Prabhakaran was dead.

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Not rewriting history, just 'filling up gaps': Pradhan

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NSE co-location case: SC dismisses CBI plea on Chitra bail

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Azam Khan, son get 2 years for 2008 assault

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Half of DRDO's mission mode projects running behind schedule

These range from the Tejas Mark-2 light combat aircraft (LCA), the naval LCA and unmanned aerial vehicles to air independent propulsion (AIP) for greater underwater endurance of submarines, light machine guns and advanced towed artillery gun systems (ATAGS), the defence ministry told Parliament on Monday. Cost escalations have taken place in 12 of the 55 projects.

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'Formula milk cos use foul tactics to undermine breastfeeding'

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PM sounds poll bugle in Raj, slams Gehlot govt for low growth

Sounding the poll bugle for the upcoming assembly polls in Rajasthan barely minutes after inaugurating and laying foundation stone for highway projects in the state, Prime Minister Narendra accused the past Congress-ruled governments for not developing border villages out of "fear of enemies" and appealed to a large crowd to vote BJP back to power.

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Hrs after Nadda visit, Maoists kill another BJP neta in Bastar

Ramdhar Alami, a former BJP-supported sarpanch, was murdered on Saturday hours after national party president JP Nadda visited Bastar and warned the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government over its inability to stop such political killings ahead of assembly polls later this year. Earlier, on February 3, 40-year-old BJP leader Neelkant Kakem was hacked to death by suspected Maoists.

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US closes Lake Michigan airspace citing 'national defense'

The Federal Aviation Administration announced "temporary flight restrictions" over one of the Great Lakes along the US-Canada border, designating it as "national defense airspace," one day after a similar closure over Montana led to the scrambling of US fighter jets. The Montana closure was ordered over a "radar anomaly," but no object was discovered.

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Bigg Boss 16: MC Stan & Shiv Thakare are finalists

The final minutes of Bigg Boss 16 is underway, with the top three candidates battling for the coveted trophy. Shalin Bhanot and Archana Gautam have already been evicted from the show, now it is SHOCKING for all Bigg Boss fans that honest Priyanka Chahar Choudhary is evicted in third place and is out of the winning competition.

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Hitman 'absconding' for 20 years found in Mumbai jail

The city police met with the ire of a court after it claimed that an alleged Chhota Shakeel sharpshooter was absconding for 20 years since he was accused of a murder but it was found that the man had been in jail as an undertrial in another case for at least five of those years.

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Bengaluru techie arrested for links with Qaida; 2 detained in Palghar

Arif was produced before a local court and taken into police custody for questioning. He was working from home, sources said, and his two laptops and mobile phones were seized during his arrest. He lives with his wife and two children in the city.

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US warplane shot down 'unidentified object' over northern Canada, says Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that on his order a US warplane shot down an unidentified object that was flying high over northern Canada, acting a day after US planes took similar action over Alaska. Shortly before Trueau's tweet, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said it had detected an object flying at high altitude over Canada. NORAD gave no further information, including when the object was first spotted or what it is.

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'Interpretation of law must keep pace with the changing needs of society'

Holding that the court’s interpretation of the Constitution must be in tune with the changing times and some of its earlier interpretations are no longer valid, the Supreme Court has said that excommunication or ostracisation of a person in society is against constitutional ethos as it will result in his “civil death” and decided to re-examine its six-decade old verdict permitting a religious community to excommunicate its dissidents.

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Direct tax mop-up grows 24% to Rs 15.7 lakh crore

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Gehlot’s gaffe: Raj CM reads out old Budget excerpts, sparks bedlam

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot unwittingly read out excerpts from last year's state Budget in the assembly for a few minutes on Friday before the unprecedented bungle was brought to his notice, turning what was to be a showcase for his “Bachat, Rahat, Badhat” pitch into an occasion for BJP to question if he was fit to govern the state.

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Momentum gained by UP is auspicious for India’s growth, says Amit Shah

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Can leader of opposition status be withdrawn? SC to decide

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine an important constitutional question — Can a Speaker or chairman withdraw the ‘leader of opposition’ recognition from the leader of a party which has the highest numerical strength among opposition groups, but its number is below 10% of House strength. The decision could have a bearing on the functioning of vital democratic institutions like Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, assemblies and legislative councils.

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US shoots down 'high-altitude object' over Alaska: White House

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When Bigg Boss 16 grand finale is all set to air

"The winner of the 16th edition of Bigg Boss is about to be announced. The finale will see performance by the Top 5, former contestants and appearances of several celebrities

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Horoscope: Check today's prediction

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Online CUET-UG registration starts, to continue till March 12

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UP Global Investors Summit to begin with Rs 27 lakh crore leap

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Rs 5 meals for poor, bikes for girls in BJP Tripura manifesto

BJP’s national president J P Nadda on Thursday unveiled the party’s election manifesto for a “unnato Tripura, shreshtho Tripura”, headlining it with a raft of welfare proposals such as special canteen meals to the poor three times a day at Rs 5 each, a Balika Samridddhi bond of Rs 50,000 to each underprivileged family on the birth of a girl child and scooters for meritorious college girls.

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India sends 6 planes of relief material, rescue personnel to Turkey, Syria

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Trans couple welcome bundle of joy, prefer not to reveal gender

The couple had met around three years ago. Ziya is a professional dancer who also teaches dance while Zahad is an accountant.

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16-fold rise in applicants after scheme for girls includes STEM

There has been a 16-fold jump in the number of applicants after the government introduced the Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Fellowship for Single Girl Child (SJSGC) last year by expanding the scheme to include STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) studies.

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PM Modi, Netanyahu discuss ways to boost defence ties

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India will never abandon Afghanistan people: Doval at Russia meet

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Leopard holds court in Ghaziabad, leaves bloody trail

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Collegium recommends 4 names for HC chief justices

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IND vs AUS: Shubman likely at No. 5; Ashwin, Axar , Jadeja may get nod

It’s a series both India and Australia would have loved to go into with their best possible XIs. But that hasn’t been the case. Australia have been plagued by injuries to their champion pace duo of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood. For India, the situation is a little different, with two top-order slots suddenly opening up because of injuries to Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant.

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Horoscope: Astrological predictions for Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, and others

Get ready to have your day transformed by today's horoscope for Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, and other zodiac signs! With insights into the cosmic influences at play, you'll be empowered to navigate the ups and downs of life with ease and grace.

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20 ace Jan 2023 JEE(Main) with 100 percentile

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20 new initiatives in cooperative sector in 20 months: Amit Shah

The cooperative sector in India has seen 20 new initiatives in the past 20 months since the formation of the ministry of cooperation in July, 2021. Enlisting the central government’s initiatives, home and cooperation minister Amit Shah in his written response to Parliament questions on Tuesday said they would “strengthen India’s cooperative architecture, syncing it with the country’s economic and social needs”.

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Zoom Video to cut 1,300 jobs, or 15% of global workforce

Zoom Video Communications Inc. is eliminating 15% of its workers as the service that became ubiquitous during the pandemic adapts to slower growth. The company will cut about 1,300 jobs as part of a restructuring, Chief Executive Officer Eric Yuan said Tuesday in a blog post. Yuan called himself “accountable” for the company’s issues and said he would reduce his salary and forgo his bonus.

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Relief for Paresh Rawal as HC quashes ‘fish-eating’ remark FIR

The Calcutta HC on Monday quashed an FIR against actor and former BJP MP Paresh Rawal for his “fish-eating Bengali” comment during last December’s Gujarat poll campaign.

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What is E20 petrol, and how will it affect your vehicle?

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Cost cut by Rs 50,000 relief for single women in new Haj policy

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SC to UP: Take call in 3 months on freeing 2,200 lifers

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Congress gave you ‘andhkaar’, we’ve given ‘adhikaar’: Amit Shah

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SC panel seeks curbs on tourism in wildlife hubs

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SC to hear petition against judge’s appointment to Madras HC

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PM Modi asks govt departments to offer all help to Turkiye, Syria

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Reality contrary to government claim, say Joshimath locals

Sanjay Uniyal, treasurer of Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samiti (JBSS), a citizens’ collective which is spearheading the movement in support of the residents, said, “We are receiving regular reports of fresh cracks in houses. We’re receiving nearly half-a-dozen complaints daily”.

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Two killed, one missing following avalanche in Lahaul and Spiti

Two labourers were killed and another went missing after an avalanche on Shinkula–Darcha road in Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday evening. Three casual labourers got buried in the snow along with snow cutter/dozers as avalanche hit Chika village in the district, officials said.

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BJP neta held for attack on CPM rally in Tripura

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Reality contrary to government claim, say Joshimath locals

Sanjay Uniyal, treasurer of Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samiti (JBSS), a citizens’ collective which is spearheading the movement in support of the residents, said, “We are receiving regular reports of fresh cracks in houses. We’re receiving nearly half-a-dozen complaints daily”.

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Musharraf leaves behind mixed legacy, will be remembered for Kargil

With his death, after a protracted illness, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf leaves behind a Janus-faced legacy in relations with India which saw him presiding over some horrendous acts of terrorism but later, under pressure from the US which reportedly threatened to bomb Pakistan back to the stone age after 9/11, suing for peace.

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Silent on construction details, government says Himalayas unstable

In the backdrop of the recent land subsidence episodes of Joshimath area in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, the government has told Parliament that many parts of the Himalayas have “unstable and dynamic geology, which may lead to land subsidence and landslides”. It also said that the region has been witnessing “gradual subsidence”.

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Rare interstate kidney swap in 2 Hyderabad hospitals

Little did chronic kidney disease patients, Sandeep Bhatnagar (51), a school principal in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, and C G Hanumanthu, a civil contractor from Mahabubnagar in Telangana, know that their fates were intertwined. They underwent a rare interstate, inter-hospital swap transplant (donors are interchanged and matched with recipients) that was recently done by a team of doctors across two hospitals in Hyderabad.

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Religious, social bodies come out in support of Oreva MD

Several social, religious and business organizations on Saturday openly came out in support of Oreva Group managing director Jaysukh Patel, who was arrested in connection with the October 30, 2022, Morbi suspension bridge collapse that left 135 people dead.

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Indian markets less volatile than global peers, says Sebi

Sebi on Saturday acknowledged the current spate of excessive volatility in the stock market due to the fall in the shares of “a business conglomerate” — an allusion to Adani Group scrips. In its first official comments on the decline, a release from the markets regulator said in case it receives information about any particular stock, it examines the matter and takes appropriate measures.

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Religious, social bodies come out in support of Oreva MD

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11 Jamia accused discharged, court calls them ‘scapegoats’

In a big setback to the prosecution, a Delhi court on Saturday discharged student activists Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and eight others in a case related to the violence that took place at Jamia Millia Islamia in December 2019 saying they had been made “scapegoats” because police couldn’t catch the actual perpetrators.

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Railways set to issue 2.5 lakh tickets online per minute, up from 25,000

Booking rail tickets online and getting a response to your queries will be faster from September this year as railways will upgrade the entire backend system. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday that the next generation e-ticketing passenger reservation system’s back end infrastructure will be upgraded to issue 2.5 lakh tickets online per minute against the current capacity to issue 25,000.

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People will get time to prepare for change in marriage age: Irani

The government on Friday informed Lok Sabha that the draft bill that proposes to change the age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years provides for implementation of the provision after two years from the date of notification of Act “to provide sufficient time to citizens to prepare for this momentous reform”.

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Assets of Chidambaram’s wife, others seized in Saradha scam

The ED on Friday said it has attached assets worth Rs 6.3 crore in the Saradha money laundering case. The owners of the assets include Nalini Chidambaram, wife of former finance minister P Chidambaram. The ED said movable assets worth Rs 3.3 crore and properties worth over Rs 3 crore have been attached in an ongoing probe against Saradha group of companies. The agency added that these properties were owned by the Saradha group and other persons who were beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime.

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SC seeks Centre’s response on BBC documentary ban

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre seeking its response for blocking a BBC documentary, ‘India: The Modi Question’, and also directed the government to place before it the original records of the decision-making process for its perusal. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh, however, turned down a plea for an interim order to direct the Centre to make public its blocking order and said that it would itself examine the document on the next date of hearing.

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Supreme Court warns Centre over delay in appointment, transfers of high court judges

The Supreme Court on Friday toughened its stand on the delay in implementation of the collegium's recommendation for elevation and transfer of HC judges, saying that the Centre's indecision was very troubling and warned that it would be compelled to take a “difficult” and “unpalatable” decision.

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MGNREGS budget for 2024 lowest in 8 years after high of Covid times

Adjusted for inflation, the Rs 60,000 crore allocated to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the Budget for next year is the lowest allocation since 2016-17. This is despite a government assessment of the scheme hailing it as “a powerful instrument for inclusive growth in rural India”.

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India’s Haj quota at around 1.75 lakh this year

Around 1.75 lakh pilgrims will be able to go for Haj to Saudi Arabia as per the quota assigned to India by Saudi Arabia this year. The application process for Haj is yet to be opened through the dedicated online portal by the ministry of minority affairs. The first batch for Haj normally leaves in May or June depending on the schedule notified and shared along with the guidelines by authorities in Saudi Arabia.

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It’s for House to take call on ‘one candidate, one seat’: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a six-year-old PIL challenging the validity of Section 33(7) of the Representation of the People Act that allowed a candidate to contest from two seats in any general election and said it was for Parliament to decide whether enacting the “one candidate-one constituency” law would further electoral democracy.

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Kerala journalist Kappan walks out of jail after 28 months

Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, 43, was released from Lucknow jail Thursday morning—28 months after he was arrested by UP police while on his way to cover the gang rape and death of a young Dalit woman in Hathras in October 2020.

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LS, RS stalled over Adani controversy; joint oppn demands probe

Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned without transacting any business on Thursday over the Adani controversy with a combined Opposition seeking a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) or an SC-monitored panel into the massive slide in the company’s stocks in the wake of allegations of fraud. The parties accused the government of forcing LIC, SBI and other public institutions to invest in the Adani group “which has endangered the savings of crores of Indians”.

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Switch hit: FM Sitharaman bats for new tax regime

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has given the beleaguered tax-paying middle class a shot in the arm while seeking to make the new income tax regime more attractive. She has proposed incentives for citizens to adopt or switch to the new tax regime—which she said would eventually become the default mode—without claiming any exemptions against investments.

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Bullish on Budget, bearish on Adani, sensex swings wild

The BSE sensex gyrated wildly on Wednesday as a bullish response to the Budget was offset by a fresh slump in Adani Group stocks. After gaining over 1,200 points by mid-session, and then nose-diving by 2,000 points, the sensex finally closed with a modest gain of 158 points at 59,708 points.

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Delhi HC says high courts have powers to review ATF orders

The Delhi HC on Wednesday held that high courts have the jurisdiction and powers of judicial review against the orders of the Armed Forces Tribunal. The full bench of justices Manmohan, Suresh Kumar Kait and Neena Bansal Krishna pronounced the judgement, holding that the writ jurisdiction of HCs is not completely ousted by the statutory appeal mechanism provided under Sections 30 and 31 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007.

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Morbi tragedy: Oreva chief in police custody till February

The Morbi chief judicial magistrate’s court Wednesday remanded Oreva Group’s CMD Jaysukh Patel in police custody till February 8, accepting the prosecution’s request for time to collect evidence of a possible collusion between the company and people in the administration to reopen the rickety British-era suspension footbridge that collapsed on October 30 last year.

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'Domestic violence case valid even if woman’s spouse lives abroad'

Any woman residing in India either temporarily or permanently is entitled to seek relief from a court of law under the Domestic Violence Act even if her spouse lives outside the country, the Madras HC said. The court dismissed a petition challenging a domestic violence complaint filed by his wife against him in a Chennai family court. "The cause of action arises in India since the aggrieved person is residing here, even if abused economically by the spouse residing in another country," he said.

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US may let GE make jet engines in India

The invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make a state visit to the US comes amid efforts to achieve a quantum leap in bilateral ties, with India’s national security adviser, Ajit Doval, and his US counterpart, Jake Sullivan, tasked with launching a Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) initiative that officials suggest will top anything the two countries, long prone to mutual distrust, have achieved so far, including the civilian nuclear agreement of 2005.

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'All-inclusive visionary Budget boost for a self-reliant India'

Reflecting the upbeat sentiments of BJP and party cadres over the announcements in the Union Budget, Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday welcomed several proposals like tax relief to the middle class and measures to empower women, tribals and the most backward classes.

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