Relief to Soren as SC quashes proceedings against him in HC

In a relief to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, the SC quashed the proceedings against him in Jharkhand High Court on a PIL seeking probe against him for "money laundering" and said that HC entertained the plea despite lack of evidence. The SC said there is nothing wrong in allowing probe against people who occupy high offices but taking cognisance of the matter on generalised submissions which do not even make prima facie satisfaction of the court, is "abuse of the process of the court”.

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SC acquits 3 on death row for teen’s rape-murder

The Supreme Court on Monday acquitted three men sentenced to death in the brutal gangrape-cum-murder of a 19-year-old woman in Delhi’s Chhawla in 2012. SC said the trial court acted as a “passive umpire” while the prosecution failed to prove the guilt of the accused by adducing cogent and clinching evidence. Pointing out to many “glaring lapses” during the trial, the SC said the prosecution failed to prove their involvement in the crime beyond reasonable doubt.

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Will implement UCC in Himachal Pradesh if voted back: Shah

Home minister Amit Shah on Sunday announced in Himachal Pradesh that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented in the state if BJP is voted back to office. Addressing an election rally in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh, he said, “If you elect the Jai Ram Thakur government, I promise you that the common civil code will be implemented in Himachal Pradesh. No one can stop that.”

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Rethink age of consent in Pocso Act: HC to law panel

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EAM to start for Moscow, India looks for issues beyond energy

Apart from reviewing energy and trade ties against the backdrop of Western sanctions, India and Russia will use foreign minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Moscow on Tuesday also to finalise the agenda for cooperation under multilateral frameworks including G-20, SCO and BRICS. The situation in Afghanistan and counter-terrorism are also among the issues that will figure prominently in the meetings.

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80% of 777 J&K pellet victims have partial vision loss: Study

A huge majority of those who received eye injuries due to gun pellets in Srinagar between July and November in 2016 have suffered some degree of vision loss. About 80% of them have vision limited to “counting fingers”, according to a review research paper on 777 eye operations carried out during this period.

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‘We have made this Gujarat’: PM revs up campaign

In a high-voltage start to the campaign for a triangular contest, PM Modi on Sunday strongly invoked Gujarat’s pride and coined a new slogan — “Aa Gujarat mein banavyu che (We have made this Gujarat)” — crediting people’s perseverance, resilience and dedication in shaping a flourishing state. Addressing the first rally after the announcement of two-stage polls on December 1 and 5 at Nana Pondha, a small hamlet in tribal-dominated Valsad

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Jana Gana & Vande Mataram ‘stand on same level’: Govt in HC

The Centre has told the Delhi high court that the national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ “stand on the same level” and citizens should show equal respect to both. It submitted that even though unlike the national anthem, there are no penal provisions or official instructions about singing or playing ‘Vande Mataram’, the song occupies a unique place in the emotions and psyche of Indians.

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Child abuse cases happening due to educated parents’ ego: HC

Child abuse is happening by educated parents and this needs to be tackled differently by bringing in suitable legislation, senior judge of the Karnataka high court, Justice B Veerappa, said on Saturday. Veerappa called for the need for a legislative change so as to consider differently love-affair cases, children’s custody cases involving both the educated parents and those of kids’ sexual abuse.

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NIA files chargesheet against Dawood, Chhota Shakeel, 3 others

The NIA on Saturday filed a chargesheet against five people, including Paksitan-based fugitive terrorist Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and his close aide Shakeel Shaikh alias Chhota Shakeel, in a case relating to the global terrorist network and organised crime syndicate run by the D-Company. The other three named in the chargesheet are arrested accused in the case, Mohammad Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit, Arif Abubakar Shaikh alias Arif Bhaijaan and Shabbir Abubakar Shaikh alias Shabbir.

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Girl kills self over death of stray dog she used to pet

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Tirupati temple’s net worth put at Rs 2.3 lakh crore

he net worth of the Lord Venkateswara temple, believed to be one of the richest in India, is pegged at Rs 2.3 lakh crore. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, keeper of the temple dedicated to Tirupati’s presiding deity, declared its net worth for the first time since its founding in 1933. The temple trust said it has 10.3 tonnes of gold deposits in nationalised banks worth more than Rs 5,300 crore at current bullion rates.

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Change trend, vote BJP back to office: PM Modi in Himachal Pradesh

PM Narendra Modi on Saturday kicked off BJP's campaign for a second term in Himachal Pradesh asking voters to start a new tradition by voting BJP back to power and ensure stability and development through the ‘double-engine’ government, both at the Centre and in the state. Addressing election rallies at Solan and Sundernagar, Modi asked electors to choose stability in the November 12 polls, saying it will define the development journey over the next 25 years for the state.

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ED questions Manish Sisodia’s PA in excise investigation

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday questioned deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s personal assistant Devendra Sharma in connection with its money laundering probe in the Delhi excise policy case. The questioning, and coinciding searches in Delhi-NCR, drew a sharp reaction from the AAP leader, who accused the agency of harassment.

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Oreva spent Rs 12L of allotted Rs 2cr on renovating Morbi bridge

The Oreva Group’s claim of “full and final” renovation of the 143-year-old Morbi suspension footbridge that collapsed on October 30, killing 135 people, was little more than cosmetic work on which the company spent Rs 12 lakh, or 6% of the allotted Rs 2 crore, the ongoing probe has revealed.

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MCD polls on December 4, likely to be most bitterly fought

The stage is set for probably the most high-decibel civic poll campaign in Delhi, with the state election commission announcing the poll schedule for the reunified MCD. Delayed by more than 7 months due to the merger of the 3 erstwhile corporations and a subsequent delimitation exercise, the elections — a 3-cornered contest between BJP, AAP and Congress — will be held on December 4, while the votes will be counted on December 7, state election commissioner Vijay Kumar Dev announced.

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Swing-resistant: 47 seats, same parties, 24 years

Nearly a fourth of the 182 assembly seats in Gujarat have not changed hands from one political party to another since 1998. Voters have shown unshakeable faith in a candidate or a party in these 47 seats which are spread across the state. The number of such impregnable bastions goes up to a total of 55 seats if one takes into account the past four elections since 2002.

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Give views on women’s quota bill re-introduction, SC tells Centre

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Union government’s response in six weeks to a PIL, which sought re-introduction of the lapsed women’s reservation bill to provide 33% quota for women in Lok Sabha and assemblies. When the court agreed to entertain the PIL filed by an NGO, the central government’s counsel argued that there are serious problems about maintainability of the petition as it has sought a writ of mandamus to the government to undertake a particular legislation.

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Closest known black hole to Earth spotted by astronomers

Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth, just 1,600 light-years away. Scientists reported Friday that this black hole is 10 times more massive than our sun. And it's three times closer than the previous record-holder. It was identified by observing the motion of its companion star, which orbits the black hole at about the same distance as Earth orbits the sun.

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Oreva spent Rs 12L of allotted Rs 2cr on renovating Morbi bridge

The Oreva Group’s claim of “full and final” renovation of the 143-year-old Morbi suspension footbridge that collapsed on October 30, killing 135 people, was little more than cosmetic work on which the company spent Rs 12 lakh, or 6% of the allotted Rs 2 crore, the ongoing probe has revealed.

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MCD polls on December 4, likely to be most bitterly fought

The stage is set for probably the most high-decibel civic poll campaign in Delhi, with the state election commission announcing the poll schedule for the reunified MCD. Delayed by more than 7 months due to the merger of the 3 erstwhile corporations and a subsequent delimitation exercise, the elections — a 3-cornered contest between BJP, AAP and Congress — will be held on December 4, while the votes will be counted on December 7, state election commissioner Vijay Kumar Dev announced.

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Anahita couldn’t merge into second lane, says Darius Pandole

Police on Tuesday recorded Darius’s statement at his home in south Mumbai. He was discharged from hospital last week. Police have to record Anahita’s statement, who is recovering in hospital. Police said recording Darius’s statement took a few hours as he could not immediately recollect the accident.

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ED summons ‘harassment’, says Hemant Soren; seeks 3-week time

In the afternoon, Soren drove past the ED office in Hinoo to go to the airport and fly to Raipur for the National Tribal Dance Festival while his representatives simultaneously sent the CM’s response to the summons in a sealed envelope to the central agency’s office.

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AAP positioning itself as alternative to BJP in Gujarat

For AAP which is in government in Delhi and Punjab and has two seats in Goa assembly, the outcome of this election is clearly very critical as winning seats will help the party to make it to the league of a national party and set the tone of its campaign ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2024.

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Anahita couldn’t merge into second lane, says Darius Pandole

Police on Tuesday recorded Darius’s statement at his home in south Mumbai. He was discharged from hospital last week. Police have to record Anahita’s statement, who is recovering in hospital. Police said recording Darius’s statement took a few hours as he could not immediately recollect the accident.

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India abstains from voting on Russia’s resolution in UNSC

In India’s ‘explanation of vote’, counsellor A Amarnath said India attached high importance to the BWC, which is the first non-discriminatory disarmament treaty banning a complete category of weapons of mass destruction.

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KCR releases ‘poachgate’ footage, says will share ‘evidence’ with CJI

KCR said he would send the “damning” footage to the Chief Justice of India, SC judges, chief justices of all HCs, chief ministers of states, all media outlets and central investigating agencies like the CBI, ED and Central Vigilance Commission.

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PM Modi congratulates Netanyahu for election win

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid Thursday conceded defeat in the general elections and congratulated opposition leader Netanyahu, whose coalition of right-wing parties secured a comfortable majority in parliament to form the next government and end the political impasse plaguing the country.

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Haryana junks on Rs 10 lakh a year MBBS bond plan

The partial climbdown came in the face of protests by over a thousand students from four government medical colleges in the state. Now, as per CM Manohar Lal Khattar, if on completing their degrees, MBBS/MD students wish to join state government service and serve for the specified seven years, the state government will finance the bond amount.

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Security a worry for Kedarnath shrine decked with gold

On October 26, a day before the temple closed, gold plating of the sanctum sanctorum was completed with estimates that over 230kg of the precious metal was used. However, security arrangements have not been enhanced and only 11 personnel of the Uttarakhand Police have been deputed to keep vigil.

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SC nixes plea challenging DY Chandrachud appointment as CJI

As the petition was mentioned for an urgent hearing, a bench of CJI UU Lalit, Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi agreed to hear the case 15 minutes before lunch break and dismissed it after a brief hearing.

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Security a worry for Kedarnath shrine decked with gold

On October 26, a day before the temple closed, gold plating of the sanctum sanctorum was completed with estimates that over 230kg of the precious metal was used. However, security arrangements have not been enhanced and only 11 personnel of the Uttarakhand Police have been deputed to keep vigil.

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Ela Bhatt, grande dame of SEWA, passes away

Ela Bhatt was 89 and is survived by her son Mihir, daughter-in-law and SEWA director Reema Nanavaty and two grandsons. Scores of leaders offered their tributes to Bhatt, who championed the cause of marginalized women, giving dignity, livelihood and leadership ability to millions at the grassroots level.

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Fed delivers big rate hike, signals possible smaller increases ahead

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point as it continued to battle the worst outbreak of inflation in 40 years, but signaled future increases in borrowing costs could be made in smaller steps to account for the "cumulative tightening of monetary policy" it has enacted so far.

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Renovation firm only painted Morbi footbridge, polished cables, say cops

“The contractor seems to have just painted and polished all the cables ahead of the bridge being reopened to the public on October 26. We haven't found anything so far to confirm if any of those worn-out cables were changed," said a police officer privy to the probe. "We are now looking into this aspect in detail."

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Gold jewellery demand up 17% in July-September quarter

In value terms, the gold demand in Q3 this year went up by 19% at Rs 85,010 crore, as against Rs 71,630 crore in the comparable period last year. Total gold jewellery sold registered a 22% increase at Rs 64,860 crore in the July – September period of this year.

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BJP’s Himachal vice president files papers as rebel, expelled

Four former MLAs and an ex-MP were expelled Monday for contesting as independents from different constituencies — Tejwant Singh Negi from Kinnaur; Kishori Lal from Anni (SC); Manohar Dhiman, from Indora (SC); KL Thakur from Nalagarh; and former MP Kripal Parmar from Fatehpur.

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Arch-rivals BJP, Left unite to back Adani port in Kerala

District politicians of both parties took part in a “long march” taken out by the Save Vizhinjam Port action council to the government secretariat on Tuesday. Even local Congress politicians took part in the march.

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Blue tick verified Twitter accounts to cost $8 per month: Elon Musk

In a post on the platform he now owns, Musk asserted that "Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit," declaring "Power to the people! Blue for $8/month." The price will be adjusted by country proportionate to purchasing power parity, he added.

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Bengal govt to undertake health check-up of all bridges in state

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Bitterness in Punjab over Dera chief’s parole & e-satsangs

The Dera chief has significantly increased his online activity during his latest parole, his third this year. There have been a few incidents of Dera’s followers sent to invite people for gatherings being confronted by Sikhs. These indicate that things could take a turn for the worse in the state.

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Procession through runway, Kerala airport to stay shut for 5 hrs

The airport suspends its services twice a year — in March-April for Painkuni festival and in October-November for the Arattu procession, when Lord Vishnu is carried from the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple on a palanquin to Shanghumugham beach, located just behind the airport, for a ritual bath.

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‘Steel man of India’ J J Irani dies at 86

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'Guj negligence, misgovernance led to bridge collapse'

AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge said it was important to know what caused the bridge collapse as it was reopened just five days ago. “Why were so many people allowed? There should be an inquiry headed by a retired Supreme Court or high court judge,” he said.

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'Show little more gratitude': Biden lost temper with Zelenskyy in June

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Congress slams Kiren Rijiju for Nehru remarks

Rijiju recently said that Nehru's “blunders” like enacting Article 370 and approaching the United Nations for dispute with Pakistan hurt India’s interest and was the reason behind militancy and loss of lives in Jammu & Kashmir.

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Weekly Covid cases dip below 10k

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'Somalia car bombings kill at least 100'

​President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at the site of Saturday's explosions in Mogadishu, told journalists that nearly 300 other people were wounded. “We ask our international partners and Muslims around the world to send their medical doctors here since we can't send all the victims outside the country for treatment," he said.

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'Probe, take action against Chinese loan apps'

Claiming a 12 times jump in loans on digital platforms between 2017 and 2020 and occurrence of 52 suicides due to blackmailing by these loan apps, Congress sought to know what the Narendra Modi government was doing to curb these practices.

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Maharashtra gives Y+ cover to all 41 MLAs from Shinde camp

The Z+ cover of Shinde, Fadnavis and governor B S Koshyari has also been been retained. There is no change in the Y+ cover of MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Uddhav’s wife Rashmi and son Tejas, and Shinde’s MLA son Shrikant. The security of Fadnavis’s wife Amruta has been increased to Y+ from X.

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Minors tied to truck & dragged over alleged cash, mobile phone theft in MP

A video of the incident went viral on social media prompting police to register a case against the accused. ACP Nihit Upadhyay said: “The incident was reported around 8am when two minors were tied to a truck and dragged on the road.

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HC orders judicial remand of accused in MLAs’ poaching case

Following a criminal revision petition filed by Cyberabad police challenging the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court’s order, Justice C Sumalatha said the three accused should immediately surrender to the Cyberabad police commissioner and be sent to jail till the next time the police presents them before a court.

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Irish educator working in Kolkata for 62 years to leave over visa issues

MacCarthaigh recalled growing up in Ireland when Protestants and Catholics were at each other’s throats and his homeland was badly off on many fronts. “I got no love… I was one of 11 children. We were quite poor. My family would have been better off with two or three children. As with most people, one’s childhood becomes the primary source of one’s inspiration to become the person they are going to be.”

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Ladakh woman, Punjab teacher set to become Army officers

After her decision to join the Army was revealed, senior officers of the Army’s Northern Command had met and encouraged her. A social media handle of an Army corps had posted in December 2021: “We congratulate Mrs Rigzin Chorol (#VeerNari of Rfn Rigzin Khandap) of Zedang Sumpa Battalion, who has become an example of determination in Ladakh. She will be soon joining OTA, Chennai, to be the first Ladakhi woman officer of #IA.”

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Deny terrorists any safe haven: UN anti-terror meet

The declaration on countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terror purposes also underlined that terrorists getting opportunity to access safe havens continues to be a significant concern.

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Tata Trusts’ CEO to ‘retire’; Cyrus cousin named trustee

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#MeToo: Police refuse to record Sherlyn Chopra's statement

Sherlyn Chopra recently spoke to the media about #MeToo accused and Bigg Boss 16 contestant Sajid Khan and called him a habitual sexual offender and molester. She had also gone to the Juhu police station on October 19 to file a complaint against him.

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TN ‘suicide bomber’ planned to hit temple, homes: NIA sleuths

The hypothesis they are going by is that Mubin was radicalised after being exposed to IS literature, but hadn’t received training in terrorist tactics. Whatever he knew about handling explosives was by reading material available on the internet about bomb-making.

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Cost of educating doctors and nurses doubles in 10 years in India

The pattern was the same for nurses with the estimated expenditure per nursing graduate dropping across the world while it went up by 167% in China and doubled in India. The only other region where the per graduate cost went up was in North Africa, where cost per doctor went up by 47% and by 25% for nurses.

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Rash driving clause if human hurt, not pet: HC

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PM Modi cautions states and UTs against global ‘inimical forces’

Cautioning states and UTs of emerging threats, including cyberattacks, from inimical forces as India marches ahead on the path of economic growth and competes with global powers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told their law enforcement agencies to anticipate and understand the challenges that may stem from a sense of global competition but eventually turn into enmity.

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SC didn’t agree with will of people: Rijiju on NJAC

The NJAC Act, unanimously passed by both the Houses of Parliament and ratified by more than half of all the states, was struck down by a Constitution bench of the apex court as unconstitutional in 2015, and the collegium system of appointing judges to high courts and the SC was upheld.

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Govt can overrule social media cos on removal of accounts

The measure — which comes into force immediately — will further tighten the controls on the social media giants (the majority of them American) who have increasingly been under regulatory heat in India over their content moderation practices, and due to their reluctance to follow government diktats on matters such as removal of posts or accounts.

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Trump says he’s ‘very happy’ about Musk’s Twitter takeover

The possibility of Trump’s return to Twitter — he was banned after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — has been the subject of much speculation since Musk announced his intentions to buy the company and take a less heavy-handed approach with users who post objectionable and provocative content.

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At UN meet, India plays clip of Pak terrorist directing 26/11 hit

The 2-day CTC meeting started in Mumbai with all UNSC member-states participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the 26/11 Memorial at the Taj hotel, one of the main targets of the Mumbai attacks.

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Aim is to ensure progress of far-flung areas to fulfil country’s security needs: Rajnath

In a statement, a defence spokesperson said, "These 75 projects — 45 bridges, 27 roads, two helipads and one carbon neutral habitat — are spread across six states and two Union Territories (UTs). Twenty of these projects are in Jammu & Kashmir; 18 each in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh; five in Uttarakhand and 14 in other border states of Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan.”

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Lying unconscious for 7 months in hosp, woman delivers baby girl

According to doctors, the woman wasn’t wearing a helmet when the two-wheeler she was riding pillion on with her husband met with an accident on March 31 this year. She suffered multiple serious head injuries and though she has survived, she remains unconscious.

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2nd blow to Maha: Tata-Airbus’ `22k cr IAF deal flies off to Guj

While the project, which promises thousands of jobs, comes as a boost for Gujarat ahead of the assembly polls there, for the four-month-old Balasahebanchi Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra, it is yet another blow, that too after industries minister Uday Samant of the Shinde Sena said on September 15 that though the state had lost the Vedanta project, it would secure the Tata-Airbus project to produce military aircraft in Nagpur.

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5 stabbed in supermarket attack in Italy, one killed

A supermarket employee died en route to the hospital, according to the ANSA news agency. The wounded included a Spanish soccer player, Pablo Mari, who is on loan to the Serie A club Monza from Arsenal, Lapresse reported.

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Army man injured in Baramulla encounter succumbs; terrorist killed in Kulgam

In a statement, a police spokesman said that acting on specific information regarding presence of terrorists in Wanseeran Taripora jungle under Sheeri police station, a joint team of police, Army 52 RR, 46 RR and 53 Bn CRPF launched a cordon-and-search operation in the area on Wednesday.

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Narayana Murthy told me I could have more impact on the world through politics than business: Rishi Sunak

Narayana Murthy is the billionaire founder of Infosys who has now devoted his life to philanthropy. Sunak worked for Goldman Sachs, gained an MBA from Stanford and then worked for a hedge fund before becoming an MP. Many wonder why he left such a well-paid career to enter the sparring world of politics.

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Pics: Zimbabwe further dent Pakistan’s hope of qualifying for semis

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Mehbooba sent final notice to vacate CM bungalow

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With Rs 4-5k crore biz, TN fireworks hub sees a crackling Diwali

A hub for fireworks manufacturers, Virudhunagar contributes to nearly 90% of the country's production. There are over 1,000 fireworks units in the district and nearly eight lakh employees are directly and indirectly dependent on this industry for their livelihood.

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Cervical cancer self-sampling test kits could replace pap smears

The HPV self-sampling kit, similar in principle to the home-testing kits for the Covid-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus, is at the moment being tested by various institutes and hospitals in India to find out the acceptance among women and its efficiency.

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CCI fines Google 936 crore for monopoly abuse

In its latest order, Competition Commission of India (CCI) asked Google to "cease and desist" from practicing policies that supposedly give it powers to abuse its dominant position in running Play Store, which houses millions of apps that Android phone customers can download. "... practices followed by Google result in leveraging its dominance in market for licensable mobile OS (operating system) and app stores for Android OS, to protect its position in the downstream markets," CCI said.

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'Musk informs he plans to close Twitter deal by Friday'

The banks that committed to fund Musk's buyout of Twitter have finished putting together the final debt financing agreement and are in the process of signing the necessary documents, according to a Bloomberg News report.

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A PIO at No. 10 soon, Cameron had told Modi barely seven years ago

This meant the Conservative leadership race was over, and Sunak, the youngest UK PM since 1812 at 42, automatically became the Conservative leader. Although Mordaunt thought many of former PM Boris Johnson’s supporters would switch to her after he bailed out, in fact many of them, including Priti Patel, on Monday morning switched to backing Sunak.

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Rishi Sunak appoints backers of leadership rivals in Cabinet

Many of the faces he appointed were well-known MPs who had previously held Cabinet posts — an indication that he wants to have people with experience at the helm to steady the ship during turbulent times in the UK, unlike his predecessors who appointed loyalists regardless of competence. There is speculation Sunak has done this to ensure that he does not inadvertently create a group of disgruntled rebel MPs denied cabinet posts who subsequently plot to oust him, as has happened in the past.

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Pakistani scribe, critic of Sharif government, killed in Nairobi

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‘Eatery to refund service charge, pay Rs 10k to patron’

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In special hearing, Kerala HC allows 9 V-Cs to continue

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Mumbai: Toddler following mom dragged away, killed by leopard

In the second incident the leopard reportedly tore off the seats of several bikes parked in the neighbourhood, said Mallikarjuna. "From the description we have received from the locals we have zeroed in on a young adult who may be responsible for these attacks. We are increasing the number of camera traps in the area," he said.

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Bombay HC ups aid to Rs 1cr for man left with 100% disability

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‘Colour, race no bar to success’ in UK: British Indians

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Min aspirants in Shinde group may get state board posts

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Live: Ahead of Diwali, weekly Covid cases at 6-month low

After a marginal rise last week, Covid cases in India fell steeply again ahead of Diwali, falling to the lowest weekly count in over six months. Deaths saw a sharper decline of over 50% in the week ending Sunday and the seven-day TPR dropped to under 1% for the first time since early June. Stay with TOI for the latest updates.

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MHA cancels FCRA licences of Sonia-led trusts

The MHA has cancelled the foreign funding licences of two trusts linked to the Gandhi family - Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) - citing violations of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010.

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Non-lab method can assess heart attack risk: Study

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Quit by 11.30am today, Kerala governor tells 9 V-Cs

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Kohli's back as king, lights up T20 World Cup with cracker of an innings

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Far behind Sunak, Boris Johnson pulls out of UK PM race

Former prime minister Boris Johnson pulled out of the contest to become Britain's next leader on Sunday, saying he had the support of enough lawmakers to progress to the next stage but well behind front-runner former finance minister Rishi Sunak.

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​XBB cases double in 1 week, set to be dominant Covid strain

Covid infections caused by Omicron’s newly identified XBB strain have nearly doubled in the past week in India, experts said on Sunday

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Rishi Sunak declares candidature for UK PM, leads with backing of over 131 MPs

Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law Rishi Sunak officially threw his hat into the ring on Diwali-eve to be in the race to succeed Liz Truss as leader of the Conservative party and the next UK prime minister.

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UP: Five of family killed as car rams into stranded container truck

Five persons of a family were killed when the car they were travelling in rammed into a stranded container truck near Khajhaula police outpost in Munderwa area of Basti district on late Sunday evening.

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Pakistan: Imran moves court against bar, HC to hear plea Monday

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'2 Indians missing in Kenya killed by cops'

Two Indians who went missing in Kenya in July have been killed by the disbanded directorate of criminal investigations unit, a close President's aide said.

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Woman who claimed gang rape held for 'fake case'

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Homegrown CAR-T cells 'cure' 8-year-old's leukemia

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UK Queen Consort Camilla slips into Bengaluru on wellness visit

The United Kingdom’s Queen Consort Camilla landed in Bengaluru on a private visit for her first overseas tour. She came by a British Airways flight Thursday, travelled by road for nearly 40 km from Kempegowda International Airport to Soukya, a tony holistic health and wellness centre near Whitefield. She’ll be undergoing rejuvenation therapies during her nearly 10-day visit.

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