With old rifle, this man saved villagers from total annihilation

Known as Bala by fellow villagers, Krishan has been hailed as the local hero for stopping a total annihilation of the families living in an isolated cluster of three homes that came under attack. The terrorists killed four people that night and two kids died the next morning in an explosion triggered by an IED that the assailants had left behind. In all, 15 people were wounded—all of them recuperating and said to be stable now.

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J&K sees bandh, protests over terror strikes

Shops and business establishments remained closed in the district as hundreds of people, braving cold weather, came out to hold protests. Raising anti-Pakistan slogans, the protestors burnt tyres and demanded enhancement of security in and around minority places in districts of the Jammu region.

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SC stays HC order to hold UP urban polls sans OBC quota

As the tenure of several local bodies has expired or is about to expire by the end of this month, a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha allowed their functions to be discharged by a three-member body headed by the district magistrate as directed by the high court but restrained the committee from taking any major decision.

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VHP, Bajrang Dal activists tear posters of Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Pathaan' at Ahmedabad mall

Members of the right-wing outfits Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal on Wednesday created a ruckus at a mall in Vastrapur area here and tore up posters and other publicity material of the upcoming film "Pathaan" starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.

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Akshay Kumar calls on UP CM, discusses film city project

Actor Akshay Kumar called on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday.

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Sheezan's sister posts heart-wrenching b'day note for Tunisha

Amid several accusations hurled at them by Tunisha Sharma's mother and uncles, Sheezan Khan's sister Falaq Naaz posted a heart-wrenching birthday note for the late actress who would have turned 21 today (January 4).

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1.4 cr fewer Indians have jobs as against Jan ’20: Study

By October 2022, around 20% fewer people in the 15-39 age group were employed compared to January 2020. That is a decline of 36.5 million. However, employment of people in the older age groups (40-59 years) rose by 12%. An additional 25 million individuals in this age group were employed in October 2022 as compared to January 2020.

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Minister says PSUs to be roped in to build N-plants

The Modi government is also expected to make a big announcement in the atomic energy sector in the coming days on the lines of the “unlocking of the space sector in 2020”. However, keeping in view the criticality of nuclear fuel and its potential misuse, the government will tread a very cautious path in tune with IAEA guidelines and conventions of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, a ministry source told TOI.

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1st T20I: Mavi shines as India beat Sri Lanka by 2 runs

Debutant Shivam Mavi made a dream debut on Tuesday, but India were in a spot of bother before eking out a narrow two-run victory against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede stadium. The thrilling last-ball win in the opener gave India a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series. Sent in to bat, India recovered from a top-order collapse to post a competitive 162/5. In reply, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 160 in 20 overs.

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Digantara launches 'Pushan-alpha' aboard SpaceX Transporter 6 mission

Digantara, the Bengaluru-headquartered space situational awareness firm has successfully launched "Pushan-alpha" aboard the SpaceX Transporter 6 mission. "The mission will serve as a Space weather testbed for enhancing precision-driven applications and augment the data from ROBI, our previously launched space-based space weather monitor," the firm said.

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Pics: Paceman Shivam Mavi shines on T20I debut

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Student stabs girl to death in B’luru college, tries to kill self

A 19-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her friend inside the classroom at a private college in Bengaluru on Monday afternoon.

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Congress leader Rahul, opposition should now apologise: BJP after SC verdict on demonetisation

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Delhi hit & run: Girl on scooty was with friend who fled in fear

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2 kids killed in IED blast in Rajouri, day after Jan 1 massacre

A four-year-old boy and a teenage girl were killed in an IED explosion Monday in a sinister continuation of the targeted terrorist attack on three Hindu homes in the mountainside village of Upper Dhangri in Jammu’s Rajouri district that were sprayed with bullets on New Year’s Day, leaving four villagers dead and six gravely wounded.

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Day 1 of Ashram closure: Chaos till east Delhi

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Navratilova diagnosed with throat and breast cancer

Former world number one tennis player Martina Navratilova said on Monday she has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer.

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UPI transactions hit record 782 crore in December

Transactions on the UPI platform hit a record of 782 crore in December 2022, with the value touching a new high of Rs 12.8 lakh crore. In terms of number of transactions, the December figure is 7% higher than November's.

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'No foul play in Russian deaths'

Odisha crime branch has found no indication of foul play in the deaths of Putin-critic Pavel Antov and his friend Vladimir Bydanov in a Rayagada hotel. It will take Interpol's help, if required, said the Odisha DGP.

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Woman found dead, live-in partner on run

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Popn mustn't be sole delimitation criterion: Assam chief minister

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India eyes MacBook production, may boost incentive scheme

After the success of iPhone production in India, the government is set to sweeten the deal to kickstart the coveted manufacturing of MacBooks and iPads in the country, looking to broad-base the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for IT hardware to nearly Rs 20,000 crore against the existing outlay of Rs 7,350 crore which failed to receive much response from the industry.

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Live: Magnitude-3.2 earthquake in West Karbi Anglong, Assam

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German vet flies to Mumbai to help with dog's open heart surgery

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Shah didn’t heed Rahul security breach complaint, says Congress

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Fix incorrect map of India asap: Minister to WhatsApp

IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday asked WhatsApp to fix an incorrect map of India shown in a video tweeted by the messaging platform. The Meta-owned company apologised to the minister, and said it has corrected the error.

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‘Massive undercurrent’, 2024 win tough for BJP: Congress leader Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said BJP will find it very difficult to win the 2024 elections as there is a “massive undercurrent” against the party, but added that the opposition will have to coordinate well and present an “alternative vision” for the country to exploit the popular mood.

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Live: Magnitude-3.8 earthquake in Haryana

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Live: In his New Year address, Putin pledges victory over Ukraine

Russian President Putin devoted his annual New Year's address to rallying the people behind his troops fighting in Ukraine and pledging victory over Ukrainian "neo-Nazis" and a West supposedly intent on "destroying Russia". Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said victory for Russia over Ukraine was "inevitable" as he hailed Russian soldiers' heroism in a New Year's video message. Stay with TOI for latest updates.

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Police to seek Interpol help on Russian deaths

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4 Myanmarese among 5 killed as cab falls of cliff in Mizoram

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EPFO issues guidelines to avail higher pension

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'India's presidencies in SCO, G20 will strengthen world stability'

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday voiced confidence that India's presidencies of the SCO and G20 will build multi-dimensional cooperation between the two countries and will strengthen the stability and security in Asia and the entire world.While India formally assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1, it took over the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on September 16.

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Rishabh Pant's brain, spinal cord reports normal

Rishabh Pant, who met with a serious accident Friday morning and is being treated at the Max Hospital in Dehradun, is in stable condition. The reports of CT scan of his brain and spinal cord have returned "normal", BCCI officials who are in constant touch with Max Dehradun said. Pant suffered multiple injuries when his car collided with a road divider on the Delhi-Dehradun highway.

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TMC, BJP trade jibes over cancellation of Arijit gig

Leaders of West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress and Opposition BJP exchanged barbs on Thursday over the cancellation of a scheduled concert of singer Arijit Singh in New Town area near Kolkata. BJP alleged that February 18 concert was cancelled as Singh had sung ‘rang de tu mohe gerua’, which has the word ‘saffron’, in the presence of CM Mamata Banerjee at the inauguration of the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival.

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Ambani invokes Messi, sets goals for his kids

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Geospatial policy notified, hi-resolution Indian map by 2030

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J'hand actor's spouse held for her murder

The husband of slain Jharkhand actor-YouTuber Riya Kumari was arrested early Thursday and charged with murder, destruction of evidence, torture and criminal conspiracy, hours after he allegedly spun a story about his wife being shot and killed while accosting unidentified armed men who had tried to rob him at gunpoint on NH-16 near Kolkata.

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Snowfall halts traffic on Arunachal Pradesh highway

Arunachal usually witnesses snowfall in January. But Sela Pass in Tawang and Mayudia Pass in Lower Dibang Valley are already covered with snow for the last three days.

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Odisha police forms another team to probe death of 2 Russians

The delayed visit to the crime spot came in the wake of non-preservation of visceral samples of Pavel by the doctors, who conducted his autopsy, raising many eyebrows on the compliance of the standard operating procedure during the investigation of a highly sensational case, which has drawn international attention.

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Cheetah tourism may begin in February: MP CM Shivraj

Cheetah tourism may start in February at Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Wednesday, adding a unique dimension to ‘Brand Madhya Pradesh’ soon after two mega events in Indore in January — the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas and Global Investors’ Summit. It will be the first time in over 75 years that cheetahs will be seen in the wild.

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Uzbekistan says 18 kids died after drinking syrup made by Noida co

Uzbekistan’s health ministry has said at least 18 children have died after consuming a medicinal syrup manufactured by Indian drugmaker Marion Biotech Pvt Ltd. The ministry said 18 out of 21 children who took the Dok-1 Max syrup while suffering from an acute respiratory disease died after consuming it. It is marketed on the company’s website as a treatment for cold and flu symptoms. A batch of the syrup contained toxic ethylene glycol, the ministry said in a statement released Tuesday.

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CUET-PG to be conducted from June 1-10 next year

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct CUET-PG from June 1 to 10 next year. The application process will start in mid-March. According to UGC Chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar, the second edition of the Common University Entrance Test for admission to post graduate courses in universities will be conducted in June. UGC had already announced the schdeule for CUET-UG test which will be conducted in May.

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Cops sense foul play in Jharkhand actress Riya Kumari's murder

Riya Kumari who is an actress from Jharkand was shot dead on Wednesday night. Riya is a regional actor who has acted in Jharkhand's regional languages like Khortha. She appeared in several albums with the name of Isha Alya. She was married to Prakash Kumar who is a film and album producer.

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Tunisha suicide case: Court extends Sheezan's police custody

Sheezan Khan, who was arrested on (December 24) in Tunisha Sharma's suicide case and was in four days remand was presented before the Vasai court today. The actor's police custody has been extended by two days more.

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Govts start joint inspection of drug-making facilities

The Centre on Tuesday said it had prepared an action plan for nationwide inspection of manufacturing units which are identified to be at the risk of manufacturing Not of Standard Quality (NSQ)/adulterated/spurious drugs. Based on this plan, joint inspection of drug manufacturing units are being carried out across the country.

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Kochhars seek remand-order nixing; no urgency: HC

Chanda Kochhar, former CEO and MD of ICICI Bank, and her husband Deepak Kochhar approached the Bombay high court vacation bench a day after a trial court extended their police custody following their December 23 arrest by the CBI in an alleged corruption case over high-value loans. The HC vacation bench said there was “no urgency” after their lawyer said the plea was for quashing of the remand order. The HC added, “On January 2nd you can take circulation.”

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HC directs local polls sans OBC quota, quashes UP draft order

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court directed the UP government and state election commission on Tuesday to hold the urban local body (ULB) elections by January 31 without reservation for backward classes. It said seats reserved for backward classes should be notified as general category for these polls. Later in the day, the state government decided to challenge the HC’s order in the Supreme Court.

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Odisha orders probe into deaths of Putin critic, aide

The Odisha government ordered on Tuesday a crime branch investigation into the mysterious deaths of Russian businessman and lawmaker Pavel Antov (65) and his friend Vladimir Bydanov (61) within days of each other in Odisha’s Rayagada town.

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India ready to bid for 2036 Olympics: Anurag Thakur

India will bid for hosting the Olympic Games in 2036. A roadmap for the same will be presented before the full members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the IOC Session in Mumbai in September next year, union sports minister Anurag Thakur informed here on Tuesday.

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1,000 small, yet key, stations to be revamped at Rs 10-20 crore each

The Indian Railways will take up upgradation and renovate over 1,000 small yet important stations under a new programme named “Amrit Bharat Station Scheme”. The first such station development was completed at Khurda junction in Odisha and it has attracted wide attention.

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Mangaluru trader killed over inter-faith relationship? 3 held

Three men have been arrested on the charge of killing trader Adbul Jaleel outside his shop in Surathkal of Mangaluru city Saturday night in what police said could be a revenge attack over the slain man’s alleged relationship with a woman from another faith.

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Type-C port for mobiles & tabs may be a must from Dec 2024

The government plans to make the use of USB Type-C port for charging mobiles, smartphones and tablets mandatory from December 2024, aligning with the timeline announced by the European Union. While the Bureau of Indian Stnadrads (BIS) has notified the USB Type-C port and urged the government to make it mandatory, work is in progress to develop another type of charger that can be commonly used for wearable electronic devices.

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Karnataka becomes first state to bring back mask mandate

Karnataka became the first state in the country to make wearing of masks compulsory in public places in recent months when it announced a string of steps on Monday, a day before a nationwide drill to assess emergency preparedness for Covid management in hospitals amid rising cases in several countries, including China.

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'Fabricated narratives overlooked Guru Gobind’s sons' sacrifice'

PM Narendra Modi on Monday highlighted the sacrifices made by Guru Gobind Singh and his two ‘sahibzaades’ (sons), saying they represented the fight against religious fanaticism and barbarism inflicted by the Mughals and preferred to die rather than convert to Islam, as dictated by Aurangzeb.

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CAG: Risk of data tampering in Assam NRC updation process

The CAG of India has flagged the risk of data tampering in the NRC for Assam, due to “improper” software development related to data capture and correction during the updation process of the citizenship document. A highly secure software was required to be developed for the NRC updation exercise, but during the audit, lack of proper planning in this regard came to the fore. The updated final NRC was released on August 31, 2019, with total 3,11,21,004 names included out of 3,30,27,661 applicants.

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Buying costliest player no guarantee of winning IPL

Every year, IPL franchises break the bank to bag the most sought-after players who they believe will make a difference to their fortunes. But teams who get the most expensive player of the auction might want to pause before uncorking the bubbly. With the sole exception of 2013, when Mumbai Indians got Glenn Maxwell for $1 million, the team that bought the most expensive player in an auction has never won the IPL title in the same year.

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Live: 'Russia ready to negotiate but Ukraine not willing'

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Waiver for PwDs at national institutes announced

In a step aimed at enhancing access to rehabilitation facilities for persons with disabilities (PwDs), the Central government has decided to waive off the fees for registration, diagnostics and treatment at all nine national institutes and 21 associated composite regional centres (NRCs) across states from January 1 for all those having unique IDs for PwDs.

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Assam Police ‘seek info on churches’, Christians upset

The special branch headquarters of the Assam police has reportedly sought details of churches established in the last one year in the state and instances of conversions from the police officers concerned, creating a sense of insecurity among Christian organisations and spoiling the Christmas mood.

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Walked 2,800km, haven’t seen any hate, says Rahul Gandhi

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Bharat Biotech’s nasal vaccine debuts on CoWin, but price still to be decided

Bharat Biotech’s intranasal Covid-19 vaccine iNCOVACC finally made its debut on the CoWin app on Saturday evening. However, the Hyderabad-based company is yet to announce the pricing for the vaccine and its availability for use. A decision is expected next week, according to sources.

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Mathura court orders survey of Shahi Idgah

The court of additional civil judge (senior division-III) Sonika Verma in Mathura has sought a "survey report" of the Shahi Idgah mosque complex by a revenue department official by January 20. Verma ordered this while hearing a petition filed by Vishnu Gupta of Hindu Sena, a right-wing outfit. Though the directions went out on December 8, it was only on Saturday that it became publicly known, on the day the court closed for winter break.

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Man on wheelchair pilgrimage to Sabarimala to pray for teacher

It’s been almost 10 days since Amangattuchalil Kannan began his pilgrimage from Malappuram to Sabarimala, and he’s determined to do it the hard way — all 300km in a wheelchair. Kannan lost his left leg in an accident several years ago and his other leg is partially paralysed. The motive of his pilgrimage is to seek Lord Ayyappa’s blessings for the Muslim teacher who helped him get a roof over his head when he had almost given up on his future.

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Revision of pension under OROP from July ’19 cleared

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Maharashtra probes if Uddhav tried to stifle Amravati killing case

The Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government on Friday ordered an inquiry by the state intelligence department (SID) into allegations that MVA CM Uddhav Thackeray had tried to suppress the Umesh Kolhe murder case in Amravati. This is the third inquiry/probe ordered against the Thackerays by the government.

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Bharat Biotech's nasal vaccine will be used as booster dose

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Govt makes foodgrain free for 81cr poor under NFSA

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'Epic' winter storm wallops US, leaving 1.5 million without power

Nearly a million-and-a-half US power customers were in the dark Friday as a severe winter storm walloped the country, causing highway closures and thousands of flight cancelations days before Christmas. Heavy snow, howling winds and air so frigid it instantly turned boiling water into ice took hold of much of the nation, including normally temperate southern states.

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Six killed, 10 injured in brick kiln blast in Bihar

At least six people were killed and 10 others injured on Friday evening after a deadly blast occurred in a brick kiln at Narirgir village under Ramgarhwa police station area in Bihar’s East Champaran district.

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NIA calls Kanhaiya Lal killing 'terror-gang' act

The duo seen on camera beheading Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal on June 28 and two absconding Pakistanis were among 11 suspects named in the chargesheet filed on Thursday by the NIA, which termed the murder a "terror" act inspired by "incriminating" audio, video and other messages circulated within and from outside the country.

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CAG: Poor state of tracks key cause of derailments

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found lack of maintenance of tracks, slow pace of track renewal and deviation of track parameters as the main reasons for majority of such train mishaps. The CAG report said track machines remained idle for want of required traffic blocks by the operating departments, divisions not planning the blocks and operational issues.

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Bill proposes to decriminalise minor offences, drop Sec 66A

The government on Thursday introduced Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022, in Lok Sabha, which seeks to amend 183 provisions across 42 laws and is meant to decriminalise several offences and allow for compounding and rationalisation of penalties as part of a move to "enhance trust-based governance for ease of living and doing business".

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Gujarat man falls trying to scale US-Mexico wall, dies

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'Increased testing, stress on using masks': States step up vigil amid global Covid surge

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Stokes, Green set to be available for entire IPL 2023

In a good news for franchises and their fans in India, top English and Australian stars like Ben Stokes, Cameron Green and Sam Curran are set to be available for almost the entire duration of IPL-2023.

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Tamil Nadu saw sharpest rise in road accident deaths last year

Tamil Nadu recorded the sharpest increase in road deaths in 2021 while states including Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana and Jharkhand recorded a drop in the number of such fatalities compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019, according to the latest government data. The other states that saw an increase in fatalities were Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Bihar.

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Xiaomi gets HC relief in Rs 3,700cr FD attachment

Quashing a provisional order issued by the income-tax department attaching Rs 3,700 crore held in fixed deposits by Xiaomi Technology India, the Karnataka high court has restrained the telecom major from making any payments from the FDs in any form, including royalty to any companies or entities located outside India.

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Sonia attacks govt on China, bid to 'delegitimise judiciary'

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Over 20% of women in 20-24 age group married before 18

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Many medicines set to be cheaper after 5th price cap

For the fifth consecutive time in the current year, some medicines are set to be cheaper after the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) on Tuesday capped prices of 127 drugs. A number of medicines like paracetamol have seen prices declining for the second time this year. However, prices of a few medicines like montelukast and metformin have increased.

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Both BJP-Shinde bloc, MVA claim win in Maharashtra rural polls

BJP on Tuesday claimed to have won the highest number of seats in the elections to 7,682 gram panchayats across the state. It also claimed that BJP-Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena alliance had got the maximum seats. However, MVA too made similar claims of having won the most seats. The gram panchayat elections are contested by individuals and not as members of political outfits, though many of the contestants are affiliated to parties.

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'New school texts to have balanced gender depiction'

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Govt raises allocation to NHAI by 44% for road maintenance

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No cause for panic, India has hybrid immunity edge: NTAGI

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China has constructed a 'sealed' road leading to within 150m of LAC ridge-line

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Amid China Covid surge, govt asks states to step up vigil

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More crowd in my rally than in Rahul Gandhi's: Cong leader Nakul Nath

Congress party on Tuesday was left red-faced after a video went viral in which party MP from Chhindwara constituency Nakul Nath is seen claiming that his rally has drawn more crowds than the original Bharat Jodo Yatra led by former AICC president Rahul Gandhi.

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Airfares to Goa soar more than 4 times

With the Christmas and New Year peak travel holidays falling on weekends and passengers in revenge travel mode, the airfares to Goa have begun to soar up to four folds for the two upcoming weekends, reports Gauree Malkarnekar. A flight ticket from Chennai to Goa costs more than four times as much, priced at Rs 12,700 already for December 23 and 24, as against the usual fare of Rs 4,400 on this route.

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Illegal 'tax' collected, says ED, charges NSCN (IM) treasurer

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India's Covid numbers at record low amid rise in global cases

Covid-19 cases have generally been rising around the world since early November but the numbers continue to steadily decline in India. In the week that ended Sunday, the country recorded just 12 deaths - including zero deaths on three of the days - the fewest since daily Covid fatalities started being reported in March 2020. Cases detected in India during the week fell to 1,103, again the lowest weekly number since March 23-29, 2020, when the first nationwide lockdown was imposed.

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Can't hit employer's interest, govt says on 'moonlighting'

In what appears to be the first instance of the Centre clearing its stand on the legality of 'moonlighting', the government quoted existing industrial laws to state that workers shall not take up any extra work that may "adversely affect" the interest of their employers. Moonlighting refers to full-time employee of a company taking up extra job/s usually without the knowledge of the employer.

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In a 1st, Taj Mahal gets property, water tax notices

In a first, the Agra Municipal Corporation has sent notices to the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) asking it to pay Rs 1.9 crore as water tax and Rs 1.5 lakh as property tax on the Taj Mahal, a protected monument. The bills are for the financial year 2021-22 and 2022-23. ASI has been asked to clear the outstanding dues within 15 days, failing which the property (Taj Mahal) would be "attached" if the tax was not cleared within the stipulated time.

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Doc family's case stirs debate over cough syrups for kids

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'Trump should face insurrection, obstruction charges'

The US House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol on Monday asked federal prosecutors to charge Donald Trump with obstruction and insurrection for his role in sparking the deadly riot. The Democratic-led select committee's request to the Justice Department is non-binding, but comes as a special counsel is overseeing two other federal probes of the Republican former president related to his attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat, and the removal of classified files from the White House.

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FTX founder will not fight US extradition

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BJP party of choice for tribals, says PM citing Guj poll result

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Eye on China, govt plans a 1,700-km 'frontier highway'

The government, in the next five years, will build a new highway in Arunachal Pradesh that will run close to the India-Tibet-China-Myanmar border. At some locations, the 'frontier highway' will be as close as 20km from the international border. The road will come as a big boost for seamless movement of defence forces and equipment to the border which has been seeing repeated incursion attempts by China

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7.2% of Indians own passports, number set to cross 10cr soon

Seventy-five years after Independence, 7.2% of India's population owns a passport with a majority having availed one in the past decade. As of mid-December, 9.6 crore Indians held passports, and the number is set to cross the 10-crore mark in the next few months.

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Millions of Indian fans of Argentina, Messi rejoice: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Argentina on winning the World Cup and said the final will be remembered as one of the most thrilling football matches. Millions of Indian fans of Argentina and Messi rejoice in the magnificent victory, he said.

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