8-yr-old daughter of diamond baron to embrace monkhood

An eight-year-old heir to a diamond empire with roots in this Gujarat city is set to embrace monkhood on Wednesday after what may have been her last tryst with ostentation - song, dance, finery and a grand procession involving ornamented elephants, horses and camels.

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Man believed killed is now main accused in murder

A Telangana man who supposedly died in an accident turned out to be a key accused who staged his own death using another man's body to claim Rs 6 crore insurance. He was arrested.

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Telangana, Bengal units draw PM Modi's praise for 'bold fight'

BJP units of Telangana and West Bengal came in for specific appreciatory references from the PM for consolidating and expanding the party's footprint in the erstwhile unfriendly geographies despite opposition from hostile dispensations.

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BJP beats AAP, gets mayor post in Chandigarh

The Bharatiya Janata Party won the Chandigarh municipal corporation's mayor seat for eight time in a row.

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India No. 1 ? China's population dips for first time in 60 years

China's National Bureau of Statistics reported a drop of roughly 850,000 people for a population of 1.41175 billion in 2022, the first dip since 1961, the last year of China's great famine. That possibly makes India the world's most populous nation.

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First since March, 2020: Under 100 Covid cases in a day

No Covid death was reported in India for 4 days at a stretch, again a first since 2020. India reported 83 fresh cases on Monday, down from 114 on the previous day. India had first reported over 100 cases in a day on March 27, 2020, & the daily tally hadn't fallen to double digits since then.

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London cop pleads guilty to 24 counts of rape

The Metropolitan Police apologised on Monday and said it should have spotted the pattern of abuse after David Carrick, 48, pleaded guilty to a total of 49 charges relating to 12 victims, including 24 counts of rape between 2003 and 2020.

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Govt now wants MoP finalised

The Centre's insistence on the early finalisation of the 'memorandum of procedure' (MoP) that guides appointment of judges in the Supreme Court and high courts, pending with the apex court collegium since August 2017, has triggered a fresh controversy.

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Delhi, Gujarat cops 'seized' Banga Bhavan footage: Didi

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Delhi and Gujarat police on Monday of entering Banga Bhavan, the primary accommodation of state seniors and guests in Delhi, on Saturday and taking away CCTV footage.

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BBC under fire from PIOs over new series attacking PM Modi

The series description states: “A look at the tensions between Indian PM Narendra Modi and India’s Muslim minority, investigating claims about his role in 2002 riots that left over a thousand dead.”

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BJP identifies 160 Lok Sabha seats for special campaigns

Citing a string of SC verdicts as vindication of PM Modi and banking on his leadership, BJP on Monday set an aggressive foot forward expressing confidence about its prospects in the state elections scheduled in the lead-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

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After hotels, damaged homes in Joshimath colony to come down

This would be the second major demolition exercise after the administration a few days ago began to raze two of Joshimath's biggest hotels. There are over 30 houses in the colony, many of them with large cracks, which a resident said "seem to be getting bigger."

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Book babus for poll conspiracy: Sisodia to LG

Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has written to lieutenant governor VK Saxena, demanding action against some officers of Delhi government for allegedly stopping funds of mohalla clinics ahead of the MCD polls to “influence” voters.

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6.2-magnitude quake hits off Indonesia's Sumatra

The epicentre of the quake was 48 kilometres (30 miles) south-southeast of the city of Singkil in Aceh province, at a depth of 37 kilometres, USGS said.

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Govt writes to CJI, wants its representatives on SC collegium

Law minister Kiren Rijiju's letter to the CJI is the latest in the series of criticism by constitutional authorities, including the Vice-President and Lok Sabha Speaker, who have also accused the SC of often encroaching into the domain of the legislature.

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Narrow escape for Surpiya Sule as saree catches fire

NCP MP Supriya Sule's saree accidentally caught fire during an event in Pune on Sunday. In a statement, Sule later said that she is safe and there was no reason to worry.

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Nepal plane crash: 3 victims on way home from funeral in Kerala

Three Nepali nationals - Raju Thakuri, Rabin Hamal and Anil Shahi - who had come to attend the funeral of Christian evangelist Mathew Philip in Pathanamthitta were among the 68 people who died in the crash.

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72 years on, India's oldest pending case finally settled

India's oldest litigation at 72 years was disposed of last week by a bench of the country's oldest high court, whose current Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava was born a full decade after the case had been filed in 1951.

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Arsenic in water raises risk of gallbladder cancer: Study

A two-year study carried out in large tertiary care hospital settings suggests that chronic arsenic exposure in drinking water even at low-moderate levels may be a potential risk factor for gallbladder cancer.

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UP constable 'molests' varsity student in train, sent to jail

A constable has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old student of Allahabad University in a moving train as she was on her way to Pilibhit from Prayagraj Friday. The cop fled with her luggage.

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Tamil Nadu governor’s office goes to cops over DMK video

DCP (cyber crime cell) DV Kiran Shruthi has communicated to the governor's office that a video of DMK orator Shivaji Krishnamoorthy's remarks cited by the latter was legally scrutinised and was found to be defamatory in nature.

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Delhi cop dies in road mishap 15 days before retirement

Two weeks before he was scheduled to retire, a Delhi Police sub-inspector, Latoor Singh, lost his life after a car allegedly mowed him down in central Delhi's Daryaganj on Friday evening. The cop was on duty and was on his way to deliver a summons in east Delhi's Laxmi Nagar when the incident took place. The driver of the errant vehicle has been arrested.

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Terror act: Police seize grenades from rented Jahangirpuri house

The two alleged terrorists arrested by Delhi Police's special cell on Thursday had murdered a man, chopped his body into pieces and filmed the act, including the beheading, the police have claimed. They also sent the video to their foreign-based handlers, including an ISI operative, to prove their worth, claimed sources.

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Congress suspends Bharat Jodo Yatra for a day after MP's death

Congress MP from Jalandhar, Chaudhary Santokh Singh (76), collapsed and died just as Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra crossed Phillaur in Jalandhar district of Punjab on Saturday morning.

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Chanda Kochhar now faces tough breach of trust charge

A CBI plea to invoke the serious offence of criminal breach of trust against former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar in a loan fraud case was accepted by a special court on Friday. The charge under section 409 of the Indian Penal Code attracts a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

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Kanjhawala case: 11 cops suspended for 'negligence'

Acting on the recommendation of the Union home ministry, Delhi Police has suspended 11 cops, including six officers, deployed at PCRs and pickets along the route taken by a car that hit Anjali Singh (20) before fatally dragging her under its wheels for several kilometers early on January 1.

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LG Saxena just refused to accept SC order on powers: Delhi CM

The much-awaited meeting between chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and lieutenant governor V K Saxena on Friday failed to bring about a detente and only led to more acrimony.

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CBI gets nod to prosecute Lalu Yadav in rail jobs scam

CBI has received sanction from the Centre to prosecute RJD chief and former Union railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with the "land-for-job scam."

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Rajasthan twins die in similar manner 900km apart

A pair of 26-year-old twins from Rajasthan's Barmer living 900km apart in different states died within hours of each other in bizarrely similar circumstances - one falling to his death from the terrace of a house in Surat and the other fatally slipping into a water tank after being called home from Jaipur.

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Uttarakhand govt on Joshimath: Probing NTPC project role

Following an Uttarakhand cabinet meeting, chief secretary S S Sandhu said on Friday that "eight institutes are studying the reasons behind land subsidence in Joshimath and the role of NTPC's Tapovan-Vishnugad project is included in their probe."

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1st op in Joshimath, govt starts razing 2 big hotels

Out of fear that one hotel is tilting dangerously and may collapse on the other, owners of the two establishments in Joshimath who had been protesting for three days against the planned demolition of the buildings finally agreed to it on Thursday. It set the stage for the first demolition in Joshimath, where hundreds of houses and roads have developed cracks and are crumbling.

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In message to courts, presiding officers say respect boundaries

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J'khand HC cites ED findings, rejects bail plea of Soren aide

The Jharkhand high court on Tuesday rejected the bail application of Prem Prakash, a close associate of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, while validating the findings of the Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the money trail in alleged illegal mining worth Rs 1,000 crore.

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Former Union minister Sharad Yadav passes away at 75

Former Union minister and senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Sharad Yadav passed away on Thursday. He was 75. His daughter Subhashini Yadav shared the news of his demise on Facebook. "My father is no more," she said on Facebook.

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U'khand increases Joshimath aid 30x to 1.5L per family

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No amount of alcohol is safe for drinking, warns WHO

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'Role of armed struggle in getting Independence ignored'

Armed struggle for India’s Independence, including the First War of Independence in 1857, was as important an ingredient as the Congress-led non-violence movement in liberating India from British rule, home minister Amit Shah said here on Wednesday. However, he added, there were attempts by historians to overlook or undermine the contribution of armed struggle and revolutionaries in securing the country’s Independence.

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‘People of snow can’t live in the plains’

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Urination case: Court dismisses Mishra’s bail plea

Terming the alleged act of Shankar Mishra urinating on an elderly woman on board an Air India flight last November under the influence of alcohol “utterly disgusting and repulsive”, and “sufficient to outrage the modesty of any woman”, a Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed his bail plea.

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Dhankhar, Birla oppose ‘overstep by judiciary’

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Golden Globe Awards 2023 live updates

The golden night of Hollywood is here – the Golden Globe Awards 2023 is on in full swing with Hollywood royalty and television’s greats coming together to celebrate the best in cinema. Glitz, glamour and grandeur are at its peak at this gala. Comedian Jerrod Carmichael will be hosting the entertaining evening. This year the Golden Globe Awards are extra special for India with RRR bagging a nomination in Best Picture (Non-English language) and Best Song categories. Top contenders for the night also include 'Avatar: The Way of Water', 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Elvis'. The Golden Globes also honours the best in television and are voted for by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Keep watching this space for more updates.

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4 years after clean air mission, ‘marginal’ gain in some cities

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Govt to set up micro seismic observatories

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‘Can hit FDI’: SC questions govt on plea against Carbide

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Don’t convert single units in Chandigarh into apartments: SC

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Delhi India’s most polluted city, just 7% cleaner in 3 years

Delhi has earned the dubious tag of being India’s most polluted city, rising from rank 3 in 2019 and rank 2 last year in the worst-polluted list, as per the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) Tracker based on annual PM2.5 levels measured by the Central Pollution Control Board.

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DGCA issues notice to AI over unruly flyers on Paris flight

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‘CBI’s reasons for arrest casual’: HC gives Kochhars bail

The Bombay high court on Monday ordered the release of Chanda Kochhar, former CEO and MD of ICICI Bank, and her businessman-husband Deepak Kochhar on bail after holding that their arrest by the CBI four years following an FIR in a loan-fraud case was “unacceptable”.

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World listens to India, it can be global skill capital: PM

The world listens to India and the country has what it takes to become the global skill capital, PM Narendra Modi said Monday while inaugurating the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention in Indore. “Today, the world listens to India. It can become the engine of development of the world,” he said. “India taking over the G20 presidency this year gives a great opportunity to make the world aware of India’s experiences to attain a sustainable future and learn from these experiences.”

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Supreme Court: No bar on states to set up panel for UCC

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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Indonesia -EMSC

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Tejashwi’s cricket practice triggers ‘power’ play buzz

In this article, the deputy CM of Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav, is caught on camera playing cricket with budding cricketers at a local cricket ground. Tejashwi's passion for cricket is very much alive in his heart, and he enjoys practicing with young and bright players of Bihar. However, his cricket practice in the chilly winter has generated much heat in the political circles in the sense that whenever he picked up a bat, state's politics underwent a drastic change. In July last year, he was caught on camera playing cricket with housing staff at his mother Rabri Devi's official residence. The next month, he was part of the government as CM Nitish dumped BJP to form the Grand Alliance Ga Government with RJD and others. Chitranjan Gagan, RJD spokesperson, remarked that "sab kuchh thik hai" (everything is "fine").

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Over 6,900 domestic violence plaints filed by women in 2022

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PM dials Dhami, promises ‘all financial & technical support’

PM Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday morning. Dhami informed the PM about the situation in Joshimath as well as plans for rehabilitation and arrangements being made in light of several houses developing cracks amid fears that the town is ‘sinking’.

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Oldest cases started before current SC judges were born

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Govt to disband telecom body DCC

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1.9°C at main city station as Delhi faces extended cold wave

Delhi suffered its fourth consecutive cold wave day on Sunday, with the minimum at the city’s base station Safdarjung falling below 2 degrees Celsius for the first time in two years and the city experiencing one of its worst fog spells of the season with nine hours of lower than 200m visibility. Over 100 flights were delayed at IGI Airport due to dense fog and 42 trains were running late.

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7.0-magnitude quake strikes Pacific nation of Vanuatu

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India will be free from Maoist menace by 2024: Home minister Amit Shah

The strategy was to reach out to youths, who used to take up weapons, and provide them employment, roads, water, telephone, electricity and other basic facilities in the remote areas to help them join the mainstream of society, the Union minister said, adding that those who did not lay down their weapons were being given a befitting reply.

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'Reviving old pension scheme a bankruptcy recipe'

Several state governments such as Punjab, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh have decided to revert to the Old Pension Scheme that assures a defined pension which is 50% of the last drawn salary.

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UP ex-minister, son arrested in city over illegal slaughterhouse

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Guj Harappan site reveals death rituals of 5k yrs ago

The digging began in 2019 at Juna Khatiya village, about 30km from Lakhpat in Kutch district, and archaeologists found rows of graves with skeletal remains, ceramic pots, plates and vases, beaded jewellery, and animal bones that piqued their interest. Over time, it emerged as one the biggest Harappan burial sites, with the possibility of 500 graves, of which about 125 have been found so far.

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Average work hours per week longest in S&E Asia: ILO

The occupational group with longest average hours of work was plant and machine operators and assemblers, who worked 48.2 hours per week on an average, followed by service and sales workers at 47.0 hours per week.

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Demolish worst affected Joshimath homes, expert panel tells Centre, state

A senior official, privy to the report submitted both to the Centre and state government, told TOI on Saturday: “Prima facie, it appears that at least 25% area of Joshimath, which has a population of about 25,000, has been affected by the land-subsidence problem. A survey to ascertain the intensity of damage (to buildings and sundry structures) is currently underway. It will be put in three categories: severe, moderate and slight.”

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Hanif Kureishi fears he may never be able to walk or write again following fall in Rome

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Centre: Will honour SC timeline for judge appts

Entrusted by the apex court to persuade the Centre to “follow the law” by complying with its verdicts on appointment of judges, attorney general R Venkataramani, at the outset , told a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka that all efforts were being made to conform to the timelines and names sent to the government by collegiums would be cleared expeditiously with decision on 44 out of 104 names decided in the coming two days.

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Should you break pandemic FDs to earn higher returns?

At the peak of the pandemic, rates had dropped to as low as 5.5% due to excess liquidity in the banking system and many had locked into 2-3-year deposits to make the best in a depressed market. Now with some private banks offering 8% and public sector banks giving over 7.5%, savvy elders are looking at premature withdrawals to make fresh deposits at higher rates.

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SC pushes for e-monitoring to check over-speeding

Cause-wise analysis of road accidents revealed 55.9% (87,050 out of 1,55,622 deaths) and 27.5% (42,853 out of 1,55,622 deaths) of fatalities were due to speeding and dangerous/careless driving or overtaking, respectively, in 2021.

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CJI takes foster daughters on tour of his workplace

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Akshata Murty's vision is to open up Downing Street to public to draw a line under Johnson 'fiefdom era'

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'Sinking' Joshimath: Uttarakhand readies choppers, plans to move residents

n an urgent and high-powered meeting called by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday, the Uttarakhand government — shaken by reports of a "sinking" Joshimath and images of huge cracks on the town's buildings, roads and fields — has signalled "maximum alert" and put a slew of emergency measures in place, most of them to be implemented immediately.

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After Jain stir, Centre halts all tourism activities at Parasnath

Issuing an office memorandum on the Centre's decision, the environment ministry directed the state government to immediately take all steps necessary to ensure the ban on tourism and the other activities such as use of liquor, non-vegetarian food items, loud music, unauthorised camping and trekking in the Parasnath Sanctuary.

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Autonomous college, univ rating norms out

As TOI had reported on November 14, this is the first time that the NAAC has declared the highest marks called benchmarks that it has set aside for each of the parameters it grades institutes on, thus allowing every higher education institute to know the maximum achievable marks.

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Govt bans TRF, designates LeT launching commander as terrorist

According to a Union Home Ministry notification, The Resistance Front (TRF) is recruiting youth through the online medium for the furtherance of terrorist activities, recruitment of terrorists, infiltration of terrorists and smuggling of weapons and narcotics from Pakistan into Jammu and Kashmir.

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Ram temple to be ready by Jan 1, 2024, says Amit Shah

​​“Congress hindered the construction of the Ram temple in courts. ​​After the SC verdict, Modiji began its construction. Hopefully, the temple will be ready in a year and it will be open for the public at the beginning of 2024. The country is eagerly waiting for the Ram temple for many years, which will be over by January 1, 2024,” Shah said.

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath interacts with Bollywood members, pushes UP as film-making destination

Presenting Uttar Pradesh as a film-friendly state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday invited prominent members from the entertainment industry to explore his state as a film-making destination.

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Kraken: What we know about the new Covid variant

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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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