In U-turn, Nitish govt to pay ex gratia for hooch deaths

His apparent change of heart came with the strict condition that retrospective ex gratia would be paid only if families of the deceased produced verifiable evidence that the deaths were caused by consumption of hooch. The claimants are also required to reveal in writing the source of liquor.

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Chinese man held in Pakistan over blasphemy charges

Security officials identified the man as “Mr Tian,” head of heavy transport at the China Gezhouba Group Company constructing the Dasu hydropower project in Upper Kohistan district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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IPL: CSK beat RCB by 8 runs in a high-scoring thriller

A total of 444 runs were scored in 40 overs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday as visitors Chennai Super Kings came out triumphant against the hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore in a thrilling high-scoring Indian Premier League match in Bengaluru. Despite posting a mammoth 226 for 6, CSK edged out RCB by just eight runs in the end for their third win of the season.

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SOPs for journalists covering high-risk events soon: MHA

Atiq and his brother Ashraf were shot in UP's Prayagraj on Saturday evening while they were speaking to journalists. Three assailants, posing as reporters, shot them from point blank range. The ministry is learnt to be particularly perturbed with chase sequences which played out on television screens in some recent cases where high risk criminals were being ferried by the police, an official privy to the discussions said.

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Anything for attention: Luvlesh’s facebook posts declared his intention back in 2019

Luvlesh, who prefers to add the prefix ‘Maharaj’ in his name, in another post, shared a picture with his friends with a caption “gundai karoge hamaare bazaar mein, toh goli maarenge seedha kapaar mein” (If you engage in hooliganism in our area, will shoot straight into head).

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Killing of Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf: Retired HC judge to head three-member probe panel

The commission will be headed by Allahabad high court judge (retd) Arvind Kumar Tripathi, and will have two other members – retired judge Brijesh Kumar Soni and former DGP Subesh Kumar Singh. The commission will give its report in two months. Principal secretary, home, Sanjay Prasad confirmed the constitution of the inquiry committee.

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Kerala tops list of women going on Haj sans 'mehram'

Building on the earlier policy (2018-22), the Haj policy 2023 also created the option for single women in the same age group to also apply as individuals and in keeping with the guidelines enabled the Haj Committee of India to organise them in groups of four or more.

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10 states, 7 UTs yet to constitute state minorities commissions

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IPL: Rajasthan edge past Gujarat to maintain top spot

Swashbuckling Shimron Hetmyer hogged the limelight with an incredible unbeaten 26-ball 56 blitz after Sanju Samson's attacking half-century as Rajasthan Royals pipped Gujarat Titans by three wickets in Ahmedabad. The victory was Royals' first ever over Titans in IPL as they also maintained the top spot after edging the hosts in a thriller. Rampant Rajasthan now have 4 wins in 5 games while Gujarat keep their third spot on the points table.

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Hooch kills again in 'dry' Bihar: 14 dead

At least 14 people died and over two dozen were taken ill since Friday evening after allegedly having spurious liquor in Bihar's East Champaran. The DM said they died under "mysterious circumstances". Police have arrested 10 people.

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12 dead, over 20 hurt as tractor-trolley falls off bridge in UP

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Curfew imposed in Odisha's Sambalpur following fresh violence

The Sambalpur district administration late on Friday night imposed curfew in Sambalpur city area until further orders following fresh incidents of violence.

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13 killed as bus falls into gorge off Mum­bai-Pune highway

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'Nahi le gaye to nahi gaye': Atiq's last words on son's burial

In a shocking turn of events, mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on Saturday.Moments ahead of their killing, both criminals, who were accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, were speaking to the media while being taken for a medical and their murder was captured on camera.

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IPL: Punjab edge past Lucknow in final-over thriller

Sikandar Raza's maiden Indian Premier League half-century laid a solid platform while domestic talent Shahrukh Khan held his nerves in tense finish as Punjab Kings pipped Lucknow Super Giants by two wickets for their third win of the season. Marred by the absence of season's highest run-getter and skipper Shikhar Dhawan, Punjab pulled off an incredible win, defeating KL Rahul and co. at their den, and breaking their two-game winning run.

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Girl dies, 61 injured as footbridge collapses in J&K during Baisakhi

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Abu Salem's henchmen on STF radar for helping Asad, Ghulam

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Army outreach in Chenab to block militant recruitment

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Delhi: Power subsidy cleared as minister Atishi and LG office spar

Hours after Delhi’s power minister, Atishi, declared at a press conference on Friday that the power subsidy in the city will stop as the LG was yet to clear the file, Raj Niwas said the LG had signed the file a day before and sent it to the chief minister on Friday, well before Atishi made her claim.

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SC frowns on 90% Army dental posts for men

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Brook maiden IPL ton hands Sunrisers second win

England's latest batting sensation Harry Brook lit up the iconic Eden Gardens with his dazzling 55-ball unbeaten ton as he powered Sunrisers Hyderabad to their second win of this IPL season. The high-flying Kolkata Knight Riders, who had registered two incredible back-to-back wins were brough down to earth as Brook decimated the KKR bowlers powering SRH to a mammoth 228 for 4 after hosts skipper Nitish Rana invited them to bat first.

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Retd dist judge among 12 picked by SC collegium for post of HC judge

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66-year-old woman living alone murdered; teen help, beau held

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Delhi cab policy to focus on safety of riders, training of unruly drivers

Passenger safety will be the focal point of Delhi government's cab aggregator policy. The new policy will make it compulsory for taxi companies to provide remedial training for drivers rated low by passengers and to act against drivers about whom there are frequent complaints.

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Delay in deciding mercy petitions frustrates death penalty: SC

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India says G20 members see need for global crypto regulations

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IPL: Gill shines as Gujarat Titans beat Punjab Kings by 6 wickets

In-form opener Shubman Gill (67) scored a classy half-century after pacer Mohit Sharma bowled a tight spell for Gujarat Titans as the defending champions roared back to winning ways with a six-wicket win against Punjab Kings at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Thursday. Rahul Tewatia (5*) held his nerves to hit a four over short leg fielder to complete the chase with a ball to spare.

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Allow option for higher pension sans proof: Kerala HC

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Cybercrime a rising threat, train all cops in handling them: UP CM Yogi

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IPL: Here's how the points table looks after DC vs MI match

The India Premier League 2023 runs from March 31 to May 28, with 10 teams competing for the title. Mumbai Indians have won the title five times, which is the most by any team, followed by Chennai Super Kings' four triumphs, while the Gujarat Titans are the defending champions.

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K'taka polls: BJP faces rebellion, resignations post 1st list

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Labour ad campaign targeting UK PM & his wife slammed

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Dhoni heroics in vain as Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 3 runs

Playing his 200th match as Chennai Super Kings captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni almost pulled off an incredible victory, but that was not to be as his team went down fighting by just 3 runs against Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday.

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Orthodox Church head backs PM Modi's government

The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is "not uncomfortable" with the Modi government, its supreme head, Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, has said. He, however, said the situation was not the same for other Christian denominations.

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Brace for jail: Delhi CM Kejriwal to AAP workers

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HC disqualifies PoK ‘PM’ for contempt

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India rejects China’s objections to Amit Shah’s Arunachal visit

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With no vaccine production due to low demand, states’ stocks run dry

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IPL: Rohit shines in MI's thrilling last-ball win

When Rohit Sharma disdainfully pulls a delivery of sheer pace from Anrich Nortje deep into the mid-wicket stands you know that he is batting at peak of his prowess. For most part of the reply to Delhi Capitals’s 172 at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Tuesday night, it seemed Rohit’s intimidating 45-ball 65 had set up a rather comfortable chase till Nortje turned up for the last over of the match defending just five against power-hitters Cameron Green and Tim David. After facing six near-perfect yorkers hurled at them, David and Green’s long limbs helped them scamper back for two runs off the final ball with six wickets to spare.

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Time in hosp won’t be part of police custody period: SC

It has become very common nowadays that an accused after getting arrested becomes ill and gets hospitalised, and police custody expires during treatment, denying the cops an opportunity to interrogate him/her. But the Supreme Court on Monday said that police may get additional time to quiz accused to compensate for the time lost in treatment.

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‘Below normal’ monsoon likely: Private forecaster

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Reliance, Adani among bidders for Future ‘scrap’

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Positivity rate tops 25% in Delhi; wear mask: Bharadwaj

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IPL: Pooran 19-ball 62 helps LSG pull off a heist

Power-hitters Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis fired scintillating half-centuries as Lucknow Super Giants pulled off a heist, winning a last-ball thriller against Royal Challengers Bangalore by a solitary wicket. It was the second miraculous chase of this IPL season after Kolkata Knight Riders' heroics on Sunday as Lucknow chased down a mammoth 213 target on the final ball of the match.

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DGCA directs airlines to take strict action against unruly passenger

Unruly passenger can “compromise safety of aircraft operations” and in the recent past airlines have failed to “take appropriate action” in some such cases. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief Vikram Dev Dutt issued an advisory for airlines, pilots and cabin crew, reminding them of what has to be done cases like people smoking in aircraft, altercation between passengers, inebriated people misbehaving and “inappropriate touching or sexual harassment” by passengers on board aircraft during flight.

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Rahul has ties with ‘undesirable businessmen’: Azad

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‘What a delight’: Modi felicitates ‘Elephant Whisperers’ couple

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Eye on China, CDS reviews operational situation in east

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan reviewed the operational preparedness in the eastern sectorover the weekend, amid heightened tensions with China that has seen India shore up defences in the strategically-vulnerable Siliguri Corridor among other measures along the entire frontier.

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Psychiatrists back LGBTQA marriage & adoption rights

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IPL: Mayank, Rahul script Sunrisers' 8-wicket victory over Punjab

Desperate for a win, Sunrisers Hyderabad rang in three changes to their playing XI against Punjab Kings and the move paid rich dividends as the hosts resurrected their campaign with a comprehensive eight-wicket victory at the RGIC Stadium, here on Sunday night.

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PM Modi flags off 2nd set of Vande Bharat trains

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Shah to launch border village plan in Arunachal tomorrow

Union home minister Amit Shah will on Monday launch the ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ (VVP) — a Rs 4,800-crore centrally-sponsored scheme aimed at integrated development of villages adjoining the Indo-China border — from Kibithoo, a border village in Anjaw of eastern Arunachal Pradesh. Kibithoo was also one of the theaters of the 1962 India-China war.

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No change in syllabi for CUET-UG, JEE(M): NTA

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Oppn sought protection for graft, court gave them a jolt: PM

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250 historians slam ‘partisan agenda’, textbook changes

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IPL: Rahane blitz, spinners help CSK crush MI

Local boy Ajinkya Rahane dazzled with a fiery 27-ball 61 after an impressive spin show as Chennai Super Kings handed Mumbai Indians an embarrassing 7-wicket defeat at the Wankhede Stadium in Match 12 of the Indian Premier League. Rahane smoked the fastest fifty of the season (19 balls) as Chennai made light work of the 158 chase, completing the task with 11 balls to spare. The win was CSK second while MI faced their second consecutive defeat.

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Karnataka polls: BJP panel to pick candidates today

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Unseasonal rain won’t impact wheat output much: Official

Wheat production this year is likely to be 1-2 million tonnes (MTs) less than the current estimate due to unseasonal rain and hailstorms, a senior government official said on Friday. However, the overall production will be nearly 5-6 MTs more last year and with export restrictions in place, there will be no shortage of the foodgrain, the official added.

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Plant fungus infects ‘mushroom’ man

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Boyfriend held for Bhojpuri actress’ death in UP hotel

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HC quashes FIR against green activist

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Most vulnerable availed fewer benefits of PMJAY

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IPL: Allround Krunal helps LSG beat SRH by 5 wickets

All-rounder Krunal Pandya shone with both ball and bat to guide hosts Lucknow Super Giants to a comprehensive five-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Friday. The win propelled the Lucknow side to the top of the Indian Premier League 2023 standings with four points from three games.

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PIB can now flag ‘fake news’ on govt

The IT ministry on Thursday notified a new rule that will give powers to the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to fact-check any “fake, or false, or misleading” information about the central government and ask social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google to take it down.

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Airfares from Delhi, Mumbai soar for long weekends

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'Higher courts seeking explanations from trial judges'

Setting aside an MP high court notice to a trial judge asking why he had granted bail to an accused facing trial for stripping a man and tying him to a tree before assaulting him, the Supreme Court on Thursday said such “unwarranted” orders by constitutional courts had a “chilling effect” on judicial officers.

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Panel set up to review NPS, moot changes if needed

The Centre on Thursday set up a four-member committee to review the National Pension System, also referred to as the new pension scheme, and suggest if changes are required to the defined contribution mechanism that was put in place for all recruits in government from 2004.

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IPL: KKR thrash RCB by 81 runs for their first win

Spin trio bamboozled Royal Challengers Bangalore batters to help Kolkata Knight Riders open their account in the new Indian Premier League season with a commanding win at Eden Gardens on Thursday. In their homecoming game, first match in Kolkata after almost four years, KKR registered a massive 81-run victory to jump to third in the early league standings.

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IPL 2023 Orange Cap: Most runs so far this season

Over the years, the Orange Cap in the IPL has become one of the most prestigious prizes, associated with batting excellence.

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Draft NCF bats for multiple board exams, stresses self-assessment

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New Omicron strain more immune evasive: Experts

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Govt may look at importing dairy items like ghee, butter

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China ‘renames’ non-existent rivers, ‘piece of land’ in Arunachal Pradesh

China’s latest claim to Arunachal Pradesh by releasing a list of “standardised geographical names” for 11 places in the frontier state turns out to be a random naming of isolated forest tracts, nondescript peaks, non-existent rivers and town areas superficially bound together as part of Cona, Zayu and Medog counties in Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet. For instance, the coordinates of two rivers named by the Chinese as “Qiburi He” and “Geduo He” weren’t provided, with the civil affairs ministry simply claiming these were “specific locations”.

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IPL 2023: Punjab Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by 5 runs

Pacers Nathan Ellis and Arshdeep Singh shone with the ball after classy fifties from skipper Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh to help Punjab Kings register their second successive win of the Indian Premier League 2023. Punjab defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 runs in a high-scoring match at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.

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14 lakh register for CUET-UG for seats in 242 universities

Nearly 14 lakh candidates have registered for this year's Common University Entrance Test (CUET-UG) for admission to various undergraduate programmes in 242 universities, a huge jump from 90 institutions which participated in the first edition of the exam in 2022.

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Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records

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Focus on security as PM Modi meets Bhutan king

PM Narendra Modi and visiting Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck reviewed bilateral cooperation Tuesday and discussed issues of national interests in a meeting, amid renewed efforts by Bhutan to demarcate parts of its boundary with China and uncertainty over the Doklam tri-junction.

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Stop projects, or will block Badrinath yatra: Joshimath residents

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India rejects China bid to validate its claim over Arunachal, says invented names won’t alter reality

Rejecting China's efforts to validate its claim over Arunachal Pradesh by renaming villages in the state, the government on Tuesday reiterated that the northeastern state will always remain a part of India. Beijing had on Monday issued Chinese names for 11 places in Arunachal in what was the third such exercise since 2017.

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India abstains as UNHRC votes to extend inquiry against Russia

India abstained Tuesday from voting on a UN Human Rights Council resolution that extended by a year the mandate of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine that was set up last year to probe human rights violations resulting from Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

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It's surreal, can't believe this is happening in America: Trump

Donald Trump, the ex-president and front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2024, will appear in court on Tuesday to be fingerprinted, photographed and formally charged in a watershed moment ahead of next year's presidential election.

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IPL: Gujarat ease past Delhi for second win

For the second match in a row, Delhi Capitals’ batting was found wanting against top-notch pace bowling. By the end of the first innings of their match against Gujarat Titans at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Tuesday, Capitals scrapped their way to a modest 162/8 battered and bruised by an assault led by Mohammed Shami’s 4/41 and Alzarri Joseph’s 2/29.

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Ticket still awaited, but Yediyurappa starts poll campaign for his son

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At DMK-hosted meet, opposition netas demand caste census

Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin joined anti-BJP political leaders from various states in batting for a caste census across the country to streamline reservation and promote social justice. Stalin, who managed to bring together several opposition leaders on a common platform to fight for social justice on Monday, projected BJP as a threat to social justice and emphasised the need for all forces opposed to the saffron party to join hands to fight for uplifting the OBCs, SCs and STs.

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Avoid alcohol, tobacco & drugs, NMC tells medics

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'Cashless' Haj for 1.4 lakh this year as govt will issue forex cards

With the number of Haj pilgrims crossing 1.4 lakh this year, including the largest ever contingent of over 4,300 women above 45 years who will be travelling without Mehram (male companion), the government has made special arrangements for "cashless" pilgrimage by catering to the foreign exchange requirements of the travellers. All Haj pilgrims will be provided a forex card by State Bank of India (SBI).

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IPL: Ali, Ruturaj shine in CSK's triumphant homecoming

Off-spinner Moeen Ali hogged the limelight with his four-fer after Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway delighted the fans at Chepauk with a dazzling century opening stand as Chennai Super Kings registered a 12-run win over Lucknow Super Giants in a high-scoring Indian Premier League encounter in Chennai. Back at their home after four years, the four-time champions produced an all-round show to secure their first win of the season.

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Karnataka polls: With 28 seats at stake, BJP, Congress look to change narrative in Bengaluru

There was a time when of the 224 assembly seats in the state, Bengaluru city had only 12 seats and Bengalureans felt they were neglected despite contributing economically. This changed post 2007, after the city corporation expanded coinciding with the delimitation exercise. The number of seats jumped to 28 in 2008, giving the city a legislative heft and significant place in various parties’ electoral arithmetic.

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China approves extradition of wanted gangster Prasad Pujari

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Cheetah strays out of Kuno,'go back please,' plead villagers

Cheetah Oban, one of the four released in the wild at Kuno, got out of the protected area of the National Park on Sunday, triggering a frantic effort to push it back. A viral video shows Oban hunkered down in a farmland outside the Kuno jungles, while foresters try to coax it back. "Go Oban, please go," they are heard saying in English on the presumption that the Namibian-origin animal would be more familiar with the language than Hindi.

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Amritpal Singh hunt: CCTV footage missing from UP gurdwara

Security agency sleuths, who arrived in Pilibhit from Lucknow on Sunday to collect more information on the absconding Waris Punjab De leader Amritpal Singh and his aide Papalpreet Singh, found that CCTV footage up to the evening of March 25 at Mohanapur gurdwara "had gone missing", reports Keshav Agarwal.

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36 years after 72 were killed in UP, all 39 accused acquitted

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2x Covid surge in a week, sharpest since 3rd wave in January 2022

India logged over 3,800 new Covid cases on Saturday, the highest daily tally in six months, as infections in the past seven days surged at the fastest rate since the third wave in January 2022. India recorded over 18,450 fresh cases in the past week (March 26-April 1), a 2.1x rise over the previous seven days’ tally of 8,781. The doubling time of cases has reduced to less than seven days. The last time the daily tally was more than doubling in a week was during the third wave.

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IPL: Kohli, du Plessis help RCB brush aside MI

Chase master Virat Kohli smashed a scintillating unbeaten 82 while skipper Faf du Plessis dazzled with a 43-ball 73 as Royal Challengers Bangalore blew away five-time champions Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets in their season opener in Bangalore. The opening duo of Kohli and du Plessis was on demolition job as they made a mockery of the 172-run target. Both added a massive 148-run stand for the first wicket as Bangalore cruised to the victory target with 22 balls to spare.

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WhatsApp banned record 45 lakh 'bad accounts' in Feb

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Pawar praises Savarkar, says he had a 'scientific outlook'

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said Vinayak 'Veer' Savarkar had a "scientific outlook and was a progressive" and added the political controversy over Rahul Gandhi's comments on Savarkar was distracting people from other serious issues. Pawar added that in the past, he too had made certain comments about Savarakar, but they were specifically about the Hindu Mahasabha, of which Savarkar was a leader.

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GST collections increase 13% to Rs 1.6 lakh crore in March

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Eyeing viral content, vloggers lure kids, stage abductions

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IPL: Five star Wood fires LSG to crushing win over DC

Speedster Mark Wood bagged his first-ever Indian Premier League fifer as Lucknow Super Giants cruised to a comprehensive victory over Delhi Capitals in Match 3 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. Playing only his second IPL match and first for the Lucknow franchise, Wood wreaked havoc with his opening burst to rock Delhi Capitals in a steep chase of 194. Wood's three wickets in his first two overs completely rattled Delhi as they never recovered from there, finishing at 143 for 9 to lose the game by 50 runs.

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At least 18 dead after tornadoes rake US Midwest, South

Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 18 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois, and leaving people throughout the region bewildered Saturday by the damage.

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