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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Chappal in CCTV footage helps cops trace Rs 2 lakh stolen phone

When the railway police scanned the images closely, they got a close look at his gait and footwear-chappals with a loop to slip in the big toe. Two days of some clever sleuthing helped nab a person who has admitted he had lifted the phone from the train.

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Saas-bahu fights erupt in K'taka over govt Rs 2,000 subvention plan

Instances of disputes between 'saas' and 'bahu' have begun to surface as family members argue over who should receive the monthly cash incentive. The lack of clear eligibility criteria in the Congress' election manifesto, where they pledged to grant the monthly subsidy to the woman head of the family, has further contributed to the confusion among households.

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BrahMos has emerged as a Brahmastra: Defence chiefs

The next-generation BrahMos, a smaller and lighter version of the existing missile that flies almost three times the speed of sound at Mach 2.8, will also be fitted on to smaller fighters like the MiG-29s, Mirage-2000s and Tejas light combat aircraft. A 800-km range variant of the BrahMos has also undergone its maiden test, as was earlier reported by TOI.

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Prachanda arrives on 4-day trip, border, energy issues on agenda

Prachanda (68), who is visiting India for the third time as Prime Minister, will also call on President Droupadi Murmu and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar. For India too, one of the main focus areas will be on finalising ways to deepen power cooperation through fresh initiatives. Nepal currently exports over 450 MW of electricity to India.

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3 terrorists arrested with 10kg IED, weapons, drugs along LoC in J&K

The recovery included an AK-56 rifle with balance 10 rounds in the magazine (rest of the ammunition had been fired by the terrorist who was injured), two pistols with two magazines, 70 pistol rounds, one IED weighing around 10-12kg, six Chinese grenades and 20 packets of narcotics, the Lt Col added.

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Don't take any step that undermines sports: Thakur tells wrestlers

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday asked protesting wrestlers not to take any step that could undermine sports or hurt players and said they should wait for the probe to complete, even as political parties stepped up attacks on the government over the issue.

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Cross-border narco-terror root of Manipur violence: PIL

"The serious issues of narco-terrorism and external aggression posing threat to national security is prevalent in Manipur and the resultant fallout is the present human crisis wherein a large number of people have been displaced from their homes disturbing normal life in the state," said the petitioner - NGO 'People's Alliance for Peace and Progress, Manipur'.

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Amid strife in China, Pakistan ties, India to host virtual SCO meet

India had earlier invited leaders of all member-countries for the summit - the first under its presidency - that will be chaired by PM Narendra Modi. An in-person summit would have seen Modi coming face-to-face with both Xi and Sharif at a time ties with China have been wrecked by the boundary dispute and when the relationship with Pakistan is nearing rock bottom.

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Insurgency has nothing to do with Manipur violence: CDS

Gen Chauhan explained that before 2020, the Army and the paramilitary Assam Rifles had been deployed in Manipur for counter-insurgency operations. "Since the challenges of the northern borders were far more, we were able to withdraw the Army. We were able to do that since the insurgency situation had normalised." On the situation in the Eastern Ladakh sector, he the Chief of Defence Staff said, "China's PLA People's Liberation Army (PLA)

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SC comes down hard on challenges to PMLA by accused seeking relief

Dealing with a batch of petitions by accused in the purported 2,000 crore Chhattisgarh liquor scam case, an approach similar to what started in the year 2018 was noticed by a vacation bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and P K Mishra, which on Monday had pointed out the fallacy in filing of writ petitions challenging the validity of provisions of PMLA when these have been upheld by the SC and reiterated by a two-judge bench.

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Phone in dam: Babu fined Rs 53,000 for draining out water



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Hyd pub lets revellers dance with exotic reptiles; 7 booked

Based on a Twitter complaint by wildlife enthusiast Ashish Chowdhury, sleuths of the Hyderabad Commissioner's Task Force, along with forest officers, on Tuesday raided a private pet store, booked 7 people, and seized various exotic animals, birds and reptiles, many of which were displayed at the pub.

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LeT leader who indoctrinated 26/11 terrorists who attacked Mumbai dies in Pakistan jail

A court in Pakistan had sentenced him to prison time along with two other JuD leaders, Malik Zafar Iqbal and Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, in August 2020 for financing terror, ahead of a September 2020 deadline for Pakistan to avoid being blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global financial watchdog, for failing to curb “terror financing”.

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'Around 100 medical colleges may lose recognition'

Around 30 medical colleges across the country have lost recognition over the past two months allegedly for not following standards set by the National Medical Commission (NMC), official sources said on Tuesday. About 100 more medical colleges in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Assam, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and West Bengal may also face similar action, they said.

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Tollywood director Pijush Saha arrested for fraud

According to reports, director Pijush Saha who's also a producer took Rs 20 lakh from young actor Akshay Gupta, a resident of Rampurhat in Birbhum, and promised him that he will be Pijush's next film's hero. But he didn't keep his promise and didn't even return that money.

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Monday, May 29, 2023

Mantris fan out to highlight Modi govt's 9-year feats

The central leaders who addressed press conferences on Monday include - Nirmala Sitharaman in Mumbai, Anurag Thakur in Ahmedabad, Meenakshi Lekhi in Bengaluru, Hardeep Singh Puri in Lucknow, Ashwani Vaishnaw in Guwahati, Bhupendra Yadav in Bhopal, Arjun Ram Meghwal in Hyderabad, Jitendra Singh in Chennai, Gajendra Singh in Patna, Mansukh Mandaviya in Kolkata, Piyush Goyal in Jaipur and Smriti Irani in Rohtak.

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WATCH: How Jadeja guided CSK to fifth IPL title

The phrase 'cometh the hour cometh the man' perfectly fits for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Gujarat Titans (GT) in the final in Ahmedabad to guide CSK to a record-equalling fifth IPL title in the wee hours of Tuesday.

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Maharashtra: 53 years on, project to be opened tomorrow, cost up 655 times

The project was initially approved at Mhaladevi village in Ahmednagar in 1970 at an estimated cost of Rs7.9 crore. The dam was supposed to have a holding capacity of 11 TMC. Nine years on, in 1979, the project was relocated to Nilwande and the capacity was reduced to 8.5 TMC. With all the delays, the final cost of the project went up to Rs 5,177 crore - around Rs 5,169 crore more than the initial budget.

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3 months after bypoll win, lone Congress MLA in West Bengal joins TMC



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9 of a family among 10 killed in Karnataka SUV-bus collision



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Onboard WiFi & brand new interiors on Air India planes soon



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Sunday, May 28, 2023

Grandpa not made mantri, 7-year-old girl writes to Rahul Gandhi

In her letter, seven-year-old Aarna Sandeep said: "Dear Rahul Gandhi, I am TB Jayachandra's granddaughter. My grandfather was not made a minister. Therefore, I am very disturbed. He must be made minister because he is hardworking, and love to people and helps them. He should be made a minister."

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Opposition netas to meet in Patna on June 12: Nitish Kumar

Addressing a meeting of JD(U) functionaries at the party's state office here, Nitish said when he dumped the BJP in August last year and formed a new government in alliance with the RJD, Congress and "leaders of many other political parties from across the country congratulated me".

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Unfazed by violence, over 3,000 appear for UPSC exams in Imphal

Sources said 4,051 candidates had registered for UPSC prelims in Imphal but after UPSC provided them an alternative to choose from exam centres in a few other states, about 700 opted to appear from outside Manipur.

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'Indelible signature of history': PM opens new Parliament building

"This new building will see the fulfilment of the resolutions of a developed India. This new building is also an ideal for the coexistence of the new and the old," he said.

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China's 1st home-grown passenger plane completes its maiden commercial flight

The C919 plane, built by the Commercial Aviation Corporation of China (Comac), carried about 130 passengers on the flight, according to state-owned newspaper China Daily. The jet took off Sunday morning from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and landed less than two hours later in Beijing.

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Erdogan declares victory in Turkey run-off election

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory Sunday in a historic run-off election that posed the toughest challenge of his two-decade rule.

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Saturday, May 27, 2023

Govt highlights its pro-poor policies to observe 9th anniversary

With industry bigwigs and domain experts from academia to sports in attendance, industrialist Sunil Bharti Mittal lauded the existing ecosystem that allowed India to be the fastest in rolling out 5G network by March, 2024.

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Throwing woman out of joint property domestic violence: Court

The victim, who had moved back to her parents’ home after her divorce 23 years ago, told the court after her brother married in 2016, his wife and he began to physically assault her and repeatedly threw her out of their home.

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False caste slur charge can’t deprive one of liberty: Court

The judge pointed out that while Virkar had complained to the cops on April 12 alleging that the informant and others assaulted them, the informant’s FIR was lodged only on April 21.

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Friday, May 26, 2023

Rahul can get passport with 3-year validity, says court

A Delhi court granted Friday a no-objection certificate for ex-Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to get an ordinary passport with a validity of three years in lieu of the diplomatic passport that he surrendered following his March 26 disqualification from Parliament. Rahul had sought the court’s NOC for the issuance of an ordinary passport for 10 years as he is an accused in the National Herald case filed by BJP veteran Subramanian Swamy in 2012.

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NIA seeks death penalty for Yasin Malik



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SC gives medical bail to Satyendar Jain till July 10



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Why inaction over offensive tweet against Zubair: HC



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IPL: Gill ton scripts Mumbai's exit as Gujarat set up final with Chennai

A belligerent Shubman Gill ton lit up the Narendra Modi Stadium as the defending champions Gujarat Titans stormed into a second straight IPL final, brushing aside five-time champions Mumbai Indians in a lop-sided Qualifier 2 in Ahmedabad. Firing his third century of the season, Gill's explosive 60-ball 129 proved to be too much for Mumbai as the Titans became the third team in the history of the tournament to make it to two successive finals after Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai.

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Injury scare for Kishan and Green ahead of WTC final

Both India and Australia faced injury concerns as Ishan Kishan and Cameron Green suffered nasty blows during the IPL Qualifier 2 match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans on Friday, casting doubts over their availability for the upcoming World Test Championship final.

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

Praveen Sood takes over as CBI director, meets agency brass

Praveen Sood, a 1986-batch Karnataka cadre IPS officer, took charge as the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday, replacing Subodh Kumar Jaiswal. He will have a fixed tenure of two years. Sood, who served as director general of police of Karnataka before his new assignment, held an interaction with the CBI brass soon after taking charge.

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Shinde’s Sena plans to fight 22 Lok Sabha seats



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Jaishankar likely to attend Brics meet in South Africa

Foreign minister S Jaishankar will travel to Cape Town next week to participate in the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting that will look to firm up the agenda for the summit that South Africa will host in August. The foreign ministers’ meeting is an important forum for focus on political and security cooperation among the member-states and Jaishankar will likely use it to stress the need for all to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States without making any exception.

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As 2 more die, just 1 of 4 Kuno cheetah cubs left



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Modi’s veiled dig: ‘Australia opposition MPs, ex-PM attended Sydney function’

Amid an escalating fight over who should inaugurate the new Parliament building on Sunday, PM Narendra Modi cited the presence of his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese and the latter’s predecessor Scott Morrison at the event organised by the Indian community in Sydney this week to suggest that partisan differences should not take precedence over matters of national importance.

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New MP chambers won’t be ready by March next year



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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Delhi HC upholds dismissal of cop who probed Ishrat case

The Delhi high court upheld Wednesday former IPS officer Satish Chandra Verma’s dismissal from service a month before he was to retire on September 30, 2022. Verma was a member of the Gujarat HC-appointed special investigation team (SIT) that probed the police shooting of 19-year-old Ishrat Jahan and three others in Ahmedabad in June 2004, which he called a “fake encounter” in an affidavit to the court in 2011.

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Karnataka gets first Muslim Speaker



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2nd conviction still in force, Azam may stay disqualified

Samajwadi Party strongman Azam Khan’s acquittal by a Rampur court in the hate speech case that led to his disqualification from the UP assembly last year might have created a constitutional quandary requiring judicial intervention but for his recent sentencing by a Moradabad court in a 2008 case.

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Karnataka govt may withdraw circular banning hijab

The Congress government in Karnataka is seriously considering withdrawing the primary and secondary education department’s circular prohibiting hijabs in schools and pre-university colleges in the state. Senior state minister Priyank Kharge also said that his government would ban outfits like the Bajrang Dal if peace in the state was disturbed. “We have promised in our manifesto to turn Karnataka into a paradise" he said.

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Ron DeSantis confirms running for US Prez in 2024

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis entered the 2024 presidential race on Wednesday, stepping into a crowded Republican primary contest that will test both his national appeal as a cultural conservative firebrand and the GOP’s willingness to move on from former President Donald Trump. The 44-year-old Republican revealed his decision in a Federal Election Commission filing before an online conversation with Twitter CEO Elon Musk.

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IPL: Akash scripts LSG's rout, MI get closer to summit clash

Uttarakhand-born uncapped Akash Madhwal wreaked havoc with his maiden IPL fifer as five-time champions Mumbai Indians blew away Lucknow Super Giants in a one-sided Eliminator clash in Chennai. Demolishing the Krunal Pandya side by a mammoth 81 runs, Mumbai registered the third biggest margin of win in the playoffs and booked their flights to Ahmedabad where they will face defending champions Gujarat Titans in the Qualifier 2 on Friday.

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

District court clubs all 8 Gyanvapi civil cases



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Indira, Rajiv too inaugurated buildings on Parl premises: BJP



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Forceful seizure of vehicles by recovery agents is illegal: HC



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All-round CSK brush aside defending champions GT to enter 10th IPL final

A crucial 44-ball 60 from Ruturaj Gaikwad at the top was followed by a spin show as an all-round Chennai Super Kings brushed aside defending champions Gujarat Titans to march into 10th IPL final, extending their remarkable consistency in the T20 cricket's biggest extravaganza. Securing an easy 15-run win over Hardik Pandya and co. in the Qualifier 1, MS Dhoni and co. became the first team to book their tickets for the Sunday's final in Ahmedabad.

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Monday, May 22, 2023

Jagan, Naveen crucial for govt to get Delhi services bill past RS

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has called upon opposition parties to block in Rajya Sabha the bill to replace the ordinance promulgated on Friday to neutralise the Supreme Court verdict that gave the Delhi government control over bureaucracy in the national capital, but the BJP leadership seems hopeful of clearing the numbers test in the Upper House with the support of YSR Congress and BJD.

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CBI questions Wankhede again for 5 hours in Aryan case

The CBI questioned former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede for five hours on Sunday, in the corruption-extortion case connected to October 2021 Cordelia cruise drug bust case involving actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan. The Bombay high court has scheduled to hear Wankhede’s plea challenging the CBI FIR on Monday and has restrained the CBI from taking any “coercive action” against him till then.

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CUET sees 77% attendance on glitch-free Day 1



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I should take your autograph, Biden tells PM Modi

Ahead of next month’s India-US summit, US President Joe Biden launched into fulsome praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, terming him an influence in the Indo-Pacific and complimenting him for his popularity in the US. Biden playfully complained about the loads of requests for invitations to the dinner he has scheduled to host in the honour of Modi during the PM’s visit to the US next month. "I should take your autograph

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Top Naxal absconding for 2 decades held in Delhi



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PM Modi condoles demise of veteran actor Sarath Babu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief over the untimely death of Veteran actor Sarath Babu and extended condolences to the late actor's family

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Sunday, May 21, 2023

Martin Amis, era-defining British author, passes away at 73

The celebrated British writer Martin Amis, who gave masterpieces like 'Money' and 'London Fields' passes away at the age of 73.

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12 killed, 90 hurt in stampede at El Salvador stadium

Twelve people died and 90 others were injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium in El Salvador on Saturday, authorities said, turning a highly anticipated match into a chaotic scene as fans rushed to save people suffocating under a mass of bodies.

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Your popularity is a problem for me: Biden to PM



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Woman in BMW kills man in 4am accident, held

A 36-year-old man was killed after his scooter was hit by a speeding car in west Delhi's Moti Nagar early on Sunday. The police have arrested the woman who was driving the car and seized the vehicle, a black BMW.

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Has Bakhmut fallen? Russia claims so, but Ukraine denies

Russia and Ukraine gave conflicting accounts of the situation in Bakhmut on Sunday, with Kyiv saying it still controlled a small part of the besieged eastern city while Moscow congratulated the Wagner private army and Russian troops for "liberating" it.

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IPL: Gill ton eliminates RCB; Gujarat face CSK in Qualifier 1, LSG meet Mumbai in Eliminator

Shubman Gill's dazzling 52-ball 104 not out trumped Virat Kohli's sumptuous unbeaten 101 as Gujarat Titans edged Royal Challengers Bangalore in a high-scoring thriller by six wickets in the final league game of the IPL season in Bengaluru. With the heartbreaking defeat, RCB's journey in this year's competition came to an end. With Mumbai Indians winning the afternoon game, Faf du Plessis and co. needed an outright win to qualify for the knockouts but Gill smashed his second consecutive century of the season, dashing the hosts' hopes of qualifying for the playoffs.

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Saturday, May 20, 2023

Eight officers complained of harassment: LG's office

The LG's office claimed on Saturday that eight officers working in the Delhi government and MCD had complained of harassment by the AAP dispensation in Delhi and Punjab over the past few months.

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India stands for respecting sovereignty: Modi on China

Amid China's military expansion in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said India is committed to protecting its sovereignty and integrity while promoting peaceful resolution of maritime disputes based on international law.

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Centre seeks review of SC ruling on Delhi services row

Hours before issuance of the ordinance on Friday to tilt in its favour the services tug-of-war with the Delhi government, the Centre had moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its May 11 judgment that had ruled that though Delhi is a unique Union Territory, it had both legislative and executive power over transfer and posting of bureaucrats.

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India will do whatever it can to end war: PM Modi to Zelenskyy

India will do all it can to end the war through dialogue and diplomacy and help ameliorate the pain and suffering of the Ukrainian people, PM Narendra Modi told Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in their first bilateral meeting since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Man City retain Premier League title after Arsenal lose to Forest

Defending champions Manchester City were on Saturday confirmed Premier League champions after second-placed Arsenal were beaten 0-1 away at Nottingham Forest. Arsenal needed at least one point to stay mathematically alive in the title race but ended on the losing side against Forest. Arsenal's defeat ensured a fifth title in six seasons for the Pep Guardiola side.

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IPL: LSG survive Rinku scare to eliminate KKR & enter playoffs

Just when Lucknow Super Giants thought they had it covered, Rinku Singh reminded them of his hitting prowess, which almost stole the win away from the visitors in their crucial IPL 2023 match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday. But despite the 33-ball 67 not out by Kolkata Knight Riders' pocket-size dynamo, LSG managed to hang on and in the end won by the thinnest of margins, one run, to book themselves a spot in the playoffs.

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Friday, May 19, 2023

Value of desi defence production up 12%, crosses Rs1 lakh crore mark

The value of India's domestic defence production crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark for the first time in 2022-23, which is 12% higher than the preceding financial year, the defence ministry said on Friday.

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'Give trial judges pay parity with central civil service officers'

Brushing aside cries of financial crunch, the Supreme Court on Friday brought smiles on the faces of 20,000 judicial officers by directing the states and UTs to increase their pay by 2.8 times to bring them almost on par with the salaries of the Central Civil Services officers, while ruling that financial independence of trial judges are as important as those in HCs and the SC.

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Two new SC judges take oath on last day before summer break

Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and senior advocate Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan on Friday took oath as Supreme Court judges on Friday, the last working day of the court before summer recess, as the collegium led by CJI D Y Chandrachud and the Union government completed the process of appointment in jet speed.

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Gr Noida: University had got 2-3 plaints from girl shot on campus

Shiv Nadar University student Sneha Chaurasia, shot by her collegemate on Thursday, made two or three complaints against Anuj Singh on personal grounds. "Such fights are common among friends, and we provided counselling to them," said Raja Natarajan, the university's executive director of financial operation.

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IPL: RR keep slim play-off hopes alive with key win

Rajasthan Royals registered a key four-wicket last-over win over Punjab Kings in their final league game as Sanju Samson and co. kept their slim play-off hopes alive in what has been a roller-coaster business end of the season. With their seventh win, Rajasthan climbed to the fifth spot on the table as their fate is now on the other results if they are to make it to the knockouts. Punjab, on the other hand are now eliminated from the top-four race after Shikhar Dhawan and co. were handed their 8th defeat of the season.

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

'Aryan, pal were named in drugs FIR at last min'

Actor SRK's son Aryan and his friend Arbaaz Merchant were named as accused in the 2021 Cordelia cruise drug bust case at last moment by the NCB-Mumbai, then led by Sameer Wankhede, said an affidavit filed by IPS officer Gnyaneshwar Singh who had supervised the probe.

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What DKS gained by creating 5-day stand-off: Heir apparent's position

The breakfast table stacked with idli-dosa-sambar, and Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar digging into the rice dishes, with host K C Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala stealing glances at their guests, summed up the four-day-long breathless drama to select the chief minister of Karnataka.

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Naveen expecting Modi's return in 2024? Remark hints at that

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik appeared to predict on Thursday the outcome of the 2024 LS polls, saying to the possible chagrin of other non-BJP parties that he hoped PM Modi would visit Puri in the next four years to inaugurate the airport. The remark comes against the backdrop of efforts by the non-BJP parties to forge a front.

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Imran Khan brings up 1971 to beat down rivals

Former PM Imran Khan has compared Pakistan’s current politics with circumstances prevalent before the 1971 war that led to the secession of East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.

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Kohli equals Gayle's record with sixth IPL century

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batter Virat Kohli achieved a remarkable feat by equalling Chris Gayle's record for the most centuries in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Nepali sherpa sets Everest record with 27th ascent

Kami Rita Sherpa, a Nepali sherpa, broke his own record by scaling Mount Everest for the 27th time on Wednesday. He guided a foreign climber to the summit using the traditional southeast ridge route. The government confirmed the news, while Thaneswar Guragai, manager of the Seven Summit Treks, expressed his happiness, saying for now, it is 100% certain that Kami Rita scaled Everest for the 27th time.

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Hinduja Group chief Srichand Parmanand passes away at 87

India-born British industrialist Srichand Parmanand Hinduja - who, along with his younger brothers, turned the family's trading business into a conglomerate spread across banking, automotive, healthcare and real estate - died on Wednesday. He was 87.

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CBI searches Satya Pal ex-aide in J&K insurance 'scam'

The CBI carried out searches Wednesday at the premises of the media adviser to former J&K governor Satya Pal Malik and 11 other locations in connection with its probe into the allegations of corruption and bribery in awarding of the contracts of an insurance scheme and a hydel power project in J&K in 2019 to a Mumbai-based company.

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Pak PM backs military trial of Imran supporters held for rioting

Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif’s coalition government, which has barely a couple of months left in office, has backed the powerful military’s move to prosecute under martial law Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf supporters and functionaries for attacks on security installations and assets in multiple cities last week following the arrest of ex-PM Imran Khan in an alleged graft case.

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SC to Sebi: Submit status of Adani probe within 3 months, not 6

The Supreme Court asked Sebi to submit by August 14 the status of probe into Hindenburg's allegations of stock price manipulations against Adani group companies but refused to convert the court proceedings into a roving inquiry, including investigations into the alleged role the LIC, which had invested a substantial amount in Adani companies.

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IPL: Delhi put Punjab on brink of elimination

Delhi Capitals overcame a 48-ball 94 brutal assault from Liam Livingstone as David Warner and co. pipped Punjab Kings by 15 runs in a high-scoring thriller in Dharamsala to severely dent the hosts' playoffs hopes. Punjab needed to win their remaining two games by decent margins but as the hosts failed to chase down a steep 214 on Wednesday, Shikhar Dhawan and co. are now on the brink of elimination.

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Man kills wife and daughter, hangs self



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Monsoon likely to hit Kerala three days late on June 4: IMD



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Delhi government 'advice' not needed to name aldermen: LG to SC



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Teen runs away for love, tops Telangana board Class 12 from shelter



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Dust haze over Delhi-NCR raises PM10 levels up to 10-­fold in 5 hours



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India, China hold major general-level talks amid continuing border row



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IPL: Lucknow beat Mumbai to boost their playoff chances

Pacer Mohsin Khan held his nerves to help Lucknow Super Giants overcome Mumbai Indians challenge in a last-over thriller at Ekana cricket stadium to boost their playoff chances on Tuesday. The win took LSG to third in the Indian Premier League standings with 15 points, below second-placed Chennai Super Kings, who have a better net run rate with identical points.

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Monday, May 15, 2023

Mother, daughter killed as SUV hits their car in Gurgaon

A 62-year-old woman and her 32-year-old daughter died and two others suffered grievous injuries when the car in which they were travelling was hit by an SUV near Sector 106 on Sunday evening.

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ITAT relief for doctor in notice over 'Rs 95L capitation fees'



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Cordelia bust: CBI says NCB cut suspects list



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Isro to launch new navigation satellite on May 29



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Gill's maiden IPL ton powers GT into playoffs

A sizzling maiden IPL century from Shumban Gill was followed by a Mohammed Shami carnage with the new ball as defending champions Gujarat Titans laughed their way to the playoffs, becoming the first team to qualify for the knock-outs. A clinical 34-run win over a hapless Sunrisers Hyderabad also assured Titans of a top-two finish.

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Odisha thief regrets temple heist after 9 years, returns jewellery

Nine years after stealing expensive ornaments from a temple in Gopinathpur on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar in Odisha, the thief returned the booty on Monday and expressed regret for his actions in two anonymous apology notes written in English.

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